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How do landfills work? How do mosquitos work? Join Josh and Chuck as they explore the Stuff You Should Know about everything from genes to the Galapagos in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
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Short Stuff: Byford Dolphin Incident
In 1983, what may be the worst diving catastrophe in the history of deep sea oil exploration took place when a pressurized chamber was opened, instantly killing four divers inside. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Why Postal Employees Go Postal
1993 was known as the peak of a disturbing trend in America: post office shootings, carried out by postal workers. A stunned country looked for answers and turned up a toxic workplace that seemed to be driving some workers past their breaking point. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: How the Placebo Effect Works
For centuries, doctors have prescribed drugs they knew weren't real – but that still somehow worked. It wasn't until the 1980s that the placebo effect was studied. Learn all about how an inert substance can have a genuine impact on a patient's recovery, in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
The Tulsa 'Race Riots'
In reality, the Tulsa "race riots" of 1921 was more like a massacre. Yet it was almost lost to history until 1997, and still not widely known outside of Oklahoma until HBO's The Watchmen put it on the cultural map. Learn all about this dark chapter in American history today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: The Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a captivating work of art. But why? We'll try and figure it out in today's short stuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Transdermal Implants: Body Art or Nightmare Fuel?
Transdermal implants are just one in a number of procedures under the banner of extreme body modification. We don't like to yuk yums, so we'll offer a fairly straightforward look at this niche art form. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: Jellyfish - Even Cooler Than Octopi?
Jellyfish are among the most adaptable, competitive organisms on the planet. They can grow back into their juvenile stage when resources are scarce, reproduce in massive groups and kill an adult human, among lots of other neat stuff. Learn all about em in this classic episode! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part II
In the absence of an official explanation of why flight MH 370 disappeared in 2014, conjecture and conspiracy theories have filled the vacuum. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: Corduroy
Learn 12 minutes worth of stuff about corduroy today! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part I
In 2014, a Boeing 777 airliner disappeared. Despite two full years of searching an area of ocean covering more than 120,000 square kilometers, it has never been found. It is the only unexplained missing vessel in modern aviation history. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: Will Computers Replace Doctors?
With savvy and health-conscious people taking control of their wellbeing through apps and sites, technology is meeting the desire for individuals' responsibility for their health. But is the day coming soon when doctors will be obsolete, replaced by computers that read our health-related data to treat us? We explore these questions and more in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
How Safecracking Works
Burglars have come up with a whole range of ways to get into a safe. There’s lock manipulation – methodically testing the dial to coax the combination from it – and if that fails you can always blow it open with nitroglycerin. Both count as safecracking. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: Why Does Time Speed Up As You Age?
It’s not just you – time really does seem to pass faster for people as we age. But exactly why remains a mystery, though some of the theories for why life passes by so quickly are make a lot of sense. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Are broken arrows a problem?
Are broken arrows are a problem? After all, they are incidents and accidents involving nuclear warheads. Like, sometimes they go missing. But it hasn't happened much since the 50s and 60s. OR HAS IT? Learn all about them today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: How Wine Fraud Works
Wine fraud may be a case of rich con artists tricking wealthy people into parting with money, but it's still a crime. Learn all about this weird, widespread practice in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Live: Andre the Giant
Andre the Giant was a giant both figuratively and literally. Sure he was a wrestler, but more than that he was a human being who left a great legacy behind. Even if you're not a wrestling fan, you can appreciate his story. Join us for this very special live edition of the story of Andre the Giant. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: The Santa Claus Association
If a con man manages to make needy Christmas wishes come true is he still a con man? (Also, Merry Christmas!) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
The SYSK Holiday Spectacular
It's an annual treat, folks. Our holiday special is back and better than ever, and as always, brought to you ad-free. It's the least we can do. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978
Long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, George Lucas allowed the Star Wars Holiday Special to be made. What happened on the night of November 17, 1978 can never be fully explained, but we make our best effort in a very special edition of SYSK. May the force be with us all. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Cave Diving: Totally Nuts
There are extreme sports and then there is cave diving, the most extreme activity a person can engage in without leaving Earth. Cave divers stay underwater swimming miles into – that’s right – caves, where no human has ever been before. It’s pretty cool. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
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Physicians, Hospitals & Pharmacies
Hospital beds in Austria 2000-2017
Published by Conor Stewart, Nov 27, 2019
The number of hospital beds in Austria has not fluctuated much across the provided time interval. In the year 2000 there were approximately 63.7 thousand hospital beds in the country, by 2018 there were 64.8 thousand hospitals.
Healthcare workers in Austria
Although the number of healthcare beds has remained reasonably stable year-on-year in Austria, the number of personnel working within them have been increasing. The number of physicians in Austria increased by approximately fourteen thousand between 2000 and 2016. In addition, the number of practicing nurses was almost 70 thousand in 2016, an increase of around thirteen thousand nurses since 2000.
Spending indicators on health
In every year since 2009, Austria has spent over ten percent of its GDP on healthcare. In 2017, Austria’s expenditure on healthcare was 10.3 percent of GDP. In comparison to other European countries this placed Austria seventh highest in terms of health expenditure in 2016. Top of the list was Switzerland, which spent 12.2 percent of GDP on healthcare in this year.
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OECD. (July 2, 2019). Number of hospital beds in Austria from 2000 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 22, 2020, from https://cdn1.statista.com/statistics/461452/hospital-beds-in-austria/
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Bay Point Regional Shoreline Land Use Plan
State Lands Commission, California (California State Lands Commission)
The Land Use Plan includes a marsh restoration project, whose purpose is to conserve and enhance the site and assist in the local recovery of special-status species. The State Lands Commission action is an amendment of a 10- year General Lease - Public Agency Use through October 19, 2025.
Jennifer Lucchesi
CA State Lands Commission
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 100 South
Adjacent to McAvoy Road, near Pittsburg, in unincorporated Contra Costa County near the community of Bay Point.
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 100-South Sacramento, CA 95825-8202
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RACE 2 - A Fleet - 5/23/18 at 18:00:00
Start: A Fleet, Finishes: Finish time, Time: 18:15, Distance: 5.3, Course: 11
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1 A FEARLESS Melges 32 184 Lucas/Durlach 24 18:15 19:01:17 0:46:17 0:52:25
2 A PHOTON ID 35 35022 Hibdon 36 18:15 19:04:21 0:49:21 0:54:44
3 A WARHORSE ID 35 35006 Brown 36 18:15 19:04:51 0:49:51 0:55:18
4 A MOOSE DOWN J 120 CF 521201 Moore 48 18:15 19:06:08 0:51:08 0:55:35
5 A FOGDOG ID 35 35029 Guhl 36 18:15 19:05:15 0:50:15 0:55:44
6 A GUILLOTINE Melges 32 174 Mossman 24 18:15 19:04:59 0:49:59 0:56:36
7 A KINETIC J 111 73 Stein 39 DNC
7 A DAUNTLESS Beneteau 47.7 28477B Terwilliger 27 DNC
RACE 2 - B Fleet - 5/23/18 at 18:00:00
Start: B Fleet, Finishes: Finish time, Time: 18:27, Distance: 5.5, Course: 9
1 B ORANGE CRUSH J 24 828 Benjamin 171 18:27 19:32:16 1:05:16 0:58:50
2 B CHICORA J 24 2349 Hill 171 18:27 19:32:17 1:05:17 0:58:51
3 B MATADORA J 24 5259 Rogge 171 18:27 19:33:05 1:06:05 0:59:35
4 B JO MAMMA J 24 3266 Palazzo 171 18:27 19:34:01 1:07:01 1:00:25
5 B LEVEL PELICAN J 24 2260 McDonald 171 18:27 19:34:32 1:07:32 1:00:53
6 B DIRTY DOG J 24 5357 Moffly 171 18:27 19:36:04 1:09:04 1:02:16
7 B WHISKEY & KNIVES Sparkman & Stephens 30 30001 Hemmerling 153 18:27 19:36:11 1:09:11 1:03:58
8 B HAVOC Kirby 25 100 O'Connor 180 DNC
8 B PUFF DADDY J 24 4398 Lent 171 DNC
RACE 2 - C Fleet - 5/23/18 at 18:00:00
Start: C Fleet, Finishes: Finish time, Time: 18:33, Distance: 5.3, Course: 11
1 C INDIGO Pearson Vanguard 184 Dodds 228 18:33 19:29:12 0:56:12 0:46:57
2 C LAS BRISAS J 30 32956 Swatta 160 18:33 19:28:32 0:55:32 0:50:50
3 C CELADON Moorings 510 51704 Lesniak 96 RET
RACE 2 - D Fleet - 5/23/18 at 18:00:00
Start: D Fleet, Finishes: Finish time, Time: 18:45, Distance: 4.58, Course: 4
1 D MOON RIVER Kenner Privateer 26 116 Moore 276 18:45 19:47:02 1:02:02 0:48:49
2 D DIRECTION Morgan 30-2 7 Springer 201 18:45 19:42:26 0:57:26 0:49:43
3 D KAMIKAZE 5 Morgan 30/2 569 Simons 201 18:45 19:42:57 0:57:57 0:50:09
4 D MENTAL HEELING Catalina 30 5399 Keeney 221 18:45 19:50:53 1:05:53 0:55:33
5 D ELLA W BRAY Marshall 22 22 Kenan 285 18:45 20:05:27 NCK 1:02:38
5 D TROUBLE Hunter 240 H240 VanWagenen 277 18:45 20:09:03 1:24:03 1:06:04
7 D ANON Hunter 31 H310 Carns 206 18:45 20:13:02 1:28:02 1:15:41
RACE 2 - N Fleet - 5/23/18 at 18:00:00
Start: N Fleet, Finishes: Finish time, Time: 18:39, Distance: 4.58, Course: 4
1 N SCEPTRE J 130 CF SD 28693 Musor 45 18:39 19:21:18 0:42:18 0:46:13
2 N EMOCEAN J 120 Al 37120 Hanckel 62 18:39 19:23:45 0:44:45 0:47:32
3 N FATE Beneteau 49 15 Ryan 127 18:39 19:31:36 0:52:36 0:50:30
4 N ALLIANCE Ericson 38 265 Stetler 150 18:39 19:33:27 0:54:27 0:50:34
5 N SEAMOUR Catalina 380 192 Seymour 151 18:39 19:42:07 1:03:07 0:58:31
6 N KELLY KREW Catalina 385 WK 212 Kelly 166 18:39 19:43:37 1:04:37 0:58:40
RACE 2 - S Fleet - 5/23/18 at 18:00:00
Start: S Fleet, Finishes: Finish time, Time: 18:21, Distance: 5.3, Course: 11
1 S JOY RIDE J 105 97 Scribner 90 18:21 19:13:23 0:52:23 0:53:12
2 S SKIMMER J 105 313 Martschink/Hagood 90 18:21 19:14:30 0:53:30 0:54:20
3 S RUMFRONT J 105 51306 Martschink/McKemzie. 90 18:21 19:14:58 0:53:58 0:54:49
4 S TEMPTRESS SR 33 OB 50484 King 69 18:21 19:14:45 0:53:45 0:56:27
5 S RUCKUS J105 239 Seif 90 18:21 19:17:19 0:56:19 0:57:12
6 S ARROW J 35 32864 Schwenzfeier 72 18:21 19:15:46 0:54:46 0:57:14
7 S CHEERS Santana 30/30 83472 Mackin 120 18:21 19:21:00 1:00:00 0:58:13
8 S DIFFERENT DRUMMER Azzura 310 1000 Gaag 66 18:21 19:16:46 0:55:46 0:58:51
9 S RELOAD X-Treme 26 60848 Popov 90 18:21 19:19:37 0:58:37 0:59:32
10 S EASTERLY e 33 16 Cramer/Barnes 102 18:21 19:26:13 1:05:13 1:05:01
RACE 2 - V Fleet - 5/23/18 at 18:00:00
1 V SENDIT VX1 USA160 Wiggens 18:27 19:21:48 0:54:48 1:04:46
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Rather than having the campaign speak for Einstein, we wanted Einstein to speak for himself, Layne Harris, 360i’s VP, Head of Innovation Technology, said to GeoMarketing. "We decided to pursue a conversational chatbot that would feel natural and speak as Einstein would. This provides a more intimate and immersive experience for users to really connect with him one on one and organically discover more content from the show."
For as long as I can remember, email has been a fundamentally important channel for a large majority of businesses. The ability to market products directly through a channel that scales up to an incredibly high ceiling is very attractive. The only problem is that it's costing more and more money to acquire email addresses from potential customers, and the engagement from email is getting worse and worse.
However, since Magic simply connects you with human operators who carry our your requests, the service does not leverage AI to automate its processes, and thus the service is expensive and thus may lack mainstream potential. The company recently launched a premium service called Magic+ which gets you higher level service for $100 per hour, indicating that it sees its market among business executives and other wealthy customers.
From any point in the conversation, the bot needs to know where to go next. If a user writes, “I’m looking for new pants,” the bot might ask, “For a man or woman?” The user may type, “For a woman.” Does the bot then ask about size, style, brand, or color? What if one of those modifiers was already specified in the query? The possibilities are endless, and every one of them has to be mapped with rules.
Intents: It is basically the action chatbot should perform when the user say something. For instance, intent can trigger same thing if user types “I want to order a red pair of shoes”, “Do you have red shoes? I want to order them” or “Show me some red pair of shoes”, all of these user’s text show trigger single command giving users options for Red pair of shoes.
Specialized conversational bots can be used to make professional tasks easier. For example, a conversational bot could be used to retrieve information faster compared to a manual lookup; simply ask, “What was the patient’s blood pressure in her May visit?” The conversational bot will answer instantly instead of the user perusing through manual or electronic records.
Speaking ahead of the Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit in Sydney, Magnus Revang, research director at Gartner, said the broad appeal of chatbots stems from the efficiency and ease of interaction they create for employees, customers or other users. The potential benefits are significant for enterprises and shouldn’t be ignored.
Screenless conversations are expected to dominate even more as internet connectivity and social media is poised to expand. From the era of Eliza to Alice to today’s conversational bots, we have come a long way. Conversational bots are changing the way businesses and programs interact with us. They have simplified many aspects of device use and the daily grind, and made interactions between customers and businesses more efficient.
Foreseeing immense potential, businesses are starting to invest heavily in the burgeoning bot economy. A number of brands and publishers have already deployed bots on messaging and collaboration channels, including HP, 1-800-Flowers, and CNN. While the bot revolution is still in the early phase, many believe 2016 will be the year these conversational interactions take off.
ETL. The bot relies on information and knowledge extracted from the raw data by an ETL process in the backend. This data might be structured (SQL database), semi-structured (CRM system, FAQs), or unstructured (Word documents, PDFs, web logs). An ETL subsystem extracts the data on a fixed schedule. The content is transformed and enriched, then loaded into an intermediary data store, such as Cosmos DB or Azure Blob Storage.
Respect the conversational UI. The full interaction should take place natively within the app. The goal is to recognize the user's intent and provide the right content with minimum user input. Every question asked should bring the user closer to the answer they want. If you need so much information that you're playing a game of 20 Questions, then switch to a form and deliver the content another way.
Lack contextual awareness. Not everyone has all of the data that Google has – but chatbots today lack the awareness that we expect them to have. We assume that chatbot technology will know our IP address, browsing history, previous purchases, but that is just not the case today. I would argue that many chatbots even lack basic connection to other data silos to improve their ability to answer questions.
Yes, witty banter is a plus. But, the ultimate mission of a bot is to provide a service people actually want to use. As long as you think of your bot as just another communication channel, your focus will be misguided. The best bots harness the micro-decisions consumers experience on a daily basis and see them as an opportunity to help. Whether it's adjusting a reservation, updating the shipping info for an order, or giving medical advice, bots provide a solution when people need it most.
Authentication. Users start by authenticating themselves using whatever mechanism is provided by their channel of communication with the bot. The bot framework supports many communication channels, including Cortana, Microsoft Teams, Facebook Messenger, Kik, and Slack. For a list of channels, see Connect a bot to channels. When you create a bot with Azure Bot Service, the Web Chat channel is automatically configured. This channel allows users to interact with your bot directly in a web page. You can also connect the bot to a custom app by using the Direct Line channel. The user's identity is used to provide role-based access control, as well as to serve personalized content.
The field of chatbots is continually growing with new technology advancements and software improvements. Staying up to date with the latest chatbot news is important to stay on top of this rapidly growing industry. We cover the latest in artificial intelligence news, chatbot news, computer vision news, machine learning news, and natural language processing news, speech recognition news, and more.
The goal of intent-based bots is to solve user queries on a one to one basis. With each question answered it can adapt to the user behavior. The more data the bots receive, the more intelligent they become. Great examples of intent-based bots are Siri, Google Assistant, and Amazon Alexa. The bot has the ability to extract contextual information such as location, and state information like chat history, to suggest appropriate solutions in a specific situation.
Unfortunately, my mom can’t really engage in meaningful conversations anymore, but many people suffering with dementia retain much of their conversational abilities as their illness progresses. However, the shame and frustration that many dementia sufferers experience often make routine, everyday talks with even close family members challenging. That’s why Russian technology company Endurance developed its companion chatbot.
2a : a computer program that performs automatic repetitive tasks : agent sense 5 Several shopping "bots" will track down prices for on-line merchandise from a variety of vendors.— Sam Vincent Meddis especially : one designed to perform a malicious action These bot programs churn away all day and night, prodding at millions of random IP addresses looking for holes to crawl through. — Jennifer Tanaka
In 1950, Alan Turing's famous article "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" was published,[7] which proposed what is now called the Turing test as a criterion of intelligence. This criterion depends on the ability of a computer program to impersonate a human in a real-time written conversation with a human judge, sufficiently well that the judge is unable to distinguish reliably—on the basis of the conversational content alone—between the program and a real human. The notoriety of Turing's proposed test stimulated great interest in Joseph Weizenbaum's program ELIZA, published in 1966, which seemed to be able to fool users into believing that they were conversing with a real human. However Weizenbaum himself did not claim that ELIZA was genuinely intelligent, and the introduction to his paper presented it more as a debunking exercise:
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UPDATE 2-Profit slumps at Australia's South32 as trade war hits aluminium prices
Aditya Soni
* Lower aluminium prices lead to 25% drop in profit
* South32 in talks to sell its South Africa energy coal unit
* Shares drop to their lowest in over 2 years (Recasts to add details from statement, analyst comments, background on trade war and coal, and share performance)
By Aditya Soni
Aug 22 (Reuters) - Australian miner South32 Ltd reported a bigger-than-expected 25% drop in annual profit as the trade war between China and the United States hurt aluminium prices, sending its shares lower by as much as 5.8% on Thursday.
South32 also said it was in talks to sell its South Africa thermal coal business to Johannesburg-based Seriti Resources, the latest company to get out of energy coal at a time when investor pressure and climate change concerns are prompting businesses to limit their exposure to fossil fuels.
The miner's fortunes have soured in tandem with a decline in aluminium prices, which have come under pressure this year due to a slowdown in China - the world's biggest consumer of the metal - as the Sino-U.S. trade war has escalated.
Alcoa and Norsk Hydro ASA, two of the world's biggest aluminium producers, warned last year that the trade war was clouding the outlook for the metal.
"It is a pretty tough mix of commodities of coal, manganese and aluminium," said Damian Rooney, a director of equity sales at Argonaut, referring to the commodities that South32 sells. Price for all three of those metals are down.
The miner's underlying earnings, excluding the impact of one-off items, fell to $992 million, below analysts' expectations of $1.04 billion in profit, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
South32's stock was trading at its lowest in more than two years. The broader market was up 0.4%.
DIVESTING THERMAL COAL
The miner, which had flagged last year that it was looking to sell its energy coal business in South Africa, did not disclose a deal value, but said it consists of a modest upfront cash payment and a deferred price mechanism.
Seriti Resources was not immediately available for comment.
The planned sale follows Rio Tinto's exit from coal in 2018 and comes days after the head of BHP Group, the world's biggest miner, said the company had put its thermal coal operations under review..
"Ethical investors continue to vote with their feet on a number of issues and I am sure South32 is mindful of that," Rooney said.
"Although Australia has a rich history of coal mining and there is still significant power demands from the utilities for coal-fired generation it has become a slightly acquired taste," he said.
Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund said in June it may have to sell its stake in South32 to meet tighter ethical investing rules adopted by the country's parliament.
Reporting by Aditya Soni in BENGALURU; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Tom Hogue
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Garrick Sherman
Former Michigan State, Notre Dame center goes on Twitter rant about NCAA
By Raphielle JohnsonMay 27, 2015, 11:27 PM EDT
Twitter can be a medium filled with words that don’t offer up a whole lot of value, but it can also be the stage for incredibly entertaining thoughts that normally wouldn’t be made public. That was the case Wednesday evening as Garrick Sherman, a former player at Michigan State and Notre Dame, took to Twitter after his professional season in Georgia (the country, not the state) came to an end hours earlier.
The topics Sherman touched on that grabbed attention included marijuana use amongst college basketball players, and how he helped a former teammate pass a drug test. Sherman, who stated during the rant that he “may or may not have consumed some alcohol” since his team’s season came to an end, said he did so more to expose the NCAA than to bring any kind of trouble upon Michigan State.
But even if the NCAA were to ask about any of this they don’t have subpoena power, so it isn’t as if Sherman would have to say anything to them. Warning: there’s some bad language in a couple of the tweets.
On what Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo told him at the Final Four: linked due to the language
On how he helped a teammate at Michigan State with a drug test: linked due to language
If that last tweet doesn’t make me twitter famous I give up
— Garrick Sherman (@gsherm11) May 27, 2015
Besides, What is the ncaa gonna do?! Give my final four ring to Utah state, the next relevant university who didn’t bend the rules behind us
NCAA could do hair test any day of the week and actually be a real organization but who would wanna take the top 25 players from the tourney
Izzo might actually hate me more ( if that’s possible) when he loses scholarships cause I drunkenly spilled half his team smoked weed 😂😂😂
Although the honestly who really cares, it didn’t affect the games. But that’s a irrelevant point once the ncaa calls me I’m sure lmao
Anyone who would think they PAID a 6′10 unathletic guy who survives every game barely has lost their mind. They wouldn’t pay me
If nothing else gets accomplished. Let this Twitter rant show the inability of the ncaa to do anything at all of substance
My only goal was to embarrass the fact the ncaa has zero value at all. I actually cheer for msu still and want them to do well
You guys miss the entire point lol every team in NCAA smokes. My point is NCAA is a joke. I still cheer for MSU. I have no resentment at all
Tags: Garrick Sherman, Michigan State Spartans, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Eric Atkins, Notre Dame beat No. 7 Duke, turn around their season?
By Rob DausterJan 4, 2014, 6:23 PM EST
For the first time in 19 games against former assistant coaches, Mike Krzyzewski has been beaten.
And while it isn’t necessarily a surprise that it was Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey that did it, it is a surprise that it happened this season.
The Fighting Irish were dealt a bad hand last month when it was announced that leading scorer Jerian Grant would be leaving school for the second semester due to an academic issue. That left a Notre Dame team that had been struggling with Grant in the lineup shorthanded, and the fact that they were taken to overtime by Canisius in their first game in the post-Jerian era was not exactly promising.
But if there is anything that Brey has proven that he’s capable of doing, it’s overcoming adversity on his roster. And on Saturday, his Irish used a late 20-4 run to turn a 60-50 deficit into a 70-64 lead in their 79-77 win over the Blue Devils.
Eric Atkins led the way for the Irish, finishing with 19 points and 11 assists while completely dominating the game on the offensive end of the floor. There really isn’t any other way to put it. He’s averaging 24.5 points and 9.0 assists in the two games without Grant.
He’s not alone, however. Pat Connaughton finished with 16 points — including a pair of momentum-changing dunks late in the second half — while Garrick Sherman chipped in with 14 points and eight boards, helping the Irish to control the paint against the smaller Blue Devils. Austin Burgett (five boards, five blocks) provided energy off the bench while Steve Vasturia (3-for-5 from three) came in and helped stretch the floor.
Put it all together, and what you get is Notre Dame’s biggest win of the season.
By far.
Remember, this is a team that lost to Indiana State and North Dakota State at home, that choked away an eight point lead in 51 seconds against Ohio State at the Garden. This is a team that had been written off as a contender in the ACC before the lost Grant for the year. But the Irish made a statement on Saturday afternoon. They’re not going to roll over and die just because a couple of pundits said they would.
This isn’t the first time that Brey has had to manufacture a turnaround. Remember when Luke Harangody injured his knee in 2010 and the Irish were forced to turn to the ‘Burn Offense’? That turned their season around, and they won their last six regular season games before making the NCAA tournament. Or what about in 2012, when Tim Abromaitis tore his ACL and the Irish still managed to win 13 Big East games?
Are the Irish really back?
Is this group actually going to be able to win against the best in the ACC once teams have a chance to scout and game-plan what they do without Grant?
But the bottom-line is that writing off the Irish — writing off Mike Brey — is never a good idea.
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Tags: Austin Burgett, Duke Blue Devils, Eric Atkins, Garrick Sherman, Mike Brey, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pat Connaughton
Eric Atkins comes up big in Notre Dame’s overtime victory over Canisius
With the announcement that leading scorer Jerian Grant was done for the season for academic reasons, it was clear that Notre Dame needed to figure out how they would account for the 19.0 points and 6.2 assists per game that the senior provided. Given Grant’s impact on both ends of the floor, this is not a situation in which the Fighting Irish simply “replace” him with one of their young bench players.
But in their tough 87-81 overtime victory over Canisius on Sunday afternoon, the way in which Notre Dame will account for that personnel loss was crystal clear.
Eric Atkins, who entered the game shooting just 39.8% from the field, played every second and accounted for a career-high 30 points (10-for-15 FG) and seven assists to lead the way for Notre Dame. He was joined in double figures by forwards Garrick Sherman (17 points, ten rebounds) and Zach Auguste (12 points, eight rebounds), and Notre Dame also received some valuable contributions from their newcomers.
Demetrius Jackson, who will be a key figure moving forward alongside Atkins and Pat Connaughton on the perimeter, V.J. Beachem and Steve Vasturia all provided valuable minutes against Canisius, with Billy Baron and company giving Notre Dame all it wanted and then some. That freshman trio may have combined for “just” 15 points, but if Notre Dame is to have any shot of getting to the NCAA tournament without Grant they’ll need to chip in.
On Sunday afternoon they did that, and as a result Notre Dame avoided what would have been a third home loss of the season with a game against No. 9 Duke next on the horizon.
But the most important development for Notre Dame moving forward is the play of Atkins, who was aggressive offensively in the team’s first game without Grant. With Grant on the floor Atkins attempted just six shots in Notre Dame’s stunning loss to No. 3 Ohio State last weekend, and it’s obvious that Mike Brey will need his point guard to be even more aggressive now that Grant’s gone.
Notre Dame’s done this before under Brey, with suspensions (Kyle McAlarney) and injuries (Scott Martin, Luke Harangody and Tim Abromaitis) simply resulting in the formation of a “new” team that still found a way to be successful. With those prior successes in mind, maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to rule out Notre Dame this season.
Tags: ACC, Eric Atkins, Garrick Sherman, Mike Brey, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
New Year’s Resolutions: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
By Kevin DoyleDec 28, 2013, 10:00 AM EST
Over the course of the holiday week, we at College Basketball Talk will be detailing what we believe will be the New Year’s Resolutions of some of the nation’s most talented, most disappointing, and thoroughly enigmatic teams. What can we say, we’re in a giving mood.
Who else made Resolutions? Click here to find out.
WHAT DOES NOTRE DAME PROMISE TO DO MORE OF?: Expand their rotation.
Why it will happen: Mike Brey doesn’t really have a choice but to expand his rotation and give more minutes to Zach Auguste, Tom Knight, and Austin Burgett. With news breaking after Notre Dame’s game against Ohio State at Madison Square Garden that star guard Jerian Grant would no longer be with the program due to an academic issue, Brey has been put in a tough position. The Irish’s bench only accounts for 21.1% of the overall minutes to begin with, and taking Grant’s 35.6 mpg out of the picture makes matters worse. Brey no longer has the option to play with a small line-up like he favored. Auguste or Knight now will most likely move into the starting five.
Why it won’t happen: Unless Mike Brey tries to play basically his starting five with just one off the bench, this will happen. I still think Notre Dame has a chance to be decent in the ACC, but they are in a world of trouble as things currently stand. There were already flaws with this team; compound that with taking Grant out of the equation, and things look bleak. The onus falls on Zach Auguste and Tom Knight to really log quality minutes in the front-court — they have both been hot and cold this season.
WHAT DOES NOTRE DAME SWEAR THEY WILL DO LESS OF?: Settling for outside shots.
Why it will happen: With Grant no longer playing, Notre Dame will revert back to playing a more traditional three guard, two forward line-up, rather than going small with four guards and a forward. As such, expect Notre Dame to go inside more often and continue featuring Garrick Sherman, along with Auguste / Knight. For a team that shoots collectively 76% from the line, they should be attempting more than 21.5 FT per game. Eric Atkins and Pat Connaughton have both taken more three-pointers than free throws. While they are both proficient from the perimeter, they cannot continue to settle for that shot.
Why it won’t happen: The last time Notre Dame got to the line at a high rate was during the 2010-11 season. That year, they boasted a front-court consisting of the dual-threat Tim Abromaitis, Tyrone Nash, and Scott Martin — Nash shot free throws at one of the highest rates in the country. The problem: Notre Dame simply doesn’t boast forwards of this caliber on this year’s team. It’s unrealistic to expect Atkins and Connaughton to all of a sudden become different players. Grant has shot the most free throws — far and away — this season. In his absence, it’s hard to see who will get to the charity stripe regularly.
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Tags: Austin Burgett, Eric Atkins, Garrick Sherman, Jerian Grant, Mike Brey, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pat Connaughton, Tom Knight, Zach Auguste
Jerian Grant rebounds from a tough Wednesday and so does Notre Dame
One of the big issues for Notre Dame in their 73-69 loss to North Dakota State on Wednesday night was the play of senior guard Jerian Grant. The team’s leading scorer and assist man, Grant accounted for nine points and five assists, failing to make a single field goal in 39 minutes of action. Neither he nor Eric Atkins were able to get untracked against the preseason favorites to win the Summit League, resulting in a third loss for the Fighting Irish this season without a significant resume-building victory to their credit.
“Grant couldn’t really get any angles to the bucket,” Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey said following the defeat. “He was getting us shots but we couldn’t make them. He was starting to kick to shooters like he usually does, but for him not to make a field goal is a big hole in our offense. He’s been on a tear, but not so good tonight.”
Grant had no such issues against Indiana on Saturday afternoon, scoring a team-high 23 points on 5-for-13 shooting (11-for-11 FT) and dishing out six assists in Notre Dame’s 79-72 victory. Grant’s field goal percentage may not have been great, but when Grant’s making good use of his ability to attack defenses good things tend to happen for Notre Dame as a whole. One of the beneficiaries on this day was senior big man Garrick Sherman, who accounted for 16 points and five rebounds, and at times on the block Indiana had no answer for him.
Through ten games this season Sherman’s been a much-improved player for Notre Dame, averaging 14.4 points (compared to 7.0 ppg last season) and 7.5 rebounds (3.4 rpg) per contest and shooting 52.5% from the field. With Grant, Eric Atkins (seven points vs. Indiana), Pat Connaughton (14 points, eight rebounds) and Demetrius Jackson (five points) Notre Dame once again has multiple players capable of scoring on the perimeter.
However for this offense to be at its best there has to be some semblance of balance and while he may not be in the class of a Luke Harangody or Jack Cooley, through 11 games Sherman has been the interior scoring threat that Notre Dame needs.
Will Sheehey led three Hoosiers in double figures with 22 points, and the bench contributions from Stanford Robinson (six points) and Austin Etherington (five points) could be positives down the line if the two reserves can build on those performances. But in the end they were unable to overcome a ten-point disparity at the foul line (Notre Dame attempted 14 more free throws), and Jerian Grant returning to form didn’t help matters either.
Notre Dame was more efficient offensively against the Hoosiers than they were against North Dakota State, and that doesn’t happen if Grant isn’t aggressive. He isn’t the only capable scorer in the rotation, but he’s the key if the Fighting Irish are to be a factor in the ACC.
Tags: ACC, Garrick Sherman, Indiana Hoosiers, Jerian Grant, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Iowa defeats Notre Dame 98-93 in offensive shootout
By Terrence PayneDec 3, 2013, 11:43 PM EST
The Big Ten got its first win in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge from Iowa’s offensive firepower. The Hawkeyes, playing in front of a raucous crowd, held off a Notre Dame second half comeback, countering the rally and holding off the Fighting Irish in a 98-93 win on Tuesday night.
The Irish posted 43 points in the first half and still trailed by nine heading into the break. Notre Dame used a 14-3 run to take a 57-55 before the first media timeout of the second half.
Though the Iowa offense Roy Devyn Marble responded to Notre Dame’s run with 13 (of his 17) straight points of his own. The Irish couldn’t stop him, and if it wasn’t Marble, it was Aaron White (20 points) or Jarrod Uthoff (17 points) or any of the other Hawkeyes that scored in double figures that made plays down the stretch.
The Hawkeyes shot 57 percent (53 from three). Notre Dame shot over 50 percent (41 from deep) and like Iowa had multiple double-digit scoring, including Eric Atkins’ 23 to go along with Sherman’ s big night. Iowa wasn’t there defensively either, but the Hawkeyes had more weapons to win the shootout, while also outrebounding the Irish by 10.
The Irish fought back to get into the game, led by Garrick Sherman’s career-high 29 points, but the same problems for Mike Brey’s program caught up to them late in the game. Notre Dame couldn’t get enough stops — whether it was man-to-man or zone — to complete the comeback.
This was a good test for each team. Iowa was coming off a tough loss in the Battle 4 Atlantis title game against Villanova and Notre Dame was playing its first road game of the season. Iowa showed its a talented and deep team, averaging a tick under 90 points per game. Although Notre Dame found itself in a hole early, the Irish battled back, but the similar problems we’ve seen so far handed them their second loss of the season.
On Nov. 17, Notre Dame allow Indiana State to hit 11 threes, 55 percent from deep, on its way to an 83-70 win. And that was in South Bend. If Notre Dame can’t defend, how does it expect to contend in the ACC with the likes of Duke and Syracuse, which both have impressive perimeter attacks of their own?
Notre Dame has three games at home against Delaware, Bryant and North Dakota State — none of them high-major teams, but all contenders in their respective conference — before games against Indiana and Ohio State, both games on neutral floors.
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Tags: Aaron White, ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Garrick Sherman, Iowa Hawkeyes, Jarrod Uthoff, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Roy Devyn Marble
Former Michigan State, Notre Dame center goes on Twitter rant about NCAA May 27, 2015 11:27 pm Eric Atkins, Notre Dame beat No. 7 Duke, turn around their season? January 4, 2014 6:23 pm Eric Atkins comes up big in Notre Dame’s overtime victory over Canisius December 29, 2013 8:13 pm New Year’s Resolutions: Notre Dame Fighting Irish December 28, 2013 10:00 am Jerian Grant rebounds from a tough Wednesday and so does Notre Dame December 14, 2013 5:51 pm Iowa defeats Notre Dame 98-93 in offensive shootout December 3, 2013 11:43 pm 2013-2014 Season Preview: No. 24 Notre Dame Fighting Irish October 1, 2013 10:00 am Garrick Sherman emerges for 1st time in Big East play to lead Notre Dame in 5 OTs February 10, 2013 10:43 am
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Quarterbacks at Florida, LSU off to impressive starts
By STEVE MEGARGEE and JOHN ZENOR - Oct. 09, 2019 03:04 PM EDT
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (13) throws long during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Mississippi, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
Florida and LSU appear poised to mount serious challenges in their respective Southeastern Conference divisions and two of the nation's best offenses reside in the SEC West.
The stage is set for upcoming showdowns, a heated chase to the championship game and perhaps even a shootout or two in the SEC. No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia won their divisions last year and still look like national title contenders. No. 5 LSU and No. 7 Florida — even with an injury to quarterback Feleipe Franks — also remain unbeaten.
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been every bit as good as last season, if not better. His LSU counterpart, Joe Burrow , has emerged as another potential Heisman Trophy contender in leading the Tigers' suddenly prolific passing attack.
The Associated Press writers covering the SEC voted on the best — and worst — of the league so far. Here are some of the standout teams and players with the second half of the season approaching:
COACH OF THE FIRST HALF
Ed Orgeron, LSU: His offensive overhaul with the hiring of passing game coordinator Joe Brady has helped the Tigers become a legit national title contender. They lead the nation in scoring with 54.6 points per game. The only time they exceeded 45 points last year was in a seven-overtime marathon against Texas A&M. Also receiving votes: Dan Mullen, Florida; Gus Malzahn, Auburn.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF
Tagovailoa, Alabama. The 2018 Heisman Trophy runner-up has been impressive, mixing up big plays and efficiency just like most of last season. He has passed for 1,719 yards and 23 touchdowns without an interception in five games. He is completing 76.4 percent of his passes. Also receiving votes: Burrow, LSU.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE FIRST HALF
Jon Greenard , LB, Florida. Greenard has helped spearhead a strong defense and harass opposing quarterbacks. He has four sacks among his 26 tackles along with a forced fumble, an interception and three pass deflections. Also receiving votes: Derrick Brown, DT, Auburn; David Reese, LB, Florida.
Bo Nix, QB, Auburn. Nix won in a close vote that emphasizes the big role freshmen have played around the SEC. Nix has started every game for the Tigers, who are 2-1 against Top 25 teams, though he struggled with mistakes and misfires in last weekend's loss to Florida. He threw for the game-winning touchdown in the opener against Oregon. Also receiving votes: Derek Stingley Jr., DB, LSU; John Rhys Plumlee, QB, Mississippi; Jerrion Ealy, RB, Ole Miss.
MOST SURPRISING TEAM
Florida: The Gators have continued to thrive without an injured Franks thanks in part to a defense that ranks among the nation's best and produced a whopping 10 sacks in a season-opening victory over Miami. Florida also has received a big boost from quarterback Kyle Trask, who rallied the Gators to a come-from-behind victory over Kentucky the night Franks was hurt and has played well ever since. Also receiving votes: LSU, Auburn, Missouri.
MOST SURPRISING PLAYER
Burrow; Trask. A close contender for offensive player of the year, the second-year LSU starter Burrow has flourished under new passing game coordinator Joe Brady. Burrow already has thrown 22 touchdown passes, surpassing his 2018 season total of 16. His completion percentage has soared from .578 in 2018 to a Football Bowl Subdivision-leading .784 this season. The Florida offense hasn't missed a beat with Trask, who hadn't been a starter since his freshman year of high school. He led the Gators to the win over Auburn. Also receiving votes: Kelly Bryant, QB, Missouri; Plumlee, Mississippi.
MOST DISAPPOINTING TEAM
Tennessee. Volunteers' fans were hoping their team could end a string of two straight losing seasons and earn a bowl bid. The Vols instead are 1-4 and off to their worst start since 1988, when they dropped their first six games. That poor start includes a stunning season-opening 38-30 loss to 26-point underdog Georgia State. Also receiving votes: Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Kentucky, Texas A&M.
HOTTEST SEAT
Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee. Pruitt's only in his second year but owns a 6-11 record and has lost his last six games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents. Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer voiced his support for Pruitt last week by saying that "I totally believe in Coach Pruitt and the job that he's doing." Also receiving votes: Derek Mason, Vanderbilt; Will Muschamp, South Carolina.
BIGGEST INJURY
Terry Wilson, QB, Kentucky; Franks, Florida. Both Kentucky and Florida have lost their starting quarterbacks to season-ending injuries, but Trask's strong play has eased the Gators' pain. He just led them to the win over then-No. 7 Auburn. Kentucky is 2-0 in the games Wilson started and 0-3 in the games he has missed. Also receiving votes: Dylan Moses, LB, Alabama; Jake Bentley, QB, South Carolina; Cale Garrett, LB, Missouri.
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'Fostered' Pit Bull Attacks Wife of Los Angeles Drummer / Instructor Noel Jasso
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ANIMAL WATCH-Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette’s plaintive media pleas for pet lovers to “foster” impounded dogs from the City's six shelters during the Fourth of July holiday week touched the hearts of LA drummer Noel Jasso and his wife, Tori, who opened their home on July 7 to a two-year-old Pit Bull named Mugsy.(Photo above.)
Barnette promised that “fostering” would create badly needed room for the hundreds of dogs (and cats) that escape from homes/yards during the alarming citywide fireworks noise and displays, become lost, and are brought to the six LA City shelters.
Mugsy was identified as a "mixed breed," because LA Animal Services follows the Best Friends' Animal Society practice that does not reveal the known or “guesstimated” breed of impounded dogs, so they are not "branded" as to potential behavior.
But Noel recognized Mugsy’s bulldog lineage and felt no reluctance. He told me he owns two much-loved Pit Bulls that shared his life for ten years and are now living with his mother in her spacious home in Texas, with plenty of fresh air and exercise, rather than confining them to an apartment in LA.
Tori had never owned a dog, but she also fell in love with Mugsy.
Noel said they were informed by the shelter that Mugsy had been there since December 2018 and had been adopted and returned twice since then. Shelter staff advised them that Mugsy was “a little aggressive with other animals but he is good with adults and children." There is no other animal in their Van Nuys household; and he was so friendly that they truly believed Mugsy was a good match for them.
However, when a friend and his two daughters visited them on July 9, two days after Mugsy moved in, the dog barked, growled and lunged at the children. Although this raised serious concerns, Noel and Tori believed this behavior might be caused by Mugsy being in a new home and needing to adjust.
But Noel also noticed that Mugsy was becoming increasingly protective and possessive of him and fixated on anyone coming near him. He even growled at Tori when she approached.
He immediately asked a friend who has experience training Pit Bulls to assist him in evaluating how to handle this behavior in a positive way. He wanted to assure his wife became familiar with dog-language and how to communicate with Mugsy, who was otherwise friendly toward her and seemed happy.
The shelter said that Mugsy was not trained, but the friend discovered he responded readily to basic commands, so it was obvious he had received training at some time during his earlier life.
Regardless of their concerns, Mugsy continued to charm Noel and Tori, both 30, and they were making plans for permanent adoption and having Mugsy spend the rest of his life with them.
Then, on the evening of July 11--the fifth day with his foster family--Noel was sitting on the couch when his wife came into the living room and sat down beside him. Mugsy became suddenly alert and tense and his eyes focused intently on Tori. Noel had been advised that, if this happened, he should walk Mugsy back to his doggy bed and tell him firmly to lie down and "stay."
He kept a leash on Mugsy in the house, as suggested, so he got up and returned Mugsy to his bed, with a command to stay there.
Noel walked back to the couch and sat down by his wife and looked at Mugsy. What happened next caught them totally off guard.
Without warning, Mugsy, whose eyes were now totally focused on Tori, left his bed and came toward her. Tori told me that he stopped and rested his head very briefly on the corner of the couch, as he often did, and she didn't move. Mugsy then jumped up onto the couch and immediately lunged toward her, biting her head and ripping her scalp. He also bit her hand when she tried to protect herself. She began screaming as blood gushed down her face.
Noel said he quickly jumped up and grabbed the dog and it took all his strength to hold him and restrain him from continuing the attack. His wife escaped to another room. He secured Mugsy and tended to her wounds as much as possible before she was rushed to the hospital.
Noel then drove Mugsy directly to the East Valley animal shelter and returned him, informing the staff what had just happened. He said he believed they may have known about this from the dog's prior behavior but did not advise him.
Tori feels fortunate that she is healing physically from the wound above her right ear and the bite on her right hand which left a deep puncture, but she is emotionally traumatized and terrified of dogs. She is still in the early days of recovery and the full impact is not yet known.
Another unnerving aspect of this attack is that, if Noel had not been in excellent physical condition with exceptional upper-body strength which allowed him to lift Mugsy away, he might have lost his wife in an attack that could have turned deadly. And, if he had not been able to hold the agitated dog securely, the attack could have been redirected to his hands and arms, ending his successful musical career as a drummer.
All this couple wanted to do was save a homeless pet. The media promotions by Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette imply the assurance of the City of Los Angeles that this is something the public should, and can, safely do.
DID LA ANIMAL SERVICES KNOW MUGSY WAS DANGEROUS?
On July 16 at 10:07 p.m., I pulled up Mugsy's photo and profile (Animal ID A1823355) on the LAAnimalServices.com public search page and found him under available dogs:
My name is Mugsy. I am a neutered male, brown brindle and white Mixed breed.
The shelter thinks I am about 2 years and 8 months old.
I have been at the shelter since Jul 11, 2019.
This information is less than 1 hour old.
(This was followed by complete information on how to adopt him and a form to email this information to a friend.)
When I told Noel that Mugsy's profile was still up on July 16 and that I had taken numerous screen shots of his indicated availability for adoption, he said he is "worried that the dog will be adopted where there are children."
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST SUBMITTED
On July 17, when computers were turned on at the LAAS City Hall office, my CA Public Records Request was waiting, asking for ALL records on Mugsy. Why was he first impounded? Or was he a stray? Did the original owner or any subsequent adopters report aggression toward humans? What about the adopter(s) who returned Mugsy--were there comments as to why? Did they describe dangerous or alarming behavior of any kind? Did staff or volunteers make any notes that Mugsy had shown any type of human aggression (now-designated only as "bad behavior" by LAAS)?
GM Barnette stated recently to the Commission that, upon adoption, all prior records and notes or posted observations on animals are shared with the new owners. If that is true, shouldn't the same transparency also extend to “fosters”?
My CityWatch article, LA Animal Service’s GM Trying to Hide Pit Bull History to Hype Adoptions? discussed that the September 12, 2017, meeting of the Los Angeles Animal Services Commission was the second attempt by GM Brenda Barnette to gain approval for a plan to remove any indication of breed on kennel cards of dogs in LA City shelters. The stated goal was to increase Pit Bull adoptions.
Barnette emphasized at that meeting, "Information on file with LA Animal Services provided by the prior owner or notes of concerns by shelter staff will NOT be shared with potential adopters choosing a canine companion or a family pet. However, it will be kept by LAAS for statistical reporting."
But staff and volunteers are and have always been allowed--encouraged--to give positive descriptions that could embellish the animal’s potential and influence adoptions to reach the City’s “No Kill” goal.
Practically speaking, it would be unusual for a Pit Bull nearly three years of age to have been surrendered/returned to the shelter two (or more) times for reasons other than some level of violent or threatening behavior, serious destruction, or excessive barking.
Or, it could be that Mugsy was perfect--up until the moment he wasn't?
The response to the CPRA should tell us much more about Mugsy's past and LAAS' disclosure to Noel and Tori.
WHO IS ALFREDO NOEL JASSO?
Noel Jasso is a Los Angeles-based session drummer and music instructor who has been playing drums/percussion professionally for over ten years for major artists.
He states modestly in his Bio that he "has been fortunate enough to have his music licensed in both television and film and continues to write with several artists and producers."
He also wants to give back to Los Angeles and has started a non-profit organization to open a music school, Eden Music Academy, in Highland Park, "geared to help lower income families give their children the opportunity to express their creativity through music and offer private and group lessons to children who could not otherwise afford them."
Although he found a temporary location to begin making this dream come true for the youth of Northeast LA, he is grappling with the Los Angeles bureaucracy which makes almost any good deed impossible.
THE WHOLE TRUTH – ACCORDING TO LOS ANGELES ANIMAL SERVICES
This young Los Angeles musician, who cares deeply about the community and its children, could have lost his wife and/or had his successful musical career ended on July 11, 2019--just because they wanted to save a shelter dog.
Alfred Noel Jasso trusted LA Animal Services' GM Brenda Barnette when she said she needed people to "clear the shelters" to help homeless animals. He and his wife, Tori, trusted the shelter to tell them the whole truth about Mugsy. They obviously were responsible pet owners who wanted to give Mugsy a happy "forever" home.
Let's hope their trust in LAAS GM Brenda Barnette and the City of Los Angeles was not misplaced.
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(Phyllis M. Daugherty is a former City of Los Angeles employee and a contributor to CityWatch.) Edited for CityWatch by Linda Abrams.
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Rogue crocodile spotted swimming near children in Ohio creek
WATCH: Children from a church group were playing in a creek in West Alexandria, Ohio, on Wednesday evening when one of their leaders spotted a seven-foot-long crocodile.
Sixteen children at a church camp in Ohio just got a lesson they’ll never forget.
Church organizers took the kids to a creek in West Alexandria on Wednesday for a lesson called “dangers in the shadows” to teach them about listening to safety tips from their elders.
They had no idea that one of those shadows would turn out to be a very large, very out-of-place crocodile swimming in the same creek.
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Several adults who were watching the kids spotted the croc as a dark shape in the waters of Bantas Fork Creek on Wednesday. The kids were swimming in the creek while some adults were in the water with them and others were watching from a bridge above.
Rick Turnbull, who helps with the class, told CNN that another adult “saw something in the water, a shadowy object moving.”
“He yelled down to the person on that side of the bridge and shouted: ‘Get the kids out of the water,'” Turnbull said.
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He says the crocodile was approximately six metres away by the time they got all of the kids out of the water. The croc continued on its way and swam right under the bridge where they were all standing.
“He wasn’t afraid of us,” Turnbull said. “He swam under it, popped his head up and looked at us.”
Rich Denius, who was also monitoring the children that day, captured several photos and video of the crocodile and posted them on social media. His post has been viewed more than 80,000 times.
“Jesus protected these children,” he wrote in the video.
The church group reported the croc to state wildlife officials, who showed up and shot the animal later that day.
The animal was killed “due to a public safety concern,” wildlife officer Brad Turner told local news station WHIO-TV.
The church group was running the camp with the Hilltop Equestrian Center, which put out a statement on the crocodile’s demise on Facebook on Thursday.
“Unfortunately, it was not up to us to decide what happened with the crocodile,” the Hilltop Equestrian Center wrote. “We’re just thankful all of our children were safe.”
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State veterinarian Tony Forshey says the crocodile was likely a pet that someone dumped in the river after it grew too large, as crocodiles do not normally live in Ohio.
“This was the first sighting so he probably hadn’t been in there very long,” Forshey told CNN.
The crocodile was over two metres long and weighed more than 75 kilograms, Forshey said.
“We don’t expect a wild animal down here, especially a crocodile. It doesn’t belong here,” Turnbull told WHIO-TV in a separate interview.
“You’re going out to enjoy an evening, and all of a sudden, terror strikes.”
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PAX West, PAX Unplugged 2019 Dates Announced
Some more gaming news which is so perfect since part of this news involves my hometown of Seattle. Okay, the following news may very well pertain to you!
Unplugged Badges Go on Sale May 9, West Badges Later this Month
SEATTLE, Wash. – May 1, 2019 – PAX Unplugged takes over the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia Dec. 6 – 8, 2019 and PAX West returns to Seattle’s Washington State Convention Center Aug. 30 – Sept. 2. Show organizers ReedPOP and Penny Arcade will make PAX Unplugged 2019 badges and exclusive pre-sale merchandise available for purchase beginning May 9. PAX West 2019 badge sales will be available later in the month.
This year’s PAX events have hosted the announcements of numerous highly-anticipated games, including Borderlands 3, Jackbox Party Pack 6, SNK’s Samurai Shodown collection, and more. PAX Unplugged and PAX West will also present a number of surprises allowing gamers to hear about, see, and play new games and other projects before anyone else.
In 2019, PAX Unplugged will once again welcome tens of thousands of tabletop enthusiasts to Philadelphia. Now in its third incarnation, PAX Unplugged will expand with a larger expo hall to accommodate even more of the top names in board, card, and pen-and-paper gaming showing off classic games, new expansions, and exciting unreleased titles. Attendees joining the fun can also expect an epic slate of events featuring enlightening talks with creators, live tabletop gaming shows, and more at what will be the 50th show in PAX’s storied history.
The most-attended gaming event on the West Coast, PAX West is a four-day celebration of gaming culture. PAX West is anchored by massive exhibition halls where attendees have the opportunity to see hundreds of game studios ranging from indie teams to major publishers showcasing new and upcoming titles – many of which are publicly playable for the first time.
On the show floor, PAX West goers can enjoy the PAX Arena, which hosts competitions featuring renowned esports players as well as stars from YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer in the Stream Stars tournament. Fans will also have chances to meet with many of their favorite content creators in autograph signing sessions, engage with industry luminaries in panels, attend concerts, and savor other amazing attractions throughout downtown Seattle.
“When we came up with all this, I don’t think we could ever have imagined putting on 50 of these events and counting,” said Jerry Holkins, co-founder, PAX and Penny Arcade. “We can’t wait to welcome the gaming community to our home in Seattle this summer, and to our Winter Lair in Philadelphia this December. We hope you’ll be able to join us.”
The international lineup of PAX shows (West, East, South, Aus, Dev, and Unplugged), produced by ReedPOP in conjunction with Penny Arcade, comprise some of the world’s largest gaming festivals. PAX events connect the industry’s greatest creative minds from across the worlds of both video and tabletop gaming, directly to passionate audiences.
For more updates on PAX West 2019, follow PAX on Twitter and like the Facebook page.
PAX or Penny Arcade Expo is a festival for gamers to celebrate gaming culture. First held in Seattle in 2004, PAX has nearly doubled in size each successive year, with PAX Prime 2014 selling out of tickets in a matter of minutes. Connecting the world’s leading game publishers with their most avid and influential fans, PAX expanded with a second show in Boston in 2010 and a third in San Antonio in 2015, making it the three largest gaming shows in North America. The first international PAX was held in Melbourne, Australia in 2013. In 2017, Penny Arcade established PAX Unplugged, its first tabletop focused show, held in Philadelphia.
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ReedPOP is a boutique group within Reed Exhibitions exclusively devoted to organizing events, launching and acquiring new shows, and partnering with premium brands in the pop culture world. ReedPOP is dedicated to celebrations of popular culture throughout the globe that transcend ordinary events by providing unique access and dynamic personal experiences. The ReedPOP portfolio includes: New York Comic Con (NYCC), Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) West, East, South, Australia and Unplugged, Emerald City Comicon (ECCC), BookCon, BookExpo, Oz Comic-Con, Comic Con India, Paris Comic Con, Star Wars Celebration, ComplexCon and more. The staff at ReedPOP is a fan-based group of professionals uniquely qualified to serve those with whom they share a common passion. ReedPOP is focused on bringing its expertise and knowledge to world communities in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, India, and Australia.
Penny Arcade is a web comic focused on video games and video game culture, written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. With over 3.5 million readers, it is the most popular and longest running gaming web comic online. Penny Arcade is also responsible for the Child’s Play Charity, the Penny Arcade gaming expos (PAX) in Seattle, Boston, San Antonio, Philadelphia, and Melbourne, multiple video games based on the brand, and multiple online video series.
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Movie Short Review: C.T.R.L
Sophie (played by Helena Dowling) and Philip (played by Mathew Blancher)
Here’s the synopsis: “A young man’s attempt at a first contact with a love interest is hijacked in a most entertaining way.” Hmm, so what happens? Well, things look promising at first. Sophie (played by Helena Dowling) is about to walk past Philip (played by Mathew Blancher) but not before something big happens. And that something big is likely to add up to this film short going viral.
What’s it take for a video to go viral? “C.T.R.L” is brimming with charm. It’s an unexpected treat: a mashup of street performance, music videos, and silent movies.
Tom (played by Jack Everson) and PJ (played by Moe Bargahi)
So, we’ve got a potential case of star-crossed lovers. But, lo and behold, in the background lurks trouble. Seated nearby in a cafe, Tom (played by Jack Everson) and PJ (played by Moe Bargahi) control the destiny of the young man and woman byway of some wicked app that can manipulate their every move. Dance mayhem ensues.
Director Mariana Conde
This is a triumph for new director Mariana Conde, creative/executive producer Stu Grant, and choreographer Damien Anyasi. Here’s what Mariana Conde has to say about her short film: “I believed in C.T.R.L from day one. It was a risky idea but that made it even more appealing. I could grasp the potential and the bigger the risk, the bigger the achievement. It’s a visionary short that will add another spark to the discussion of how far we are willing to take technology. From young professionals looking for a quick shot of entertainment, to dance enthusiasts, gamers, kids and a more mature audience in search of something different, C.T.R.L will appeal to a vast and varied audience.”
Storyboard Art by Vitor Hugo
The performances are exquisite. You’ll root for Sophie and Philip as they follow their fate. And you’ll hiss at Tom and PJ, the fiendish villains. This short work is truly worthy of mention. It provides a nice uplifting vibe with an urban attitude, a decidedly English style.
Where can you find out more about this film short? Go here. And, of course, be on the look out. You’ll be seeing more of C.T.R.L.
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Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG
AoR - Where do you set your game?
By Dafydd, January 25, 2017 in Game Masters
Dafydd 197
This is aimed more at AoR GMs than EoE or F&D, but feel free to pitch in...
Where do you set your game? Do you use a defined area such as sector, or roam galaxywide? I'm planning my next game and I'm thinking of focusing on a particular area, either a single sector or a group of sectors, and having the PCs be part of the Sector Force. My thinking is that they'll have an area they can become familiar with and can see real effects of what they're doing. Later on, as their contribution rank increases, they could be transferred to the control of Alliance High Command and operate on a galactic scale.
Lareg 367
I think there's and old WEG module, called the Far Orbit Project, that details the Minos Cluster sector. You could use that as a back drop for the early adventures.
However most of the starting adventures are usually located on the other side of the galaxy, not too far from Yavin i think.
ASCI Blue 129
I allow my group to wander galaxy wide. I do however like your plan.
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kaosoe 7,291
Not the GM my players need, but the one they deserve.
A Galaxy Far Far Away.
I don't typically plan around a single sector or system.
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Krieger22 2,466
I run it my AoR campaign in a single sector I've made up from scratch, located in the Outer Rim between Ryloth and Tatooine. It has nearly 20 inhabited system with a wide variety of societies and environmental conditions. I've populated it with a good number of corporations, smuggler groups, criminal syndicates, pirate bands and mercenary teams who all have their own agendas and plans (plus the Rebellion and the Empire, of course) and then I plop my players down in the middle of it all and see what happens.
I'm also running my EotE campaign in the same sector and the same time, so my players will occasionally run across the trail of their other characters in each campaign, which adds a bit of fun (and also lets me showcase different aspects of the sector that one group or the other wouldn't necessarily have much to do with). So far it's working out really well.
2P51 32,586
New Rebellion campaign kicked off with the end of a playtest. PCs boarded an Imperial light carrier to seize it and use it. They're going to have to infiltrate a BoSS data hub and discreetly steal old exploration charts and logs from beyond Wild Space. Timeline is post Battle of Yavin, Pre-Hoth. Alliance High Command is wanting to explore deep space regions for systems to use for remote training, or potentially to simply flee to if they lose. Natural resources that could be used in the war effort. They're looking to contact rumored species that may be inclined to assist in the war. Then there is the random deep space mystery encounters I might come up with to feed my Star Trek needs.
I'm massaging a meta game rule that will hinge on Astrogation and Negotiation checks to determine the waxing/waning amount of resources they have for consumables and such. They will have spare parts, repair issues, to contend with. Then there will be the hostile unknown races, and maybe even some Imperial entanglement to contend with...
Oden Gebhac 444
Started off in the Maldrood Sector, centered around Centares and the Wheel mostly. We've since moved to the inner depths of Hutt Space where I've generated some home-brew systems to be used along with systems provided by the CRB and the Wookie.
TheMOELANDER 386
I actually created a whole Sector in the Mid Rim for my campaign. in which the players will create a rebel force from scratch. They will sometimes stray afar from it to complte specialized tasks, but most of it will happen there.
Concise Locket 1,132
For my next SW campaign, I'd like to do an AoR-only game. I'm intrigued by the idea of the PCs starting as a member of a smaller rebel outfit and then joining the greater Rebel Alliance, like the Atrivis Sector resistance from the West End Games Rebel Alliance Sourcebook or the Corellian Sector (FFG, really needs to put out another region specific book; my copy of Suns of Fortune is so heavily used it's almost falling apart).
The downside to this approach is that it would limit or eliminate galaxy wide planet-hopping and interacting with the home worlds of various iconic SW aliens.
The other part of me wants to go ahead and give them the "big guns" from the start by sticking them on the Liberty and letting them go to town.
My idea at the moment is to have the PCs as part of a cell operating out of the base on Arda 1. Rather than being tied precisely to the Gordian Reach, their area would be the Back Reach and parts of the sectors eastward (Spadja, Belderone etc), so they wouldn't be treading on the toes of the main base on Yavin - which they probably didn't even know about until the battle there. I'm thinking of starting off by running an adaptation of the old WEG Starfall module, with the start point being a few weeks after the Death Star was destroyed. Brushfire uprisings have broken out all over the Outer Rim and the Arda cell sent a high-level advisor to support one of them. When the Empire sent large forces to crush it, the PCs were sent in to extract the advisor, but both they and the advisor were captured and are being transported to an ISB base aboard a Victory for interrogation, setting up the module. The advisor is a former Republic and Empire naval officer who served on Victories, so they can serve as a guide through the ship in place of Walex Blissex.
Once they escape, they return to Arda 1 with the advisor in time for the Onslaught at Arda 1 module, and are then tasked with looking for a new permanent base for the cell. This will ultimately lead to a re-positioned version of the Defiant Core base from Strongholds of Resistance. Along the way they'll start picking up intel about an Imperial bio-weapon project, which turns out to be an attempt to produce a plague specifically tailored to Mon Calamari DNA, to be released on Dac. In the process of stopping this, the PCs move up from Sector Forces to working directly to Alliance Command.
My only concern is the proximity to Yavin at the start. I like the Gordian Reach as an area; there are two major hyperlanes nearby and you've got the Sith world, Mandalorian space, the Corporate Sector and the Tion Cluster within easy reach. I'm just not sure if they'll be too close to the Yavin fallout. As an alternative I've thought of starting them somewhere like the Arkanis sector, so they'll be close by when I want to run Friends Like these. Onslaught at Arda 1 can easily be moved, but if I follow my initial idea of having the bio-weapon being based on Sith research then it really needs to be happening fairly close to the Stygian Caldera.
Space Monkey 124
I'm about to start a campaign with my players. The characters are made with FaD but they're part of the Rebellion. I'm starting it at the Rebel base on Dantooine a few months before they abandon it for Yavin 4, so no one knows about the Death Star yet.
So here's a question for the group. What defined, multi-world areas of the Star Wars Galaxy have been fleshed out in a supplement? Off the top of my head, there's:
The Corellian Sector (Suns of Fortune)
Hutt Space (Lords of Nal Hutta)
The Ringali Shell (The Far Orbit Project)
The Corporate Sector (Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook)
A loose sketch of the Kira Run area (Twin Stars of Kira)
A loose sketch of the Sisar Run area of Hutt Space (Secrets of the Sisar Run)
The Elrood Sector (Planets of the Galaxy: Volume 3)
The Brak Sector (Flashpoint! Brak Sector)
The Kathol Outback (The DarkStryder Campaign)
Is there anything I'm missing?
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SEApocalypse 4,432
The alliance is on the run from the empire after Yavin, the group itself is even more on the run as we have a jedi. Inquisitors, star destroyers, sentinels full of stormtroopers, the full package for us each time our cover is blown, and it is blown each time that lightsaber is ignited.
Luckily the galaxy is big and the alliance is short on men and resources everywhere. So a galaxy, far far away it is, the whole (M13) galaxy and its 7 or 14 satellite galaxies, depending if you eat up on that andromeda fan theory. ;-)
Vestij Jai Galaar 457
On 1/26/2017 at 4:38 PM, Dafydd said:
I'm doing something similar with my group. They are currently based out of Arda 1 and are on a mission to aquire weapons to help build the bases defenses. I'm planning to have them help to build and strengthen the base and get comfortable with having it as a fall-back and a home before I run Onslaught.
In the meantime, I've combined Obligation and Duty and am using both of those to give them adventure hooks and motivate them.
Edgookin 747
21 hours ago, Concise Locket said:
Tapani Sector (Lords of the Expanse)
Minos Cluster (Tramp Freighters)
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Herf Nerder 100
I think I'm moving just about backwards from you, Dafydd. I started my game out with my players trotting across the galaxy, based inside a Rebel capital ship, doing missions from the depths of Bootana Hutta all the way down to Ilum. It's been about a year of that, but within the next several sessions, I'm about to have the Empire strike back, destroying the ship, killing a few named NPCs, and scattering their cell's forces. Eventually, they'll be set up in an undersea base on Manaan, where they'll spend some time fighting the efforts of the Grand Moff of that Oversector, and focus on the systems within it.
Ogrebear 45
My players are bouncing around the Perlemian Trade Route using a made up world called Jangalore as their home base.
I'm in the pre-planning stage for my next campaign. I've settled on setting it in the Tion Cluster.
MasterZelgadis 199
I start a game next friday, basically we will start on Tattooine with the EotE quickstart adventure (ship will be replaced by their starter ship of choice), followed by the "Long arm of the hutt" adventure. After that I plan on letting them do a few small jobs for the rebels (they won't know first), which then invite them to join them at a hidden asteroid base (Perkell Sector, Gromas System). From there they will get some jobs in the vicinity. if they fly to the wheel, they will "trigger" the Beyond the Rim adventure.
I have a lot of adventure seeds and plot ideas more based on a general area, than a special planet, so they can basically travel anywhere, I will move my plots accordingly to their location rather than pulling them towards a special area. A little exception is that sort of "main plotline", but even then if they decide not to visit the rebel base, I can move some of the adventures just elsewehere.
kinnison 846
Not AoR. But I follow the Old WEG Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp freighters using some information from the Minos Cluster.
Desslok 13,383
On 2/1/2017 at 0:26 PM, Concise Locket said:
Ah, crap - I cant remember name of the series that WEG built for their High Noble campagin. Lords of the Expanse? But yeah, whatever that one is.
Aurin 323
@Desslok - that's the Tion cluster, no?
On 3/3/2017 at 0:01 PM, Aurin said:
No, that would be the Tapani Sector. The Tion Cluster has never received a full source book write-up.
@Concise Locket - that's right. Thanks for the correction.
musicninja98 9
If you start at base character creation I would progress as follows. Start as non-alliance rebel cell on one planet > Build up guerrilla forces and expand to other planets > Have Alliance Agents contact the cell and arrange an off-planet meeting > Bad things happen and players demonstrate valor in the face of impossible odds > Get scooped up by SpecForce > Become galaxy trotting fleet and troop commanders with resource management and a stake in the wider civil war. Can include raids, boarding imperial vessels etc.
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A Historic Staircse in Caltagirone, Sicily Used for Potted Flowers and Lights Festivals
What a sight! Come visit a small town on the island of Sicily called Caltagirone and you'll witness a landmark that's a sheer beauty. Built in 1608, the Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte has 142-steps which are each decorated with a different ceramic, using styles and figures derived from the millennial tradition of pottery making.
Caltagirone, Sicily
Built in 1608, the Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte is a 142-step staircase in Caltagirone, Sicily made from thousands of ceramic tiles, one design per step, as a fitting tribute to a city known for its design and production of ceramics and terra-cotta sculptures.
For centuries the stairs have been used as a backdrop for various festivals for which images of patron saints and other local themes are illustrated using thousands of flowers (La Scala Flower) or candles (La Scala Illuminata).
Each year, during the La Scala Flower Festival, about two thousands potted plants and flowers of different shades and colors are arranged on the historic staircase to create one grand design. La Scala Flower Festival is held as a tribute to Our Lady of Conadomini, who is patron and protector of the city of Caltagirone.
Annualy, the floral design decorates the staircase for almost a full month, from around May 8 to June 3, so that visitors could admire the grandeur of its scale. The designed displayed above was created by Angelo Murgo and it was comprised of 2,000 plants and flowers which included geranium, marigold and boxwood.
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Will This Change Anything?
Jonathan Ganor 2019-05-22 12:40:29 Be the first to response! 83 views
Petition Launched as Response to Wright's Copyright
As previously reported, Craig Wright has filed a copyright on the original Bitcoin white paper. Wright is the head of Bitcoin fork, BitcoinSV. The publicity from the copyright sent the market into a frenzy, causing BitcoinSV to double in value.
Many in the cryptocurrency community have reacted with disgust and anger to Wright's copyright. It seems that one has taken initiative to create a petition to the U.S. patent office, to remove Wright's patent.
The petition has started making rounds on Reddit and other parts of the internet earlier today. You can find it here. As per the petition:
"On 31st October 2008, the bitcoin whitepaper was released by the creator of bitcoin under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. The real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto has been a mystery for a decade, many suspects have come up, but no one is sure. Amidst all this confusion, Craig Wright, a known fraud has forged many documents, including submitting a fake email in a billion dollar lawsuit, has claimed the throne of Satoshi Nakamoto, and when confronted with proof of the claim, has always only given forged documents. A few days ago he crossed the line by filing a copyright for the bitcoin whitepaper, considered sacred for many, this has caused many gullible people to invest in the so called "real bitcoin", Bitcoin SV, by making Craig Wright, the creator of Bitcoin SV look like Satoshi. This is an extremely unethical act conducted by Craig and the real Satoshi cant even dispute the claim as he has been and probably wants to continue stay anonymous. I want Craig Wright's name removed from the copyright of the bitcoin whitepaper"
Calvin Ayre, Wright's business partner has posted the petition and vaguely threatened those who signed it. This move will likely only strengthen the petition.
As per now, only 150 people have signed the petition. While it is doubtful that a petition can remove a copyright, should it go viral it could embarrass Craig Wright and Bitcoin SV.
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10 Best Things to Do in Qatar
What is Qatar Most Famous For?
Qatar comes with an eclectic mix of museums, architecture and hidden historic sites. Throw in stretches of arid desert, a long Persian Gulf shoreline packed full of private, peaceful beaches, plus a little dune bashing, and you have the recipe for your own Qatar adventure.
From the spectacular skyscrapers and unique architecture of its capital city, Doha, to desert safaris, shopping excursions and Arabic culture revealing itself on street corners, here are some of the best things to do in Qatar.
What are the best things to do in Qatar?
Go for a desert safari tour
Rolling dunes and a spectacular inland sea
The modern city of Doha is surrounded by starkly beautiful desert terrain that offers an adventurous day out. The Mesaieed desert to the south is dotted with high peaks of sand that are thrilling to navigate by ATV or 4WD vehicles for some dune bashing.
Venture further south to the inland sea Khor Al Adaid to find an otherworldly landscape where the ocean meets the desert. You could also organise a camel riding trip for a taste of some traditional-style transport. When venturing out to the desert, it’s best to book a tour so you’ll be led by guides who are familiar with the dunes. Read more...
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Al Zubarah Archaeological Site
A bricks-and-mortar example of Qatar's not-so-distant past
The Al Zubarah Archaeological Site is an essential stop if uncovering a little history is on your Qatar agenda. While the fort that forms the centrepiece of the archaeological site was built in 1938, the coastal town of Al Shamal dates back to the 1760s. It showcases Qatar's rich history throughout the early pearl trade.
Located over 100 km north of Doha, you may need 1 hour of driving to reach this UNESCO World Heritage site. But the scenic route across the desert will transport you back to the old days. Finish your history lesson with a wander to the abandoned village of Al Jumail, just next to the Al Zubarah Archaeological Site.
Poloha: Al Zubarah, Qatar
Otevřeno: Daily from 7.30am to 5pm
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Enjoy the sun, sea and sand at this luxury resort island
Situated just 20 minutes from central Qatar, Banana Island is a whole world away from the vibrancy of the city centre. After lounging on a luxury yacht ferry to take you across the turquoise waters, kick off your shoes and explore a world of private beach bliss. The private island is owned by the Anantara hotel chain, but day passes are available to non-guests for a fee.
From the delicious Arabic cuisine to the attentive staff, world-class service is the theme of this peaceful island. Choose from activities both on and underneath the water, such as climbing aboard a paddleboat, zipping around on jet skis or watching the kids play on the water slides.
Poloha: Banana Island Resort Doha by Anantara, 23919, Doha, Qatar
Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum
An eclectic picture of Qatari history
The Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum will take you on a journey through Qatari and Arabic culture. At one of the most truly unique museums in the whole of the Middle East, roll up your sleeves as you prepare to delve deep into the medieval era of the Mughals, among other tangible treasures.
An adult ticket will set you back around 45 riyals and you can expect to spend a little over 2 hours at this entertaining spot. Take the time to uncover Sheikh Faisal's personal collection alongside private collections of calligraphy, cars, carpets and traditional costume.
Poloha: Al Samariyah, Qatar
Otevřeno: Monday–Thursday from 9am to 4.30pm, Fridays from 2pm to 7pm, Saturday–Sunday from 10am to 6pm
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Al Dhakira Mangroves
Kayak through lush coastal greenery
When the heat of the city becomes a little too much, make your way to Al Dhakira Mangroves, situated in majestic Mangrove Bay. The best way to explore this Arabic jungle is by hopping into a kayak.
As you paddle along the north-eastern coast of the country, make sure to take in all the local wildlife, from reef egrets to terns and herons. You might even catch a jumping fish or 2 if you’re lucky. Al Dhakira is also a popular fishing spot, but it's best to go in the morning or late afternoon to avoid the heat.
Poloha: Mangrove Bay, Al Dakhira, Qatar
Autor fotografií: Irshadpp (CC BY-SA 3.0) upraveno
World-class sporting events
Watch the world's best athletes from multiple sports
From football and cricket to horse racing, handball and even camel racing, Qatar offers a wealth of major sporting events throughout the year. The 2006 Asian Games was a catalyst for the country, with larger and more extravagant competitions being staged every year.
Whether you’re watching a football game at the Khalifa International Stadium or cheering on the underwater efforts of the athletes at the Doha Corniche, Qatar has several world-class stadiums and spectacular oceanfront locations that make excellent sporting arenas. Prominent competitions include the 2019 World Beach Games and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Fuwairit Beach
It's worth the challenging journey
Fuwairit Beach, one of Qatar's most beautiful beaches, is located almost 100 km north of Doha. As there's no direct approach to this popular spot, you’ll have to prepare for a little off-road driving experience. Once you’ve set up camp with friends or family, head left to Coral Hill for some Insta-worthy snaps. The water is shallow and the waves gently lap the shore making Fuwairit Beach suitable for even novice swimmers.
You may need to navigate the rockier parts of the beach but there are plenty of areas for blissful relaxation and a spot of sunbathing. Note that the beach is closed for some parts of the year – usually in November – since it’s a nesting ground for hawksbill sea turtles.
Poloha: Al Ghārīyah, Qatar
Spend the evening soaking up traditional Qatari market scenes
Get ready to wind your way through the cobbled alleyways and gleaming courtyards of Al Wakrah's enchanting souq. Alongside traditional Arabic architecture, a dazzling mosque and stalls selling spices and souvenirs, you can take a seat in any one of the traditional eateries on offer. Pick up a traditional paratha at Baba Chapatea for sumptuous dining on the go.
It's easy to get lost in the magical atmosphere of Souq Al Wakrah, so if you feel like a peaceful spot of reflection, make your way to the beachfront next door to unwind and reflect on your unique purchases. You can also check out the traditional dhows drawn on the shore here.
Poloha: Al Wakrah, Qatar
Autor fotografií: Mohamod Fasil (CC BY 2.0) upraveno
Khor Al Adaid
A great spot for dune bashing and wildlife spotting
Adventure lovers can rejoice with a day trip to the splendour of Khor Al Adaid (Khawr al Udayd). Sitting spectacularly in the Qatar Desert, there’s an abundance of activities to try out, from traditional camel rides along the beach to an unforgettable paddle in the Arabian Gulf.
Also known as the ‘Inland Sea’, the scenic landscape provides an ideal backdrop for envy-inducing photos to take back home. And don’t leave until you’ve indulged in a beachside driving experience across the golden sand dunes with a beautiful sea view to boot. Khor Al Adaid is a UNESCO recognised natural reserve, so be on the lookout for local flora and fauna, too.
Poloha: Khawr al Udayd, Qatar
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Al Jassasiya Rock Carvings
Some are thought to be over 1,000 years old
Head to northern Qatar for a truly unique petroglyph snapshot of fish, footprints and ship markings. Once a limestone quarry, the rock carvings of Al Jassasiya are as important a part of Qatar’s heritage as the nation's many mosques, museums, and souqs.
Sitting 60 km north of Doha and beyond the openness of the Qatar desert, this memorable site remains largely untouched. But if you plan your trip with a local tour guide, it won’t be long until you come across the wide array of roughly 900 carvings depicting traditional ways of Qatari life.
Poloha: Al Jassasiya Rock Carvings, Qatar
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Manchester Day to honour victims of arena attack
The Confidentials 1 June 2017
A special tribute at the front of the parade on Sunday 18 June will honour all those affected, and the heroic efforts of the emergency services
Manchester Day will honour those who lost their lives in the arena, their families, and those who were injured when it returns on Sunday 18 June.
The special tribute, located at the front of the Abracadabra-themed parade, will also remember the heroic efforts of the emergency services who worked tirelessly in the hours and days after the attack.
Lord Mayor of Manchester, Cllr Eddy Newman, and Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, will join Chair of Manchester Day, Cllr Pat Karney, in marching before the elaborate artworks that make Manchester Day one of the spectacles of the summer.
Now in its eighth year, the annual event - co-produced by outdoor arts organisation Walk the Plank - encapsulates the city’s pride, diversity, community spirit, strength and solidarity. Once again, 2,000 people from community groups across the region will parade through the city centre in a celebration of Manchester people and their shared history - regardless of background, belief or religion.
Organisers are still looking for volunteers of all ages to help on different aspects of the event, which additionally sees happenings throughout the city: anyone interested in taking part can find out more on the website. No experience is required, just a willingness to be part of a ‘can-do’ team of volunteers.
Cllr Pat Karney, Chair of Manchester Day, said: “Manchester Day will show the city’s resilience and collective spirit where people come together to celebrate a shared love for our city.
“Our thoughts remain with the families of those who lost their lives last week - as well as those who were injured - and we believe it is important that Manchester Day pays tribute.
“We know thousands of people will come out to on Sunday 18 June and we look forward to seeing you for an incredible day of celebration.”
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, said: "It's right and fitting that Manchester Day is devoted to those who lost their lives and those that continue to live with the aftermath of last week's attack.
"It will also give us all an opportunity to pay tribute to our heroic public servants and celebrate the incredible Manchester spirit that has sustained us all through these dark days."
Manchester Day 2017 takes place on Sunday 18 June, noon until 6pm. The parade begins on Liverpool Road at 1pm.
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Solar photovoltaics demand for the global energy transition in the power sector
Christian Breyer (Corresponding Author), Dmitrii Bogdanov, Arman Aghahosseini, Ashish Gulagi, Michael Child, Ayobami Solomon Oyewo, Javier Farfan, Kristina Sadovskaia, Pasi Vainikka
BA3601 Renewable Energy Processes
The power sector is faced with strict requirements in reducing harmful emissions and substantially increasing the level of sustainability. Renewable energy (RE) in general and solar photovoltaic (PV) in particular can offer societally beneficial solutions. The LUT energy system transition model is used to simulate a cost-optimised transition pathway towards 100% RE in the power sector by 2050. The model is based on hourly resolution for an entire year, the world structured in 145 regions, high spatial resolution of the input RE resource data, and transition steps of 5-year periods. The global average solar PV electricity generation contribution is found to be about 69% in 2050, the highest ever reported. Detailed energy transition results are presented for representative countries in the world, namely, Poland, Britain and Ireland, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Ethiopia, and Indonesia. The global average energy system levelised cost of electricity gradually declines from 70 €/MWh in 2015 to 52 €/MWh in 2050 throughout the transition period, while deep decarbonisation of more than 95% around 2040, referenced to 2015, would be possible. The targets of the Paris Agreement can be well achieved in the power sector, while increasing societal welfare, given strong policy leadership.
Progress in Photovoltaics
https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2950
33rd European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, EU PVSEC 2017 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 25 Sep 2017 → 29 Sep 2017
Renewable energy resources
Breyer, C., Bogdanov, D., Aghahosseini, A., Gulagi, A., Child, M., Oyewo, A. S., ... Vainikka, P. (2018). Solar photovoltaics demand for the global energy transition in the power sector. Progress in Photovoltaics, 26(8), 505-523. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2950
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Big Pine Key Marina
There used to be a marina at the end of Big Pine Key nearest No Name Key. And there still is after a fashion. This place is up and running with a small office and above ground fuel tanks and room for a few boats. It never was a big facility.
Hurricane Irma wrecked a lot of Big Pine last September and this marina was flattened. Completely razed by winds of a Category Four strength, somewhere near 150 miles per hour around here.
This is how the marina used to look, and I took this picture a decade ago. It never changed much, a typical friendly convenience store bait shop and fuel dock all roiled into one. I stopped by here once to refuel my boat. It was more conveniently reached by land if you had visited the nearby No Name Pub. It had a claim to fame once that had nothing to do with it being destroyed by an infamous storm.
The bridge to No Name Key, which sits next to the marina was the setting for a slightly odd movie which came out in 1994. The synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes:
In this quirky drama a trio involved in a self-contained world revolving around a remote tollbooth in the Florida Keys. Jack, an aspiring policeman, works in the tollbooth. There he dreams of his new career and of starting a new life in Miami with his high school sweetie Doris. She works at the Gator Gas fuel depot down the road. She daydreams about her estranged father Leon and takes care of her mother Lillian who suffers from chronic depression. When not caring for her mom, Doris sees Dash, a bait salesman. Leon suddenly returns. A new toll collector, Vic, comes to the booth. He is a suspicious character and soon the state police are carefully watching him.
And in the movie there are glimpses of this place as it used to be. Always changing in the Keys, all the time. Who knows what changes this next storm season will bring.
The Bridge to No Name Key from the seat of my Bonneville. This hasn't changed.
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Police, family members say jealous shooter killed 4 at vehicle wash
A shooter pushed by jealousy opened fire and killed four persons at a motor vehicle wash early Sunday morning in Pennsylvania, even though a female hiding in the back again of a pickup truck experienced only slight accidents, in accordance to point out police and family of the victims.
Police said Timothy Smith, 28, was on existence aid and not anticipated to survive just after suffering a gunshot wound to his head during the attack at Ed’s Auto Clean close to 3 a.m. in Saltlick Township, a rural city about 55 miles (89 kilometers) southeast of Pittsburgh. Police claimed it was probable that the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
Armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun and carrying a system armor carrier devoid of the ballistic panels inserted, police claimed Smith killed 27-12 months-previous William Porterfield, 25-yr-outdated Chelsie Cline, 23-12 months-outdated Courtney Snyder and 21-year-aged Seth Cline.
Law enforcement would not go into details about how Smith realized the victims, but Chelsie Cline’s 50 %-sister, Sierra Kolarik, explained to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Overview that Smith experienced formulated an obsession with Cline.
Porterfield’s expecting wife, Jenna Porterfield, 24, informed the Pittsburgh Put up-Gazette that a state law enforcement investigator advised her that Smith was a jealous former boyfriend of Cline.
Porterfield mentioned that she was instructed by loved ones associates of other victims that her spouse and Cline had spent the past two times alongside one another after Cline finished a romance with Smith. Porterfield claimed that she and her husband — who have been married in November — experienced been “acquiring some difficulties” this month.
“I am not holding that in opposition to Will. We weren’t combating. We have been repairing. And if he was with somebody else whilst we have been getting difficulties, honestly, I never treatment what he did. I’m not going to hold that in opposition to him,” Porterfield explained to the newspaper. “I’d give something to have him back again.”
Smith was first to get there at the scene and was parked on the side of the two-bay car or truck clean when Porterfield and Cline arrived, police claimed. Smith shot them when they obtained out and walked to the side of the car or truck clean, they claimed.
Snyder and Seth Cline arrived at the exact time and police explained Smith opened hearth on them. A further lady in the rear seat of the extended taxi pickup truck only endured accidents from broken glass.
Law enforcement said Smith had many journals for the weapons.
Cayleigh Myers said she was mates with Seth Cline, Chelsie Cline’s half-sibling, and explained the building employee as “incredibly outgoing, really amusing and really clever.”
“You normally experienced exciting when you were being all-around him,” Myers stated. “He would give his shirt off his back again for you, just about anything, it failed to matter what it was, what time it was, if you need to have him, you could call him. He was all the things.”
Ed Bukovac, who owns the automobile clean, informed the Pittsburgh Tribune-Critique that a neighbor referred to as him all around 4 a.m. Sunday and reported anything was improper at his organization. Bukovac stated police ended up on the scene by the time he arrived and that he had several other information about what happened.
A male who life close by instructed the newspaper that he heard about 30 gunshots around a span of a number of minutes.
This story has been corrected to change the selection of fatalities to 4, based on current details from condition law enforcement.
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Top 5 Tech Articles You Might’ve Missed - Week of April 6, 2015
This week, Light Reading highlighted the results of a study conducted for ARRIS by Heavy Reading, which found that cable operators and telcos anticipate strong growth in both the deployment and adoption of their multiscreen video services over the next couple of years.
In other industry news, Rapid TV News reported that over-the-top (OTT) content paid for via carrier billing is expected to provide operators with upwards of 14 USD billion in revenues over the next five years, according to Juniper Research.
However, Daniel Frankel of FierceCable noted that we are very much in the early stages of OTT and that it is still unknown how fast the earliest OTT business models put forth by the pay-TV industry will grow.
Separately, Advanced Television covered the results of a YouGov poll, which found that the average UK household now owns 7.4 connected devices.
Finally, Huffington Post included an article on how the difficulties faced by consumers when streaming TV are leading many to reconsider cutting the cord.
Check back next week for the latest industry news.
Pay-TV Providers See Multiscreen Promise (April 8) By Alan Breznick, Light Reading: Despite still relatively low consumer awareness of its benefits, multiscreen video is offering service providers more hope in the fiercely competitive pay-TV market.
OTT carrier billing to generate 14 USDBN (April 8) By Michelle Clancy, Rapid TV News: In the ongoing quest to combat the threat of over-the-top (OTT) applications, network operators are looking for ways to distribute cloud-based and mobile content to consumers themselves, bundled with their broadband.
Pay-TV operators writing the rules for their OTT future (April 8) By Daniel Frankel, FierceCable: In the area of over-the-top distribution, there are plenty of known unknowns, to borrow some rather infamous political phrasing.
Average UK home owns 7.4 connected devices (April 9) By Staff Writer, Advanced Television: The average UK household now owns 7.4 connected devices, with four out of 10 households buying a tablet in the last year, according to YouGov.
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Check Out This Behind the Scenes Look at the Music for Epcot Forever
By Mr. DAPs|2019-09-24T09:01:15-07:00September 24th, 2019|Categories: Parks, Walt Disney World Resort|Tags: Disney, Disney News, EPCOT, Epcot Forever, Music, Walt Disney World Resort|0 Comments
Epcot Forever is less than a week from debuting at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort. When it does debut, it will be a love letter to Epcot of the past, the present, and the magical new things that will be arriving there in the future. Epcot Forever will begin performances in the World Showcase Lagoon on October 1, 2019. It will have one little spark of imagination bring it to life. It will grow to an epic performance with fireworks, lights, lasers, special effects kites, and spectacular musical accompaniment.
Disney Parks Live Entertainment show director Alan Bruun shared about Epcot Forever and the role of music in it, “Music is the soul of the show, because music has been the soul of Epcot ever since it began.”
There are a lot of classic Epcot musical themes utilized in Epcot Forever. This includes the music of Horizons, Journey into Imagination, Listen to the Land, and more! Epcot Forever takes these classic tunes and reorchestrates them in new magical ways. The music was recorded at Abby Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra along with voices from a choir comprised of singers from across central Florida.
Disney shared a video that showcases the music of Epcot Forever and also gives some of the details behind it. Check it out here:
The DAPS MAGIC team will be covering the opening of Epcot Forever next week. Make sure to subscribe to DAPS MAGIC and catch the coverage of opening night including video and a review!
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How do you kill an ice dragon, and 7 more ‘Game of Thrones’ questions
Robert MorastApril 9, 2019Updated: April 13, 2019, 1:06 pm
The Night King riding an ice dragon in “Game of Thrones.” This is like a nightmare come to life. Photo: HBO
The only “Game of Thrones” commodity more plentiful than the excitement for the HBO series’ final season, which begins Sunday, April 14, could be the questions swirling around this fantasy saga’s final plot lines.
Like you, we have questions. Unlike (some of) you, we have no problem presenting our quasi-informed perspectives up for a forecast of what’s to come. So read on, but realize these could be spoilers, if our powers of prophecy are more potent than we realize.
Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke in the eighth season of “Game of Thrones.” Photo: Helen Sloane, HBO
Who is Azor Ahai, the “Prince who was promised”?
As you know, GOT lore says he was a warrior who ended the first Long Night. He is said to return when “the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers.” He, or she, is also said to be able to birth dragons from stone. But will we see this legend come to life? Maybe. Some fans think Daenerys is the most likely (the dragons and stone thing); others feel it’s Jon Snow. Whoever it is, a sacrifice will have to be made, per prophecy.
Will Jamie maintain his alliance with his sister/babymother Cersei?
Probably. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jamie, told Men’s Health that their relationship is “true love” and that Jamie is dedicated to her. He wouldn’t mislead us, would he?
Will Cleganebowl happen?
We’ve been waiting for this battle between brothers Sandor and Gregor Clegane, a match of brute strength and bitter sibling indifference. But it’s only been teased. Though, fans think a vague comment by actor Hafthór Björnsson who plays Gregor or “The Mountain” during a 2018 Q&A on Instagram gives clues to the future. He responded to a question about his favorite scene by saying, “It happens in season 8 … so I can’t speak about it.” Fans have taken that to mean the Cleganebowl is coming. Hope is a hell of a drug.
How do you kill an undead/ice dragon?
Mine the internet and you’ll reap all types of theories for this oft-discussed topic — from fire to drowning to other dragons. But a few of these seem to hold more water than others: Kill its sire, which would release the minion of its icy thrall (easier said than done, though); use a weapon forged of dragonglass, which can penetrate the skin of a white walker; or use a weapon forged of Valyrian steel, which can also penetrate the frozen hide of a white walker.
Will Gendry do more than swing a hammer?
Let’s hope so. The blacksmith might be one of the few people in this land who can forge weapons made of Valyrian steel. If so, we need him to use that hammer to pound out some blades that can cut through the wights.
The Night King in “Game of Thrones.” Photo: HBO
Will the Night King destroy Kings Landing?
Well, if you believe a particular fan theory, yes. There’s the idea out there that the Night King can see the future. If that’s the case, who can beat a warmonger who knows every step his opponent will take?
Speaking of the Night King, who is he and what does he really want? Who does he want to kill?
There are more than enough arguments supporting the theory that Bran, by way of time travel and other things, is the Night King. But those who scour the books for revelations also point out that there was a Night’s King (note the grammar) who scaled the wall, met an icy maiden and mated with her. Regardless of his identity, it seems he wants to kill Jon Snow, except that feels a bit too easy. Which is why some people believe the Night King is actually after Bran, which would be weird if they’re the same person.
Who will sit on the Iron Throne at the end?
The easiest question of them all is perhaps the most difficult to answer. And anyone who says they know is just theorizing. But, of course, Vegas has put odds on this result and Bran is the leader right now, with Jon Snow and Sansa right behind him. Just remember this: Vegas always knows more than you think it does. Though, as Bay Area “Thrones” expert Joanna Robinson ask, does it matter who sits on the throne?
Who will occupy the Iron Throne at the end of “Game of Thrones”? Photo: HBO
Robert Morast
Robert Morast Robert Morast is the Senior Editor of Arts and Entertainment at the San Francisco Chronicle. Email: robert.morast@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @rmorast
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The Montreal heat wave is now responsible for 53 deaths
DH Montreal Staff
Jul 18 2018, 5:59 pm
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The Montreal heat wave that began at the end of June is being blamed as the probable cause of 53 deaths across the city, 20 more than initially reported.
After a more thorough analysis, Montreal public health officials found that 20 more people have died during the heat wave’s pinnacle from June 30 to July 7 when temperatures broke records and reached the mid-40s with the humidex.
Of the 53 victims, eight died in private senior homes and four in rooming houses. Hospital deaths have yet to be factored into the numbers so the total number will unfortunately go even higher.
The Santé Montreal website claims that the majority of heat wave related deaths were elderly men who lived alone, had no air conditioning, and who had underlying health conditions and drug/alcohol addictions.
Many of the victims lived in poverty.
After visiting some 42,000 homes of vulnerable citizens, the department is conducting operations and taking recommendations to see how they can prevent casualties in future weather-related catastrophes.
One of which is to improve building designs that won’t retain as much heat.
Quebec public health authorities said that up to 70 people died from heat-related problems around the province.
Total numbers won’t be known until December when the final report is due.
911 calls substantially increased during Montreal's intense heat wave
Verdun General Hospital patients forced to bring their own fans during heat wave
Thousands in Montreal left without power after this morning's thunderstorm
Montreal's heat wave causing water ban on the South Shore
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HomeBrand Hitler killed Hitler, says Bollywood publicist Dale Bhagwagar
Brand Hitler killed Hitler, says Bollywood publicist Dale Bhagwagar
22 Apr 2018 22 Apr 2018 Dale Bhagwagar Media Group FEATUREDBollywood PR, Bollywood PR agencies, Bollywood PR agency, Bollywood PR case study, Bollywood PR companies, Bollywood PR executive, Bollywood PR glitter glamour, Bollywood PR guru, Bollywood PR in full form, Bollywood PR in Indian film industry, Bollywood PR India, Bollywood PR inspire, Bollywood PR life story, Bollywood PR Mumbai, Bollywood PR Press Media, Bollywood PR representative, Bollywood PR services, Bollywood PR team, Bollywood PR without publicity stunt, Bollywood publicist, Bollywood publicist in vogue, Bollywood publicists, Bollywood publicity, Bollywood spokesperson, Bollywood star PR, Bollywood star publicist, Bollywood stars PR, Bollywood stars publicist, Bollywood's only PR guru
As appeared in ReputationToday.in
Courtesy: http://reputationtoday.in/views/brand-hitler-killed-hitler/
There is a strong controversial theory about Adolf Hitler having escaped from Germany after the Second World War. Delving into the Führer’s mind from a PR perspective, Bollywood publicist Dale Bhagwagar, concludes why an ESCAPE for Hitler was IMPOSSIBLE.
Many alleged that after the complete defeat and ruin of his Third Reich (Third Empire of Germany), Adolf Hitler escaped from his bunker and went on to live in hiding in Argentina till a very old age. There have been various articles and documentaries describing his escape and life after the war. Many have claimed to have spotted him at various places around the world, giving strength to the notion that he had managed to slyly evade the Americans, British and Russians.
Reality over fake news
However, I have been in the profession of spin for more than two decades now, and having studied about the war and Hitler, I can say with utmost certainty that the Führer (meaning, the leader in German) NEVER ESCAPED. The historical version of his suicide is most correct. He ended his life with his mistress-turned-wife-for-the-last-day Eva Braun and their bodies, as per his instructions, were immediately destroyed by being burned.
Hitler’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels’ publicity machine had been so strong and effective over the years, that it was impossible for Hitler not to live up to that image. Even Goebbels killed himself for the same brand of National Socialism he had deftly helped to create. And with himself, Goebbels took the life of his wife Magda in a suicide-pact, along with six of his children put to death in their sleep.
Still, you may ask why a power-broker like Hitler would never think about escaping. Good question. Like many journalists say, the when, what, where and how are not as important as the why, here are four strong reasons why he would do what he did.
1) Because Hitler could not imagine life without his adaptation of National Socialism that he had so painstakingly propagated and advocated for 25 years.
2) Because after the war, Hitler could not be safe anywhere in the world, and that included conquered Germany.
3) Because Hitler was way too scared of meeting the fate of Benito Mussolini who was killed and lynched in Italy towards the end of the war. He also had a fear psychosis that he would be strung up naked or paraded through Moscow in a cage by the Russians.
4) And last but not the least, Hitler was too egoistic to run away.
In a situation like that, in his mind, fleeing would have been akin to dying each day he lived. From his point of view, death would have been the quicker, safer and only dignified option. At the time of defeat, from Hitler’s perspective, life after war would be humiliation, while death would mean leaving with self-respect.
Peeping into the Führer’s psyche
And why would he think so negatively about living on? One has to put oneself in his position to imagine what ‘escaping’ would have meant to the Führer.
14 years of political struggle and strife … a near-death experience during First World War … being imprisoned after a failed coup for power … managing to return to politics and getting elected and then assuming dictatorship … 12 years of absolute power … crazy God-like adulation from his people and from various parts of the world … fanatic influence over minds and hearts … multiple failed attempts on his life before and during power … victory after victory in the Second World War — the world’s greatest war … emerging a contemporary conqueror akin to an Alexander or Genghis Khan … world domination almost in his grasp… AND THEN… a humiliating defeat.
Seeking glory even in downfall
For a man who even refused to leave his headquarters — his Reich Chancellery in Berlin — during the last months of the war, running out of Germany was never a thought. He was the Führer, and for him, the Captain never left a sinking ship. He would go down with it. In the eyes of a helpless Captain, that’s the honourable path and his hope for glory.
And this is why I say for sure that all the rumours about him running away to a safe haven were spread either by the victors (mainly Russia’s Joseph Stalin), the gossip-hungry media and a few paranoid people from various countries.
The brand’s new beginning
In conclusion, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Hitler’s larger-than-life perception and brand took his life. His branding was so magnificently magnanimous, that it was impossible for him to ‘live with defeat’. Come to think of it, this guru of branding was trapped by his own ‘propaganda’ — the word that finally evolved into what we now know as ‘public relations.’
Ending his time, ironically gave his brand a new beginning. It was the turn of the victors to brand him stronger and for longer. After WW2, he came to be known as the biggest ‘monster’ the world had ever witnessed. He is the ‘greatest villain’ in history. The Allies (countries united during the war) and his favourite muse (the Jews) made sure they highlighted atrocities of his regime, as a result of which Hitler is remembered as nothing less than ‘the face of evil.’
To this day, that fear sells… and how! Just look at the box-office figures of Rogue One, the movie from the Star Wars series, and you’ll realise the world’s ingloriously glorious charm with everything Hitler.
Dale Bhagwagar
Bollywood Publicist & Founder at Dale Bhagwagar Media Group
Dale Bhagwagar is the Rajinikanth of Bollywood PR. Over the years he’s made his own rules, own styles and own world. Apart from being widely quoted across all Indian media, he is the only publicist from the country who has been quoted in international media such as BBC World, BBC Radio, Sky News, Channel 4, The Times, Guardian, The Independent, and many more.
Among some 150-odd clients he has worked with, Dale has also been instrumental in shaping images of Hrithik Roshan, Shilpa Shetty, Priyanka Chopra and movies like Don and Rock On!! Plus, some 20 scandalous names who have been on Bigg Boss.
← POINTERS: National Award-winning make-up, hair and prosthetic designer Preetisheel Singh
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Gold Pavilion to Feature Key Show Attractions
in Breaking News SEMA Show SEMA Show Online Media Center
By Becca Butler
The Gold Pavilion will include one of the Show’s First-Time & Featured Exhibitors areas and other attractions.
New at the 2014 SEMA Show will be hundreds of exhibitors located in the Gold Pavilion. Situated just across the street from Paradise Road near the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) North Hall, the Gold Pavilion will include one of the Show’s First-Time & Featured Exhibitors areas and an array of exciting attractions.
Like all four of the Show's First-Time & Featured Exhibitors areas, manufacturers in the Gold Pavilion will include many newer companies showcasing products alongside established brands with significant developments. Attendees will want to stop by what promises to be a center of innovation, with new racing and performance, mobile electronics, restyling, truck and wheel companies for attendees to connect with and build new business.
Exhibitors in the Gold Pavilion who have recently posted news announcements in the SEMA Show Online Media Center include:
Silent Hand: Announcing four new products, including Truck Cap-ability, Smooth Door Handles, Electronic Parking Brake and Pedal Extensions. Visit them in booth #8177.
Ezzz-z Slide: Featuring a motorized aluminum tread metal box that goes in the truck's bed and rides on a rail, which allows users to attach their tool boxes and move them to the vehicle's rear using a remote control. Visit them in booth #8366.
Zeder Lock USA: Specializing in a vehicle anti-theft device installed in the vehicle and operated by a simple key, this lock completely immobilizes the vehicle's steering, making it impossible to move the car. Visit them in booth #8036.
KK Label USA: Manufactures self-adhesive PVC vinyl for vehicle wraps and digital printing media, specializes in quality and customer service and has the most competitive prices in the industry. Visit them in booth #8339.
The Gold Pavilion will include an area for taxi drop-off and pick-up, so it will be more convenient to visit at the beginning or end of the Show day. A pedestrian bridge connects directly to the LVCC North Hall and Grand Lobby areas.
Key attractions also will take place in the Gold Pavilion. Announcements on specifics will be made in the coming weeks. This is an area that attendees will not want to miss.
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Media Confirmation : “#PeterThiel’s #Palantir lands $111M #Vantage contract from #USArmy” – December 15, 2019 and USA ahead of war – as predicted by Clairvoyant Dimitrinka Staikova in her book Published June 30, 2019 : Bilderberg Group 2019 – Steering Committee , US Election 2020 – Donors Clairvoyant /Psychic World Predictions : Henri de Castries, Alex Karp , Satya Nadella, Koç Holding, Peter Thiel….
Media Confirmation : “Peter Thiel’s Palantir lands $111M Vantage contract from U.S. Army” – December 15, 2019 and USA ahead of war – as predicted by Clairvoyant Dimitrinka Staikova in her book Published June 30, 2019 :
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…..At the end of October and November 2019 they are turning against the spiritual leaders and they are getting their curse (damnation) . Then comes a standstill and fear – November 2019 – by mercenaries (murders) and landing (downthrow) of airplanes. I see destroyed railways.
At the end of year 2019 there will be risk moments for airplanes and war of USA. January 2020 – I see a war and distribution of money. (MEDIA CONFIRMATION)
Peter Thiel’s Palantir lands $111M Vantage contract from U.S. Army – December 15, 2019
https://siliconangle.com/2019/12/15/peter-thiels-palantir-lands-111m-vantage-contract-u-s-army/
Iran’s military leaders: We’re not afraid of war with the US – January 2, 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/01/02/irans-military-leaders-were-not-afraid-of-war-with-the-us/
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and its relocation aside from the American nuclear power and the unification of the nuclear power……
Rage against the latrine: BOTH toilets on ISS reportedly broken down
https://www.rt.com/news/474442-iss-toilet-outage-space-diapers/
In what can only be described as a complete disaster, both $19,000 Russian-made toilets on board the ISS are out of order.
Earlier, International Space Station (ISS) commander Luca Parmitano reportedly stated that the toilet in the US section constantly shows it’s out of order, while the Russian one is full to the brim.
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Media Confirmation : “#Pentagon awards $10 bn cloud contract to #Microsoft, snubbing #Amazon” – October 2019 – as predicted by Clairvoyant Dimitrinka Staikova in her book Published June 30, 2019 : Bilderberg Group 2019 – Steering Committee , US Election 2020 – Donors Clairvoyant /Psychic World Predictions : Henri de Castries, Alex Karp , Satya Nadella, Koç Holding, Peter Thiel….
Media Confirmation : “Pentagon awards $10 bn cloud contract to Microsoft, snubbing Amazon” – October 2019 – as predicted by Clairvoyant Dimitrinka Staikova in her book Published June 30, 2019 :
Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft) – Clairvoyant reading/Psychic predictions June 18, 2019 – by Clairvoyant House “Dimitrinka Staikova and daughters Stoyanka and Ivelina Staikova” – from Europe, Bulgaria, Varna.
……..September 2019 is with very hard business character – Satya Nadella is king for a short time and he will give valuable advices for survival – the Space – it is connected with software and hardware – successful, but tough missions and mastering of technologies, robots and new orders…. (Media Confirmation)
October 2019 is a month of work…
Pentagon awards $10 bn cloud contract to Microsoft, snubbing Amazon – October 26, 2019
https://amp.france24.com/en/20191026-pentagon-awards-10-bn-cloud-contract-to-microsoft-snubbing-amazon
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Media Confirmation about Deutsche Bank Collapse exactly as predicted by Clairvoyant/Psychic Dimitrinka Staikova in her Ebook : Bilderberg Group – Henri de Castries,Prof. Charpentier (CRISPR), The CEO of Deutsche Bank AG,John Elkann ( Fiat Chrysler ),Thomas Enders ( Airbus Group) ,Christine Lagarde (IMF),Douglas Flint (HSBC Holdings),Joe Kaeser ( Siemens AG),Carsten Kengeter ( Deutsche Borse)… – Psychic predictions The Rulers of the World By Clairvoyants : Dimitrinka Staikova, Ivelina Staikova, Stoyanka Staikova Published – July 7, 2016
Media Confirmation about Deutsche Bank Collapse exactly as predicted by Clairvoyant/Psychic Dimitrinka Staikova in her Ebook :
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John Cryan (CEO of Deutsche Bank AG – Germany) – Clairvoyant/Psychic predictions about the Future of Deutsche Bank AG – by Clairvoyant House “Dimitrinka Staikova and daughters Stoyanka and Ivelina Staikova ” – from Europe, Bulgaria, Varna – June 22, 2016, 3pm.
• September 2016 – investing of money in a new constructions – Metals mining (heavy metals), creation of new companies. I see Deutsche Bank to have money invested also in other, as a trust bank and September and October 2016 to withdraw big amounts of money by that bank. September 2016 – the bank in Germany will comply with problematic political situation.
• September and October 2016 – there will be offices of the bank for sale. The bank is not in stagnation, but in restructuring – it distributes money on more places in the world to earn better.
• September 2016 – I don’t recommend to mr. John Cryan to travel in Greece and Turkey – there I see a hard moments (hard times) connected with people.
I see in that time, things that were underground go on the surface and construction, that will end with obelisk and a star. The problems of the bank will come because of the Euro – Dollar rate, the relationships with USA and signing of present and future contracts about military equipment/weapons. In the future, there is pending new financing for construction of new german airplanes……
Could Deutsche Bank Collapse?
The German bank’s shares reached historic lows this week after a $14 billion settlement request by the U.S.
http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/09/deutsche-bank-worry-collapse/502463/
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State Dept’s Critical National Security Database Crashes, Melts Global Travelers’ Patience
July 30, 2014 By domani spero in Bugs, Consular Work, Contractors, Federal Agencies, Foreign Service, Govt Documents, Huh? News, Legacy, Security, Spectacular, Staffing the FS, State Department, Technology and Work, Visas Tags: backlogs, Bureau of Consular Affairs, CA/CST, CCD, Consular Consolidated Database, Consular Systems and Technology, Greg D Ambrose, Michele T. Bond, State/CA, US Embassy Beijing 1 Comment
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The first announcement about the troubled Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) went out on Wednesday, July 23:
The Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs is currently experiencing technical problems with our passport/visa system. This issue is worldwide and is not specific to any particular country, citizenship document, or visa category. We apologize to applicants who are experiencing delays or are unable to obtain a passport, Consular Report of Birth Abroad, or visa at this time. We are working urgently to correct the problem and expect our system to be fully operational again soon.
The AP reported on July 23 that unspecified glitches have resulted in performance issues since Saturday, which would be July 19.
On July 25, CA announced:” Our visa and passport processing systems are now operational, however they are working at limited capacity. We are still working to correct the problem and expect to be fully operational soon.”
A State Department official speaking on background told us the same day that this issue was not/not caused by hackers. We were told that the CCD crashed shortly after maintenance was performed and that the root cause of the problem is not yet known.
On July 27, CA released an update:
As of July 27, the Department of State has made continued progress on restoring our system to full functionality. As we restore our ability to print visas, we are prioritizing immigrant cases, including adoptions visas. System engineers are performing maintenance to address the problems we encountered. As system performance improves, we will continue to process visas at U.S. Embassies and Consulates worldwide. We are committed to resolving the problem as soon as possible. Additional updates will be posted to travel.state.gov as more information becomes available.
On July 29, CA posted this on FB:
The Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs continues to make progress restoring our nonimmigrant visa system to full functionality. Over the weekend, the Department of State implemented system changes aimed at optimizing performance and addressing the challenges we have faced. We are now testing our system capacity to ensure stability. Processing of immigrant visas cases, including adoptions, remains a high priority. Some Embassies and Consulates may temporarily limit or reschedule nonimmigrant visa interview appointments until more system resources become available to process these new applications. We sincerely regret the inconvenience to travelers, and are committed to resolving the problem as soon as possible. Additional updates will be posted to travel.state.gov as more information becomes available.
The CA Bureau’s Facebook page has been inundated with comments. There were complaints that at one post the visas were printing fine and then they were not. There were complains from people waiting for visas for adopted kids, for fiancees, for family members, for family waiting at the border, for students anxious to get to their schools, people worried about time running out for diversity visas, applicants with flights already booked, and many more. One FB commenter writes, “I feel that the problem most people have is not that the system broke, but the lack of clear, meaningful information so people can make appropriate plans.”
Other than what the CA Bureau chose to tell us, we cannot pry any substantial detail from official sources. We, however, understand from sources familiar with the system but not authorized to speak for the bureau that the CCD has been having problems for sometime but it got worse in the last couple weeks. If you’re familiar with the highs and lows of visa operation, this will not be altogether surprising. Whatever problems already existed in the system prior to this “glitch” could have easily been exacerbated in July, which is the middle of the peak travel season worldwide. A source working in one of our consular posts confirmed to us that the system is back running, but not at the normal level and that the backlogs are building up. Another source told us that Beijing already had a 15k NIV backlog over the weekend. We haven’t yet heard what are the backlogs like in mega visa-issuing posts like Brazil, Mexico and India.
We understand that everyone is currently doing all they can to get the process moving, but that some cases are getting through the system, while some are not. No one seems to know why this is happening. These machine readable visas are tied to the system and there are no manual back-ups for processing these cases (more of that below).
So who owns CCD?
The Consular Systems and Technology (CA/CST) manages the CCD. We have previously blogged about its troubled past:
OIG Review of Visa Lottery Snafu Details Failure of the Consular Bureau’s CST Office
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CST is currently headed by a new Director, Greg D Ambrose who reports to the CA Bureau’s Assistant Secretary. It looks like despite the 2011 OIG recommendation, the CST deputy position remains vacant. We should also note that the Asst Secretary for Consular Affairs Janice Jacobs retired this past April. No replacement has been nominated to-date and Michele T. Bond has been Acting Assistant Secretary since Ms. Jacobs’ departure.
Last September, Mr. Ambrose was with FedScoopTV and talked about Consular One, the future of consular IT.
CST Just Got a New Data Engineering Contract
In Many 2014, ActioNet, Inc., headquartered in Vienna, Virginia,announced a 5-year task order for data engineering, supporting CST.
ActioNet, Inc. announced today the award of a five (5)-year task order entitled Data Engineering (DE) in support of Department of State (DOS). This task order will provide data engineering and database infrastructure support services necessary for planning, analysis, design, and implementation services for the Bureau of Consular Affairs. These service also include contract and program management support to ensure that innovation, efficiency, and cost control practices are built into the program. […] The Office of Consular Systems and Technology (CST) within the Bureau develops, deploys and maintains the unclassified and classified IT infrastructures that help execute these missions. The Bureau currently manages over 800 servers worldwide, in order to comply with the fast paced changes inherent to data processing and telecommunications, CST requires that contractor services provide for rapid provisioning of highly experienced and trained individuals with the IT (information technology) backgrounds and the security clearances required of CA’s environment of workstation-based local and wide-area network infrastructures.
Due to limited information available, we don’t know if the new Consular One and/or the new DE contract are related to ongoing issues or if there are hardware issues, given the multiple legacy systems, but we do know that CST has both an impressive and troubled history. Let’s take a look.
Records Growing by the Day
The 2010 Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) describes (pdf) the CCD as “one of the largest Oracle based data warehouses in the world that holds current and archived data from the Consular Affairs (CA) domestic and post databases around the world.” According to the PIA, in December 2009, the CCD contained over 100 million visa cases and 75 million photographs, utilizing billions of rows of data, and has a current growth rate of approximately 35 thousand visa cases every day. The 2011 OIG report says that in 2010, the CCD contained over 137 million American and foreign case records and over 130 million photographs and is growing at approximately 40,000 visa and passport cases every day.
That was almost four years ago.
A Critical Operational and National Security Database with No Back-Up System?
According to publicly available information, the CCD’s chief functions are 1) to support data delivery to approved applications via industry-standard Web Service queries, 2) provide users with easy-to-use data entry interfaces to CCD, and 3) allow emergency recovery of post databases. The CCD also serves as a gateway to IDENT and IAFIS fingerprint checking databases, the Department of State Facial Recognition system, and the NameCheck system. It provides access to passport data in Travel Document Issuance System (TDIS), Passport Lookout Tracking System (PLOTS), and Passport Information Electronic Records System (PIERS). The OIG says that the CCD serves 11,000 users in the Department and more than 19,000 users in other agencies, primarily the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and various law enforcement elements, and is accessed more than 120 million times every month.
Given that the CCD is considered “a critical operational and national security database,” there is surprisingly no redundancies or any back-up system.
Resurrect the Standard Register protectograph aka: `Burroughs visas’?
No one is actually suggesting that but when the CCD system is down, there is no manual way to issue a visa. No post can handprint visas because security measures prevent consular officers from printing a visa unless it is approved through the database system. Here is a quick history of the handprinted ‘Burroughs visas’ and the machine readable visas via the GPO:
November 18, 1988, mandated the development of a machine-readable travel and identity document to improve border entry and departure control using an automated data-capture system. As a result, the Department developed the Machine Readable Visa, a durable, long-lasting adhesive foil made out of Teslin.
Before MRVs, nonimmigrant visas were issued using a device called a Standard Register protectograph, otherwise known as a Burroughs certifier machine. It produced what was colloquially known as a “Burroughs visa,” an indelible ink impression mechanically stamped directly onto a page in the alien’s passport. Over time, Burroughs machines were gradually replaced by MRV technology, which is now used exclusively by all nonimmigrant visa issuing posts throughout the world.
Burroughs visas contained a space in which a consular employee was required to write the name of the alien to whom the visa was being issued. An alien’s passport might also include family members, such as a spouse, or children, who also had to be listed on the visa. In March 1983, in order to expedite the issuance of nonimmigrant visas and to improve operational efficiency, the Department authorized the use of a “bearer(s)” stamp for certain countries so that consular officers would not have to spend time writing in the applicant’s name (and those of accompanying family members). MRVs, however, must be issued individually to qualified aliens. Consequently, the “bearer”annotation has become obsolete.
The problem with the old Burroughs machine, besides the obvious, was maybe — you run out of ink, the plates are ruined/broken or you need it oiled. We could not remember those breaking down. With the MRV technology, all posts are connected to a central database, and the new machines by themselves cannot issue visas. Which brings us to the security of that system.
Management Alert on Information System Security Program
The State Department PIA says that “To appropriately safeguard the information, numerous management, operational, and technical security controls are in place in accordance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002 and information assurance standards published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).” Must be why in November 2013, the Office of the Inspector General issued a Management Alert for significant and recurring weaknesses found in the State Department’s Information System Security Program over the past three fiscal years (FY 2011-2013).
In 2011, State/OIG also issued a report on CA’s CST division and has, what appears to be a lengthy discussion of the CCD, but almost all of it but a paragraph had been redacted:
That OIG report also includes a discussion of the Systems Development Life Cycle Process and notes that decision control gates within CST’s SDLC process are weak. It cites a couple of examples where this manifested: 1) the development of the Consular report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) system. “The ownership of development and deployment shifted throughout the process, and the business unit’s requirements were not clearly communicated to the development team. As a result, CST designed and tested the CRBA for a printer that did not match the printer model identified and procured by the business unit;” 2) the Crisis Task Force application, for which CST was tasked to enhance its Web-facing interaction. “The deployment of this application has been challenged by the lack of project ownership and decision controls, as well as by the incomplete requirements definition. The use of incorrect scripts that were provided by the CM group has further delayed the Crisis Task Force application’s deployment.”
If there’s somethin’ strange in your CCD, who ya gonna call? (Glitchbusters!)
The Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) is central to all consular operations. It is run by CST where according to the OIG, “the smooth functioning of every part of the office depends on its contractors.” And because it runs such an important element of U.S. national security systems, if all CST’s contractors, all 850 of them quit, this critical consular data delivery to the State Department and other Federal agencies would screech to a a halt.
To carry out its mandate, CST must provide uninterrupted support to 233 overseas posts, 21 passport agencies, 2 passport processing centers, and other domestic facilities, for a total of 30,000 end users across 16 Federal agencies and in nearly every country. CST faces 24/7/365 service requirements, as any disruption in automated support brings operations to an immediate halt, with very serious implications for travelers and the U.S. image.
CST is led by a director and is staffed by 68 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees (62 Civil Service and 6 Foreign Service). There are 12 positions (3 Foreign Service and 9 Civil Service) currently vacant. CA recently authorized CST 19 additional FTE positions. There are also more than 850 contractors operating under nearly 30 different contracts. In FY 2010, CST’s annual operating budget was approximately $266 million.
If CCD is compromised for a lengthy period such as the last couple of weeks, what is the back up plan to keep the operation going? Obviously, none. It’s either down or running under limited or full capacity. No one we know remember CCD problems persist this long. Right now, we know from a reliable source that the system is not down, and some cases and going through but — what if the CCD is completely down for two weeks … four weeks … wouldn’t international travel come to a slow stop?
What if CCD goes down indefinitely whether by hardware or software glitch or through malicious penetration by foreign hackers, what happens then?
Currently, it appears nothing can be done but for folks to be patient and wait until the fixes are in. We know they’re working hard at it but there’s got to be a better way. Perhaps we can also agree that this has very serious national security implications on top of disgruntled travelers and a grave impact on the U.S. image overseas.
May 2011 | Inspection of The Bureau of Consular Affairs, Office of Consular Systems and Technology (CST) Report Number ISP-I-11-51
-11/30/13 Audit of Department of State Information Security Program (FISMA) (AUD-IT-14-03) [3610 Kb] Posted January 29th, 2014
-01/13/14 Management Alert on OIG Findings of Significant, Recurring Weaknesses in Dept of State Info System Security Program (MA-A-0001) [6298 Kb] Posted on January 16, 2014
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10/6/2010 11/24/2010 column, haiku, Haiku Society of AmericaPublished Work
Thanks to the internet, haiku is making a return to the kind of collaborative, interactive spirit out of which it originally emerged almost four centuries ago.
As the editor of tinywords, I’ve seen this kind of evolution emerge spontaneously on many occasions.
To see what I mean, let’s first rewind the calendar a few hundred years.
Before haiku was a genre of its own, before people thought that a 17-syllable (or shorter) poem could stand on its own alongside triolets, sonnets, sestinas, ballads and epics, there was an art form in Japan called haikai no renga.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haikai>
It was a kind of party game: A poetry master would kick things off with a pithy short verse, and then other people in the group would collaborate (and compete) to come up with subsequent verses, each one subtly or cleverly linked to the one before.
Matsuo Kinsaku was a master of this form of poetry, and attracted many students and supporters. (In those days, it was actually possible to make a living as a poetry master!) But around 1682 Matsuo became dissatisfied and started traveling around Japan.
As he went, he wrote compressed travelogues interspersed with very short poems. They were kind of like those initial verses, except instead of being used to start a collaborative chain of linked verses, they stood on their own.
Over time, his new approach gained popularity, power and subtlety. His students collected his verses into volumes, and added their own — except now, instead of the short verses being linked together into chains, each one stood on its own. The concept of haiku, as a standalone poem, was born.
Since the 17th century it’s been primarily an individual activity, like other poetry: The poet, transfixed in a moment of solitary inspiration, writes a haiku and then, later, publishes it.
Of course it doesn’t always happen exactly like that, but that’s generally the outline of how we think of haiku — and other poems. They’re the product of one mind, usually, and they stand on their own.
But on the internet, haiku don’t have to be like that. Indeed, one haiku may spark a whole chain of responses, turning it into something more than just a poem on a page.
On tinywords.com, haiku are published as poems, like on any other literary journal. But like many websites, we also allow readers to post comments, or as I like to call them, responses.
In some cases, those responses are simply comments like “beautiful imagery” or “I loved this one.” But sometimes, people post their own haiku in response. On occasion, that’s sparked a whole chain of linked verses, each one responding to the one that came before.
The most spectacular example is this haiku by Patricia Prime, which was published in 2005 on tinywords:
tiny white balls
bounce on the deck
<http://tinywords.com/haiku/2005/06/21/>
Five years later, my tastes have shifted somewhat, and the haiku feels a little flat to me: It’s one-dimensional. It presents a vivid image but there’s no contrast or tension. But it clearly struck a note with the readers, who immediately started posting their haiku in response, many of them quite lovely:
a windstorm of
On a sheet of ice
the chick trying to free itself
from its mother’s claws
–R.K. Singh
a bearded iris
sporting new growth–
cottonwood fluff
–Ed Schwellenbach
<http://tinywords.com/haiku/2005/06/21/?comments=all>
And those are just the first three. Eventually, a back-and-forth developed between the haiku’s author and a frequent commenter, and the chain of verses extended to more than 300 in all.
That was a completely spontaneous happening. No one said, “Let’s have an online renga,” or “let’s see how long we can keep this going.” It just happened.
It wasn’t the only time that a chain of responses emerged on tinywords like this. But it doesn’t happen as frequently as I’d like, and I’ll admit that the reasons for that are somewhat elusive.
Part of it has to do with the spirit of the commenters: Whether they are moved to contribute their own haiku or simply comment, in the manner of workshop participants.
Partly is has to do with whether the language and interface of the journal encourage that kind of call-and-response.
But part of it is just magic. When it happens, the literary journal turns into something more — a community — and the haiku takes on a communal life through the screens of those reading it.
It’s a wonderful thing.
Originally published at Haiku Society of America tweney haiku column.
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Random Thoughts: The Death of bin Laden
So Osama bin Laden is dead and buried at sea. I’m sure there will be those who will not accept any evidence of that, even if they were standing there when it happened. Such are the conspiracy theory skeptics.
What amazes me is that the DNA testing confirming the body was indeed bin Laden was done so quickly, within hours. Yet, death row prisoners are often denied that testing to prove their innocence. One would think that an honest judicial system would ant to be sure they had the right person, the key word being honest. In NYC, the remains of the 9/11 victims still are unidentified after 10 years. Around the country rape kits go untested and the rapists go free because of statute of limitations in many states.
This comment from TalkLeft fairly sums up my thoughts on the events of the last 24 hours:
1. There is one less evil person in the world; that’s not a bad thing, but if I removed one eyedropper of water from a full bathtub, would it look any different?
2. Are we now officially an eye-for-an-eye society now, where when we kill someone who killed others, “justice” has been done? It appears so, which is both offensive and frightening. I am troubled by the expression of this sentiment from the president, who is supposed to be a defender of the Constitution.
3. The real legacy of Osama bin Laden may not lie in the numbers of deaths he was responsible for, but in the erosion of freedoms, the loss of privacy and the perversion of our system of justice, which I do not believe will ever be restored.
4. Dancing in the streets in front of the White House to celebrate the killing of bin Laden is a scene I could have done without; a candlelit vigil in memory of all the lives lost and lives affected would have been a more fitting way to mark the occasion – in my opinion.
5. “Now is not the time to let down our guard” is the watchword of the day, just as I expected it would be; bin Laden’s death is not the end of anything, just another data point on a spectrum that continues to move away from strengthening and protecting our individual rights. Who will the new Face of Evil be, and what will we have to give up in that fight?
6. Lots of questions about Pakistan: how could Osama have been hiding in plain sight of the Pakistani equivalent of West Point? Is their intelligence that bad, have they been paid to look the other way – or worse – and what will the repercussions be, if any?
Finally, I said last night that for me, this is anticlimactic; bin Laden’s death is never going to see the restoration of all that we have lost as Americans.
That being said, I am not so jaded and cynical that I don’t understand that this may have brought some kind of closure to those who lost loved ones in the many bin Laden-engineered attacks both here and around the world, and it isn’t my intention to try to deny that to them; we all have to handle this in our own way – we all feel what we feel for our own reasons.
On a lighter note, this IT guy, trying to find a safe place from the chaos, fled to the hills with his lap top for some peace and quiet in Abbottabad, when he was disturbed from sleep by helicopters hovering near by and began Tweeting. Unbeknown to him, he was Tweeting the biggest news since Bush declared “Mission Accomplished” thus making Sohaib Ather, “the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid”. He is now a much sought after media darling and has over 66,000 followers on Twitter. Nice job, Sohaib.
*Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1am (is a rare event).
*Go away helicopter – before I take out my giant swatter.
*A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty.
*All silent after the blast, but a friend heard it 6km away too … the helicopter is gone too.
*Seems like my giant swatter worked!
*The few people online at this time of the night are saying one of the copters was not Pakistani …
*Moving to Abbottabad was part of the ‘being safe’ strategy.
*Since Taleban (probably) don’t have helicopters, and since they’re saying it was not “ours”, must be a complicated situation #abbottabad
*Osama Bin Laden killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan. ISI has confirmed it. Uh oh, there goes the neighborhood.
*Uh oh, now I’m the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it.
I apologize for reporting the operation ‘unwittingly/unknowingly’ – had I known about it, I would have tweeted about it ‘wittingly’ I swear.
“I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.” Jessica Dovey, student, University of Pennsylvania
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Where The Men Aren’t
By cabaretic in Religion
Recently, I’ve started to examine gender dynamics inside my Meeting. As I began I started from the premise that every religious gathering reflects the particulars of the larger world outside it. I’ve contemplated many of these, but I haven’t examined one specific facet of this in much detail until recently. In participation, active membership, and consistent attendance, women significantly outnumber men. In the Young Adult Friend group which I help organize, the most consistently involved members are female. Men often seem reluctant to take the plunge, nervously circling and re-circling the outskirts, hanging back, anxiously sailing around the perifery. Male participation is often minimal and short-lived. There is no in-between here. The few who do come to stay often become fixtures of the group, but they are always in the minority.
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Detective work – bin Laden w/UpDate
This is what should have happened directly after and as to 9/11! Terrorism is a criminal offense, international criminal terrorism is an international crime. We had the backing of most of the World then, meaning working with them and their resources added to ours. There should never have been Iraq and all that went with that as well as the added recruiting tools in Afghanistan. Once the Taliban were driven from there we should have worked to reign in the ghost al Qaeda while helping to rebuild Afghanistan after decades of war destruction, as we promised. But we walked away once again, like we did after the Afghan/Soviet debacle, rest is the present history as we created the next generations of bin Ladens, already out there!!
Bin Laden, bin Laden takedown, Bush Administration, Clinton Administration, Criminal Terrorism, International Terrorism, Obama administration, terrorism
Yankee Doodle Daffy
Robert Fisk: Was he betrayed? Of course. Pakistan knew Bin Laden’s hiding place all along
A middle-aged nonentity, a political failure outstripped by history – by the millions of Arabs demanding freedom and democracy in the Middle East – died in Pakistan yesterday. And then the world went mad.
Fresh from providing us with a copy of his birth certificate, the American President turned up in the middle of the night to provide us with a live-time death certificate for Osama bin Laden, killed in a town named after a major in the army of the old British Empire. A single shot to the head, we were told. But the body’s secret flight to Afghanistan, an equally secret burial at sea? The weird and creepy disposal of the body – no shrines, please – was almost as creepy as the man and his vicious organisation.
Daffy Duck Slept Here
Too Soon To Tell
There’s an apocryphal story about how someone asked Mao whether the invention of fire had been a good or bad thing for the Chinese people.
His answer? “Too soon to tell.”
In like manner I respond to the news of Bin Laden’s death.
Is he dead yet? I’ve read some unsupported reports that he was buried at sea which, if true, will only lead to Hitler in Argentina exile theories and Elvis sightings. How involved was Pakistan in protecting him if he was finally found in a villa 500 yards from the 15th tee at the officers’ golf course on the main military base in Islamabad? Is it just co-incidence that this happened on the 8th anniversary of ‘Mission Accomplished’ and trashed the last 10 minutes of Celebrity Apprentice?
Too soon to tell.
Details that answer those questions may emerge in time, but to me the far more important question is- will the U.S. accept yes for an answer?
For the last 10 years we’ve gutted our Constitution, imprisoned innocents indefinitely without due process, tortured, murdered, and started wars of aggression all ‘in pursuit’ of Boogey Man Bin Ladin.
Now that he’s ‘dead’ will we stop?
Oh. Canada?
Canada kinda kicks off their election today eh?, and I’m hesitant to speak about it since I don’t know much aboot Canada except they have great beer and it’s called back bacon (and it’s not ham, eh?).
Scott Harper is reliably reported to be a right wing asshole of the Reagan variety (it is Canada, eh?), but his Conservative Party is likely to be the leading party at the polls (Palimentary districts are called ‘Ridings‘ and there are 308 of them).
Victory in each seat is a first past the post plurality and for years and years the Liberal Party (think of them like Third Way Democrats) have been the opposition party. This year that will change.
The NDP is pretty sure to eclispe the Liberals by dozens of seats
There’s a slim possibility the New Democratic Party (Social Democrats) and the Bloc Quebecois (those cheese eating French secessionists) will be able to put together a majority. Far more likely is that the so-called Liberals form a majority with the Conservatives (who’d a thunk?) BUT it’s also probably the end of the Liberal Party as a force in Canadian politics.
It’s not just the UK Liberal Democrats austerity thing that kills them, it’s because there are fiddly little advantages to being the #2 party like appearing second on ballots which will advantage the NDP the next time around whether the Liberals sell out or not.
Some links-
The Canadian Election, by Ian Welsh, 2011 May 2
Canadian 2011 federal election, April 30th update, By: trthomas, MyFDL, Saturday April 30, 2011 5:54 pm
Canadian Election Monday – voting is IMPERATIVE! (Also: Tory majority IMPOSSIBLE! YAY!), LostClown, Corrente, Fri, 04/29/2011 – 8:26pm
Canada’s Left Wing New Democratic Party Surges in Polls; Is Electoral Reform Near?, By: Jon Walker, Firedog Lake, Wednesday April 27, 2011 4:32 pm
On the NDP Surge in Canada, by Ian Welsh, 2011 April 26
308 the Canadian 538, eh?
It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.
Slam Dunk Osama Guantanamo: Jump the Shark!
The most important single fact about the CIA and the only fact that anybody knows for sure is that the CIA is stupid, and way back when I was occasionally invited to parties on Embassy Row in Washington (because of the Harvard Cyclotron) I proved this over and over with a little game.
“The stupidest person at every party in Washington always works for the CIA,” I would say, and inevitably some guy in white socks would get red in the face and blurt out…
“That’s not true!”
But it was all too true, and the CIA has demonstrated this self-evident proposition once again by jumping the shark with their already ridiculous story about the death of Osama bin Laden.
It wasn’t enough just to kill one sick old Arab chained to a dialysis machine in a house with no telephones. It wasn’t enough to kill one sick old Arab that it cost us more than $1 trillion to kill.
They had to jump the fucking shark!
They also had to prove that all that torture at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib was a very good thing!
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), who was repeatedly subjected to methods including “waterboarding” and stress positions, provided the CIA with the name of bin Laden’s personal courier, according to US officials. The killing of the world’s most wanted man as a direct result of information obtained from Guantanamo detainees such as KSM will reignite the debate over whether torture is a legitimate interrogation technique in the “war on terror”.
Torture paid off!
HURRAH!!!
Now we can forget all those pesky accusations about crimes against humanity and the Geneva Conventions! Torture saved us from UBL! Case closed!
And this is exactly the same kind of overkill that couldn’t stop piling new and ever more incredible weapons into the arsenal of Saddam Hussein until the CIA had inflated him from a tin-pot dictator with a rusted-out army all the way to the status of SUPERHUMAN MONSTER, who supposedly possessed not only the kind of armament that he might have actually possessed, like chemical and biological weapons, but also a whole fleet of totally imaginary drone-bombers which could fly all the way from Baghdad to Manhattan, along with 500 tons of yellow-cake for non-existent nuclear weapons.
This was exactly the same kind of overkill that couldn’t stop piling new and ever more HORRIBLE CONSEQUENCES upon the very idea of losing the War in Vietnam! It wasn’t enough that Vietnam would be re-united under a communist ally of the Russians! The CIA also had to “prove” that dominoes would fall all the way from Saigon to London unless we sent yet another hundred thousand soldiers to fight and die in those god-forsaken rice-paddies! Western Civilization will die! Defeat is not an option! Be very afraid! And don’t just feel fear…
Piss your pants and give us all your money!
So of course anybody with minimal intelligence immediately sees right through these ridiculously exaggerated stories…
But that still leaves 85% of the American electorate to piss their pants and give away all their money.
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Senator Lindsey Graham: Epic Fail! 20110502
By Translator in Politics, Teaching
I usually do not write about pure politics because many others here do it much better than I. Whilst I keep up with politics, those of you who read my three regular, weekly series know that I am much more of and academic and a storyteller. However, this is different.
He, and the despicable Sean Hannity have decided that it was wrong to give a proper burial, following the Muslim tradition, of Usama bin Laden was the wrong thing to do. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I shall use their own favorite catch phrase to nail them.
Grahan and Hannity, and others of a similar mind, are drunk with the passion for revenge. That is not supposed to be our way. Justice, not revenge, is the American way, or at least is purported to be so.
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A handy guide to transfer terminology
A Kolasinac-shaped left-back aside, this June was hardly flaming in the transfer department. July is where the action usually is, I tell myself, and it’s an opinion I can justify with the exciting and growing chatter about Lacazette.
However, there’s a lot of hot air out there when it comes to transfers, so I’ve put together a useful guide to navigating some of the well-worn phrases used almost uniquely during the summer months to tell us what’s really happening in the world of transfers.
1. Arsenal swoop on Nigel Dixon
Ah, the infamous ‘swoop’. The swoop is an elaborate high-risk technique used by teams to lure players away from teams desperate not to sell. The swoop needs to be quick and lightning-like, because by the time of the swoop, all other avenues have been closed.
It’s usually performed in a paraglider, though since Russian oligarchs parked their tanks on our lawns, the microlite has been known to be used, and some clubs are even trialling drones to perform this job in the future.
You can’t spirit these players away when they’re in their gilded mansions or locked away in their blacked-out Range Rovers – their clubs are wise to this – which is why you often see several paragliders circling in the thermals above swanky beach resorts or shopping streets, ready to swoop down, grab the required player and soar away to make them sign a contract.
2. Nigel Dixon issues a come-and-get-me-plea
The come-and-get-me-plea is part of the mundane bureaucracy of football. Should the club who hold the restless player’s registration refuse to budge, the next step is for the player himself to formalise his desire to leave. It’s quite straightforward and simply requires a trip to the Post Office (avoiding other clubs’ paragliders as you go). The come-and-get-me-plea is then duly filled in (with a black ball-point pen only, or it will be void), then issued by telegram to the club in question once the player has paid an administration fee of £5. A messenger in a peaked cap will then deliver the message in person to the manager of the club he wishes to join.
3. Arsenal have joined the race for Nigel Dixon
A physical challenge, this one. When more than one club is interested in a player, and the selling team or player can’t make their mind up who to sell to, it goes down to a 100m sprint. At Arsenal, in times gone by, Ken ‘Quickfoot’ Friar was known to be fast out the blocks, but since 1996 the long legs of Arsene Wenger have taken this role. He doesn’t like to delegate this task and is particularly proud of how he pipped the field to the line by a nose in 2013 to buy Mesut Ozil, despite spending most of the summer trying to find his running shoes.
4. Arsenal and Manchester City set to fight it out for Nigel Dixon
When all diplomacy fails, and money is not a factor, out come the fists. It won’t surprise you to hear that, despite hating confrontation, this task is another that Wenger is loathe to delegate to Steve ‘Bruiser’ Bould.
Back in the 90s and early 00s, Wenger was nimbler on his feet and would often find himself in the ring on his own, because nobody else knew about the player he was hoping to buy. TKO. But as his tenure has progressed, there are fewer unknown gems left in football so the boss has had to go against his better judgement and start jabbing with wily streetfighters. He’ll jab away forever to wear his opponent down (again, his long arms are a bonus here) but when it comes to the big slugs, he tends to get Bouldy to throw the towel in in the second round.
5. Nigel Dixon delivers a transfer ultimatum
No need to get the Post Office involved in this one – only the Foreign Office. The transfer ultimatum happens when things get political, and it’s just one step away from a transfer war. In practical terms, the ultimatum used to be delivered by a player to his manager using a battered red-leather diplomatic briefase attached to his wrist by a handcuff. These days it’s done using the ‘I want to leave now’ Snapchat filter.
6. Nigel Dixon just wants to concentrate on his football
Summer is not only for buying and selling, but for extending contracts too. But when a player doesn’t want to extend his contract, or is hoping for other clubs to swoop, join the race or fight it out for his signature, he needs a good excuse to delay things. He’s used ‘the dog ate my homework’ already, so it’s time for ‘I just want to concentrate on my football’. Given most players spend their summers taking selfies, and it only takes 10 minutes to tell your club what you intend to do anyway, and they have advisers and agents coming out their ears, this excuse stands pretty low on the credibility scale. So just in case his manager makes an impromptu visit to his player’s house to check upon this claim, the player will set up a football room where he amasses books about football history, swots up on the rules and watches old VHS tapes about the glory days of yore. The manager will be duly chastened and will leave impressed at his wantaway player’s dedication.
That’s your lot. I hope this has cleared some of the more confusing aspects of summer transfers. Roll on the new season.
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ASEAN Heads of State Visits to the US
Country of Visitor
Acting Prime Minister Sirik Matak
Chairman Ne Win*
Chief of State Cheng Heng
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
King Norodom Sihanouk
King Prajadhipok
King Savang Vathana
Premier and Prince Norodom Sihanouk
President Abdurrahman Wahid
President Benigno S. Aquino, 3rd
President Carlos P. Garcia
President Choummaly Sayasone
President Corazon C. Aquino
President Diosdado P. Macapagal
President Elpidio Quirino
President Ferdinand Marcos
President Fidel Ramos
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
President Joseph Estrada
President Mahn Win Maung
President Megawati Sukarnoputri
President Ngo Dinh Diem
President Nguyen Minh Triet
President Nguyen Van Thieu
President Suharto
President Sukarno
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President Thein Sein
President Tran Duc Luong
President Truong Tan Sang
President-elect Manuel Roxas
Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi
Prime Minister Anan Panyarachun
Prime Minister Chatichai Chunhawan
Prime Minister Chuan Likphai
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
Prime Minister Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hussein bin Onn
Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Leong
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
Prime Minister Mahathir bin Muhammad
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed
Prime Minister Najib Razak
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai
Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha
Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda
Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn
Prime Minister Tran Van Huu
Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak
Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman
Prime Minister U Nu
Prime Minister-Prince Norodom Kantol
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
April 12–13, 2010
April 8–10, 1998
August 8–11, 1949
February 16–18, 2016
January 13–15, 1958
July 18–20, 2004
June 13–15, 1990
June 28–July 2, 1960
June 9–11, 2003
March 11–12, 2013
May 12–14, 1969
May 8–10, 1968
November 7–10, 1989
October 3–10, 1981
September 23–October 5, 1977
September 8–10, 1966
Attended APEC meeting in Seattle.
Attended APEC meeting in Seattle; visited Washington, D.C. Nov. 22–23. Also visited San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Houston.
Attended funeral of former President Eisenhower; met with President Nixon April 1.
Attended funeral of President Kennedy.
Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, CA.
Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, California.
Attended the ASEAN Leaders Summit at Sunnylands, Califronia.
Attended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit Meeting.
Attended the Japanese Peace Conference in San Francisco.
Attended the Nuclear Security Summit.
Attended White House dinner on 25th Anniversary of the U.N.; met privately with President Nixon October 25.
Discussed military developments in Vietnam and political developments in Paris with President Johnson in Honolulu.
En route from Europe to Cambodia; visited New York City and San Francisco. Departed U.S. April 21.
Guest of U.S. Government. Discussed matters relating to Philippine independence. Departed U.S. May 18; also visited San Francisco.
Informal meetings with President Eisenhower and senior U.S. officials.
Informal meetings with President Johnson in New York City.
Informal visit after attending Conference of Nonaligned Nations in Belgrade.
Informal visit. Arrived in U.S. April 20, visiting Honolulu (Hawaii) and Los Angeles.
Informal visit. Arrived in U.S. November 14; visiting fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Informal visit. Arrived in U.S. October 10; visited New York City.
Joint discussions on economic cooperation.
Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City.
Met with President Bush during a private visit.
Met with President Bush in Boston.
Met with President Bush June 11 during a private visit.
Met with President Clinton at the UN Millenium Summit in New York City.
Met with President Clinton during a private visit.
Met with President Clinton November 12 during a private visit. Afterwards went to Salt Lake City for medical treatment.
Met with President Eisenhower in New York City while attending UN General Assembly session.
Met with President Eisenhower in Washington while attending UN General Assembly.
Met with President Kennedy in New York City while attending UN General Assembly session.
Met with President Nixon at Midway Island.
Met with President Reagan during a private visit.
Met with President Truman after receiving medical treatment in Baltimore. In U.S. January 7–February 6.
Official visit at San Clemente (California), and Washington, D.C.
Official visit.
Official visit. Afterwards visited New York City, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, and Honolulu. Departed February 16.
Official visit. Afterwards visited Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), San Francisco, Akron (Ohio), and New York City. Departed U.S. November 6.
Official visit. Conferred with President Johnson in Honolulu on military and economic assistance to Vietnam.
Official visit. In U.S. April 23–May 1, visiting San Francisco, Detroit, Albany, New York City, West Point and Hyde Park (New York), and Morrisville (Pennsylvania).
Official visit. In U.S. July 21–August 4, visited Williamsburg, Fort Bragg (North Carolina), Miami, Cape Kennedy (Florida), and New York City. Traveled to Canada July 28–29.
Official visit. In U.S. June 24–July 16. Visited New York City, Detroit, Knoxville, the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Official visit. In U.S. June 6–29; visited Honolulu, New York City, North Adams (Massachusetts), Los Angeles, Tarrytown (New York), and North Haven (Maine). Visited Canada June 20–24.
Official visit. In U.S. May 2–13; visited Miami (private), Cape Kennedy, Lansing (Michigan), and New York City. Private visit to Washington and Los Angeles, May 11–13.
Official visit. In U.S. October 16–27; visited Williamsburg, New York City, Boston, St. Louis, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
Official visit. In U.S. October 3–11; visited New York City.
Official visit. Later visited Philadelphia and New York City. Departed U.S. July 31.
Official working visit.
Official working visit. Later visited Los Angeles.
Official Working Visit. Later visited San Francisco, New York City, and Boston. Addressed Joint Session of U.S. Congress September 18.
Official working visit. Private visit to New York City afterwards
Official working visit. Private visit to New York City afterwards.
Official working visit. Private visit to Tulsa, Oklaholma afterwards.
Private visit at Camp David during a world tour.
Private visit to obtain medical treatment. In U.S. April 19–July 28. Stayed at Ophir Hall, Purchase (New York) Visited New York City and New London (Conneticut).
Private visit to obtain medical treatment. Met with President Eisenhower December 23.
Private visit to Washington while attending session of the U.N. General Assembly.
Private visit to Washington, D.C. after medical treatment in Baltimore. In U.S. July 1–August 24.
Private visit.
Private visit. Arrived in U.S. November 1.
Private visit. In U.S. March 25–April 11. Met with President Nixon April 10.
Private visit. In U.S. May 5–11.
Private visit. Met with President Reagan July 21.
Private visit. Met with President Reagan June 19.
Private visit. Met with President Reagan October 6.
Signed a security treaty.
State visit.
State visit. Addressed U.S. Congress May 17. Afterwards visited Charlottesville (Virginia), Annapolis (Maryland), New York City, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Springfield (Illinois), Detroit (Michigan), the Grand Canyon (Arizona), Los Angeles, Salt Lake City (Utah), and Niagara Falls (New York). Departed U.S. June 3.
State visit. Arrived in Los Angeles May 17.
State visit. In the U.S. May 5–May 21. Also visited Honolulu, San Francisco, New York City, Detroit and Lansing (Michigan), Knoxville, and Los Angeles. Addressed U.S. Congress May 9.
State visit. In U.S. February 21–27, visited Knoxville (Tennessee) and New York City.
State visit. In U.S. June 14–July 14, visited Honolulu, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Williamsburg (Virginia), New York City, Boston, Knoxville, Colorado Springs (Colorado), Yellowstone Park, and San Francisco.
State visit. In U.S. June 15–July 1. Addressed U.S. Congress June 18. Also visited Chicago, New York City, Phoenix (Arizona), Los Angeles and San Francisco.
State visit. In U.S. May 25–June 1; visited Williamsburg, New York City, Knoxville, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
State visit. In U.S. October 3–15, visited Honolulu, San Francisco, Williamsburg (Virginia), Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), New York City, and Los Angeles.
State visit. In U.S. September 12–27. Addressed Congress September 15. Visited Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Ann Arbor, and San Francisco.
State visit. In U.S. September 8–10; visited New York City, Williamsburg, California, and Hawaii.
State visit; visited Cape Canaveral, Houston, and Honolulu. Departed U.S. October 15.
State Visit; visited Dallas and Los Angeles. Departed U.S. November 11.
State visit; visited New York City. Private visit afterward. Departed U.S. September 27.
Unofficial visit to Washington while attending UN General Assembly. Arrived in U.S. September 12.
Working visit.
Working visit. Signed free-trade agreement.
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DR VERGHESE KURIEN BIOGRAPHY PDF
Verghese Kurien, best known as the “Father of the White Revolution” This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life. Dr. Verghese Kurien was born on November 26, at Kozhikode (Calicut) in the district headquarter of Malabar, then the part of Presidency of Madras and. 2 About Verghese Kurien; 3 External links . Dr Kurien was an icon of India’s cooperative movement and the dairy industry. Wikipedia has an article about.
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Click Here For More Details. Kurien got his half a million member-farmers to contribute a token two rupees each for the making of the movie. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Verghese Kurien.
IRMArather than sponsor students at IIM as the cooperative’s recruits, [58] or the importance of branding and advertising his products from his wife’s brother-in-law.
Posthumous conferral — — — — — — — Hum sab milke chalayenge isko. In fact he was not even fond of milk or milk products! Archived from the original PDF on 15 November He held various positions in his career starting from Executive Head of Kaira Union inFounder Chairman of National Dairy Development Board from tothe Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, from to and the Institute of Rural Management from tohis professional life has been dedicated to empowering Indian farmers through co-operatives.
Growing up as the son of a civil surgeon, young Verghese had no interest whatsoever in dairy production.
On arriving at Anand, he found that the farmers were being exploited by the distributors of milk and the entire region was controlled by a shrewd but clever businessman called as “Pestonjee Edulji” who marketed Biograpjy butter. Privacy Policy Manage Cookies. In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote. The village dairy co-operatives and the federal bodies continue to submerge the artificial distinctions of caste, religion and politics by vegghese with the co-operative way of life.
She would say that he worked hard but never brought work back home and was in bed by 9 pm, only to wake up in the dead of night to catch the earliest morning flight after some road travel. She hosted the endless stream of visitors to Anand.
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Retrieved 8 October Inall the dairy majors of the country, along with the Indian Dairy Association, resolved to observe Kurien’s birthday, November 26, as National Milk Day. Even as his most expensive personal possession was a mere watch gifted him by his grandson, he would take pride in the farmers’ money providing the air-conditioned house and luxury-model car at his disposal, [67] and spared no expense with it for constructing a modern IRMA campus and facilities for its residents, saying, “These students are my princes, and if you want to make them kings who will go out to conqueryou cannot have them stay in a pigsty”.
Verghese Kurien
From the engineer he groomed into a General Manager and from an excellent executive he blography into a fighter, a fighter for the cause of poor farmers. Gurien received numerous honours, chief among them the Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership and the World Food Prize The movie’s success led Kurien to another idea. University of Madrasstate-controlled institution of higher learning located in Madras, India. He was named after his uncle Rao Sahib P. The cooperative society belongs to us, made by us!
He believes that the greatest assets of this country, are its people and he has dedicated his life to the task of harnessing the power of the people in a manner which biogrxphy their larger interests. A vet, a milk technician and a fodder specialist, who could explain the value of cross-breeding of milch cattle, as was shown in the film, would tour other parts of the country in real life along with the film’s prints, to woo farmers to form cooperatives of their own.
Retrieved 13 September Investing in Rural Producer Organizations”.
At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. Verghese Kurien Tribhuvandas Patel. Discover some of the most interesting and trending topics of Gill Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim H. He began to while away his time going off to Bombay city on weekends and on some pretext of work or else, volunteering to tinker with the primitive dairy equipment of Tribhuvandas Patelwho sought his help to process the milk of farmers he had brought together after a strike informing a cooperative society to purchase their milk, at Kaira now, Kheda nearby.
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He did train in dairy technology, with a sense of purpose eventually, inon a government sponsorship to New Zealand, a bastion of cooperative dairying then, and to Australia, when he had to learn to set up the Amul dairy.
Srinivasan George Sudarshan M. He attended Loyola College and graduated in Physics in before joining the College of Engineering in Guindy from where he obtained his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Kurien has devoted a lifetime to realizing his dream — empowering the farmers of India.
Verghese Kurien breathe his last on 9 September due to brief illness at Anand. Film-maker Shyam Benegal wanted to make Manthan “churning of the milk ocean”, in Hindu mythology a story based on Amul, but lacked funds.
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The man who turned India into largest milk producer”. He also made India self-sufficient in edible oils, [14] taking on a powerful, entrenched and violently resistant oil supplying cartel.
Verghese Kurien will always be remembered as the person who redefined the meaning of milk as a powerful tool for economic development. Ending Poverty in South Asia: Kurien was greatly inspired by this man and decided to join him. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered.
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[http://www.alcaldiadecartagena.gov.co/ es_icon Government of Cartagena official website]
[http://www.turismocartagenadeindias.com/ Tourism Office Official Site]
Cartagena de Indias (pronounced|kaɾtaˈhena ð̞e ˈin̪d̪jas in Spanish; the usual English pronunciation is IPAEng|ˌkɑrtəˈheɪnə deɪ ˈɪndiəs), is a large city seaport on the northern coast of Colombia. Capital of the Bolívar Department, it has a population of 1,240,000 in its Metropolitan Area, and 1,090,000 in the city (2005 Census), being the fifth largest urban area in Colombia. Founded in 1533 by Spaniard Don Pedro de Heredia, and named after the port of Cartagena in Spain's Murcia region, it was a major center of early Spanish settlement in the Americas which had impressive development in the XVIII century as the "de facto" capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada and as the main hub of commerce and transportation in the late viceroyal era, situation that is reflected in its alternative capitality today. Nowadays continues to be the economic hub of the Caribbean region as well as a popular tourist destination.
Cartagena's colonial walled city and fortress were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980 along with Lima.
Precolombian Era - 7000 BC - 1500 AD
The Caribbean region, particularly in the area from the Sinu river delta to the Cartagena de Indias bay, appears to be the first documented human community in today's Colombia: the Puerto Hormiga Culture.
Until the Spanish colonization many cultures derived from the Karib, Malibu and Arawak language families lived along the Caribbean Colombian coast. In the late pre-Columbian era, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, was home to the Tayrona people, closely related with the Chibcha family language. ["X Cátedra de Historia Ernesto Restrepo Tirado - "El Caribe en la Nación Colombiana" Guerra, Langbaek et al. Ed. Aguilar, Bogotá, 2007.]
Archaeologists estimate that around 7000 BC, the settlement of the formative Puerto Hormiga Culture, located near the limits between the departments of Bolívar and Sucre was established. In this area archaeologists have found the most ancient ceramic objects in the Americas, dating from around 4000 BC. The primary reason for the proliferation of primitive societies in this area is the relative mildness of climate and the abundance of wildlife which through continuous hunting allowed the inhabitants a comfortable life. [ [http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/arqueologia/arqueolo/cap4.1.htm Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango ] ]
In today's villages of Maria la Baja, Sincerín, El Viso and Mahates, there have also been discoveries of the remains of culturally organized societies through the excavation of maloka type buildings, which are directly related to the early Puerto Hormiga settlements.
Archaeological investigations date the decline of the Puerto Hormiga culture and its related settlements to around 3000 BC. The rise of a much more developed culture, the Monsú, who lived at the end of the Dique Canal, near today's Cartagena neighborhoods Pasacaballos and Ciénaga Honda at the northernmost part of Barú Island. The Monsú culture inherited the Puerto Hormiga culture´s use of the art of pottery but also developed a mixed economy of agriculture and basic manufacture. the Mosú people's diet was based mostly on seashells, sweet- and salt-water fish.
The ethnologists who discovered Monsú, the Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff marriage, found an interesting artificial mound created by them consisting in vases and rests of skeletons. After the first excavations, the Monsú mound was found to be a communal hut that had strong wood logs around it and was built on different levels, each one from a different period of time. The most ancient of these is the Turbana [The names of the periods of these monticles were chosen randomly according to the name of nearby towns] Period, from 3350 BC. This archaeological zone, less than 6 miles from Cartagena de Indias' downtown boasts the most complete collection of ceramic instruments in Colombia and the American continent. [ [http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/arqueologia/arqueolo/cap4.1.htm Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango ] ] The ceramic patterns found in Monsú, are a "tour de force" for students of archeology of the Caribbean sea basin and northern South America.
The Reichel-Dolmatoffs later found other artificial mounds, dating from 3200 to 1000 BC, thus making the suburbs of modern Cartagena the seat of the first organized society in Colombia, and one of the most ancient in the Americas.
The development of the Sinú society in today's department of Cordoba and Sucre, eclipsed these first developments around the Cartagena Bay area. Around 1500 the area was inhabited by different tribes of the Karib language family, more precisely the Mocanae sub-family. These were:
*In the downtown island: Kalamarí Tribe
*In the Tierrabomba island: Carex Tribe
*In the Barú island, then peninsula: Bahaire Tribe
*In the eastern coast of the exterior bay: Cospique Tribe
*In the suburban area of Turbaco: Yurbaco Tribe
Some subsidiary tribes of the Kalamari lived in today's neighborhood of Pie de la Popa, and other subsidiaries from the Cospique lived in the Membrillal and Pasacaballos areas. Among these, according to the first chronicles the Kalamari Tribe had preeminence.
These tribes, though physically and administratively separated, shared common architecture, such as hut structures consisting of circular rooms with tall roofs inside wooden palisades. [Lemaitre, Eduardo; Historia Extensa de Cartagena de Indias, Ed. Aguilar 1976.]
First Sightings - 1500 - 1533
Since the failed foundation of Antigua del Darién in 1506 by Alonso de Ojeda, and the subsequent failed city of San Sebastian de Urabá in 1517 by Diego de Nicuesa, the southern Caribbean coast became a bit unattractive to colonizers, which preferred the more known Hispaniola and Cuba. Though, the Casa de Contratación gave permission to Rodrigo De Bastidas to again, conduct an expedition as adelantado to this areas. Bastidas, explored the coast and discovered the Magdalena River delta in his first journey from Guajira to the south in 1527, trip that ended in the Urabá gulf, seat of the failed first settlements. De Nicuesa and De Ojeda noted the existence of a big bay on the way from Santo Domingo to Urabá and Panama isthmus, encouraging De Bastidas to investigate.
In this first trip, he passed away Cartagena de Indias's bay but noted that in future voyages he will investigate this "immense bay, perfect for ships." This second trip was made in 1530, and the calculations were true: it was an enormous bay of sq mi9with profound waters. After the discovery, De Bastidas returned to Santa Marta, recently founded by him in 1528. [^ Lemaitre, Eduardo; Historia Extensa de Cartagena de Indias, Ed. Aguilar 1976. ]
Colonial Era - 1533-1717
Cartagena de Indias was founded the 1st of June, 1533 by Spanish commander Pedro de Heredia, in the former seat of the indigenous Caribbean Calamarí village. See Juan de la Cosa)
The dramatically increasing fame of the prosperous city turned it an attractive plunder site for pirates and corsaires. Just 30 years after its foundation, it was pillaged by French Pirate Robert Baal and since then the city began to rebuild itself in more noble materials (stone and similars) and surrounded by walled compounds and castles. Martin Cote attacked years later.
The initial life in the city was quite bucolic, less than 2000 inhabitants and only one church. A few months after the disaster of the invasion of Cote, a fire took the city to its grounds and forced the creation of a Firefighting Squad, the first in the Americas.
Many pirates intended the same on Cartagena who was more and more notorious in the thieves' guilds in Europe:
* Sir John Hawkins (England): Tried to trick Gov. Martín de las Alas in 1568 to open (against the Spanish Law) a foreign fair in the city to sell its goods for then ravaging the port. The Governor declined and Hawkins tried to siege but failed.
* Sir Francis Drake (England): Ironically nephew of Hawkins, the famed pirate came with an amazing fleet and took quickly the city. The Governor Pedro Fernández de Bustos and the Archbishop fled to the neighbouring town of Turbaco and from there negotiated the costly ransom for the city: 107,000 spanish dollars of the time (Around 200 mill. of today's USD), in any case, the future "Sir" destroyed 1/4 of the city, the developing Palace of the Township and the recently finished Cathedral. Since this disaster Spain poured millions every year to the city for its protection, beginning with Gov. Francisco de Murga the planning of the walls and forts, this practice was called "Situado". To calculate the magnitude of the subsidy, only between 1751 and 1810, the city received the sum of 20.912.677 spanish dollars, something around the 2 trillion dollars of this day. [http://www.banrep.gov.co/docum/Pdf-econom-region/Cuadernos/CHEE09.pdf]
* Sire Bernard Desjeans, Baron de Pointis, Jean Ducasse 1697. Raid on Cartagena (1697) The city recovered quickly from the horrible takeover of Drake and kept growing. The port now seat of the Inquisition in the Caribbean (with Lima's and Mexico's the only 3 seats in America), many public buildings and servants, its importance was confirmed. Desjeans's plans were far more than pillage: it was an invasion by all means. The muscles of King Louis XIV were decided to take over the decaying Spain of the Austria dynasty and Cartagena de Indias was his entry. The altruistic purpose of the invasion, not pirate entry was shadowed by the governor of Saint-Domingue (Today's Haiti) Jean Baptiste Ducasse who brought his soldiers just to steal and finally the original plan ended as pirates and thieves again destroying the city. In any case, the entry wasn't easy, because of the recently finished first stage of walls and forts which slowed and made costly the victory. While Desjeans only asked for 250,000 Spanish dollars in ransom, Jean Ducasse stayed a few months later and dishonoured the promise of the Baron of respecting the churches and holy places and left them with nothing. The city again, lost everything. The XVIII century begins.Other important events in the XVI-XVII century were:
XVI century:
* The brother of the founder, Pedro de Heredia, Alonso de Heredia founded Mompox, with the name Santa Cruz de Mompox to honour the actual governor of the province, José de Santacruz who was about to make another unjust Residencia to his brother, planned by his enemies in the city. Residencia successfully overcame by Heredia who later Residenced Santacruz for his greed in the expedition made by him to Urabá in late 1537.
* In its typical decentralised and autonomistic state policy, Spain put in Cartagena de Indias many offices that are normally in the Capital of the area in question (in this case, not in Bogota). This are::# The Royal Houses of Customs: Technically the Main directorate for Customs policy in the New Grenada and its dependencies. Today's Cartagena de Indias's mayors office is there.:# The Royal Houses of Accountance: Most of its competence was in the State Finance area, making it analogous to a Ministry of Finance or a Secretary of the Treasury. This office was in today's Mapfre House (La Inquisicion Street):# The Royal Mail House: More developed in the XVIII century, began in 1540 and stayed permanently in the City until 1821 when renamed, delivered most of the post in the New Grenada and to Europe. Today's SUDEB house occupies its original place. :# The :# The Hospital of the Navies: First and Only military hospital in the area, and until the foundation of the San Juan De Dios Hospital in Bogota the only in New Grenada, in its first floor a Poor people's Hospital worked until was developed the San Carlos Hospital in 1730 and the Poor people's was opened up in the Santa Clara convent. The Hospital worked in today's Naval Museum, the poor's Hospital in its first floor and the later ones in Gastelbondo Street (San Carlos), and today's Sofitel Santa Clara Hotel (Poor people's Hospital of Santa Clara of Assisi).:# Royal Headquarters of the Regular Armies of Cartagena de Indias: In the New Grenada, like in most Spanish America, military presence was at least nule and when present was quite concentrated in the important hubs: Havana, Mexico City, Lima, Panama and Cartagena de Indias. The only Regular (always present) army in the New Grenada has its Headquarters in today's Judges Offices in Cuartel Street. This made Cartagena de Indias also the seat to something similar to a Ministry of Defense in a modern Country.
XVII century:
* During the governorship of Rafael Cápsir an interesting event occurred in the city: the "Cessatio a Divinis". The nuns of the Santa Clara convent, who grew richer than the Franciscan friars from donations and more intelligent investments of those wanted to become independent of them in the financial area. The Archbishop agreed with the petition of the nuns but the Franciscans protested and made party with the Governor and he decided to storm the Convent, while the Archbishop forbade the head of the Franciscans to say mass (Cessatio a Divinis). The nuns wanted to reverse their petition but the Archbishop was already exalted and persuaded them to continue. The city was terribly distressed by the conflict which saw daily fights in the streets between the partidaries of each faction (Something similar to Menéndez's "Spain in the XVI-XVII century was a friarish democracy."). The conflict ended finally with the tutelage of the Franciscans over the nuns ending, but the archbishop was banned from the city.
* The Portuguese Company of Cacheu, dedicated to Slave Trading is closed down by the Crown because of accounting fraud and tax evasion. The famed slave company was stationed on front of today's Marquis de Valdehoyos house (Calle de la Factoría).
* The monk Pedro Claver began his ministry of the enslaved in Cartagena, work that gained for his name the Sanctity in the late XIX century.
* The Township Palace and Governors House was finished.
The fame of this prosperous city turned it into the plunder site for pirates and thieves; the legions for the country’s defence soon became insufficient, which is why the kings of Spain decided to approve the construction of castles, forts, and walls that surrounded the city.
In order to resist these attacks, during the 17th century the Spanish Crown hired the services of prominent European military engineers to carry out the construction of fortresses, which are nowadays one of Cartagena's clearest signs of identity. This construction took 208 years, and ended with some eleven kilometres of walls surrounding the city, the San Felipe de Barajas Castle, named in honor of Spain's King Philip IV and its most decided public servant in the construction: Gov. Pedro Zapata de Mendoza, Marquis of Barajas, constructed to repel land attacks, equipped with sentry boxes, buildings for food and weapons storage, underground tunnels;
The complex was completed with:
# The San Sebastián del Pastelillo Fort: in today's neighborhood of Manga, called del Pastelillo (the cupcake) because of its low altitude to avoid being affected by the Castle of San Felipe whose cannons may have destroyed it if made taller. The fort replaced the first defense of the city: The Tower of Boquerón, a medievalesque tower that dominated the bay and city, similar to Torre del Homenaje in Santo Domingo, but round.
# The Santa Cruz de Castillogrande Fort: in today's neighborhood of Castillogrande, specifically in the Naval Club, a cross shaped fort which controlled the entry in the inner bay.
# The San Juan de Manzanillo Fort: smaller than its brother in Castillogrande, in order to not crossfiring it, but in the opposite side of the strait.
# The San Luis de Bocachica fort: Beautifully finished cross shaped fort, an exponent of the renaissance military architecture, dominated alone the Bocachica strait which lead to the ocean but was destroyed by Vernon in the XVIII century, only some remains are over some places of Bocachica, near its successor, the San Fernando fort.
# The San Fernando de Bocachica fort: Built nearer to the Sea than its older brother, the San Luis, it was more modern and state-of-the-art, being more roundly shaped, with space for more musketeers rather than massive cannons, and fare more neoclassical and delicate in its outer layers, revealing the tendency in military architecture in the XVIII century.
# The San José de Bocachica batteries: Built with the new plan of the San Fernando Fort, was designed to point to the line of flotation of the ships, and that's why its almost under sea level.
# The Angel San Rafael Battery: A masterpiece of the History of Military Architecture, its the only exponent in the world of "inside defense" The battery has few cannons to the outside, only the necessary to support the defense of San Fernando but its use was to attract the sieging forces to enter in a tunnel that appear as accidentally opened 500 meters away from the fort, so they are attracted to take it easily to siege the castle of San Fernando. When the tunnel ends, it enters to a dry moat inside the battery and where if fully equipped more than 400 muskets are pointing just at the first entrance, the design of the "devil holes" where the muskets are, avoid to the invader to see them and death is automatic. No one ever intended catch the trap but to prove it tests were done with cattle in the late XVIII century and the theory was confirmed. Recently the battery, a jewel of the crown in the military architecture history, was rebuilt after years of abandon.
# The Santa Barbara Battery: Designed near the tunnel entrance to Angel San Rafael was a small battery used as a decoy and to support fire to the Bocachica system, its most important object was to attract the siegers to the mainland so they can see the tunnel entrance and die at the Angel San Rafael death moat. The Santa Barbara battery disappeared with the years, only its founding stones remain over the seas.
# The Batteries of Chamba and Santiago: Mainly designed as support batteries for San Luis fort, but after the destruction of it by a resented Vernon he brutalized ever more these forts that had the unfortunate luck of being in a very deep sea area which made easy to destroy from a small distance. Ruins remain of both in the oceanic shore of the Tierrabomba Island, no plans exist to rebuild them.
# The Batteries of Mas, Crespo and the Revellín of El cabrero.: Destroyed by erosion and the desperate efforts of the XIX century administrations to dinamize the city's building industry were support forts for the massive San Lucas and Santa Catalina fortresses in the city Walls.
# The walls of the old city. 11 km of walls, more than 20 mini forts within it, 4 auxiliary doors, only one bridge-fort to connect the city to the mainland.
Explanations are unnecessary: when the defenses were finished in 1756, the city was simply impossible to take over. There is a legend, that when reviewing the costs of the defenses of Spain in Havana and Cartagena de Indias, in an effort to reform the chronic spending of his predecessors, Charles III of Spain, in his famed ironical style said while taking his spyglass: "This is outrageous! For this price those castles should be seen from here! (Peninsular Spain)."
Cartagena was a major trading port, specially for precious metals. Gold and silver from the mines in New Granada and Peru were loaded in Cartagena on the galleons bound for Spain via Havana. Cartagena was also a slave port; Cartagena and Veracruz (México) were the only cities authorized to trade with black people. The first slaves arrived with Pedro de Heredia and they worked as cane cutters to open roads, in the desecration of tombs of the aboriginal population of Sinu, and in the construction of buildings and fortresses. The agents of the Portuguese company Cacheu distributed human 'cargos' from Cartagena for mine exploitation in Venezuela, the West Indies, the Nuevo Reino de Granada and the Viceroyalty of Perú.
On 5 February 1610, the Catholic Monarchs established from Spain the Inquisition Holy Office Court in Cartagena de Indias by a Royal Decree issued by King Philip II. The Inquisition Palace, finished in 1770, is still there with its original features of colonial times. When Cartagena declared its complete independence from Spain on November 11, 1811, the inquisitors were urged to leave the city. The Inquisition operated again after the Reconquest in 1815, but it disappeared definitely when Spain surrendered six years later before the patriotic troops led by Simón Bolívar.
In March 1741 the city endured a large-scale attack by British and American colonial troops led by admiral Edward Vernon, who arrived at Cartagena with a massive fleet of 186 ships and 23,600 men against only 6 Spanish ships and 3,600 men, in an action known as the Battle of Cartagena de Indias. After weeks of intense fighting, the siege was repelled by the Spanish and native forces led by commander General Blas de Lezo, who inflicted heavy casualties on the English troops. This victory prolonged Spain's control of the Caribbean waters, which helped secure its large Empire until the 19th century. Admrial Vernon was accompanied by American Colonial trooops, including George Washington's brother, Lawrence, who was so impressed with Vernon he named Mount Vernon after him.
For more than 250 years, Cartagena was part of the Spanish Crown. On November 11th, 1811, Cartagena declared its independence, and began another chapter in its history that has been anything but easy, its title ‘The Heroic City’ is well earned and reflects the life of the city.
Cartagena faces the Caribbean Sea to the west. To the south is the Cartagena Bay, which has two entrances: Bocachica (Small Mouth) in the south, and Bocagrande (Big Mouth) in the north. Cartagena is located at 10°25' Norths, 75°32' West (10.41667, -75.5333). [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html 1]
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Cartagena de Indias also averages around 90% humidity, with a rainy season typically in April-May and October-November.
Its important to note, that though the climate tends to be hot generally throughout the year, its always windy, and that is a factor to have in account that makes the climate livable and even comfortable. The months of November to February tend to be the most windy months in the year, giving an extra cooling to the low temperatures of those months.
Cartagena de Indias, has the blessing that while being a caribbean sea city, is never touched by the hurricanes that decimate other caribbean capitals like Havana, Santo Domingo, Kingston or
San Juan. The reason of this is that the city is in the caribbean but in the mainland and also quite southernly, isolating it from the wind currents that feed the hurricanes. The last hurricane to arrive the city was the strange arrival Joanne in 1981, and was debilitated after passing Puerto Rico.
The City began with only 200 people in 1533 and during the XVI century showed incredible growth, boosted principally for the gold tombs of the Sinú Culture.
After those tombs were fully ravaged, the population began to scatter to the countryside and decided to establish as farmers, thus the total numbers of the city decreased.
Though the silver age of the city was to come, the trade began to boom in the city and never stopped during the 1600 and atracted lots of inmigrants. The city reached its peak of steady growth in 1698 before the arrival of the Baron de Pointis.
The census made by the Mayor's office in 1712 showed how big was the damage made by Jean Baptiste Ducasse and his brigands: an important part of the population of the city emigrated.
The XVIII century though, with the Bourbon dynasty and its pro-trade policies benefited the city and made it prosper again. During this period of time, the city passed the psychological barrier of 18.000 inhabitants, which was at the time the population cap of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. Of the Censuses of the XVIII century that were made in the city, its important to mention the Census of 1778, made by the governor of that time, D. Juan de Torrezar Diaz Pimienta -after Viceroy of New Grenada-, by order from the Marquis of Ensenada, Minister of Finance in order to present his proyect of the Catastro tax, an universal property tax that he believed to be the way to liberate the economy while increasing dramatically the Royal coffres entrances, Though the census was made in the most important cities of the Spanish Empire, enemies of Ensenada in the court made bad publicity of the plan with the King Charles III also busy with the ongoing war with Britain. This census of 1778, besides its economical history importance, its also interesting because in order to cuantify the import of the hypothetical tax, the house had to be described throughly, with its occupants, making this Census an important tool for Restoration Architects in Cartagena de Indias's city centre still used today. The original of the Census is Preserved in the Museum of History of the City while a Copy rests in the Archivo de Indias in Seville.
This condition of biggest city of the Viceroyalty standed until 1811, when the Peninsular War then converted in Wars of Independence and the Piñeres's Revolts, marked the beggining of a dramatic decline of the virtual capital of the New Grenada in all areas.
In 1815 the city was almost destroyed. No census information exists of this time, only accounts of how the city literally was a Ghost town. Only around 500 impoverished freed slaves dweelled the city whose palaces and public buildings turned into ruins and many wall curtains collapsed.
Recuperation, but slow, began after, but stopped with the general economic and political instability of the country at that time. Also, an isolationist economic policy from the andean elites doomed to poverty the exporter potential areas.
Several famines and outbursts of Cholera in the mid 1800's like in the rest of the world, decimated the city and also threatened it, again, to dissapear.
Since the 1880s the city began to recover from its crisis, and continued a bit slower after the 1929 crash but still vigorous. The entrance of Syrian, Palestinian, Lebanese, Chinese and other imnmigrant comunities was in this period of time.
Between 1930 and 1970 the city showed great population growth, in rates higher than the national average and higher than the Bogota, which boomed predominantly because of internal displacement and the hope of work opportunities in the verge of increasing centralization. By 1970, the population spur stopped.
But stopped to increase even faster. The population growth was dramatical since the 1980s with a mixture of the privatization of the port infrastructure, the descentralization of tourism funds and also the sad fact that proportionally to its population its the city that has received the most internally displaced from the countryside with the escalation of the civil war in the 1990's in the andean regions looking for safety in the carribbean capital.
Today the city shows a continuing tendency of the population enlargement that began in the mid 80's. Birth rate and relatively normal death rates feed the ongoing economic expansion.
The Metropolitan area of Cartagena is formed by:
Northern area
In this area find the Rafael Núñez International Airport, in the neighborhood of Crespo, only ten minutes away from downtown or the old part of the city and fifteen minutes away from the modern area. It must be said that this large area is that with the greatest long-term urban development. Here you will find the majestic Coralia Américas Hotel, and several educational institutions.
If you decide you'd like to relive the history of Cartagena, go to the Ciudad Amurallada (Walled City), also called "Centro Histórico" and "Corralito de Piedra", where you will find four sectors, each one with a peculiar story to tell: San Diego, La Matuna, Getsemaní and Santo Domingo.
Downtown is undoubtedly the heart of the city and the most evident testimony of its history. It has a varied architecture, mainly of a colonial style, but there are also republican and Italian style buildings, such as the Cathedral's bell tower.
The official entrance to downtown is through Puerta del Reloj (Clock Gate), which comes out onto "Plaza de los Coches" (Square of the Carriages). A few steps from there there is the "Plaza de la Aduana" (Customs Square), next to the mayor's office. Nearby is San Pedro Claver Square, and his namesake's church, as well as the Museum of Modern Art.
Nearby is the Plaza de Bolívar (Bolívar's Square) and the Palace of the Inquisition to one side. Not to far is the office of Historical Archives which holds Cartagena's history. Next to the archives is the Government Palace, the office building of the Governor of the Department of Bolivar. Across from the palace is the Cathedral of Cartagena which dates back to the 16th century.There is another religious temple that you should take time to admire: The restored Santo Domingo Church, in front of Plaza Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo Square). The square was decorated with the sculpture "Mujer Reclinada" ("Reclining Woman"), a gift from the renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero.
Another notable building is the "Teatro Heredia" (Heredia Theater), an architectural jewel located in front of the Plaza de la Merced. A few meters away is the "Calle de la Factoría" (Factory Street); on it is the Marquis of Valdehoyos House which now functions as the Historical Photographic Library.
A little bit further on is Augustinian Fathers Convent is the University of Cartagena. This university is a higher education center, opened to the public in the late 19th century. The "Claustro de Santa Teresa" (Saint Theresa Cloister), which has been remodeled into a hotel, operated by Charleston Hotels became an upscale Colombian hotel chain. It has its own square, protected by the San Francisco Bastion.
It was named after San Diego Convent, nowadays the Beaux Arts School Building. In front of it you will find Convent of the Nuns of the Order of Saint Claire, now the beautiful Hotel Santa Clara. In the surrounding area you will find Santo Toribio Church, the last church built in the Walled City, and next to it, Fernández de Madrid Square, in honor of Cartagena's hero José Fernández de Madrid, whose statue can be seen here.
Inside the Old City, you have to go to Las Bóvedas (The Vaults), a construction attached to the walls in the Santa Catalina Bastion. From the top of this construction you will be able to view the Caribbean Sea.
The Matuna
The Matuna is the commercial and financial area par excellence in the city. Here you can also find affordable hotels, like Saint Philip Hotel, and affordable restaurants with good service.
Getsemaní neighborhood
This is one of the most representative neighborhoods in Cartagena. African people who were brought as slaves used to live here. Parque Centenario (Centennary Park) is the most prominent place in this area; built in 1911, it commemorates a century of independence.Inside, often obscured, you will find some interesting monuments, including one dedicated to the military. Parque Centenario also serves as a local police station and a mid afternoon pulpit for aspiring evangelists. Over the years, the park has acquired, through various means, a sloth, two Gila Monsters and a few monkeys. The Eastern edge of the park is split between a really good used book pavilion (with English books stowed away for the industrious traveller) and a selection of Seafood joints. Their seafood kiosks are often stocked by homeless folk fishing and bringing them to the various kiosks. This would cause a wary traveller to think twice before eating at one of these. On the other hand, these kiosks all run 24 hours, so there is always food available. In this very same area you will find Cartagena's Convention Center, Third Order Church and San Francisco Cloister. You will also see San Roque and of the Trinity churches, in the square with the same name. Note that the entirety of the Old City has the same architectural styles as the area surrounded by The Walls.
There is a great boutique hotel in this neighborhood called [http://www.CasaElCarretero.com Casa El Carretero] . It has been featured on the New York times and Travel & Leisure.
Bocagrande (Big Mouth) is the most modern area of the city, with many hotels, shops, restaurants, nightclubs and art galleries. It forms part of a land extension delimited by Cartagena Bay to the east and the Caribbean Sea to the west, where you will find El Laguito (The Little Lake) and Castillogrande (Big Castle), two renowned neighborhoods. Its particular appeal are the beaches and nightlife. All over Avenida San Martín (Saint Martin Avenue), which is the backbone of the area, you will find several business premises, restaurants and hotels.
The beaches of BocaGrande, laying along the Northern shore, are muddy affairs. There are breakwaters about every two hundred yards and the desired azure of the Caribbean is lost by the almost sea level rise of the beach and the lack of proper waste disposal in the city. It takes about seven minutes worth of a boat ride out to sea to see the color that you desire of the Caribbean.
On the bay side of the pensinsula of Boca Grande is a spectacular seawalk. The centre of the Bay holds a statue of the Virgin Mary. The seawalk is the site of an interesting showing of the various contestants of the Miss Colombia Pageant during that festival.
Originally constructed for foreign oil workers, the majority of the land which makes up Bocagrande was established through land reclamation. Bocagrande is now considered the city's most popular area for tourists.
Touristic Sites and Attractions
* Islas del Rosario
* India Catalina
* Steps of La Popa mount
* El Castillo de San Felipe (Particularly the tunnels.)
* The Walled city of Cartagena
* El Cartagena Gold Museum
* The Palace of the Inquisition (or the Torture Chambers)
* The Underground Tomb
* Hard Rock Cafe (located in Downtown)
* Las Bóvedas
* Playa Blanca, Barú (located in the island of Barú)
* El Reloj (clock tower)
Cartagena has experienced heavy urban development in recent years, particularly with the construction of new skyscrapers. As of October 2007, there were 42 high-rises under construction, including an effort to create Colombia's tallest, the Torre de la Escollera. The new high-rise, extraordinarily narrow, was expected to be completed in early 2007, and was planned to stand at convert|676|ft|m|abbr=on and have 58 floors. However, a construction defect, accentuated by the strong Caribbean winds, has led to its dismantling. A new, twenty-story building will be constructed in its place. The building reached the 56th floor (in girders, solely) before the wind bent the structure severely.
As the commercial and touristic hub of the country the city has many transportation facilities, particularly in the seaport, air, and fluvial areas.
The city is linked to the nortern part of the Caribbean Region through roads 90 and 90A, more commonly called Central Caribbean Road. This Road passes through Barranquilla, Santa Marta and Riohacha ending in Paraguachón, Venezuela and continues with venezuelan numeration all the way to Caracas.
To the southeast the city has more entrances:
Road 25: Going through Turbaco and Arjona, and through the Montes de María when a fork divides it continuing to Sincelejo as National 25 and finally ending in Medellín, and to the east to Valledupar as number 80.
Road 25 A: Going also to Sincelejo, but avoiding the mountains, finally connects with 25 in the forementioned city.
The city is served by Rafael Núñez International Airport, the biggest and busiest airport in the region and the second in passenger traffic in the country. The code of the airport is CTG, having flights to almost all the airports in the country and many connections to Eldorado International Airport in Bogota. Though, because of excesive operational costs and easier connections and better prices, it has been shifting the gross international connection passengers to the nearer Tocumen International Airport in Panama and Queen Beatrix International Airport in Aruba while also more companies prefer to serve the colombian market from Cartagena de Indias, due to better geographical and atmospherical conditions.
This growing general air traffic shift from the interior to this coastal airport, studies had been made to build a bigger new airport in the area of Barbacoas Bay in the southern city limits. This airport, if aproved may be finished by 2020, the proyect favored by many in the region and others parts of the country as economically convenient is recelled in Bogotá and is in a standstill.
Railroad transportation
The city used to have railroad station near today's "La Matuna" Neighborhood, but in the late 50's was a general movement from central government to dismount the railroad system and replace it with paved roads, in general, Colombia lacks today of consistent railroad infrastructure.
ea transportation
As the busiest container port in the country, and 3rd. in grain transportation, the city is well connected with the ports of the Caribbean main, and the rest of the world. The city is served with 3 open ports, and more than 40 private ports.
The open ports of the City are:
* Sociedad Portuaria de Cartagena de Indias (Port Society of Cartagena de Indias). Specialized in container management, the first of his class in the country, 3rd. busiest in the caribbean sea, and 99th ranked port in the world. [http://www.puertocartagena.com/]
* Muelles El Bosque (El Bosque Docks) Specialized in grain storage, expanding to the container market. [http://www.elbosque.com/]
* Terminal de Contenedores de Cartagena de Indias (Container Terminal of Cartagena de Indias) Container management.
Its important to note, that the first have adquired the assets of the last to develop a new port in the external bay that intends to duplicate the container capacity of the port in general by 2011 and triplicate it in 2015.
Of the private ports of the City we can mention:
* The port of the Glencore Cartagena de Indias Oil Refinery
* SAB-Miller brewery port.
* Argos cement port.
* Dow Chemical raw materials embarkment port
* BASF Colombia raw materials embarkment port
* Du Pont private embarkment port
* Cemex cement port.
* Dole Packing house
* Colombian Navy Steelworks port.
Fluvial transportation
Since the XVII century the bay is connected with the Magdalena river with the Dique Canal, built by the governor Pedro Zapata de Mendoza. After colombian independence the canal was abandonned and growing centralization left the city without resources to fund the vital artery, the last important maintenance works were made in the 50's during Laureano Gomez's administration, some improvements were made by local authorities in the 1980s but were insuficcient because of technical impediments from central government that said that the "maintenance" of the canal wasn't the local administration jurisdiction, from then, maintenance of the canal has stopped though it still works. [Lemaitre, Eduardo; Historia Extensa de Cartagena de Indias, Ed. Aguilar 1976]
Many caribbean and cartagenian political leaders argue that this state of affairs may change with a return to the pre-independence funding and tax system and the canal would be maintained properly and even expanded, benefiting in general the national economy. ["El Porvenir", Year CXVII, Issue 29.399, Page 4, column 2. Cartagena de Indias, 1999.]
Infobox World Heritage Site
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State Party = COL
Type = Cultural
Criteria = iv, vi
ID = 285
Region = Latin America and the Caribbean
Session = 8th
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The Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments of Cartagena were selected in 1984 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for beinglocated in a bay by the Caribbean Sea, having the most extensive fortifications in South America. A system of zones that divides the city into three neighborhoods: San Pedro, with the cathedral and many Andalusian-style palaces; San Diego, where merchants and the middle class lived; and Getsemani, the 'popular quarters'. [ [http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=285 UNESCO: Cartagena, Colombia] ]
*Cartagena gained modern notoriety in the 1984 hit movie, "Romancing the Stone" when romance novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) travels to Cartagena to deliver a treasure map in an effort to ransom her kidnapped sister. The Cartagena scenes were actually filmed in Mexico, and it doesn't reflect the real Cartagena. In the Family Guy episode Barely Legal, the mayor, thinking the film to be real, sends all the police officers to Cartagena, which is referred to as being a fictional city.
*In that movie, Michael Douglas' character refers to it as Cartage(ny)a. This has largely been adopted by tourists and is a constant thorn in the sides of locals. The "N" in Cartagena is solid. You will find only one business in the entire city that refers to this film.
*The first chapter of Brian Jacques' novel "The Angel's Command" takes place in 1628 Cartagena.
*The movie "Love in the Time of Cholera (film)" released on November 16, 2007 in the USA, is filmed in Cartagena.
*La Queimada, "Burn!" with Marlon Brando was filmed in Cartagena and released in 1969.
* The movie "The Mission (film)" released in 1986 with Robert De Niro was filmed in Cartagena and Brazil. The interpreter for the director was a Colombian who had recently moved to Canada.
* The poem “Románc” by Sándor Kányádi is talking about the beauty of Cartagena.
* Cartagena is referred to by Tom Cruise's character, Vince, in a scene in the film Collateral just before he terminates the blues trumpet player.
* A fictionalized version of the raid on Cartagena is chronicled in Chapter 27 in the novel Captain Blood.
Nearby Towns and Cities
Geographic Location (8-way)
Centre = "Cartagena de Indias"
North = Caribbean Sea, Bocacanoa
Northeast = Bayunca, Clemencia
East = Timiriguaco, San Estanislao
Southeast = Turbaco, Arjona
South = Caribbean Sea, Tierrabomba, Portonao.
Southwest = Caribbean Sea
West = Caribbean Sea
Northwest = Caribbean Sea
* Salvador, Brazil (1970).
* Santiago, Chile (1986).
* Guangzhou, China.
* Mompox, Colombia, (1538), (1812)
* Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (1986).
* Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1986).
* Manila, Philippines (1986)
* New Orleans, United States (1986)
* Quito, Ecuador (1986).
* Antigua, Guatemala (1986)
* Brugges, Belgium, (1999).
* Miami, United States (1992)
* Popayan, Colombia,(1987)
* Cancún, Mexico (1999)
* Havana, Cuba (1986).
* Mumbai, India (1998)
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1972).
* Saint Petersburg, Russia (1992)
* Isfahan, Iran (1976)
* Genoa, Italy (1965)
* Kingston, Jamaica (2007)
* Kyoto, Japan (1989)
* Beirut, Lebanon (1995)
* Venice, Italy (1995)
* Cadiz, Spain (1986)
* Mexico City, Mexico (1986)
* Casablanca, Morocco (2000)
* Firenze, Italy (1999)
* Saint Augustine, United States (1986)
* Seville, Spain (1986)
* Galilea, Palestine (1980)
* Panama City, Panama (1986)
* Cartagena, Spain
* Lima, Peru (1986)
* San Juan
* Guatemala City, Guatemala (1986)
* San Salvador, El Salvador
* Madrid, Spain (1986) (1993),
* Tokyo, Japan (1989)
* Damascus, Syria (1970)
* Coral Gables
* Los Angeles, United States (1986)
* Saigon, Vietnam, (1998)
* http://www.alcaldiadecartagena.gov.co/ Cartagena City Government website
* http://www.turismocartagenadeindias.com/es/general.htm Cartagena de Indias Bureau of Tourism
* http://www.cartagenatravel.com/
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/colombia/resources/colombia-culture.html Library of Congres - United States: Cartagena, Colombia] Library of Congress summary on Cartagena de Indias
* http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/historia/sitio/sitio22.htm Luis Angel Arango Library: History of Cartagena]
* [http://www.cartagena2006.gov.co/ 2006 Official Website]
* http://gematours.com/hayfestival/es/
* http://www.fortificacionesdecartagena.com/ Cartagena de Indias Benefic Works Society [Trusted by the City's Government to care, restore or rebuild the city's forts, walls and castles.]
British Mandate of Palestine
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Vietnamese Prime Minister meets with Lao, Cambodian counterparts
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a working session with his Lao and Cambodian counterparts Thongloun Sisoulith and Samdech Techo Hun Sen in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 23 on the sidelines of the 34th ASEAN Summit.
VNA Sunday, June 23, 2019 22:11
PM welcomes Thai groups to invest big in Vietnam
34th ASEAN Summit opened in Bangkok
ASEAN leaders meet representatives of AIPA, ASEAN-BAC, ASEAN Youth
Vietnam ready to join in building strong, resilient ASEAN: PM
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends plenum of 34th ASEAN Summit
From left: Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Cambodian PM Hun Sen before the working session in Bangkok on June 23 (Photo: VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a working session with his Lao and Cambodian counterparts Thongloun Sisoulith and Samdech Techo Hun Sen in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 23 on the sidelines of the 34th ASEAN Summit.
At the event, the three PMs said they were happy to see that Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have obtained solid socio-economic achievements, the living standards of their people have continually been improved, and all of them are making efforts to reform and integrate into the world.
They noted with satisfaction that the close-knit friendship and solidarity among Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have been growing more and more strongly, contributing to peace, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
The three leaders agreed to enhance cooperation within the framework of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area and the Mekong sub-region and soon build a blueprint for connecting the three economies. They underlined the importance of attracting financial and technical resources for sub-regional projects.
They also agreed to strengthen cooperative ties to maintain border security and promote trade, investment and border connectivity, while affirming the resolve to build the shared border into areas of peace, friendship and development.
PM Phuc affirmed that Vietnam will continue assisting Laos and Cambodia in manpower training and sharing its experience in socio-economic management and development with the two neighbours.
The three PMs also consented to coordinate closely at regional and international forums, and promoting the building of a united, unanimous and resilient ASEAN that plays the central role.
PMs Thongloun Sisoulith and Hun Sen congratulated Vietnam on its election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2020-2021 with a very high number of votes. They also promised to support Vietnam when the country holds the ASEAN Chair in 2020.
Also on June 23, the Vietnamese leader had a short meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. They discussed measures to reinforce the bilateral relations and cooperation at multilateral forums.
On this occasion, President Duterte offered thanks to a Vietnamese fishing boat for saving 22 Philippine fishermen in distress at sea on June 9. He affirmed that the Philippines will continue to treat Vietnamese fishermen humanely in the spirit of the traditional friendship and strategic partnership between the two countries.-VNA
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc Cambodian PM Hun Sen 34th ASEAN Summit Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam relations Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte updated Vietnam news Vietnamplus Vietnam News Agency Related stories Vietnam Related stories Laos Related stories Cambodia
Party, State leader holds Tet meeting with senior officials, veterans
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong chairs a get-together on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year on January 22 with veteran revolutionaries, current and former leaders of the Party, State, Vietnam Fatherland Front, and overseas Vietnamese.
Condolences to Czech Senate over death of speaker
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has sent a message of condolence to the Senate of the Czech Republic over the sudden death of its speaker Jaroslav Kubera.
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Clausena lansium
Ripe Clausena lansium fruits
(unranked):
Rosids
Clausena
C. lansium
(Lour.) Skeels
Clausena wampi (Blanco), Oliver.
Clausena punctata (Sonn.), Rehd. & E.H. Wils
Clausena lansium, also known as wampee or wampi (Clausena wampi),[1] is a species of strongly scented evergreen trees 3–8 m tall, in the family Rutaceae, native to southeast Asia.
Its leaves are smooth and dark green. White flowers in late March are white, with four or five petals, about 3–4 mm in diameter. The fruit is oval, about 3 cm long and 2 cm in diameter, and contains two to five seeds that occupy ~40-50% of the fruit volume. The tree reaches a maximum height of 20 meters. It grows well in tropical or subtropical conditions, and is susceptible to cold. Wampee trees grow well in a wide range of soil, but will grow best in rich loam.[2]
The wampee is cultivated for its fruit, which looks like a grape. The tree is popular in China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Less frequently, it is grown in India, Sri Lanka, and Queensland; occasionally, it is cultivated even in Florida and Hawaii.[3]
It is grown extensively in the New Territories of Hong Kong, and is a popular fruit among the indigenous Hakka villagers.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clausena lansium.
A hybrid, seedless wampee that is larger and juicier than the normal variety; however, it is still more sour than sweet.
Flowering Clausena lansium in Hong Kong
Unripe fruits on a Clausena lansium tree
Clausena lansium seeds - the scale on the left is 1 mm per division
^ Oxford English Dictionary, "wampee"
^ http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/wampee.html Purdue "The wampee"
^ Purdue "The wampee"
Wikispecies: Clausena lansium
APDB: 89703
APNI: 208582
Ecocrop: 4659
EPPO: CUSLA
FoC: 200012437
GRIN: 10811
NCBI: 159037
NZOR: d4e8edf4-3a46-4cff-95ea-d40c9e851771
Plant List: kew-2724817
PLANTS: CLLA9
POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:772147-1
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Big Gigantic Show at Stage AE; Cattivo Hosts Shonen Knife, Ringling Brothers at PPG Arena (Thurs., 11/3/16)
By Rick Handler - November 1, 2016
1) Big Gigantic will bring their “livetronica” to Stage AE. The electronica portion comes courtesy Dominic Lalli, who lays the beats and samples. The live portion—Jeremy Salken, who plays drums, as well as Lalli, who also plays tenor saxophone. Wild stage lighting will ensure the show is as much a visual feast as it is an audio one. The duo, based out of Boulder, Colorado, have released six albums, beginning with 2009’s Fire It Up. Their newest, this year’s Brighter Future, features rapper Waka Flocka Flame, electronic peers Cherub, and many other contemporary names in rap and electronic dance music. Big Gigantic have remixed plenty of songs too, including Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow.” On The Brighter Future Tour, Big Gigantic will donate a portion of all ticket proceeds to a local charity as part of their #ABigGiganticDifference Initiative. Grow Pittsburgh, which promotes urban agriculture, will be the Steel City recipient. Illenium open. Doors open 8 p.m. 400 North Shore Dr., North Shore. (CM)
2) When Kurt Cobain’s journals were published in 2002, many fans noted his top 50 albums. Some inclusions were unsurprising, such as The Pixies’ Surfer Rosa. You can hear The Pixies’ influence in many Nirvana songs. Also included was Burning Farm by Shonen Knife, an all-female, Japanese, pop-punk trio. What were they doing on Cobain’s list? Well, listen to a song like “On a Plain,” and beneath all that grunge, you can hear some pop. No wonder Cobain not only admired them but also asked them to open for Nirvana in 1991, which they did. Shonen Knife have inspired bands around the world since forming in Osaka, Japan, in 1981. Their show at Cattivo provides a perfect combination of musical acts, with some of Pittsburgh’s finest female-dominated bands opening. The Lopez craft noisy, hooky garage rock armed with only a keyboard and guitar. Murder for Girls are hot off the release of their superb debut LP, All the Wishes. And Boiled Denim, fronted by vocalist/bassist Sarah Ellis, who delivers all songs with a smile and sneer. 8 p.m. 146 44th St., Lawrenceville. (CM)
3) Clowns, tigers, horses, hoops, trapeze artists, acrobats, unicyclists, a ringmaster, and three rings add up to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus have pulled into town, performing the latest version of their classic circus, “Circus Xtreme,“where in addition to the regular circus highlights you will also see Mongolian Marvels, BMX, Art on Trampoline, and slackline and parkcour. 7 p.m. Performances through Sunday. PPG Paints Arena, 1001 Fifth Ave., Uptown.
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Apple iPad 2 hands-on: Predictable, awesome (CNet.com)
From Donald Bell at CNet.com :
What does the world’s most successful tablet computer
do for an encore? More of the same.
The second-generation iPad from Apple is thinner, faster, lighter, and
whiter, but not a radical departure from the original. Pricing is also holding
steady, starting at $499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi-only model, up to 64GB with 3G
(provided by AT&T or Verizon without contract) priced at $829.
You can’t blame Apple for going easy on new features. Apple’s original recipe
for the iPad single-handedly created and captured the demand for tablets last
year. By any measure, it is not a product in need of fixing. It has the market
share, it has the developers, and it has the momentum.
Apple also just makes damn fine products. Having had a few minutes with the
iPad 2, I can say that it is every bit as stunning as the original. The first
thing that struck me was the iPad’s weight loss. It’s still not Kindle thin, but
the lighter design should make the e-book crowd happier and prove to be a
distinct advantage over bulkier competitors, including the recent Motorola
Xoom.
The second thing that registered with me is the feel of the device. Apple
still uses anodized aluminum on the back, which is cool to the touch and
generally resists smudges. The back now flattens out at the middle, allowing it
to better stay put when placed on a table. In spite of the iPad’s thickness
decreasing by a third, it seemed no more fragile than the original design. In
fact, with its lighter weight, it feels less susceptible to being dropped.
I also tried out Apple’s new magnetic Smart Cover. It’s cute and it works as
advertised. From a case perspective, though, it’s a G-string in a world of
coveralls. The tough part of selling these will be convincing customers that the
back of the iPad is resilient enough to resist normal wear and tear.
Of course, the banner feature for the iPad 2 is the addition of two cameras,
which can be used for recording video or stills. The camera on the back is
located in the upper-right corner, recessed onto the tapered edge to avoid
scratching. It looks just like the lens on the iPhone 4
and is similarly blessed with 720p video capture. There’s no camera flash,
and the sensor is not identical to the iPhone’s, since its still-shot
capabilities are essentially video stills (similar to the fourth-gen iPod
Touch). That said, having tested the cameras on more than a few competing
tablets over the past year, I can’t stress how ridiculous you feel shooting
pictures with a tablet in public. Talk about overkill.
[ Continued . . . ].
Read more: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-20038436-243.html#ixzz1FW6xD900
Apple debuts iPad 2 (roundup) (news.cnet.com)
The iPad 2 Cover Is More Impressive Than The iPad 2 (AAPL) (businessinsider.com)
Apple iPad 2 coming to Orange and T-Mobile in March (dialtosave.co.uk)
Hands-On With The iPad 2! (techcrunch.com)
Incredible iPad Makeovers – The Apple iPad 2 is Thinner, Lighter and Faster (TrendHunter.com) (trendhunter.com)
Apple’s iPad2 – I want! I want! (katson.blogspot.com)
iPad 2 first hands-on! (engadget.com)
Buzz Out Loud 1418: Buzz Out Loud covers Apple iPad 2 announcement (cnet.com)
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The Clouds are Forming: The Legal Cloud Computing Association Announces its Formation and Web Presence
(12/16/2010) Recognized leaders in legal cloud computing announced today the formation of the Legal Cloud Computing Association (LCCA), an organization whose purpose is to facilitate the rapid adoption of cloud computing technology within the legal profession, consistent with the highest standards of professionalism and ethical compliance.
The organization’s goal is to promote standards for cloud computing that are responsive to the needs of the legal profession and to enable lawyers to become aware of the benefits of computing technology through the development and distribution of education and informational resources.
The LCCA also announced the publication of its response to the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Working Group with respect to the Commission’s September 10, 2010 call for comments on Client Confidentiality and the Use of Technology.
The group, consisting of Clio (Themis Solutions Inc.), DirectLaw, Inc., Rocket Matter, LLC and Total Attorneys, LLC, will cooperate with Bar Associations and other policy-forming bodies to release guidelines, standards, “best practices“, and educational resources relating to the use of cloud computing in the legal profession.
An informational website for the group: http://www.legalcloudcomputingassociation.org
You can see the rest of their press release at: http://www.legalcloudcomputingassociation.org/Home/industry-leaders-join-to-form-legal-cloud-computing-association
Of additional note is their response to the call for comments on client confidentiality and cloud computing in the legal profession: See, www.legalcloudcomputingassociation.org/Home/aba-ethics-20-20-response
I think that the formation of a legal cloud computing association is not only timely, but incredibly necessary. All too often, the everyday practitioner ends up behind the ethics of a given technology and today’s way of practicing law requires vigilance in keeping up to date on the various developments in tech.
While its is often easy to employ a new technology, it does not mean that any given state bar association will understand it or make room for use of the new tech. This unavoidable gap in communications is readily evident in recent legal treatises on the issues. It simply may be that tech is moving so fast that there is no practical way for state bar associations to keep up with the developments. If this is the case, then any problems arising are something that can only be prevented by realtime communication between the tech-movers and the various bar associations. It is critically important that “cloud lawyers” have a voice in the state bar associations as well as within the tech community.
Having a voice in the tech community means that we will have ever-improving tools for our profession, movement toward an environmentally friendly practice, and better ways of enjoying solo practice. It also probably goes without saying that we also need to maintain our competitive edge on each other and for the benefit of the clients we advocate for.
Much thanks to the LCCA for starting this up and I wish them the absolute best coming into 2011 and beyond.
‘Cloud Computing’ v ‘On-Premise Solutions’ [Norman Feiner] (ecademy.com)
Navigating the Cloudy Waters of Cloud Standards (itexpertvoice.com)
Happy New Year from Cloud Expo 2011 New York! (java.sys-con.com)
Cloud Computing: A Beautiful Gift of 21st Century (globalthoughtz.com)
9 Companies That Drove Cloud Computing in ’10: Cloud “ (gigaom.com)
Cloud Computing in Libraries (therunninglibrarian.co.uk)
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Electronic Privacy: A Moderate FTC Attack on Advertisers and Commercial Exploitation of User History Information
Obviously, one of the biggest concerns for a lawyer is the confidentiality of client records and work product.
As recently reported on the Huffington Post, there are a number of major players on the Internet who see it fit to trawl for user information when visiting their sites. While maybe not a big deal, other than the unwanted hassle of targeted advertising, other sensitive information could be a real problem where one is storing client files on the Cloud or where similar factors present themselves.
While one could say that he/she will never be using the Cloud to store client data, I think the reality is that there may be no realistic alternatives in the future for what we consider to be standard storage now (i.e., hard drives, USB drives, external drives, etc.). It’s not all bad if we plan now and place a privacy/security infrastructure in place now.
Historically, the confidentiality between the learned professions and those are served by those professions has been largely respected and protected. Current technology does not eliminate the legitimate public policy concerns underlying these privileges against invasion, disclosure, production, and admission into evidence before a court. For better or worse, most public policy issues express themselves through the regulatory environment and the creation of a whole new set of laws and restrictions (as though we don’t have enough laws on the books). This being said, until there is a way of getting people to better behave themselves, we will have to settle for making a complex legal system even more so.
Realistically, I think that we will all eventually end up storing and processing much of our information through services such as Dropbox, Windows Live, Google Docs, RocketMatter.com, and other cloud-based servers. While it is easy to say that hard storage will never be eliminated, the same could have been said of the cassette tape, VCRs, eight-tracks, zip drives, and a whole host of other tech items that seemed to earn what we thought was a permanent place in our daily lives. While the main focus on these forms of storage media were related to intellectual property rights, privilege issues have not been widely discussed in the legal field. It may simply be that lawyers, as a profession, are way behind the technological curve. However, I am fairly certain that our clients not only expect confidentiality of information, they rightfully demand it.
In a recent review by me of the Rutter Group’s treatise on Professional Responsibility, there was quite a bit of information in the privacy concerns that arise as a matter of professional ethics. Most of the information related to state bars coming down on lawyers for advertising violations. There was also a brief discourse on how Facebook and other social networking sites affect bias of the judiciary, public perception, and client confidentiality. What was not provided was a solution to how attorneys can stay competitive, be environmentally friendly, and how they might protect information in a world of data retention that changes and advances by the day. Thus, this all becomes an issue about what we are all willing to do in order to protect not only confidential client information, but our own reasonable expectations of privacy in our personal lives as professionals and regular citizens/consumers.
Notwithstanding the privacy concerns within our specific profession, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is working on some proposals designed to address the invasions of privacy occasioned by some of the sites specifically mentioned in the Huffington Post article.
In the report, the FTC asserts that, “Companies should incorporate substantive privacy protections into theirpractices, such as data security, reasonable collection limits, sound retention practices, and data accuracy,” and that, “Companies should maintain comprehensive data managementprocedures throughout the life cycle of their products and services.” There are also a number of practical proposals set out as well:
Privacy notices should be clearer, shorter, and more standardized, to enable better comprehension and comparison of privacy practices.
Companies should provide reasonable access to the consumer data they maintain; the extent of access should be proportionate to thesensitivity of the data and the nature of its use.
Companies must provide prominent disclosures and obtain affirmative express consent before using consumer data in a materially different manner than claimed when the data was collected.
All stakeholders should work to educate consumers about commercial data privacy practices.
While I am ordinarily no fan of governmental interference with a Free Market Economy, I must say that I do agree with the conclusion that many of the cooking tracking, user-history exploitation, and unwanted targeted advertising schemes are the product of a lack of education on the part of Internet users.
Moreover, unlike the voluntary decision to go to a store or similar place, the decision to utilize the internet is one that often involves making a connection from one’s private location and the associated plethora of data that rests on our personal or business computers. As indicated above, this is a huge concern especially for professionals who retain confidential information with respect to their clients. One can only sadly imagine the potential liability exposure should a marketer get a hold of professional-user information that references specific clients and sensitive data associated with them.
Keeping up on these issues is a must for not only those of us in positions of trust, I strongly believe that there is a legitimate issue of safety that deserves the expenditure of governmental resources for preventative measures and, at a minimum, for the education of those who use the internet.
FTC pitches ‘do not track’ list for web surfing (v3.co.uk)
WANTED: Your Input On Facebook Data Privacy In FTC Proposal (allfacebook.com)
Privacy Advocates Call FTC Ad Tracking Regs ‘Only A Start’ (paidcontent.org)
“Do Not Track” program protects Internet consumer’s privacy (news.bioscholar.com)
FTC testifies before Congress on Do Not Track list (slashgear.com)
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Morning Ethics Warm-Up, 4/23/2018: An Overdue Pardon, A Questionable No-Hitter, A Stupid Tweet, A Modest Hero…
April 23, 2018 April 23, 2018 / Jack Marshall
Yes, I’m still here…
For one of the very few times since 2009, there were no posts yesterday. I’m sorry. I was pressed on a client’s urgent deadline from 7 am to 11 pm, with errands and sanity breaks in between, and never could get my schedule or brain cleared sufficiently to work on Ethics Alarms.
1 This is the news media. This morning, HLN has spent 5-10 minutes every hour covering the birth of Queen Elizabeth’s latest grandchild. He’s a boy, in case you were on pins and needles. This isn’t fake news, it’s non-news. Why is this important? What possible use does detailed information regarding the latest addition to the succession train (he’s fifth in line) of an increasingly anachronistic monarchy have to the U.S. public? I’m looking at the morning New York Times, and literally 98% of its contents are more newsworthy.
Among the events broadcast in connection to this non-event was an elaborately dressed “town cryer” in London, ringing a bell and reading from a scroll to announce the royal birth. After CNN’s remote cameras recorded this memorable moment, it was revealed by a London correspondent that the elderly man dressed like a Tower Beefeater is a wacko, with no official significance whatsoever. Then a half hour later, HLN showed the wacko’s act again, sans any wacko label, but text that said, “Moments ago.” Thirty minutes is “moments”? Then we got new post-birth news, the London odds-makers take on what the likely name of this completely unimportant future prince will be. The odds on “Jack” were 9-1. Said Robin Meade’s sidekick Jennifer Westhoven: “Jack? Wouldn’t that be ‘James’?”
No, you ignorant moron. A., Jack is a real name. I can prove it, and B. It is a nickname for John, not James.
Yeah, we should trust these people.
2. Trump Tweets. Okay, what is this? President Trump, flush with success over questionable reports that North Korea has decided to halt nuclear testing (you know, like Iran, and equally trustworthy), tweeted,
Now, it is easily determined that the North Koreans have not agreed to “denuclearization.” Meetings haven’t even taken place. The tweet is fantasy. This is the kind of thing the mouth-foaming Trump haters point to as an example of the President’s “lying.” A statement that can’t possibly deceive anyone else, coming from someone who habitually makes such statements, is a falsehood, but whether it is a lie is questionable. Does Trump believe this tweet, at least when he wrote it? I suspect so. He communicates–indeed, he thinks— in cloudy generalizations and concept clouds. Is this tweet and its ilk spectacularly irresponsible and self-destructive to his ability to be respected and believed? Oh, definitely. Stupid and embarrassing too. But a lie? I’m not sure. “Trumpism” might be a better term.
Calling out NBC with “fake news” in front of a tweet with fake news is certainly audacious stupidity, however.
3. Now the Good Trump (maybe): Reportedly, spurred by the suggestion of Sylvester Stallone, the President is considering a pardon for Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion (1908-1915) who was hounded by the government and personally destroyed, mostly because of his proclivity to have relationships with white women. Johnson’s primary crime was being a successful, defiant, black man at the height of Jim Crow. The play (and movie) “The Great White Hope” tells his story, which is an American tragedy; Ken Burns also made a superb documentary about Johnson.
Johnson was convicted of violating the Mann Act, for transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes, in his case, miscegenation. Eventually he served time in a federal penitentiary. There have been calls to grant Johnson a posthumous pardon for at least a decade. A 2008 bill requesting President George W. Bush to pardon Johnson in 2008 passed the House, but failed to pass in the Senate. Senator McCain, Representative Peter King, Burns and Johnson’s great-niece requested a presidential pardon for Johnson from President Obama in 2009, and again in 2016, in honor of the 70th anniversary of Johnson’s death in a car accident. A vote by the United States Commission on Civil Rights also called on Obama to “right this century-old wrong.” There was also a Change.org petition. Obama never acted, causing a firestorm of protest from the Congressional Black Caucus.
No, I’m kidding: it was hardly mentioned in the news media or by black activist groups. And Jack Johnson’s life, despite the fact that hardly anyone under the age of 50 could tell you anything about him, mattered. If President Trump finally does the right thing and clears Jack Johnson’s name, I wonder how progressives and the news media will attack him for it?
4. Wait, why wasn’t he texting, “I’m so terrified!”? James Shaw Jr., 29, rushed a shooter armed with an AR-15 (and not wearing pants) who had opened fire yesterday in a Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee. Four people had been shot dead and many other were injured before Shaw grabbed the gun’s barrel, pulled it away and threw it over the Waffle House counter. He suffered a gunshot wound and burns from grabbing the gun’s barrel. Although his actions are credited with saving many lives, Shaw Jr. denies that he’s hero. “I was just trying to get myself out. I saw the opportunity and pretty much took it,” he says.
Real heroes seldom regard themselves as heroes. The fact is that he took action, placed himself at risk in doing so, and had the right instincts, exactly the ones this culture is supposed to nurture but increasingly does not: take control of your own fate, and do what needs to be done.
Trust me on this, James (can I call you Jack?): You’re a hero.
5. No-hitter ethics! And Red Sox-related too! Saturday night, the Boston Red Sox, presently the highest-scoring and hardest to beat team in baseball, were no-hit by Oakland A’s pitcher Sean Manaea, the first no-hitter of the young season. (To the non-baseball fans out there, you should know that a no-hitter is a very big deal. It gets your name on a list in the Hall of Fame, and is a rare and special single-game achievement that has no equivalent in other sports. I suppose the closest would be a hole-in-one in golf.) But was it really a no-hitter? I saw the game, and there were no great plays or hard hit balls. However, there were two plays that might have been hits. Sox catcher Sandy Leon hit a pop-up between the infield and the outfield in left, and the A’s shortstop couldn’t catch it. It bounced off his glove. That play is often scored a hit: it’s not an easy out, but the A’s shortstop is a bit of a hack. That ball is caught most of the time. There is a (dumb) unwritten rule that in a no-hitter, the first hit should be a “clean one.” What this means in practice is that plays that would be hits in a normal game are scored as errors to keep a no-hitter alive. Sometimes, after the first “clean” hit, an earlier error is even over-ruled and changed to a hit. I hate that rule. Then there was this play:
Sox hitter Andrew Benintendi was initially called safe, making it the first hit and ruining the no-hitter in the 7th inning. Then the umpires huddled together and ruled that Benintendi was out for running out of the baseline. Manaea went on to retire the next nine batters to earn his no-hitter and immortality.
Benintendi, who made a great rush for the bag on the play, challenged the umpires’ integrity, saying after the game:
“They said I was out of the baseline. I don’t know. I’ve never seen that call before. It’s kind of suspect in that situation. It just sucks. It’s a big-league hit. They don’t grow on trees…I think if we have 10 hits at that point, it’s a single. But I mean, the situation that the game was in, they might have been searching for something and they found it….Usually if you’re going to second base and you’re out of the baseline, the play is dead, but I touched the base, the guy called me safe and they huddle as a group and make the call…This is what the umpires told me. They said wherever you are when the guy gets the ball, you have three feet. We went and watched the replay and I was able to reach out and touch first base with my left hand. I don’t know if they hold rulers or something in measuring, but it is what it is.”
Some fans are calling him unsportsmanlike for complaining.
I think it was a close call. The question is, was the fact that it would have broken up the no-hitter decisive? Subliminal? Confirmation bias?
An amusing note: the pitcher didn’t realize that he had a no-hitter going until someone told him in the eighth inning. He assumed that Leon’s ball had been scored a hit!
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4- Shaw, Jr.: “I made up my mind … he was going to have to work to kill me”
Michael West
2) Have you also seen the neurotic corner of twitter that is ablaze with the claim that “sleepy eyes” is a dog-whistle slur against Jewish people?
Dummies.
(Jack via English is diminutive of John)
(Jack via French is an anglicization of Jacques…which IS derivative of Jacob…James is ultimately derivative of Jacob as well…hence, in rare circumstances, Jack can be a diminutive of James)
(but since these is the British mascots we’re talking about, the English rule applies)
(I’ve actually known a James who was called Jack.)
Tim LeVier
Well, to throw cold water all over this, I know a Bruce who is called Caitlyn.
valkygrrl
Caitlyn is an old celtic. Of course you should expect the occasional Caitlyn Bruce, Caitlyn Moray, Caitlyn Stuart, Caitlyn Balliol, Caitlyn Dunkeld. All the Scottish royal houses probably have Caitlyns
PennAgain
Tim, you now own the medal for “most underappreciated wit of the week.” At least. Other than Joh…Jam…uh Jack’s.
Rich in CT
When I was much, much younger, I thought the Kennedy family experienced the tragic assignations of three of their sons, John, Jack, and Bobby. I still have double check myself every so often….
Um, considering the history of Kennedy trysts, your typo is hilariously apt. Assassinations vs. assignations. HAHAHA. Oh, wait, they’re all still dead, including some of their tryst partners…
slickwilly
You don’t know Jack!
4) This episode has also caused some of the Parkland children turned mouthpieces to claim “see, you don’t need a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun”.
A.M. Golden
The one I saw apparently quoted Hogg the First as saying something like bad guys with guns aren’t only stopped by good guys with guns and tagged the NRA. I’m not sure the NRA has ever stated that only guns are necessary to stop bad guys with guns, merely that guns can be a tool to that affect. Of course, the people paying the kids to put themselves out there as experts have come up with all kinds of slick disingenuous arguments.
Interesting bit here on Defensive Gun Uses. https://reason.com/blog/2018/04/20/cdc-provides-more-evidence-that-plenty-o
I linked to that in another post of Jack’s. I hope he posts on it.
I just noticed the update at the end about the limited scope of the CDC’s work. I’d like to see the CDC get funding for a complete and refreshed survey.
Cynical John
I don’t understand the fascination of many of the American public with the British royal family. We did, after all, start and win a revolution.
It’s something we don’t have. We’re fascinated by the pageantry of a country that does things differently.
Plus the baby-name betting pools. A lot of traditionally royal names to choose from but I think I’ve got Will and Kate figured out, so I’m betting on Æthelwulf Phillip Malcolm Louis Mikhail Mountbatten-Windsor
William and Kate have favored good traditional family names thus far. I would be surprised if Philip. Albert or Edward don’t figure into the new baby’s name.
The house of Wessex aren’t family? *sniff* Æthelwulf is an awesome name.
If a boy can be named Sue, I guess you are right about Æthelwulf
My bias here is clearly the fault of Jack Marshall, Sr. Dad detested the monarchy, the peerage, the British class system, all of it.
”I don’t understand the fascination of many of the American public with the British royal family.”
Recall the two biggest 1980’s T.V. hits were Dallas and Dynasty?
”Everyday Americans” seem especially captivated by the Rich-n-Famous, a group that does include the Royals despite their rather peculiar status as unemployed.
Part of the glamour is probably that these two Royals (Diana’s boys) are handsome, mostly good dudes, and they DO have jobs. They’ve both served in the armed forces like normal guys, and done well AND proven themselves in battles and have had semi-normalish interactions and lives in some ways. And they’re Diana’s, which gives them extra panache in the eyes of the world AND seemingly they live with real panache, kindness and vigor. I’m not a royal watcher, but they’re my age group(ish) and they’re doing ok in life with a not-so-involved dad and a missing mom. Some folks my age feel like they’re compatriots because we’re contemporaries.
Sound points, Becky. The “royals,” like any other extended family, are made up of individuals, in this case individuals who are connected dynastically with their “kingdom’s” government and who, even more than other celebrities, must live their entire lives under a microscope. Your assessment probably comes closer to reality than those that link them in a line of sausages.
Escapism, partially.
Other Bill
Obsession with royals is really pathetic. Particularly among Americans. My theory is it’s mostly women who dreamed about marrying a prince when they grew up. I’ll bet even the lefty women commenters here are enamored of British Royalty. Remember the wailing upon Diana’s death? Sheesh. But Anglophilia has always been a thing among the U.S. upper classes and wanna-be upper classes. It’s always driven me crazy. The Megan Markle thing is even more pathetic.
I agree that it’s pathetic.
I think leftists are naturally comfortable with a British-type system and would therefore not have a pre-set aversion towards things royal.
You have a one-track mind. Not everything is about leftists.
What are you talking about this time?
There are righties who are stupidly ga-ga over the royals also, and there are lefties who do have an aversion towards the royals.
I’m agreeing with the original assertion insomuch as *general tendencies* based on *overarching worldviews* will generally show that lefties don’t have as much of a *naturally occurring* aversion to leftist style governments (hint: Britain has one of those governments).
Is your fiance totally enamored of Wills and Harry and their wives and fiances and babies or not? I bet she is.
“your” referring to Chris.
Rick M.
More likely The House of Savoy.
You bet wrong. Her best friend, a leftist, is, though, as is her Trump-supporting mother.
Well congratulations, you’re marrying an outlier in her age/gender group, which I suspect you’ll agree with?
So your mother in law likes Trump? Hah. Have fun!
I am sure there are lots of young women obsessed with the royal family, but I have no way of knowing if there are enough to make those who are not “outlier.”
But MW’s comment wasn’t about age or gender, it was about political affiliation. I don’t think there’s any evidence that leftists are more likely to obsess over the royal family than right-wingers, as MW’s comment implied.
Chris Marschner
I have to agree with you on this. It seems the fascination with the royals knows no particular political ideology..
Good thing no one asserted that.
You implied it in this comment:
I’m not going to play “here’s how you parse this sentence”.
Needless to say, you don’t understand how “naturally”, “comfortable”, “British-type”, “pre-set” all interact as part of the whole. This doesn’t permit an interpretation that allows you to draw a conclusion that I’m stating an absolute.
On Jack Johnson:
” If President Trump finally does the right thing and clears Jack Johnson’s name, I wonder how progressives and the news media will attack him for it?”
I thought about this same question yesterday. They will accuse him of a cynical political ploy to gain black voters or, at least, to prove he’s not racist.
In other news, I recently picked up a graphic novel called “Rough Riders” that features Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, Annie Oakley, Harry Houdini and Jack Johnson as turn of the century heroes who band together to fight aliens. It’s kind of a “League of Extraordinary Gentleman” with real people. That’s where I learned who Jack Johnson was.
That period had as rich a group of characters as the US has ever been blessed with.
They will disregard the context, and accuse him of shamelessly pardoning a fellow adulterer, signalling blah, blah, blah, or worse, throw history to the dust bin, and accuse him of pardoning a human trafficker…. 😡
3. James Earl Jones – fantastic!
4. Out of baseline. That was clear. Pop-up?
The pop-up was the Sandy Leon play.
Yeah…kinda convoluted on my reply. Should be two different points. Benintendi was out. Point one done. Leon had a hit, but I can understand the error since it was catchable. I have a real issue with how “hits” are given over a ball that falls in since “no one touched it.” This cries out for a team error. This one was touched and the degree of difficulty was minimal.
Back in the day, Don Drysdale was working on a record consecutive shutout innings streak. The record was there and bases were loaded but he hit the batter. Goodbye streak – or was it? Umpire ruled the batter made no effort to get out of the way and was called out. A very, very rare call. Drysdale eventually got his tainted record only to have Hershiser break it.
Oh, I remember that game: the opposition was the Giants. The player really did let himself get hit, so the ruling was technically correct, except that the rule is never called.
I think I’ll just go back to bed…
On the North Korea thing, Charles Hurt of the Washington Times brings up an intriguing “future news” item, but at least he’s obviously much more than a little tongue in cheek. He asks what the Nobel Prize people will do if Trump negotiates an honest to goodness peace/de-nuclearization deal with North Korea. Pretty funny.
JutGory
1. Give it to Obama for creating the environment where peace could happen; or
2. Give it to Moon and Kim to the exclusion of Trump.
-Jut
Very likely.
Paul Compton
Michael West: “I think leftists are naturally comfortable with a British-type system and would therefore not have a pre-set aversion towards things royal.” You’re kidding me right? Communists love Monarchies? Really?
Part of the reason many Americans have an interest in English nobility is that so much English nobility has US connections. In the mid to late Eighteen Hundreds there was ‘Cash for Titles” where many US heiresses married into the Peerage across the ditch, picking up titles and providing large dowries that bailed out families in need of some ready cash.
Winston Churchill’s mother was one such.
I note that you get tetchy about people outside the US criticizing your homeland and it’s many foibles Jack, people elsewhere feel the same about ‘bloody Yanks’ doing the same to them! Why is the Monarchy more anachronistic than a Two Hundred and Fifty year old constitution, some might ask?
The US also has a strong anti-monarchy component, partially because of all the Irish immigrants you picked up back in the day. Over here in Oz the Catholic schools actively indoctrinate Republicanism in their students.
Something to do with not being able to get over Henry VIII I suspect.
Personally, I am interested to hear of a new member in the Royal Family, but one sentence in the news bulletin would cover it!
Come on, Paul. The fawning is pathetic. Who was it that were just in Oz? Charles and Camilla? I don’t recall the non-stop newspaper and TV coverage being limited to just one line.
The Magna Cart’s older than the U.S. Constitution but I don’t think anyone’s ever called it anachronistic.
I see virulent Anti-Papism is alive and well in Oz.
Wait a minute. Isn’t the U.K.’s type of government called a constitutional monarchy?
As does Australia? And doesn’t the Australian constitution date to 1901?
You really want to compare the U.S. Constitution to the British monarchy? That’s bizarre.
OB, OB, OB.
Did you miss where I said: “but ONE SENTENCE in the news bulletin WOULD COVER IT!” (just accenting, not shouting)
Jack referred to ‘an increasingly anachronistic monarchy’, and I referred to the fact that many in your own country seem to consider the US Constitution as an ‘an increasingly anachronistic’ document. All other analogies and arguments you see me making are of your own invention cobber.
As to the ‘virulent Ant-Papism’, we are talking about national pro/anti monarchy sentiment aren’t we? As it happens I’m involved with several interdenominational groups and, despite being a strongly Protestant Elder in a Protestant denomination, work closely with many RC’s, I even count some as close personal friends believe it or not!
Perhaps I should just delete all the above and say: “Settle petal, you’re taking this all far to seriously!”
luckyesteeyoreman
5. The no-hitter is legit. That pop-up resulted in an error, not worthy of being called a hit. A team of hitters like Boston’s is insulted whenever a scorekeeper credits a pop-up like that to one of its players as yet another safe hit. That out-of-the-baseline running should be an automatic out, too.
Now…that pop-up that Bregman of the Astros hit a couple of weeks ago – scoring Fisher from second because Gold Glove 1B Hosmer over-ran the spot where the pop-up came back to earth, mere feet from home – WAS a SAFE HIT, because no fielder had his glove anywhere near the ball.
Michael Ejercito
Very simple. Pardons constitute findings of guilt. See Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79, 94 (1915)
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January 29, 2019 Kathleen Mazurek Interesting 0
Pit bulls are among the most lovable dogs in the world. Of course, I’m also aware of their troubled reputation. Thanks to years of misinformation and bad press, they’re among the most misunderstood pets. I’m a pit bull person myself, and I know firsthand what a joy it is to share my life with these goofballs.
The truth about pit bulls is simple: They’re sweet, smart, hilarious, loyal companions. And we’re not the only ones who think so. Ken Foster’s beautiful book “I’m a Good Dog” continues to climb the charts, and National Pit Bull Day has been established in their honor. To mark the occasion, we’ve gathered some of the most interesting, impressive, and surprising facts (plus a few unfortunate myths) about pit bulls.
A “pit bull” might not be a pit bull (we can explain)
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Shelters are full of cute bully dogs labelled as pit bulls, but in fact, there are far fewer actual pit bulls than you may think. The American Pit Bull Terrier is the only recognized pit bull breed, but the term “pit bull” is often used as a catch-all to describe a wide array of dogs with common characteristics.
Due to diverse, unregulated breed standards across dog registries, as well as the unfortunate excess in “backyard breeding,” it’s very difficult to claim one true standard for a pit bull (though you can read about APBT standards here).
As noted by respected pit bull rescue organization BADRAP, “dogs commonly identified as pit bulls are quite often a mix of multiple breeds.” This results in shelters being full of bully dogs who may or may not be “pit bulls,” but can have a harder time finding homes due to the name and bad press. While it’s tempting to look at any short, muscular dog with a lightbulb-shaped head and label it a pit bull, it’s likely that dog has a lot more going on genetically. For this reason, it’s essential to evaluate the individual dog rather than the breed.
Pit bulls come from England
Pit bulls, as we know them, probably descended from the Olde English Bull Dog, which were used for sport (“bull baiting“) in 19th century England. After bull baiting was deemed inhumane, Olde English Bull Dogs were cross-bred with terriers to create smaller, more scrappy dogs for fighting.
But once these sporting dogs made the crossing from England to the United States, they took on far more responsibilities and became true American icons.
Pit bulls are American heroes
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In the early 20th century, pit bulls were revered as family dogs, mascots, and military heroes. During World War I, pit bull-type dogs represented American forces on posters and in the field. Their loyalty and bravery made them the perfect “spokesdog.” Take Sergeant Stubby, for example, the most decorated dog to have served in the U.S. military(source: FIGHT4THEM). This brave boy, a likely pit bull predecessor, served alongside human soldiers in the trenches in France during World War I. He received the purple heart, was promoted to sergeant, and lived to a ripe old age in retirement alongside his handler.
These days, pit bull heroes come in all shapes, sizes, and responsibilities, from explosive-sniffing search dogs to therapy dogs. You can read about more pit bull heroes here.
They mean business (which makes them all the more lovable)
Pit bulls are tenacious: When they put their mind to something, they often achieve it. For that reason, they make great sporting dogs. Pitties tend to excel on agility or flyball courses where they can show off their strength and speed.
The flip-side of all that energy and determination is that pitties can be willfull, even stubborn. But because of their people-pleasing nature, pit bulls are imminently trainable. They make excellent therapy dog candidates. Obedience training is a great way to bond with your best friend while laying the groundwork for good manners. As with any dog, exercise and engagement are key for pit bulls, too.
Because of their people-pleasing nature, pit bulls are imminently trainable.
They have amazing smiles (not locking jaws)
Let’s be honest: The pit bull mouth has gotten some bad press. One of the most insidious and outrageous myths about pibbles is that they have “locking jaws.” Not true: there is nothing anatomically unique about pit bull jaws compared to any other dog. As terriers, it’s true that some pitties may be more tenacious about holding and shaking toys. Others may have a higher prey drive, which paired with their tenacity, makes them a bad match for cats. As with any dog, it’s important to know how to read your pit bull’s signals in any situation.
As for bite statistics, a peer-reviewed report from the American Veterinary Medical Association confirms that “controlled studies have not identified this breed group as disproportionately dangerous.” Dog bite reports do sometimes show a higher incidence of bites from pit bull-type dogs than many other breeds, but the experts at the AVMA agree that these statistics should be taken with a grain of salt for a few reasons:
The breed of the biting dog may not be accurately reported (and remember: “pit bulls” are often misidentified).
The actual number of dog bites in a community is rarely known because bites that don’t result in serious injury are not reported.
Dog licensing and breed data is under-reported, so it’s impossible to know how many of a certain breed are in a community.
The more popular a type of dog is, the more likely it will be reported for biting, which can skew the accuracy of attempts to “rank” bite statistics by breed.
In recent years, as support for pit bulls has grown, veterinary and animal rescue professionals overwhelmingly agree: It’s not the breed that matters, but how a dog is raised and handled.
Pibbles love people
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I mean, they really, really love people. They love to snuggle, cuddle, roll over for belly rubs, crawl in your lap if you’ll allow it, and stay as close to you as possible all day long. Pibbles are the original “velcro dog.”
The most common misconception about pit bulls is that they all have the capacity for aggression towards people, but temperament studies show that pitties rank high among the most affectionate, least aggressive dogs. In annual testing conducted by the American Temperament Test Society, pit bulls passed at a rating of 86.4%, higher than popular breeds such as golden retrievers, corgis, and beagles. As I like to say about my dog Radar, “He looks tough, but he’s only aggressive about snuggling.”
Learn more about the incredible bond between pibbles and their people at Pit Bull Rescue Central.
Pibbles are the original “velcro dog.”
They don’t always love other dogs
Like most terrier-type dogs, different pitties have different tolerance levels for other animals. When bulldog breeds were developed in England, they were trained to spar with one another, and unfortunately, dog fighting persists as a dark (not to mention illegal) pastime in America.
That doesn’t mean every pit bull-type dog is aggressive towards other animals, but it does mean that your pit bull needs socialization, training, and monitoring to assess their tolerance levels. Some pitties absolutely love to play with other dogs, and some would prefer to be the only pet in your life.
This handy guide from BADRAP covers the basics of dog-dog tolerance, and what to look for when assessing whether your pit bull can hang with other dogs.
Pit bulls are a positive force in the world
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Thanks to their high energy, vivacity, love of life, and intense devotion to people, pit bulls are some of the most entertaining dogs in the world. Nothing makes me laugh more than my dog Ralph throwing herself to the ground to roll around ecstatically in the grass, or my dog Radar hurling himself into a visitor’s lap demanding to be loved. Pit bulls have an incredible capacity for joy.
For inspiration, look no further than the “Vicktory dogs,” a group of pit bulls rescued from a dog fighting operation run by NFL player Michael Vick. These dogs were bred and raised to be fighters, and were horribly mistreated throughout their lives until fate (and the law) stepped in. Their recovery demonstrates the incredible spirit and resiliency of pit bulls. According to Best Friends Animal Society, in the years since their rescue, “Many have earned their Canine Good Citizen certificate and are now adored family members in loving homes. Some went on to become service dogs or therapy dogs.” You can see picture and updates of many Vicktory Dogs here.
Despite their troubled reputation, pit bulls are some of the most amazing companions around. Whether you’re a pit bull guardian or just a dog enthusiast, you can learn a lot from our pittie pals.
Read more at: https://www.rover.com/blog/important-pit-bull-facts/
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Star Wars: Bloodline Review
Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray
Published: December 1st 2016 by Arrow
“There was a limit to the amount of stupidity Leia could tolerate in one day, and she’d just hit it.”
Witness the birth of the Resistance
When the Rebellion defeated the Empire in the skies above Endor, Leia Organa believed it was the beginning to a lasting peace. But after decades of vicious infighting and partisan gridlock in the New Republic Senate, that hope seems like a distant memory.
Now a respected senator, Leia must grapple with the dangers that threaten to cripple the fledgling democracy—from both within and without. Underworld kingpins, treacherous politicians, and Imperial loyalists are sowing chaos in the galaxy. Desperate to take action, senators are calling for the election of a First Senator. It is their hope that this influential post will bring strong leadership to a divided galaxy.
As the daughter of Darth Vader, Leia faces with distrust the prospect of any one person holding such a powerful position—even when supporters suggest Leia herself for the job. But a new enemy may make this path Leia’s only option. For at the edges of the galaxy, a mysterious threat is growing…
Bloodline is the first full length new cannon novel that is set closer to The Force Awakens than it is The Return of the Jedi and is penned by Claudia Gray who brought us the Star Wars YA novel, Lost Stars and went on to write another YA Star Wars novel about Princess Leia in her younger days (both of which I need to read as soon as possible) and is considered by some to be the best modern Star Wars writer.
This was the second Star Wars book I’ve read (that wasn’t a novelisation) and my favourite so far even after having read others. Unlike Phasma, I read this book rather than listened to it (as it was a Christmas eve Jólabókaflóð gift) and I’m glad I did as I don’t think the sound effects would have added much more than an annoyance in this book as it’s not as action based. I wasn’t sure what I’d think of this book, I love Princess Leia but I was having prequel film flash backs about trade negotiations. That being said I managed to read half of the book in one sitting through Christmas eve on into Christmas morning so this book clearly did more than something right.
Set six years before The Force Awakens, Bloodline is an excellent mix of political thriller and intrigue with a healthy sprinkling of action throughout once the story gets going. The beginning of the book is a little slow but I appreciate that although we don’t necessarily need world building in the usual sense we do need to know about the political state of things, in this case that’s the goals and ideals of the populists and the separatists. Gray’s clever writing style here (and throughout) allows us to see that neither side is perfect (as is often the case with politics) and more importantly that due to their unwillingness to work together nothing important is getting done and change is needed, prompting the entire senate to want to elect a first senator, which Senator Leia feels comes a bit too close to repeating their mistakes that led to the creation of the Empire. I think the mix of politics and action felt right, especially for a story mostly centered around Princess/Senator Leia and I enjoyed it.
My favourite thing about Bloodline was how well Senator Leia was written and portrayed. It honestly felt like Carrie Fisher could just jump right off the page it felt so genuine. Gray has captured that complex mix of being still feisty but wise and yet sometimes tired of it all and unsure perfectly. I enjoyed the insight into Leia’s family life here, we get to see her interact with her husband Han Solo which is pretty much how I always imagined it as well as seeing her she feels about her son and the situation he’s currently in and how the events of this book will affect them as well.
The relationships in this book were done exceptionally well. Not just between Han and Leia but the way the characters reacted with each other was the heart warming side of semi realistic, one of those stories when there are two people who believe in different ideals but put their differing views aside for a common goal, I really enjoyed seeing that and it made it more difficult to ascertain who exactly was the “bad guy” in this book.
I can’t say too much more without heading into spoiler territory but I will say that I loved this book and it had the right balance to keep me intrigued. The only thing I do regret is the order in which I’ve read these books, I probably should have at least started with this one, if not Catalyst but that’s another story and discussion for another time.
If you want to buy this book with free shipping you can do so here and if you’d like to add this book to your good reads you can do that here.
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Star Wars: Phasma – Review
Star Wars: Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Published: September 1st 2017 by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. (Also available in hardback and paperback, this review however is for the audio book but most points will also apply to the written text as well.)
“That’s the problem with following all the rules—somebody else is eventually going to get ahead by breaking them, and then where will you be?”
One of the most cunning and merciless officers of the First Order, Captain Phasma commands the favor of her superiors, the respect of her peers, and the terror of her enemies. But for all her renown, Phasma remains as virtually unknown as the impassive expression on her gleaming chrome helmet. Now, an adversary is bent on unearthing her mysterious origins—and exposing a secret she guards as zealously and ruthlessly as she serves her masters.
Deep inside the Battlecruiser Absolution, a captured Resistance spy endures brutal interrogation at the hands of a crimson-armoured stormtrooper—Cardinal. But the information he desires has nothing to do with the Resistance or its covert operations against the First Order.
What the mysterious stormtrooper wants is Phasma’s past—and with it whatever long-buried scandal, treachery, or private demons he can wield against the hated rival who threatens his own power and privilege in the ranks of the First Order. His prisoner has what Cardinal so desperately seeks, but she won’t surrender it easily. As she wages a painstaking war of wills with her captor, bargaining for her life in exchange for every precious revelation, the spellbinding chronicle of the inscrutable Phasma unfolds. But this knowledge may prove more than just dangerous once Cardinal possesses it—and once his adversary unleashes the full measure of her fury.
I wish I had found this book sooner. This was my first real foray into the world of Star Wars books and I wasn’t sure what to expect. For years and years I’d seen all the different books and comics mounting up about one of my favourite film franchises and I did read a good few of the comics when I was much younger but there seemed to be so many books I had no idea where to start. In April 2014 the expanded universe became non cannon and gave way to a new set of novels and comics which I kept meaning to get back to and last year while waiting impatiently for “The Last Jedi” to release I had a spare audible credit and after seeing it crop up on social media and in my local bookstore I decided to spend it on Phasma. I was not disappointed.
If you’ve ever heard a Star Wars Audio Book before you’ll know how immersive they can be, they feature sound affects and music along with the narration and I was shocked at how much difference those details really make. As soon as I listened to a sample of this and heard ships firing, doors opening and closing, droids beeping and the background noise aboard “The Absolution” I knew this Audio book experience would be a completely new one for me and I couldn’t get enough. I’ve since brought other Star Wars audio books, much preferring to listen to them because of these extra details, each month I get a new audible credit means I get a new Star Wars books at the moment.
The plot in Phasma is two fold, we have the present plot of Vi Mordai, the captured rebellion spy being interrogated and the story she tells of Phasma’s past. I was worried switching between these two plots would be annoying but somehow it works and the interrogation frames Phasma’s story well as they weave together quite organically, although I’m not sure either story could completely hold it’s own (Phasma’s story comes fairly close) they support each other and makes the plot feel whole as the plots merge together in a way that is only partially satisfying. I wasn’t sure how I wanted this to end but it was only partially the way it did, something felt missing but as it was a precursor novel to “The Last Jedi” I feel I should have expected that. (Don’t get me started on Phasma’s story in TLJ though…) On the whole though I enjoyed both plot lines and the separate feels each had to them.
Before this book was released the way the story would be told was a cause for debate, would this just be a current story about Phasma or would we really get inside that Chrome helmet at last and see her inner workings. What we ended up with was a mixed result but that kind of works. I was expecting to get a back story from her point of view and we’d find out that she was misunderstood or there was a part of her to feel for but neither parts of this book are told from Phasma’s point of view and that just makes her feel more formidable and somehow even more of a mystery despite learning how she got to be where she is today. I’m surprisingly okay with this as it is kind of refreshing to find a villainous character today who is pretty much completely villainous. We do however find some possible redemption of a First Order character here with Cardinal, the high ranking storm trooper interrogating Vi and the trainer and mentor of the young children set to become storm troopers themselves.
The setting of Phasma’s story is her planet of origin, Parnassos and I feel like the planet was almost a character all of it’s own with a threatening presence to match Phasma herself and so many stories to tell about it’s past shown to us by the different trials our characters go through along the way giving the whole planet a very dangerous feel. As for our more humanoid characters I enjoyed meeting our current General (Armitage) Hux’s father Brendol and I’m honestly not sure if he’s better or worse than his son because they’re both such weasels. Other’s from Phasma’s clan join her journey across this deadly planet and a few of them are slightly memorable, Siv being the most developed as the story is from her point of view. Siv is a very likeable character, she does what she needs to do for her people and is brave and compassionate if not the most original character.
I think if I had just read this book I might have only given it XXX as it is an enjoyable book but nothing completely blew me away and I have a hard time imagining liking it as much without the added atmospheric sound effects etc. Nether the less I’m glad I read it and it’s certainly opened me up to reading (and listening to) more of the Star Wars books which can only be a good thing.
You can buy Star Wars: Phasma in print here with free shipping, or here on audible.co.uk, (you can listen to a sample too!) If you’ve never signed up before your first audio book is free! You can also add it to your goodreads here.
Don’t forget I’ll be posting Star Wars content all week! Tomorrow I’ll be reviewing Bloodline by Claudia Gray.
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Iraqi special forces kill 14 IS militants in country’s north
Iraqi special forces say they have conducted an operation near the northern city of Kirkuk in which they killed 14 members of the Islamic State group.
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A statement from Iraqi Counterterrorism Forces on Monday says that during the operation, Iraqi forces received support from warplanes of the U.S.-led coalition
The statement says the operation, just south of Kirkuk, lasted for two days and included Iraqi special forces rappelling from helicopters.
Although Iraq declared victory against IS in July 2017, the extremists have since been trying to mount a guerrilla-style insurgency, going into hiding and staging surprise attacks in different parts of the country.
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Attorneys reaping a rising share injured workers' awards, studies find
By Michael Carroll | Dec 6, 2019
Herrle
Attorney fees as a percentage of workers’ compensation benefits and settlements in Florida have risen significantly in the wake of a controversial 2016 state Supreme Court decision, according to multiple studies.
This rising share of attorney payments, however, has been masked because the overall payments of compensation to injured workers have dropped – partly due to safer work environments and procedures around the state, according to business groups.
The Florida National Federation of Independent Business referred to the attorney fee trend in its Small Business Scorecard released last month.
“New data from NFIB shows that attorney’s fees have skyrocketed after the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in Castellanos v. Next Door, which ruled that the attorney fee schedule used in workers’ compensation was unconstitutional,” the Florida NFIB said.
Businesses might not be feeling the full effects of the attorney fee trend in the year ahead, however, since the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved a decrease in workers’ comp rates of 7.5 percent, effective Jan. 1. The decrease reflects a decline in overall workers’ comp claims, according to the Florida OIR.
And that, in turn, may make it less likely that Florida lawmakers will pass legislation to reinstate attorney fee caps in workers’ comp cases in the coming year, according to the NFIB Florida state director, Bill Herrle.
Declining workers’ compensation rates make it more difficult to convince state lawmakers about the need to deal with underlying increases in attorney payouts in workers’ comp claims, Herrle said.
“We don’t see any legislation yet,” he told the Florida Record. “But we expect they’ll file it.”
Herrle says the workers’ comp claims data can’t be ignored.
“For the first time since the Castellanos opinion, (which) vacated the statutory attorney fee cap in workers’ compensation, we have hard, retroactive data on attorneys’ fees that show that attorneys’ fees, as a portion of injured workers awards, have increased dramatically,’ he said in a prepared statement.
The Record reviewed data on workers’ comp claims from recent studies by both the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) and the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The numbers verify that although benefit and settlement awards to injured workers in Florida have dropped substantially in recent years, the share going to attorneys went from 15 percent in 2016 to 22 percent in the first half of this year.
“Increases in claimant attorney fees have been reported by all carriers interviewed by NCCI,” Jeff Eddinger, NCCI’s senior division executive, told the Record in an email. “In addition, the ratio of claimant attorney fees to benefits and settlements has risen from 13 percent prior to the decision to 22 percent in 2018 and 2019.”
But lower overall payouts to deal with injured worker have more than offset the attorney cost percentages that have become apparent since the Castellanos decision, Eddinger said.
In addition, the NCCI said in a report in August that the full effects of the Castellanos ruling would not be felt for several years to come because of the time lag that occurs before many workers’ comp cases can be resolved.
The NCCI regularly submits recommendations to the Florida OIR for changes in workers’ comp rates in the state based on recorded data using actuarial standards.
A study of workers’ comp claims in 18 states that was released in October by the Workers Compensation Research Institute also affirms concerns about the rising share of workers’ comp awards going to attorneys.
The percentage of Florida claims filed with worker attorneys represented 38 percent of the total evaluated in 2018, compared to a median of 26 percent among all the states evaluated in the study. And the share of claims with defense attorney payments greater than $500 was 41.1 percent in Florida, a level that is greater than 11 other states examined in the analysis.
The total cost per claim in Florida was typical of the other states studied, according to Dr. Rebecca Yang, author of the institute’s report.
“This result masked several offsetting factors,” Yang said in an email. “Among those, Florida had more frequent worker attorney and defense attorney involvement, and higher defense attorney payments per claim compared to other study states This more frequent defense attorney involvement and higher than typical costs may be related to more frequent lump-sum settlements.”
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Reward offered for arrest of suspect in hit-and-run death
By wsmith@mihomepaper.com | on September 05, 2019
FLINT TWP. — A reward of up to $2,500 is being offered by Crime Stoppers of Flint and Genesee County for information leading to an arrest in the hit-and-run death of a 91-year-old Flint Township woman.
Helen Booth was walking near mailboxes at about 2 p.m. Aug. 22 in the area of South Valley Drive and Elms Road when she was struck by a vehicle that then fled the scene. Booth was left lying in the roadway when Flint Township police responded shortly after 2 p.m.
Booth was transported to a local hospital where she died of her injuries later that night.
Anyone with information on the incident can contact Flint Township Police Det. Alex Minto at 810-600-3250 or report an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers of Flint and Genesee County at 800-422-JAIL, on the P3Tips app or online at CrimeStoppersofFlint.com.
Only tips leading to a felony arrest will be eligible for the reward. — J.J.
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River level River Pang at Pangbourne (upstream data)
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Latest recorded level 0.30m at 4:15am Wednesday 22 January 2020.
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Station name: Pangbourne (upstream)
Station ID: 7107
River name: River Pang
Typical range: 0.08m to 0.78m
Highest level on record: 1.09m on 13 December 2000
Site datum: 39.48mAOD (what does this mean?)
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EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY (2017): Review by Jessica
by Jessica Perry
Bechdel-Wallace List Reviews: E-G
Written and directed by Catalina Aguilar Mastretta, Everybody Loves Somebody is a feel good, bilingual romantic comedy about a successful doctor named Clara who has given up on the romanticized idea of love. But when a new doctor and an old love both come into her life, Carla finds herself, for the first time in a longtime, questioning what—and who—she really wants. (JEP 3.5/5)
Review by Executive Editor Jessica E. Perry
“Clara” (Karla Souza, from TV’s hit How to Get Away With Murder) is an OB-GYN, and the epitome of a successful, independent woman. She has a high-powered job, a nice home in Los Angeles, and is incredibly close with her family. But Clara is also bitter about love, so much so that she doesn’t even realize it anymore.
But Clara’s parents have finally decided—after 40 years together and having raised a family— that they should get married. So they plan to hold a beautiful ceremony at the family home in Mexico, and as the sad single sister, Clara must find herself a “filler” date to bring with her to the wedding. Cue, the handsome new Australian doctor at her hospital, “Asher” (Ben O’Toole). Clara bluntly asks him to come away with her for the weekend to be her date for the wedding. Asher, intrigued by Clara, surprisingly agrees, and so they drive together down the coast to her parent’s beautiful home.
Surprisingly, Clara finds herself enjoying her time with Asher at the wedding. But when an old flame shows up, uninvited, Clara is immediately thrown back a decade to when she, and the handsome “Daniel” (José María Yazpik) were on the cusp of marriage. Daniel has been traveling the world with Doctors Without Borders for years, his return to Los Angeles, unannounced and shocking. But Daniel is like family, and so Clara’s parents welcome him back like nothing has changed.
Unfortunately for Clara, everything has. Asher is persistent and seems to know Clara better than she knows herself. While Daniel is her past, but insists that he’s changed and is now ready to be her future. Thrown into a classic will they won’t they love triangle, Clara must decide if she’s finally ready to abandon her qualms about love.
Written and directed by Catalina Aguilar Mastretta, Everybody Loves Somebody is your everyday love story with a new cast of characters. Souza gives an honest performance as Clara, aptly capturing both what it is to be haunted by failed loves past, and also what it takes to be open to the possibility of finding something better. Funny, romantic, and grounded, Everybody Loves Somebody hits the right notes to set it apart from many tropes of the rom com genre, embracing independent career-driven women and challenging what love looks like from all angles.
©Jessica E. Perry FF2 Media (2/27/17)
Top Photo: Everybody Loves Somebody poster.
Middle Photo: Clara and Daniel come to terms with what they still mean to one another.
Bottom Photo: Asher and Clara grow closer.
Photo Credits: Pantelion Films
Q: Does Everybody Loves Somebody pass the Bechdel-Wallace Test?
Yes. But surprisingly, only just.
Clara and her sister, “Abby” (Tiaré Scanda), share numerous conversations together, but most revolve around Clara’s choices in love.
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The Daily Comics: an Essay in Frames
Feb 06, 2019Jeff NewberryFeatured Fiction, New Fiction0
When I see my son drawing, I think of my father, crafting a comic at the kitchen table. I remember the smell of cigarette smoke and the way he hunched down, almost hugging the table. I liked to draw, too, imitating his thick lines and rounded faces. He once told me to learn to draw shoes because I might be in advertising one day. When my son shows me his latest spaceship or alien, I hold it up t like some treasure I’ve unearthed from an archaeological dig. This is incredible I tell him. ii.
My early poems were about snakes and fire, demons and abandoned castles, stock images from Dungeons and Dragons, images tempered by a childhood in fire and brimstone church. I didn’t know it, but I think I was trying to rewrite what I’d been taught: that the world was just a veil hiding eternal damnation. In my poems, God appeared as tormentor, the puppet master who caused my father’s heart to burst. Now, my poems dwell in memories: fragments of images that I study the way art critics study a painting, searching for meaning. iii.
My son wins awards for his writing and teachers fawn over his reading. He carries tomes thick as old city phone books and often draws pictures inspired by what he’s read. An old professor told me that poems aren’t really about anything other than other poems. Postmodernism ruined everything, he said. Everything refers to everything else. It’s turtles all the way down. I once drew a card for a girl I liked back in junior high. On a piece of folded notebook paper I slipped into her locker, I drew hearts nested inside hearts nested inside hearts.
The artist’s vision is translated to medium. No one cares about the ink or paper. You expect them the way you expect the next breath or the bad news that always comes. The doctor says its cancer. Your spouse wants to talk. Your father died, but that’s not enough. Now he wants to talk to you, but you have to imagine that voice. It’s yours. ii.
No one asks for memories. They come as natural as morning the morning news, the way frost used to form on cold dawns when you ventured out to get the paper, tossed in the ditch, beneath the car, in the bushes. That impression stays with you: how the twigs and grass cut into your arm, how your father read the paper, chuckling alone. iii.
The mind’s a poor medium. A fluid pastel. A blank screen. A journal without pages. It swirls and shifts, protean as your father’s face in your mind. Some days, you can’t recall the timbre of his voice and wonder if he ever existed. Compose him again. Divide his life into lyric frames. The bad news is you’re the artist. The good news? You get to draw the scene.
All stories have beginning, a middle, and an end. My professors taught me this formula when I began college, though I think I knew it on some basic level. Its simplicity is part of the art of narrative: stories must begin somewhere, either One upon a time or with the writer, staring at a blank white page, or with the mind, wandering through the frames of memory, considering each scene like a painting in some museum, the walls plastered with famous works you lack the education to understand. ii.
I wanted to write stories like Hemingway. I wanted to write stories like Faulkner, like Chekov. I read all that I could. I jotted down every name of every writer my professors mentioned and spend hours in the library stacks, pulling down books. I carried them around the way architects carry tubes of blueprints. Reading them, though, I forgot about the beginning, middle, and end. I fell into the characters’ lives and worried for them. I cared little for the labyrinth and more for Theseus, brave, but lost and afraid. iii.
Stories end in dénouement, but I didn’t pronounce it the right way. In class one day, I said The danoo-ment kind of confuses me. The class knew—must have knew—what I meant, but everyone sat silent, and the professor smiled (it may have been a warm smile) and said It’s pronounced dénouement. He had the French right, the syllable at the end like a flourish. I tried saying it that way, but the word felt wrong on my tongue, not foreign but private, something that didn’t belong to me. Every story is personal, no matter how it ends.
Everyone remembers the Round-Headed kid, the football, the dancing dog. Some quote Linus, that blanket-dragging philosopher. I can see them both now, heads on palms, leaned against a brick wall, their eyes confused, tiny bodies stunted in forever childhood. Charlie Brown asks Linus questions and that’s how Linus replies: questions. What do you read, my lord? Words. Words. Words. ii.
Charlie Brown’s father was a barber, just like Charles Schulz’s father. Schulz always remembered his dad’s shop, the warmth and conversation. A quiet, pensive boy, after his mother’s death (cancer), he retreated even further into a silence. Unlike his creation, Schulz suffered alone. No Linus brought comfort. No blanket. Just an empty room where his mother once slept. Cartoons covered his walls. iii.
Charlie Brown’s father never appears in the strip (no adults do), though we see Charlie at the barber shop a few times, oversized smile plastered on his face, a look of wonder in his eyes. The scissors went snip, snip, snip. Conversation carried all around him, while Chuck, a flattened, two-dimensional boy, lived out his creator’s memories. Charlie’s Brown’s mother never appears in the strips, either, though he talks to her often
My professor took the class to a prefabricated town, a place near the beach with empty streets, empty stores, empty homes. The sun shone down on it all, somehow lifeless, a clinical glare. We wandered deserted sidewalks and looked up at empty condominiums. This was all designed my professor told us as we wandered this liminal space. I thought of post-apocalyptic movies I’d seen, an earth scoured and scorched. The metaphor didn’t fit the empty town’s contours. Here, there had never been people, the threat of damnation not in absence but in never-will-be. The town sat near a beach, deserted in the off-season, the beach chairs open and empty. ii.
I tell my students to bring their drafts to class along with a pair of scissors. In pairs, they follow my instructions: Cut your draft into paragraphs or chunks. Then, they move these sections around, searching for order, not an imposed order, but a discovered order. I want them to see writing as organic, a process or discovery, like an explorer blowing the dust from memories they’ve unearthed in their own minds. Today, they’re architects, moving around the raw materials of their essay. A student might complain I don’t get it. I already wrote this essay. I want to say You’ve only laid the foundation. I say Keep playing. Keep looking. The right order will find you. iii.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water has long fascinated me, often showing up in dreams as I wander room to room. The waterfall echoes. The air smells of river water and earth, loamy and sharp. In a college art appreciate course, I wrote an essay about it. I had no argument—the essay gushed with flowery prose, words meant to praise. I loved the way the home emerges from the cliffside, an outgrowth of nature, a permanent fixture. My parents rented a sequence of houses. They chased cheap rent across town and back again. In one cinderblock home, fuses blew all the time and air stank of mildew and burnt wiring. Beneath, the swampy soil waited.
My father called the daily comics the “funnies” or “the funny papers,” though lots of what I read there wasn’t funny at all. Charlie Brown’s existential worry wasn’t funny. In Lynne Johnston’s For Better or For Worse a child nearly drowns and the family dog saves her. Later, the dog dies. You stare into the abyss and dance Dr. Miller told me in graduate school when we first learned to deconstruct the world. I purchased an illustrated guide to help me though critical theory. Drawings of Saussure, Derrida, Barthes. Witty quips and captions meant to make it all fun and graspable. I didn’t laugh because the jokes made no sense to me. ii.
Once, I tried to write a poem called “Charlie Brown in College,” a monologue in Chuck’s voice one dark night of the soul in his early 20s. I imagined a haunted philosophy major, dejected, depressed, poring over old books, seeking answers: thinly-disguised autobiography. That was my story, not the Round-Headed Kid’s. Charlie Brown didn’t need my overlay. The real darkness of Peanuts is that Charlie Brown is a child, but he’s already bald, brain swollen with the worry that stalks him daily. Schulz wanted to call the strip Little People, but an editor thought that readers wouldn’t get the joke. Dread was never so funny. iii.
My father’s comics were never serious, not even the political ones, like the one of Jim and Tammy Faye Baker, his glasses wide, her overly-made-up face cracking with a plastic smile. I’ve forgotten the punch line, but the image stands out. Those days, my mother stirred government cheese into boiled macaroni. Christmas was funded by handouts and luck. I watched A Charlie Brown Christmas and it didn’t have a laugh track like Scooby-Doo. When was I supposed to laugh? Maybe it wasn’t meant to be funny. The newspapers would pile by the trash can, and I read the same daily strips day after day, twisting my mind to understand the jokes that escaped me.
Sunday mornings, the newspaper lay in discreet sections all over the house, but my father kept the funnies on the kitchen table, where he read and read them. l like to imagine his practiced eye, tracing each line and marveling at the colors, strange in this black and white medium. ii.
Strange in this black and white medium, Sunday comics allowed more narrative, more movement. Characters could grow and change, their motives more complex, their worlds more fully sketched into view. I noticed, though, that the first two frames were often throw-aways, drawn for newspapers to cut for length. Still, I read them. If Bill Watterson drew Calvin and Hobbes silent standing a meadow, it must have been important. iii.
It must have been important for my father to see the comics because I’d find them laying on top of the bulk Sunday’s paper, the ads and hard news and movie reviews forgotten. Only art mattered.
Only art mattered, so I hated cutesy strips. I aimed my ire at Bill Keane’s The Family Circus. Its jokey gags. Its maps of little Billy’s sojourns around the neighborhood. I’d take scissors to the Sunday strips and excise that comic and with my own pencil, deface it: give Dolly a mustache. Put a machete in Daddy’s hands. Recaption them as dirty jokes. Years later, my wife asked, Why did you attack a comic about a stable family? Because it was a lie. Because it didn’t seem real. v.
Because it didn’t seem real, I never imagined myself with a daughter. A son? Sure. I made plans to be a better father than my own. I envisioned Sunday afternoon games of catch, weekend fishing trips, the Family Circus vision of a “good family.” I’d be a “good father.” When my daughter was born and Spina Bifida blurred the images I’d drawn of my life, I learned to improvise. You can’t plan, it seems. Every day is a different-sized panel.
Every day is a different-sized panel, each one discreet, removed from some natural narrative (as though such a thing exists). Life isn’t the pre-framed sheets I print for my son from my computer. He never uses them for the comics he draws. He can’t make his story fit the frames. vii.
I can’t make the story fit the frames that bracket each image of my father, my daughter, my son. Each image wants to be its own thing, disconnected from any story I might impose. We don’t remember; we remember when we last remembered. In my mind, my father is always drawing. viii.
In my mind, my father is always drawing, creating. He wrote songs, too. Late in life, he wrote religious tracts. I’m close to the age he died now, and the newspaper is an antique. I read it on a tablet computer and leave windows open, like discreet sections of a newspaper, scattered around my home.
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Jeff Newberry tells stories in poetry and prose and teaches others to do the same. A native of the Florida Gulf Coast, he is an essayist, fiction writer, and a poet. His most recent book is the novel A Stairway to the Sea (Pulpwood Press). His is author of the poetry collection Brackish(Aldrich Press) and the chapbook A Visible Sign (Finishing Line ). With fellow Gulf Coast native, Brent House, he is the co-editor of the anthology The Gulf Stream: Poems of the Gulf Coast (Snake Nation Press). His collaboration with the poet Justin Evans, a book of epistolary poems entitled Cross Country, will be published by WordTech Editions in 2019. He reviews books for The Florida Review and other publications.
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Nietzsche’s Best Life: The Ten Greatest Attributes of the Ubermensch, & a Comparison to Aristotle’s Virtuous Person
Randall Firestone
El Camino College, Torrance, USA
Received: July 19, 2017; Accepted: August 28, 2017; Published: August 31, 2017
The paper first outlines the 10 primary attributes of the Ubermensch, Nietzsche’s ideal person, with numerous quotations. Those attributes are self-determina- tion, creativity, becoming, overcoming, discontent, flexibility, self-mastery, self- confidence, cheerfulness, and courage. The paper then compares Nietzsche’s Ubermensch with Aristotle’s virtuous person. Nietzsche describes more of an attitude towards life and a process of living which are similar to a means as compared to Aristotle’s objective character traits which are goals or ends in themselves. The paper concludes that Nietzsche does a better job of describing the best human life―one that is dynamic, passionate, and unique; consisting of self-growth and creativity; and filled with new experiences, insights, and adventures.
Nietzsche, Ubermensch, Aristotle, Aristotle’s Virtuous Person, Best Life, The Good Life, Attributes of the Ubermensch, Nietzsche and Aristotle
There are numerous compelling reasons why Nietzsche is one of the towering figures of philosophy. Among others, these include his original takes on perspectivism1 and nihilism;2 his unrelenting condemnation of Christianity3 and Western morality;4 his assault on the Enlightenment’s privileging of reason over human instincts, appetites, and emotions;5 his innovative conceptions of the Will to Power6 and Eternal Recurrence;7 his take-no-prisoners style which targeted some of the greatest philosophical minds, such as those of Socrates, Hegel, and Kant;8 his novel view of how history should be practiced;9 his aggressive atheism;10 and his later notoriety as both one of the founders of Existentialism and as the layer of the foundation for the Post-Modernist movement.
Yet, it is Nietzsche’s musings on one of the most fundamental and oldest of philosophical topics, namely, his outline of the best life for a human being to live, which is at least as important in distinguishing him from the other great thinkers. This will be my focus.
Nietzsche’s ubermensch is his ideal person―the person who represents the best or most well-lived life. This is the person who should be appreciated and admired―Nietzsche’s “higher” man. We should note that Nietzsche introduced the term “ubermensch” in what he considered to be his best book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, but hardly mentioned the ubermensch by this name thereafter. In that book he is referring to the future―to the direction which we can take human evolution if we consciously choose to do so.11 The German word ubermensch is sometimes translated as “overman” or “superman” to depict the person who is over or beyond or superior to any current human beings―the ideal person of the future.
There is no reason, however, to limit our examination to the future, for the ubermensch represents a set of human attributes or qualities that Nietzsche believed would not only make life worth living, but would constitute a life that would be so incredible and fulfilling that one would be willing to live it over and over again for all eternity (Nietzsche’s idea of eternal recurrence).
Most critics agree that the ubermensch is one of Nietzsche’s solutions to his version of nihilism. Specifically, in a world where God does not seem to exist, where there is not any absolute right or wrong nor absolute good or evil and therefore there are no clear standards from which to judge actions as moral or immoral, and where there is no clear purpose, meaning, or aim to life, how is one to conduct their life and view it as meaningful and important?
“God is Dead” … and how much must collapse now that this faith has been undermined because it was built upon this faith, propped up by it, grown into it; for example, the whole of our European morality. ( GS, V, 343: p. 279 ) Imagine a being like nature, wasteful beyond measure, indifferent beyond measure, without purposes and consideration, without mercy and justice, fertile and desolate and uncertain at the same time; imagine indifference itself as a power―how could you live according to this indifference? ( BGE, I, 9: p. 205 )
Although the ubermensch is one of Nietzsche’s answers, it is far from his only answer because his ideal person takes different forms in his various books. For example, the master or nobleman of Beyond Good and Evil, the sovereign individual in On the Genealogy of Morals, the character Zarathustra in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the Dionysian combined with the Apollinian in The Birth of Tragedy, and the free spirit in Human, All Too Human are additional descriptions of the person whom Nietzsche suggests we strive to become. The philosopher, too, is at times portrayed as this ideal person. I will view the character traits which Nietzsche deemed desirable and as enunciated throughout his books as portraying the multiple attributes of the ubermensch, the ideal or higher person whom he only occasionally referred to by this name.
In two of his books Nietzsche expressly sets forth several virtues. However, we should probably not take these lists too seriously because they are not only inconsistent with each other, but also are quite short and do not seem to be intended to be comprehensive. Robert Solomon explains as follows:
Nietzsche himself offers us two short lists of virtues, one in Daybreak: “Honesty, courage, generosity, politeness”, the other in Beyond Good and Evil: “Courage, insight, sympathy, solitude”. We should not be surprised that they are not consistent (with each other or with what he says elsewhere in his work), for he penned them at different times (and no doubt in different moods). And, as always, it is not clear how serious he may have been on either occasion. I am sure he did not intend either list to be complete and exhaustive. The only virtue that is included in both lists is courage. ( Solomon, 2003: pp. 145-146 )
In their book What Nietzsche Really Said, Solomon and Kathleen Higgins tackled the project of assembling a list of Nietzsche’s virtues and found 23 ( Solomon & Higgins, 2000: pp. 181-182 ). 12 This list is so comprehensive and long that I think it makes it difficult for us to “see the forest from the trees”, as the saying goes. Indeed, such a long list makes it harder to recognize the unity in Nietzsche’s thinking.13 The primary purpose of this paper is to solve this problem. The next section of this paper discusses what I consider to be the ten most prominent Nietzschean virtues, namely, self-determination, creativity, becoming, overcoming, discontent, flexibility, self-mastery, self-confidence, cheerfulness, and courage. It is my hope that this list, which contains attributes which are interrelated, overlapping, and complementary, presents us with a more coherent and thus understandable picture of Nietzsche’s view of the best human life to live.
For the most part, this paper will not consider the many possible criticisms of Nietzsche and the attributes Nietzsche gives to the ubermensch. For example, self-determination or independence achieved by means of an extreme and incessant questioning of a society’s practices and values can be isolating and counterproductive. Arguably, Nietzsche did just that. The author Herman Hesse apparently thought Nietzsche paid a significant price for this,14 and Nietzsche himself addresses his loneliness.15 This article, instead of carrying out a careful critique of Nietzsche’s views of the ubermensch, will focus on Nietzsche’s ideas which might aid us in our own lives. As such, this paper could be viewed as an unbalanced treatment of Nietzsche’s views about the ubermensch, but that is in keeping with Nietzsche’s philosophical approach―as he was anything but balanced when tackling his subjects.
This article will further make generous use of quotes from Nietzsche―for to explain Nietzsche’s positions without a heavy dose of his actual words would be to miss the essence and brilliance of the man and his writings. Specifically, the discussion of each attribute will close with five illustrative quotes.
The concluding section of this paper will make some comparisons between Nietzsche’s ubermensch and Aristotle’s virtuous person. It will explore how the two ideals line up with each other, and briefly discuss which philosopher ultimately does a better job of outlining the best life for a human being to live. This brings us two additional purposes for this paper: By contrasting Nietzsche’s view with Aristotle’s, we will see how Nietzsche’s perspective on the best human life is unique and where it uniquely fits into moral theory, and further, we will begin an assessment or evaluation of Nietzsche’s outlook.
2. The Ten Greatest Attributes of the Ubermensch
2.1. Self-Determination
By self-determination I mean the “authenticity” of which Heidegger writes where the person breaks away from the mainstream traditions and thoughts of their society―meaning that one truly has their own views, ideas, perspectives, judgments, opinions, and values for reasons which they have considered and questioned. One does not just follow the majority view of their community, state, or religion, or as Nietzsche puts it, employing a term earlier used by Kierkegaard, one does not merely go along with the “herd”. They explore many of the possible perspectives, and question any and all outlooks. In order to achieve this one necessarily must question and assess the dominant viewpoints of their society, including and maybe especially those of one’s religion. Even the basic structure and accepted morality of their society is open to question.
After one does this and gives a fair hearing to even unpopular ideas, then they can properly claim that their views are truly independent and their own, not just the attitudes and judgments of their parents, their culture, their community, their society, their country, or of the world. To do anything less is to be a follower. Nietzsche especially disapproved of beliefs based primarily on faith, as such beliefs had no allegiance to the “truth” or to what serves life best. This was indeed one of Nietzsche’s principal accusations against Christianity, which he viewed as breeding conformity instead of promoting inquiry.
Because sickness belongs to the essence of Christianity, the typical Christian condition, “faith”, has to be a form of sickness, every straightforward, honest, scientific road to knowledge has to be repudiated by the Church as a forbidden road. Even to doubt is a sin …“Faith” means not wanting to know what is true … Compulsion to lie―in that I detect every predestined theologian. ( A, 52: p. 181 )
Nietzsche’s self-determining person is autonomous, freethinking, and fiercely independent. At times, and possibly quite often, he will be a non-conformist and iconoclast. In fact, Nietzsche himself was the epitome of the iconoclast: one who attacks or ignores cherished beliefs and long-held traditions due to the belief that they are based on error, superstition, or a lack of creativity. One’s free-thinking must eventually challenge and grow beyond even their teacher, nicely put by Nietzsche when he says that “one repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil”. ( Z, I, 22: p. 78 )
It is surprising to me that Solomon did not include self-determination or something similar in his list of Nietzschean virtues. He states that he considered autonomy, but was concerned that the word autonomy had already been co-opted by Kant and his followers and was used by them in a different way than intended by Nietzsche. Nonetheless, Solomon affirms that “autonomy in the sense of independence is surely central to Nietzsche’s powerful sense of individuality (versus ‘the herd’).” ( Solomon, 2003: p. 155 )
Nietzsche’s first words in the Preface to Human, All Too Human, make the centrality of self-determination quite clear.
Often enough, and always with great consternation, people have told me that there is something distinctive in all my writings … All of them, I have been told, contain snares and nets for careless birds, and an almost constant, unperceived challenge to reverse one’s habitual estimations and esteemed habits. ( HATH, Preface, 1: pp. 3-4 )
In some sense the blind following of others and the failure to questions society’s ideas and values make us less than human―for it is the human capacity to question and to be truly unique which makes life both interesting and fulfilling, or so Nietzsche believed. One should be “sovereign” over their beliefs, free from the common and often counterproductive ideas and values of others, and stand apart from or beyond conventional morality, what Nietzsche calls “supramoral”. He expresses this when he describes the sovereign individual as “liberated again from morality of custom, autonomous and supramoral (for ‘autonomous’ and ‘moral’ are mutually exclusive) …” ( GM, II, 2: p. 495 ). Additionally, the ubermensch has no hardened convictions since convictions likewise stifle one’s self-growth and self-determination.
・ To lure many away from the herd, for that I have come. ( Z, I, 9: p. 23 )
・ A man is called a free spirit if he thinks otherwise than would be expected, based on his origin, environment, class, and position, or based on prevailing contemporary views. He is the exception: bound spirits are the rule. ( HATH, V, 225: p. 139 )
・ Who is most influential―When a human being resists his whole age and stops it at the gate to demand an accounting, this must have influence. Whether that is what he desires is immaterial; that he can do it is what matters. ( GS, III, 156: p. 198 )
・ One should not let oneself be misled: great intellects are sceptics, Zarathustra is a sceptic...Grand passion uses and uses up convictions, it does not submit to them―it knows itself sovereign … The man of faith, the “believer” of every sort is necessarily a dependent man―such as cannot out of himself posits ends at all. The “believer” does not belong to himself, he can only be a means, he has to be used, he needs someone who will use him. ( A, 54: p. 184 )
・ More and more it seems to be that the philosopher, being of necessity a man of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, has always found himself, and had to find himself, in contradiction to his today: his enemy was ever the ideal of today … By applying the knife vivisectionally to the chest of the very virtues of their time, they betrayed what was their own secret: to know of a new greatness of man, of a new untrodden way to his enhancement … today the concept of greatness entails being noble, wanting to be by oneself, being able to be different, standing alone and having to live independently. ( BGE, VI, 212: pp. 327, 329 )
2.2. Creativity
Because Nietzsche’s nihilistic views left humans in the position of having no single or overarching purpose that applied to all people, he believed that each of us would have to create the meaning and purpose for our own life. The creation of meaning and purpose, the creation of our character through our own authentic views and morals, the creation of our personality and style, and the joy of artistic and other creations was a constant theme for Nietzsche. Nietzsche declares that the “noble type of man … is value-creating”. ( BGE, IX, 260: p. 395 ) Walter Kaufmann affirms the importance Nietzsche places on creativity: “Nietzsche’s philosophy is indeed a sustained celebration of creativity―and all genuine creation is, as we have tried to show, a creation of new values and norms.” ( Kaufmann, 1974: p. 414 )
It is the human ability to create which sets him apart from other beings, and the more creative one is the more they deserve to be admired. As Brian Leiter said about Nietzsche, “he ultimately admired creative individuals the most: in art, literature, music, and philosophy …” ( Leiter, 1997: p. 265 ) Great historians, too, display creative artistry. They do not merely record objective facts; rather, they pick and choose among many occurrences and perspectives and create and fashion them into a unified picture which elevates the historical events into an artistic and perhaps transformative story.
History … its value is just this, to describe with insight a known, perhaps common theme, an everyday melody, to elevate it, raise it to a comprehensive symbol and so let a whole world of depth of meaning, power, and beauty be guessed in it. But this requires above all a great artistic capacity, and creative overview … the genuine historian must have the strength to recast the well known into something never heard before … and only if history can bear being transformed into a work of art, that is, to become a pure art form, may it perhaps preserve instincts or even rouse them. ( HL, 6, 7: pp. 36, 37, 39 )
The Ubermensch sees the world every day with new eyes, and gives the world and its events new interpretations. It is man who creates the ideas that a sunset is beautiful or that a spider is ugly. Nietzsche recognizes as such when he declares: “Man believes that the world itself is filled with beauty―he forgets that it is he who has created it. He alone has bestowed beauty upon the world―alas! Only a very human, all too human beauty.” ( TI, IX, 19: p. 89 )
Once we move on from accepted moralities, such as European and Christian morality, we have an “open sea” to create new moralities, as the last quotation in this set indicates.
・ Far from the market place and from fame happens all that is great: far from the market place and from fame the inventors of new values have always dwelt. ( Z, I, 12: p. 52 )
・ One thing is needful―To “give style” to one’s character―a great and rare art! ( GS, IV, 290: p. 232 )
・ New ears for new music. New eyes for the most distant things. A new conscience for truths which have hitherto remained dumb. ( A, Foreword: p. 125 )
・ … let the value of all things be posited newly by you. For that shall you be fighters! For that shall you be creators! ( Z, I, 22: p. 77 )
・ Indeed, we philosophers and “free spirits” feel, when we hear the news that “the old god is dead”, as if a new dawn shone on us; our heart overflows with gratitude, amazement, premonitions, expectation. At long last the horizon appears free to us again, even if it should not be bright; at long last our ships may venture out again, venture out to face any danger; all the daring of the lover of knowledge is permitted again. The sea, our sea, lies open again; perhaps there has never yet been such an “open sea”. ( GS, V, 343: p. 280 )
2.3. Becoming
Nietzsche, similar to Socrates and Confucius, sets forth as one of the driving forces of a good life that of continual self-growth, or as Nietzsche puts it, a life of becoming instead of just being. This involves pushing one’s limits and going further than one has gone in the past. Nietzsche declares in Thus Spoke Zarathustra: “With you I broke whatever my heart revered; I overthrew all boundary stones and images.” ( Z, IV, 9: p. 274 )
For many if not most people, life falls into a routine and stagnates. Nietzsche, similar to the Buddha, notices that the world is always changing, and that impermanence characterizes life. As such, we should likewise change. Nietzsche asserts that we should “revolt against everything which already is, which is no longer becoming”. ( TI, IX, 45: p. 111 )
The connection between self-determination and becoming is evident since questioning one’s society will result in one’s changing themselves. However, people are often afraid to do so, and become comfortable in living a rather monotonous life with virtually the same ideas, values, opinions, judgments, goals, and actions as they had when they were relatively young. They have ceased becoming, they are just existing. They have lost the joy of self-growth, the joy of letting go of one’s past to create a new future and a new self, the joy of becoming by “self-overcoming”.16
Of course, part of creation involves destruction, for it is from the destruction of our own viewpoints that we can start anew and create new ones.
・ … to realize in oneself the eternal joy of becoming―that joy which also encompasses joy in destruction. ( TI, X, 5: p. 121 )
・ You shall become the person you are. ( GS, III, 270: p. 219 )
・ I love him who wants to create over and beyond himself and thus perishes. ( Z, I, 17: p. 65 )
・ What is life?―Life―that is: constantly shedding something that wants to die. ( GS, I, 26: p. 100 )
・ All great things bring about their own destruction through an act of self-overcoming: thus the law of life will have it, the law of the necessity of “self-overcoming” … ( GM, III, 27: p. 597 )
2.4. Overcoming
Nietzsche believed that each of us needs challenges. While some religions and philosophies teach us to seek peaceful and contented lives, and to avoid competition, contention, hardship, heartache, and hindrances, Nietzsche believed that it is through overcoming challenges that the human spirit soars. That is how we become greater and better than we were before. Indeed, overcoming obstacles is needed for our self-growth, and the bigger the obstacle the more potential there is for personal growth. It is through our attitude and will that we can overcome the challenges in our lives.
The importance of this attribute cannot be overstated as Nietzsche specifically described his own life in these terms: “My humanity is a constant self-overcoming”. ( EH: p. 689 ) Furthermore, when Nietzsche introduces the ubermensch the first attribute he associates with him is overcoming.
One important example of overcoming presented by Nietzsche are the “sovereign individuals” who keep their promises even if they have to overcome seemingly impossible obstacles to do so. They will overcome circumstances, other people, and even fate itself in order to keep their word.
These acts of overcoming will make a person more resilient, more formidable, more dependable, and more accomplished. They are no longer subject to the will of others or of bad luck; rather, through challenges they become masters of their environment and of themselves. They no longer live with excuses, for it is the challenges which make them who they are. They overcome not only the outside world, but themselves in the sense that they must overcome their own fears, self-doubts, and prior limitations. We can here see the connection between becoming and overcoming, as one’s becoming is a self-overcoming.17
・ What is happiness? The feeling that power increases―that a resistance is overcome. ( A, 2: p. 127 )
・ He exploits bad accidents to his advantage; what does not kill him makes him stronger. ( EH: p. 680 )
・ … the sovereign individual … all those who promise like sovereigns … give their word as something that can be relied on because they know themselves strong enough to maintain it in the face of accidents, even “in the face of fate” … ( GM, II, 2: pp. 495-496 )
・ I teach you the overman. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? ( Z, I, 3: p. 12 )
・ The free man is a warrior―How is freedom measured, in individuals as in nations? By the resistance which has to be overcome, by the effort it costs to stay aloft. ( TI, IX, 38: p. 104 )
2.5. Discontent
In Taoism the goal is to blend with nature, your surroundings, your situations, and the people you encounter; in Buddhism the goal is to obtain inner peace through the extinction of desires; and in Christianity at least one goal is to be thankful and contented for all God has provided you. Nietzsche’s recommendation is a radical departure from these age-old wisdoms. He tells us to never be contented and to continually strive for more, to embrace and pursue many of our desires, to triumph over the situations and people who would stand in the way of our life-affirming goals, and to welcome chaos and discontent within ourselves―for it is this discontent which spurs us on to do the unusual, to achieve the exceptional, to make great discoveries, and to literally create a new world. Nietzsche makes this point in his typically jarring way when he declares, “Alas, the time of the most despicable man is coming, he that is no longer able to despise himself.” ( Z, prologue, 5: p. 17 )
Dissimilar to the age-old and supposedly wise classical teachings, Nietzsche believed that contentment is not a worthy goal for a human being. Rather, seek to make your mark, to grow as a person, to achieve what was once thought to be unachievable, to create what does not yet exist, and to change yourself and the world so that it moves in a new direction, with a new purpose, and to a “higher” place. As Nietzsche wrote, “What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.” ( Z, I, 4: p. 15 )
・ I say unto you: One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. ( Z, I, 5: p. 17 )
・ Not contentment, but more power; not peace at all, but war. ( A, 2: p. 128 )
・ … always prepared to risk all―festively, impelled by the longing of undiscovered worlds and seas, people and gods … ( GS, IV, 302: p. 242 )
・ He, the great experimenter with himself, discontented and insatiable, wrestling with animals, nature, and gods for ultimate dominion … ( GM, III, 13: p. 557 )
・ Nothing has grown more alien to us than that desideratum of former times “peace of soul”, the Christian desideratum. ( TI, V, 3: p. 54 )
2.6. Flexibility
Nietzsche believes that one should not live by inflexible rules handed down by society. Rather, as an autonomous and self-determining being one would create their own ideas, standards, and goals by which to live and guide their lives. These guidelines would be provisional so they could change and evolve over time―as the person and the situations change.
Nietzsche’s biggest concern is the inflexibility he sees in Western morality and religion. According to Nietzsche, Christianity has imposed rules and restrictions that do not serve life and which the Church itself does not follow,18 and has exhibited an inflexibility that stifles individual creativity and freedom―in part by trying to inflict guilt and shame on those who refuse to follow or fail to live up to Church teachings and rules. Nietzsche believed that many Christians self-righteously cling to their faith and convictions and thereby lose the flexibility that life demands. Nietzsche concludes: “The words ‘conviction’, ‘faith’, the pride of martyrdom―these are the least favorable states for the advancement of truth.” ( WP, II, 457: p. 251 )
Additionally, since people and cultures differ so dramatically, Nietzsche believed it is counterproductive that moral standards should be the same for all people. Just as there are many different kinds of people and societies, so there should also be many different acceptable moralities.
Moreover, the accepted moral systems impose human judgments onto reality, but those judgments themselves are not facts. It is people who impose their views of morality onto those actions. For example, it may be a fact that you lied, but it is not a fact that your lying is moral or immoral. This would be a judgment. As such, Nietzsche claims: “There are no moral facts whatever. Moral judgment has this in common with religious judgment that it believes in realities which do not exist.” ( TI, VII, 1: p. 66 )
Inflexibility is not limited to morality and religion. In fact, philosophers and intellectuals are also often guilty of coming up with systems which are both rigid and oversimplify the world in a way which contradicts our own experiences. For example, the one-lined tests for determining right from wrong action as proposed by Mill’s Utilitarianism and Kant’s categorical imperative could not possibly be sufficient for the complex and myriad of situations which we face, and these inflexible tests often end up with immoral results. Kant tells us to avoid lying even when the intention is to save an innocent life, while Utilitarianism would sacrifice an innocent person for the amorphous greater good.
・ I mistrust all systematizers and avoid them. The will to a system is a lack of integrity. ( TI, I, 26: p. 35 )
・ “This is my way; where is yours?”―thus I answered those who asked me “the way”. For the way―that does not exist. ( Z, III, 11: p. 195 )
・ A virtue merely from a feeling of respect for the concept ‘virtue’, as Kant desired it, is harmful. ‘Virtue’, ‘duty’, ‘good in itself’, impersonal and universal―phantoms …( A, 11: p. 133 )
・ Avoid all such unconditional people. ( Z, IV, 13: p. 293 )
・ Freedom from conviction of any kind, the capacity for an unconstrained view, pertains to strength. ( A, 54: p. 184 )
2.7. Self-Mastery
Although the Ubermensch is a free spirit in that he or she is unconstrained by conventional views, the ubermensch at the same time exercises self-discipline. This enables one to overcome obstacles, to create a new self and a new world, and to achieve one’s goals. Freedom of thought is accompanied by disciplined thoughts, freedom of action is accompanied by disciplined actions, and the freedom to dream is accompanied by the discipline necessary to achieve those dreams.
Self-mastery will produce a life of achievement―a life of which one can be proud because one has demonstrated the self-discipline to overcome both idleness and excuses. The Ubermensch takes responsibility for his or her life because their self-mastery allows them to overcome the hardships and challenges that deter and discourage others. They triumph in spite of life’s many tests, and they often rise above the barriers or walls that others would find impenetrable.
Casual readers of Nietzsche are often taken by Nietzsche’s concept of will to power, and sometimes mistakenly interpret his philosophy as essentially advocating the use of brute force or power against others. This, however, is to fail to understand what Nietzsche was trying to convey to us. The will to power’s most important use is to aid us in mastering ourselves. The importance of this idea of self-mastery was well said by Bernd Magnus:
It is not a question of mastering others, of overcoming the herd by overpowering it. The herd to be overcome is the herd in ourselves. Mastery and overcoming are to be understood as self-mastery and self-overcoming primarily. ( Magnus, 1980: p. 276 )
After one has learned to have mastery over themselves, then this mastery necessarily manifests itself in one’s relations with others and the outside world.
・ How this mastery over oneself also necessarily gives him mastery over circumstances, over nature, and over all more short-willed and unreliable creatures … this power over oneself and over fate … ( GM, II, 2: pp. 495-496 )
・ One has to learn to see, one has to learn to think, one has to learn to speak and write; the end in all three is a noble culture … Learning to see, as I understand it, is almost what is called in unphilosophical language “strong will-power …” ( TI, VIII, 6: p. 76 )
・ Every attainment, every step forward in knowledge, follows from courage, from hardness against oneself … ( EH, Preface, 3: p. 674 )
・ The most spiritual human beings, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in severity towards themselves and others, in attempting; their joy lies in self-constraint. ( A, 57: p. 190 )
・ The noble human being honors himself as one who is powerful, also as one who has power over himself, who knows how to speak and be silent, who delights in being severe and hard with himself and respects all severity and hardness. ( BGE, IX, 260: p. 395 )
2.8. Self-Confidence
One of the driving forces of Nietzsche’s philosophy is his repudiation of the Christian emphases on guilt and sin―which cause people to feel ashamed of who they are. They are made to feel they are not worthy of love or success. These ideas drain the self-confidence of an individual. One needs this self-confidence to not only achieve things, but also to feel happy and fulfilled.
The first three chapters of Nietzsche’s book Ecce Homo are titled: “Why I Am So Wise”, “Why I Am So Clever”, and “Why I Write Such Good Books”. I do not think he wrote these chapters because he was an egomaniac, or narcissistic, or conceited, or arrogant. It seems that his purpose is to let the reader know that we are more productive when we feel good about ourselves, and further, that it is beneficial for one to be proud of their victories, accomplishments, creations, and triumphs. As Nietzsche said, “The noble soul has reverence for itself.” ( BGE, IX, 287: p. 418 ) Along these lines, it is counterproductive to be ashamed of thinking and acting as humans naturally think and act: we need not feel guilty for being lustful or revengeful or angry, nor for wanting to lead or even dominate others. These are normal human instincts and attributes.
Nobody who has ever read Nietzsche could avoid noticing his obsession with the Christian virtue of pity. Nietzsche did not like pity because he believed it sapped both parties strength. When someone expresses pity to you, the tacit message you receive is that you are lesser and inadequate, that you cannot be successful on your own, and that you cannot rise above the temporary circumstances of your life. Instead of helping that person, the pitied are emotionally scarred because they feel poorly about themselves. They lose any self-confidence they may have had. Moreover, the one who gives pity is spending time in an endeavor which not only does not help the other person, but is simultaneously both taking them away from the path of self-growth and also weakening them. Nietzsche states: “Christianity is called the religion of pity … One loses force when one pities. The loss of force which life has already sustained through suffering is increased and multiplied even further by pity. Suffering itself becomes contagious through pity.” ( A, 7: p. 130 )
Indeed, without self-confidence it becomes almost impossible to achieve and therefore to be proud of yourself. Nietzsche’s ubermensch feels good about him or herself, and believes that their life is turning out well and will continue to do so. They believe so because of their attitude about themselves, and because they have the confidence that they will overcome the challenges they face. The ubermensch exudes self-confidence. Nietzsche makes this clear when referring to those of a noble nature: “In the first case, when the ruling group determines what is ‘good’, the exalted, proud states of the soul are experienced as conferring distinction …” ( BGE, IX, 260: p. 394 ) They are happy to stand out from the mainstream as they view themselves in not only a good light, but in a superior light.
・ … the will to be oneself, to stand out … characterizes every strong age. ( TI, IX, 37: p. 102 )
・ In the foreground there is the feeling of fullness, of power that seeks to overflow, the happiness of high tension … ( BGE, IX, 260: p. 395 )
・ He believes neither in “misfortune” nor in “guilt”. ( EH, I, 2: p. 681 )
・ For one thing is needful: that a human being should attain satisfaction with himself … ( GS, IV, 290: p. 233 )
・ Everything must turn out for his best. ( EH, I, 2: p. 681 )
2.9. Cheerfulness
The ubermensch is characterized by a cheerful attitude toward life. Nietzsche does not mean by cheerful that one is always smiling; rather, he is recommending that we welcome life and its challenges with open arms―that we appreciate the experiences and opportunities which life offers. As he puts it, the ubermensch says “yes” to what comes their way, not deterred by society’s rules and prohibitions which would keep one from fully living and appreciating life. Like a child, one should explore life with wonder and awe, not deterred by societal judgments.
The ubermensch appreciates both all that life has to offer and all aspects of themselves. They are able to maintain this cheerfulness in spite of the challenges and tragedies that enter their lives. Because they accept life as it is, they can appreciate the hardships as much as the joys. Both contribute to their personality and resilience. Both help make them the person who they are.
While Christianity, with its notion of heaven, and Hinduism and Buddhism, with their notion of achieving nirvana and thereby going into an existence where the self or individual is extinguished, focus on the other-worldly, Nietzsche taught us to keep our focus on this world and this life―as that is all we can be sure that we have. Be appreciative and cheerful here and now.
As an atheist, Nietzsche felt that even a life with much suffering was preferable to a life of eternal nonexistence, and therefore the most productive attitude was to appreciate everything. The pain you feel means you can still feel; the hardships you endure means there is a you to endure and overcome them; and the tragedies that confront the living means that they are still alive to rise above and transcend those tragedies. Nietzsche stated: “Pain is not considered an objection to life: ‘If you have no more happiness to give me, well then! You still have suffering.’”( EH: p. 753 ) To approach this gift of life in other than a positive manner is to not understand the gifts of consciousness, of feeling, of love, and of the bodily sensations. The ubermensch opens his eyes and his heart to all of creation―even in its harmful or evil manifestations―and finds a way to maintain a cheerfulness which welcomes and appreciates each day.
Moreover, because the ubermensch does not feel restricted by society’s ideas, morals, beliefs, opinions, and rules, they are able to say “yes” to things which are forbidden to others. They are free to explore, to learn, to encounter, and to experience things that others feel constrained or forbidden to pursue. They can say “yes” to all of existence, and take delight in discoveries which were not open to those who follow the herd. This, too, brings cheerfulness into one’s life.
・ To stay cheerful when involved in a gloomy and exceedingly responsible business is no inconsiderable art: yet what could be more necessary than cheerfulness? ( TI, Foreword: p. 31 )
・ We others, we immoralists, have on the contrary opened wide our hearts to every kind of understanding, comprehension, approval. We do not readily deny, we seek our honor in affirming. ( TI, V, 6: p. 56 )
・ The most spiritual human being, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction … They are the most venerable kind of human being: this does not exclude their being the most cheerful, the most amiable. ( A, 57: p. 190 )
・ The child is innocence and forgetting, a new beginning, a game, a self-pro- pelled wheel, a first movement, a sacred “Yes”. For the game of creation, my brothers, a sacred “Yes” is needed. ( Z, I, 1: p. 27 )
・ I am still looking for a German with whom I could be serious after my fashion―how much more for one with whom I might be cheerful! ( TI, VIII, 3: p. 73 )
2.10. Courage
The Ubermensch is not reluctant to be a leader, to face challenges, to dominate situations and people, or to effectuate change. This takes courage and strength and is exhibited through the exercise of one’s will to power.
All successful people and leaders know how to wield their will to power. They conquer, achieve, overcome, dominate, and emerge victorious by the fearless exercise of their strength, by the powerful exercise of their will. They dare to dream when others have abandoned hope, they dare to push forward when others have surrendered, they dare to overcome when others have capitulated, and they dare to succeed when others have failed. They explore new ideas―often upsetting the majority when they do so. They put their ideas, their dreams, and sometimes their lives in jeopardy.
I think it is easy to misread Nietzsche and misunderstand his focus. He is primarily concerned with spiritual or internal courage, not with the mundane virtue of courage in physical battle. Nietzsche is recommending we create and manifest the spiritual courage to pursue what we believe is important even when, and perhaps especially when, our beliefs go against those in the majority. Courage is not mainly about the physical conquering of others; rather, it is about the courage to think and do what you consider to be valuable even when forbidden or restricted by those in power―sometimes knowing that there will be personal consequences. It is the courage to be a truly self-determining individual who is not reluctant to go against the dominant views of one’s society, the courage to become and thereby to transform oneself, and the courage to overcome obstacles no matter how daunting they may seem or be.
Think how courageous Nietzsche had to have been to have taken on Christianity and European morality. Think what courage it took for him to label himself an “immoralist” (because he dared to question conventional morality, not because he did immoral acts). Consider what it would have been like for Nietzsche to announce that he was an atheist and that the Christian conception of God was not believable. We can recognize the overwhelming scorn and criticism he must have faced.19 In these respects, Nietzsche displayed a spiritual courage rarely seen in the world.
We can think of courageous people such as this: Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr. They did not shy away from the formidable challenges they faced. They displayed their courage with enormous demonstrations of their will to power, and thus were able to change the world. In some sense, they imposed their will on the rest of the world. They set the agenda. They shaped and determined their society’s values. As the words at the start of every Star Trek episode declared, they dared to “boldly go where no man has gone before.”
・ “But courage and adventure and pleasure in the uncertain, in the undared―courage seems to me man’s whole prehistory … courage, finally refined, spiritualized, spiritual, this human courage with eagles’ wings and serpents’ wisdom―that, it seems to me, is today called―‘Zarathustra!’” ( Z, IV, 15: p. 303 )
・ “… courage for the forbidden …” ( A, Foreword: p. 125 )
・ Certainly he has also dared more, done more new things, braved more and challenged fate more than all the other animals put together ... ( GM, III, 13: p. 557 )
・ Hungry, violent, lonely, godless: thus the lion-will wants itself. Free from the happiness of slaves, redeemed from gods and adorations, fearless and fear-inspiring, great and lonely: such is the will of the truthful. ( Z, II, 8: p. 103 )
・ … the intoxication of feasting, of contest, of the brave deed, of victory, … intoxication in destruction...finally the intoxication of the will, the intoxication of an overloaded and distended will. The essence of intoxication is the feeling of plenitude and increased energy. ( TI, IX, 8: p. 83 )
3. Nietzsche’s Ubermensch vs. Aristotle’s Virtuous Person
Both Nietzsche and Aristotle devote a considerable amount of their writings to the question of what is the best life for a human being. Initially, two points should be noted. First, although Walter Kaufmann argued that Nietzsche’s ethics was significantly influenced by Aristotle, specifically comparing Aristotle’s proud man who has “greatness of the soul” (megalopsychia) to the ubermensch,20 most scholars, such as Bernd Magnus, Lester Hunt, Christine Daigle, and Frank Cameron,21 disagreed with this and contend that Nietzsche’s ubermensch is a significant departure from Aristotle’s virtuous person.
Second, although there is some disagreement as to whether Nietzsche had in general an ethics at all since he doggedly attacks morality as we know it,22 most experts interpret Nietzsche as attacking the accepted deontological, consequential, and religious ethical systems―primarily Kant’s duty ethics, utilitarianism, and Judeo-Christian ethics, and not all of ethics.23 He is against conventional morality, not morality in general. He specifically calls for a revaluation of values, not an elimination of values. He speaks of higher moralities, such as master moralities compared to slave moralities, and higher types of persons, and thus endorses some conceptions of morality.24 In fact, being similar to Aristotle, Nietzsche seems to espouse a virtue ethics in which he focuses on character rather than rules, and on specific situations instead of universal principles and tests to determine right from wrong.25 As such, it seems appropriate to compare the two views as competing systems of virtue or character ethics.
It is hard to avoid seeing that Nietzsche’s ideal person of the ubermensch and Aristotle’s ideal of the virtuous person look like radically different types of people. After all, Aristotle emphasized that the best life is one lived in accordance with reason, and Nietzsche regularly rails against an overemphasis on reason. Nietzsche famously declares, “If one needs to make a tyrant of reason, as Socrates did, then there must exist no little danger of something else playing the tyrant.” ( TI, II, 10: p. 43 )
Furthermore, Aristotle seems to be focused on virtues which will aid society and which most successful societies have championed, while Nietzsche is more concerned about the individual as a self-determining being who willingly questions their society’s accepted virtues.26 Additionally, listing the attributes of Nietzsche’s ubermensch next to a list of the attributes of Aristotle’s virtuous person makes it apparent that the lists are significantly different. While Aristotle emphasizes such virtues as temperance, generosity, truthfulness, friendliness, and mildness (in between anger and being in irascible), Nietzsche reveres self-determination, becoming, overcoming, discontent, and creativity.
The two lists remind me of the old quip I heard when I was a trial attorney: After hearing the opening statements by the opposing attorneys, the jurors would sometimes ask: “Are these two attorneys talking about the same case?” Indeed, when we look at the attributes of the Nietzsche’s ubermensch and Aristotle’s virtuous person, we might well ask whether these two philosophers are writing about the same type of person or life. However, I think upon a closer examination, the two ideals do have some not insignificant areas of congruence, although overall they have much larger areas of divergence.
In general, there are three primary ingredients which make up Aristotle’s virtuous person: intellectual excellence, moral excellence, and external goods.
Virtue too is distinguished into two kinds in accordance with this difference; for we say that some of the virtues are intellectual and others moral, philosophic wisdom and understanding and practical wisdom being intellectual, liberality and temperance moral. ( Aristotle, 1103a: p. 27 )
Yet evidently, as we said, it needs the external goods as well; for it is impossible, or not easy, to do noble acts without the proper equipment. In many actions we use friends and riches and political power as instruments; and there are some things the lack of which takes the luster from happiness―good birth, goodly children, beauty; for the man who is very ugly in appearance and ill-born or solitary and childless is not very likely to be happy, and perhaps a man would be still less likely if he had thoroughly bad children or friends or had lost good children or friends by death. ( Aristotle, 1099a-b: p. 17 )
Let us start with external goods. I see no reason why Nietzsche would not agree that external goods, much of which we cannot control, are part of a fulfilling life. Let us take one example: beauty and its counterpart ugliness. In the past before cosmetic surgeries, one’s appearance was a matter of luck which one could do little about. Aristotle recognizes what modern studies have verified: There are advantages to being beautiful. If one is attractive they are more likely to be successful in life, such as by getting the job or attracting a mate.
But Nietzsche, too, recognized this. When attacking Socrates for elevating reason above all other human traits, including human instincts, appetites, and emotions, Nietzsche disparages Socrates for being ugly.
Socrates belonged, in his origins, to the lowest orders: Socrates was rabble. One knows, one sees for oneself, how ugly he was. But ugliness, an objection in itself, is among Greeks almost a refutation. Was Socrates a Greek at all? Ugliness is frequently enough the sign of a thwarted development, a development retarded by interbreeding. Otherwise it appears as a development in decline. Anthropologists among criminologists tell us the typical criminal is ugly … Was Socrates a typical criminal? ... Everything about him is exaggerated, buffo, caricature, everything is at the same time hidden, reserved, subterranean. ( TI, II, 3, 4: pp. 40, 41 )
Let us ignore Nietzsche’s typical hyperbole and questionable scientific conclusions. Of importance is that Nietzsche is making the case that ugliness is often such a disadvantage that it can warp and distort one’s personality and perspective―and in this case, according to Nietzsche, Socrates’ ugliness caused him to make significant philosophical blunders.
Indeed, the external good of beauty as an ingredient of the best life for a human being seems to have been recognized by both Aristotle and Nietzsche. There is no reason to believe that the other external goods listed by Aristotle would not have been similarly approved of by Nietzsche.27
What about intellectual excellence―would Nietzsche agree that this is an important ingredient in the best human life? Again, I see no reason to believe that Nietzsche would not find intellectual excellence important. Nietzsche himself was certainly intellectually excellent. Furthermore, in Human, All Too Human Nietzsche repeatedly extols the virtues of intellectual excellence and knowledge. He says that “schooling has no more important task than to teach rigorous thinking, careful judgment, logical conclusion.” ( HATH, V, 265: p. 162. ); “The higher stage of culture, which places itself under the rule of knowledge …” ( HATH, IV, 195: p. 121 ); “Whoever seriously wants to become free … his will desires nothing more urgently than knowledge, and the means to it …” ( HATH, V, 288, p. 173 ); and “free-spirited people, living for knowledge alone …” ( HATH, V, 291: p. 173 ).
Moreover, even though he at times disparaged science, overall Nietzsche clearly appreciated and endorsed the intellectual excellence and experimentation manifested by and through science and the scientific method:
The farther his distance from the other animals (the more he appears as the genius among animals), the nearer he will come to the true essence of the world and knowledge of it. This he does indeed through science … ( HATH, I, 29: p. 33 )
The Italian Renaissance contained within itself all the positive forces to which we owe modern culture: namely, liberation of thought, disdain for authority, the triumph of education over the arrogance of lineage, enthusiasm for science and men’s scientific past … ( HATH, V, 237: p. 146 )
All in all, scientific methods are at least as important as any other result of inquiry; for the scientific spirit is based on the insight into methods, and were those methods to be lost, all the results of science could not prevent a renewed triumph of superstition and nonsense. Clever people … do not have the instinctive mistrust of the wrong ways of thinking, a mistrust which, as a consequence of long practice, has put its roots deep into the soul of every scientific man. ( HATH, IX, 635: pp. 264-265 )
Additionally, a substantial part of both intellectual and moral excellence is practical wisdom, and Nietzsche certainly believed in practical wisdom. Indeed, Nietzsche’s proposed standard for judging the best life to live is not truth or happiness, but rather is what best serves, promotes, and cultivates life―the most practical of standards. Nietzsche proclaims as follows:
The falseness of a judgment is for us not necessarily an objection to a judgment; in this respect our new language may sound strangest. The question is to what extent it is life-promoting, life-preserving, species-preserving, perhaps even species-cultivating. ( BGE, I, 4: p. 201 )
One might argue that Aristotle’s intellectual excellence requires the use of one’s reason, but Nietzsche continually belittles reason. In Aristotle’s famous function argument, he concludes that the best life of a human is when the soul is engaged in activity that expresses or obeys reason. Although Nietzsche attacked this reverence or privileging of reason above other human qualities, it is hard to believe that Nietzsche was not both mindful and appreciative of the importance and proper use of reason in a good human life. He himself certainly used his reasoning ability to dissect the shortcomings of the dominant beliefs of his age. Moreover, his writings continually tell us to affirm and use all the parts of ourselves.28 As Magnus concludes, “Note again that it is not reason per se of which Nietzsche wishes to dispose. It is rather, to be absurdly rational.” ( Magnus, 1980: p. 287 )29
Indeed, Nietzsche’s diatribes against reason were not meant to convey the idea that reason had no function; on the contrary, Nietzsche was concerned that reason was being used to repress the other parts of us. He did not want us to be ashamed of our instincts, emotions, and appetites, as they should be appreciated as natural and important parts of each of us. Though he did not think reason should be elevated over these other parts of us, Nietzsche believed that reason had an important role to play―to give guidance and perspective to our passions, which in the following passage Nietzsche makes clear do in fact need such guidance, though not elimination, to avoid their “folly”.
To exterminate the passions and desires merely in order to do away with their folly and its unpleasant consequences―this itself seems to us today merely an acute form of folly. We no longer admire dentists who pull out teeth to stop them from hurting. ( TI, V, 1: p. 52 )
Nietzsche’s endorsement of reason is demonstrated when he condemns, with the use of irony, the ascetic priest for ignoring reason:
To renounce belief in one’s ego, to deny one’s own “reality”―what a triumph! Not merely over the senses, over appearance, but a much higher kind of triumph, a violation and cruelty against reason―a voluptuous pleasure that reaches its height when the ascetic self-contempt and self-mockery of reason declares: “there is a realm of truth and being, but reason is excluded from it!” ( GM, III, 12: p. 554 )
Now we come to the area of the apparently largest divergence between Aristotle and Nietzsche―that of moral excellence or virtue. Even here the differences may not be quite as vast as imagined. Let us take one of Aristotle’s virtues, that of honesty or truthfulness. Nietzsche makes some unsettling comments which might lead one to think that he disvalues honesty.
Suppose we want truth: why not rather untruth? And uncertainty? Even ignorance?...For all the value that the true, the truthful, the selfless may deserve, it would still be possible that a higher and more fundamental value for life might have to be ascribed to deception, selfishness, and lust. ( BGE, I, 1 & 2: pp. 199, 200 )
Too cowardly to tell lies. ( TI, I, 32: p. 36 )
We should note that when we put these quotations into context and consider Nietzsche’s entire body of philosophy, these claims become quite reasonable. In fact, Nietzsche is quite clear that he generally values honesty and despises dishonesty. For example, in comparing the master morality of Greece which Nietzsche generally endorsed to those who practice the contemptible slave morality, Nietzsche has this to say about the master’s view of the common man:
The begging flatterers, above all the liars: it is part of the fundamental faith of all aristocrats that the common people lie. “We truthful ones”―thus the nobility of ancient Greece referred to itself. ( BGE, IX, 260: p. 395 )
In keeping with this, Nietzsche tells us that the sovereign individual can be trusted to keep his promises, and the character Zarathustra declares: “Take good care there, you higher men! For nothing today is more precious to me and rarer than honesty.” ( Z, IV, 13: p. 289 ) It is not dishonesty that Nietzsche recommends, rather, it is the flexibility to be able to tell a lie when that would best serve life. After all, wouldn’t lying be the right and moral thing to do if it would save an innocent life? Nietzsche clearly values honesty as long as it is tempered by and geared to the situation at hand. He explains that “ultimately the point is to what end a lie is told.” ( A, 56: p. 187 ) The following three quotations, one of which is a more complete version of one of our earlier quotes, demonstrate that although honesty is generally good, at times the best choice is to lie.
It does indeed make a difference for what purpose one lies: whether one preserves with a lie or destroys with it. ( A, 58: p. 192 )
Our honesty, we free spirits―let us see to it that it does not become our vanity, our finery and pomp, our limit, our stupidity. ( BGE, VII, 227: p. 346 )
Hatred of lies and dissembling may arise out of a sensitive notion of honour; the same hatred may arise out of cowardice, in as much as lying is forbidden by divine commandment. Too cowardly to tell lies. ( TI, I, 32: p. 36 )
So honor, a generally good attribute for Nietzsche, would normally lead us away from being a liar, but courage might carry us in the direction where the better choice would be to lie. Similarly to how he treats honesty, Nietzsche would undoubtedly insist that Aristotle’s list of virtues be viewed as a general guideline from which there will be exceptions.
We might also recognize that Aristotle’s virtues lie in a mean between excess and defect. So, for example, courage lies in the mean between the deficiency of cowardice and the excess of rashness as when someone foolishly rushes into battle with no realistic prospects of survival and victory. This is at least somewhat in keeping with Nietzsche’s virtue of self-mastery or self-discipline―avoiding the extremes in order to achieve one’s ends.
I see no problems in Nietzsche’s general acceptance of the other virtues listed by Aristotle―Courage, Generosity, Temperance, Proper Pride, Good-tempered, Witty, Friendly, Modest, Proper Indignation, and Justice. Our ubermensch list and Aristotle’s list coincide on the virtue of courage (although Nietzsche is more concerned with spiritual courage), Nietzschean self-confidence seems to match Aristotelian proper pride, Nietzschean self-mastery could certainly include Aristotelian temperance, Nietzschean cheerfulness loosely corresponds to the Aristotelian good-temper, and Nietzsche was certainly supportive of the virtues of generosity, wit, and friendliness. Moreover, surprising to some, in at least one of his writings Nietzsche lists “sympathy” as one of the four key virtues ( BGE, IX, 284: p. 416 ). So we can see that Nietzsche seems to support many of our common notions as to which actions are virtuous, and has significant overlap with Aristotle’s ideas on good character.
However, in spite of my arguments that the ideal persons as set forth by Nietzsche and Aristotle are not as radically divergent as they might first appear, we should not overlook the very real differences in what the two philosophers emphasize, commend, exalt, and revere. As stated by Alasdair MacIntyre when comparing Nietzsche and Aristotle in his influential book After Virtue, “what confront each other are not in any case merely two theories, but the theoretical specification of two different ways of life.” ( MacIntyre, 1981: p. 118 )
Indeed, we do not want to overstate the similarities between the two because there does not seem to be anything in Aristotle’s list of virtues which correspond to the first six character traits which I have attributed to the ubermensch, namely, self-determination, creativity, becoming, overcoming, discontent, and flexibility.30 Comparing the lists of attributes side by side, my list of the primary attributes of the ubermensch looks fundamentally different than Aristotle’s list of intellectual and moral excellences. Solomon similarly acknowledged that the majority of the 23 Nietzschean virtues which he identified have no counterpart in Aristotle’s list of virtues.31
When looking at the attributes on each list, we might say that Nietzsche’s virtues fundamentally focus on an approach to life based on excellent processes and attitudes to embrace―processes and attitudes to transform one’s existence from the mundane to the extraordinary, instead of Aristotle’s virtues which can be characterized as objectively morally excellent attributes which are the goals in themselves. As such, one way to distinguish the two philosophers is that while Aristotle is focused on character as an end, Nietzsche treats his virtues as means.
Aristotle believed that the best life is one which exhibits moral and intellectual excellence, and further, that Aristotelian virtues, such as telling the truth, are good in themselves because they are the components of the best kind of life. This is not true for Nietzsche. So, for example, Nietzsche did not believe that telling the truth was a proper end in itself; rather, at times honesty would be an effective means to achieve one’s goals or ends, but at other times deceit might be the most effective means to achieve that end. For Nietzsche, the specific end is not known until the actor posits it for himself.
Indeed, Aristotle believed that the Aristotelian virtues are constitutive of the best life, while for Nietzsche there are no character traits that in and of themselves constitute the best life. They are not already set, as truth-telling and the other virtues are for Aristotle.
Accordingly, for Nietzsche there is no one type of “best” life; instead, there are many “best” or excellent lives, and the Nietzschean virtues are the means to achieve such lives. The processes of questioning (self-determining), creating, becoming, and overcoming, coupled with the life orientations or attitudes of cheerfulness, discontent, self-confidence, self-mastery, flexibility, and spiritual courage are the means one uses to achieve their ends or goals―goals which are often changing as circumstances and situations change, and as the person is changing, growing and transforming.
We can now see where Nietzsche’s moral philosophy fits into ethical theory: While he clearly is neither a consequentialist nor a deontologist, he espouses a character or virtue ethics that is quite different than those of both ancient moral systems, such as the Aristotelian, Buddhist, and Confucian ethical frameworks, and of more modern versions of character ethics, such as that proposed by Hume―all of which provide us a list of supposedly objective morally excellent attributes. Instead, Nietzsche’s character ethics focuses on processes and attitudes as a means to live a fulfilling life, but which are themselves neither the goal nor constitutive of the best or good life.
Nietzsche’s focus on life as a process to be approached with certain productive attitudes seems to be more in keeping with the modern-day idea that the meaning of life is to be found in the journey itself―not in the end results of the journey. When one focuses on means and not ends, then greater flexibility will prevail and possibilities will abound, while when traits of character are viewed as objective goals in themselves then possibilities of both actions and goals become confined and limited. Nietzsche supports this point in the following quotation, and while Aristotle is not specifically named, Aristotle’s “man of strong character” can be viewed as Nietzsche’s target:
The man of strong character lacks knowledge of the many possibilities and directions of action: his intellect is unfree, bound, because it shows him in any given case perhaps only two possibilities; between these he must necessarily choose, in accordance with his whole nature, and he does so easily and quickly because he doesn’t have to choose among fifty possibilities. ( HATH, V, 228: pp. 141-142 )
Additionally, even though a character ethics, such as the one set forth by Aristotle, is inherently more flexible than systems which have tests to determine right from wrong or a list of commandments to follow, Aristotle’s system was not flexible enough for Nietzsche’s liking. Kant’s categorical imperative with its exceptionless maxims, Utilitarianism with its principle of happiness maximization which can violate the autonomy and dignity of individuals for the greater good, and the onerous 613 mitzvot or commandments of the Old Testament, present inflexible ethical systems which Nietzsche rails against. Likewise, but to a lesser degree, Nietzsche believed that Aristotle’s system suffered from a lack of adequate malleability. Why?
First, Aristotle’s moral system comes up with a set of virtues that apply to all people even though people and societies vary greatly. Nietzsche’s disdain for this approach is clearly expressed as follows:
Let us consider finally what naivety it is to say “man ought to be thus and thus”! Reality shows us an enchanting wealth of types, the luxuriance of a prodigal play and change of forms: and does some pitiful journeyman moralist say at the sight of it “No! Man ought to be different?” He even knows how man ought to be … ( TI, V, 6: p. 56 )
Second, the kinds of virtues and vices which Aristotle emphasizes seem to imply that there are specific types of actions to follow or avoid as an expression of one’s character. So, for example, the virtue of honesty implies one should tell the truth and avoid untruths, and charity implies that those with means have a moral obligation to give some of their wealth to others. In general, Nietzsche’s virtues have no such requirements. Becoming, overcoming, creating, and self-mastery do not so easily translate into specific actions that one must take in a given situation. As such, they inherently maintain a greater flexibility than Aristotle delivers.
In the following passage Nietzsche addresses these alleged shortcomings in Aristotle’s ethics as he calls out the central Aristotelian ideas of “happiness”, “temperance”, and “the mean”, and he condemns Aristotelian morality by name near the end of the passage.
Could it be that moralists harbor a hatred of the primeval forest for the tropics? ... In favor of the “temperate zones”? In favor of temperate men? Of those who are “moral”? Who are mediocre?―This for the chapter “Morality as Timidity”.
All these moralities that address themselves to the individual, for the sake of his “happiness”, as one says … they address themselves to “all”, because they generalize where one must not generalize. All of them speak unconditionally, take themselves for unconditional … or that tuning down of the affects to a harmless mean according to which they may be satisfied, the Aristotelianism of morals …( BGE, V, 197-198: p. 299 )
To be fair to Aristotle, his moral system has a not inconsiderable degree of flexibility built into it. Aristotle was certainly much more flexible than Kant, who concluded that certain types of actions were always off limits, and Mill, who concluded that only the consequences (regarding happiness) ultimately mattered. Aristotle’s ethical system allows the virtuous man to consider both the type of action and the consequences. Additionally, Aristotle concluded that the virtues are to be done “to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way” ( Aristotle, 1109a: p. 45 ). In other words, Aristotle recognizes that each situation must be separately assessed, and therefore the virtues have room for exceptions as when, for example, it would not be right to tell the truth to this person, at this time, with this motive, or to this extent or in this way. Indeed, although Kant’s inflexible ethics was a bigger target of Nietzsche’s criticisms, Aristotle’s more flexible ethics was still too rigid for Nietzsche.
Another dissimilarity between the two which we have previously mentioned is Aristotle’s reliance on reason as the driving force behind the best life, which is squarely at odds with Nietzsche’s belief that reason should not be elevated over one’s instincts, appetites and emotions. As Christine Daigle writes, “Magnus rightly points out that Aristotle’s good life could not appeal to Nietzsche because it is too intertwined with the contemplative or rational activity of the soul.” ( Daigle, 2006: pp. 2-3 )
Nietzsche’s attitude about how one acquires a virtuous character also seems to differ from Aristotle’s. Aristotle claims that moral excellences are a result of habit, but Nietzsche places no similar emphasis on habit. For example, Nietzsche asserts that generosity is a natural consequence of the ubermensch’s strength―it is an outpouring or overflow of a confidence and superiority that radiates from the accomplished person and thereby is bestowed upon those less powerful. So, for example, when Bill Gates set up his charitable organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is the largest private foundation in the world with an endowment of over 44 billion dollars, it was not as a result of habit, but instead was an overflow of his power―a tacit demonstration of his superior accomplishments.
… the noble human being, too, helps the unfortunate, but not, or almost not, from pity, but prompted more by an urge begotten by excess of power. ( BGE, IX, 260: p. 395 )
… your virtue is insatiable in wanting to give. You force all things to and into yourself that they may flow back out of your well as the gifts of your love. ( Z, I, 22: p. 75 )
When we put these points together, we see how differently the virtues work for Aristotle and Nietzsche, as even in character traits they both admire, their analysis differs. Where Aristotle views the virtues as the result of restrictions put in place and executed by reason to limit our natural tendencies, Nietzsche sees them as a natural outpouring from a superior person. Nietzsche declares of the ubermensch: “He flows out, he overflows, he uses himself up …” ( TI, IX, 44: p. 109 ) So, for example, Aristotle sees courage, at least in part, as reason’s constraining one’s natural tendency toward fear, while Nietzsche sees it as an outpouring of determination by the ubermensch. Similarly, while Aristotle views temperance as reason’s restricting or tempering one’s natural tendencies toward the pleasures of sex and food, Nietzsche sees it as an overflow of self-mastery. Likewise, Aristotle sees truthfulness, to some extent, as reason’s prohibition against lying, while Nietzsche sees honesty as a natural overflowing of one’s own thoughts, observations, and knowledge.32
We might say that one approach is somewhat constricting, while the other is expansive. Nietzsche believed that Aristotelian ethics was guilty, although to a lesser degree than Kantian or Christian ethics, of unnaturally denying and shaming important parts of the individual, including our instincts and appetites, and Nietzsche’s retort to this position is that “I do not like negative virtues ―virtues whose very essence it is to negate and deny oneself something.” ( GS, IV, 304: p. 244 ) Nietzsche specifically criticizes Aristotle for recommending that people purge or purify parts of themselves: “Affirmation of life even in its strangest and sternest problems … not so as to purify oneself of a dangerous emotion through its vehement discharge―it was thus Aristotle understood it―but …” ( TI, X, 5, p. 121 )
For Nietzsche, we need not fight against ourselves; rather, the ubermensch merely needs to let their power overflow from their self-confident being. Similar to how a person’s bubbly personality seems to spill out of them in a very natural way, Nietzsche believed that the power and self-mastery of the ubermensch poured out of his being in a way that manifested a superior character. Again, however, to be fair we should note that Aristotle’s virtuous persons no longer have to restrict or fight against their natural tendencies because they have worked on themselves so that the moral thing to do has become natural for them to do. But for Aristotle, it has become natural by the habitual exercise of one’s reason which has ruled over and often overruled one’s emotions, instincts, and appetites―the “tyranny of reason” which Nietzsche finds so distasteful.33
We should again note that Aristotle places the highest value on the state/society, and assigns the individual lesser importance.34 As such, Aristotle’s virtues seem to have a more direct positive impact and benefit on society than do Nietzsche’s virtues. In fact, one could argue that the ubermensch’s incessant questioning of society’s values may well undermine society instead of fostering a strong bond among individuals which will help hold the society together into a functioning whole. For Aristotle, when individual’s exhibit moral excellence the state will benefit as a whole. Nietzsche, on the other hand, views the individual as the end in itself, not the state, so the best state is not the one that is made up of the most Aristotelian morally excellent people, but rather is structured to allow individuals the most freedoms and opportunities to strive for excellence. Nietzsche declares the primacy of the individual over the herd or society as follows:
Basic error: to place the goal in the herd and not in single individuals! The herd is a means, no more! But no one is attempting to understand the herd as an individual and to ascribe to it a higher rank than the individual―profound misunderstanding!!! ( WP, III, 766: p. 403 )
Kaufmann sums up Nietzsche’s position quite well:
For Nietzsche, the overman does not have instrumental value for the maintenance of society; he is valuable in himself because he embodies the state of being that has the only ultimate value there is; and society is censured insofar as it insists on conformity and impedes his development. ( Kaufmann, 1974: pp. 313-314 )
In many respects, Nietsche’s ubermensch and Aristotle’s virtuous person are quite different people.35 It is only natural to ponder which portrait presents the most compelling human life?36 Nietzsche’s portrayal certainly seems to be more original. Instead of a somewhat obvious list of virtues which include uncontroversial character traits such as honesty, friendliness, and courage, Nietzsche focuses on becoming and overcoming, on self-determination and creativity, on a discontent that will foster accomplishment, on self-mastery and self-confidence, and on a spiritual courage to question and transform―done with flexibility and a cheerfulness that appreciates all life has to offer. Nietzsche’s ubermensch approaches life with the disposition and attitude that “what does not kill me makes me stronger”. While Aristotle’s virtuous persons would be reliable and valuable members of the community due to their intellectual, moral, and emotional strength and excellence, Nietzsche’s ubermensch is more likely to be inspirational due to the emphasis on creativity, growth, and self-transformation.
I think the life as outlined by Nietzsche is the more exciting, the more interesting, the more accomplished, the more dynamic, and the more adventurous. Nietzsche poetically describes the moment when the bound spirit moves toward becoming the free spirit: “a violent, dangerous curiosity for an undiscovered world flames up and flickers in all the senses.” ( HATH, Preface, 3: p. 6 ) While Aristotle emphasizes appropriate behavior, Nietzsche emphasizes a passionate life of extraordinary experiences, creative enterprises, and personal triumphs.37
Aristotle asks us what type of life is the most fulfilling or flourishing for a human being. Aristotelian intellectual and moral excellences will likely shield one from major criticisms and shame, and may well bring one respect and dignity. However, it is Nietzschean excellences which seem to me to allow one to best flourish―as the individual is pursuing a life of continual self-growth, though I would add the caveat that one cannot question their society and others to such an extreme that it will end up isolating them―as it seems to have done to Nietzsche.
One possible criticism of Nietzsche’s ubermensch is that Nietzsche’s ideal person is too obsessed with power, as expressed in his central idea of the will to power. As earlier stated, however, this term is often misunderstood. The words seem to imply that the will is the means to achieve the goal of power, and Nietzsche certainly makes statements to this effect. The reader is naturally tempted, then, to view power as oppression over others. This was not, though, the primary thrust of Nietzsche’s notion of will to power.38 I think a productive perspective is to read the “will to power” as the means to effectuate whatever goal one wishes to achieve. One uses their will to power to accomplish their ends. Read in this way, power need not be the goal. The goal might be artistic achievement, the writing of an inspiring book, the helping of others, or a myriad of other ends. The will to power, then, is about how to accomplish one’s dreams, not about how to dominate others in order to feel better about oneself.
Indeed, instead of focusing on restrictions, which to some extent Aristotle’s virtues do, Nietzsche more fully spotlights possibilities. Instead of being good, Nietzsche stresses getting better. As Nietzsche so poignantly put it:
The most concerned ask today: “How is man to be preserved?” But Zarathustra is the first and only one to ask: “How is man to be overcome?” ( Z: IV, 13: p. 287 )
Nietzsche certainly poses the more thought-provoking question. It is his ability to challenge us to explore, to think outside the box, to question our beliefs, and to ultimately be courageous enough to lead lives that may be far from the societal norm, which make his philosophy both unique and uniquely valuable. As such, I believe that Nietzsche, when properly understood, has done the better job of outlining the attributes for the human life which is best lived. It is an ideal that pushes our boundaries. It is an ideal that encourages us to be more and better than we were. It is an ideal which does not allow us to become complacent. It is an ideal which reminds us to seize life and the opportunities which present themselves, and more importantly, to pursue our dreams and to continue to create new ones.
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1“No, facts are precisely what there is not, only interpretations.” ( WP, III, 3, 481: p. 267 ) All underlining in the quotations is my own in order to add emphasis. Words in italics were put there by either Nietzsche or the other authors of the quoted texts. I cite Nietzsche’s texts using the standard English-language acronyms: The Birth of Tragedy (BT), On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life (HL), Human, All Too Human (HATH), The Gay Science (GS), Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Z), Beyond Good and Evil (BGE), On the Genealogy of Morals (GM) Twilight of the Idols (TI), The Anti-Christ (A), Ecce Homo (EH), and The Will To Power (WP).
2“Conscious of the truth he has once seen, man now sees everywhere only the horror or absurdity of existence.” ( BT, 7: p. 60 )
3“Because sickness belongs to the essence of Christianity …” ( A, 52: p. 181 )
4“There are no moral facts whatever. Moral judgment has this in common with religious judgment that it believes in realities which do not exist. Morality is only an interpretation of certain phenomena―more precisely a misinterpretation.” ( TI, VII, 1: p. 66 )
5“Rationality at any cost … in opposition to the instincts, has itself been no more than a form of sickness …” ( TI, II, 11: p. 44 )
6What is good?―All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man. ( A, 2: p. 127 )
7This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more; and there will be nothing new in it … how well disposed would you have to become to yourself and to life to crave nothing more fervently than this ultimate eternal confirmation and seal?” ( GS, IV, 341: pp. 273-274 )
8“Kant became an idiot.” ( A, 11: p. 134 ); “Socrates was a misunderstanding.” ( TI, II, 11: p. 44 ); “… it smells offensively Hegelian…” ( EH: p. 726 )
9“… it depends on one’s being able to forget at the right time as well as to remember at the right time; on discerning with strong instinctual feelings when there is need to experience historically and when unhistorically.” ( HL, 1: p. 10 )
10“Why atheism today?―‘The father’ in God has been thoroughly refuted … he does not hear―and if he heard he still would not know how to help. Worst of all: he seems incapable of clear communication: is he unclear?” ( BGE, III, 53: p. 256 )
11Nietzsche had earlier made this point in Human, All Too Human: “But men can consciously decide to develop themselves forward to a new culture, whereas formerly they developed unconsciously and by chance.” ( HATH, 1, 24: p. 30 )
12Solomon, in his later book again came up with 23 virtues, and discusses each one. Both lists contain the following 21 virtues: aestheticism, courage, courtesy, depth, egoism, exuberance, fatalism, friendship, generosity, hardness, health, honesty, integrity, justice, playfulness, pride, responsibility, solitude, strength, style, and temperance. In their earlier book, Solomon and Higgins included “the feminine” and “presence”, but Solomon’s later book eliminates these two if favor of “wittiness” and “risk-taking”. (see Solomon, 2003: pp. 147-173 )
13I think that Solomon’s own words portray the danger that such a comprehensive list presents: “So what does this package of the virtues, when assembled, tend to look like? I suggested before we began that it would look a lot like a Cubist portrait: misshapen, ‘unnatural’, bizarre, but at the same time insightful in a way that a simple snapshot cannot be.” ( Solomon, 2003: p. 173 )
14Hesse wrote in his celebrated book Steppenwolf as follows: “A nature such as Nietzsche’s had to suffer our present ills more than a generation in advance. What he had to go through alone and misunderstood, thousands suffer today.” ( Hesse, 1929: p. 104 ) Later, when referring to his character Harry, who apparently is the personification of Nietzsche, Hesse writes, “With this was bound up his need for loneliness and independence. There was never a man with a deeper and more passionate craving for independence than he … But in the midst of the freedom he had attained Harry suddenly became aware that his freedom was a death and that he stood alone.” ( Hesse, 1929: pp. 107-108 ) Nietzsche agreed: “I needed their company at the time, to be of good cheer in the midst of bad things (illness, isolation, foreignness, sloth, inactivity).” ( HATH, Preface, 2: p. 5 )
15Another potential criticism is that the ubermensch, which supposedly is an ideal for which everyone can strive, seems to be at odds with Nietzsche’s undemocratic elitism. Christine Daigle makes a noble attempt to reconcile Nietzsche’s political elitism with the universally beneficial qualities possessed by the ubermensch by suggesting that similar to how Nietzsche was not against all morality, but rather called for a revaluation of morality, he was likewise calling for a revaluation of democracy so that instead of the leveling down for which Nietzsche believed it was guilty, it could be refashioned to bring a flourishing for everyone ( Daigle, 2006: pp. 11-15 ). I think education might be a good example. Nietzsche could support universal education at the lower levels in order to help us see where a person’s talents lie, and simultaneously support government spending more money for those exceptional students entering the higher grades―as we do to some extent today by the awarding of academic financial scholarships to those who have exhibited the most mental prowess. In other words, all people would be given an initial opportunity to become an ubermensch, but only those with the most potential will receive the extra support required for becoming one.
16Several commentators, such as Alan Schrift, have concluded that “becoming” is the predominate characteristic of the Ubermensch. ( Schrift, 2001 )
17Schrift puts it this way: “The greatest obstacle to self-overcoming is thus not to be found in others. Instead, it is the self that one already is that stands as the greatest obstacle to future overcomings (cf. Z, I:17 , ‘On the Way of the Creator’). Which is to say, in conclusion, that the lesson Zarathustra teaches, in the teaching of the Ubermensch, is that to become what will become means becoming-other than what one is.” ( Schrift, 2001: p. 59 )
Bernd Magnus emphasizes two to the four attributes we have already mentioned: autonomy and self-overcoming: “The elective affinity, family resemblance, between Uebermensch and master is plain enough. His type represents ascending life, self-overcoming, self-possession, autonomy and is to be contrasted with decadence, decomposition, dependency, and weakness.” ( Magnus, 1980: p. 274 )
18For example, Christianity tells its followers to be kind, nice, and charitable, and yet condemns those who have different beliefs to a hell―and forever. “They say ‘Judge not!’ but they send to Hell everything that stands in their way.” ( A, 44: p. 170 ) “‘I am just’, it always sounded like ‘I am just―revenged’. With their virtue they want to scratch out the eyes of their enemies …” ( Z, II, 5: p. 95 ) Further, Christianity preached that wealth and power were not important, but the Church became the most powerful and richest institution the world had ever known.
19Surveys indicate that even today Americans view atheists as the most distrusted group of people because they believe them to have no moral compass and that they therefore cannot be trusted―even though statistics indicate that atheists commit less crimes and give more time and money to charitable causes than do religious believers.
20See Kaufmann, W., (1974) .
21See Magnus, B. (1980) , Hunt, L. (1991) , Daigle, C. (2006) , and Cameron, F. (2002) For example, Magnus states: “I shall argue in what follows that Aristotle’s ethics―even his conception of pride―has very little to do either with Nietzsche’s moral philosophy, or with his conception of Uebermenschen … Nietzsche’s attempted transvaluation of values is dominated by his understanding (or misunderstanding) of Plato and Socrates: not Aristotle.” ( Magnus, 1980: pp. 262-263 ). Cameron concludes: “Most notably, there are few references to Aristotle’s ethics in Nietzsche’s writings … Since Nietzsche regards Aristotle’s ethics as anti-Dionysian … one can conclude that Nietzsche did not feel a moral kinship with Aristotelian ethics despite the fact that both emphasize ‘human excellence’ … Nietzsche’s ‘good’ man is beyond good and evil, and would likely find Aristotle’s great- souled man too moralistic. It was Machiavelli, not Aristotle, who inspired Nietzsche’s views on virtue and nobility … Clearly, then, Nietzsche does not belong to the classical Greek tradition of virtue ethics with its emphasis on reason and moderation.” ( Cameron, 2002: pp. 146, 154, 156, 157 )
22For example, both Brian Leiter and Thomas Nagel seem to interpret Nietzsche as standing against all ethical systems, not merely the predominating ones of Western society. Leiter states as follows: “For what distinguishes Nietzsche, I will argue, is that he is a genuine critic of morality as a real cultural phenomenon, while recent Anglo-American writers are only critics of particular philosophical theories of morality.” ( Leiter, 1997: p. 252 ) Nagel states “This is Nietzsche’s position … The view is that if, taking everything into consideration, a moral life will not be a good life for the individual it would be a mistake to lead it.” ( Nagel, 1986: p. 196 )
23Richard Schacht makes this point about Nietzsche as follows: “But he also thought that the result should be, not the elimination of all morals, but rather moral renewal―albeit with significant modifications in form, substance, and understanding … Nietzsche’s main ‘contribution’ to moral philosophy is generally taken to be his attack upon the kind of morality that seemed to him to have come to be taken for granted in the Western World …” ( Schacht, 2001: pp. 152-153 ) Solomon makes this point in more detail as follows:
Nietzsche does not reject morals but rather only one version of Morality, which has as its instrument the universalizable principles formalized by Kant, the ancestries of which go all the way back to the Bible … Nietzsche calls himself an “immoralist” (although it is doubtful that he ever did anything truly immoral in his life), and his rejection of what was typically called “morality” was certainly caustic and contemptuous. He declared Judeo-Christian morality and even the ethics of Socrates “anti-life”. He considered Kant’s second Critique something of a subtle “joke”, and he thought that utilitarianism was simply “vulgar”. But Nietzsche’s “immoralism” consisted of something other than unethical behavior and the rejection of Morality. He advocated a different way of thinking about ethics, one that encouraged living life to the fullest and cultivating a rich inner life. ( Solomon, 2003: pp. 135-137 )
24Nietzsche’s endorsement of a higher type of man suggests that he does in fact have some standard by which to judge actions. He states: “In another sense there are cases of individual success constantly appearing in the most various parts of the earth and from the most various cultures in which a higher type does manifest itself: something which in relation to collective mankind is a sort of superman.” ( A, 4: p. 128 ) (See also, for example, Nietzsche, 1886 , Beyond Good and Evil, 202)
25See Daigle who well argues for the position that Nietzsche can properly be seen as a virtue ethicist. ( Daigle, 2006 )
26Alasdair MacIntryre finds this to be a fundamental difference between the two philosophers. He states that Nietzsche’s ubermensch “finds his good nowhere in the social world” and describes the gulf between the two as follows: “… the crucial moral opposition is between liberal individualism in some version or other and the Aristotelian tradition in some version or other.” ( MacIntyre, 1981: pp. 257, 259 ) I think, however, that MacIntyre overly magnifies the difference between the two and is somewhat guilty of a false dichotomy because Nietzschean virtues need not make the ubermensch anti-social nor must they be injurious to society. Arguably, they will help a society thrive. One could argue that the Western democracies have largely embraced Nietzsche’s “liberal individualism” to produce open and healthy societies where innovation plus freedom of thought and speech are encouraged.
27I leave it to the reader to look at the other external goods as this paper would become far too lengthy to go over each one of them.
28For example, Nietzsche declares that “man needs what is most evil in him for what is best in him …” ( Z, III, 13: p. 218 )
29Kaufmann also affirms Nietzsche’s recognition of the important role of reason: “Rationality, on the other hand, gives man mastery over himself … Reason is the ‘highest’ manifestation of the will to power, in the distinct sense that through rationality it can realize its objective most fully … Reason is extolled … because these skills enable it to develop foresight and to give consideration to all the impulses, to organize the chaos, to integrate them into a harmony―and thus to give man power: power over himself and over nature.” ( Kaufmann, 1974: p. 230 )
30That is not to imply that Aristotle would not approve of these attributes. He may well have so approved, but we can say with confidence that these were not among his most prominent ideas regarding the best life to live.
31Specifically, Solomon divides Nietzsche’s 23 virtues into three categories as follows: 10 Aristotelian-like virtues, 8 distinctively Nietzschean virtues, and 5 crypto-virtues―crypto because it is arguable if they even are virtues ( Solomon, 2003: pp. 147-173 ).
32I have borrowed this point and examples from Solomon (see Solomon, 2003: pp. 148-154 ).
33Although one could say that Nietzschean attributes such as self-mastery are acquired through habit, I think it is better to use a word other than habit in order to distinguish his thinking from Aristotle’s. Nietzsche emphasizes that attributes are realized by a power of the will more than through the exercise of reason. One “becomes” and “overcomes” not through the reasoned habit of doing so, but through more of an instinctual willing that naturally flows out of a self-confident individual.
34In Book I chapter 2 of The Nicomachean Ethics the primacy of the state over the individual is alluded to as follows: “For even if the end is the same for a single man and for a state, that of the state seems at all events something greater and more complete whether to attain or to preserve; though it is worthwhile to attain the end merely for one man, it is finer and more god-like to attain it for a nation or city-states.” ( Aristotle, 1094b, 1980: p. 2 )
35The picture which I have painted of the ubermensch is closer to the following description given by Arthur Danto, a characterization which is significantly at odds, due to its focus, with any depiction we would expect from Aristotle regarding the virtuous person.
The Ubermensch … is merely a joyous, guiltless, free human being, in possession of instinctual drives which do not overpower him. He is the master and not the slave of his drives, and so he is in a position to make something out of himself rather than being a product of instinctual discharge and external obstacle. ( Danto, 2005: pp. 181-182 )
We see no mention of the Aristotelian virtues of charity, temperance, friendliness, or honesty in Danto’s description. We can recognize the similarities between the characteristics of the ubermensch mentioned by Danto with my own list: “Joyous” corresponds to “cheerfulness”, “guiltless” corresponds to “self-confidence”, “free” corresponds to “self-determination”, “master” of “his drives” corresponds to “self-mastery”, “make something out of himself” corresponds to both “creativity” and “becoming”, and not being a product of “external obstacle” corresponds to “overcoming” and “courage”. Only “discontent” seems to not be implied in Danto’s description.
Leiter’s following description of the ubermensch, which likewise has some overlap with my list, similarly exposes Nietzsche’s significantly different focus from that of Aristotle: “Higher types are also described by Nietzsche as nonreactive, creative, self-disciplined, and resilient.” ( Leiter, 1997: p. 265 )
36I am ignoring a vital difference between the two where Nietzsche’s views are much more attractive: While Aristotle supported the racist and nationalistic ideology of Greek superiority, Nietzsche quite clearly stood strongly against any notions of such superiority―and to a greater extent than most other Germans of his time. For example, Nietzsche writes that “the word ‘German’ is constantly being used nowadays, to advocate nationalism and race hatred … For that we are too open-minded.” ( GS, V, 377: p. 339 ) For a good discussion on this, see Kaufmann, especially his chapter entitled “The Master Race” where Kaufmann explains how the Nazis distorted and manipulated Nietzsche’s philosophical views, often with the use of partial quotations and by taking his comments out of context to completely change the meaning and intent (see Kaufmann, 1974 ). In fact, Nietzsche abhorred anti-semitism, and specifically condemns his sister’s husband for espousing such views. In 1887 he writes in a letter to his sister: “It is a matter of honor to me to be absolutely clear and unequivocal regarding anti-Semitism, namely, opposed, as I am in my writings.” ( Kaufmann, 1974: p. 45 )
37Solomon sums this up quite well:
What would Nietzsche make of us? I think that he would have us similarly passionate and enthusiastic, about thinking and the joys of philosophy, about our animal natures and the excitement of being alive, about the great works of artistic creativity that, even if we are not capable of producing them ourselves, nevertheless enrich our experience and the world and make human life well worth living ( Solomon, 2003: p. 174 ).
38Kaufmann likewise views the “power” of the “will to power” as very different than the words might seem to convey. Kaufmann concludes that “‘Power’ means something specific for Nietzsche: ‘self- overcoming’.” ( Kaufmann, 1974: p. 261 ) Kaufmann describes Nietzsche’s will to power as follows: “Why did Nietzsche call his basic principle a ‘will to power’ rather than, say, an ‘instinct of freedom’, considering that he did equate the two? ... First, the will to power is a striving that cannot be accurately described either as a will to affect others or as a will to ‘realize’ oneself; it is essentially a striving to transcend and perfect oneself … This point is best understood in terms of the contention that the will to power is essentially a creative force. The powerful man is the creative man.” ( Kaufmann, 1974: pp. 246, 248, 250 )
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Greek Parliament Okays Referendum
The Greek parliament early on Sunday voted by a large majority to hold a referendum on continuing the country’s bailout according to the terms set by the Eurogroup, the EU, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, Anadolu Agency reported. 176 MP’s voted in favor of the referendum with 120 MP’s voting against. Two MP’s were absent. The government required 151 votes to pass the measure. The referendum is to be held on Sunday, July 5. The reaction from Greece’s creditors was to reject any extension of the bailout beyond Tuesday. Further, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde told the BBC on Sunday that the bailout vote was invalid.
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MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES: A SEA MONSTER IN HONG KONG IN 1880
I came across another interesting Hong Kong cryptozoology story the other day via the excellent Trove online database (based in Australia) , dated from September 22nd 1880. It was published in the Gippsland Times (Victoria state.) Interestingly, there is a story from Tai Hang village near Causeway Bay on the north side of Hong Kong island in the same year of a sea monster or dragon which, when it appeared, stopped the course of a plague, thus saving the villagers. The image below from a web site illustrates this Tai Hang story. However, the events below took place in Aberdeen then a small fishing village on the south side.
The original sea serpent, or one of his family, appears to have been caught near Hong Kong. The Press (1) reports that on 1st July a marine monster was captured in the dock at Aberdeen and placed in the City Hall for exhibition. It is called by the Chinese the “devil fish.” and apparently well deserves its name. It weighs about three thousand pounds, and fifty coolies were required to carry it. The body is about seven feet in diameter. The total measurement from fin to fin is fifteen feet. It has ears a foot and a half long, and its mouth is two feet four inches in width. The fish attains an enormous size in the China Sea, and is sometimes seen on the surface of the water asleep. One of the Messageries (?) Maritime steamers going north from Hong Kong some time ago ran into one, and the officers of the ship thought she was aground as the vessel was brought up to nearly a dead stop; on another occasion one was captured asleep and made fast, and although the strongest hoisting gear in the ship was rigged, before the fish was lifted half out of the water – so great was the weight – the tackle broke and the attempt to secure the monster had to be abandoned. (2)
A brief search in other online old Hong Kong newspapers didn`t reveal any concrete understanding of the “devil fish”. There were stories of rays off S.America with 22 foot wide “fins” from tip to tip and giant octopi though. I believe the oar fish can be excluded.
The Hong Kong Daily Press?
Gippsland Times September 22nd 1880 p.3
CRYPTOLINK: Thylacine by Harry Burrell
One of the projects that I have been working on for the last few years is an analysis of the thylacine photographs by Harry Burrell. There is presently a debate surrounding the authenticity of the images, but I believe that I have strong enough evidence to prove that they are genuine.
The debate surrounding the images was triggered by a report published in 2005 in Australian Zoologist magazine, in which animal studies writer Carol Freeman put forward her belief that the images had been staged using taxidermied specimens. I have great respect for the work of Carol Freeman, who has an understandably high and well deserved international reputation as a thylacine researcher. But unfortunately I strongly disagree with her findings, I think that it is very important that the case for the authenticity of the images be put forward.
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http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/jon-anderson-shock-exclusive-its.html
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CARL MARSHALL: Asian dragons at Butterfly Farm (well sort of!)
We at Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm are pleased to announce the emergence of the Green Dragontail Butterfly. The Dragontails - Lamproptera spp are a beautiful and unusual genus of Swallowtail butterflies (family-Papilionidae) found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The genus is actually made up of two species, L. meges and L. curias with the former taxon being divided up again into at least ten subspecies.
Having much smaller wing size to body length ratio, the Dragontail butterflies display an unusual whirring flight pattern when airborne, they rapidly beat their wings and dart back and forth in a manner similar to that of Dragonflies using their long tails as rudders.
In general the two species are not considered rare, however they now seem to be vulnerable in Peninsular Malaysia; apparently mainly due to localised habitat destruction.
Dragontails are rather atypical when compared to normal Swallowtails in that they have such a small wingspan (about 50mm) and of course transparent wings - two features that are most unusual in Papilionidae butterflies. (This same family also houses the worlds largest butterfly Ornithoptera alexandrae with a massive wingspan of up to 30cm).
A specimen housed in Java seems to be the Holotype for the genus.
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Today I went back to the podiatrist, half expecting to be told that the ulceration on my heels had got so bad that amputation was imminent. I took Graham with me for moral support, and partly so he could independently be told about the danger signs to look for. Well, the upshot is that my only brushes with leglessness for the foreseeable future will be recreational ones. The ulceration on my left heel (which was the worse, by far) has healed, and although my right heel has degenerated a bit it is still relatively easily treatable. So that is good.
Thank you to everyone who has sent good wishes and healing vibes. We are not out of the woods yet, but we are well on our way. Now I can get back to the important business of writing silly doggerel about Donald Trump. A Republican President Elect with a name that is a childish euphemism for farting is truly a gift from the Gods. Woooot!
And now for the news................
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In this extraordinary issue, Alan goes to Tibet and discusses this much misunderstood country and its spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, Doug goes to see Alice Cooper and Jon waxes lyrical on The Divine Comedy and Mike Love of The Beach Boys.
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And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, but Friday Night Progressive takes a break this week. We also have columns from all sorts of folk including Roy Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna. Xtul and Neil Nixon also take rainchecks this week. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and pademelons outside zoos(OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have escaped from captivity, but I got carried away with things that rhymed with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
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Forum index Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.)
Why do some extensions no longer work in v25?
Frequently Asked Questions about the Pale Moon browser and their answers.
Moderator: satrow
Note: this post has been superseded by viewtopic.php?f=24&t=8740 which provides a more updated version for the current situation.
Why do some extensions no longer work in Pale Moon 25.0?
Since there seems to be a big misunderstanding about why there is such a noticeable number of extensions that suddenly no longer worked in v25.0, and who is to blame for the breakage, here is an explanation, with the consequences attached to it:
Some Firefox extensions work and others don't. This is directly related to the GUID (the unique application identifier used by software).
Pale Moon 25.0 changed its GUID from the Firefox one to one of its own. That means that from an extension point of view, Pale Moon is a "brand new application" that the extension was not initially written for.
Normally, when an application's GUID is different than what an add-on expects, it will simply be rejected. However, to prevent the situation where, as a result, none of the Firefox extensions would work anymore, we added a dual-GUID system in v25. It can install native Pale Moon extensions (specifically targeting Pale Moon as an application with its shiny new GUID), and it can install Firefox extensions that target the Firefox GUID. In terms of Mozilla code, this is unprecedented: historically, Mozilla applications would only allow extensions to be installed that specifically target the application.
This new system only covers the installation routine for add-on installation. So, any add-on that has no other requirements to function but to pass the install check, will be allowed to install and run. This is why all Firefox extensions install but some don't function.
Many extensions still work out of the box in this "Firefox compatibility mode", specifically those that don't explicitly use the Firefox GUID in other parts of the extension besides the installation file.
We did not support things like targeted xul overlays (this would be the chrome.manifest thing you are seeing mentioned on the forum) as that has a lot of snags to it, and would defeat the purpose of changing the GUID anyway. Targeted overlays have to specifically indicate the GUID of the application the overlays are for. Many extensions don't use these types of overlays and use generic overlays instead (specifically, most extensions that are only written for one product use an overlay that applies to everything it is installed on). Conversely, extensions that want to target multiple applications in a single extension package generally do use targeted overlays to cater to the different user interfaces of different applications targeted. Those extensions are a problem for Pale Moon's new GUID system because there won't be any that match Pale Moon. As a result, buttons, menu entries, etc are missing, although the rest of the extension can still work.
As for Jetpack style extensions, this is a much more complex story, since Mozilla has been recommending people to make extensions with the SDK that pulls approved target apps from the SDK itself. Pale Moon is not part of that list; the GUID does not get compiled into the final Jetpack extension, and they will not function (at least, not without some editing and even then it may not suffice).
This is a way of locking developers into only approved Mozilla applications. If they built with our SDK, which includes the addition of the Pale Moon GUID, then they could target us in addition to the other Mozilla-based programs in the list. This is further complicated by Australis, and even more locking in that has happened in recent months. This is because the things we have in common are being deprecated and replaced with Australis-targeted technologies, especially for the user interface.
This does sound similar to Australis-only extensions, but you have to realize that an extension can use one of two types of technologies in a Mozilla-powered application: one being the traditional xul/toolkit-based technology and the other being Jetpack. In general, xul/toolkit based extensions are easy to convert or update, but Jetpack ones are not (if at all possible) because of the above reasons.
Now what does this mean as far as actual compatibility of the browser is concerned?
It means that in almost all cases, Pale Moon would be perfectly capable of running the extensions without any actual extension code changes. This is a big difference to what some people have compared this breakage to, that happened in Firefox: extensions that actually no longer worked because the browser user interface, the browser API or other essential code-related elements in the browser code were changed. With that kind of breakage (that has caused a lot of user- and developer-fatigue) making the extensions compatible again is not trivial.
The only reason it doesn't work on Pale Moon is because the extensions themselves are made restricted to only work on applications carrying an official Mozilla Firefox GUID (or whichever other application specifically targeted in the extension). It also means that the browser can't be "fixed" to accept overlays or code that is specifically targeting a different application (that would actually be breaking with the add-on specification) - and those are restrictions that are put in by the extension developer(s) themselves. It is up to the extension developers to make these changes, preferably making Pale Moon a proper install target as well while they are at it.
We can (and will) provide temporary workarounds in terms of pseudo-static extensions (meaning they are made to work but otherwise not maintained) until such time as the extension developer adds the necessary support.
As a side note: we have contacted add-on developers well ahead of time of the release of Pale Moon 25.0 to give them plenty of opportunity to make the necessary changes. Unfortunately, very few (even the biggest and most well-supported) extensions were updated before release.
Location: Canada eh?
Re: Why do some extensions no longer work in v25?
Post by nana2 » 2014-10-12, 19:51
Great information Moonchild. Got a question though.
After installing Pseudo-Static extensions:
Should these extensions be checked as to be updated manually or will these be safe in automatic updates in case the developer(s) update their version(s)? In other words, will the pseudo-static updates be overridden or not by automatic future updates?
Pseudo-static extensions are given a unique identifier, so they will never be automatically updated to a (non-compatible) version.
Great! Thank you so much Moonchild.
Post by Sichuan » 2014-10-13, 06:28
Thank you, Moonchild, for your excellent and informative post. I'll stay with Pale Moon, thank you very much, and if these developers don't see a need to include Pale Moon as a compatible recipient browser and a browser in its own right then I don't need their products. I'll simply use the pseudo-static versions produced by Pale Moon and not worry about any of the other add-ons that have no p-s versions. If for some reason the p-s versions are less than fully functional well, so be it. After all, it's a matter of principle and I have nothing but admiration and respect for your "I'll stick to my guns" attitude.
C. B.
Sichuan wrote: Thank you, Moonchild, for your excellent and informative post. I'll stay with Pale Moon, thank you very much, and if these developers don't see a need to include Pale Moon as a compatible recipient browser and a browser in its own right then I don't need their products. I'll simply use the pseudo-static versions produced by Pale Moon and not worry about any of the other add-ons that have no p-s versions. If for some reason the p-s versions are less than fully functional well, so be it. After all, it's a matter of principle and I have nothing but admiration and respect for your "I'll stick to my guns" attitude.
The goal for a pseudo-static IS to be fully functional as a pale moon specific known working copy.. If we can't provide a pseudo-static then there are larger issues with it than just the guid change
idimitro
Post by idimitro » 2014-10-14, 17:14
Thanks for the explanation, but...
The fact is that I use Palemoon for work and after the update my browser is crap, my workflows are crap. I really start doubting the benefits of the new GUIID. I get your reasons but I expected palemoon to be the safe and conservative browser after the australis fiasco. I understand that most of the issues can be fixed with simple addon update, but the addon developers are what they are. You can't expect them to rush supporting a niche browser.
I am rolling back to 24.7.2 and I really hope to get some support for this branch for longer period.
idimitro wrote: Thanks for the explanation, but...
24.7.2 is not being supported. We don't have the resources to support two generational branches. I am sorry you are unwilling to work with us. As for not expecting them to rush supporting a niche browser.. With the psuedo-statics we are working as fast as we can to provide these as a temporary solution until such time the developers have made their decision.
24.7.2 has a known security issue and it is highly advisable to stick with 25 and to work with us.
JodyThornton
Post by JodyThornton » 2014-10-14, 22:20
It is still safe and conservative. How is that not the case? Moonchild needs to make these changes for the future growth of the browser. The GUID benefits still exist, however they just pose some growing pains for the interim.
For all the people who expected an update "as if nothing had changed", the following food for thought/explanations:
This is a major version update (a "milestone" release). Maybe you got used to Major version numbers (24.0, 25.0, 26.0, 27.0, etc) meaning absolutely nothing, but Pale Moon has returned to a non-rapid-release versioning scheme more akin to Windows than current "browser races". You can expect any major browser version released from here on out to have significant changes, although from an extension point of view this will never be as severe again as it is this time.
Pale Moon's development is dependent on being able to work and grow individually. Carrying a program's unique identifier that is not unique is a problem, and will cause more problems down the road. This change was absolutely necessary.
Please don't confuse "more conservative" with "set in stone" or "being a fossil". Pale Moon aims to maintain a good working base on tried-and-tested methods and designs, but will not just do "minimal work" to remain exactly as it is. That would be a dead-end road. If you want something that is truly static this way, you are probably better off with SeaMonkey or the likes who are adverse to any change.
If you are expecting us to move forward, improve and grow, we cannot maintain the status quo posed in the previous releases of Pale Moon of "being Firefox yet not Firefox". Yes, some extensions stopped working properly as a result. Once these have been picked up by the original developers or, thanks to Open Source, new developers, to remove the current "Mozilla Firefox only" restrictions, you can return to your favorite extensions the way you are used to. In the meantime, we are providing manually updated versions of problematic ones to tide you over. This is a one-time, temporary situation that will be solved, one way or another.
Please do not confuse this problem with what happened previously (and is still happening) with Mozilla Firefox and what caused so many add-on developers to become fatigued and stop updating their extensions.
Pale Moon's current situation is not caused by changes in the browser that makes it impossible for the extensions to work from a technical point of view. Technically speaking, the extensions can still work exactly the same way as before - and this is the crux when comparing this with Firefox extension issues. It is not "the same thing that happened with Firefox", and it is completely unrelated and caused by a completely different thing. Firefox "breaking compatibility" was caused by the browser actually changing the way it works, removing or changing features in the browser core so extensions became truly incompatible with it and requiring functional updates. Updates required to extensions for this change in Pale Moon are small, only impact specifically restrictive extensions, don't involve any actual functional code changes, and doesn't/shouldn't require any significant amount of time from the original extension author to be fixed.
Post by Exaskryz » 2015-05-26, 01:08
I had a couple of extensions that were enabled after a freak upgrade to v25.1.0 that was totally out of my control and inexplicably happened with pale moon getting confused between safe mode and running different profiles and ignoring my preference to never check for updates.
Anyhow, those extensions, as I said, were enabled in v25.1.0, as they were in good old 24.6.2. Problem is their icons disappeared. I saw no way at all to resolve that. Why is that? The addons seemed to be working just fine (Scriptish and Adblock Plus), although I didn't test them extensively before digging for my 24.6.2 installer once I noticed there was no easy way to put their icons back onto my GUI.
What do the Pseudo-statics mean? What could I do on my end to fix it? Clone the extensions and flip a flag to make them work?
Exaskryz wrote: I had a couple of extensions that were enabled after a freak upgrade to v25.1.0 that was totally out of my control and inexplicably happened with pale moon getting confused between safe mode and running different profiles and ignoring my preference to never check for updates.
Scriptish: see viewtopic.php?f=46&t=8215 for discussion about it and Greasemonkey
ABP: Please use ABL, see viewtopic.php?f=46&t=6614
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Startropy
Startropy - A SC2-like Sci-Fi Adventure Game
Update 27/05/2017 - Demo now available - http://www.indiedb.com/games/startropy/downloads/startropy-pilot-demo
My name is David and I'm the developer of Startropy, a new sci-fi adventure game that's heavily inspired by SC2.
My background is in AAA games where I've worked on a couple of big games like Batman: Arkham Knight and Grand Theft Auto V, but I've left the scene about 2 years ago to pursue a personal passion project which is to become this game.
Startropy puts you in the role as the captain of humanity's first starship capable of FTL travel. Your task will be to explore the universe to discover strange new worlds, and then befriend (or blast) the aliens you meet.
A graphic adventure type setup where you can explore, talk and interact with the world.
Away team missions will have you assign different crewman to explore hostile planets to gather resources and sometimes enter “dungeons.”
Space combat that emphasises tactical choices over twitch reflexes, and sometimes feature environmental hazards and other quirks.
https://youtu.be/a9GsQEx77o8
Expand for screenshots:
(click to show/hide)
The game flow should feel pretty familiar to SC2 players here: You will freely explore the universe gathering up resources so you can upgrade your ship in order to explore further out, and on the way you will encounter alien civilisations that will have a major “quest” involving them.
How it differs from SC2 however is that the more action-ey based gameplay of space melee and planet exploration has been replaced with a more methodical RPG-like approach. The idea I wanted here was to try and create tense situations that stem from strategic planning (think of that long internal debate you have with yourself whether its worth trying for that 60% shot in X-COM or whether it would be better to retreat!)
I've mentioned that this game is a passion project. Well Startropy is basically my attempt at trying to put together a lot of the fantastic experiences I've had that made me go “wow, this is a great game!” That got me into computer gaming, and that I hope will bring joy to others as well.
Growing up I was a big fan of Lucasart style adventure games, but it wasn't until my college years when I found out about SC2 (via the Ur-Quan Masters port no less!) that I was blown away by the sheer depth and charm of that game.
So I'm pretty happy with how my game is shaping out, but recognise that it is a niche game. If any of what I wrote sounded mildly relevant to your interests, then please help me try and reach others that might also be interested, by voting for my game on Steam Greenlight with the link I have conveniently pasted for you below:
Thanks for reading guys. Let me know what you think. If you have any questions please ask and I'll do my best to answer.
The usual links:
http://startropy.com/
http://www.facebook.com/startropy
https://twitter.com/startropy
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Krulle
*Hurghi*! Krulle is *spitting* again!
Re: Startropy - A SC2-like Sci-Fi Adventure Game
That sounds indeed very inteesting!
Alas, I can't upvote or do anything on steam for you. as I do not subscribe to steam....
I'll folow you on that bird song service, though.
PS: there's also the UQM independet Star-Control forum, where you migt want to advertise too: http://star-control.com/community/viewforum.php?f=11
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Aha, thanks for the tip!
We did. You did. Yes we can. No.
At what stage of development is this? I don't see how to get it, so I guess you're still testing/developing? I don't know enough about how Steam Greenlight works for that to be very illuminating.
As far as I understood the Steam Greenlight program: it is a tool for developers to test acceptance of a proposed new game.
In a very early stage you can show off your ideas to the steam community, and if enough people say "I like this, please develop a full game" steam gives you "green light" to continue developing.
You can also enroll in news, and possibly buy early access, but you can say "yes please" without commiting any money. Once enough people say "yes", the steam algorithm says that you might have enough customers to have the full development being a worthwhile investment. Otherwise steam advises you to stop pouring time and money into a project that will (in their opinion) likely be a commercial failure.
It's a kind of market evaluation...
Also, steam greenlight FAQ: http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/about/?appid=765§ion=faq
Krulle is partially correct. The idea of Steam Greenlight is to basically leave it up to the players to decide what kind of indie games they want to see appear on the platform by voting on possible candidates.
For Steam it's a way to see what kind of game their users would be interested in seeing. For developers as Krulle says it can be a useful way to gauge the interest people potentially have for your game idea.
Just to clarify though:
- Being "greenlit" just means that Valve will allow me to distribute my game on their Steam platform when the game is finished.
- The game is still getting made even if I don't make it through Steam Greenlight. If it comes to that I will look into entering their new submission process which is supposed to happen sometime this summer, as well as different distribution platforms. Greenlight is a bit of a special case since it's better to enter it midway through development rather than once you are near completion.
- The reason why getting on Steam is such a big deal is because they are basically THE platform for PC gaming. Their install base is massive and create a domino effect where one person can see what their friend or favourite curator is playing/following and so really helps to create visibility for smaller games. You may also be surprised to hear there are people who will refuse to play a PC game unless it's on Steam.
- Voting for my game in no way commits you to getting/purchasing the game.
But to answer your question Death: The game is still in development and I'm currently working on releasing a playable demo for it soon, once I clean the game up a bit for general public consumption and also figure out the best way to distribute the demo.
Hey guys, I'm back with a playable demo!
You can download it here:
http://www.indiedb.com/games/startropy/downloads/startropy-pilot-demo
If this is exe only, you're about to find out if it works in wine.
Hmm, let me know. The demo is built on an older version of AGS. I hear the new engine is linux compatible which I'll hopefully be able to port the game onto.
Works through wine on mac. Not sure how to check if cmd-click or fn-click is being read as right-click, since I don't know what examining as opposed to acting would do on anything.
Seems fine so far. Most of the quality in the end will come down to the storytelling and puzzle quality, which is a little hard to gauge from the demo. I did like how the captain doesn't go down right away.
Tiny note - when I was trying to scan one of the museum plaques, the click registered as being on the translator guy, or perhaps the background. You might want to make their hitbox a little larger.
Thanks for playing it Death!
Yeah the hitboxes are a bit off in the demo, but it'll be fixed in the game proper.
Startropy has now been greenlit! Thank you so much for your support everyone!
Hey all, I hope everyone here has been doing well. I've been tinkering away at the game still, though I realise I should probably post a progress report lest people think the project has been abandoned.
Aside from rewriting the code after the demo I released, the big feature I've been working on has been the star map:
Initially the idea was to base the map on an actual face-on map reproduction of the Milky Way. The game's premise will have mankind moving on from the sector of space that contains our solar system, further outwards on our local arm.
Researching into the matter, I found out that nobody has an accurate idea what our galaxy really looks like, and that reproductions using the best estimates creates an almost scattershot map, where stars are either evenly spaced out across large distances, or many are packed in as clusters.
After some internal debate and looking into how other games and properties have approached map creation, I've decided on creating a starmap similar in style to SC2, which sets star systems out in constellation style groupings. SC2 smartly got around this by calling it a “hyperspace” map and therefore not subject to how stars would be set if we got a tape measure out.
Grouping them as constellations is great from a game perspective, as you get that feeling of risking an unknown voyage across large distances of empty void so you can go explore that “island chain” of stars, and the groupings are more human friendly for our brains.
So that's the plan for Startropy, and the authenticity of the star arrangements is getting hand-waved away as it being a new and uncharted sector of space.
The other hefty task was in the system of generating the planets that would orbit a star. The star systems are randomly pre-generated and I then go in to hand tweak some variables if needed to provide a better play experience, though not much tweaking is really needed so far as the system has created some pretty interesting arrangements (plenty of relatively pleasant planets that players can explore, as well as resource rich hell-worlds that players will be praying to the RNG-gods for protection if they dare risk it). For plot planets like the ones used in the demo, those are crafted by hand and then placed in a system where it makes sense.
There's fair bit of number crunching behind the scenes to determine what planet types or other objects are likely to appear given various factors within the star system (though not quite as hardcore as what the Starflight programmers created). These variables then get simplified to more game-relevant details which are presented to the player:
Typical planet report (gameplay effects are subject to change):
- Average temperature: Frozen worlds may add a fuel tax to keep the away team alive. Hell worlds are suicidal without special gear and only somewhat suicidal with it.
- Volcanic activity: The higher the level, the more resource rich the planet is but also more dangerous.
- Tectonic activity: Higher it is the more dangerous.
- Atmosphere: Toxic atmospheres will increase the likelihood of the away team dying if injured (to simulate their environment suits getting breached).
- Gravity: Affects fuel consumption.
- Resource value: The main reason for your expeditions! Precious metals, radioactives, etc are abstracted into resource units which acts as a universal currency amongst the races.
Life on other planets:
There will also be other details which may or may not be explicitly outlined in the report like alien life. You stand a good chance of finding life on a garden world (though garden worlds are uncommon) but you may find it in other exotic locations too.
Hope you guys found that interesting!
Indeed. Sounds good!
I also like the SC2 maps very much. As you say, the Human mind works in grouping things together.
Update: Been working on the structure of the main quest and various sidequests. I'm pretty happy with the plan laid out for the main quest, and think I would like to make a separate post about quest structures after playing around with it some more and can talk about some various and definite examples. For now I'll say that the main quest is left open in that you must collect X amount of macguffins through various means available to you (mine, trade, plunder, etc) which will be the hook for you to meet the various races in the game and engage in the sidequests.
Instead this will be a lore update on some of the races you'll meet in Startropy. So far I've written out 9 races you'll meet in the game, and various interactions and quests involved with them. At the moment I'm thinking of rounding it up to about 12 different races/factions when I'm done.
Race: Glutonians
A savage race that fanatically worship a chaos god of gluttony and excess. This race is a relative newcomer to the space-age, when an unfortunate scouting ship crash landed on their homeplanet. Perceived as a divine miracle when the race was close to extinction from famine, the Glutonians devoured the ship's crew before slowly exploring the rest of the ship, catapulting this once primitive race to an advance one in an incredibly short amount of time.
The Glutonians are mostly an unknown to the other advance races, but they know enough to avoid their region of space as ships passing through have a tendency of never returning. Unfortunately for Humans, nobody gave them the memo. Mankind has taken up residence in what seemed like a cozy and undisturbed sector of space, in close vicinity to them.
Race: Tradashi
Most humans agree that this somewhat shadey race bears an uncanny resemblance to the raccoon in old Earth records. They are one of the most prolific races due to their natural affinity for trade, get rich quick schemes, and scavenging junk (anything that isn't bolted down and guarded by kill-drones is considered “junk” to the Tradashi).
With that said, the Tradashi are a good source of information for the location of any sites rich in resources or salvage, or information on any of the other space-faring races they have had dealings with. You can always count on a Tradashi when you need to trade for goods on your journey. Just be sure to check the quality, and the legality too if you care for that sort of thing.
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By xPaulStuart, September 21, 2014 in Off-topic Discussion
Juice29 0
Hughesy said:
Juice29 said:
I think pewdiepie is a millionaire you can make serious money but you'd have to find a niche
Call myself the crazy cripple and do silly stuff= millionaire :joy:
About 30 minutes for the final video of the day.
You.could be the first troll.for project cars online
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Video done, not my best race and it was like racing 19 Maldonado's :joy:
Edit: Not sure what's going on, but it's only playing at 360p.... It was recorded at 720p with no setting changed from my last video. Sorry, not sure what's going on.
http://youtu.be/hDDdvmmVkoA
Platy 6
YouTube takes a little while to process the full HD.
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Project Cars is looking so dang impressive that it's actually got me considering the possibility of building a budget gaming PC. @Hughesy better stop uploading those videos before I do something crazy! :smiley:
It's probably already been speculated by others, but it seems to me like Project Cars is poised to make such a significant impact that it could truly shake up the world of game development/production. Incumbent game companies (like ones that rhyme with "ModeCasters" & "Learn When") should be prepared to go back to the drawing board & re-think all of their approaches because the "rules" are about to change - and devs who don't adapt will quickly lose their audiences entirely.
Nice Video loving the formula B Interesting to see its got KERS does that deploy automatically or do you trigger it?
For Formula B you press it and it uses it all in one go, for Formula A it works like KERS from last year, and also has DRS.
@Platy Ah I see, thanks, I'm new to all this. :)
@Operator1 Do you have a Xbox One or PS4? As its being released for them.
So Formula B 's is closer to a.push to pass system Thanks
Yep exactly like that, it refills every lap. For Formula A its different, it actually refills while braking, so you can actually use it more than in real F1. I might change when the game comes out, or there could be rules set for usage.
Actually Im wrong, you see it refill, but if you've used the full amount you can't use what you gain until the next lap. Just the OSD confusing me. I'm going to upload one more video tonight, Formula A at Catalunya. It's only a single lap, and not a fast one really, but it shows KERS and it refilling. It should show what I have left and what's being saved, as its a bit confusing.
Just a short one, and I lost the rear at the end. It's very easy to spin out, but also easy to control if you understand what I mean. Due to good ffb you feel in control, but get impatient and boom. I blame tiredness and my arm hurting after all the driving ive done today. Racing excuses o:)
http://youtu.be/tW7JZIkfCOg
Hopefully they will change the DRS rules before release. I think its best in the races at least that you should not be able to use it anywhere.
Really loving the Formula B more please :blush:
I think it's based on the season where you could use it anywhere, as Pcars was in development back when those rules were in.
I have that video uploading that failed last night, showing time of day and weather changes. It's only 7 laps so I speeded the time and weather up to fit it all in :) 43% done, might be done in an hour or so, it's 11 minutes long. So glad I found a way to get the size of the videos down using Nvidia Shadowplay, it's a great tool and doesn't affect framerate.
No work today, so I'll try and do more. My body is feeling like crap today though, but I'm still going to try, as it'll hurt if I do nothing anyway.
Here's the video showing dynamic weather and time of day. As of posting it hasn't finished processing, so if you want to wait for it to be 720p it shouldn't be too long. Hope you enjoy it, as I said I speeded up weather & time of day to fit it into a 7 lap race. Towards the end before it started raining for the second time my tyres were overheated, so I was glad when the rain came as I was struggling.
http://youtu.be/VRnk81EdCdc
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probably the best race you've done so far 5th place as well not a bad place to end up with
What car did you use?
It's a RUF RGT-8 GT3. The rain and day to night transfers are awesome aren't they :) Had some problems with YouTube today, uploads get stuck for some reason, but I think it's working now. Will have a short hot lap using a Bac Mono at Luguna Seca. Shouldn't be too long until it's done, providing YouTube doesn't go weird on me again.
Im trying to record a Formula B race at Nürburgring GP at the moment, but keep getting punted off. The AI are a bit crazy for open wheel races. I've switched to my F1 style rim on my T500rs now, so I might do better, as the normal wheel has static paddle shifters which isn't great for fast open wheel cars.
http://youtu.be/x_yNb0B3VVc
Also, livery for Formula A car :D
Edit: Still keep having problems with YouTube, for some reason it gets stuck at a certain point. Now I need to keep watching it, as when it freezes I have to cancel and click upload again. It starts from where it was stuck, so it doesn't start from 0%. Hoping to have the Formula B race up in around 30mins. After that I recorded a Formula A race at Monza in the wet.
Ok @Juice29 Formula B race finally done, YouTube giving me a nightmare today. Won't show 720p for a few minutes, so wait if you want to see it at that.
http://youtu.be/K7oa8iPvENg
You have convinced me to buy this game :smiley:
yeah I've already preordered it myself as Amazon have had it listed on their site for a while have to admit though watching these vids and the news on F1 2015 today is definitely giving me a driving itch. Not that I didn't already have one as I was planning on a bit of motor racing once I'm done with Dragon Age.
I don't, nor do I want one. I game on my Xbox 360. I really don't like the direction I'm seeing in the whole "next-gen" (now current-gen) console market, so my next gaming upgrade may be to PC. Console makers & game makers have soured me so much about the future of console gaming that they're driving me away from consoles. It's a shame & I'd prefer to keep gaming on consoles, but they just seem determined to keep making the gaming experience worse (for me, anyway).
As promised, Formula A race at Monza in the rain. Bit of a crazy race, and my first one in the wet using Formula A. Also using Williams livery :) Just waiting for YouTube to show it at 720p before I watch it myself.
http://youtu.be/X-E5hGRmW18
Clio Cup career race 2, at Snetterton. This time I did qualifying so managed P1. I forgot to record onboard footage, so used the replay cameras after the race.
http://youtu.be/DxRjGTGxYCM
extracurricularturd 2
No ferraris or lambos
Well I've certainly paid the price making all those videos. I hate MS, one day you feel fine, the next day you feel like you've been hit by a bulldozer :weary:
Btw thanks @Juice29 as before you mentioned if I'd played career mode I never thought to play it. The reason being is until recently we had to configure the ai ourselves. There were many sliders, and no matter what I did they were bat poop crazy. At times they still are, but I'd rather that than far too conservative like F1 games have been. Really had fun playing career mode. :)
Pretty sure the new F1 game is going to be awesome, so the ai will be a lot more fun to race with, going a bit offtopic here.
After my rant about things changing with regards to my funding (turns out I only get 50% off the game) that's in the past, as I'm defiantly going to pay the other 50%. Plus reading the t&c's I do infact get money from the sales of the game, so make sure you all but it and make me rich. Just kidding, I won't make much from it, maybe get the amount I put in back, although it's all confusing how and when we actually get anything, think it has to make a certain amount before backers get anything.
The thing that made me most happy was my dads reaction to that last video at Snetterton. He has altzimers so I only see flashes of his former self. But when I showed him that video he knew what track it was right away, and his face lit up. When he was young he raced there, not cars but Lambrettas. Not your typical road one as he modified them, so they were a lot faster. :)
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Thanks for the vids hughsey.
They've been brilliant.
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Italian Job sat nav driver cops £900 fine
The Doncaster man who slavishly followed his sat nav to the edge of a West Yorkshire cliff has been punished with a £370 fine, £500 costs, a £15 victim surcharge and six points on his licence for driving without due care and attention. Robert Jones, 43, was driving his £30,000 BMW 5 Series though the village of Gauxholme back …
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:11 GMT Dr. Mouse
'nuf said ^
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:11 GMT NoOnions
Bloody typical of many people these days...
Never take responsibility for your own actions - blame something or someone else. No doubt he'll try suing TomTom next. Twat.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:12 GMT Matt Bucknall
Move alone, nothing to see here...
...just another moron in a BMW.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:12 GMT Anonymous Coward
One word....
....Retard.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:12 GMT lansalot
durrr
Got off lightly - should have fined him more for clearly being a twat.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:12 GMT Rob
He should have carried on driving, he definately could have been a contender for the Darwin Awards, we could do with less BMW drivers in the world.
Ironically I can picture it now, he's falling and in a panic he accidently hits his indicator arm and switches them on "oh that's what they do"... CRASH.
On the initial read of this in my feeds I was thinking it was going to be some trumped up charge the police had given some faultless driver. Police harassing drivers kind of thing like they do with photographers etc.
But now I realise that pure stupidity is to blame; I'm hoping I'm not the only one who wonders how these people actually manage to survive in life? Or is this a trait only for those who drive BMWs?
Paris - Because she knows natural selection will prevail...
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:12 GMT The Beer Monster
What a complete f**kwit.
I'm surprised the idiot remembers how to breathe.
Let's all blame the technology because of the user's stupidity...
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:12 GMT Pete 2
Sounds harsh
So this guy wasn't on the public road. Wasn't putting anyone else at risk (unless they'd happened to be picnic-ing under the cliff edge) and didn't do any damage, except to a piece of fence and maybe the bodywork of his car. While no-one would disagree that what he did was dumb I can't see his "crime" was commensurate with the costs he was ordered to pay and a fine on top AND THEN the costs to recover his car. As for a £15 "victim surcharge"? Taking the mickey or what?
From the small number of farmers I've met and talked to, I'd expect this one who owned the path would've been happy with £100 to fix his fence and for another £100, would've hitched the car to his tractor and given the guy a tow - at least back off the edge. Why were the police even involved in this situation on private land?
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"seriously wrong turn when he hit a fence on the edge "
I'm glad that common sense has prevailed and he's been punished. He clearly didn't see the fence or was looking at the road. Glad he didn't mow down any people on the footpath he was driving down ... what a cock!
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:24 GMT phil 21
a dumbarse.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:24 GMT SuperTim
"users should be made more aware they should only use them as a guide"
Really? Because mine tells me to obey it slavishly whenever i turn it on.
Oh, and while we are at it, the little stalk on the side of the steering wheel that appears to have no function is for your indicators.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:24 GMT groovyf
No sympathy
Quoted for truth...
He said: "I might have been an idiot by taking the wrong road or by carrying on, but I haven't driven without due care and attention."
If he had paid attention, he wouldn't have got himself into the mess he did.
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Satnav-led-driver-to-100ft.5650224.jp
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:24 GMT Adrian Jooste
ROTM?
Seems like this device was trying to off the user and make it look like an accident. They're getting more crafty by the day...
Be vigilant my fellow fleshies!
So he was fed two contradictory pieces of information and went with the wrong one, why is this a huge fine and incredible penalty points?
"the point where his eyes and his brain must have been telling him otherwise to such a degree he was not exercising proper control of the vehicle"
Rubbish, he made a bad choice, and had to go on. If you couldn't get his car out, except with Quads, how is he supposed to do it? It wouldn't be the first time a muddy farm track is a real road.. That sounds like a laughable mistake turned into a police incident by the twats in blue and a typical smug magistrate point scoring.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:27 GMT Thomas Bottrill
RE: Sounds harsh
If he had been exercising this level of care and attention on the public road, which he would've been on before going on to private land, then he WAS putting other people at risk. The point was that he was paying more attention to his satnav than to what was ahead of him, which he would've been doing before driving up the bridle path.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:27 GMT Lord Elpuss
I'm undecided about this one. While he clearly could have used a bit more common sense, the path in the pic looks like it might just be able to take a car (at least until it ran off a cliff) and one would tend to think that if it's shown as a road on TomTom, it should be a road in real life. Then all of a sudden a cliff jumps out of nowhere and there you are, teetering on the edge with your axles on view to the world.
Yes, it's unwise to rely exclusively on satnav.
Yes, he could have used some common sense.
Yes, the AA was probably right to charge him for getting him out of his predicament, but being taken to court and given harsher penalties than yobbos who beat up grannies for their pension money? Come on.
In my fondest poetic justice dreams, I'm fantasising about the judge driving home from court, following his undoubtedly very expensive inbuilt satnav, and driving through his own front window because he programmed it to take him home, and it assumed 'home' meant in the living room, on the sofa.
Oh, and then being prosecuted for criminal damage, being pilloried in the press for not having the sense to program in 'driveway' instead of 'home', given a million billion pound fine, losing his license for the next infinity+1 years and being ordered to do 10,000 hours community service checking every inch of TomTom's maps to make sure they are accurate to the nearest millimetre.
"So this guy wasn't on the public road."
He was on a Public Bridleway which is still classed as a Highway.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:37 GMT Adrian Mackenzie
5000 miles a week??
"Jones, who had been using the system since December 2008 and said he was left in shock by the incident, added: "I drive 5,000 miles a week and I never have had a problem with it. I had no reason not to trust it."
For someone who drives 5000 miles a week (surely not??) he deserves everything he got - stupid bugger should know better!
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:37 GMT john loader
Tom Tom is often barmy but I still use it
I have a Tom Tom and feed back errors to the makers but still it tells me to go through the unmade car park of a heritage railway station or to use a farm track with gates on it rather than the B road that I should take near our village. Ofen i can't even see the track it claims I should take. But it doesn't take a Nobel prize winner to spot that Tom Tom just uses Ordnance Survey maps without checking whether a marked track is actually suitable for a car so you have to be aware that you can, literally, be led up the garden path.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:37 GMT Ally J
I can just imagine the bewilderment at SkyNet: 'Fnck me - they really are that stupid'. Now all our satnavs will turn against us and send us heading towards Beachy Head.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:37 GMT Anonymous John
@ Sounds harsh
Not really. He's been fined for being a twat.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:44 GMT dreadful scathe
satnav ...sigh!
most people have no trouble realising that a satnav is a "guide" - except idiots - including this man :) He was lucky to get away with it with only a small fine and 6 points.
BMW Drivers
What's the problem with BMW drivers?
Some of us enjoy driving cars with a bit of heritage and which don't look like they were designed by an ADHD-riddled five year old. Not all of us want 87,000 different seat combinations so the spoiled illiterate bastards in the back can watch Disney's latest offering while simultaneously carting half of Ikea around.
"Oh, you have the new Renault Toddler? I hear it's made from 100% recycled sustainable yoghurt cardigans. We were going to get one but decided on the Vauxhall i-Minge. It was the advert that sold us; you know the one with the undercranked shots of a family driving along the Cote d'Azur with shit-eating grins and dad accidentally shoots himself in the face with a revolver"
Sorry, BMW haters but real people drive real cars. Pretend post-modern hipster ponces base their buying decisions on adverts which feature sock puppets and surfers.
Now fuck off. I'm going for a drive in my Beemer. You can run around like an arse all day in your plastic toy making sure Elizabetha, Chim-Chim, Grapefuit and Donkeywagon have ample quantities of moustache wax, ritalin and recently discovered learning difficulties. You're not a shit parent; just a Guardian-reading reactionary common-or-garden wanker.
What, blame TomTom for this?
He's a prat, that's what he is... Blaming TomTom for taking him up a bridle-path. Jeez.
I've used TomTom since version 3.0, and never have I had an incident like this. When it looks dodgy, I'll rather continue on my original route and see whether the system recalculates. It tends to.
The only dodgy deal I ever got was following TomTom around a farm lane to 'short cut' around the town of Rhayader.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:57 GMT Neil 4
Twat in a BMW gets fined?
There is justice after all!
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:57 GMT Mark Lockwood
This doesn't surprise me
He's a BMW driver. I have it on good authority that the next versions of the 5 series will come without an indicator control, as they are never used in the current models
He deserves a medal. No, really.
After all, It was an English plodster making these allegations against him, but he was only following orders - he should be held up as an example to us all to do as we are told.
Anyway, it didn't turn out so badly - there's no doubt yet another set of digital dabs in the dodgy dna database dossier.
Thursday 17th September 2009 09:59 GMT Mike Bell
A Grand Day Out
Whilst on holiday in the Lake District, my Sat Nav decided to take me on a pleasant drive through the countryside. Pleasant enough, until the road slowly turned into a dirt track and - some time later - required the opening and closing of gates to continue.
Not to be foiled by such rustic peculiarities, I battled on and made it to civilisation some three or four gates and cattle grids later on.
Now, was I a twat for slavishly obeying the Sat Nav? Lucky that I made it out alive? Way too lazy for not having a real map?
As it happens it was a fun day out.
And a good job that there were no cliffs about.
So, have a heart on the poor sap in the BMW. It's not always as black & white as you might think.
Thursday 17th September 2009 10:13 GMT Dennis
Don’t you realise that SatNavs are sentient creatures. This one was obviously tired of life (it had been to London too many times). It had heard about lemmings and decided to leap off a cliff.
Mr Jones should take his SatNav for a restful holiday in Morocco where the navigating instructions are much simpler.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/3605343/Taken-for-a-ride.html
Thursday 17th September 2009 10:13 GMT Code Monkey
Moron gets 6 points
A story to show the system doesn't always get it wrong. Thanks El Reg!
Thursday 17th September 2009 10:13 GMT John Murgatroyd
I was just following orders
That defence didn't work at war crimes trials either.
RE: SuperTim
"Oh, and while we are at it, the little stalk on the side of the steering wheel that appears to have no function is for your indicators."
Yes I know that, but mine is bust so I don't use it.
the light goes on
the light goes off
The mechanic told me it was an intermittent fault so he couldn't fix it.....
"If he had been exercising this level of care and attention on the public road, which he would've been on before going on to private land, then he WAS putting other people at risk. The point was that he was paying more attention to his satnav than to what was ahead of him, which he would've been doing before driving up the bridle path."
IMHO, it was a narrow Bridleway, so he must have been paying attention to the road because he didn't come off the sides of a narrow road. Hence the magistrates reasoning is faulty. If he hit a fence post, and the car could not be moved without the aid of quad bikes, then that tells me he couldn't have stopped and turned around on its own power.
Also the photo reminds me of that narrow path in Grand Designs where the guy lives at the end of a farm track. It was a minor mistake.
The hypothesis that if he was on a public road he would be putting someone at risk, to me this simply confirms the poor judgement, because you're substituting the thing you WISH to punish him for, the thing he actually did. As though the thing he actually did isn't that bad!
The rest of the comments, things like "serves him right" that's just schadenfreude - the shameful joy in seeing others suffer. Downtrodden societies like Germany, where their lives are oppressed are like that. They seek joy in others being more oppressed than they are, rather than joy in their own happy lives. i.e. a no substance argument, a secret 'glad it wasn't me' type argument.
Thursday 17th September 2009 10:13 GMT Adam Cooper
Reminds me of the Milgram experiment
He could see what he was doing was wrong. But someone/thing was telling him to carry on doing it anyway.
Thursday 17th September 2009 10:13 GMT HFoster
PEBSAC?
Problem(/Prat/Pr!ck) Exists Between Steering wheel And Chair.
Seriously, how can you drive with your brain switched off just because the sat-nav says so? What a mug. Should've fined him the cost of his car.
Thursday 17th September 2009 10:33 GMT Chris 135
Todmorden Sat-Nav accident
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HfejKMYyzQ
5000 miles a week is surely a misprint?
That's 1000 miles per working day. Even if you could drive for 12 hours solid, you'd have to keep up a steady 83mph.
Mind you, that could explain why he went over a cliff. He was too tired and going too fast.
Thursday 17th September 2009 10:33 GMT MrJP
It was a tragic combination of...
the fact that he was driving through or near Todmorden which is basically a town in a valley that forms a cess-pit of the freaks, wraiths and strays of society (I can only assume they have an urge to gather at the lowest point around). I imagine the collective aura of these weirdos probably emit some sort of noxious gas or other air-bourne emission which can temporarily effect outsiders, particularly those who are of the mental disposition to drive for long enough that there's only "seven miles of diesel remaining", those who "drive for a living" yet don't have a cheap (or otherwise) in-car mobile phone charger and those who are diabetic and have "no insulin" with them!
I'm also really fighting the urge to slurry what I think is a sound argument with the stereotype that he also owns a god-damn BMW....PRICK....oops!
Thursday 17th September 2009 10:33 GMT Matt White 1
People are seriously defending this guy...?
He's driven along a path that seems to be about two foot wide from the picture, and only stopped when he went through a fence and nearly off a cliff. That's not 'paying due care and attention', that's 'being a fucking idiot'.
Thursday 17th September 2009 10:33 GMT JohnG
"Driving without due care and attention" on private land?
OK -this chap wasn't very bright but the penalties seem a bit steep considering he didn't actually hit any other road users or damage any public property - maybe that's because he took the unwise decision to defend himself.
Given he got into trouble on private land, he was only guilty of trespass - surely "driving without due care and attention" would only apply if he was on a public road?
Of course, what he should have done was not to call the police (or the AA) but find the farmer, apologise and pay the farmer a wad of cash to pull him out and pay for any damage to the path and/or fence. Job done, no court, no fine, no points, no national press attention.
Try hard knot pass
@Mike Bell, if you holiday in the Lake District, there's a great road, called "Hard Knot Pass" that's a lot of fun. Not as difficult as muddy farm tracks in the fells, but winding enough and steep enough to be a good drive.
Only thing is, its slippy in places, if you come off a corner and get stuck, call a farmer rather than the emergency services, and save yourself 6 points.
What about at night?
We once had to rely on Tomtom to drive at night, and used the shortest route option to avoid going through the motorways. It took us through some really small roads.
My advice is this: Do NOT use the shortest route option!
Thursday 17th September 2009 11:05 GMT sig
Obviously he was distracted...
...by a passing cyclist's lycra-clad, non-road-tax-paying, bulging genitalia..
Thursday 17th September 2009 11:05 GMT Trygve Henriksen
He got off easy!
If you don't notice that the road is turning too bad to drive, and still believe that you're on a public road, then you can't be trusted to accurately judge anything else in traffic, either.
Speeding!
Yes, he WAS speeding.
You should NEVER drive faster than that you can stop safely on the amount of road visible in front of you. And in the case of one lane roads, halve that distance.
The fact that he hit the fence is testament to the fact that he was driving too fast for the road.
Reversing?
When he realised that the road was getting too bad(but before going over and hitting the fence), why didn't he put it in reverse and back out of there?
Tip to BMW owners; see the gear selector? See that funny 'R' setting? No... it's not a poorly implemented 'Race' setting. It allows your car to move backwards!
Just turn your head or look in the mirrors, and it's possible to see the road behind the car!
Isn't modern technology fun?
Why didn't the farmer tow him out with a tractor?
Besides the fact that the car doesn't have a tow hook, and that if you're not very, very careful, you'll end up destroying the car completely?
Thursday 17th September 2009 11:05 GMT Olaf 1
Nice one Judge
I think the Judge got it spot on. He was a slave to the satnav and not paying attention to the road so he wasn't in full control of the car.
Fine wasn't so heavy to be silly. A good call I think. Hopefully other sat-nav slaves will take notice that the damn things don't mean that you can stop paying attention to the feckin road.
@Evil Graham
"...That's 1000 miles per working day. Even if you could drive for 12 hours solid, you'd have to keep up a steady 83mph."
Yup he's a BMW driver, going UNDER 83mph is difficult enough....however I'm suprised he went up this lane.
a) it had no right hand lane to sit in, even when all other lanes are empty
b) there was no one to tailgate.
No wonder he was confused...
Thursday 17th September 2009 11:05 GMT Loki 1
Look at the photo
He drives a BMW and is wearing a track suit. I think that tells the entire story.
And.. @Will_22 - Sorry, but not everyone can afford a BMW. We have budget constraints which means we are stuck with our cheap pieces of shit until they fall apart.
@Will 22
An M3 driver salutes you sir!
@Sounds harsh, @Wrong
If he was indeed up a Public Bridleway, then he could also have been prosecuted under S34/34A of the Road Traffic Act. A Public Bridleway is a highway, but one which confers no right of way for mechanically propelled vehicles. Public rights of way may cross private land, but they are still public places: imagine the horror if a bunch of the Bobble Hat Brigade were marching the opposite way and were bumped by a car doing 3mph (rather than the usual "horse gets scared and kicks all their heads in").
If said "road" was a Byway Open To All Traffic, then he had as much right as any other user to be there - but leaving a Byway and almost running over a cliff is like running your car off any other road by driving without due care and attention.
Regardless, he still sounds like a bit of a tool.
Thursday 17th September 2009 11:05 GMT James Smith 3
TomTom Liability
I agree that this guy's a complete idiot, but surely TomTom should take some flak for this?
Their device has provided inaccurate information which put lives at risk. It is implied that the directions given are suitable for a normal car. Where were the directions intending to take him? Off the cliff? Down a footpath?
If the OS produced a map that showed this brideway as suitable for normal cars they'd get into steamy heaps of trouble.
@Will 22 - made my day
The Vauxhall i-Minge - priceless. I almost wish I hadn't had the snip, so I could have another kid and call it Donkeywagon.
Rarely does a Reg comment rise above mediocre, but that was genius.
Cheers, I'm off to invent another learning disorder now.
@HFoster
Problem Resides In Car, 'K ?
Thursday 17th September 2009 11:15 GMT Chris Malme
No different to a passenger reading a map
I have been using SatNav for years - long before they became popular - and have never had a problem. I have always told people that you should treat the SatNav exactly like a passenger beside you reading map directions. Listen to what they say, and then apply that to what you see ahead of you. If what the passenger/SatNav doesn't make immediate sense to you, ignore it and follow your instincts.
This sometimes mean you *do* drive past the turning you should have taken, and have to go around the block (or to the next motorway junction). But that is far preferable to following the passenger/SatNav instructions slavishly and driving down a one-way street the wrong way, leaving a motorway to "shortcut" through a tiny village or driving down a railway track or off the edge of a cliff.
It's not the fault of the SatNav - it is the moron using it.
@People are seriously defending this guy...?
"He's driven along a path that seems to be about two foot wide from the picture"
And what was the road like at the entrance where the mistake was made? Certainly no cliff, no slippy rocks or tight bend. If you took a wrong turn down a narrow path and it got narrower, would you continue in the hope it would get better, or try to reverse the whole way back out?
"And only stopped when he went through a fence and nearly off a cliff. That's not 'paying due care and attention', that's 'being a fucking idiot'."
Looking at the road with the drop either side, do you believe, as the magistrate did, that he was looking at the Satnav and not at the road? I find that to be just poor judgement by the magistrate, he didn't need to look at the satnav at that point because there was no turnoffs, the magistrates statement is nonsensical.
I reckon he was unfortunate, the magistrate hasn't driven down many narrow mountain roads, he was in a BMW which always invokes sterotypical images, it was a fuss to get him out, so the rozzers needed to justify the time, the map maker who drew the road in from the aerial photo made a mistake, a lot of mistakes by a lot of people, only one of which was his.
Let me flip it over, instead of me saying why he SHOULDN'T be punished. Why do you think that he SHOULD be punished? For what gain?
IMHO, the fix for this, is better signage at the turnoff and the satnav map to be fixed. He, him, the driver, could be anyone, me, you, the magistrate, and it's nice to kid ourselves that we wouldn't make that mistake, but that's to flatter ourselves. The guy is a professional driver who delivers cars, if he can make that mistake we certainly can.
If the map maker can make the mistake from the aerial photo then a driver (who can't see the road ahead like the map maker can), can certainly make that mistake.
@Mike Bell
I've driven down the same road/track. It is a real track as if you are heading away from Windemere its signposted for Black Moss. Its a very pretty road too.
Its actually got 2 wheel sized tracks that are tarmacced/concrete but takes you through gates etc. You get sat-nav'd if you are driving towards Windemere on the A591 and turn down the B5284. It then directs you to Ings to get back on the A591 even though it's actually quicker to stay on the A591.
Its just that the sat nav (garmin) treats this road/track as National Speed limit as none is applied so since its shorter than staying on the A591. you end up getting directed down it.
If you do it once, you never do it again - or do what I did and set the Sat Nav to only do HGV capable roads.
Thursday 17th September 2009 11:36 GMT Andrew Moore
Hmmmmmm...
A prime case of "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
extraction operatives... wtf are they
use to call them dental nurses... but seems they prefer to pull a BMW..
Hard done by ?
Okay, so it's a dodgy road, but it doesn't look like he was doing a ton up it, and if you look at the Sun's picture of the rescue it's over a small hillock then into a decline, then over the edge. Probably never saw it coming to the last, "oh, shit!" moment.
If he truly wasn't paying attention then he wouldn't have stopped. That trivial fence would unlikely have held his car back. The problem with recovering the vehicle is that it's on a downward slope. As a driver in that situation, with a cliff up-front, I'd not risk trying to back-up and have the car slip and go over. If he had extricated it ,it would probably be marked-up as "oops; nearly shat myself, I need a beer", and we and the plod would be none the wiser. As it is, it took professionals nine hours to extract the vehicle. Contrary to "Italian Job" and "Dangling over the edge" there seems no evidence that it was ( see Sun's photo ).
I've been caught out like this ( not by following SatNavs, and not by driving over cliffs ); on the Pennines, Wales and other places in the country where narrow tracks - ''call this a road!" - are not uncommon. Worse case was near central Manchester though where missing "no entry" signs led me to nearly drive onto a motorway the wrong way up an off-ramp.
Also in Manchester I encountered a crossroads with "no entry " signs on each corner, so impossible to tell which of the roads they applied to.
Got caught out in Chelsea also; a newly resurfaced one-way road with no road markings had me continue onwards across the junction on the right, which happened ( I think ) to be the wrong side of a two-way road. I only twigged something was perhaps wrong when I turned right at the next junction and thought "why were there only traffic lights for the left lane" ?
Took me over half an hour to get un-lost on a ring road around Leatherhead; signs I was hoping / expecting to see ( "London" ) were only on the clockwise route, not the anti-clockwise section I was driving on.
More, "there, but for the Grace of God, go I", rather than dickhead in my opinion. Of course, those El Reg commentators crying "wanker" would never find themselves in such an unfortunate predicament, nor have skeletons of sheer embarrassment of stupidity in their closets, oh no.
I also got completely lost in Paris once.
I would drive 5,000 miles
5,000 miles in a week - 240,000PA? That's got to be an entry in the Guiness Book of World records, after all - that's the distance from the Earth to the Moon [in a year], that's 45,257,143 London buses or 4,224,000 football pitches.
HI car would need servicing monthly (I've not factored that in to my average speed calculation) and he'd need a new engine probably once or twice a year
If true, he must end his day with a spectacularly numb bum.
Surely not!
As the driver or a relativly new BMW you could assume he's some sort of sales wonk so probably works 5 days a week. There are 120 hours in that 5 day week.
If he sleeps for 6 hours a day and spends an hour a day on eating etc that reduces his available time to 85 hours.
If he manages just one appointment per day then his driving hours are reduced to 80 per week.
To cover 5000 milesin 80 hours, he would have to average 62.5mph. Not possible.
Either - he's "bigging himself up" [AKA telling porkies], the Sun is bigging him up or there's a typo and he drives a fare more realistic 500/wk or 24,000 miles PA approx
Thursday 17th September 2009 12:16 GMT Paul 4
Due care.
He was on a public highway. He hit somthing because he was not looking. Lack of due car and attention. Simple.
Thursday 17th September 2009 12:16 GMT nichomach
Regardless of the fact that this particular Beemer driver was self-evidently a twat of the first water, your comment borders on genius - well done! And this from someone who's going to T-Bone the next X-series he sees not indicating at a roundabout...
Thursday 17th September 2009 12:16 GMT Linbox
@Will22 - FoTW
I nominate you for FoTW. You owe me a new keyboard pall.
Beemer drivers unfortunately earned their reputation when the company came down-market enough that every sales rep in the country could afford one. The 3-series, far from being a prestige marque, is one of the most mass produced cars in history - I think from memory it's only the Vauxhall/Opel Corsa that has been made in larger quantities. Twenty years ago, all of the road-warrior morons were driving Ford Sierras, I would strongly contend that the 'new BMW' award for most twatty drivers on the road is firmly owned by Audi, now that their cars have become more popular with fleet owners.
plus ca change.
Now what's the best way of getting coffee out of a laptop keyboard...?
Thursday 17th September 2009 12:16 GMT jai
and there really ought to be a minimum IQ level below which you are not allowed a driving license, for your own good
if you need to be told not to follow TomTom regardless then you really shouldn't be allowed Outside without medical supervision
Thursday 17th September 2009 12:20 GMT Marvin the Martian
El Reg a bit economical with the facts
Apparently none or few of the commentors have clicked on the link to see the photo...
In that story it becomes clear that the man in question is (a) a delivery driver -- so not a rich twat in a BMW, there go the self-satisfied comments, and (b) an ex-soldier -- so too used to taking orders... someone should have explained him the chain of command, where he's above the satnav.
@Will22
Nice one Will!
Fervent car-hating or car-luving is as bad as fervent nationalism or religious fanaticism. Just plain dumb. It doesn't help anyone.
The 5 series is a nice well designed car apart from a design flaw with the indicators.
Just because "some" BMW drivers are idiots doesn't mean that all BMW's should be hated with a passion.
The guy was an idiot ending up where he did, but the SatNav company should also take a lot of the blame here. They really need to be able to differentiate between the road size and the vehicle size - a large lorry option would be good for example.
Thursday 17th September 2009 13:07 GMT Juan Inamillion
Watch the video and you'll understand
For those Doubting Thomases here who can't understand why the driver is a epic tool, watch the video of the incident and see the angles, grades and path surface involved. The local farmer is absolutely spot on for saying it was amazing that he got that far. And then he ties up public (and private) services for 9 hours because of his epic ineptitude.
The fine etc: Quite right too, it's what happens if you go sailing without all the necessary equipment in a boat not suited for the journey and you get into trouble. The RNLI send you the bill.
Theis driver clearly should not be allowed to drive or handle machinery.
And for others here - he was NOT a salesman, he was delivering the car - read the fucking article!
@Will 22 - Brilliant stuff mate, but you might want to cut down on the expressos.
Thursday 17th September 2009 13:09 GMT The Dorset Rambler
"My tom-tom took me up the bridle path"
@Andy Poulton
You can write but not read then? Read the article to see why all your points (except maybe a 500/5000 typo) are wrong..
Thursday 17th September 2009 13:20 GMT ChrisC
Vroom vroooooooohhhhh crap...
@AC 11:10
"The guy is a professional driver who delivers cars"
He's certainly someone who drives for business, but since anyone with a normal car licence could do his job then he's hardly a professional.
@Marvin the Martian
I did read the article, and whilst it did mention that he worked as a delivery driver, it also used the phrase "his car"/"his BMW" several times. This, coupled with him not being on a delivery run at the time leads me to suspect it was actually his personal vehicle and not one he was in the process of delivering anywhere. Indeed, if it was a delivery vehicle and I was the owner of said vehicle, I'd now be pretty livid to learn that the person charged with its safe delivery to me was using it as his personal runabout...
Thursday 17th September 2009 13:37 GMT H 5
Darwin Award
..honourable mention.
What a numpty, "Killed by TomTom", moron.
@Beer Monster
Perfick'!
Thursday 17th September 2009 13:37 GMT Dimitrov
What's with all the BMW hate?
Do I smell sweet, sweet jealousy?
why the hatred for BMW drivers
You are all misdirecting your hatred at BMW drivers. Everyone knows the drivers who dont understand indicators, havent heard of the left hand lane on motorways and like to drive so close they can read your speedo have all shifted their loyalty to Audi's now.
As for this guy I cant decide if he has been harshly treated but one thing is for sure he is obviously still waiting for his Audi to be delivered.
Thursday 17th September 2009 14:34 GMT Andrew Beresford
For your pleasure...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gauxholme+&sll=53.722717,-4.042969&sspn=13.674025,29.53125&ie=UTF8&ll=53.704482,-2.110231&spn=0.000834,0.001802&t=h&z=19
Thursday 17th September 2009 14:41 GMT Adam Foxton
The real supidity
From a linked article:
Jones, a diabetic, told the court he had only seven miles of diesel remaining, and no insulin, or mobile phone battery remaining.
Now that's a late-model Beemer. To get it down to 7 miles you're running on fumes (or the diesel equivalent). You'll have been warned and warned again, and are unlikely to have not passed a petrol station.
Not having spare insulin in the car when you're a diabetic who drives a lot should be a criminal offence.
And not having any mobile battery when he's in a car is just idiotic. He can afford a Beemer- he should be able to afford the extra £20 for a decent cigar-lighter charging cable!
6 points and a big fine
What the hell for - he has done none harm, and has paid for all damages.
He gave us all something to argue about, but has hurt no one.
Looking at the youtube video, yes it seems incredible, but it looks like once he got so far he could clear not get a rear wheel drive car back up, his only hope of getting out was by carrying on, (he was probably scared of having to admit he had got stuck and it just got worse and worse).
He may have been stupid - but the punishment does not fit the ......, hold on, what crime ?
I understand the knee jerk - haha it's a Beemer - therefore he should die argument - but it's time for a reality check.
He got to look a right numpty and had to pay all expenses - why does he have to be fined and hit with 6 penalty points ?
If you make a mistake and turn the wrong way what is the appropriate corrective action ?
1. Electrocution
3. DNA sample and cavity search
4. Nothing
It's a slippery slope alright, conviction without offence..............
Although I earlier called him a twat, it does remind me of the time I stayed in a cottage near Scarborough and the only way to get to it was down a disused railway track barely wide enough for a car. But that was the only way there. No Sat-Nav back then either.
@Linbox
I've got an E36 3-series. If memory serves that's the one that out-sold the Ford Focus.
Fair enough it's got no prestige at all, but it does have a nice smooth 2-litre, 6-cylinder engine. It's just topped 160,000 miles and while some bits are wearing out (wheel bearings, suspension bushings, etc) it's still going strong. And after over 100Mn rotations those wheel bearings are doing damn well!
My Ford, however, isn't. At half that milage (still pretty high for a car) it got a 2-page failure list on its MoT. Oddly enough, it's the Ford that the indicators stopped working on rather than the beemer. Much nicer (leather) interior on the Ford though!
So from this I can conclude that the BMW is a much better made car- and my next car will again be a BMW.
Thursday 17th September 2009 16:20 GMT Graham Marsden
This just goes to show...
... that some people are too stupid to be allowed on the road!
The Driving Test should include an IQ test along with reminders that a Sat Nav is an *aid* to driving, not a substitute for using your brains and your eyes.
Friday 18th September 2009 00:20 GMT Anonymous John
@ One word....
Satnavtard is another word.
And according to Google, I'm the first person in the history of the human race ever to use it. Now to try and get it in the Urban Dictionary.
Friday 18th September 2009 00:20 GMT Anonymous Coward
Of course it is only an aid but...
What if he had done it without the sat nav? Would it still be a criminal offence? People have been stuck on beaches, in holes, on hills since driving began. (and before that on foot) It is criminal to be dumb now?
http://www.bing.com/maps/#JndoZXJlMT1wZXh3b29kK3JvYWQrK3RvZG1vcmRlbiZiYj01My43MTI2MjgyMDEzMTIzJTdlLTIuMTAzMzYxNDg3Mzg4NjMlN2U1My43MTA1OTk0MjExOTElN2UtMi4xMDc4ODkwNTYyMDU3NQ==
If you click on birds eye view and follow the track back, he first turned into a narrow lane with walls both sides. He came to a very sharp right angled bend which must have taken some getting round. I bet once past that bend he would not have been able to reverse back anyway. Going on may have been the only option. Not bright, but I personally wouldn't call it a criminal offence. I suspect it was a mistake after which it was impossible to do anything other than try and go on or admit defeat and call for help. (difficult with no working phone) Most people while there is still hope of continuing will do so.
The pity is if you look, he was only about 75 yards from joining the road again, and no one would have been any the wiser.
WTF is a " victim surcharge"
He might be stupid - but the law is really crazy.
Friday 18th September 2009 00:20 GMT Andrew Taylor 1
But..........
if you'd seen the earlier reports of what this idiot did you will have seen that he drove past a road sign that clearly states "not suitable for motor vehicles" and that's why he got done. He ignored a road sign end ended up hanging his heap off a cliff.
He deserves everything he got.
Friday 18th September 2009 00:20 GMT John Dougald McCallum
satnav cockup
check out this google maps referance I did the road starts out as a tarmac surface then a dirt farm track then a very narrow path a long distance from whare he finnaly stoped so plenty of chances to turn round mised. I also doubt that he does 5000 miles a week.I have done 500 miles in one day before took about 10 hours and I was knackered afterwards (Huddersfield to Gloucester and back via Oxford) Donn't ask it was summer and I was bored.
Friday 18th September 2009 00:22 GMT raving angry loony
They should have fined him, then taken away his license for being a complete idiot. What a plonker!
Friday 18th September 2009 09:20 GMT Trygve Henriksen
@AC with 'old' BMW...
So your BMW has done 160.000 miles...
I guess it has a few miles up on my Citroën Berlingo as it has only done 216.000Km, yet.
Sure, I had to replace the engine recently, but that was my own fault for not taking proper care of it. It SHOULD last for at least 400.000Km, without any problems.
(I got a nice 1997 vintage that had only done 140.000 to replace it.)
Not only does it 100Km on 6.5L WITH a roof-rack mounted, but it's comfy, I have good visibility, and lots of luggage space.
In fact, the only 'problem' is that it's the same red colour as the Norwegian Mail's fleet of Peugeot Partners...
You can keep your BMW... I prefer a driver's car.
Friday 18th September 2009 09:20 GMT Dr Patrick J R Harkin
We've all seen where he ended up
I'd like to see the turn *into* that road - which he took after dark in an area which probably doesn't have streetlights. Once he'd turned in, he was committed and probably spent a mile going "Surely this isn't right? It's a bloody farm track. Damn councils just don't maintain these minor roads." until the horrible truth dawned.
Incidentally, did he "hit a fence" as in "crashed into a fence" (not an indication of good driving) or as in "go straight on until you hit Sheffield" (which is conceptually quite a nice idea, and doesn't imply careless driving)
Friday 18th September 2009 09:20 GMT Matthew 4
the icon says it..
need we say more
Friday 18th September 2009 09:33 GMT MinionZero
We nearly had one less moron to worry about.
It just goes to prove Darwinian Natural Selection still applies even today.
Friday 18th September 2009 11:06 GMT Stephen Byrne
50/50 here I think
Surely the town council would have put up a sign at the entrance to this rollercoaster saying "NO ENTRY FOR VEHICLES"
Although on the face of it he looks like a dumbass, I think the Satnav is a bit of a red herring. It only told him to take the turn, remember it was dark and late at night, so maybe he had no way of knowing that the lane became a track until it was too late and figured it was better to keep going (he is ex-army after all, they can follow orders).
That being said, his comments that "users should be made more aware they should only use them as a guide" do seem to indicate a slight lack of independent thought and/or higher brain function!
I found it!
http://tinyurl.com/bmwidiot
TBH I can see the confusion- "Watty Lane" is apparently marked as a road. Appropriately near to "Bac[k]up Road" too...
Monday 21st September 2009 09:41 GMT Mark McC
5000 miles a week?
OK, someone needs to tell him that driving the missus down to Tesco's doesn't involve going through the Channel Tunnel and a round trip via Hamburg, despite what his TomTom says.
Monday 21st September 2009 09:41 GMT Witty username
i used to roll about in my old land barge, a E34 525 diesel. Chronicly slow, but i rolled it up to the MOT station with 240,000 miles (you read that right) on the clock and it rolled right back out again with a MOT. Bar an oil change, i never serviced it once, it just kept on going and going and going.
Old BMW's are brilliant cars, its just the middle management/IT Manager esque pricks that drive the new ones giving them a bad name!
Tuesday 22nd September 2009 10:20 GMT Mike Hocker
Too narrow for a horse?
But wide enough for a BMW?
Yob said: "so precarious that he would not, as a general rule, take his own horses down because it was so narrow".
Seems like the driver got a bridle path haircut by the locals, who are now undoubtedly celebrating in the local pub.
Tuesday 22nd September 2009 10:20 GMT Marina
Just wanna know...
... why was there a fence at the edge of the cliff?
Thursday 24th September 2009 13:28 GMT Mike Smith
@BMW Drivers
No actually, I decided to go for the Land Rover Defender 130 with the optional bull bars. I was sold on the quality of construction, plenty of space, that certain presence they have on the road, plus the certain knowledge that if I do actually collide with the next BMW that cuts me up without signalling because the arsewipe driving it was yakking on the phone, his toy car will be crushed like an egg.
Friday 25th September 2009 13:36 GMT david 63
In some countries I've driven in...
...that would be a A road.
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Authorities arrest man seen in truck that belonged to couple killed on Texas beach
Posted 1:32 pm, November 7, 2019, by CNN Wire, Updated at 01:31PM, November 7, 2019
The man Texas police were searching for in connection with the killings of a New Hampshire man and woman has been arrested, police say.
The Kleberg County Sheriff’s Department had issued an arrest warrant on a felony theft charge for Adam Curtis Williams, who was allegedly seen in the couple’s pickup truck, driving into Mexico. He was arrested in Mexico and was in the Kleberg County jail as of 11 p.m. ET Wednesday, Chief Deputy Jaime Garza told CNN. Jail records show he’s being held on a $1 million bond.
A woman who was seen in surveillance video in the passenger’s seat of the truck, Amanda Noverr, has been taken into custody in Mexico and is awaiting extradition to the US, Kleberg County Sheriff Richard Kirkpatrick said Thursday. She’s also wanted on a felony theft charge.
Williams and Noverr have a child, Kirkpatrick said. The child was with Noverr when she was detained and will also be returned to the US.
People matching their description were seen crossing the border at Eagle Pass, Texas, District Attorney John Hubert said.
On Monday, authorities released an image from a surveillance camera video that purportedly shows Williams and Noverr in the couple’s truck several days after James Lawrence Butler III and Michelle Elaine Butler last made contact with family and friends.
The remains of the Butlers, who were from Rumney, New Hampshire, were found buried in the sand of a Padre Island beach in late October. They had been missing for about 10 days.
Their deaths were ruled homicides by the Nueces County medical examiner’s office. It didn’t release information about the cause of death.
On October 15, the couple set up their camping trailer near the spot on the beach where they were found. Someone communicated with them the next day, officials said.
The couple had been traveling around the country since June 2018, taking part time jobs, officials said.
Kirkpatrick said Williams and Noverr are from Utah and it’s not clear why they were in Texas.
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SDCC 2010: ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ Panel With Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter & More
By The Movie God | @ | Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
The panel for Resident Evil: Afterlife was held at Comic-Con 2010 this past weekend. This is a movie with an uphill battle in front of it due to the fact that quality has seemed to go down with each new movie released since the first, and that it’s a movie that fully embraces the hostile 3D takeover currently going on.
The panel opens with the introductions of director Paul W.S. Anderson and stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, and Wentworth Miller. They kick things off by premiering the exclusive look at the recently released first trailer in its 3D form. If you’ve not seen the regular 2D trailer, you can check it out below to see what was shown.
The first topic discussed is of course 3D, and Anderson goes into how he’s always liked 3D and always thought it was a great idea. But it wasn’t until James Cameron came around with Avatar that the director knew it was something really special, and that he not only needed his new movie in 3D, but he had to use the same cameras that Cameron used. He thinks eventually 3D will be the benchmark in filmmaking and he plans on making all of his movies using it from here on out.
Anderson talks about why this franchise — as one based on a video game series — has been so popular where others have failed. He thinks it’s because there’s so much passion that goes into them and that fans can see this passion.
Some 3D footage from the movie is shown next. The scene features Alice and Claire battling a character from Resident Evil 5 known as The Executioner. You can read our own Dave3’s full description and feelings on the footage below!
The group then fields a bunch of audience questions. One story comes up about a scene which features Alice in an airplane graveyard. Apparently at some point she had to fire her gun and accidentally shot one of the $100,000 cameras they were using. I may have missed something here, but not quite sure why they were using live rounds? Interesting decisions there.
Some details revealed about the new movie over the course of the Q&A. The flick will be based largely on the Resident Evil 5 game, which you may have figured out judging by the use of The Executioner, and there will be an army of Alices unleashed.
Popular game character Leon will not be used, sadly, but Anderson says it is a character they would have to seriously consider using in the future. As for whether there will in fact be more movies, he says they like to take them one at a time, but are always open to new ones so long as they’re successful.
Again, you can read the footage description right here, and the basic 2D version of the trailer they showed is also embedded below along with some pictures from the panel!
Footage Description
A group of people are in a huge white-tiled bath house/shower room. Both the lead girls Alice (Milla Jovovich) and Claire (Ali Larter) and a few men are standing over some type of drainage tunnel/shaft that leads out of where they are on a downward sloping angle. One person gets into the tunnel and starts to slide/climb down [maybe Wentworth Miller’s character). The Asian guy in the group is all whimpering about how he can’t do it and protests like a little whiny bitch for a few seconds. With the camera still on him whimpering we quickly see him get sliced in half (kind of diagonally) via (what we learn is) a huge axe/hammer weapon wielded by the “Executioner,” a huge grotesquely hooded monstrosity who swings this massive axe thing around like it’s a toy.
Alice makes to attack the Executioner but is quickly bashed hard by the hammer portion of the weapon and flies off to the side of the bath house and slams against the wall, knocked out cold, her hand gun flying off to land in an inconvenient spot. Claire jumps in to fight the Executioner. The fight mainly consists of her ducking from the massive swings of the weapon as they systematically destroy six (or so) pillars/pipes that are laid out in rows of three on either side, each busted pipe now spewing water vertically creating pillars of contained rain as they travel towards the front of this bath house, where light is shining in through a big window against the front wall. You get the impression that this bathroom is on the top of some isolated mountain of hopelessness. Claire dips and slides a lot. We get one seemingly cool silhouetted shot as she does a back flip off a wall and lands in a spread-eagle cat pose on the floor [this was really bad looking and kind of ridiculously staged as well, it really took me out of the moment, but you know, there has to be a “pose”. Claire spots the gun, makes for it, and has at the Executioner with whatever bullets are left in the gun. This takes him down. Naturally it’s a “Jason” moment. After a moment the monster starts to get back up again. Enter Alice again, back from her siesta. The monster grabs his big-ass axe/hammer and makes a Hail Mary toss at both Alice and Claire with it. Very much like that axe scene in Last Action Hero, they both huddle together and vault away as it circles just above their heads and passed them. Then as the ‘Phew’ moment ends Alice pulls out a shotgun of some sort and proceeds to blow the head of the Executioner apart.
Let it be said that I was excited to see this movie because I love Resident Evil and Milla Jo. But I was far less excited to see this movie AFTER this footage. The proportions between the giant Executioner and the must smaller Claire looked horrible, as if Claire was running passed a video screen with the Executioner on it. I hope it was just temp stuff and they continue to work on re-cutting it, redoing the 3D, and everything else ’cause it kinda was assface bad.
Panel Photos
Footage description and photos by Dave3.
Topics: Movies, News, SDCC
Tags: Ali Larter, Milla Jovovich, Paul W. S. Anderson, Resident Evil, SDCC, SDCC 10, Wentworth Miller
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The Maharaja and Charlotte Perriand
At the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, a remarkable designer gets her due. Across town, at Musée des arts décoratifs, a show of princely riches complicates her legacy.
In May 2018, Sotheby’s in Paris held a record-breaking design auction, the first in Europe where total sales exceeded EUR€10 million. Amongst the star lots was a chaise longue – a drama of chromed-steel tubing clad with leopard skin – that sold for EUR€405,000. The provenance of the chair was illustrious. It had sat, in the company of other hunting trophies, in the bedroom of the last Maharaja of Indore in his modernist palace, Manik Bagh. ‘Young, tall and very elegant,’ was how Man Ray once described Yeshwant Rao Holkar II, whom he photographed together with his teenage Maharani (‘an exquisite girl’) in the late 1920s. He was also fantastically wealthy. The dashing couple mingled in Parisian avant-garde circles of the 1920s and ’30s; seduced by the burgeoning architectural International Style, the pair commissioned a 25-year-old German architect, Eckart Muthesius, a friend of Holkar’s from his studies at Oxford, to bring it to central India.
Manik Bagh was a Gesamkunstwerk: designed down to the doorknobs and light fittings, and filled with the boldest modern designs from the Parisian salons and design houses. It was completed in 1932. The Maharani died tragically young, in 1937, and the Maharaja remarried, to an American. Manik Bagh was no longer a primary place of dwelling, although the palace and its possessions were maintained by the family after Indore acceded to the newly formed Indian state in 1947. The Maharaja died in 1961. In 1980, after Indira Ghandi had stripped the former rulers of India’s princely states of their final vestiges of Raj-era privilege, the chaise longue was auctioned by Sotheby Park Bernet in Monaco along with a cache of Manik Bagh’s modernist furnishings.
Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret, Reclining Chaise Longue, model B306, manufactured by Thonet c. 1931. Courtesy: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris © Adagp, Paris, 2019; © F.L.C./ Adagp, Paris, 2019; Photo © Sotheby’s / Art Digital Studio
The chaise longue basculante (adjustable chaise longue), to give it its full name, is currently on show at the Musée des art décoratifs as part of the exhibition ‘Modern Maharajah: A Patron of the 1930s’, in Paris. But it is the work of the remarkable Charlotte Perriand, who is being celebrated concurrently, with the largest retrospective of her work to date, at the Fondation Louis Vuitton across town. Perriand is famous – infamous, even – as the young woman who turned up to show her drawings at the studio of Le Corbusier only to be dismissed by the modernist master with the curt response: ‘We don’t embroider cushions here.’ Undeterred, she went on to win him over, scarcely a month later, with her radical design for a bar sous le toit – a compact, metal-furnished cocktail bar under the eaves of her loft apartment – presented at the 1927 Salone d’Automne.
Perriand worked in the studio of Le Corbusier and his cousin and collaborator Pierre Jeanneret until 1937. As designer in charge of l’equipement (furniture and fitting out), she was largely responsible for the studio’s proposal for ‘a modern apartment’, which caused a stir when it was refused by the prestigious but conservative Parisian Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1929. Free plan, partitioned by modular, mirrored storage systems and populated with a collection of chairs and tables made from chromed-steel tubing, the project was displayed instead at the Salone d’Automne later that year. (It is likely there that the Maharaja first saw his chaise longue.) The interior has been recreated 1:1 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, in collaboration with the Italian firm Cassina, who have been licenced to produce the Le Corbusier-Jeanneret-Perriand furniture since the 1960s.
Man Ray, The Maharajah of Indore in evening dress around 1927-1930. Courtesy: © Man Ray 2015 Trust / Adagp, Paris, 2019 Photo © Pompidou Center, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Guy Carrard
Perriand’s designs – among them the boxy, leather-padded fauteuil grand confort (very comfortable armchair) and chaise longue basculante – have become iconic: synonymous with homes in Architectural Digest and corporate foyers, designs that have spawned a thousand imitations. But we should not let familiarity dull how absolutely, sensationally new they looked in 1929. Compare and contrast the ‘modern apartment’ with the sturdy forms, captured in photographs on display at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, of Jacques-Emile Ruhlman’s ‘ensemble for the bedroom-studio of an Indian crown prince’. Presumably intended for Yeshwant Holkar, this was presented at the same 1929 Salon des Artistes Décorateurs that had refused Perriand & co. This was the Paris of art deco – wood, glass and patterned intricacy; Perriand’s forms were sleek, streamlined, automobile-intoxicated: industrial dreams. ‘METAL plays the same part in furniture as cement has done in architecture,’ she wrote in the British magazine The Studio, in April 1929. ‘IT IS A REVOLUTION.’
In a famous photograph, Perriand reclines in the chaise longue, hair bobbed fashionably short, legs raised so that her skirt falls daringly at her knee. She wears a necklace made out of chromed ball bearings, a string of industrial pearls. She was the revolution. An early member, along with her close, life-long friend Férnand Leger, of the Association des écrivains et artistes révolutionnaires and a committed communist, Perriand believed that industrialization could reorganize society along egalitarian lines. The ‘modern apartment’ furniture was initially conceived for mass production. In the event, however, Thonet (makers of the bent-wood bistro chairs beloved of Parisian cafés), produced just 172 chaises longues between 1930 and 1937, when the rise of Nazism curtailed production. The Maharaja’s is one of these.
Charlotte Perriand, furniture and scenography, Steph Simon gallery, 1956. Courtesy: © Adagp, Paris, 2019 © Gaston Karquel / AChP
Perriand spent most of World War II in Asia. She travelled to Japan in 1940, as the Nazis rolled into Paris (but before Germany, Italy and Japan allied in the Tripartite Pact). As an adviser on industrial design, at the invitation of the Japanese Ministry of Trade and Industry, she was to recommend how to put traditional craft to modern ends, with the ultimate aim of creating new products for the country’s conflict-beleaguered export market. Japan, at that point, was an expansionist imperial power – an occupying force in East Asia with designs on the South East. The attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour happened the following year. How did Perriand square her leftist commitments with her instrumentalization by a far-right nationalist regime? We can only speculate. What is clear, however, is that her experience in Japan shaped her thinking for the rest of her life. ‘Japanese traditional art is absolutely modern,’ she wrote in 1941, prefiguring a relationship between Eastern tradition and Western avant-garde that came to the fore not least in postwar US minimalism.
During France’s extensive postwar reconstruction, Perriand worked again with Le Corbusier, designing the interiors for his Unité d’Habitation in Marseille. (Ever condescending, he described her contribution in a letter as ‘This little help [coup de pouce] that you would give our work.’) Amongst her most valuable contributions was the integration of the kitchen and living areas, partitioned by means of a storage unit, which allowed the person (woman) cooking to participate in the social life of the space.
Charlotte Perriand, Chaise Longue Basculante, 1928-29. Courtesy: © F.L.C. / ADAGP, Paris 2019 © ADAGP, Paris 2019 © AChP
The best possible use of the minimum appropriate space for the greatest number of people is one way we could summarize Perriand’s philosophy of living space. Mies van de Rohe’s ‘less is more’, but with an inherent social imperative. Time and again, as the Louis Vuitton retrospective shows, she returns to the idea of a minimum unit of dwelling. The exhibition is impressive, expansive, eye-opening. It’s a thrill to see an important female designer – rare enough amongst the liberated-but-not-quite modernists – finally get her due. But, seen with ‘Modern Maharajah’, something about the show also depresses me. From the vantage point of 2019, it seems an equal inevitability that the palace of Manik Bagh should now house the offices of Indore’s tax commissioner as that Perriand’s Maison au bord de l’eau – designed as an inexpensive, flat-pack weekend house – would first be constructed in 2013, at LVMH’s expense, on Miami Beach, during Art Basel. They were both fantasies. Perriand was designing for a future that never arrived.
Perriand died in 1999, at the age of 96, almost outliving the century whose appearance she helped shape. Unlike her erstwhile collaborators (Corbusier and Jeanneret both died in the mid-1960s), she lived long enough to witness her own institutionalization – for her chairs and tables and shelving units to become museum pieces. In a 1984 interview with The Architectural Review on the eve of her first significant retrospective (coincidentally, at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs), she told the architectural historians Martin Meade and Charlotte Ellis: ‘I can’t tell you how much this exhibition has got me down. It has made me go backwards when I want to go forwards, it brings out things I left behind long ago.’ The question remains: What next?
Main image: Eckart Muthesius, retouched exterior view of the Manik Bagh Palace c. 1933 Courtesy: © Collection Vera Muthesius / Adagp, Paris, 2019
Amy Sherlock
Amy Sherlock is deputy editor of frieze and is based in London, UK.
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June 22, 2018 March 11, 2019 / F.T. McKinstry / 1 Comment
Midsummer Greetings!
Where I live, the winters are long and dark. Summer is fleeting, like a dream in which you can’t recall the bitter cold, muck and gloom of the last seven or eight months. Summer has an almost fairytale quality here, it is so clear, fresh, green and fragrant. No doubt the fact that it flies by so swiftly makes it poignant, like a swan song, and on no day is this so evident as on the solstice, the longest day. After its spectacular sigh, we descend into shorter days again and the curve is so steep, it’s noticeable. By August the shadows start to feel weird.
Cosmic Garden, by F.T. McKinstry
What better day for swords, sorcery, demons and wicked warlords? Na, I can’t think of one either. So for the next month, both books in The Fylking series, Outpost and The Wolf Lords, will be on sale for $1.99. Yep, for the price of a potted geranium you can venture into a Norse-inspired world where the veil is thin, the gods walk and the sword is the order of the day.
What could possibly go wrong? Hah!
The Fylking, a high fantasy series woven with Norse mythology, swords and sorcery.
In the worlds of their dominion they are called the Fylking, lovers of strife, song and steel, an immortal race of warriors akin to the Otherworld. Their empires span the heavens; their deities, ruled by the elusive Raven God, embody the forces of war, wisdom, passion and nature.
This series tells the exploits of the Fylking and their mortal observers — warriors, royals, seers, lovers, warlocks and mercenaries — generations upon generations coexisting in uneasy peace with the Gods of War.
Both books contain a glossary and a link to a high resolution map.
Outpost, Book One in The Fylking.
A race of immortal warriors who live by the sword.
A gate between the worlds.
Warriors, royals, seers and warlocks living in uneasy peace on one side of the Veil.
“The tone is excellent, reminiscent of some of the earliest examples of grim Norse fantasy.” – G.R. Matthews, Fantasy Faction
Finalist, SPFBO 2016
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The Wolf Lords, Book Two in The Fylking.
A wounded immortal warlock bent on reprisal.
An ancient order of sorcerers hungry for power.
Warriors beset by armies of demons and immortals.
And a lonely hedge witch whose dark secrets could change everything–
If only they could find her.
“Awesome book. Loved the first book also. I hope there will be more in the series.” – Customer Review on Amazon
May 7, 2018 December 18, 2018 / F.T. McKinstry / 2 Comments
Othin of Cae Forres, Ranger of the North Branch
The primordial image, or archetype, is a figure–be it a daemon, a human being, or a process–that constantly recurs in the course of history and appears wherever creative fantasy is freely expressed. ― Carl Jung
I once kicked a hole in the kitchen wall. This happened some time ago, in another house, another life. I honestly don’t recall what triggered it. I was wearing a pair of Doc Martens, which made the act particularly satisfying. I can still feel the sensation of the wallpaper exploding as the sheetrock caved in.
I left that hole there for some time, like a sacrifice to a war god. Then one day I knelt there, fixed the sheetrock and lovingly pieced a matched swatch of wallpaper over the wound like a mother patching up a scraped knee. There, there. These things happen.
Don’t get me wrong, this aspect of my personality as gotten me into trouble aplenty. He’s rising to his feet now, yelling, “Yeah only with people who fucking deserved it.” Debatable; however, my inner warrior stepped up like a boss on the battlefield of my childhood, where I took on a legion of thousands-year-old collective beliefs designed to bully women into being safe and predictable. Girls aren’t supposed to kick holes in walls. Keep it under control, don’t threaten the Powers That Be or you’ll be sorry. No talking back. No swearing. No waving swords or apple tree wands. Throw your weight around and we’ll throw you out. Yada yada. At some point I pushed all that noise off the cliff into the sea.
I like my warrior.
Building a Better Battlefield
Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it. ― Lloyd Alexander
There’s this quaint idea that fantasy isn’t real, but only worthy as entertainment or worse, escapism. This is right up there with the idea that dark, extreme music makes people angry or violent ― another garden cart load of crap. As a child, unfortunately, I adopted and then chafed under these ideas because I wanted an escape and I wanted the truth. The whole thing just pissed me off.
In fantasy novels I found my warrior, alive and well and ready to teach me how it’s done. I started out reading books and watching movies, until the forces of an ever hungry and curious psyche drove me into writing. After many years cutting my teeth on worldbuilding, the development of writing skills and the maddening vagaries of the traditional publishing industry, an assassin named Lorth of Ostarin stepped out of my subconscious and into the light. “Would you rather kick holes in walls, or tell my tale?” he inquired. Four books later, Lorth has proven himself to be an exemplary spokesperson for my warrior side.
Lorth of Ostarin
Since nothing is complete without music, this tune sums up Lorth nicely:
Variations on The Warrior Archetype
The term “warrior” can evoke many images, some of them simplistic; say, a person engaged or experienced in warfare. But there’s nothing simple about this archetype. There are infinite variations. Here are some of my favorites.
The Noble Warrior
Thus came Aragorn son of Arathorn, Elessar, Isildur’s heir, out of the Paths of the Dead, borne upon a wind from the sea to the kingdom of Gondor. ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
Who doesn’t love this guy? He has legendary ancestors, lofty titles, powerful friends and a destiny. He’s done his time. He plays by the rules. His sword has an elven name you can’t pronounce. The golden standard by which all variations of the warrior archetype are defined, he can send you and your shit packing with a deadpan stare.
A Tolkien votary from a young age, I was properly initiated by Aragorn. But I was so innocent. Like a little hare beneath the gaze of a great horned owl.
The Initiated Warrior
A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing. ― Carlos Castaneda
In ancient Norse traditions there were berserkers and warrior shamans called úlfheðnar (wolf-hides), who underwent brutal, powerful initiations. In the wilds they lived like wolves, to reach a state of possession and thereby acquire the beasts’ strength, fearlessness, and fury.
Ripley vs. The Alien Queen
Initiation rites for warriors are as old as time. But sometimes, a person with a warrior’s soul may not be aware of what she’s capable of until put to the test. To my mind, Ellen Ripley of Alien fame fits this aspect well. A warrant officer and first mate of the Nostromo, she becomes the badass we all know and love as the crew starts to realize what manner of thing they’re up against. The sole survivor of a terrifying battle with a superior life form, she goes on to set the record straight for every scientist, android and military type who crosses her path. Who knew?
The Reviled Warrior
Nobody loves a warrior until the enemy is at the gate. ― Unknown
Geralt of Rivia, the protagonist of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher series, is one messed up dude. Trained as a child by a dark order of warriors called Witchers, he develops supernatural abilities via rigorous training and a ghastly transformation involving sorcery and narcotics, thereby rendering him capable of hunting the nonhuman fiends and beasties that haunt the wilds. With the eyes of a viper, milk-white hair and a collection of scars, he is hated and feared across the land ― until some constable’s daughter ends up shredded by a harpy or something, at which time they are happy enough to hire him.
A thankless job, but somebody has to do it.
The Broken Warrior
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. ― Confucius
Elric of Melniboné
Michael Moorcock’s Elric saga is old-school sword and sorcery at its finest. The protagonist, Elric of Melniboné, is the reluctant emperor of a mighty race with a well-earned reputation for cruelty. Elric is born flawed, an albino with weakness he is only able to overcome with drugs made from herbs and such. Disgusted by his own people, he ventures into the greater world to find his fortune. But he serves Chaos, and wields a malevolent sword named Stormbringer that drinks the souls of its victims, an addiction to which our hero swiftly succumbs, as the blade gives him strength as nothing else can.
Thus tormented, Elric destroys everything he loves, slaughters his own race and at some point has no fucks left to give. He tries to destroy Stormbringer, to bury it, to hide it away. But of course, “What you resist, persists,” and it’s only a matter of time before he’s driven to pick it up again. So it goes.
I’m still rooting for him.
Finally, if anything sums up the more shadowy aspects of the warrior archetype, this song does. And well, you know, Seether. C’mon.
Sleep with one eye open…
Autumn, Houseplants and Science Experiments Gone Bad
September 3, 2017 September 3, 2017 / F.T. McKinstry
September in Hyde Park, by F.T. McKinstry
If you wish to live and thrive, Let a spider run alive. ~ Old English nursery rhyme
Fall is upon us here in the North. Although everything is still green and blooming outside, the afternoon shadows are long, the wind has a darker feel, the leaves on the maple trees are changing color, and the nights are cold. I recently brought in my houseplants from their warm, bright—albeit short—summer sojourn. And with them came critters: weird, long-legged creeping things, caterpillars, ants, and the occasional cricket that’ll set up camp in a corner and sing until the cats find it.
And then there are the spiders. Spiders lurk, and they’re undaunted by the change in habitat. The sneaky ones build webs when I’m asleep or not looking. I’ll find a plant or a windowsill blanketed with silk and well-guarded, where the day before, there was nothing.
The shameless spiders carve out their empires with impunity, scrabbling up the shower curtain or dropping down in front of my face somewhere.
But I don’t bother them. It’s bad luck to kill a spider in the house, you know. They bring good fortune. Just remember that, next time you find one in the sink big enough to exsanguinate a small rodent. You can use a napkin to lift it into a cup or a plant, if you think you’re fast enough. Good luck.
I keep finding these slimy, glistening slug trails all over the place, and I never see the perpetrators. Unless they can fly, there is more than one of them. It’s like a B-grade sci-fi flick where an experiment goes terribly wrong. One of these mornings I’m going to come down to a five-foot-tall slug in the kitchen holding a ray gun.
As long as a spider doesn’t sneak into the Petri dish, I’m good.
Mythology, the Moon, and the 2017 Solar Eclipse
August 20, 2017 / F.T. McKinstry / 3 Comments
Winter Moon Raven
If you live in the US, particularly in the swath along the width of the country from the northwest to the southeast, you will get a rare and special treat on August 21st: a total eclipse of the sun. In northern Vermont, where I live, we’ll get to see about 60% of it and, miracles of miracles, it’s actually going to be sunny (don’t get me started). I’m ready. I made my own camera obscura, and tried it out. It doesn’t look like much, but it’s cool af; it projects this ghostly mirror image of the sky, trees and sun, like an Otherworld portal or something.
A solar eclipse happens on a new moon, when the moon moves between the earth and the sun and the side turned toward the earth is dark. Needless to say, there’s a wealth of bizarre tales in world mythology explaining a solar eclipse. Given how creepy and unnatural it is when for no apparent reason the life-giving sun goes away, the temperature drops, and animals act weird, it stands to reason that most of these myths are gloomy and apocalyptic, such as dragons or serpents eating the sun, divine punishment, evil omens, and disputes between the gods.
Norse mythology tells of a pair of wolves named Hati and Skoll that chase the sun, and will catch it at Ragnarok, the annihilation of the cosmos. A solar eclipse was explained as the sky wolves getting a lucky break and stealing the sun. The solution was to make a lot of noise to scare the beasts away. (Hey, it must have worked; we’re still here.)
On a full moon, the earth is between the moon and the sun. I was born on a full moon. When I was a kid, I doodled and drew every mysterious, strange and beautiful thing that caught my attention, and had a particular fascination for drawing images of the sun and moon aligned and facing each other. I didn’t realize at the time that this is what happens during a full moon…but some part of me did. Since then, the full moon appears often in my paintings.
The Singing Girl
Here’s to hoping you get a chance to check out the eclipse! Protect your eyes, and watch out for the sky wolves.
Plastic Tulips and Writing What You Know
July 31, 2017 June 29, 2018 / F.T. McKinstry
“Cosmic Garden” by F.T. McKinstry
My maternal grandmother, now in the arms of the gods, had a degree in microbiology. I don’t know that she ever did much with it; marriage, a family and the expectations of her generation made that difficult. A classic German stoic, she didn’t talk much about her past, or how she felt about things. She was smart and she didn’t take any crap from anybody. But she loved her gardens.
When it came to plants, my grandmother knew the scientific names of everything, it seemed. To a lesser extent, so does my mother; and to a lesser extent than that, so do I. My grandmother grew up in the North, and at some point moved with her family to Texas. She was always experimenting, trying to grow things that didn’t like heat. She was persistent. She tried tricks like freezing tulip bulbs to force dormancy, but the southern Texas climate would have none of that and eventually she gave up and stuck some plastic tulips in the garden to see if anyone noticed. She did this with such stealth and subtlety that even my mother fell for it. Hook, line and sinker.
I never saw my grandmother get excited about much, but oh, how she laughed when her tulip scam was exposed. She was less amused the time I stabbed my brother with a stitch ripper (he so deserved it, btw); she curled up her fist and punched me. But what I most remember is how she lit up when I moved to the North, where it was easier to grow things like astilbe, monarda, broccoli, and of course, tulips.
I loved my grandmother’s dark, ornery sense of humor and her penchant for tinkering, which I inherited. Every year I wage a military campaign against cabbage worms. My cats chase the pretty white butterflies, but that is not an effective means of pest control. So this year, I decided to try planting some nasturtiums, because supposedly bugs hate them. Believe it or not, there are less caterpillars than usual amid this jungle. How’s that for optimism.
Far be it for me to ignore writing gardens into a story or two. Though my stories tend to be dark, full of war, sorcery and creepy things, there will be a gardener in there somewhere; a witch growing herbs for her spells, for example. In my short story “The Trouble with Tansy,” a young woman born of three generations of wisewomen knows little of her ancestral garden’s mysteries until she discovers her own power in the darkness of winter, the words of a witch, and the loss of her innocence.
Excerpt: “The Trouble with Tansy”
Tansel loved her garden with all her heart. It surrounded the cottage and spread out beneath the edges of the forest like a wild thing, singing. She grew things for eating, seasoning and healing; things that smelled pretty, attracted butterflies, birds, bees and cats; she grew things for the shapes of their leaves, the way the sun and moon shone upon a petal or a stalk, or the way one thing grew beside another, tangling high and low in arches, tendrils and delicate patterns. Some plants loved the high bright sun; others preferred the shadows beneath hemlock trees, or water caressing their roots. Tansel grew things that she liked the names of. Things no one knew the names of.
Few could have said what grew in Tansel’s garden. Not even Tansel knew, from season to season. The garden had a rhythm of its own, a balance that took care of itself.
“The Trouble with Tansy” is included in Wizards, Woods and Gods, a collection of twelve dark fantasy tales exploring the mysteries of the Otherworld through tree and animal lore, magic, cosmos, love, war and mysticism.
This story was also the original inspiration for The Winged Hunter, Book Three in the Chronicles of Ealiron.
One of the protagonists in Outpost, Book One in The Fylking, has an ancient power she spins into her knitting that gets the attention of not only the gods but also a malevolent immortal with nothing good in mind. She also has a garden, of course.
Excerpt: Outpost
Autumn was a knitter’s busy time. Melisande knit brindled patterns of drops and sky over the summer; wove strands of sky-blue wool into the edge of a belt as the hard gray line of a late frost passed her garden by; pulled threads of weeds from the stitched patterns of the vegetable patch, leaving purple violets to grace the air with Othin’s favorite scent; and braided black yarn with rosemary and periwinkle to protect her cottage when the shadows grew long. Such amusements aside, she always had something to do. Folk from far around prized her work for its weird charm.
Well, most of them.
Summoning Fenrisúlfr
April 7, 2017 June 7, 2018 / F.T. McKinstry / 1 Comment
Background cover art for The Wolf Lords, Book Two in The Fylking
The older something is, the more secrets it keeps.
Leofwine Klemet of House Earticael is a sorcerer of the Fenrir Brotherhood, an ancient order of magicians who serve Loki, Prince of Wiles and the Father of Hel. Leofwine has his doubts as to whom his masters serve, however. Given the order’s bloody, patchy history, of which Leofwine is an expert, if the brotherhood served anyone it was Othin, the Allfather, a master of sorcery and runes who reveled in the grim tides of war. A trickster and consummate shapeshifter, the Hooded One would be more than pleased to move in the shadows of Loki’s dastardly reputation.
But Leofwine keeps his doubts to himself.
Once a transcriber in the King’s Archive, and a Fjorginan spy, Leofwine now serves a hall in a remote forest as a protector of their interests. It is a thankless job, but for a lover and some shelter from his enemies, both mortal and immortal.
But Fenrir sorcerers tend to have long shadows, and Leofwine is no exception. When his enemies catch up to him (which enemies always do) and reveal a devastating secret involving someone he holds dearer than life, Leofwine goes berserk and does the unthinkable: he summons Fenrisúlfr, a demon capable of destroying the entire realm in a maelstrom of blood. This redoubtable act gains Leofwine not only the condemnation of his order but also the title of Wolf Lord, a wry designation used by otherworldly beings such as demonic warlords and sea witches to refer to the servants of Loki.
Ironic. But that’s the trouble with doubts. They can betray you and ruin your day.
The Fenrir Brotherhood is an ancient order of sorcerers who serve the Wolf Gods of the North. Traditionally hired by warlords to protect their own bloody, ambitious interests, the brotherhood now keeps to itself.
Or so it is generally believed.
The older something is, the more secrets it keeps. And with the help of the Fylking’s enemies, the secrets of the Wolf Lords are about to unleash armies of demons across the land.
Those with second sight will be the first to die.
Sorcerer in the Abyss
March 17, 2017 July 25, 2017 / F.T. McKinstry
The abyss is never far from the summit. I am fond of this concept, not because it sounds romantic, but because it reminds me of a basic truth. I am presently working on The Wolf Lords, the sequel to Outpost and the second installment in my high fantasy series The Fylking. It’s going well, and at some point I decided it was high time to start working on the cover art. Past time, in fact.
I love painting things like this. So I sketched it up, put it on my easel, got out all my oil paints and accoutrements and well, that was a week ago and there it still sits–in my way, of course–with this monstrous black abyss swirling around it that will, if I go near the thing, suck me in and annihilate my soul and that’ll be the end of it.
There are names for this phenomenon, I’m sure. I could write a textbook about it and yet, romantic platitudes aside, the sketched board is still on the easel collecting cobwebs and I can’t start the thing to save my skin. It’s not as if I don’t do this sort of thing like, every day. But sometimes the summit, that high I get when the numinous floods up and turns into something cool, is so far away all I can see is the abyss. It is an empty, lonely place.
Just…pick up a tube of paint and squirt it on the palette. No, not black! How about green. Aaaahahahahah this sucks. I hate painting.
The character in the sketch above, his name is Leofwine. A sorcerer of the Fenrir Brotherhood, he’s more adept at dealing with his personal demons than I am.
Death metal might help.
Write a blog post about it, that’ll inspire me. I can write anything, here. I’m a fantasy author. Here we go. I am about to start this painting, yes I am, right after I post this. You all heard me say it.
Coming in 2017.
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Qantas Showcases Its New First Lounge In Singapore Using VR Technology
Qantas is using virtual reality (VR) in the development of its new First Lounge at Singapore Changi Airport, which is set to open at the end of 2019.
Industrial designer David Caon and his team have created an immersive virtual reality representation of the design concept, providing a better way for Qantas to preview and fine tune lounges. A similar approach is being used for the airline’s upgrade of its A380 cabins.
Qantas is working with David Caon in collaboration with Akin Atelier, to build a First Lounge for 240 customers, offering a luxurious design and premium dining inspired by Singapore’s vibrant culture. The new lounge is being designed to suit transit travellers with shower facilities, a la carte dining including an open kitchen, a cocktail bar and plenty of device charging stations.
Qantas International CEO Alison Webster said VR gives the airline a completely new way to make sure a lounge meets customer needs well before the build begins.
“While we already use VR technology to promote destinations, this is the first time we have used it to better understand a lounge design. Being able to immerse ourselves in a virtual lounge gives us a more accurate sense of space and an understanding of how it will look to scale,” said Ms Webster.
“We know Qantas customers like to dine in the lounge to maximise sleep onboard, so the layout will offer generous and comfortable seating options, ideal for eating, working or relaxing.”
“As Qantas’ largest hub outside of Australia, Singapore is an extremely important part of our network. There is strong demand for travel in premium cabins to Singapore and we are looking forward to complementing the First class experience with a new lounge.”
Unveiling detail of the interiors today, designer David Caon said a neutral colour palette, luxurious materials and leafy green highlights will make customers feel relaxed as soon as they enter the lounge.
“The interiors achieve a synergy with other Qantas First Lounges on the network, using key materials like marble and oak from the Sydney flagship lounge, combined with finishes reflecting the lively culture of Singapore,” said Mr Caon.
“With a continued focus on wellness, we’ll be looking at including the latest advances in light technology, allowing passengers to better synchronise their body clocks with future time zones.
David Caon said using Virtual Reality has revolutionised the design process between designer and client.
“Virtual reality brings the 2D drawings and photos to life, and for this project in particular, it has sped up the consultation process between our design team and Qantas,” said Mr Caon.
The Qantas First Lounge in Singapore is expected to open in late 2019, while the existing Business Lounge will be expanded and is due to open mid-year. The overall lounge capacity in Singapore will increase by 60 percent, and combined, the First and Business Lounges will offer seating for more than 800 customers.
Qantas operates over 50 return services in to and out of Changi Airport each week, making it one of the largest foreign airlines to operate out of the Singapore airport. From Singapore, Jetstar Group operates 298 weekly return flights to 26 destinations.
In addition to Qantas’ investment in Singapore, the airline recently announced it will upgrade its lounges in Tokyo, Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane and Hobart.
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The Rest of June
Posted in Art, Classical Music, Contemporary Music, Film, Opera, tagged Agnes Martin, Alexander McQueen, Annely Juda, Barbican Hall, Britten Sinfonia, David Hockney, Dulwich Picture gallery, Edward Gardner, Ein Landarzt, Elizabeth Atherton, ENO, Estorick Collection, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Harrison Birtwistle, Iestyn Davies, John Hiatt, Josh Savage, Lawrence Power, Linbury Studio Theatre, London Road, London Sinfonietta, Mark Padmore, Meili Li, Melissa McCarthy, Modigliani, Nico Muhly, Peter Hoare, Phaedra, Queen of Spades, Ravilious, Royal Hospital Chelsea, Rufus Wainwright, Saatchi Gallery, Savage Beauty, Sentences, Sonia Delaunay, Spy, Tate Modern, The Corridor, The Cure, The Villagers, Under the Bridge, V&A on July 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I wasn’t sure I wanted to see Rufus Wainwright again after being disappointed by his last outing promoting the over-produced Out of the Game, but solo and at The Royal Hospital Chelsea? Oh, go on then. There wasn’t much atmosphere in the hall-full space (when will promoters learn that there is a limit to the prices people will pay, however much of a fan they are) and the lovely weather turned 30 mins before he came on stage, but the rain stopped after 10 mins. Rufus’ concerts are inconsistent and uneven because he has a tendency to attempt under-rehearsed and / or overly-ambitious things, resulting in stops & starts and forgotten chords & words, covered up with clumsy humour, but when he’s good he’s stunning, and there were enough stunning moments to make this one very worthwhile. There were bonuses too – a duet with Neil Tennant on Poses, and support from The Villagers, who sounded lovely in the open air, in the sun.
John Hiatt‘s welcome return to Under the Bridge saw a fairly predictable, populist 2-hour set, but it was sung and played very well, and there were two new numbers. The usual final encore of Riding With the King was movingly dedicated to the recently departed B B King. You have to admire the bravery (or foolishness?!) of support act Josh Savage who walked into the club crowd to play an acoustic number with audience participation, but he just about got away with it.
A Henze double-bill was a also brave choice for the June GSMD opera production & it got a small but largely appreciative audience – an odd choice too, as it only enabled them to showcase nine singers. Ein Landarzt was a short absurdist Kafka monologue set to music, a very early work. Phaedra was his last work and got a really striking production. I had to pinch myself when Chinese counter-tenor Meili Li switched to baritone!
Musically, ENO‘s Queen of Spades was one of the best things they’ve ever done. The orchestra under Edward Gardner were on fire and all of the soloists, especially Peter Hoare as Hermann, were outstanding….. but the staging made little sense. Such is the arrogance of opera directors.
I enjoyed the double bill of Harrison Birtwistle operas in Covent Garden’s Linbury Studio Theatre – The Corridor and The Cure are both based on Greek myth, both two-handers, written five years apart but fitting together perfectly. Mark Padmore and Elizabeth Atherton were extraordinary and the London Sinfonietta (costumed in the first) sounded great.
The world premiere of Nico Muhly’s song cycle Sentences, inspired by Alan Turing, at the Barbican was superb. It was beautifully sung by countertenor Iestyn Davies (who also sampled and sung with himself!) with the Britten Sinfonia and Muhly conducting from the piano. The rest of the programme was well chosen, with a Dowland song and a Britten piece for viola (Lawrence Power) inspired by it and Vivaldi’s Sabat Mater for solo voice (Davies on top form again) and ensemble. A lovely evening.
The second spy spoof of the year, cleverly called Spy, is even better than the first, Kingsman: the Secret Service, and Melissa McCarthy is wonderful, with the bonus of Miranda also cast as a CIA operative. I laughed a lot.
The film of London Road is as ground-breaking as the stage show, but not as good. I’m not sure they did NT Live when it was first on stage, but I think that would be a better experience (and judging by the tiny audience in the cinema, more commercial sense too).
The latest at the Saatchi Gallery – art from Africa and Latin America – is their best for ages, with some great paintings and only a few of those installations that can often be pretentious and dull.
The Ravilious exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery was a real treat. His wistful, very British paintings range from landscapes to port scenes to war art but they all have a very distinctive style which I love. The best exhibition I’ve seen in a long while.
The Alexander McQueen exhibition at the V&A, Savage Beauty, also blew me away. I’m no fan of fashion, but I do love creativity and ingenuity and McQueen clearly had an imagination the size of a planet. In a brilliantly theatrical presentation, you learn a lot about the man and his influences – a lot more than the 100 minute play I saw the Saturday before, in fact – whilst looking at his beautifully crafted clothes.
I was less fond of David Hockney’s Painting & Photography exhibition at Annely Juda than I was his earlier landscape collection, though I liked the way it played with both art forms, and played with your head by having paintings in photographs and the same people turning up all over the place in both forms.
It was good to go back to the Estorick Collection of modern Italian art, though the Modigliani Drawings exhibition which took me there was much of a muchness – too small, really. Re-viewing the one-room permanent collection and three rooms of a current selection made it worthwhile though.
The latest double-dip at Tate Modern yielded an unexpected treat and something dull from two 20th century female artists. Sonia Delaunay‘s colourful work spanned portraits, abstracts, textile patterns and clothes – diverse but uniformly cheerful. Agnes Martin was Rothkoesqe pretension – all dots, lines and hardly discernible colour.
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Argentina managed to get their fair share of revenge when they beat Nigeria in a friendly match at Bangladesh but it wasn’t still enough because Nigeria won on friendly aggregate by 5-4.
Messi was without the two Barcelona players he performs with but he was still a constant threat against the Super Eagles with his direct style and canny dribbling skills.
Arsenal also had its ambassadors representing their national teams last night. Four goal Dutch hero Robin van Persie fired blanks when Holland beat Finland to put one foot in next summer’s European Championships in Poland and Ukraine.
Nicklas Bendtner put up a Man of the Match performance by scoring two goals for Denmark in their Scandinavian derby win over Norway.
Aaron Ramsey led his Welsh team to a 1-0 boring loss to England. The World’s best left-footed Chimpanzee Gareth Bale was on song with silky movement and sultry skills on the flanks but it wasn’t enough for Gary Speed’s side that’s sitting pretty at the foot of the table.
Wales had a glorious chance to level the tie but Robert Earnshaw chose to kill a bird when the net was closer than ever. However, Ramsey won the Man of the Match award.
Park Chu-Young was on target again when Korea Republic drew with Kuwait in an Asian qualifier.
In a Gunner vs Gunner game, Wojciech Szczesny and Per Mertesacker were on the opposing sides in Poland’s 2-2 draw against Germany. Szczesny set the crowd alight with a magnificent save that was even praised by the great Oliver Kahn himself.
Arshavin also led Motherland Russia to a draw against Ireland. I wasn’t chanced to watch the game but I learnt that he put up a great performance for his country.
Arshavin also took out some time to tell the media Vultures that Wenger’s new signings have improved the squad:
“When people say that no one is irrreplaceable, I don’t agree. With Arterta and whoever replaces those that have left, we will play a different type of football.
“Arteta and Benayoun have proven themselves and they are not bad signings. We needed strengthening in that position.”
With Wilshere out for a good chunk of the season, Arteta and Benayoun have to do well to impress the gooners. Arteta on the other hand, has told the media Vultures that he cannot wait to get started:
“I can’t wait to start playing, I can’t wait to play at the Emirates, I think it’s an unbelievable stadium. I’m so excited.
“I have always been a big admirer of the Arsenal philosophy, the way they play, the way they do the job, and it’s always exciting watching Arsenal play. In England there is no better team to watch than Arsenal.
“Hopefully I will not take long to adapt but obviously you need to meet new characters, new personalities and new players with different abilities so you need to pick that up as soon as possible to get an understanding on the pitch.
“But I have been watching a few videos and have got some work done before training and hopefully that will help me.
I’m drooling with the prospect of watching Arteta play Swansea on Saturday and I’m pretty sure that he’ll give the gooners a debut to remember.
Arteta also said that he has a great career ahead and he’s best years are ahead of him.
Kieran Gibbs was touted as Arsenal’s number one full back for the season ahead but his injury problems gave Wenger something to think about so he opened the club’s cheque book to sign Andre Santos.
Gibbs might be an able deputy for Andre Santos but he was quick to express his gratitude to Gael Clichy for his role in his development as a player:
“Gael Clichy was a fantastic servant for Arsenal, I’m looking to follow in his shoes and try to do what he and other players for the Club have done.
We had similar injuries when he done his metatarsal and I’ve done the same, we both came back and then had another setback after it so he taught me about being patient and not try to come back too quickly because you could have problems from that.
And then obviously on the pitch, his work rate, his tenacity, just watching him in my last two years, he has helped me, he has helped me a lot.
It’s a big chance [for me], when players leave and you get an opportunity you just have to enjoy it and take it and I’ll do that. I’ve been playing at left back for two years now and it is something that you have to keep learning and keep progressing with. The more I play, the more I will get used to that role.
[Gervinho and Andrey Arshavin?] It’s important to respect what they do, offensively. They have received some [negative criticism] in the past, that they should do more defensively but we play that type of football, with that risk, I could only say to them, as long as they’re providing offensively and they do their bit then it’s good.”
He also said that Arsenal’s full backs can be a threat this season:
“We can do a lot of damage to teams, me and Bac and the others, when we play. We play very high up and we like to play that type of football. Hopefully we can make it even more effective this season.
“I’ve been playing at left back for two years now and it is something that you have to keep learning and keep progressing with. The more I play, the more I will get used to that role.
“You have to be more concentrated [as a full back], especially with the formation that we play. We are an offensive team and we play exciting football, so we have to be more aware defensively.”
Kieran Gibbs is a player that has massive bags of potential and I’m positive that his talent will be harnessed by Wenger this season. That’s if he stays fit though.
The club’s official website Arsenal.com has published great news over Thomas Vermaelen’s injury situation:
Centre back Thomas Vermaelen is expected to be back in training with the first-team squad in around a month.
Vermaelen has undergone a minor procedure to remove an inflamed plantaris tendon from his left ankle.
This is the same treatment that he had on his right ankle in January this year and has nothing to do with his Achilles tendon.
The action was taken after consultation with specialists who advised this was the best thing to do to prevent it becoming a persistent problem.
With initial reports emerging that he was going to be out of action for two months, this is definitely great news and it’s more pleasing to know that it was published from the club’s website instead of some media Vulture column.
In other Arsenal related news, the club has submitted its squad list to the FA and Emmanuel Frimpong has opted to play for Ghana instead of England.
It was supposed to be an issue with Song representing Cameroon but it seems as if Song will be around in January because Cameroon might not qualify for the African Cup of Nations.
Even the rich Samuel Eto’o couldn’t help them this time.
The quote of the day goes to Shyam:
Shyam: “Q: Did you hear that the British Post Office has just recalled their latest stamps?”
A: Well, they had photos of Manchester United players on them and folks couldn’t figure out which side to spit on.”
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Posted on September 7, 2011, in Arsenal, Injury News, Premier League and tagged Andrey Arshavin, Emmanuel Frimpong, Kieran Gibbs, Mikel Arteta, Per Mertesacker, Ramsey, Thomas Vermaelen. Bookmark the permalink. 20 Comments.
Osas | September 7, 2011 at 07:13
Iam gunners 4 life
enigma106 | September 7, 2011 at 07:20
YesBoss
4 gd news 9 niec one i am very happy
Me too boss
Iam gunners 4 life for good News 9 niec one
Obyno Arsene Nwankwo | September 7, 2011 at 07:59
Is Gibs trying to show his job insecurity by underlining defensive awareness to tell us that santos is needlessly offensive as gervinho is doing fine in that role. Tell him to concentrate on his strenght and leave the coach to make his choice. Etc
Nice assessment
Ik | September 7, 2011 at 08:06
Good news abt Vermalean, we will manage without him for a short while. Great work form our players in the Euro qualifiers, i just hope they carry that spirit and form into the team. Victoria concordia Crescit.
Yeah. That would be great if they shift the momentum to the game against Swansea
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sounak | September 7, 2011 at 08:18
gunners 4 life man…
Jones | September 7, 2011 at 08:35
I actually thinkl kozzer is quite a good player. Him amd mertasacker could do well till Vermalin comes back.
Ibiyinka ekiti | September 7, 2011 at 08:56
Am sure arsenal will revenge dat of man utd 8-2 in d 2nd leg.GUNNERS TILL I DIE
AcGooner | September 7, 2011 at 10:29
Great compilation. Thanks for that, mate.
Your welcome. Thanks for reading 🙂
Richy says | September 7, 2011 at 10:31
i will luv the combination of matty and koshy at centre while sagne and santos at the other side,that wil mak gooners a good defensive power,gooners play save
They will do well
David-Maria | September 7, 2011 at 11:06
I looking forward to our match on saturday. Our players will do well.
I’m sure they will
Emmanuel Nyongesa | September 7, 2011 at 13:37
Why should you allow worry to worry you yet arsenal is at its best ever men?
Sheffield Preview: Team News, Injury Updates and Predicted Lineups
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Spoilers, Books
Hero's Handbook
Eye of the North
The entries or pages found in the book:
The Beginning of the End 1 The Knowledgeable Asura 10
The Missing Vanguard 2 Oola's Laboratory1 11
Against the Charr 3 Finding the Bloodstone 12
Warband of Brothers 4 Genius Operated Living
Enchanted Manifestation 13
Assault on the Stronghold 5 Against the Destroyers 14
Northern Allies 6 Destruction's Depths 15
Curse of the Nornbear 7 A Time for Heroes 16
A Gate Too Far 8
Blood Washes Blood 9
Quests shown in bold only need to be done once per account,
and will always appear in new books after that.
1 Entry #11, titled Oola's Laboratory, is for the quest The Elusive Golemancer. Be careful to not confuse this with the similarly named Oola's Lab, which is a Dungeon in the Tarnished Coast.
The Hero's Handbook is an item you acquire from Tyr the Skaald (Norn), Kodan (Deldrimor), Lexx (Asura), or Gedrel of Ascalon (Ebon Vanguard). There are normal and Hard Mode versions of the book. You carry it around in your inventory and fill it in by completing primary quests. If you did not have a book in your inventory while completing quest, one of the previously named NPCs will add it to your book for a price of 100
per page (only once per each quest completion). You can turn over the book to any of these NPCs for a reward if you have at least half of its pages filled. Once you reach rank 8 in a given reputation line, you can no longer turn in the normal mode handbooks for that reputation line. The rewards given for turning in the book are as follows:
Hero's Handbook rewards in Normal Mode
Hard Mode
8 2,000 4,000 400 3,000 6,000 600
10 4,000 8,000 800 6,000 12,000 1,200
11 6,000 12,000 1,200 9,000 18,000 1,800
12 8,000 16,000 1,600 12,000 24,000 2,400
13 10,000 20,000 2,000 15,000 30,000 3,000
Warning: The following text contains spoilers relating to the plot of Eye of the North.
Earthquakes have ripped through Tyria, Cantha, and Elona, leaving gaping fissures in the pockmarked land. In the aftermath, explorers discovered a maze of underground complexes called the Depths. In these Depths, I found Ogden Stonehealer and his Dwarven party fleeing their supply depot. Moments later, powerful, inhuman creatures called Destroyers attacked us, but we escaped with the help of an Asura named Vekk. He led us through a magical gate to the Far Shiverpeaks, a frigid land far from home. There we encountered one of the natives, a hulking Norn woman named Jora. She had little time or patience for strangers, but directed us to a great structure called the Eye of the North. After a long and arduous journey, we found several other humans at our destination, including soldiers of the Ebon Vanguard and a young Ascalonian woman named Gwen. Ogden, Vekk, and Gwen have their own ideas of what must be done next, but we will travel together. There is, as they say, strength in numbers.
Always present in every new book.
The Missing Vanguard
Gwen is a refugee from Ascalon and a former prisoner of the Charr. Fleeing north after her escape, she joined up with an Ascalonian unit called the Ebon Vanguard, led by Captain Langmar. The bulk of the unit has been patrolling the Charr homelands in the east. They've been raiding the Charr rear echelon and tying up forces that would otherwise be in Ascalon. Their return is long overdue, and Gwen fears the worst. Impatient and angry at the Charr, Gwen wants us to find the Ebon Vanguard. If we don't, I fear that she may go after them by herself.
Always present in every new book
Against the Charr
In Grothmar Wardowns, we found the site of a battle between the Ebon Vanguard and a large Charr force. The Vanguard sustained heavy casualties, but we believe the bulk of their unit was captured, not killed. By following the Charr's traces, we found a large encampment. We defeated the soldiers bivouacked there, but we couldn't find human prisoners. Instead, we found a captive named Pyre Fierceshot, who seems to harbor a fierce hatred for the ruling Shamans. If we can help him rescue his warband, he's willing to help us find the Ebon Vanguard. Gwen would rather kill this Charr than look at him, but if he holds the key to rescuing the Vanguard, we should take him up on his offer.
Added after completing Against the Charr
Can later be re-obtained from Vanguard Helmet at Battlefield in Grothmar Wardowns (just south of the middle bridge on the west side of the river).
Warband of Brothers
The Charr have been ruled by their Shamans, who once claimed authority granted by the Titans, their so-called gods. After the death of the Titans, the Shamans were desperate for new deities. When Pyre's warband disagreed with the choice, the heretics were captured and slated for sacrifice. We have freed Pyre's allies, and after a brutal interrogation of a priest, learned the location of the Ebon Vanguard. They're being held prisoner to the south, in Sacnoth Valley, where the Charr want to sacrifice them to these "new gods." Gwen grows angrier every day, lashing out at Pyre over the slightest provocation. Pyre, for his part, seems to enjoy irritating her, though I sense he sees something in Gwen's behavior that he understands all too well.
Added after completing Warband of Brothers
Assault on the Stronghold
Hierophant's Stronghold has fallen and Hierophant Burntsoul is dead, and the survivors of the Ebon Vanguard have been rescued. Pyre's warband and their knowledge of Charr tactics proved valuable in defeating the shamans. Instead of surrendering, Burntsoul chose to unleash the Destroyers upon us. As for Gwen, she seems better. She still hates the Charr, but she no longer lets that hatred control her. Perhaps this is what Pyre Fierceshot saw in her. The Charr view fear and anger as natural emotions, but they believe those feelings are only dangerous when they are out of control. Gwen seems in control of her fears and anger now, though I doubt she will thank Fierceshot for the lesson.
Added after completing Assault on the Stronghold
Can later be re-obtained from Roan Fierceheart in Dalada Uplands just south of Doomlore Shrine.
Northern Allies
Ogden feels our best course for survival is rallying against the Destroyers. After being chased from the Depths, I can see his point. Precious few Dwarves and humans live in this land, and the few who do aren't here to hunt monsters. The largest group of natives in the mountains are the Norn, a proud, independent race of huge, shapechanging warriors. The first Norn we met, Jora, was friendlier than most, but she has lost her ability to 'become the bear.' Because she can't change her shape, she has little status among her people, but she may be our best hope for convincing the Norn that the Destroyers are a threat. Ogden certainly hopes so.
Curse of the Nornbear
Jora was cursed when she entered a taboo area. She lost her shapechanging ability when her brother transformed into the monstrous Nornbear. With our aid, Jora confronted and defeated her brother. To show her gratitude, she has joined our group. Ogden is now searching for Olaf Olafson and other powerful Norn who can aid us in our quest. Jora must seek out Egil Fireteller, an elder Norn, who can teach her how to regain her honor. I think we can do both, though Ogden grows more frustrated by the day.
Added after completing Curse of the Nornbear
Can later be re-obtained from Sif Shadowhunter in Sifhalla.
A Gate Too Far
Olaf Olafson is a typical Norn. He's willing to discuss things rationally, but he's always ready to fight to get his point across. He deigned to meet with us, but our "discussion" was interrupted by a large group of Destroyers attacking Raven's Point. Olaf traveled with us as we sought the source of this corruption. We soon discovered, as Vekk surmised, that a functioning Asura gate lies beneath a nearby shrine. Olaf is now committed to fighting the Destroyers, though he doesn't seem to care that they desecrated the shrine. He's more concerned with finding "worthwhile prey." Still, he has proven a valuable ally. Olaf also contacted the Dwarven king, Jalis Ironhammer, and the battle against the Destroyers will continue.
Added after completing A Gate Too Far
Can later be re-obtained from Olaf Olafson in Olafstead.
Blood Washes Blood
Under Egil's guidance, Jora sought to redeem her honor and her name by retaking her hearthstead. Jora's family home had been overrun by meandering Charr from the south, who left it destroyed and abandoned. We dealt with the Charr through the blessing of the bear spirit, a holy guardian of Jora's people. Despite this, Ogden is sorely disappointed. He had hoped that by helping Jora, we would recruit other Norn to our cause, but evidently, that is not the Norn way. Jora will speak to her fellow warriors, but they will all make their own decisions.
Added after completing Blood Washes Blood
The Knowledgeable Asura
Vekk is extremely concerned about the Destroyers. His people were driven from their underground homes by these creatures. Now the Destroyers have taken over the Central Transfer Chamber, the "hub" of many of the magical Asura gates. He believes his fellow Asura, with their "superior intellect," will come up with a viable plan to defeat the Destroyers. Finding them, however, will be a challenge. After their exodus from the Depths, many of the Asura settled along the Tarnished Coast. If we can't find a functioning gate free of Destroyers, we'll be in for a long walk.
Oola's Laboratory
The Asura have strange methods of organizing themselves. To complete difficult tasks, they form "krewes." Our krewe's task was building a superior magical device called a golem to battle the Destroyers. Before we could build the device, we needed the help of an Asura named Oola, who had squirreled herself away in the depths of her lab. After getting past her magical watchdogs, we had to use a little reverse psychology to get Oola on board. Vekk is impressed, and he's acting a little less superior as a result.
Added after completing The Elusive Golemancer
Finding the Bloodstone
Not all Asura are good-natured. To complete our product, we had to seek out a particularly acerbic little one named Gadd, an expert on the Bloodstones. Vekk describes him as egotistically nasty, unpleasant, and insulting. That description actually compliments him a bit too much. Gadd has been working with Livia, an agent of the Shining Blades [sic]. She was hoping to learn information that would help Kryta in its civil war, but unfortunately, she had to put up with his insults along the way. Eventually, the two of them had a falling out. Livia now travels with us. Gadd doesn't seem to care, but then again, that seems his nature.
Added after completing Finding the Bloodstone
Genius Operated Living Enchanted Manifestation
After all of the Asuran egos were sorted out, the G.O.L.E.M. project moved along quickly. One of the Asura on the original krewe couldn't make it, so Vekk stepped in, despite his misgivings about working with Gadd. We had to defend a foundry from Destroyer forces, but we got the golems functioning in the nick of time. Our victory came at a price. Gadd recklessly exceeded the project's safety margin in his work, and he paid for that mistake with his life. At this point, I learned the reason for Vekk and Gadd's continual squabbling: they were father and son. Vekk is grieving, but the Destroyers have been driven back. Now they're less of a threat to the Tarnished Coast
Added after completing Genius Operated Living Enchanted Manifestation
Against the Destroyers
A threat has erupted from the Depths of Tyria. The Destroyers, merciless, mindless, destructive creatures, have emerged from the dark heart of the earth. They've driven underground races like the Asura to the surface, and tested the defenses of the Dwarves. The Destroyers have overrun the Asura's Central Transfer Chamber, the hub of a series of magical gates, and now threaten the entire surface world. Some of the Dwarves feel that an ultimate battle is coming, as chronicled in the Tome of Rubicon. For the moment, we need to find allies, resources, and most of all, knowledge to defeat this threat to the human lands.
Destruction's Depths
The scrying pool in the Hall of Monuments has revealed an apocalyptic vision. With that revelation, we move towards a final battle. Vekk recognized the vision's location. it's beneath the Central Transfer Chamber, the hub of the Asura's magical network, and Ogden says that the ultimate danger is a creature from Dwarven legend: the Great Destroyer. We have rallied what allies we could among the humans, Norn, and Asura. King Jalis himself has worked a mystic rite to invoke the power of the Great Dwarf. The ritual metamorphosed many dwarves into stone formed warriors who are now dedicated to eradicating the Destroyers. We fought our way deep into Destroyer territory and entered the Central Transfer Chamber. Now we're ready to face their destructive master. The Great Destroyer awaits.
Added after completing Destruction's Depths
A Time for Heroes
We have finally defeated the Great Destroyer. In the wake of this climactic battle, its minions have fallen. Just as the Central Transfer Chamber was a hub of magical gates, the Great Destroyer was the central mind of the Destroyers. Eliminating that central mind has weakened their race. Those that remain are unthinking engines of destruction that can no longer swarm in organized hives.'This victory has cost us greatly. Many dwarves sacrificed their minds and their natural forms. They now pursue the surviving Destroyers deep within the earth. Yet, peace, of a sort, reigns. The sacrifice of the Dwarven race has spared the surface world the depredations of a deadly cataclysm.
Peace is not eternal, I know, and there will be challenges in the years to come. We have found new peoples and new lands, and the role of mankind in this world...this creation of the gods...seems to be shrinking. I can only hope that when the next great danger arises in Tyria, whether on its surface or within its Depths, champions and heroes will once again be ready for the challenge.
Added after completing A Time for Heroes
Completing repeatable primary quests without the Handbook in your inventory will not add their entries to the Handbook. Non-repeatable primary quests will be entered in all current and future Handbooks after obtaining the quests. The non-repeatable primary quests are The Beginning of the End, The Missing Vanguard, Northern Allies, The Knowledgeable Asura, and Against the Destroyers.
You can acquire more than one Handbook by temporarily putting Handbooks in your inventory into storage.
If you have more than one Handbook in your inventory, each entry will be added only to the first Handbook in your inventory. If the first book in your inventory already has an entry that is repeated, that entry will not be added to any book or enabled to be written in. To get around this, shift the books around in your inventory so the book without the entry is first.
Once you complete a non-repeatable primary quest with one character, it is shown in the Handbook for all of your characters.
To benefit from a normal mode book, you must turn it in before you attain Rank 8 for a particular race's title track.
A hard mode book may be turned in at any time, even after you've achieved the maximum rank for that particular race's title track.
Handbooks can be handed in to any of the Hero skill trainers (Tyr the Skaald, Kodan, Lexx, or Gedrel of Ascalon) and not just the trainer that provided the handbook in the first place. Each trainer represents a different reputation line.
If you dropped your Hero's Handbook in a explorable area you will get it back if you talk to any of the Hero skill trainers mentioned above.
The #11 entry in the Hero's Handbook is actually listed as "Oola's Laboratory" upon completion of the primary quest The Elusive Golemancer. Notably, this is the sole exception to the rule of naming Handbook entries in the game, as each and every other Handbook entry is listed by the same name as the quest itself. To add to the confusion, the #13 entry in the Master Dungeon Guide is also named "Oola's Lab", albeit using the abbreviated 'lab' in place of 'laboratory'. Examination of the world ("M" map) will show the associated dungeon name as "Oola's Lab", matching the actual listing in the Master Dungeon Guide. The associated primary quest, however, will appear on the map (as well as on the loadscreens and quest updates while attempting the quest itself) as "The Elusive Golemancer", which is NOT what appears in the Hero's Handbook (Oola's Laboratory).
The Hero's Handbook is a reference to the Player's Handbook of the Dungeons & Dragons game. As well as having a similar name, the primary color of the book looks very similar to the 3.5 version of the Handbook.
Master Dungeon Guide
Campaign missions
Young Heroes of Tyria •
The Flameseeker Prophecies •
Shiro's Return •
Night Falls
Hero's Handbook •
Bonus Mission Pack
Gwen's Story •
Saul's Story •
Togo's Story •
Turai's Story
Zho's Journal •
Golem User Manual
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2 Reaching the ends of the world
2.1 Accessing other ends of the world
The term "end of the world" in this context does not refer to an apocalyptic event, but to a feature of terrain common in three-dimensional graphics. Terrain is commonly loaded in large rectangular sections, and developers typically extend the terrain beyond the normally reachable area within that block to prevent the edges of these blocks from even being visible, much less accessible.
Errors in terrain clipping can sometimes make these areas accessible, and they have an appearance roughly similar to the "end of the world" envisioned by many before it was generally accepted that the world was round. Instead of a waterfall or sheer cliff, however, players will see that the terrain they are walking on appears to be paper thin and can see the bottom of the "skybox", which may appear to be flat land, ocean, or simply a void. Walking along one of these often causes graphic anomalies to occur: characters, terrain, and other objects may disappear and reappear by turning or moving, and "afterimage" effects may appear over the edge as the camera turns. These anomalies are probably linked to malfunctions in the culling algorithms of the graphics engine, possibly because the character is located at the minimum or maximum possible coordinate along the terrain's X or Y-axis. In Guild Wars, it is possible to walk along these ends of the world, but characters cannot walk off these edges.
Reaching the ends of the world[edit | edit source]
There are four currently known locations where an end of the world can be found through normal means:
The Great Northern Wall (mission): An end of the world can be found in the Charr camp when the chase sequence starts by running around the chasing Charr group into their camp. Unfortunately, this part of the mission is timed. Rarely, a moa bird spawns that can be killed and teleported to, but typically, getting to this end of the world requires initiating the chase sequence.
Cursed Lands: It is possible to walk through the northern portal from The Black Curtain into the Cursed Lands without triggering the normal transition by hugging the left wall. An end of the world is found when entering the Cursed Lands in this way.
Talus Chute: There is a terrain clipping error in the southeastern area that allows characters to walk up the mountains at the side of the Talus Chute in a specific location. This is found in the lower area with the icy sections along the eastern side. Terrain clipping is unusual in these mountain areas, but it is possible to explore most of the eastern side of this terrain block. The eastern end of the world is accessible in a couple locations in the northern and central parts of these mountains. A vast ice sheet can be seen at the bottom of the skybox.
Eredon Terrace: This can accessed by normal means only if you are a member of the alliance that controls Eredon Terrace; there are alternative means of accessing this area, however. There is a clipping error in the exclusive area that allows characters to walk across many of the mountains between Eredon Terrace. The northern end of the world can be reached here.
Accessing other ends of the world[edit | edit source]
It is possible to access a significant number of ends of the world by using skills that teleport or shadow step. Many of the area boundaries between explorable areas and between explorable areas and staging areas can be traversed with these skills without triggering the normal transition. Additionally, lag may allow characters to bypass a portal as a character's position becomes desynchronized between server and client. When successful, the mobs, NPCs, and other characters are not loaded, but neither is any other terrain block. When a zone is small enough, its terrain may be included completely within the terrain block of the other zone, but typically, only a small portion of the zone, usually about the width represented by the compass, is included with the terrain block. In these cases, an end of the world is encountered by exploiting this trick. See Area boundary/Portal jumping project to see what portals can be bypassed.
Examples[edit | edit source]
Charr camp in The Great Northern Wall mission
Found in Cursed Lands by walking though left side of northern portal from The Black Curtain
Found in Talus Chute after ascending mountains on the east side
Far view of the end of the world in the Eredon Terrace exclusive area
Example of a graphical glitch commonly seen while standing at an end of the world
An unusual end of the world found in Regent Valley with terrain beyond
An alternate view of the end of the world in Regent Valley
A striking view of a common graphical glitch seen at ends of the world
The underwater end of the world found in Tears of the Fallen when portal jumping from Stingray Strand
Example of a graphical glitch at this unusual underwater end of the world
Another example of a common graphical glitch seen at ends of the world
A graphical glitch seen at the end of the world seen in Sunqua Vale
Area boundary
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Cubs Fans Are Doing Trust Falls From an 18-Foot Statue
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In case you haven’t heard, the Chicago Cubs just won the World Series for the first time in 108 years, ending the longest championship drought of any professional American sports team.
The team and city are celebrating with a rally and parade this afternoon, and it’s already a complete madhouse. Hundreds of Cubs fans lined up hours before the gates to the celebration even opened, just so they could be among the first to catch a glimpse of their historic baseball team.
Now that the gates have opened, the drunken antics and bad decision-making have also started. The victory has inspired some fans to start doing trust falls from a large, 18-foot statue sitting just outside of Grant Park where the team’s rally is taking place. Yikes.
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Report: 32GB Nexus 7 with 3G, LG Nexus 4, Android 4.2 and More Will Appear at Upcoming Google Event
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Google's got a surprise coming up on October 29th, and now we might now what it is. All of it. According to reports by The Next Web, it includes a 3G Nexus 7, Android 4.2, the new LG Nexus and maybe even some 10-inch tablet talk.
Google Is Announcing Something New with Android on October 29th
Google just sent out a mysteriously cute invitation about an Android event happening on October…
An unnamed source revealed to The Next Web that Google's been sending around a video relating to the 29th announcement, and apparently this little clip spills the beans. What beans you ask? A whole bunch of them.
On the Nexus 7 front, Google is reported to finally be revealing the 32GB Nexus 7 we've all been hearing so much about. In addition to your standard model, there will also be a HSPA+ (3G) model, which is turning me green with envy.
When it comes to bigger tabs, sources confirm Google's been working with Sony on a 10-incher that's currently going by the name "Codename Manta" and probably ultimately called the Nexus 10. Probably. It'll run Android 4.2 (Key Lime Pie) and rock a 2560×1600 pixel display, which could boast more pixels per inch than the iPad. Whether this tab will just be announced or actually show up at the event is still up for grabs.
Then there's the long-rumored LG Nexus 4, which will apparently live up to the hypothesized specs with a a quad-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, 4.7-inch 1280 x 768 display, and a 8 megapixel rear-facing camera. Naturally, as a Nexus, it will also get 4.2.
Lastly there's the juice about 4.2 itself. Apparently it will support panoramic photos with horizontal or vertical movement by default as well as multi-user functionality, aimed to facilitate tablet sharing among families.
So yeah, that's quite the meaty selection of rumors, and we'll have to wait until October 29th to see how they all play out, but you can bet we'll be there and ready to beam all that goodness back to you. Here's to hoping it's all as good as it sounds like it might be. [The Next Web]
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Tag: The Fortescue
Another week and another long trip beckoned, this time to Plymouth. The prospect of another super early start had led Sean and Graham to head down to Devon a couple of days early, while Ian and I travelled to Bristol on Friday to break the journey.
The stopover meant we were able to catch up with friends, including the inspiration for the matchday blogs, Stedders. We started off with Liz and Mark in Small Bar, with a Bad Seed Cascade, enjoying the quiet before the hoards descended on King Street later on, then we headed to The Lime Kiln to meet Stedders and Rose, which was hosting one third of the spring beer festival along St. George’s Road (along with The Three Tuns and the Bag of Nails). I started off with a nice but not exceptional SQUAWK IPA and we settled down to discuss the end of the League 2 football season – by this point we had been joined by Matt so we had an even 2-2-2 split of Wimbledon, Pompey and Bristol Rovers fans. We resolved that we all wanted to miss each other should we be in the play-offs and moved on to Fixed Wheel’s Blackheath Stout. Pub tips were exchanged as we strolled up to the Tuns and the next of the festival pubs. It was busy and after standing outside for a bit, only to be serenaded by a couple of folk musicians, we managed to find somewhere to sit inside, where Tears for Fears and the Stray Cats on the sound system were rather better entertainment. A comparison of Arbor’s The Ego has Landed on keg and cask was interesting – both very good but the cask edged it – and it seemed a good way to end the evening.
The 9.17 Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth
9.17 still sounds early on a weekend for many people, but it was a good deal better than 7.27 when the same train had set off from London. There were plenty who had got up at a properly unearthly hour though and many of the travelling Dons were already making steady progress through several cans of beer and engaging other passengers in good natured conversation.
The journey t o Plymouth, particularly the stretch that runs alongside the sea through Dawlish and Teignmouth, is one of the most spectacular on the railway network and it’s worth the trip just to look on at the stunning landscape – although, a day later, when storms led to the waves breaching the sea wall, it would have been rather more frightening than stunning.We reached Plymouth at 11.20 and wandered to the front of the station to meet Sean and Graham. A large group of Dons fans ventured out to the main road, looked around, debated and headed back to the taxis outside: unlike many trains stations Plymouth’s has no handy ‘Spoons (nor indeed any pub at all) just outside. Luckily, at this point we noticed Graham (and his trusty maps, which negated us relying on a helpful cabbie) and Sean, who was struggling to keep up thanks to a painful bout of shin splints.
The Fortescue
Graham duly produced a map and we walked the slightly hilly route to The Fortescue on the Mutley Plain. It was one of the pubs recommended by Stedders the previous night and has won several Plymouth Pub of the Year awards. As we walked in Gazza’s version of “Fog on the Tyne” was playing and we all immediately thought of Joe’s earworm before the Hartlepool game a few weeks before: was this a bad omen? Let’s hope not.
We ordered Celt Bronze and RCH’s Pitchfork and settled down at a table. Graham and Sean had spent the day before in Falmouth and we swapped tales of pubs visited and notorious (alleged) gangsters in the Cornish town.
It was a very pleasant first stop in a friendly local but we decided to walk up the road to the next pub on the list.
The Hyde Park
Just up the road from the Fortescue, standing in the middle of a roundabout, is the 150-year old Hyde Park pub. That it remains a pub after all these years is down to the community, who rallied around when it was threatened with being turned into an estate agents in 2012. It reopened in 2014, complete with microbrewery, and judging from the Saturday lunchtime trade when we visited, it is thriving.
A happy pub story then (and I very much like a happy pub story) but what of our experience of the place? The first thing you notice about the Hyde Park when walking up to it are the retro signs: Double Diamond, Toby Bitter and Tetleys are all prominent from the outside. Inside it is a retro overload: everywhere there are vintage signs: beer, Player’s and Benson and Hedge’s cigarettes, British Airways and, somewhat bizarrely, one from Lloyds TSB. Now living in Hackney I’m used to retro – you can’t move for vintage shops around here – but this was like Hackney on serious acid. The theme goes further still: the pub has sourced actual Double Diamond (now brewed for the northern club circuit it seems, at a strength of 2.8%), although the Watney’s Red Barrel pump was actually dispensing Caffrey’s (by all accounts sometimes Red Barrel is available though).
I’m all for a bit of nostalgia but neither Caffrey’s nor Double Diamond was tempting me and along with Graham and Ian I ordered a Made in Mutley ale from the pub’s microbrewery. Sean ordered a Harbour Light Ale, but more of that later. The Made in Mutley smacked your tastebuds with a massive hit of vanilla. It was odd. Vanilla in pale beers isn’t completely unknown but this was way stronger than most I’ve had – Omnipollo / Buxton’s Ice Cream Pale and Howling Hops Vanilla Ice Cream IPA are both examples of balanced beers which give that ice cream hint of vanilla without it taking over. Still, we persevered and it seemed to improve – or perhaps we just got used to it.
But back to Sean’s choice of Harbour Light, which is usually a nice session beer. Sean’s face suggested that it wasn’t nice today and he pushed it to Graham for a second opinion. Graham’s face backed up Sean’s face and “the pint of mud” went back to the bar. The staff were happy to change it and Sean returned to the table with a new pint. This one, however, was rather watery. All credit to the staff though, the woman who had served Sean came up to us and said they had realised it wasn’t right and offered another replacement. This time Sean joined us on Made in Mutley and when it was brought to him he was told that he could have a further pint on the house – excellent customer service.
We’d considered getting some food – toast in Bristol seemed a long time ago for Ian and I – but the numbers eating and potential wait (together, it must be said, with the chips in pint glasses) meant that we decided to call a cab and head to a final pre-match pub instead. I’d definitely go back to the Hyde Park, although I’m not certain the on the house pint will still be waiting for Sean.
As we finished up the taxi called to check our location, a relief after the Wycombe minicab experience, which had scarred Graham so much he had delegated calling duties to Sean.
Bread and Roses
Interior of Bread and Roses
The decision to try a final pub proved to be a good one. Rose had recommended Bread and Roses (not just on its name) to us and Sean and Graham had also tried it out. It is a social enterprise and community pub / arts centre that was once called The Trafalgar (according to an old sign outside.) The décor meets both briefs: plants, paintings, artefacts, magazines and mismatched furniture. It had a good feel about the place: welcoming without being contrived. The beer range was encouraging too.
We ordered Rebel’s Surfbum (from Penryn) and Cornish Crown’s Red IPA (from Penzance). The Surfbum was a very drinkable session beer, though not really what I’d term an IPA. Graham found a New Age magazine advertising tantric awakening in Totnes although the idea of that being explored on the journey home later was swiftly dismissed. A final round was enjoyed of Harbour Session IPA (this time a Harbour beer without any drama attached), Firebrand Graffiti IPA (from Launceston) and Exeter’s Avocet. The Graffiti IPA was much more what you’d expect from an IPA and a tasty beer to finish on.
Another cab was called, again without any drama, and we made our way to Home Park in it.
Plymouth Argyle v AFC Wimbledon
Ian and I headed to pick up the tickets we’d ordered and as we stepped through the turnstiles heard what appeared to be God Save the Queen. This seemed an odd thing for a run of the mill football match and when we walked into the ground afterwards and found the others we asked whether we’d heard correctly. We had and there had also been some sort of prayers before it, perhaps something to do with the military, given Plymouth’s naval heritage. There were certainly some large groups of military personnel in the stand to our right, and like Portsmouth, Argyle presumably give away tickets to the forces. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course, but I always wonder whether other public servants are afforded the same opportunities – teachers, nurses, doctors, emergency services etc. – and if not, why not?
The disused terrace under the Grandstand
The game began with me still pondering this but before I had a chance to think too much the home team hit the crossbar with 30 second or less gone. Gulp. There were a few concerned looks amongst us as we all hoped this wasn’t about to set the tone for the afternoon. Then a drum started – as I’ve said before drums should lead to an immediate ten-point deduction for the club concerned and a banning order for the culprit – and I wondered why a club like Plymouth, which gets crowds plenty big enough to create an atmosphere, even tolerated it. There was limited moral high ground to be had though, with some of the songs from our own fans. Let’s just say that I think Tom Daley is a brilliant athlete and if he came from the city I’m from then I’d be very proud indeed.
But back to the football, Dons had put the crossbar incident out of their heads and worked well to gain some ball. The wind had become fairly strong and conditions were not the easiest as a result and it looked like hard work on the pitch. There were chances at both ends and then, after half an hour the ball was played out to Jake Reeves after a Plymouth corner. He played a sublime pass through to Lyle Taylor who slotted it past McCormick in the Argyle goal. 1-0 Dons and mayhem in the stand.
Half time came and went, and notably the bar (which sold cans of Tribute and Thatcher’s Gold) lost a considerable amount of money by only having two staff on leaving many travelling fans thirsty. The mystery of why clubs don’t plan these things better endures. Either side of the break Dons’ defence did well to resist the home side. Darius Charles is deserving of particular mention: he’s been improving in every game as his match fitness increases and it’s easy to see why he had been a summer target for Ardley. Roos made a good save just after the break, followed by one by the home ‘keeper to deny Taylor a second. The pressure was increasing though and 15 minutes in the equaliser that had been threatening came when Graham Carey volleyed into the net. Tom Hark came over the tannoy, in the way that it does at grounds all over the country. I sighed. Again, Plymouth Argyle have good support, and that can generate noise – why this unimaginative and artificial nonsense that just leads to synchronised clapping (and sounds incredibly tired to boot)?
Ardley made a double swap, bringing Azeez and Akinfenwa on for Taylor and Elliott with twenty minutes to go. It shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise, the windy conditions meant a change of tactics was needed, but it was one of those substitutions that causes a murmur of discontent, then ultimately brings utter joy. And that joy was to come right at the death when Francomb headed to Akinfenwa, who refused to give up on the ball and managed to loop a header of his own over McCormick. There was no Tom Hark this time and there was no need for it as 399 away fans went batshit crazy. Five minutes’ injury time were seen off and then the celebrations began again. Later on we would find out that Akinfenwa’s goal had also guaranteed his former club, Northampton Town, promotion, which was a nice bonus for him.
We walked back to the station and picked up provisions for the journey home, which would be in two legs.
The 17.54 Plymouth to Exeter St. David’s
This was a through train to London but prices meant that many Dons fans would change at Exeter for the South West Trains Service. For this leg though, we had luxury: first class at £3.30 each for the hour’s journey. There were more views of the beautiful seascape, this time bathed in the soft pink early evening light. Tim Hillyer had joined us and we discussed the dramatic end to the game and the final play-off spot that Wimbledon now occupied.
The Great Western Hotel
We had just about enough time to nip over the road to The Great Western between trains and downed RCH Pitchfork (in a reprise of the first pub of the day) and Exeter’s Ferryman before running back to the station.
The 19.25 Exeter St. David’s to London Waterloo
The midnight train?
We eventually managed to find five seats together and unloaded the provisions from earlier, enough to last us for the three and a half hour trip. The journey passed without incident (although there were some entirely understandable celebrations continuing) and most Dons’ fans got off at Clapham Junction. We carried on to Waterloo.
The Waterloo Tap
Sometimes, after a long day trip, “one for the road” seems like a good idea, and this was one of those times. It rarely is a good idea. On this occasion there was the added pull of visiting the fairly new Waterloo Tap, which was open until 11.30. We ordered Beavertown’s excellent Neck Oil and drank it as if it were the thickest, most syrupy beer in the world. Still, at least we’d visited the pub, which is likely to become a regular haunt when going in and out of Waterloo and has the customary excellent beer range of the Tap bars. It’s just one railway arch, so a tad bijou, but well worth a visit.
Pub of the Day: Bread and Roses
Beer of the Day: Surfbum
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Lida Emily Upham, 66, died November 21st at the Sussman House in Rockport. Lida was born on July 6, 1952 in Damariscotta to Paulina Chickering and Frank Williams. She and her brothers were adopted by Robert Winslow when they were young changing their last name to Winslow.
Lida attended local schools in Warren and Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro. She met Albion Upham in 1968, and they got married in 1969. Lida was a dedicated mother and homemaker taking care of her family.
She was predeceased by her son Peter Upham and brother David Winslow.
Lida is survived by her husband, Albion Upham of Warren, sons, Albion Upham, Jr. and his wife Debra of Waldoboro, Jason Upham and his wife Ann of Warren, brother, Edmund Winslow of Warren, grandchildren, Dylan Upham and his wife Liz of Strong, Chelsea Upham of Waldoboro, Dustin Upham of Warren, great grandsons, Jason and Colt Upham of Strong. She is also survived by her lifelong friend, Dottie King of Warren, special Aunt Nan Upham of Union, special cousin, Cindy Prock of Union, special sisters-in-law, Crystal Pomeroy and her husband Richard of Belfast and Naomi Kirkpatrick and her husband Kevin of Washington.
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Thank you for visiting the official website of the 4th Bromley (Hextable) Company, our Boys’ Brigade Company is located at Hextable Methodist Church in the lovely Kentish parish village of Hextable. Please feel free to look around our site to find out all about the amazing youth work we offer as part of Hextable Methodist Church and the wider Boys’ Brigade organisation. We hope you can get a feel and a flavour of what we get up to!
About Hextable Boys’ Brigade
The 4th Bromley (Hextable) Boys’ Brigade Company has been running for almost fifty years now and has successfully engaged a number of youngsters since its foundation. Our Company is part of the Boys’ Brigade’s Bromley Battalion within its London District.
Our headquarters is based at Hextable Methodist Church and our Company meets on a weekly basis on the church premises. We work with youngsters from the age of 4 years old all the way to 22 years of age.
Our age groups
The Anchor Boys: aged from 4-8 years of age (school years R-3). They meet on a Tuesday evening from 6.15pm-7.15pm. Visit our Anchor Boys’ page for more details.
The Junior Section: aged from 8-11 years of age (school years 4-6). They meet on a Thursday evening from 6.30pm-8:00pm. Visit our Junior Section’s page for more details.
The Company Section: aged from 11-15 years of age (school years 7-9). They meet on a Tuesday evening from 7:15pm-9:00pm. Visit our Company Section’s page for more details.
Amicus: aged from 15-22 (school years 10-13 and beyond!). They meet on a Tuesday evening from 7:15pm-9:00pm. Visit our Amicus’ page for more details.
The Aim of our Company
“Is to encourage every Boy to do the best that they can do, to be the best person that they can be as they grow in wisdom and knowledge, and to achieve for themselves the highest rewards possible within the Brigade`s award scheme, and beyond”
The Boys’ Brigade’s Object:
“The advancement of Christ’s kingdom among Boys and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-respect and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness.”
The Boys’ Brigade’s Motto:
“Sure & Steadfast”
Hebrews, Chapter 6 verse 9
Anchors have a bird theme tonight and make bird feeders to put in their gardens #hextablebb50
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Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Research to Address Health Disparities in the U.S. (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the Application Guide (SF424 (R&R) Application Guide, eRA Commons Administrative Supplement User Guide or PHS 398 Application Guide, as appropriate) except where instructed to do otherwise (in this FOA or in a Notice from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts). Conformance to all requirements (both in the Application Guide and the FOA) is required and strictly enforced. Applicants must read and follow all application instructions in the Application Guide as well as any program-specific instructions noted in Section IV. When the program-specific instructions deviate from those in the Application Guide, follow the program-specific instructions. Applications that do not comply with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to support research that addresses disparities in aging and health, with emphasis on preclinical and clinical studies.
Health disparities are differences in the incidence, prevalence and burden of diseases, in life expectancy, mortality rates and causes of death that exist among population groups in the United States. Health disparities are associated with a broad, complex, and interrelated array of factors that influence health, accelerate aging and reduce life expectancy. Early socioeconomic disadvantage and other forms of early adversity have been posited as important determinants of health disparities in later life. Research has also examined biological mechanisms that account for accelerated aging among specific populations, such as telomere attrition, chronic inflammation and cellular senescence. Epidemiologic studies indicate that prevalence rates for many diseases vary among U.S. racial, ethnic and cultural groups. Other studies find striking gradients in health and longevity associated with lifetime socioeconomic status; while natural experiments have been used to evaluate how public programs impact disparities by changing socioeconomic conditions for disadvantaged population groups.
NIA's health disparities research goals are to (1) understand environmental and sociocultural factors and related behavioral and biological mechanisms that diminish health and reduce life expectancy for populations that experience health disparities, (2) develop strategies to increase life expectancy and healthspan among aging adults and improve the health status of elders from underserved and disadvantaged populations, and (3) use research insights and advances to inform policies that reduce health disparities.
Specific Areas of Interest
NIA is interested in geriatrics and clinical gerontology research to explore the mechanisms through which disparities influence age-related change; in geriatrics and clinical gerontology studies on disparities and aging that investigate environmental, sociocultural and biological influences that delay or accelerate aging health disparities; and in research on geriatric conditions where disparities emerge in diagnosis, prognosis or treatment, including palliative and end-of-life care.
NIA Health Disparities Populations include African Americans, Hispanic or Latinos, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Populations, Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) populations, persons with disabilities and rural populations.
Appropriate topics/studies include, but not limited to, those listed below:
Research on determinants and modifiable factors of disparities in symptoms and/or the trajectories of changes across the menopausal transition among older women;
Research that explores gender differences across racial and ethnic groups as relates to myosteatosis, ectopic accumulation or infiltration of fat around and within skeletal muscles;
Studies to determine how race/ethnicity contribute to the variability in response to nutritional interventions to help reduce health disparities in diet-related disorders among older adults;
Studies investigating the role of genetics/epigenetics, ethnicity, serum biomarkers, binding proteins, hormones, body mass index, body fat percentage, micronutrients intake (e.g. calcium, phosphorus, magnesium), estrogen use, and other modifiable dietary/lifestyle factors on vitamin D absorption and metabolism;
Studies to examine the role of protective gene variants such as Foxo3A and ApoE2 against age related diseases in African American and other health disparities populations;
Studies to examine the factors/mechanisms that contributes to racial/ethnic disparities in older adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions;
Studies focused on racial or ethnic disparities in functional, physiologic, or metabolic outcomes across the life span and in old age.
The funding instrument will be the same as the parent award.
Cooperative Agreement: A support mechanism used when there will be substantial Federal scientific or programmatic involvement. Substantial involvement means that, after award, NIH scientific or program staff will assist, guide, coordinate, or participate in project activities. See Section VI.2 for additional information about the substantial involvement for this FOA.
Non-competing Administrative Supplements
Not Allowed: Only accepting applications that do not propose clinical trials
NIA intends to commit $250,000 in FY 2018 to fund 4 awards.
Budget requests may be for no more than $45,500 in direct costs.
The funding mechanism being used to support this program, administrative supplements, can be used to cover cost increases that are associated with achieving certain new research objectives, as long as the research objectives are within the original scope of the peer reviewed and approved project, or the cost increases are for unanticipated expenses within the original scope of the project. Any cost increases need to result from making modifications to the project that would increase or preserve the overall impact of the project consistent with its originally approved objectives and purposes.
The project and budget periods must be within the currently approved project period for the existing parent award.
NIH grants policies as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement will apply to the applications submitted and awards made from this FOA.
All organizations administering an eligible parent award may apply for a supplement under this announcement.
This announcement is for supplements to existing projects. To be eligible, the parent award must be active and the research proposed in the supplement must be accomplished within the competitive segment. The proposed supplement must be to provide for an increase in costs due to unforeseen circumstances. All additional costs must be within the scope of the peer reviewed and approved project.
IMPORTANT: The research proposed by the NIH grantee in the supplement application must be within the original scope of the NIH-supported grant project.
Applicant organizations must complete and maintain the following registrations as described in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide to be eligible to apply for or receive an award. Since administrative supplements are made against active grants and cooperative agreements, many of these registrations may already be in place. All registrations must be completed prior to the application being submitted. Registration can take 6 weeks or more, so applicants should begin the registration process as soon as possible. The NIH Policy on Late Submission of Grant Applications states that failure to complete registrations in advance of a due date is not a valid reason for a late submission.
Grants.gov – Applicants must have an active DUNS number and SAM registration in order to complete the Grants.gov registration. Grants.gov registration is only required if you plan to submit using the 'Electronic Application Submission through Grants.gov' option.
All PD(s)/PI(s) must have an eRA Commons account. PD(s)/PI(s) should work with their organizational officials to either create a new account or to affiliate their existing account with the applicant organization in eRA Commons.If the PD/PI is also the organizational Signing Official, they must have two distinct eRA Commons accounts, one for each role. Obtaining an eRA Commons account can take up to 2 weeks.
Individual(s) must hold an active grant or cooperative agreement, and the research proposed in the supplement must be accomplished within the competitive segment of the active award. Individuals are encouraged to work with their organizations to develop applications for support.
For supplements to parent awards that include multiple PDs/PIs, the supplement may be requested by any or all of the PDs/PIs (in accordance with the existing leadership plan) and submitted by the awardee institution of the parent award. Do not use this administrative supplement application to add, delete, or change the PDs/PIs listed on the parent award. Visit the Multiple Program Director/Principal Investigator Policy in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide for more information.
Only one application per NIA parent award may be submitted
Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each is sufficiently distinct from any other administrative supplement currently under consideration by the awarding NIH Institute or Center.
Applicants must prepare applications using current forms in accordance with the Application Guide.
All forms must be completed for the supplemental activities only and must not reflect funding or activities for the previously awarded parent award.
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions for their submission option (SF424 (R&R) Application Guide, eRA Commons Administrative Supplement User Guide or PHS 398 Application Guide, as appropriate) including Supplemental Grant Application Instructions except where instructed in this funding opportunity announcement to do otherwise. Conformance to documented requirements is required and strictly enforced. Applications that are out of compliance with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
All page limitations applicable to the parent award as described in the Application Guide and the Table of Page Limits must be followed, with the following exceptions or additional requirements:
The Research Strategy may not exceed 5 pages
Administrative supplement requests for most single-project activity codes can be submitted using either paper or electronic submission processes. Administrative supplement requests for multi-project activity codes must be submitted using the paper submission process. See Activity Code section in Part 1 to determine if electronic submission is an option for your activity code.
Applicants submitting paper applications must use the PHS 398 Application Forms and the PHS 398 Application Guide.
Instructions for Electronic Application Submission through Grants.gov
Use the “Apply” button(s) in Part I of this announcement to access the application forms package posted at Grants.gov. If presented with more than one form package, use the Competition ID and Competition Titles provided to determine the most appropriate application forms package for your situation.
Prepare applications using the SF424 (R&R) forms associated with the chosen package. Please note that some forms marked optional in the application package are required for submission of applications for this announcement. Follow all instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide to ensure you complete all appropriate required and optional forms, with the following additional guidance:
R&R Cover form: Select “Revision” in the “Type of Application” field.
Research Plan form: At a minimum, the Research Strategy section should be completed and must include a summary or abstract of the funded parent award or project. Other sections should also be included if they are being changed by the proposed supplement activities.
Project/Performance Site Location form: Include the primary site where the proposed supplement activities will be performed. If a portion of the proposed supplement activities will be performed at any other site(s), identify the locations in the fields provided.
Sr/Key Personnel form: List the PD/PI as the first person (regardless of their role on the supplement activities). List any other Senior/Key Personnel who are being added through this supplement, or for whom additional funds are being requested through this supplement; include a biographical sketch for each.
Budget forms (e.g., R&R Budget, PHS 398 Training Budget): Only include funds requested for the additional supplement activities.
R&R Other Project Information form: If applicable, attach PDF documents in the “Other Attachments” field indicating that the proposed research experience was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) or human subjects Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the grantee institution. Name the documents “IACUC Documentation.pdf” and/or “IRB Documentation.pdf”. Adherence to the NIH policy for including women and minorities in clinical studies must also be ensured, if additional human subjects’ involvement is planned for the supplement.
Special Instructions for Streamlined Submissions using the eRA Commons for electronic-based submissions
NIH offers a streamlined system through the eRA Commons for submitting administrative supplements. Login to the eRA Commons, identify the parent award, and prepare an administrative supplement request. A User’s Guide for submitting through this system is available, with the following additional guidance:
Budget information should be entered for the grantee institution in the tabs provided for each selected budget period.
Since there is no template or form available for subaward budget information, all subaward information must be included as a PDF attachment in the Subrecipient Budgets section showing the funds requested (by budget period) and using the same categories provided for the grantee institution. The attachment must also include any related budget justification information.
Use the “Add Other Attachments” function to include the following PDF documents:
· Research Strategy including a summary or abstract of the funded parent award or project.
· If applicable, attach documents indicating that the proposed research experience was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) or human subjects Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the grantee institution. Adherence to the NIH policy for including women and minorities in clinical studies must also be ensured, if additional human subjects’ involvement is planned for the supplement component.
Instructions for Paper-based Submissions using the PHS 398 Application Forms
Applications must be prepared using the PHS 398 research grant application forms and instructions for preparing a research grant application, with the following additional guidance:
Checklist: Select “Revision” in the “Type of Application” field.
Face Page (Form Page 1): On the face page of the application form, note that your application is in response to a specific program announcement, and enter the title and number of this announcement.
Research Plan: At a minimum, the Research Strategy section should be completed and must include a summary or abstract of the funded parent award or project. Other sections should also be included if they are being changed by the proposed supplement activities.
Project/Performance Sites section (Form Page 2): Include the primary site where the proposed supplement activities will be performed. If a portion of the proposed supplement activities will be performed at any other site(s), identify the locations in the fields provided.
Sr/Key Personnel section (Form Page 2): List the PD/PI as the first person (regardless of their role on the supplement activities). List any other Senior/Key Personnel who are being added through this supplement, or for whom additional funds are being requested through this supplement; include a biographical sketch for each.
Budget for Entire Proposed Project Period (Form Page 5): A proposed budget should be submitted using the PHS 398 budget forms and should only include funds requested for the additional supplement activities.
· If applicable, attach documentation in the Appendix section indicating that the proposed research experience was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) or human subjects Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the grantee institution. Adherence to the NIH policy for including women and minorities in clinical studies must also be ensured, if additional human subjects’ involvement is planned for the supplement component.
The grantee institution, on behalf of the PD/PI of the parent award, must submit the request for supplemental funds directly to the awarding component that supports the parent award. Submit a signed, typewritten original of the application, including the checklist, to:
Carl V. Hill, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Office of Special Populations
National Institute Aging
31 Center Drive, MSC-2292
Email: hillcv@mail.nih.gov
See Part 1. Section III.1 for information regarding the requirement for obtaining a unique entity identifier and for completing and maintaining active registrations in System for Award Management (SAM), NATO Commercial and Government Entity (NCAGE) Code (if applicable), eRA Commons, and Grants.gov.
Part I. Overview Information contains information about Key Dates and Times. Applicants are encouraged to submit electronic applications before the due date to ensure they have time to make any application corrections that might be necessary for successful submission. When a submission date falls on a weekend or Federal holiday, the application deadline is automatically extended to the next business day.
Applicants are responsible for viewing their electronic application before the due date in the eRA Commons to ensure accurate and successful submission.
For electronic application submission, information on the submission process and a definition of on-time submission are provided in the SF424(R&R) Application Guide.
For paper-based application submission, information on the process of receipt and determining if your application is considered on-time is described in detail in the PHS 398 Application Guide.
Applications must be submitted using the instructions specified above.
Applicants must complete all required registrations prior to submission. Section III. Eligibility Information contains information about registration.
For assistance with your electronic application or for more information on the electronic submission process, visit Applying Electronically. If you encounter a system issue beyond your control that threatens your ability to complete the submission process on-time, you must follow the Guidelines for Applicants Experiencing System Issues. For assistance with application submission contact the Application Submission Contacts in Section VII.
For applications submitted electronically on the SF424 (R&R) Application forms, all PD(s)/PI(s) must include their eRA Commons ID in the Credential field of the Senior/Key Person Profile form of the SF 424(R&R) Application Package. Failure to register in the Commons and to include a valid PD/PI Commons ID in the credential field will prevent the successful submission of an electronic application to NIH.
The applicant organization must ensure that the DUNS number it provides on the application is the same number used in the organization’s profile in the eRA Commons and for the (SAM). Additional information may be found in the Application Guide.
Administrative Supplements do not receive peer review. Instead, the administrative criteria described below will be considered in the administrative evaluation process.
The staff of the NIH awarding component will evaluate requests for a supplement to determine its overall merit. The following general criteria will be used:
NIH staff will consider whether the budget and the requested period of support are fully justified and reasonable in relation to the proposed research.
NIH staff will consider the ability of the proposed supplement activities to increase or preserve the parent award’s overall impact within the original scope of award:
For Research and Research Center Awards Only (P01, P30, P50, U01, UF1, UG3/UH3, U54, R01, RF1, R03, R21/R33, R24/U24, R25, R37, R15): Will the administrative supplement increase or preserve the likelihood for the project to exert a sustained, powerful influence on geriatrics and clinical gerontology research that addresses health disparities?
For Career Development Awards Only (K01, K02, K07, K08, K23, K24, K25, K76, K99/R00): Will the administrative supplement increase or preserve the likelihood for the candidate to maintain a strong geriatrics and clinical gerontology research program that addresses health disparities?
For Education-Related Awards Only (R25): Will the administrative supplement increase or preserve the likelihood for the program to exert a sustained, powerful influence on aging research that addresses health disparities?
In addition, each of the following criteria will be evaluated as applicable for the proposed supplement.
Protections for Human Subjects:
For research that involves human subjects but does not involve one of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR Part 46, NIH staff will evaluate the justification for involvement of human subjects and the proposed protections from research risk relating to their participation according to the following five review criteria: 1) risk to subjects, 2) adequacy of protection against risks, 3) potential benefits to the subjects and others, 4) importance of the knowledge to be gained, and 5) data and safety monitoring for clinical trials.
For research that involves human subjects and meets the criteria for one or more of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR Part 46, NIH staff will evaluate: 1) the justification for the exemption, 2) human subjects involvement and characteristics, and 3) sources of materials. For additional information on review of the Human Subjects section, please refer to the Guidelines for the Review of Human Subjects.
NIH staff will evaluate the involvement of live vertebrate animals as part of the scientific assessment according to the following five points: (1) description of proposed procedures involving animals, including species, strains, ages, sex, and total number to be used; (2) justifications for the use of animals versus alternative models and for the appropriateness of the species proposed; (3) interventions to minimize discomfort, distress, pain and injury; and (4) justification for euthanasia method if NOT consistent with the AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals. Reviewers will assess the use of chimpanzees as they would any other application proposing the use of vertebrate animals. For additional information on review of the Vertebrate Animals section, please refer to the Worksheet for Review of the Vertebrate Animal Section.
NIH staff will assess whether materials or procedures proposed are potentially hazardous to research personnel and/or the environment, and if needed, determine whether adequate protection is proposed.
Administrative supplement requests will undergo an administrative evaluation by NIH staff, but not a full peer review. Applications submitted for this funding opportunity will be assigned to the awarding component for the parent award and will be administratively evaluated using the criteria shown above.
A formal notification in the form of a Notice of Award (NoA) will be provided to the applicant organization for successful applications. This may be as an NoA for the supplemental activities only; alternatively, it may be as either a revision to the current year NoA or included as part of a future year NoA. The NoA signed by the grants management officer is the authorizing document and will be sent via email to the grantee’s business official.
Any application awarded in response to this FOA will be subject to terms and conditions found on the Award Conditions and Information for NIH Grants website. This includes any recent legislation and policy applicable to awards that is highlighted on this website. When calculating the award for additional funds, NIH will 1) prorate funding if the requested budget period is adjusted at the time of award, and 2) use the institution’s current F&A rate; i.e., the rate in effect when the new funding is provided.
For additional guidance regarding how the provisions apply to NIH grant programs, please contact the Scientific/Research Contact that is identified in Section VII under Agency Contacts of this FOA. HHS provides general guidance to recipients of FFA on meeting their legal obligation to take reasonable steps to provide meaningful access to their programs by persons with limited English proficiency. Please see http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/laws/revisedlep.html. The HHS Office for Civil Rights also provides guidance on complying with civil rights laws enforced by HHS. Please see http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/understanding/section1557/index.html; and http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/understanding/index.html. Recipients of FFA also have specific legal obligations for serving qualified individuals with disabilities. Please see http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/understanding/disability/index.html. Please contact the HHS Office for Civil Rights for more information about obligations and prohibitions under federal civil rights laws at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/about/rgn-hqaddresses.html or call 1-800-368-1019 or TDD 1-800-537-7697. Also note it is an HHS Departmental goal to ensure access to quality, culturally competent care, including long-term services and supports, for vulnerable populations. For further guidance on providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services, recipients should review the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care at http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlid=53.
Any supplements to Cooperative Agreements will be subject to the same Cooperative Agreement terms and conditions as the parent award.
Reporting requirements will be specified in the terms and conditions of award as applicable to the supplemental activities. In most non-competing continuation applications, the progress report and budget for the supplement must be included with, but clearly delineated from, the progress report and budget for the parent award. The progress report must include information about the activities supported by the supplement even if support for future years is not requested. Continuation of support for the supplement activities in the remaining years of the competitive segment of the grant will depend upon satisfactory review by the NIH awarding component of progress for both the parent award and the supplement project, the research proposed for the next budget period, and the appropriateness of the proposed budget for the proposed effort. This information is submitted with the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) and financial statements as required in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Lyndon Joseph, Ph.D.
Email: josepjlj@mail.nih.gov
Lesa McQueen, M.Sc.
Email: McQueenL@nia.nih.gov
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Home Around the world North America Recreational Marijuana Might Soon Be Legal in the State of Illinois
Recreational marijuana might soon be legal in the state of Illinois. Actions are being put into order in decriminalizing the plant for recreational use following the legalization for medical use a few years ago.
Earlier last year, there were over 20,000 qualified patients that were able to participate in the state’s medical marijuana program. The retail sales have reached $67 million since the state legalized the medical use of cannabis.
The General Assembly in Illinois passed the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act in 2003. This made Illinois the 20th state to legalize medical use of the substance.
Patients have to obtain a prescription from a medical professional in order to be able to get an ID card that allows them to purchase medical cannabis.
There are around 30 specific medical conditions that may be legally treated with cannabis. However, these 30 medical conditions are not final because the law allows the Department of Public health to add other conditions that may arise.
Last year, there was a proposition regarding the legalization of adult use (recreational) cannabis in Illinois.
The proposal states that residents would be able to possess up to an ounce (28 grams) of cannabis. They would also be allowed to grow a maximum of five plants at home.
Voters in Cook County, the country’s second most populous county, approved a non-binding ballot by nearly 63%.
The question in the ballot asked: “Shall the State of Illinois legalize the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products for recreational use by adults 21 and older subject to state regulation, taxation, and local ordinance?”
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The referendum is more of a poll but people were not shocked by this landslide victory and overwhelming support for recreational cannabis.
CEO of Green Thumb Industries, Pete Kadens said that he wasn’t surprised. He believes that it is an issue that has significant bipartisan support not just in Chicago, but all over the country.
Senator Heather Steans also agrees and said it is very consistent with what they’ve seen and where they think the state of Illinois is.
Voters also went to the Polls on March 20, 2018, to select nominees for governor and attorney general. JB Pritzker, a billionaire entrepreneur, and philanthropist won the Democratic nomination and now stands as the Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate.
Pritzker was leading with 45 percent of the total votes. He said, “We can begin by immediately removing one area of racial injustice in our criminal justice system. Let’s legalize, tax and regulate marijuana.”
Aside from his advocacy of legalizing recreational marijuana, his campaign was also rich in gender, race and economic diversity. He also wants to delve into issues regarding wages, health care, and education.
The current governor is Republican, Bruce Rauner. In his term, he signed a decriminalization measure into law. However, he has not yet changed his mind to his opposition to legalization and he has threatened to veto.
Raunder is known for his indifference to marijuana. He even said that legalizing pot would be a mistake. In an interview with Downstate TV station, he said that he does not support legalization of the recreational use of cannabis.
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In another interview on WSIL in Marion, he straightforwardly showed his dislike and opposition on legalizing marijuana. As a matter of fact, he had a history of wanting to have more studies in the ramifications in other states where the plant is already legalized.
On the other hand, in the position of the state attorney general, both nominees from the Republican and Democratic Parties, support the legalization of recreational marijuana. Earlier this month, the Illinois state Senate approved a non-binding statewide ballot question on the issue. If the house passes the legislation, voters in Illinois will be able to weigh in on whether it should be legal for adults to use marijuana in Illinois.
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Republican congressional hopeful Ron DeSantis won the support of prominent national conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly and the Eagle Forum PAC on Monday.
"Ron DeSantis is a Reagan conservative who will stand for limited government principles and traditional values," Schlafly said in a statement on Monday. "We must send authentic conservatives like Ron to Congress, not 'go along to get along' politicians who place expediency over principle. We cannot afford to elect anymore RINOs. Ron DeSantis represents a new generation of conservative leadership--he is pro-life, strong on marriage issues and is committed to bold reforms. He will be a leader in Congress and will be an articulate defender of the Constitution."
DeSantis said. "I am committed to reversing the Obama agenda and reasserting American sovereignty, limited government principles and religious freedom. I will be guided by the core values that have made America great." Source: Press release on 2012 House campaign website voteRon2012.com , Jun 18, 2012
Voted NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.
Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms used in such Act, including :
"culturally specific services" to mean community-based services that offer culturally relevant and linguistically specific services and resources to culturally specific communities;
"personally identifying information" with respect to a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking;
"underserved populations" as populations that face barriers in accessing and using victim services because of geographic location, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity; and
"youth" to mean a person who is 11 to 24 years old.
Opponent's Argument for voting No (The Week; Huffington Post, and The Atlantic): House Republicans had objected to provisions in the Senate bill that extended VAWA's protections to lesbians, gays, immigrants, and Native Americans. For example, Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) voted against the VAWA bill because it was a "politically–motivated, constitutionally-dubious Senate version bent on dividing women into categories by race, transgender politics and sexual preference." The objections can be grouped in two broadly ideological areas--that the law is an unnecessary overreach by the federal government, and that it represents a "feminist" attack on family values. The act's grants have encouraged states to implement "mandatory-arrest" policies, under which police responding to domestic-violence calls are required to make an arrest. These policies were intended to combat the too-common situation in which a victim is intimidated into recanting an abuse accusation. Critics also say VAWA has been subject to waste, fraud, and abuse because of insufficient oversight. Reference: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act; Bill H.R.11 ; vote number 13-HV055 on Feb 28, 2013
Opposes same-sex marriage.
DeSantis opposes the PVS survey question on same-sex marriage
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Religious objections to GLBT services same as 1960s racism.
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Heritage Action Summary: The Maloney Amendment would ratify President Obama's 2014 executive order barring federal contractors from what it describes as "discrimination" on the basis of "sexual orientation and gender identity" in their private employment policies. In practice, it would have required federal contractors to grant biologically male employees who identify as women unfettered access to women's lockers, showers, and bathrooms.
Heritage Foundation recommendation to vote NO: (5/25/2016): Congress should not be elevating sexual orientation and gender identity as a protected class garnering special legal privileges, which is the intent of the Maloney Amendment. The Maloney Amendment constitutes bad policy that unnecessarily regulates businesses. It risks undoing longstanding protections in civil rights law and makes clear that the president's orders are not exempt from them.
ACLU recommendation to vote YES: (5/11/2016): We see today claims to a right to discriminate--by refusing to provide services to LGBT people--based on religious objections. Claiming a right to discriminate in the name of religion is not new. In the 1960s, we saw objections to laws requiring integration in restaurants because of sincerely held beliefs that God wanted the races to be separate. We saw religiously affiliated universities refuse to admit students who engaged in interracial dating. In those cases, we recognized that requiring integration was not about violating religious liberty; it was about ensuring fairness. It's no different today.
Religious freedom in America means that we all have a right to our religious beliefs, but this does not give us the right to use our religion to impose those beliefs on others.
Legislative outcome: Amendment passed by the House 223-195-15 4/26/16; overall bill H.R.5055 failed 112-305-16 on 5/26/2016 Source: Supreme Court case 16-H5055 argued on May 25, 2016
Respect faith-based opposition to same-sex marriage.
DeSantis signed respecting faith-based opposition to same-sex marriage
Congressional Summary: The First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory action against a person on the basis that such person believes or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that:
marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or
sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.
Legal Argument Opposed: [Secular.org]: "The stated purpose of FADA is to protect the tax-exempt status, government contract, or any other federal benefit of those who do not comply with the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling. This act's true impact would allow for sweeping, taxpayer-funded discrimination against same-sex couples and their children--all under the guise of religious liberty. FADA would completely eviscerate the historic nondiscrimination Executive Order that President Obama signed last summer that prohibits federal contractors from engaging in discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The First Amendment protects freedom of religion and freedom from religion, not the special privileges of the religiously affiliated at the expense of the fundamental rights of other Americans."
Political Argument Opposed: [ACLU, July 20, 2015]: The House of Representatives & leading anti-LGBT organizations are pushing a bill--disingenuously titled the First Amendment Defense Act--that would open the door to unprecedented taxpayer-funded discrimination against LGBT people, single mothers, and unmarried couples. This bill would
allow federal contractors, including those that provide homeless shelters or drug treatment programs, to turn away LGBT people
permit a university to fire an unmarried teacher simply for becoming pregnant
permit federal employees to refuse to process tax returns, visa applications, or Social Security checks for all married same-sex couples
Source: H.R.2802 16-HR2802 on Jun 17, 2015
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Saturday was Thomas Dunn’s birthday. By sheer coincidence it was also Adolf Hitler’s natal day, but of course that has nothing to do with Dunn. Err, not much to do with him. Dunn celebrated the day by gorging himself on his favourite breakfast comestibles, then taking to his bed to deliver a few “seig heils”…
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Angela takes a break?
Nearly a year after her last alleged “retirement” from stalking and loudly defaming a person involved with the Hampstead SRA hoax, Angela Power-Disney has once against announced that she is withdrawing from the fray. The news came first from Anthony G. Pike, who announced it yesterday: News just in from our beloved ‘X-Girl’, Angela Disney,…
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Angela goes over the edge in new video
It’s been some time since we heard anything from Angela Power-Disney, but her recent interview with American “comedian” Tere Joyce is a humdinger. There’s pathos, there’s bathos, there’s narcissistic rage, there’s victim-blaming…all fuelled by a burning and unwarranted sense of entitlement. We’re not linking to the video, as she deliberately names a protected witness in…
Is Angela Power-Disney close to being charged?
Since last August when Angela Power-Disney’s home was raided and her computer equipment seized by four (or possibly five) officers from Kells Garda Station, we’ve been waiting patiently to hear whether she would be charged, and if so, with what. Readers will recall that Angie’s tech equipment was sent off for forensic examination, and that…
Angela’s getting anxious, for good reason
Angela Power-Disney has a problem. For almost four years now, she has been churning out harassment on an industrial scale, aimed primarily at RD, but also at the families of Hampstead. Until quite recently, she was able to lump this blog into her false allegations. As it was written pseudonymously, Angela could claim that anybody…
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Ho hum, another month, another update from Angela Power-Disney: Not a lot new this time, though she does provide a revisionist view of her Ellagate bollox, and urges Brian Harvey to let his Freeman on the land court supporters continue undermining him in court. Oh, and she speculates on the outcome of his case,…
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December 8, 2019 7:00 pm MST
EAST BEATS WEST IN ALL-CANADIAN SHOWDOWN AT WJAC
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Ayrton Martino (Toronto, Ont./St. Michael’s, OJHL) scored two goals and set up two others, and Ryland Mosley (Arnprior, Ont./Carleton Place, CCHL) added a goal and a helper, sending Canada East to a 5-1 win over Canada West on Sunday night at the 2019 World Junior A Challenge.
It is just the second time in 10 all-time meetings that East has beaten West; its other win came in the quarter-finals of the 2014 tournament in Kindersley, Sask.
Ryan Alexander (Toronto, Ont./St. Michael’s, OJHL) and Nicholas DeGrazia (Thunder Bay, Ont./Rayside-Balfour, NOJHL) had the other goals for Canada East, which grabbed a two-goal lead within the first six minutes and never looked back.
Devon Levi (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que./Carleton Place, CCHL) was terrific between the pipes, making 29 saves.
Martino struck first just 2:55 after the puck dropped, jumping on a Mosley rebound and beating West goaltender Carter Gylander (Beaumont, Alta./Sherwood Park, AJHL).
The roles were reversed three minutes later when Martino and Mosley raced away on a shorthanded two-on-one and the East captain tucked in a backhand, but Ethan Edwards (St. Albert, Alta./Spruce Grove, AJHL) intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and cut into the middle before snapping a shot past Levi to get West on the board 2:10 after that.
The Martino-Mosley-Alexander line produced the only goal of the second period; Martino found Philippe Chapleau (Longueuil, Que./Longueuil, LHJAAAQ) at the point, and Alexander chipped the rebound over a sprawling Gylander to restore the two-goal lead after 40 minutes.
East kept its foot on the gas in the final frame, outshooting West 12-8 and adding two more goals.
DeGrazia made it a 4-1 game six minutes into the third, throwing a centring pass into the slot and following the puck to the net before sweeping in a loose puck, and Martino forced a turnover deep in the West zone and tucked an unassisted effort five-hole on Gylander to finish the scoring at 13:51.
The win helps East keep pace with Russia atop the standings with four points through two games, while West is winless in its first two games for the second time in three years and third time ever. The good news? The other two times started 0-2, in 2011 and 2017, it won gold.
Both teams are on the ice next Wednesday night; Canada West will take on Russia in Dawson Creek (7 p.m. MT), while Canada East will travel an hour down the road to Fort St. John, B.C., to face the United States (7 p.m. MT).
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Assists: Ryland Mosley
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Impeaching Kavanaugh Is Not an Option
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This morning as I walked into the cafe where I get my morning coffee, I passed a newspaper vending machine (yes, they still exist) from which a USA Today headline blared the suggestion that the fight over Judge Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination might not end with Senate confirmation. IMPEACHMENT, the article suggested might follow if Democrats gained control of Congress. It even quoted some congressional Democrats intimating that congressional investigation and even impeachment were live possibilities.
It is true that federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, can be, and have been, impeached. It is also true that there is precedent for impeaching a federal judge based on pre-confirmation conduct and/or lies told during the confirmation process (which is presumably the basis on which any impeachment investigation of Kavanaugh would be launched).
In 2010, Thomas Porteus, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Lousiana, was impeached, convicted, and removed on charges of corruption in his previous office of state judge and also for false statements made during the process of Senate confirmation. This impeachment seems to have settled the previously unresolved question of whether conduct prior to taking office could be the basis for impeaching federal judges who, per the Constitution, serve during “good behavior.”
That said, the idea that anything either known or suspected about Kavanaugh would stack up as a plausible impeachable offense is just unsupportable. He may well be lying about his encounter with Christine Blasey Ford thirty-some years ago. But whatever people’s intuition or even moral certainties, the truth of that affair is profoundly unlikely ever to be known. (The only way the matter could be resolved with any certainty would be if Kavanaugh’s supposed wingman in the business, Mark Judge, were to step forward and confirm Dr. Ford’s account. And that seems vanishingly unlikely.)
He may be lying about how much he drank in high school and college, and about whether he behaved like a jerk. But those questions are in some measure subjective. One person’s aggressive drunk is another person’s hale-fellow-well-met party enthusiast. For that reason, not to speak of the passage of time, the truth will remain contestable. But far more importantly, tidying up your youthful social indiscretions is just not impeachable conduct.
He may be lying about exactly what he knew and did during his time at the Bush White House, obscuring his participation in partisan maneuvering around judicial nominations or other matters. If conclusively proven, that would matter far more than fudging about his youthful drinking habits. But the odds are extremely high that, even if every scrap of paper relating to his work in the Bush years were disclosed, no perjury will be provable. At most, shadings of ambiguous truth.
I can hear Democratic partisans screaming, “But what if we can conclusively prove he lied?!!! It’s not that he was a drunk or a partisan hack, but he lied under oath!!! Surely that’s impeachable.” To which the answer is, yes, judges have been impeached for perjury, but in every case the lies were about the judge’s own participation in overt corruption. There is no precedent either in America or Great Britain for impeaching a judge or any other official for the kind of lies that amount to making oneself look a little more upright and a bit less partisan than one actually is.
Leave to one side the rank hypocrisy of Democrats — who lined up in solid phalanx against impeaching Bill Clinton for perjury about adultery — hollering to impeach anybody not for what they did, but for lying about it. No sensible person should want to open the door to a world in which Congress demands a do-over on federal judges every time control of the legislature changes hands. If either party starts trying to reverse confirmations because they didn’t care for the results, the legitimacy of the federal courts as constitutional arbiters, already tottering, would be utterly destroyed.
Now, let’s be clear. I’d rather Judge Kavanaugh were not confirmed. If he committed one or more sexual assaults when young, and even if there is probable cause to believe he did, he ought not be confirmed. If he is lying about other things, he ought not be confirmed. Even if he is telling the truth as he understands it about all the episodes of his youth, his outburst during the Senate hearing revealed him to be both bitterly partisan and unable to maintain the equanimity essential to a Supreme Court justice.
But if he is confirmed, impeachment ought not even be seriously contemplated, at least absent revelations of misbehavior or criminality on a completely different plane that anything so far revealed. Even launching an impeachment investigation based on no more than what is now known would be a grave disservice to the country. The process would further politicize the court and embitter (or further embitter) Kavanaugh, other members of the Court, and even the most moderate of Republicans.
And any such effort would surely fail. There is almost no chance that anything exposed by such an investigation would produce revelations that even all House Democrats would consider impeachable, still less any Republicans whatever. In the surpassingly unlikely event that articles of impeachment could secure a majority of the House, the odds of gaining a two-thirds majority in the Senate, which would require at least 16 Republican votes even if the Democrats control the Senate after November, approach zero. The whole process would be a farce, a transparent pander to angry elements of the Democratic base.
Democratic leaders in both Houses should firmly suppress any notion that impeachment is possible. Either Kavanaugh is stopped now, or he’s on the high court until he dies. Those are the possibilities. Anything else is dangerous fantasy.
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Have you heard? A new Supreme Court Justice has been appointed. His name is Brett Kavanaugh, he hails from the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, and he’s got Democrats a little bit nervous. Why? Because they think he may try to shield Trump from the Mueller investigation.
Kavanaugh argued in an article written for the Minnesota Law Review in 2009 that sitting presidents should be immune from civil suit and criminal indictment. He cited the investigation of Clinton as a reason for this view, and has implied “that the Starr investigation distracted Clinton from focusing on Osama bin Laden.” Some find this view alarming — however, take a deep breath. As Noah Feldman points out, in an article published by Bloomberg Law, what Kavanaugh actually suggests is that Congress should pass a law that would protect the President. Inherent in that suggestion is an admission that the Supreme Court does not have the power to immunize the President itself. So worries that the Justices may, for instance, enjoin Mueller’s invesitgation, are probably unfounded.
That being said, that doesn’t mean Kavanaugh cannot be of use to the President in other ways. Kavanaugh may rule that the President can pardon himself, as Trump has suggested in the past. Alternatively, Congress may just take Kavanaugh up on his suggestion and pass a law immunizing Trump. Much remains to be seen.
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UK - Totally Thames Festival - The Fire Garden at Battersea Power Station
The Fire Garden, a performance delivered by the French performance group Carabosse, commisioned by Totally Thames, was an illuminating, artistic tribute, delivered on a monumental scale, to Battersea Power Station before it is closed for redevelopment. This was fire alchemy at its very best: the smell of wax, the hiss of steam, and the heat and glow of the multiple fires acknowledging and celebrating this iconic site's gritty, smoke belching, industrial past. Globes of fire and thousands of points of flickering flame illuminate the Power Station as musicians play a mix of old style Parisian music with moody improvised sounds. Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned (1983) coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. It comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building.
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Bilkis Bano gets 50-lakh riot compensation from SC, votes first time since 2002
“I could never exercise my right to vote because we were constantly on the move. Today, I have cast my vote and my vote is for the unity of the country... ," Bilkis Bano said.
Written by Aishwarya Mohanty , Ananthakrishnan G | Devgadh Baria, New Delhi | Updated: April 24, 2019 7:42:06 am
Bilkis Bano after casting her vote in Dahod. Bhupendra Rana
Soon after the Supreme Court instructed the Gujarat government to pay her Rs 50 lakh compensation, provide a job and “accommodation in a place of her choice”, Bilkis Bano, who was gangraped during the 2002 Gujarat riots, emerged from a polling booth in Devgadh Baria, a town in Dahod district, nearly 900 km from New Delhi. She was beaming — it was the first time in 17 years that she had voted.
“I could never exercise my right to vote because we were constantly on the move. Today, I have cast my vote and my vote is for the unity of the country… I trust the democratic system of our country and I trust the election process,” Bilkis said, accompanied by her husband Yakub and their four-year-old daughter.
News of the Supreme Court order had reached her. “I am thankful to the Supreme Court. Now we can lead a stable life. I can settle at one place and move on in life. My children will be spared constant relocation. All these years, we have led a nomadic life, changing places, homes. Now we can think of settling down without having to answer anybody,” she said, recalling how she moved from place to place to save herself and her family from threats of all sorts.
In the last 17 years, the family moved home inside and outside Gujarat — Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Delhi, Lucknow and Mumbai. Today, she lives with her family of seven, in a one-room-kitchen house in Devgadh Baria’s Rahimabad relief colony. It is 32 km from her own house in Randhikpur which has been on lease to a Rajasthani Hindu family since 2002. Husband Yakub has no fixed source of income and works as and when he manages to find work.
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Randhikpur was the place they were trying to flee on March 3, 2002. Mobs were on the prowl in Gujarat following the attack on the Sabarmati Express at Godhra that left 59 kar sevaks dead. Bilkis, then five-months pregnant, boarded a truck along with 17 members of her extended family. The truck was attacked by a mob, she was gangraped and 14 of the family were killed, including her two-year-old daughter, mother Halima and cousin Shamim.
Bilkis passed out and was left to die. When she regained consciousness three hours later, she found bodies around her. Scared, she headed to the nearby hills where she was sheltered by a tribal family. “I still have nightmares. For years, I have lived in constant fear, of people around me, of the male gaze, of even the slightest movement. I have four daughters and I make sure they are safe. I am thankful to the Supreme Court and the law for giving me justice, but nothing can ever remove the scars.”
In New Delhi, the bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, directing the Gujarat government to compensate her within two weeks, said: “It is very apparent that what should not have happened has happened and the State has to give compensation.”
The Gujarat government counsel informed the bench that action had been taken against police personnel convicted in the case. There will be cut in pension of three police personnel who have already retired, while in the case of the fourth — serving IPS officer R S Bhagora — the state has recommended to the Centre to demote him two ranks.
The court took this or record and said the authorities concerned could go ahead with the disciplinary action against the officer who is set to retire May 31. During the hearing, when the state did not give satisfactory replies to its queries, the CJI remarked “consider yourself lucky that we are not observing anything against you”.
Bilkis had earlier declined to accept the Rs 5-lakh compensation awarded by the state and had sought its enhancement. In May 2017, 15 years after the gangrape, the Bombay High Court upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of 12 people in the case while setting aside the acquittal of seven including policemen and doctors. The policemen were found guilty of tampering with records and evidence to try and save the accused.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Commissions Dan Graham to Create Its Next Roof Garden Installation
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Artist Dan Graham will soon be creating one of his famous sculptural glass pavilions atop the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum commissioned Graham to erect a site-specific piece for its Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden with the help of Günther Vogt, a Swiss landscape architect who has designed numerous outdoor spaces all across Europe. The rooftop structure will be constructed using a combination of hedge rows and two-way mirrored glass, which will create panels that are both reflective and transparent.
Image © Carl Gunhouse
The exhibition is being made possible by Bloomberg, with additional support from Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky. When complete, the pavilion will allow visitors to the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden to enjoy incredible views of Central Park and the NYC skyline while engaging with the art piece itself. The Roof Garden Commission: Dan Graham will be open to the public from April 29th, 2014 through November 2nd, 2014.
Graham’s work often centers around the idea of human interaction with public spaces, and encourages viewers/participants to re-examine their conceptions about their environments, and this new site-specific installation will undoubtedly nudge people to consider the many different facets of the city that surrounds them. A book that shares the same title as the installation has been created to commemorate the piece, and will be published in paperback by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and distributed by Yale University Press.
Via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dan Graham Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pavillion/Sculpture for Argonnen National Laboratory, 1978
Image © Lisson Gallery
Graham's Groovy Spiral, 2013.
Image © Laumier Sculpture Park
Triangular Bridge Over Water by Dan Graham at Laumeier Sculpture Park in Sunset Hills, Missouri 2012
Two-Way Mirror Parallelograms Joined with One Side Balanced, 1996, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Image © Massachusetts College of Art
Crazy Spheroid - Two Entrances is on permanent display in deCordova's Sculpture Park.
Image © Artnet
Water Play for Terrace, 2008, Hotel Barcclo, Cologne.
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QSLL: Ottawa, Kahnawake Mohawks, Lead the Charge
Posted By Marisa Ingemi on June 16, 2014
The Ottawa Axemen and Kahnawake Mohawks are both 7-1 and lead the standings in the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League. Meanwhile, the Vermont Voyageurs are three games back at 3-4 and Sherbrooke is five games back at 2-6. The Kahnawake Tomhawks are in last place at 0-7.
Three games took place this weekend. The first game of the weekend was on Saturday as Sherbrooke hosted the Mohawks. Kahnawake led 4-3 after one period and they never trailed in the game, taking an 11-8 victory.
Mathieu Lavoie led the Extreme with five points on the night and Dave LaPointe was second with four, also adding two goals. Sacha Gagnon made 36 saves in net. For the winning Mohawks, Mark Kirby and Ty Thompson each scored five points. Alex Kedoh Hill scored four along with Peter Jacobs. Derek Collins and Angus Goodleaf spent time in net, combining for 23 saves.
“In our first game against the Mohawks had all finished with 9 goals difference for them there a month. Since our team has progressed in a big way and tonight only three small goals difference that could go one way or the other late in the game ” said Sherbrooke head coach Paul Lehmann.
Later on that night, The Voyageurs grabbed their third win of the season as they defeated the Kahnawake Tomahawks 18-16. Vermont jumoed out to a 6-1 first period lead, but allowed Kahnawake back into the game when the Tomahawks scored nine goals in the third period to just three from Vermont. The game went into overtime where the Voyageurs outscored Kahnawake 3-1.
Nick Angus scored seven goals and eight points overall to lead the Tomahawks. Ben Green also added six while Owen Stacey and Peter Paul combined for 55 saves. For Vermont, Ethan Farrell put up eight points while Trevor Wagar had five. Vincent Talbot made 30 saves.
The next night the Voyageurs played the Mohawks, both teams coming off of Saturday wins. The game was tied at seven into the third period but once again Vermont allowed six goals in the third period to lose the game. Wagar scored seven and Joe Evans made 40 saves, but it wasn’t enough as Kedoh Hill scored six times for the Mohawks along with Jacobs.
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Every Invisible Gold site is a certain version. One of the great features of Invisible Gold is that sites can be updated to the latest version to take advantage of bug fixes, new templates, and new features.
Note: Before you upgrade a site to the latest version, you need to download and install it on the server. There is a help page on this topic.
You have the option of using the IG Wizard, or upgrading by hand. Keep in mind that the list of changes to upgrade by hand isn't always published. It makes more sense to upgrade using the Wizard.
Using the Wizard to Upgrade Sites
Open the Wizard from the START | Programs | Invisible Gold menu. On the first page, click to Modify an existing site. On the second page, select the site to upgrade and click the upgrade button.
The site will be automatically upgraded. If you recently rebooted or restarted IIS, it won't be necessary to do it again (as part of the upgrade). Regardless, the site should now be running on the latest version.
You should ALWAYS run a test on the site to verify that it is working. Send an email to your client, fill out all of the Contact Us forms, and order a test product. If there is going to be a problem with a site, it's right after you've changed it. You should encourage your client to run a series of tests to verify that it is working 100%.
Note: if you load the site and it still shows the old version, run "iisreset" manually. IIS tends to cache the old version.
Note: Contact us if the ugprade button is grayed out. There are still a few sites running on old versions that cannot be automatically upgraded. (Since there are so few, it makes more sense for us to walk you through the steps rather than explain the process here.)
Upgrading a Site by Hand
There are two steps to upgrading a site to a new version. First, there are new files copied into the site's \System directory.
The old \System\CurrentVersion directory is renamed for the version it contains. For example \System\CurrentVersion\2.8. (The version can be found by going into the directory and looking for a file like Ver2_8.
Next, the \System\CurrentVersion directory is copied from the latest version found in C:\Program Files\Invisible Gold\Ver2.8\EmptySite\System (where Ver2.8 is the latest version). At this point the site should be 90% upgraded.
Most of the upgrades have also included new directories that need to be copied into the \Data\System directory. The only way to find these out is by comparing the directory on your site and the one in the new version. If there are missing files, copy them over.
Hosting, Authoring, Installation
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Gastrointestinal Orthopedics Respiratory
CHMP reverses opinion, recommends approval for Vedrop
Asher Mullard Asher.mullard@informa.com
The CHMP has reversed its opinion on Orphan Europe's Vedrop (tocofersolan), opting to recommend the drug as a treatment for vitamin E deficiency due to digestive malabsorption in paediatric patients suffering from congenital chronic cholestasis or hereditary chronic cholestasis. Although the committee issued a negative opinion on this drug earlier this year (scripnews.com, January 6th, 2009), it now recommends granting marketing authorisation under exceptional circumstances.
Pfizer's tanezumab hits a nerve (growth factor)
Experimental drugs rarely face setbacks because they are too effective, but Pfizer's novel nerve growth factor antagonist tanezumab might number among the unlucky few. Phase II data presented this week in the NEJM show that the monoclonal antibody relieved osteoarthritic pain, but an accompanying editorial proposed that in doing so the analgesic enables physical activity that can lead to excessive wear and tear on fragile joints.
AstraZeneca moves syk kinase inhibitor into Phase III trials
AstraZeneca has enrolled the first patient in the pivotal programme for the first-in-class Syk kinase inhibitor fostamatinib (previously known as R778). Fostamatinib, which it licensed from Rigel Pharmaceuticals, is being evaluated as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in patients with an inadequate response to disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), including methotrexate (MTX).
Michael J. Fox foundation to spend $40 million on search for Parkinson's biomarkers
The Michael J. Fox foundation has launched a $40 million, 5-year initiative to identify biomarkers of Parkinson's disease progression. The scheme, called the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), will be carried out at 18 sites in the US and the EU, and will track 400 patients with newly diagnosed disease as well as 200 who do not have the disease.
Subject: CHMP reverses opinion, recommends approval for Vedrop
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Victory for ‘Caveman’ Blogger in Free Speech Fight
North Carolina Free Speech
Press Release | February 18, 2015
J. Justin Wilson
Senior Director of Communications
N.C. Board of Dietetics/Nutrition settles lawsuit, adopts new guidelines for advice-givers.
Stanley, N.C.-based blogger is free to provide advice on the low-carb “Paleolithic” diet.
Government censorship of online advice still remains a nationwide problem.
Cary, N.C.—Last week, the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition voted to adopt new guidelines allowing people to give ordinary diet advice without a government license, thus settling a May 2012 First Amendment lawsuit filed by diabetic blogger Steve Cooksey of Stanley, N.C. The board had previously told Cooksey that his blog offering personalized advice on how to follow the low-carbohydrate “Paleolithic” diet required a government license.
“Last week’s board vote recognizes that North Carolinians do not need the government’s permission to give someone ordinary advice,” said Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Jeff Rowes, who represented Cooksey in his lawsuit. “North Carolina cannot require someone like Steve to be a state-licensed dietitian any more than it could require Dear Abby to be a state-licensed psychologist.”
[WATCH A BRIEF VIDEO CLIP ON THE CASE]
In December 2011, Steve Cooksey started an advice column on his blog to answer reader questions about his struggle with Type II diabetes. Cooksey had lost 78 pounds, freed himself of drugs and doctors, and normalized his blood sugar after adopting a low-carb “Paleo” diet, modeled on the diet of our Stone Age ancestors. He wanted to use his blog to share his experience with others.
However, in January 2012, the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition informed Cooksey that he could not give readers personalized advice on diet, whether for free or for compensation, because doing so constituted the unlicensed practice of dietetics. The board deemed Cooksey’s advice the unlicensed practice of nutritional counseling, sent him a 19-page print-up of his website indicating in red pen what he was and was not allowed to say, and threatened him with legal action if he did not comply.
“All I wanted to do was give adults advice on what they should buy at the grocery store,” said Steve Cooksey. “I was astonished that the government thought it had the power to regulate that sort of ordinary advice. These new guidelines make clear that I can provide that advice to anyone who wants to hear it, and they will provide important protection for all North Carolinians who want to talk with others about diet.”
Cooksey’s situation is not unique—the Institute for Justice is currently litigating two similar cases based out of Texas and Kentucky. In Texas, the Texas Veterinary Board wants to use its licensing power to shut down a retired veterinarian who uses the Internet to give veterinary advice to pet owners who often live in remote areas of the world without access to veterinarians. In Kentucky, John Rosemond—America’s longest running newspaper advice columnist—was ordered by the state’s Psychology Board to cease publishing his parenting column because the Board believes John’s column constitutes the “unlicensed practice of psychology.”
“Cases like Steve’s raise one of the most important unanswered questions in constitutional law: Do occupational licensing laws trump the First Amendment?” said IJ Senior Attorney Paul Sherman. “The Institute for Justice is committed to protecting occupational speech throughout the country. This settlement is an important victory in that fight.”
For more on the lawsuit, visit https://ij.org/case/paleospeech-2/. Founded in 1991, the Virginia-based Institute for Justice is a national public interest law firm that fights for free speech and economic liberty nationwide.
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Analytics8 brings trusted insights to Australia's health professionals
Sara Barker
Analytics8, Snowflake and Talend are on a mission to improve trusted insights for Australia’s GPs and health professionals. To do that, they’re developing a framework that aims to translate available data into workable designs that deliver higher-quality data integration.
The end result is better trusted insights for GPs, practice managers, policymakers, and other health professionals that ultimately improve clinical practices and health outcomes in Australia.
Analytics8 developed the Acceler8 solution, which is built on Snowflake’s data warehouse built for the cloud.
The new framework eliminates the complexity of generating transparent and trusted information by achieving high-quality data integration in less time and at a lower cost.
Through automation, Acceler8 can rapidly address changes in requirements, design, patterns, and even the environment. This new framework makes it possible to shift focus to how data can be used.
“Today's modern data landscape allows customers to access all their data in one place, so they can make actionable decisions anytime, anywhere, with any number of users,” says Snowflake VP alliances, Walter Aldana.
“The data framework provided by Analytics8 linked with a next-generation data warehouse built from the ground up for the cloud will address organisation's data and analytics challenges”.
The companies explain that data continues to grow at an exponential rate, with many organisations capturing and storing data from a plethora of sources all day, every day. However, it can be difficult to see the true value of such large volumes of data using traditional solutions.
“With more customers moving to cloud-based data architectures, it is vital that we provide more viable and cost-effective means to integrate data sources from disparate, on premises and cloud-based systems,” explains Analytics8 partner Hedde Schuitemaker.
The new joint technology offers all businesses a unique framework to fast-track and secure the building of a governed cloud data warehouse. Allowing users to capture, store, and interpret large quantities of data, resulting in timely, insightful action. This is made possible by uniting diverse data sources, enabling self-service, and safeguarding data through governance '' all at once, to achieve the highest data quality possible.
Not-for-profit NPS MedicineWise is one of the first customers to implement the technology.
“Our priorities are accuracy, quality, and customer service, and all this cannot be done without irreproachable data quality,” says NPS MedicineWise MedicineInsight program manager Yuen Ai Lee.
“Faced with the limits of our previous legacy system, we decided to develop a cloud-first data strategy. Working with Analyticis8 and using technologies from Talend and Snowflake, we can deliver trusted insight to our users through our governed cloud data warehouse.”
Security, analytics and customer service top priorities for CFOs
Exabeam to run security SaaS offering on Google Cloud
NTT and Microsoft team up for future solutions
Talend extends relationship with AWS, looks to boost customer experience
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I have been making stops at the Grand Canyon Caverns complex for one reason or another since at least 1966. This weekend, however, is the first time that I included an overnight stay. What a delightful little gem! When my dearest friend and I travel, we strive to see a motel, a restaurant, or an […]
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I have been making stops at the Grand Canyon Caverns complex for one reason or another since at least 1966. This weekend, however, is the first time that I included an overnight stay. What a delightful little gem!
When my dearest friend and I travel, we strive to see a motel, a restaurant, or an attraction as though it is our first visit. Obviously, that can be a bit difficult, especially if it is a place visited at least one hundred times.
With our stay at the Grand Canyon Caverns Resort this was surprisingly easy as the owners strive daily to breathe new life into the historic roadside attraction while preserving the illusion that time stopped at some point around 1965. As an example, during our visit, new flat screen televisions were being added to several rooms.
Even though the restaurant appears unchanged from 1965, or even 1955, it was recently fully renovated. As a bonus the menu is diverse, and the food quite good. Even better, a variety of delicious fresh baked pies are now available.
The motel and the restaurant are but two manifestations of the owners passion for preserving this little roadside time capsule while transforming it into a destination for a new generation of Route 66 adventurers. Another would be the fully renovated RV park that recently garnered accolades from Good Sam.
As a whole, the complex is a near perfect time capsule of the Route 66 roadside in the years before that highway was eclipsed by the interstate. This too is merely a carefully crafted illusion as the resort mirrors the Route 66 renaissance with all of its vibrancy.
By no means is the resort without flaw or blemish. Regardless of an owners zeal, infectious enthusiasm, vision, and tireless ambition decades of neglect and abandonment are not reversed overnight. It takes years to turn back the hands of time.
Still, I found the resort to be one part living history museum, and one part portal into the future of Route 66. From the quirky miniature golf course, a recent addition, and metal sculptures intermingled among a variety of dinosaurs to the caverns with its stockpile of Civil Defense supplies and the multifaceted activities that range from trail rides to disk golf and a star gazers observatory Grand Canyon Caverns perfectly captures the essence of the Route 66 experience in one neat little package.
For an afternoon, for an evening, or for a weekend, I can honestly suggest that you add Grand Canyon Caverns to your Route 66 travel plans.
Our weekend vacation commenced with a pleasant drive east along Route 66 as storm clouds filled the sky. After arrival and checking in (room number 37) we eagerly headed for the miniature golf course like a couple of kids on holiday.
The nine-hole course is a throwback to an earlier, simpler time, the sort of thing that used to be found all along Route 66. The home made course was laid out around a golf cart grave yard, and a variety of dinosaurs that hinted of the property’s earlier life when it was promoted as Dinosaur Caverns.
A cool rain scented breeze enhanced our laughter filled visitation with youth as we endeavored to negotiate the deceptively challenging course. We will not discuss scores but suffice to say, professionals we are not.
Our golf adventure was followed with a most delightful dinner shared with John McEnulty, the passionate owner of the property who wears a permanent smile, his son Sean, and their family friends, Jim and Kathy. Lively conversation, lots of laughter, a couple of glasses of wine (beer for me), and some very delicious chocolate cream pie rounded out the evening.
As with many vintage motels on Route 66, this one is not for those in search of the Marriott or Hilton. Our room was a true time capsule; simple, clean, and quiet with authentic or period mimicking furnishings. It was exactly what the Route 66 enthusiast searches for, a pleasant and restful time capsule.
The free breakfast that is a part of the room package was simple, basic fare. However, it was quite adequate.
As enjoyable and restful as our little vacation getaway was, the highlight was in the opportunity to watch and interact with visitors. Children bubbling with excitement, teenagers having fun with their families, the sound of laughter, and the smiling faces left me feeling quite confident that in resorts such as Grand Canyon Caverns are the seeds for ensuring that Route 66 remains a destination for a new generation, and for generations to come.
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REVIEW: Aquaman (2018)
18/12/2018 17/12/2018 / Hughes Reviews / Leave a comment
Directed by: James Wan
Starring: Jason Mamoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Nicole Kidman, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Dolph Lundgren
Written by Rhys Bowen Jones
The DCEU badly needs a win. To say the DCEU has had peaks and troughs is something of an understatement. Despite, for my part, ‘Man of Steel’ being far stronger than the wider consensus says, and ‘Wonder Woman’ being as universally acclaimed as it is, the DCEU is badly trying to course correct after the mixed reception received on ‘Batman v Superman,’ and the genuinely shambolic efforts of ‘Justice League’ and ‘Suicide Squad.’ It needs a film to reunite DC fans everywhere that convinces them the DCEU could be a success. I think ‘Aquaman’ could well be that film.
Game of Thrones’ Jason Momoa stars as Arthur “Aquaman” Curry, a human-Atlantean hybrid with super strength and a swimming ability not too far behind that of Michael Phelps. Living his life as a metahuman living amongst us, Arthur forgoes the secret identity schtick, openly embraces being Aquaman, and spends his time saving people from various nautical disasters. When Orm (Patrick Wilson), Arthur’s half-brother, stakes claim to the throne and threatens an Atlantean takeover of the world, Arthur must return to his true home and claim the throne that is rightfully his.
I’m going to cut to the chase. ‘Aquaman’ is the most fun I’ve had at the cinema in months. I’ve seen some terrific films in the last year, even some genuinely all-time great superhero films like ‘Infinity War’ and ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,’ but nothing compared to ‘Aquaman.’ As the film escalates towards its inevitable, CGI-tastic battle scene, I found myself actively cheering the action on screen. It forced various exclamations that basically said, in umpteen different ways, “this is so cool.” Because that’s what James Wan, the stellar filmmaker behind films like ‘Saw’, ‘The Conjuring,’ and ‘Furious 7,’ managed to do. He made Aquaman cool. He made the guy who has been the joke of DC for years and known as “the one who can speak to fish” cool.
What really works for ‘Aquaman’ is its cast. It boasts a terrific ensemble, and no matter how ridiculous it all is if you really look at it, everyone is all in on their characters, embracing the ridiculousness of it all, and just having a great time with it. There’s a chemistry amongst every major player, from Arthur and Orm, to Arthur and Mera (Amber Heard), to Arthur and Vulko (Willem Dafoe), to Mera and Vulko, and to Orm and Nereus (Dolph Lundgren), that makes the film work. All the different relationships between the characters are, admittedly pretty blatantly, clear and their motivations are presented well so that everyone knows where they stand as the tensions mount into the third act. The ‘will-they-won’t-they’ dynamics, the rivalries, the father-and-son relationships, it’s all well thought-out and executed extremely well, thanks largely to the great cast.
Where the film does have flaws – and believe me, it has its flaws – is largely down to its dialogue. Despite the well-fleshed out relationships I mentioned above, the conversations are about as on-the-nose as it comes. Characters explicitly describe their emotions and plans in every line of dialogue, shoving in corny, superhero focused one-liners to raise an obvious moral question for Arthur to ponder for 20 minutes. It’s blunt, but it’s serviceable; there’s no room for subtext. But then again, this is fucking Aquaman. At one point, sharks are used as surfboards. Subtext left the writer’s room 27-minutes into Day One. And that’s okay.
The average cinema-goer goes to a superhero film for the action. You can claim all you want that people live for the interpersonal drama you find in the MCU, but a superhero film lives and dies by its action sequences. ‘Aquaman’ raises the bar for what a superhero film’s action scenes should look like. They’re the cleanest, best choreographed, and best shot action scenes since probably ‘Mad Max: Fury Road.’ In the first 10 minutes, there’s a very cool fight scene involving Atlanna (Nicole Kidman) in a living room that’s a long-take, one smooth shot in which all 3 enemies are vanquished in expert fashion as the camera swirls around the room. At that moment I knew we were in good hands, but that was just a taster.
There are a lot of nice little action sequences throughout the film, all of which are well done, but there are two stand-outs: Sicily and The Battle of the Trench. Sicily, for starters, includes a glorious long-take following a Atlantean battering ram crashing through 15 apartment walls as it’s the fastest way to Mera who is running along the rooftops, while simultaneously Arthur is being chased by Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), the film’s sadly underused but encouraging secondary villain, with various moments for combat thrown in, an exploding church bell, and Arthur using a literal ball and chain as a weapon. At one point, the camera shows Arthur’s fight and zooms across the rooftops to catch up with Mera, mere minutes before she creatively uses red motherfucking wine as a weapon. Just thinking about this scene again brings a smile to my face. It’s chaos in its most glorious form.
The climactic Battle of the Trench is, thankfully, a worthy capper on a terrifically fun time. I can’t go into too much detail for fear of spoilers, but this scene is the main cause of my exclamations of disbelief I mentioned earlier. Some of the moments on screen are wildly creative, they’re moments that will stick with you for months, because it’s a battle on the same scale as that of Helm’s Deep in ‘Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’ only this time it involves sharks with freakin’ laser beams attached to their heads, giant crocodiles, giant crabs and lobsters, and there’s even the closest thing to an actual kaiju. It’s not a case of Wan throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks here; everything sticks. The final 30 minutes of ‘Aquaman’ is the best climax to a 2018 film this side of ‘Hereditary.’
‘Aquaman’ is fantastic. I can forgive the flaws of its screenplay when the action is this satisfying and this impressive. It has charismatic performances, a fantastic soundtrack (‘Aquaman’’s theme is the best superhero theme since ‘Wonder Woman’, for everything the DCEU is doing wrong, it’s nailing the music), and stellar direction and cinematography. It’s one of the most bombastic, energetic, insane films of the year, and it deserves your attention.
Give me more ‘Aquaman.’ I want so much more ‘Aquaman.’
RHYS’ VERDICT:
The DCEU Movies Ranked
17/12/2018 16/12/2018 / t0msheff / 1 Comment
Written by Nick Staniforth
Braving the waters of the comic book universe once again this week, Warner Bros have supposedly turned back the tide and managed to deliver a superhero story that is getting unanimous praise for embracing its bonkers premise and surfing it to the shore of success. If you haven’t twigged yet, what with all the water puns, I am of course referring to Aquaman, the latest chapter of the DC universe starring Jason Momoa, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Ludi Lin, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman and Randall Park.
As of today, the man born of land and sea has made his way into cinemas, but following his release, where does the half-Atlantean sit among Warner Bros. other highly debated efforts? Here be the rankin’ of the entire DCEU films so far that’ll no doubt cause some waves.
It’s almost fitting that James Gunn has been tasked with a sequel to the film Warner Bros were keen to make their own Guardians of the Galaxy. Rough around the edges and filled with its own team of misfits, Suicide Squad had all the potential to be the outside contender that could straighten up the impending array of entries that were in the pipeline – instead, it almost ran the damn thing off the road.
A slung-together script, reshoots aiming to lighten the mood following the near-fatal feedback of Dawn of Justice (more on that later), and one of the shortest performances of The Joker ever caught on film, Suicide Squad was a slog of a viewing experience if it wasn’t for some key players that saved the day.
Margot Robbie and Will Smith as Harley Quinn and Deadshot reignite the chemistry they had in Focus, with the likes of Jay Hernandez’s El Diablo, Karen Fukuhara’s Katana and Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang conjuring some compelling performances, but the outcome is still a visually murky slog that even with an impending sequel, is an instalment that rarely gets revisited.
Die-hard DC fans can hashtag the crap out of a campaign to release the Snyder Cut until the Parademons come home, but there’s no denying that the finished product of the Justice League was far from complete. The second that light touches the synthetic upper lip of Henry Cavill, things roll off to an uneven start for the film that should’ve been a team-up for the ages. Instead, we’re treated to a CGI-tastic tone tornado that was another close call for the end of the DCEU.
Snyder’s eyegasmic vision and Whedon’s wit colliding should’ve made for the perfect comic book film, but like Suicide Squad before it, Justice League ends up a drab and forgetful outing. There are glimmers of hope, with Jason Momoa’s Aquaman making his debut, Gal Gadot Gadoing what she’s great at, and that hair-raising moment Superman returns for real, but it’s just not enough.
That chase scene on Themyiscara still holds up but besides that, the rest of the film, for the most part, is a union of DC’s finest stuck together with PVA glue in front of an undeniably bland CGI backdrop. They should’ve entered a league of their own, but instead served as a grave injustice.
A well-known horror director and a former horse lord are easily one of Warner Bros. bravest bargaining chips when it came to Aquaman and his solo film. Appearing as an undeniable redirection from the dark and sombre scope the DCEU has been focussed on for some time, Jason Mamoa’s standalone entry as the king beneath the ocean is one of the most refreshing instalments thus far, though not without its own issues.
Demonstrating that same flair he had with high-octane sequences in Fast & Furious 7, director James Wan gets his feet wet again in an at times visually impressive affair and tackles them to a degree, with Nicole Kidman as an ass-kicking Queen Atlanna being a standout moment. Sadly, these aren’t enough to wash over what is a fairly dull story that feels worn down. Plucking plot points from Thor, Black Panther and Wonder Woman, it avoids being a complete wipeout thanks to Momoa who is once again not giving a fork and having an absolute ball, which pushes the film along. Ultimately, it’s a good effort for DC to steady the ship but still not a patch on the best entry so far.
Tearing friendships apart as much as The Last Jedi, or when Ross and Rachel went on a break, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was the film we never thought we’d see, and ultimately the film fans will never, ever agree on. Considered to be the stuff of dreams and I Am Legend Easter eggs, the sought-after showdown between The Dark Knight and The Man of Steel is a battle on so many levels. For every hit it lands, there’s another counter swing that puts it on the backfoot, which is why its slap bang in the middle of this list.
Forming a bond in the opening act to the previous film amid the rubble and chaos left behind in Man of Steel, Snyder does a great job at building up the motivations for both fighters in this epic bout. Cavill once again slips into the super suit with ease as the still tortured Superman trying to find his place in the world, while Ben Affleck delivers one of the best iterations of Bruce Wayne and Batman ever captured on screen. Fearful of this stranger beyond the stars and being a figure worth dreading himself, it helps a great deal for when these two finally do go toe to toe. It’s the time spent getting to and following from the final fight that is the films biggest issue.
The Martha motive is still frustrating to even recall, as is Jesse Eisenberg’s weedy, tick-induced Lex Luthor. It’s a lengthy lost opportunity that we may never get back but thankfully gave the world Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, the films most undeniable redeeming factor. If your chest doesn’t swell the second she flies in on Hans Zimmer’s score, then you really need to seek medical attention.
Ah yes, back when it all looked so promising. Snyder’s debut venture into the world of DC’s greatest heroes may have had its issues, but Henry Cavill’s first turn as the man with the big red cape is undoubtedly one of the strongest of the bunch. Retelling the origin story of the most iconic superheroes ever for the modern era is a tough task but even more so when that beloved tale is tweaked to significant levels.
It all works, for the most part, aided by a strong cast that solidifies this world, and provides realism in a way that even Marvel still hasn’t done. From Amy Adams’ sharp Lois Lane to Michael Shannon’s tyrannical iteration of General Zod, every box is checked for the players involved in this effort to get Superman soaring to new heights. Most notably are the parents that mould Clark into the hero he becomes. Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner bring varied but vital fatherly roles as Jor-El and Jonathan Kent, respectively, while Diane Lane as keeps her son grounded as widowed mother MARTHA (sorry, old habit).
There are flecks of kryptonite littered through the film of course, most notably in that films final building breaking scuffle between Cavill’s Superman and Shannon’s Zod. Turning the shining Metropolis into an abandoned car park by the film’s end may well have been Snyder’s plan, but he once again spends too much time on something that should’ve zipped by faster than a speeding bullet. Not a bad first try – if only they’d been this good, though.
There was only one place for Gal Gadot’s solo gig as the Amazonian princess to go and that’s right at the very front. Putting aside all the convoluted, reconstructed world-building that has been tried and tested, Diana’s first adventure is the closest to perfect Warner Bros. has been. Patty Jenkin’s take on the most well-known female superhero is an absolute treat from beginning to end, distancing itself from all the other entries by decades and finally giving audiences a film they could all agree on as being an absolute belter.
A fish out of water tale with added oomph, braving the era of World War I to bring Diana’s story to life is a refreshing chapter in an uneven series of instalments. Already demonstrating she could wield the headgear and lasso in Dawn of Justice, Gal Gadot gets time to really fit into the role of Wonder Woman and make it her own. Strong, graceful and an undeniable presence of good, she elevates every frame she’s in and makes the walk through No Man’s Land as iconic as Christopher Reeve circling the earth.
Taking the lead behind an equally charismatic Chris Pine who is in awe of his co-star as much as we are, she’s a breath of fresh air in a world that up until then was lost in its own self-manufactured smog. So the familiar final act may suffer some crash, bang and CGI wallop, but it’s redeemed by Diana’s heartwrenching goodbye to Steve Trevor that conjures the more emotion than any of the films that came before it. It’s a wonder we even got this, far but thank the gods we did.
A Hero Is Born In The Final ‘Aquaman’ Trailer
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“Following the events of Justice League, Arthur Curry, the reluctant ruler of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, is caught in a battle between surface dwellers that threaten his oceans and his own people, who are ready to lash out and invade the surface.”
Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Willem Dafoe, Dolph Lundgren, Randall Park
JUMPSCARECUT: The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe, France O’Connor, Lauren Esposito
James Wan’s The Conjuring was a hit with horror fans when it released in 2013 and has since spawned a sequel (with a third film confirmed) as well as two successful spin-offs – Annabelle, of which a third film will release in 2020, and this year’s The Nun, which was based on the demonic Nun, Valak, who we meet in this entry of the Conjuring Universe. The Conjuring films are said to be based on the true case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren – paranormal investigators who were thrown into the public spotlight following their investigation at Amytiville (which the first film as based on).
The Conjuring 2 is based on the Enfield Haunting, which was a case the Warrens took in the late 70s. The Hodgson family being to experience supernatural occurrences in their home and Janet, the second eldest daughter, appears to be the spirit’s first target. The Warren’s are called in to investigate and determine whether there are supernatural forces at work or if it’s simply a hoax. Whilst investigating, Lorraine’s worst fears come true and she must discover the real truth behind the strange occurrence’s at the Hodgson residence.
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as Ed and Lorraine Warren are two of my favourite pieces of casting in modern horror. They both have such a fantastic chemistry on-screen and they nail every single scene they’re in – no matter situation they’re thrown in to. Imagine my delight when I heard they’re confirmed to reprise their role in the upcoming third Annabelle film, which will focus on their room full of demonic possessions.
Joseph Bishara’s score never fails to send chills up my spine, especially in Valak’s earlier scenes when she appears to Lorraine. It’s a score that stuck with me for a good few days after I first watched the film, and makes my ears prick up during every re-watch. Don Burgess’ cinematography also elevates this horror by adeptly making the most of space in the small English house. Wan and Buress create a sense of paranoia that has you constantly looking in the darkest corners of every shot and will make leave your lights on.
At the heart of this horror is a message of family unity and strength through times of uncertainty. There’s a scene where Ed sings ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ (and gives a corker of an Elvis impression) and, for a moment, you forget the horrors tormenting the family. The Hodgson family are all smiling and laughing and Lorraine looks on dotingly – it’s a scene that you wouldn’t expect to make the biggest impact in a horror film, but, for me, it does.
Whilst the film isn’t as much of a mystery to us as it is the Warrens or anyone outside of the Hodgson family, it delivers some genuine spine-tingling moments and is sure to pique your curiosity of what really went on in that house. I recently began reading The Demonologists – a book based on the cases of The Warrens, including Annabelle the doll, Amytiville, and Enfield.
For me, The Conjuring 2 is the strongest entry The Conjuring Universe by a fair margin. The cinematography, score, direction, set design, and everything in between all add something a little special to this film and it still manages to give me chills no matter how many times I re-watch it.
Tom’s Verdict:
Brand New 5 Minute ‘Aquaman’ Extended Look Released
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Directed By: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Sam Neill
Written by Chris Gelderd
From the off, this is better than the 2015 Collet-Serra / Neeson debut ‘Non-Stop’. The whole film is more restrained, as it can be, and suits Neeson much more than recent offerings, taking into account his age and the daft logic of these films. Basically, Liam Neeson does ‘Murder On The Orient Express’. Sound good? Then you’ll enjoy this guff.
Think ‘Speed’, blended with ‘MOTOE’, with a hint of ‘Strangers On A Train’ and you’ll have the dumbest Agatha Christie / Alfred Hitchcock modern-based thriller ever. First Collet-Serra had Neeson save a passenger airline, now we are on the ground on a passenger train across New York. It’s 100mins of everything you’ve come to expect from our Irish pensioner.
The fact the whole film is much more…grounded, I think is the word… makes it more enjoyable. It’s marketed as a thriller and actually plays out like one for a good hour or so before it rewards us with that over-the-top, laws-of-physics defying action finale and cliché plot twist. Yeah it’s been done before, we probably know who the villains are, but we didn’t expect a masterpiece. If you did, then you’ve come to watch the wrong Liam Neeson film.
He’s got the Academy Award nominations. He’s got the critical and fan acclaim for his entertaining and equally powerful movies. He’s been a Jedi Master, trained Batman and been a talking tree monster. Now he’s having fun in his prime by taking down bad-guys as the “ordinary man” who happens to always have a particular set of skills in a variety of “ordinary situations”. Today he sells life insurance, is a former cop, and can’t leave a train without his family being killed if he fails his task. But he’s not going to let that happen – cue the chaos.
Well, no, first, put the chaos on hold and actually let the thriller unfold. It’s a well paced and interesting set-up that takes it’s time to introduce us to the key players in a clever opening credits sequence and then doesn’t rush getting us into the main story. When it arrives, then it’s time to focus and watch it unfurl. But, yes, it does get a little slow during the mid-section because it literally just is Neeson stalking the aisle looking for his target, throwing as many curve balls and clues and twists as possible to keep us and him guessing. It hits a point where nothing seems to really happen for a long time and we are stuck padding out the plot until we can move on to the next.
Set in, on and around a packed commuter train for the rest of the movie, it’s simple to follow and Neeson does what he does best – he stalks back and forward, talks angrily on mobile phones, finds suspicious packages and weapons and packs one hell of a punch before disarming people with a charming smile. He’s got so much respect that it’s hard to not enjoy him now in whatever he does, because he puts his all into it and doesn’t try to re-invent the wheel. He knows what you expect and he’ll give it to you.
The action and slow burning “who-dunnit” style tension suits him much more than the god-awful OTT ‘Taken 2’ and ‘Unknown’. He actually doesn’t do too much in the first half that he couldn’t do in real life, and there is a certain hand-to-hand/guitar/axe fist fight that looks pretty damn impressive and Neeson never looks out of his depth doing this.
With support from Patrick Wilson, Vera Famiga and Sam Neill, you know one,none or all of them must be shady, and you’ll probably guess straight away, but maybe you won’t. They are as invested as Neeson in driving the story and taking things seriously, which is good. Apart from that, the time is spent with actors you won’t recognise, which works in the plot’s favour as its these “nobodys” who may hold the key to the puzzle, so we have no idea who it could be, and you’ll be guessing all the way through.
So, yeah. It’s not a game changer at all but it’s one of those decent 100min popcorn action thrillers that will satisfy all those who to watch something of the “best film with Liam Neeson set on a train” genre. Turn your brain off and just have some forgetful fun!
Chris’ Rating: 6.0 out of 10
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Escargoon
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エスカルゴン / ドクター・エスカルゴン (Esukarugon / Dokutā Esukarugon)
ドクター (Dokutā) is Japanese for "doctor"
King Dedede's right hand man
Kirby Comes to Cappy Town
English Voice
Japanese Voice
“ Want me to check'em in for a two week stay in the dungeon, sweet kingey?”
— Escargoon • Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Escargoon (Escargon in the Japanese version) is one of the main characters in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!. He is the sidekick and right-hand man of King Dedede and one of the characters that was added to the series that had not previously been in any Kirby media. Several episodes are centered around him and he was given a good deal of character development. He is voiced by Naoki Tatsuta in Japan and by Ted Lewis in the dub.
Escargoon is an anthropomorphic snail who is Dedede's right hand man. His skin is lavender, and his shell is dark green. His eyes are green as well, and rise over the rest of his head on a stalk. He has short, light green hair and a goatee of the same color, and only four teeth. When he moves, he often makes a whirling noise.
Escargoon grew up in a small house on a farm with his mother somewhere on Planet Popstar. When he grew up, he left home, promising his mother that he'd make her proud. Unfortunately, the real world was harsh, and he ended up working for King Dedede in Dream Land. Like Mother, Like Snail
In the original Japanese version, Escargoon is given the title Dr. Escargon, but only for the first few episodes. He has a verbal tick like King Dedede, ending most of his sentences with "-degesu". While it carries no meaning, it is an altered pronunciation of です (desu), which is Japanese for “is”, “am”, or "to be".
Escargoon's appearance in the opening of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Escargoon has two distinct sides to his personality. There's the part of him that helps Dedede with his schemes and tricks, but he seems to have a genuinely nice side to him that only appears in extreme situations. Unlike most of the other residents of Cappy Town he does not dislike King Dedede, though the latter often whacks him with a mallet.
Escargoon's mannerism gives the impression of someone past his youth, and tends to get grumpy with the children of the village. He can be mean and naughty towards people in general, using his status as the King's assistant to lend him the right to boss people around or threaten them with the death penalty (in the Japanese version only). It is not clear whether he really is mean and only acts nice when he needs something, or if he has a good side of him that does not show because he is perpetually helping Dedede with his schemes in order to gain his approval. Since his mother says Escargoon is cowardly and would never hurt anyone, it would seem that the latter situation is more likely.
Escargoon can be cheerful and animated at times, and often does effeminate things such as wearing frilly aprons with hearts. (Other than that he rarely wears any articles of clothing, except an occasional bow tie, sun hat, or scarf in cold weather.) He is the usual host of Channel DDD for newscasts and special programs.
Escargoon is intelligent with a wide range of knowledge in botany (he wrote an encyclopedia on the subject called The Encyclopedia of Botanica), chemistry and electronics/robotics and even tried to decode an ancient scroll. When Dedede doesn't order something from Nightmare Enterprises, he tends to use one of Escargoon's inventions instead, such as a formula that turns things into monsters. The Empty Nest Mess He builds various machines such as a robotic grasshopper The Flower Plot, submarine A Fish Called Kine, missiles Cappy New Year, and even a robotic version of himself Right Hand Robot. However in Fossil Fools - Part I when he and King Dedede were asked questions from Doctor Moro, they both were unable to give concise answers. Unlike King Dedede, he does not trust N.M.E. Sales Guy, and rarely orders things from him.
He has a tendency to make comparisons and similes, as well as using higher vocabulary words and alliteration in his dialogue--for example, in Pink-Collar Blues, he compares asking the Waddle Dees a question to "interrogating a mime troupe."
Hence being a snail himself, he despises snail-consisted food. He also happens to be allergic to barbecued snails.Shell-Shocked
Escargoon is most often in the company of King Dedede as his assistant and he tries to ensure the King's well-being and happiness in any way he can, sometimes to the detriment of his own. His duties are numerous, from cooking to cleaning to giving back rubs to being Dedede's personal punching bag when the King is angry. Sometimes Dedede pulls pranks on him and scare him just because he can.
He does care about Dedede but understandably hates his treatment of him, and tries to get even when he can, throwing subtle insults right in Dedede's face which the King isn't nearly bright enough to catch on to - though on the rare occasion he still gets hit anyway just for talking when Dedede is mad.
Escargoon's true feelings became clear in Sweet & Sour Puss, where he sings a song saying how Dedede is always mean to him. This song gives an interesting insight on Escargoon's feelings (as a joke, the creators put the song to the tune of the anime's theme song). The lyrics in the Japanese version are: "He's always a thorn in my side, that demon Dedede; but it's really hard for Escargon, laughing off failed schemes, and blaming it all on me; He's truly selfish, but I love His Majesty." However, in the English dub, the words Escargoon says are not only said in chant rather than in song, but the lyrics are also different: "Dedede's a rotten boss to work for. That I can't deny. He yells and screams and criticizes, no matter how I try. I deserve a raise, but the king refuses. All I ever get are bumps and bruises! He's a grouch. He's a grump. But I stay. Maybe I'll be king one day."
This perhaps explains why he is content to continue working for Dedede, when he could conceivably get a job elsewhere with his skills. (In the English dub, he doesn't actually care about him, but only sticks around for the pay or waiting for the chance to becoming King himself.) He's even shown sleeping with a plush toy of Dedede in a later episode, and puts up with some of his more bizarre plans - one of which involves him dressing in drag so Dedede could practice his marriage proposal techniques. A Princess in Dis-Dress
Since Dedede's always treating Escargoon like a punching bag, there are a few episodes in which Escargoon gets his revenge. He hires a ghost squad to scare Dedede in Escargoon Squad and cries near the ending as he explains, to show that he has a very soft side. In A Dental Dilemma, when Dedede got a toothache, Escargoon goes to great lengths such as dragging him along with the Waddle Dee army and using a metal claw to stuff him into the limousine. Later that night, Dedede hammers a taunting Escargoon on the head, causing him to retaliate by hitting the king on the foot and chasing him around. In Prediction Predicament - Part II, Escargoon sees Dedede hanging from his robe and burnt on top of the castle. He cries for a few seconds, but quickly laughs at him, giving a possibility that he likes it when Dedede is hurt. In Don't Bank On It, he punches Dedede's doll a few times, as well as throwing it and grabbing the neck, for those actions happening to Dedede. Finally, in Sweet & Sour Puss, he whacks Dedede a few times with the hammer, to which Dedede refused to get angry and wave it off. Escargoon soon learns of Dedede's new leaf and charges at him, giving him a giant whack to his head. He then gives him a few more whacks in revenge, but quickly reverts into his old self when Dedede realized the abuse and pursued him while trying to hit him.
Escargoon's Mother
Escargoon's Mother is the most important person to him, possibly even more so than Dedede. He is very attached to her and will do anything to make her proud - even pretending to be the king of Dream Land. Like Mother, Like Snail His mother loves her only son dearly, but she can be rather harsh with him and will tease him - though affectionately. His father was never mentioned.
Unlike Dedede, Escargoon does not harbor much spite towards Kirby himself. He helps Dedede just for the sake of helping him, but, on his own, he doesn't really have a problem with the pink puffball. One time, he secretly reveals his care for Kirby when King Dedede, who thinks he is Escar-droid, commands him to destroy Kirby.Right Hand Robot Once Escargoon even asks Kirby to forgive him and start a "new life." Escar-Gone Kirby likes Escargoon - but then again, Kirby likes just about everyone.
His name is a combination of the French word escargot, meaning snail, and the word goon, usually meaning underling or minion.
He makes a surprise appearance in the Kirby Quest sub-game of Kirby Mass Attack, alongside King Dedede in one of his attacks, where Dedede is carried by several Waddle Dees and tramples over Kirby. This is his only video game appearance to date.
His English voice has a strong resemblance to late comedian Paul Lynde.
He and Dedede are the characters shown animated in CG the most after Kirby.
Despite being a snail, he can run fast, even though he once said that he's "not built for speed."
At the start of Kirby 3D, N.M.E. Sales Guy refers to Escargoon as "Lord Escargoon."
Technically, Escargoon is the first character in the anime to visit Nightmare Enterprises since the N.M.E. Sales Guy sent him there for a demonstration in Abusement Park.
In the Japanese version of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Escargoon has a verbal tic in which he frequently says "Degesu" when he is talking.
Additionally, in the Japanese version, Escargoon has a habit of referring to himself with watakushi (an overly formal pronoun) when flustered or embarrassed.
Much like King Dedede, Escargoon tends to incorporate many literary elements into his speech. Frequent alliteration and a larger vocabulary than usually heard in a children's show (such as referencing the philosophical theory of existentialism to Tiff from the episode Hatch Me if You Can) are noticeable through his diction, though his word choice is not noted by others besides Dedede.
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Escargoon (dressed like Escar-droid) fires a bazooka.
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Canal Flats country music man
Canal Flats music man
Craig Moritz of Canal Flats is a country singer and an animal rescue advocate
by Marie Milner — December 22, 2017
Craig Moritz is a country singer and animal rescue advocate who lives in Canal Flats, B.C. — Photo courtesy Craig Mortiz
He’s lived in Canal Flats for just two years, but already Craig Moritz is becoming known as an influencer in the community.
Alberta-born Moritz is a professional country singer who fell in love with southeastern B.C.’s Columbia Valley years ago. He and his girlfriend, Jill Hallborg, spent so much recreation time there that they decided to look for a home in the valley. However, properties in the resort communities were just too pricey.
“We’d driven by Canal Flats lots of times, and one day we decided to explore it a little,” Moritz said. “We found this cool little town and we really liked the vibe. I made some calls, and we ended up buying a little place in November 2015.
“We just love the community—it was a great decision. I still love Alberta and Calgary, but I’d never go back to living in a big city again. We have a great community and great neighbours, and there’s so much potential. We try to support whatever is happening, especially anything that involves music and entertainment. I do whatever I can to bring music into the community.”
Craig Moritz and Jill Hallborg organized an event called Flats Fest, which took place in August 2017. — Photo courtesy Craig Mortiz
In August 2017, with the support of Village council, Moritz, Hallborg and the Community Society organized a day-long music event called "Flats Fest." About 500 people attended—that’s about twice the number they anticipated—and plans are already in place for a second annual festival to be held in August 2018.
In addition to his love of music, Moritz has a soft place in his heart for animals. While vacationing in Cuba some years ago, he was saddened to see a large population of homeless, malnourished dogs and cats. In his quest to help them, he learned about an animal welfare organization called CANDi—Cats and Dogs International. CANDi rescues stray animals and runs sterilization clinics for dogs and cats in Mexico and the Caribbean.
Moritz has since volunteered at several of CANDi’s clinics and has become the official campaign spokesperson for the organization.
Craig Moritz is a spokesperson and volunteer for Cats & Dogs International, an international animal welfare group. — Photo courtesy Craig Mortiz
“I ended up rescuing a few animals, and fostering some who became permanent fixtures in my home,” Moritz said. “I did several clinics with that organization and I learned a lot. It gave me a stronger attachment to animals in general.”
Moritz’s talent and compassion are having a positive influence in Canal Flats and the world beyond the Columbia Valley.
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October 2019 by Julie Matchett
East Kootenay, Canal Flats, Developments, Health & Wellness, Retail, Technology Growth and opportunity in Canal Flats
The economic recovery in Canal Flats presents exciting opportunities to shape the future of the village and the Columbia Valley.
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After years of struggling with its image and its economy, Canal Flats is on the threshold of becoming “Village Beautiful, Village Prosperous.”
January 2019 by Marie Milner
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Contrasting species diversity and values in home gardens and traditional parkland agroforestry systems in ethiopian sub-humid lowlands
Eguale Tadesse, Abdu Abdulkedir, Asia Khamzina, Yo Whan Son, Florent Noulèkoun
Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering
New professors
Understanding the complex diversity of species and their potential uses in traditional agroforestry systems is crucial for enhancing the productivity of tropical systems and ensuring the sustainability of the natural resource base. The aim of this study is the evaluation of the role of home gardens and parklands, which are prominent tropical agroforestry systems, in the conservation and management of biodiversity. Our study quantified and compared the diversity of woody and herbaceous perennial species and their uses in traditional home gardens and parkland agroforestry systems under a sub-humid climate in western Ethiopia. A sociological survey of 130 household respondents revealed 14 different uses of the species, mostly for shade, fuelwood, food, and as traditional medicine. Vegetation inventory showed that the Fisher's α diversity index and species richness were significantly higher in home gardens (Fisher's α = 5.28 ± 0.35) than in parklands (Fisher's α = 1.62 ± 0.18). Both systems were significantly different in species composition (Sørenson's similarity coefficient = 35%). The differences occurred primarily because of the high intensity of management and the cultivation of exotic tree species in the home gardens, whereas parklands harbored mostly native flora owing to the deliberate retention and assisted regeneration by farmers. In home gardens, Mangifera indica L. was the most important woody species, followed by Cordia africana Lam. and Coffea arabica L. On the other hand, Syzygium guineense Wall. was the most important species in parklands, followed by C. africana and M. indica. The species diversity of agroforestry practices must be further augmented with both indigenous and useful, non-invasive exotic woody and herbaceous species, particularly in parklands that showed lower than expected species diversity compared to home-gardens.
https://doi.org/10.3390/f10030266
parkland agroforestry systems
Syzygium guineense
subhumid zones
household surveys
fuelwood
diversity index
Herbaceous perennial species
Household respondents
Species richness
Woody species
Tadesse, E., Abdulkedir, A., Khamzina, A., Son, Y. W., & Noulèkoun, F. (2019). Contrasting species diversity and values in home gardens and traditional parkland agroforestry systems in ethiopian sub-humid lowlands. Forests, 10(3), [266]. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10030266
Contrasting species diversity and values in home gardens and traditional parkland agroforestry systems in ethiopian sub-humid lowlands. / Tadesse, Eguale; Abdulkedir, Abdu; Khamzina, Asia; Son, Yo Whan; Noulèkoun, Florent.
In: Forests, Vol. 10, No. 3, 266, 01.01.2019.
Tadesse, E, Abdulkedir, A, Khamzina, A, Son, YW & Noulèkoun, F 2019, 'Contrasting species diversity and values in home gardens and traditional parkland agroforestry systems in ethiopian sub-humid lowlands', Forests, vol. 10, no. 3, 266. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10030266
Tadesse E, Abdulkedir A, Khamzina A, Son YW, Noulèkoun F. Contrasting species diversity and values in home gardens and traditional parkland agroforestry systems in ethiopian sub-humid lowlands. Forests. 2019 Jan 1;10(3). 266. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10030266
Tadesse, Eguale ; Abdulkedir, Abdu ; Khamzina, Asia ; Son, Yo Whan ; Noulèkoun, Florent. / Contrasting species diversity and values in home gardens and traditional parkland agroforestry systems in ethiopian sub-humid lowlands. In: Forests. 2019 ; Vol. 10, No. 3.
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title = "Contrasting species diversity and values in home gardens and traditional parkland agroforestry systems in ethiopian sub-humid lowlands",
abstract = "Understanding the complex diversity of species and their potential uses in traditional agroforestry systems is crucial for enhancing the productivity of tropical systems and ensuring the sustainability of the natural resource base. The aim of this study is the evaluation of the role of home gardens and parklands, which are prominent tropical agroforestry systems, in the conservation and management of biodiversity. Our study quantified and compared the diversity of woody and herbaceous perennial species and their uses in traditional home gardens and parkland agroforestry systems under a sub-humid climate in western Ethiopia. A sociological survey of 130 household respondents revealed 14 different uses of the species, mostly for shade, fuelwood, food, and as traditional medicine. Vegetation inventory showed that the Fisher's α diversity index and species richness were significantly higher in home gardens (Fisher's α = 5.28 ± 0.35) than in parklands (Fisher's α = 1.62 ± 0.18). Both systems were significantly different in species composition (S{\o}renson's similarity coefficient = 35{\%}). The differences occurred primarily because of the high intensity of management and the cultivation of exotic tree species in the home gardens, whereas parklands harbored mostly native flora owing to the deliberate retention and assisted regeneration by farmers. In home gardens, Mangifera indica L. was the most important woody species, followed by Cordia africana Lam. and Coffea arabica L. On the other hand, Syzygium guineense Wall. was the most important species in parklands, followed by C. africana and M. indica. The species diversity of agroforestry practices must be further augmented with both indigenous and useful, non-invasive exotic woody and herbaceous species, particularly in parklands that showed lower than expected species diversity compared to home-gardens.",
keywords = "Herbaceous perennial species, Household respondents, Questionnaire survey, Species richness, Woody species",
author = "Eguale Tadesse and Abdu Abdulkedir and Asia Khamzina and Son, {Yo Whan} and Florent Noul{\`e}koun",
doi = "10.3390/f10030266",
journal = "Forests",
publisher = "MDPI AG",
T1 - Contrasting species diversity and values in home gardens and traditional parkland agroforestry systems in ethiopian sub-humid lowlands
AU - Tadesse, Eguale
AU - Abdulkedir, Abdu
AU - Khamzina, Asia
AU - Son, Yo Whan
AU - Noulèkoun, Florent
N2 - Understanding the complex diversity of species and their potential uses in traditional agroforestry systems is crucial for enhancing the productivity of tropical systems and ensuring the sustainability of the natural resource base. The aim of this study is the evaluation of the role of home gardens and parklands, which are prominent tropical agroforestry systems, in the conservation and management of biodiversity. Our study quantified and compared the diversity of woody and herbaceous perennial species and their uses in traditional home gardens and parkland agroforestry systems under a sub-humid climate in western Ethiopia. A sociological survey of 130 household respondents revealed 14 different uses of the species, mostly for shade, fuelwood, food, and as traditional medicine. Vegetation inventory showed that the Fisher's α diversity index and species richness were significantly higher in home gardens (Fisher's α = 5.28 ± 0.35) than in parklands (Fisher's α = 1.62 ± 0.18). Both systems were significantly different in species composition (Sørenson's similarity coefficient = 35%). The differences occurred primarily because of the high intensity of management and the cultivation of exotic tree species in the home gardens, whereas parklands harbored mostly native flora owing to the deliberate retention and assisted regeneration by farmers. In home gardens, Mangifera indica L. was the most important woody species, followed by Cordia africana Lam. and Coffea arabica L. On the other hand, Syzygium guineense Wall. was the most important species in parklands, followed by C. africana and M. indica. The species diversity of agroforestry practices must be further augmented with both indigenous and useful, non-invasive exotic woody and herbaceous species, particularly in parklands that showed lower than expected species diversity compared to home-gardens.
AB - Understanding the complex diversity of species and their potential uses in traditional agroforestry systems is crucial for enhancing the productivity of tropical systems and ensuring the sustainability of the natural resource base. The aim of this study is the evaluation of the role of home gardens and parklands, which are prominent tropical agroforestry systems, in the conservation and management of biodiversity. Our study quantified and compared the diversity of woody and herbaceous perennial species and their uses in traditional home gardens and parkland agroforestry systems under a sub-humid climate in western Ethiopia. A sociological survey of 130 household respondents revealed 14 different uses of the species, mostly for shade, fuelwood, food, and as traditional medicine. Vegetation inventory showed that the Fisher's α diversity index and species richness were significantly higher in home gardens (Fisher's α = 5.28 ± 0.35) than in parklands (Fisher's α = 1.62 ± 0.18). Both systems were significantly different in species composition (Sørenson's similarity coefficient = 35%). The differences occurred primarily because of the high intensity of management and the cultivation of exotic tree species in the home gardens, whereas parklands harbored mostly native flora owing to the deliberate retention and assisted regeneration by farmers. In home gardens, Mangifera indica L. was the most important woody species, followed by Cordia africana Lam. and Coffea arabica L. On the other hand, Syzygium guineense Wall. was the most important species in parklands, followed by C. africana and M. indica. The species diversity of agroforestry practices must be further augmented with both indigenous and useful, non-invasive exotic woody and herbaceous species, particularly in parklands that showed lower than expected species diversity compared to home-gardens.
KW - Herbaceous perennial species
KW - Household respondents
KW - Questionnaire survey
KW - Species richness
KW - Woody species
U2 - 10.3390/f10030266
DO - 10.3390/f10030266
JO - Forests
JF - Forests
10.3390/f10030266
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