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Children's Play, Learning and Development
BTEC dual registration support for Children’s Play, Learning and Development
Dual registration is available for learners on our BTEC Nationals in Children’s Play, Learning and Development who need to achieve occupational competence.
Level 3 Early Years Educator (EYE) qualifications
Find out more about the DfE proposals for new criteria for Level 3 qualifications to qualify learners to become Early Years Educators (EYE).
Withdrawal of BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Children’s Play, Learning and Development (2012)
We’re withdrawing and redeveloping some BTEC Level 3 Childcare qualifications in response to the recent government consultation on early years education.
New EYE qualifications in England to require GCSE English and maths grade C
New level 3 Early Years Educator (EYE) qualifications in England will require entrants to have GCSE English and maths at grade C or above.
Important changes to BTEC Early Years qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
We’re making some important changes to the registration dates of our BTEC Early Years qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
UCAS points for BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Children’s Play, Learning and Development 2014
The UCAS points for our new BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Children’s Play, Learning and Development (2014 specification) have been confirmed.
We’re developing new qualifications to meet the recently announced new criteria for Early Years Educators, for first teaching from September 2014.
Changes to funding for 19+ learners in England, for BTEC Children's Care, Learning and Development (NQF)
Unfortunately, the following BTECs in Children’s Care, Learning and Development (NQF) will no longer be eligible for funding for 19+ learners in England.
Specification amendment for BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Children’s Play, Learning and Development
We've made a small change to the assessment guidance for Unit 6 in the National Subsidiary Certificate, Certificate and Diploma specifications.
Join our autumn FE Networks
We’re running a series of free BTEC Briefing events, which we’re sure you’ll find useful if you've been delivering BTEC Firsts or Nationals.
Early Years Educator qualifications: no requirement for GCSE English and Maths
There is no requirement for learners to have achieved GCSE English and Maths upon commencement or completion of a standalone Early Years Educator qualification.
BTEC Nationals in Children's Play, Learning and Development included on initial Tech Level List for 2018 results (in England)
Find out about the BTEC Nationals in Children's Play, Learning and Development (2016) qualifications that are included on the initial Tech Level List for 2018 results in England.
BTEC Nationals in Children’s Play, Learning and Development (2014): Support for changes to Unit 1 assessment
We have made some changes to the assessment for Unit 1 of the Pearson BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Children's Play, Learning and Development (2014).
Further support for changes to Unit 1 assessment
We've provided some additional guidance to help you and your students understand how the mark scheme has been applied in the January 2016 assessment.
Near-pass grades for BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Children's Play, Learning and Development
Find out how we're applying the near-pass grade to BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Children's Play, Learning and Development.
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Ruskin in Wyre
Ruskin’s Ideas
Restoring the Land
Valuing the Handmade
Studio in the Woods
New neighbours and winter in the forest
Dec 24, 2015 | Neil Sinden
Despite the worryingly mild temperatures, we feel winter has truly arrived in the forest. We can see further through the leafless trees than ever before and our boots are now permanently covered in mud!
New neighbours have arrived on three sides of St George’s Farm. Beautiful black Dexter cattle grazing in the top field, with their young calves Jasmine, Josephine and Juniper. Beyond the orchard, Amy and Ricky moved into the bungalow a month or so ago and are expecting their first baby in April. And in a caravan next to one of the barns lives another Amy who with three more young women makes up the amazing team that manage the farm and woodland here.
During the last few weeks our many visitors, old colleagues, friends, family and volunteers have been up helping to plant the orchard. We’re halfway there with over trees 80 are now in place and almost 70 to go! Planting is not as straightforward as it sounds: each tree takes about an hour including fencing to protect them from deer and rabbits, and stakes to support them in the wind.
The last meeting this year of the Wyre Community Land Trust was held earlier this week. Lots of exciting plans were discussed for the New Year and the good news shared of some funding which will support the development of the project.
This will be our first Christmas at St George’s Farm. We’ve been to the wonderful mistletoe festival at Tenbury Wells, wrapped presents at Bewdley Museum for Santa to give out to local children, and attended the Christmas lunch for Community Land Trust volunteers, as well as a wreath making workshop in the Ruskin Studio. We now look forward to our family arriving on Christmas Eve to help us celebrate.
Two seasons have passed since we arrived in Ruskin Land. Although winter will be around for a while longer, like many of you thinking of the coming New Year we are looking forward to our first spring here, the first blossom on the apple trees and the wild flowers in the fields and forest paths.
Best wishes to you all for Christmas and the New Year from Ruskin Land!
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2015 Harley-Davidson Street Glide®
Used Motorcycles • Touring
FLHX
1HD1KBM19FB650552
2015 Harley-Davidson Street Glide® • $20,599
Pure street style and long haul comfort makes it the #1 motorcycle in the sport. And that was before it got a more powerful engine and countless other improvements.
Control Features
Project RUSHMORE - Control: Here are some of the innovations Project RUSHMORE led to: the Reflex™ Linked Brakes with ABS, the Daymaker™ LED headlamps and fog lamps, brighter Tour-Pak® luggage carrier lighting, brighter turn signals, brighter brake lights, and a steering head with stiffer front forks. Locked-up tires are now history even when there’s wet pavement. We’ve made it feel even better to lean your way through a turn. Now you can see better. And we’ve made you more conspicuous to the cage-driving public. Because one thing we all agree on is this: bikes that work better make riders who ride better. Take a ride. See how good you can be.
Air-Adjustable Suspension: With air-adjustable suspension that comes standard, you can dial in your ride to accommodate heavier or lighter payloads, battle unexpected road conditions or simply set it to how you like to roll. The lighter the load, the softer you can go by decreasing the air pressure a bit, or increase the air pressure for a more firm ride. A convenient air valve is located between the saddlebag and rear fender for quick adjusting. It's all about rider and passenger comfort and setting your bike to fit your taste—the easy way.
Brembo® Brakes: Confidence. Control. High-performance dual disc Brembo brakes offer consistent stopping power at all speeds. The 4-piston front and rear caliper with dual front rotor brake system is state of the art and top of the line. It's just another way The Motor Company puts a high level of detail into their bikes to give you peace of mind throughout your journey.
Ergonomically Designed Hand Controls: It’s hard to enjoy the ride or keep your eyes focused on what’s coming down the road when you’re fussing and bothering with the switches on your handlebar. So when we built the Project RUSHMORE motorcycles, we worked over the hand controls on our touring bikes with as much passion as we worked over our engine. We made the shape more ergonomic and located and angled them to fall right under your thumbs. We added left-hand cruise for easy activation, toggle switches to control infotainment functions, and an easily locatable trigger switch to control and scan through functional readouts. And we improved the feel to give you a confidence-inspiring click at every push of a button. Even the dash panel switch got better. And it’s all pre-wired for parts and accessories, which even lets you customize with less fuss and bother.
Steering Head and Front Forks: Whether it’s a big sweeping curve or a set of tight turns, a Project RUSHMORE motorcycle feels rock-solid in the corners. We stiffened up the front end, increased the fork diameter to 49 mm (an increase of 18%) and re-tuned the damping for a smoother ride. The responsiveness is dialed in.
Dunlop® Multi-Tread™ Tires: The 180 mm back tire is engineered to do more than fill out the rear fender and put a bigger patch of rubber on the road. Dunlop Multi-Tread technology uses harder compounds at the center and softer on the sides for a tire that still knows how to knuckle down on corners. Perfect for making this bike agile on every curvy stretch of road. And the way it feels going through an abrupt off-camber turn will put a grin on your face that'll last to the next state line.
Dual Halogen Headlight: When the sun goes low, the amount of road you have your eyes trained on stays high. Boasting a higher quality of light than previous models courtesy of a darkness-defying 986 lumens, the dual halogen headlamp ensures you’ll have no trouble seeing everything out there that needs to be seen.
Six-Speed Cruise Drive® Transmission: You want a ride that rumbles—not begs for mercy—when you lean on it a little. The Six-Speed Cruise Drive transmission provides smooth, quiet shifting and reduces engine speed on the highway, so you get a better match between engine turnover and road speed. And the Isolated Drive System makes acceleration flow in a smooth, steady stream from your wrist right down to the pavement. It's a rare ride when a bike responds like this, and a low growl goes a long way when you're opening up the road ahead.
Twin Cam 103™ Engine Heritage: The knowledge of what makes an engine truly move a rider runs deep at The Motor Company, and it was put to good use when we created the Twin Cam 103 engine. We sweated bullets perfecting every cubic inch, pushing design and technology forward. And we did it all without compromising one bit of Harley-Davidson's unique styling. Evolved, yet carrying on the legacy of the Flathead, Knucklehead, Panhead, Shovelhead, Evolution® and Twin Cam 88® and Twin Cam 96™ engines that came before. The performance and durability are a direct result of the untold miles logged on the V-twin since 1909 and the proud heritage that comes from a century's worth of commitment to life on two wheels.
Twin Cam 103 Engine Innovation: Fire up the Twin Cam 103 engine and feel the low-end torque unleashed. Thanks to the lightweight piston design, delivery of the added power is more refined than ever. Then put your foot on the shifter and feel how the engine and Six-Speed Cruise Drive transmission were designed to work together. Six speeds. A strong driveline and strong internal parts. Low routine maintenance. And a low cruising RPM couldn't feel better.
Project RUSHMORE - Engine: As every rider knows, the engine is at the heart of the experience of riding a motorcycle. The amount of torque and horsepower it delivers over the RPM range is in direct proportion to the feeling it gives you when you roll on the throttle. We know what riders want from a motorcycle engine because we’ve been building them for 110 years. Project RUSHMORE gave us the opportunity to dial it in just right. We conducted thousands of road tests with real riders giving us feedback to build the next iteration of the legendary Harley-Davidson® engine. The consensus was: We want more. More low-end torque, more passing power, more perfection in the tone of the exhaust note, more of the feeling we ride a motorcycle for. And last year, we unveiled the engines that deliver it. This is the next level of Harley-Davidson V-twin engine. And it proves, once and for all, the customer is always right.
High Output Twin Cam 103 Engine: Asking riders if they’d like more passing power is like asking them “Would you like more beer in the pitcher?” when they've reached their final destination at the end of a long, dusty ride. Everybody wants it, and the High Output Twin Cam 103 engine is 103 cubic inches of Harley-Davidson V-twin you can rely on to deliver it. The airbox delivers increased intake airflow and the cam optimizes phase and duration. The result: better low-end torque and faster 60 to 80 mph 5th gear roll-on to get you around that 18-wheeler. In the tradition of the Flathead, Knucklehead, Panhead, Shovelhead, Evolution Twin Cam 88 and Twin Cam 96 engines that came before it, the High Output Twin Cam 103 engine is raising the bar for the feeling an engine delivers to the rider. There’s a reason we’re called the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Once you send some fuel to this engine, you’ll have no doubt whose it is.
Feel Features
Project RUSHMORE - Comfort: We dialed in the comfort of our machines the hard way: over thousands of miles in all kinds of riding conditions on every kind of street, road and highway ever laid down in pavement. Experienced riders putting in long hours in the saddle and giving us feedback on every aspect that contributes to comfort on the road. Airflow, heat management, passenger space, back rests, seat textures, legroom and hand controls all went under the hard microscope of the road and got tested and re-tested by real riders and worked and re-worked by us until we were satisfied we had built the most comfortable machines on the road. We all want to go farther, and when you're more comfortable in the saddle, you can.
Full-Length Footboards and Toe/Heel Gear Shifts: Your boots were made for riding—any way you see fit. Our full-length footboards boast a time-tested, tried-and-true design and rubber isolation for a comfortable ride, while the height-adjustable passenger boards add another level of customizable comfort for your riding partner. And for shifting gears, you can use either the traditional toe-shift or the even easier, more convenient heel-shift. It might take a few rides, but once you've gotten used to the smooth shifting rhythm, you'll never give it up.
Two-Up Seating: Modern styling and comfort that doesn't sacrifice an ounce of nostalgic style: this ultimate touring saddle features a sculpted seat with a deeper contoured bucket and narrower neck, to relieve pressure on your thighs, while providing more back support and comfort for a wide variety of rider sizes. And the lower seat height—26.1 inches to be exact—puts your feet closer to the road to enhance your confidence. Additionally, the leather trim and premium stitching accentuate the advanced ergonomics while giving the seat that sharp detail you only find on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. It's science in service of comfort, and your way to beat fatigue over the long haul.
Wide Set Handlebar: Classic style and maximum comfort. That's the perfect balance of the wide set handlebars that come standard on the Street Glide® model. They're designed to keep you comfortably propped in a commanding position while making sure your neck muscles stay calm and relaxed mile after mile, state after state. Durable stainless steel ensures the structural rigidity you expect from a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with the deep, lustrous finish you desire.
Standard Cruise Control: Installing cruise control is standard operating procedure on the touring models because riding long stretches of unbroken highway is standard operating procedure among touring riders. Electronic throttle control means no cable cluttering up your handlebar. And the switches are placed where you can easily dial in your speed with your left thumb, give the wrist a break, and keep hauling on down the road.
Fairing Design Reduces Head Buffeting: This is what the science of cheating the wind involves at Harley-Davidson now: fluid mechanics, algorithms, high-speed super computers and thousands upon thousands of wind-tunnel tests with riders in the saddle telling us how it feels. And that’s before we take it out on the road for thousands of miles of real world wind gusts and every form of rain a cloud can spit out. The result: a Batwing fairing that delivers smoother air flow and reduced head buffeting. Most of it thanks to the pressure-equalizing duct on the front. It opens and closes with one touch of a button. The feeling of being in the wind just got even better.
High Output Accessory Connector: Touring means maximum comfort in all conditions and the capacity to add whatever enhances and personalizes your ride. The high output charging system provides an electrical capacity robust enough for your add-ons: heated vests, heated seats, heated handgrips, lights to showcase the engine, you name it. So if you're hell-bent on 2-wheeling it, we make sure you've got the juice to do it your way.
Project RUSHMORE - Convenience: If you want the ride to be truly epic, you have to sweat bullets to make the little things work exactly right. This is what Project RUSHMORE was all about. Now you have saddlebags that can be easily opened with one hand. Compartments that open with one touch. And we’ve increased the storage space on these machines without ruining the sleek, road-eating look of the bike. It all adds up to hundreds of little moments where things just click conveniently into place. Because there can be no imperfections in the quest for the perfect ride.
One-Touch Design Philosophy: Here’s the rule we laid down for every compartment cover and saddlebag lid on our touring line: if it doesn’t open with the single touch of a button or one hand, while wearing gloves, it doesn’t go on the motorcycle. Because in all our conversations with riders, we've never encountered a single individual who wanted to have to put something on the ground before he could store it in a saddlebag.
Saddlebag Design: Don’t let the sleek look of these saddlebags deceive you. The look is tight on the outside, but things are roomy on the inside. You want stuffability and these deliver bigger than ever. The hinges are simple and clean and the lids open with one touch of one hand. The lock is tight and integrated into the latch where you can put the key in without the danger of scratching your premium paint. Welcome to the next level of the bagger.
One-Touch Fuel Door: One button, one touch, fuel door open. Any questions?
Standard Battery Charging Harness: No question a battery charging harness is a must-have on a motorcycle. Now it’s standard. So you don’t have to waste even the ten minutes it takes to install one on some sunny Saturday when you could be riding.
Infotainment Features
Jukebox with USB Port for iPod / iPhone: The Jukebox opens with one touch of a button and includes a USB connection which accepts your iPhone, iTouch, non-iPod imitators, an SD card and other USB compatible devices. Pop it open, plug in and your device becomes a part of your motorcycle. Ready to be operated by voice command or hand controls.
Ready for Your Upgrades: The Boom!™ Box 4.3 Radio was built with your personal touches in mind. For example, let's say you want to upgrade to our bigger 6.5-inch speakers. We designed the fairing to easily accept the bigger speakers. So you can get even bigger sound without it becoming a big project to get them on your bike.
500% Larger Buttons for Easier Operation: You wear gloves when you ride so these buttons are designed to be operated with gloves on. They’re fully 5 times larger than before. Even the little improvements were done in a big way.
Boom! Box 4.3 Radio: Let’s start with this: 25% more volume for your tunes. The Boom! Box 4.3 Radio puts out 25 watts per channel at 1% distortion and features a factory-tuned, optimized equalizer that pumps out more power and can be played louder will maintaining the clarity of your sound. And the speed tuning system delivers than just volume changes at different speeds. It changes the level of bass and treble to dial in the best sound, whether you’re running at a stately pace down the strip or going hell for leather down an open stretch of road. And all the functions of the radio including station presets, can be operated via your hand controls. How do you like the sound of a Harley® motorcycle now?
5.25-Inch Speakers: The sound delivered to your rides comes from 5.25-inch speakers mounted securely in sealed and tuned enclosed speaker housings.
Style Features
Project RUSHMORE - Styling: Project RUSHMORE is the journey we set out on to take our touring motorcycles to places never imagined before – to turn all the possibilities for what a motorcycle can be now into true Milwaukee steel. We did it our way, as we’ve always done. As riders. Riding with other riders. Thousands of hours, countless road tests, millions of miles. Looking for the technology and innovations that truly make the ride better. We went over the bike fender tip to fender tip. Making it work better. Making it look sleeker. Modern. Clean. Tight. Let your eye take a journey over the machine. This is classic Harley-Davidson style and a sleek, modern look at the exact same time. At Harley-Davidson, form has always followed function. And both have always reported to emotion. Now we’re just doing it on a completely different level.
Classic Fuel Tank: Part of the unmistakable style of the Harley-Davidson Street Glide motorcycle is plenty of room for showing off your paint. This classically styled, bold 6-gallon fuel tank doesn't just give you a bigger canvas for premium or custom paint; it holds 6 gallons of go so you can eat up a lot more road between pit stops. We know fuel economy is important—but so is style. Sharp, eye-catching colors and precision-crafted Harley-Davidson tank medallions complete the unique look of this tough bagger.
Custom Rear Taillight and Fascia: We keep the back end clean and no-nonsense with tri-line fender lights—a brilliant, unique taillight as the centerpiece—plus ground effects and a low mounted license plate with LED lighting for crisp visibility and style. This completes the custom, one-of-a-kind look.
Bullet Turn Signals: We went end to end and top to bottom to give the Harley-Davidson Touring lineup the clean, tight, sharp, iconic look and feel that only befits the next generation of our motorcycles. The finishing touch – bullet turn signals. Sleek and modern, yet a timeless classic.
Inner Fairing Design: Put your eye to the inner fairing of the Street Glide motorcycle. There’s a big display screen (see the whole story in the infotainment section). Check out the gauges. You’ll notice a 10% larger viewing area, with wider, taller numbers sitting on top of that classic black background. The information gets bigger and better too. There’s a gear indicator for all six gears and the display area, which can now be operated by an extremely convenient trigger switch, puts more information at your fingertips. The temperature and fuel gauge are larger too. When you’re on the road, one quick glance tells you everything you need to know.
Tank and Fender Badges: This isn’t just a motorcycle. It’s a work of art, born out of passion, creativity and long days, late nights and refusing to be satisfied until every detail was perfect. When we added the signature, we did it with metal. Nothing else would be right on this masterpiece.
19-Inch Enforcer™ Front Wheel: There’s a 19-inch Enforcer front wheel leading the way on the Street Glide motorcycle and a 16-inch Enforcer to match in the rear. The brake rotors have been re-designed to show off more of the premium custom look of the wheels. If you’re going to roll on two wheels, do it with class
Airbox with Tank Panel-Matching Insert: Our design philosophy can be summed up pretty simply: form follows function, but both report to emotion. This airbox is a prime example of that. Function? It lets the engine breathe better for more power, but it’s also designed to provide better airflow around the rider. Form? The design of the insert matches the tank panel. Emotion? That’s the part you feel when you look at it sitting right at the center of your V-twin engine.
Fairing, Saddlebag and Front Fender Styling: Let’s start with this: when you see the iconic shape of a Harley-Davidson Street Glide Batwing fairing coming at you down the road, it leaves no question that you’re looking at a machine born in Milwaukee and built for gigantic miles of road. But this is about moving forward. How do you maintain that iconic shape, yet give it a sleeker, more progressive style? The answer is right here. This Batwing fairing gives you less head buffeting (see comfort section for the full story on that) but also the look that instantly announces “Hey, this is a HARLEY-DAVIDSON motorcycle." Of course, we didn’t stop at the fairing. The saddlebags got a sleeker look to match. And we worked over the front fender, too – with a clean look that’s cut back to expose more of the wheel and tire. It all comes together for a look that’s sleek and modern, yet instantly familiar. Welcome to the next generation of Harley-Davidson touring motorcycles.
Pure Harley-Davidson Styling: Feast your eyes on the Twin Cam 103 engine and there's no mistaking its roots. This is authentic Harley-Davidson style through and through with an attention to detail you won't find from any other motorcycle company. Black powder-coated heads and cylinders are highlighted by machined cooling fin tips and chrome rocker covers. It's a jewel machined out of metal. Pure. Dripping with power. From the classic edge of the cooling fins to the clean lines of cases and covers—the Twin Cam 103 engine makes an ironclad statement about holding on to what's right and staying true to what satisfies.
Front & Rear: 32 mm, 4-piston fixed
Front & Rear: Enforcer cast aluminum
Front: 130/60B19 61H Rear: BW 180/65B16 81H
775 lbs. (352 kg) dry 810 lbs. (367 kg) running order
26.1 in. (662.9 mm) laden 27.4 in. (695 mm) unladen
Chain, 34/46 ratio
High beam, directional light bar, neutral, low oil pressure, engine diagnostics, turn signals, security system (optional), 6-speed, low fuel warnings
High Output Twin Cam 103™ with integrated oil cooler
103.1 ci (1,690 cc)
3.87 x 4.38 in. (98.4 x 111.1 mm)
104.7 ft. lbs. (142 Nm) @ 3,250 rpm
Chrome, 2-1-2 dual with tapered mufflers
42 mpg combined (5.6 l/100 km)
6.8 in. (172.72 mm)
Mysterious Red Sunglo, Charcoal Satin, Superior Blue, Radioactive Green
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Tag Archives: Brazil
Critical Sociology – Issue 38:6
Posted in Academic Stuff, Sociology
Tagged Brazil, Critical Sociology, Radical Sociology, Sociology, Sociology and Brazil
David Fasenfest
Political Leadership and Social Transformation
SYMPOSIUM: Brazil under President Dilma Rousseff: A Preliminary Assessment
Anthony W Pereira
Continuity is Not Lack of Change
Lecio Morais and Alfredo Saad-Filho
Neo-Developmentalism and the Challenges of Economic Policy-Making under Dilma Rousseff
Mahrukh Doctor
Brazil’s New Government and Trade: An Evaluation of Policy and Performance
Juliana Bertazzo
Brazilian Security and Defense Policy under President Dilma Rousseff: Transition and Initial Challenges
Fiona Macaulay
Deepening the Federative Pact? The Dilma Government’s Approach to Crime, Justice and Policing
Par Engstrom
Brazilian Foreign Policy and Human Rights: Change and Continuity under Dilma
Anthony Hall and Sue Branford
Development, Dams and Dilma: The Saga of Belo Monte
Carolina Matos
Media Democratization in Brazil and Future Challenges
Paul Heritage
The Game is Violent! Opening Gambits at the Ministry of Culture
An Initial Survey of the Dilma Rousseff Administration in Brazil
Labor, Governance, and Ecological Politics
Devereaux Kennedy
Constructing the Geo-culture and Strengthening the Core
Available online at: http://crs.sagepub.com/content/current
First published at: http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/news/distributed/critical-sociology-vol-38-6-is-now-available
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The Left in Latin America
Posted in Academic Stuff, Anarchism, Communism, Conferences, Crisis, Imperialism, Marxism, Marxist Theory, Politics
Tagged Bolivariab Revilution, Brazil, Communism in Latin America, Dictatorships, Evo Morales, History, Human Rights, Latin American Conference, Latin American History, Liberation Theology, Marxism, Marxism in Latin America, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Politics, Populism, Te Left in Latin America
THE LEFT IN LATIN AMERICA: History, Present, Perspectives
Universityof Sao Paulo- FFLCH – History Department
September 11, 12 and 13, 2012 (from 9am to 10pm)
OPENING: Emília Viotti da Costa
09:00 h. (AH): FROM PETISM TO LULISM: THE PT YESTERDAY AND TODAY: André Singer – Lincoln Secco – Tales Ab’Sáber – Cyro Garcia
09:00 h. (AG): LEFT, DICTATORSHIPS AND HUMAN RIGHTS Pedro Pomar – Jorge Souto Maior – Olgária Matos – Sergio Adorno
09:00 h. (CPJ): INTELECTUALS AND MARXISM IN LATIN AMERICA: Bernardo Ricupero – Lidiane Soares Rodrigues – Marcos Napolitano – Maurício Cardoso
14:00 h. (AH): COMMUNISM IN THE HISTORY OF BRAZIL: Milton Pinheiro – Apoena Cosenza – Frederico Falcão – Marly Vianna
14:00 h. (AG): CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA: Wilson N. Barbosa – Marcos Cordeiro Pires – Luis Antonio Paulino – Vladimir Milton Pomar
14:00 h. (CPJ): CUBA: PAST AND PRESENT OF THE REVOLUTION: Luiz E. Simões de Souza – Joana Salém – Silvia Miskulin – José R. Máo Jr.
17:00 h. (AH): NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY AND CONTINENTAL INTEGRATION: Ildo Sauer – Ariovaldo U. de Oliveira – Mónica Arroyo – Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira
17:00 h. (AG): COMPENSATORY SOCIAL PROGRAMS: THE WAY OUT OF POVERTY?: RuyBraga- Eduardo Januario – Maria Cristina Cacciamali – Fúlvia Rosenberg
17:00 h. (CPJ): PERU, ECUADOR, BOLIVIA: INDIANISM AND ANDINE COSMOVISION: Vivian Urquidi – Enrique Amayo – Tadeu Breda – Mónica Bruckmann
17:00 h. (RXCP): LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE: RESISTENCE DISCOURSES: Elvira Narvaja de Arnoux – Graciela Foglia – Adrián Fanjul – Pablo Gasparini
19:30 h. (AH): THE STUDENTS STRUGGLE IN LATIN AMERICA: Clara Saraiva – Alejandro Lipcovich – Lucia Sioli – Mario Costa
19:30 h. (AG): LATIN AMERICA IN INTERNATIONAL GEOPOLITICS: André Martin – Leonel Itaussu A. Mello – Rodrigo Medina Zagni – Manoel Fernandes
19:30 h. (CPJ): COMMUNISM IN LATIN AMERICA: Antonio C. Mazzeo – Marcos Del Roio – Victor Vigneron – Kennedy Ferreira
09:00 h. (AH): VENEZUELA AND THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION: Rafael Duarte Villa – Gilberto Maringoni – Flavio Benedito – Flavio Mendes
09:00 h. (AG): SOCIAL NETWORKS, DIGITAL ACTION AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM: Sergio Amadeu – Raphael Tsavkko – Rodrigo Vianna – Luiz Carlos Azenha
09:00 h. (CPJ): BOLIVIA: FROM THE POPULAR ASSEMBLY TO EVO MORALES: Everaldo Andrade – Diego Siqueira – Cristian Henkel – Igor Ojeda
14:00 h. (AH): MARXISM IN LATIN AMERICA: Michael Lowy – Osvaldo Coggiola – Luiz Bernardo Pericás – Carlos Guilherme Mota
14:00 h. (AG): MEXICO: FROM ZAPATA TO ZAPATISM: Waldo Lao Sánchez – Igor Fuser – Jorge Grespan – Azucena Jaso
14:00 h. (CPJ): LEFT BOOK PUBLISHERS IN LATIN AMERICA: Marisa Midori – Flamarion Maués – Rogerio Chaves – Sandra Reimão
14:00 h. (RXCP): SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: A LEFT WING APPROACH: Renato Dagnino – Carlos Sanches – Ciro T. Correa – Marcos B. de Oliveira
17:00 h. (AH): ANARCHISM IN LATIN AMERICA: Edson Passetti – Marcos A. Silva – Ricardo Rugai – Margareth Rago
17:00 h. (AG): THE LEFT AND THE POPULISM: Maria Helena Capelato – Maria Ligia Prado – Antonio Rago – Fernando Sarti Ferreira
17:00 h. (CPJ): COLOMBIA: FROM ‘VIOLENCE’ TO THE ENDLESS WAR: Antonio Carlos R. de Moraes – Yuri Martins Fontes – Ana Carolina Ramos – Pietro Lora Alarcón
17:00 h. (RXCP): SOCIALISM AND ANTI-IMPERIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA: Vitor Schincariol – Carlos César Almendra – Fabio Luis – Alexandre Hecker
19:30 h. (AH): MARXISM IN BRAZIL: Paulo Arantes – Dainis Karepovs – Armando Boito – Ricardo Musse
19:30 h. (AG): ARMED STRUGGLE IN BRAZIL: A BALANCE SHEET: Carlos Eugénio Clemente – João Quartim de Moraes – Ivan Seixas – Antonio R. Espinosa
19:30 h. (CPJ): FEMINISM AND SOCIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA: Fernanda Estima – Cecília Toledo – Sara Albieri – Janete Luzia Leite
09:00 h. (AH): PICKETS, OCCUPIED FACTORIES, SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Néstor Pitrola – Josiane Lombardi – Atenágoras Teixeira Lopes – Rodrigo Ricupero
09:00 h. (AG): THE LEFT AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Francisco del Moral Hernández – Mauricio Waldman – Ana Paula Salviatti – Gilson Dantas
09:00 h. (CPJ): SOCIALISM AND SOCIAL-DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA: Adalberto Coutinho – Gonzalo Rojas – Lucio Flavio de Almeida – Claudio Batalha
14:00 h. (AH): THE STRUGGLE FOR LAND IN LATIN AMERICA: Gilmar Mauro – Zilda Iokoi – Horacio Martins de Carvalho – Valeria De Marcos
14:00 h. (AG): THE LEFT FRONT IN ARGENTINA(AND BRAZIL): Luis Mauro S. Magalhães – Pablo Rieznik – Valério Arcary – João Batista Araújo ‘Babá’
14:00 h. (CPJ): LATIN AMERICA: IMMUNE TO THE CRISIS?: José Menezes Gomes – Plínio de Arruda Sampaio Jr. – Leda Paulani -Ramón Peña Castro
17:00 h. (AH): THE WORKING CLASS IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY: Ricardo Antunes – Agnaldo dosSantos- Sean Purdy – Mauro Iasi
17:00 h. (AG): LEFT, CHURCHES, SEXUAL DIVERSITY AND HOMOPHOBIA: Laerte – Horacio Gutiérrez – Jean Wyllys – Maria Fernanda Pinto
17:00 h. (CPJ): UNIVERSITY DILEMMAS IN LATIN AMERICA: Gladys Beatriz Barreyro – Afrânio Catani – César Minto – João Flavio Moreira
17:00 h. (RXCP): PARAGUAY: FROM THE WAR TO ITAIPU: Cristiana Vasconcelos – Dorival Goncalves – Brás Batista Vaz – Filipe Canavese
19:30 h. (AH): LATIN AMERICA, THE WORLD CRISIS AND THE LEFT: Plínio de Arruda Sampaio – Jorge Altamira – Ricardo Canese – Valter Pomar
19:30 h. (AG): DRUGS, DRUG TRAFICKING AND CAPITALISM IN LATIN AMERICA: Henrique Carneiro – Julio Delmanto – Rosana Schwartz – José Arbex
19:30 h. (CPJ): LIBERATION THEOLOGY IN THE 21st CENTURY: Fernando Torres Londoño – Lucelmo Lacerda – Valéria Melki Busin – Jung Mo Sung
AH: History Amphitheater / AG: Geography Amphitheater/ CPJ: Caio Prado Junior/ RXCP: Reinaldo Carneiro Pessoa
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‘I believe in the afterlife.
It starts tomorrow,
When I go to work’
Cold Hands & Quarter Moon, ‘Human Herbs’ at: http://www.myspace.com/coldhandsmusic (recording) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h7tUq0HjIk (live)
‘Maximum levels of boredom
Disguised as maximum fun’
Cold Hands & Quarter Moon, ‘Stagnant’ at: http://www.myspace.com/coldhandsmusic (recording) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLjxeHvvhJQ (live, at the Belle View pub, Bangor, north Wales)
Workers, State and Development in Brazil
March 3, 2012 – 9:51 pm
Posted in Books, The State, Trade unions, Work
Tagged Ben Selwyn, Book Launch, Books, Brasil, Brazil, Development Studies, Grape Workers, International Political Economy, Labor, Labour, New Books on Brazil, Politics, State and Capital, State Power, The State, Value, Value Chains, Workers, World Systems Theory
A book launch of Ben Selwyn’s ‘Workers, State and Development in North East Brazil: Powers of Labour, Chains of Value’ (Manchester University Press, 2012)
8 March 2012, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4418, London
Within the field of development studies, the importance of class relations is usually relegated to lesser status than the roles of states and markets in generating and allocating resources. This book argues that processes of class formation, struggle, and crucially, the changing balance of class forces between capital and labour constitute a key determinant of different patterns of capitalist development. Workers, state and development in Brazil illuminates these key issues in political economy through a detailed empirical investigation of the nexus between class dynamics and developmental processes and outcomes in North East Brazil’s São Francisco valley. It details how workers in the valley’s export grape sector have utilized their structural and associational power to win concessions from employers, contributing to a progressive pattern of regional capitalist development. Based on a stimulating engagement with and critique of World Systems Theory and the Global Commodity Chains approach, this book will be of wide-ranging interest to those interested in understanding how global dynamics impact on local development. It will appeal to students and researchers interested in processes of capitalist development, class formation and dynamics, North East Brazilian political economy and International Political Economy.
Ben Selwyn is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Development Studies in the Department of International Relations, University of Sussex
1. Global commodity chains, labour history and capitalist development.
2. Emergence of export grape production in North East Brazil.
3. Grape workers: structural power and associational power.
4. Women workers.
5. Managing labour.
6. Class compromise.
7. Conclusions.
Bibliography.
234x156mm 256pp
HB 978-0-7190-8531-4 £65.00
4 line illustrations, 1 map, 19 tables
ManchesterM13 9NR
Posted in Biography, Books, Communism
Tagged Autobiography, Books, Brazil, Gregorio Bezerra, Memories, Russian Revolution, USSR
http://www.boitempoeditorial.com.br
by Gregório Bezerra
Over thirty years after the publication of Memories (Memórias, 1979), by Gregório Bezerra, the legendary icon of the resistance against the Brazilian military dictatorship (that took place between 1964 and 1985) is honored with the release of his autobiography, by Boitempo Editorial, enriched with photos, new texts, and composed on a single volume. The book counts with the unprecedented contribution of Jurandir Bezerra, Gregório’s son, who safeguarded the memory of his father; the historian Anita Prestes, daughter of Olga Benário and Luiz Carlos Prestes, who signs the presentation of the new edition; Ferreira Gullar on the fourth cover; and Roberto Arrais in the book’s jacket. In addition, there is the inclusion of testimonials by Oscar Niemeyer, Ziraldo, the lawyer Mércia Albuquerque, and Pernambuco’s governor (and grandson of Miguel Arraes) Eduardo Campos, among others.
In Memories, the communist leader goes over his life trajectory and rescues a rich period of Brazilian’s political history. The story encompasses the period between his birth (1900) to his release from prison in exchange for the kidnapped American ambassador, in 1969, and ends with his arrival in USSR, where he would stay until Amnesty, in 1979. While exiled, he started writing his autobiography.
Born in Panelas, Pernambuco’s agreste, at 180km from Recife, Gregório was the son of a poor country couple, whom he lost when still a child. As a 5 year old he already worked at sugar cane plantations. Illiterate up until 25 years old and militant since the first upraise of workers influenced by the Russian Revolution in 1917, Bezerra had an important role in main political events of the Brazilian left-wing, and, for this reason, he served a total of non-consecutive 23 years in jail in several prisons throughout time. He served as a federal legislator (the most voted one in 1964) affiliated to PCB (Brazilian Communist Party) and was a fierce combatant against the military dictatorship, which led him to be the protagonist of one of the most brutal acts of the newly installed post-coup dictatorship in 1964: he was captured and dragged around Recife’ streets by his captors, while the images were shown on the TV in Repórter Esso. The savagery caused such a commotion that registers of the torture were never found in the military archives.
In spite of his harsh reality, Gregório never spread hate or rancor. He was considered a sweet and kind man by everyone. Although not an intellectual, he was a great observer and a brilliant story teller. And his story is narrated like that, without purple prose or hypocrisy, going through his life in the country and the agreste in times of great drought, his life in Recife, his exile in USSR, the militancy in PCB. He said: “I don’t fight against people, I fight against the system that explores and crushes the majority of the people”. In 1983, Brazil lost this person who was one of its greatest protectors. Luckily, he left behind his memories, filled with truths and hope and that, above all, told the story of many other “Gregório”, who transformed their destinies into the fight to change the reality imposed.
Title: Memories (Memórias)
Author: Gregório Bezerra
Presentation: Anita Prestes
Jacket text: Roberto Arrais
Fourth Cover: Ferreira Gullar
Price: R$74,00 (U$46.00)
Publisher: Boitempo
Education and Social Change in Latin America
Posted in Conferences, Critical and Radical Pedagogy, Critical Education, Critical Education Policy Studies, Economic History, Education, Education Activism, Higher Education, Marxism, Marxism and Education, Philosophy of Education, Politics, Schools, Socialism, Sociology, Youth
Tagged Alpesh Maisuria, Anthony D. Green, Anti-Capitalist Education, Autonomous Education, Bolivia, Brazil, Capitalist Education, Centre for Education and Social Justice, CESJ, Communism and Education, Community Education, Conferences, Critical Education, Critical Education Policy Studies, Critical Education Studies, Critical Pedagogy, Critical Pedagogy and Capitalism, Critical Race Theory, CSSGJ, Curry Malot, Dave Black, Dave Hill, David Black, Education Activism, Education and Class Struggle, Education and Social Change, Education and Social Change in Latin America, Education and Social Justice, Education Conferences, Education for Social Change, Education in Bolivia, Education in Brazil, Education in Cuba, Education in Venezuela, Education Politics, Educational theory, Glenn Rikowski, Greg Martin, Gregory Martin, Helen Raduntz, Henry Giroux, Hugo CHavez, Ian Cook, Joyce Canaan, Latin America, Liberal Education, Margaret Ledwith, Marx and Education, Marxism, Marxism and Education, Marxism and Education Series, Marxism and Education Series Palgrave, Marxism and Education: Renewing Dialogues, Marxism-Humanism, Marxist Educational Theory, Marxist Philosophy of Education, MERD, MERD Seminars, Michael Apple, Michael Neary, Mike Cole, Neoliberalism, Neoliberalism and Education, Paula Allman, Paulo Freire, Pedagogy, Peter McLaren, Philosophy of Education, Politics, Popular Education, Progressive Education, Radical education, Radical Education Philosophy, Radical Pedagogy, Ruth Rikowski, Schools, Social Change, social movements, Social Movements and Education, Socialism, Socialism and Education, Socialism in Latin America. Socialism in South America, Socialist Education, Students, Teachers, The Hobgoblin, Tony Green, Youth
Sara Motta
Mike Cole
A two day workshop organised in collaboration between:
MERD (Marxism and Education: Renewing Dialogues)
CSSGJ (Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, University of Nottingham)
CESJ (Centre for Education for Social Justice, Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln)
To be held at the
1st – 2nd July 2011
The role of education is increasingly important in the construction of new forms of anti-capitalist politics in Latin America. This is evidenced by the centrality of popular education and other forms of struggle influenced by radical education philosophy and pedagogy, and by social movements in their construction of new forms of participatory politics and mass intellectuality. It is also evidenced in the creation of formal and informal educational programmes, practices and projects that develop varieties of critical pedagogy and popular education with both organised and non-organised marginalised and excluded communities.
Particularly, noticeable in this regard is the centrality of education in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the move towards 21st Century socialism. At the heart of the politicisation of education are the questions of whose knowledge counts in the process of social transformation and political change and if the ways in which such transformative knowledge is created impact upon the struggle to develop worlds beyond capitalism in the 21st century.
This workshop invites papers which develop theoretically grounded empirical analysis about the politicisation of education in the continent.
Key questions to be addressed are:
How is education politicised in contemporary anti-capitalist struggles?
How has neoliberalism closed down as well as opened up terrains of educational struggle?
What differences are there between the role of education in 20th century socialism and 21st century socialism?
How does Marxism shape such practices of radical pedagogy and how do such practices transform Marxism?
How does the focus on popular education in new forms of popular politics influence and reflect the type of politics developed?
What is the role of autonomous education in social movements in the construction of anti-capitalism?
What is the relationship between formal ‘progressive’ educational programmes and the politics of knowledge and education in informal community/social movement settings?
What can we (outside of the region) learn from Chavez’s concept of Venezuela as a ‘giant school’ and other radical pedagogies and educational practices in Latin America?
What is the role of popular educators within formal schooling in these processes?
Selected papers will be published in an edited collection with Palgrave Macmillan in their Marxism and Education Series.
Contact Sara Motta at sara.motta@nottingham.ac.uk and Mike Cole at mike.cole@bishopg.ac.uk if you are interested in helping organise the workshop or would like any further information.
Please submit your paper proposal by March 1st 2011
Tensoes Mundias
Posted in Academic Stuff, Call for Papers, Critical Theory, Cultural studies, Geography, Globalisation, Journals
Tagged Brasil, Brazil, Bresil, Call for Papers, Culture, Foreign Policy, Imperialism, International Relations, Mundias, Nationalism, Politics, Tensoes Mundias
Chamada para artigos
Tensões Mundiais é uma revista acadêmica multidisciplinar publicada semestralmente pelo Observatório das Nacionalidades, grupo de pesquisa situado na Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brasil. Aceitamos contribuições originais que tratem dos processos de formação nacional, incluindo, mas não limitadas aos temas das relações internacionais, cultura, instrumentos de força do Estado, e às políticas externa e de defesa nacional. Os artigos podem ser submetidos em inglês, português e espanhol. Para maiores informações ver: http://www.tensoesmundiais.ufc.br/ ou contatar os editores em tensoesmundiais@ufc.br ou observatoriodasnacionalidades@ufc.br
Convocatoria: se solicitan artículos
Tensões Mundiais es una revista académica multidisciplinaria publicada semestralmente por el Observatorio de Nacionalidades, un grupo de investigación ubicado en la Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brasil. Aceptamos contribuciones originales que tratan de los procesos de formación nacional, incluyendo pero no limitadas a los temas de relaciones internacionales, cultura, instrumentos de fuerza del Estado, y las políticas en el exterior y de defensa nacional. Aceptamos artículos en inglés, portugués o español. Para mayor información ver: http://www.tensoesmundiais.ufc.br/ o contactarse con los editores en tensoesmundiais@ufc.br o observatoriodasnacionalidades@ufc.br
Call for journal contributions
Tensões Mundiais is a multidisciplinary academic journal published twice yearly by the Nationalities’ Observatory, a research group located at the Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil. We welcome original contributions centered on the processes of national formation, including but not limited to the issues of international relations, culture, state instruments of force, national defense and foreign policy. Articles can be submitted in English, Portuguese or Spanish. For further details see http://www.tensoesmundiais.ufc.br/ or contact the editors at tensoesmundiais@ufc.br or observatoriodasnacionalidades@ufc.br
Politics, Poetics and Popular Education in Brazilian Cinema, 1962-1979
Posted in Critical and Radical Pedagogy, Film, News and Politics
Tagged Brazil, Brazilian Cinema, Cinema, Critical Pedagogy, Cultural studies, Culture, Education, Ferreira Gullar, Film, Gilles Delueze, Glauber Rocha, Helio Oiticica, Leon Hirszman, Liberation Theology, Lula, Mass Culture, Michel Foucault, Mute, Paulo Freire, Poetics, Poetry, Politics, Popular Education, Radical education, Radical Pedagogy, Radical Philosophy, Rodrigo Nunes, Ruy Guerra, Third Text, Transform, Turbulence, World Social Forum
‘Stronger are the powers of the people’: politics, poetics and popular education in Brazilian cinema, 1962-1979
December 4 (6.30pm – 10pm)
December 5th and 6th (2pm to 10pm)
At No-w-here, First Floor, 316-318 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 OAG
Full programme and further information: http://www.no-w-here.org.uk/index.php?cat=1&subCat=docdetail&&id=212
The late 1950s and early 1960s were a period of intense social and economic transformation in Brazil. It was also a period of political upheaval, curbed by the 1964 military coup, and one in which the relations between politics, poetics and popular education, the role of the cultural producer, the vanguard-popular-mass culture nexus, were absolutely central to the cultural and political debate.
‘Stronger are the powers of the people’, a programme of films and debates curated and presented by Brazilian philosopher, artist and political activist Rodrigo Nunes, uses Brazilian films from 1962 to 1979 as ‘monuments’ whose animating forces can be put again into play to understand how the problems posed by the period are expressed in the aesthetic and political choices of filmmakers.
In particular, it examines one of the most neglected experiences of that time – the Popular Culture Centres (CPCs) – as a central node of the practical and theoretical articulation of those debates. With this, the programme addresses them not only in their historical situatedness, but above all in relation to those problems that animate artistic and political practice in the present, when so much is made of the intersections between politics, art, and pedagogy, and there is a growing interest in recovering past experiences of this convergence – above all, from the 1960s, and increasingly, from peripheral countries such as Brazil. What can the problems of those years teach us regarding what we are or would like to be doing today? How can the proposals emerging in this field then – Paulo Freire’s pedagogy, Liberation Theology, Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed,tropicalismo, Helio Oiticica’s, Lygia Clark’s and Lygia Pape’s researches, cinema novo – resonate with us today?
The programme includes the rare collective work Five Times Favela, the only CPC-produced film, and the first film for many of that generation’s directors; Glauber Rocha’s internationally acclaimed Land in Anguish and Antonio das Mortes; Ruy Guerra’s The Guns and its sequel, The Fall; and Leon Hirszman’s ABC of the Strike.
Rodrigo Nunes has a PhD in philosophy from Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he prepared a thesis on immanence and philosophy in Foucault and Deleuze with a grant from CAPES – Brazilian government. As an organiser, popular educator and artist, he has been involved in many political initiatives in Latin America and Europe, including the organisation of the first three editions of the World Social Forum. He is a member of the editorial collective of Turbulence (http://www.turbulence.org.uk). His work, as writer and translator, has appeared in such publications as ephemera, Mute, Transform, and he has forthcoming papers in Radical Philosophy and Third Text.
This project is supported by Raven Row, the Brazilian embassy in London, and No.w.here.
Cinco vezes favela (Five times favela), various authors, 1962: The only film the Popular Culture Centre (CPC) brought to completion, it comprises five episodes directed by Miguel Borges, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Caca Diegues, Marcos Farias and Leon Hirszman, and was responsible for a split between the CPC and the cinema novo group. Some of the key figures in the CPC reportedly considered the film both a commercial and a political flop, and filmmakers such as Diegues and Arnaldo Jabor (though not Hirszman) left after decrying a narrow, instrumental conception of the relation between aesthetics and politics. With a cast including many of Augusto Boal’s colleagues from Teatro de Arena (and, most notably, CPC founder Oduvaldo Viana Filho), it captures a group of young filmmakers grappling with the same problems – how to create a form adequate to the specificity of Brazilian content? How to do so in a way that reaches beyond a middle-class audience, and plays a role in the transformation of Brazilian society from below? What is popular culture, and how must the artist deal with it? – while working through a host of influences, from Russian revolutionary cinema to neo-realism. Joaquim Pedro de Andrade’s Couro de gato (Catgut) was included in a list of the 100 best shorts of all times selected by the Clermont-Ferrand Festival.
Os Fuzis (The guns), Ruy Guerra, 1964: One of the greatest achievements of the first crop of cinema novo – alongside Nelson Pereira dos Santos’ Vidas secas (Barren lives) and Glauber Rocha’s Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Black God White Devil) (1964) –, it showcases many of the period’s defining traits: the rural Northeastern setting, the use of location, natural light and non-professional actors. At the same time, in its plot about the existential and moral crises undergone by a group of soldiers sent to a small town to stop the starving victims of the draught from attacking a food warehouse, it provides in arguably the clearest way the keys to reading some of the political limitations of cinema novo at this stage. It won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Festival.
Terra em transe (Land in anguish), Glauber Rocha, 1967: Part roman à clef about the Joao Goulart government and the 1964 military coup, part schematic description of the dynamics of the post-colonial world, part baroque allegory about the destiny of Latin America, part gauntlet thrown at the right and left of post- coup Brazil: one of Rocha’s most celebrated films, it finds the effects of his ‘epic-didactic’ cinema all the more effective because its target is much clearer. A whole generation at a crossroads appears in the vacillations of the main character, his multiple allegiances to social transformation and to his own class, to aesthetics and to politics, to utopia, the heat of the struggle, and his professional situation as a hired pen; the choice for armed struggle, which the film suggests in ambiguous fashion, was already brewing as it was produced. Nominated to the Palme d’Or at Cannes, best film at the Havana Film Festival.
O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro (Antônio das Mortes), Glauber Rocha, 1969: Rocha’s first international co-production, first film in colour, and first using direct sound. He would often refer to it as ‘my western’, but, despite some nods at John Ford and Howard Hawks, it is clear that the oeuvre in question here is above all his own. Like a revision of his two earlier films that relaunches its questions, but also seems to run out of answers, it already points towards some of the procedures (such as the long, semi-improvised takes) that would characterise his work in the exile that immediately follows it. The plot finds Antônio das Mortes, the gunman hired by landowners to kill cangaceiros (highwaymen), brought out of retirement for one last job which, once executed, causes him to question the side on which he has fought over the years. Won best director and a nomination to the Palme d’Or at Cannes.
A Queda (The Fall), Ruy Guerra, 1976: An accident at a construction site, resulting in one death, sets one worker off on a struggle for justice that exposes the mechanisms of exploitation and the class relations of a country that had undergone one decade of fast-paced ‘conservative modernisation’ at the hands of the military. As a sort of sequel to the classic The Guns (1964), following the fate of those characters as they move from enforcers of exploitation to exploited, it offers more than a snapshot of the period: the correspondent time lapses in fiction and reality capture the passage of a chunk of Brazilian history between the two films, and, therefore, also the transformations in cinematographic approaches to the social and political between the two moments. Equally daring in content and form, and in the originality of the adequacy of one to the other, it won the Silver Bear at Berlin.
ABC da greve (ABC of the strike), Leon Hirszman, 1979-91: While preparing the cinema version of groundbreaking 1957 Teatro de Arena play Eles não usam black tie on location in the ABC (the auto industry belt around São Paulo), Hirszman has the opportunity to document the most powerful strikes in over a decade of Brazilian history. The latter would become a catalyst and a convergence point for the opposition to the military regime, intellectuals, artists, returning exiles, eventually leading to the creation of the Worker’s Party – whose biggest leader, Lula, was the president of the metalworkers union who led the strikes. Running into problems with the regime’s censorship because of the material, Hirszman dies in 1987 leaving the film unfinished until 1991, when his two daughters and son eventually release a final cut. The narration and text are provided by Ferreira Gullar, poet, who was president of the CPC at the time of the military coup.
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The Emancipated Spectator – Jacques Ranciere
Posted in Academic Stuff, Art, Critical Theory, Meetings, News and Politics, Politics
Tagged 1968, Adrian Rifkin, Andrea Phillips, Antony Gormley, Art, Consumption. Kristin Ross. Liam Gillick, Critical Theory, Culture, Democracy, Emancipation, Emanicipated Spectator, Freedom, Gilles Deleuze, ICA, Jacques Ranciere, Kodwo Eshun, May 1968, Michel Foucault, Neoliberalism, Nicholas Bourriaud, Otolith Group, Politics, Postmodernism, Situationism, Society of the Spectacle, Spectacle, Totalitarianism
Jacques Ranciere
NEW TITLE: THE EMANCIPATED SPECTATOR
“Ranciere’s writings offer one of the few conceptualizations of how we are to continue to resist.” Slavoj Zizek
“Ranciere is an heir to Foucault.” Alain Badiou
AUTHOR EVENTS IN LONDON:
3rd February 2010: ICA / Jacques Ranciere in conversation with Kodwo Eshun, Otolith Group / For more details and to book click here:: http://www.ica.org.uk/The%20Image%20in%20Question+23536.twl
4th February 2010: Whitechapel Gallery / Big Ideas: Jacques Ranciere in conversation with Adrian Rifkin and Andrea Phillips / For more details and to book click here: http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/shop/product/category_id/22/product_id/437?session_id=126278107878a96fc6fd05d128adaed940ce9e71eb1
“Every spectator is already an actor in her story; every actor, every man of action, is the spectator of the same story.”
A ‘68er whose radical ardour remains undimmed, Jacques Ranciere is one of the most influential and compelling thinkers of our age in France since Foucault and Deleuze, lauded by both art theorists and artists.
Now this leading theorist of the art world returns with the follow-up to his acclaimed manifesto for contemporary art and film, THE FUTURE OF THE IMAGE which located art firmly in relation to politics.
Theorists of art and film commonly depict the modern audience as passive consumers. In response, both artists and thinkers have sought to transform the viewer of art or the spectator into someone involved in the drama before them – seeking to ‘emancipate’ the spectator and make them politically active.
For example, the influential curator of the Tate Britain’s recent exhibition ‘Altermodern’, Nicholas Bourriaud, has championed the notion of a more socially engaged art, where the public are encouraged to participate in an event or artwork. We have seen the influence of such ideas in such projects as Antony Gormley’s ‘One & Other’ that took place on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.
Ranciere turns these ideas over and argues that “Being a spectator is not some passive condition that we should transform into activity. It is our normal situation.” For Ranciere, there is no privileged starting point in art but we should reassess the relations between seeing, doing, speaking: emancipation means blurring these boundaries.
Looking over the tradition of critical art and what the desire to insert art into life has achieved, Ranciere asks, ‘has the militant critique of the consumption of images and commodities has become, ironically, a sad confirmation of its omnipotence?’
Praise for Jacques Ranciere
“His art lies in the rigor of his argument – its careful, precise unfolding – and at the same time not treating his reader, whether university professor or unemployed actress, as an imbecile.” Kristin Ross
“It’s clear that Jacques Ranciere is relighting the flame that was extinguished for many—that is why he serves as such a signal reference today.” Thomas Hirschhorn
“In the face of impossible attempts to proceed with progressive ideas within the terms of postmodernist discourse, Ranciere shows a way out of the malaise.” Liam Gillick
Praise for HATRED OF DEMOCRACY
“A piercing essay on the definitions and redefinitions of the term “democracy” … the present catastrophe in Iraq provides more than ample proof of Ranciere’s bold assertion that we need to rethink the relationship between democracy and power before setting in motion any more wars in the name of “freedom”.” Times Higher Educational Supplement
“This tastily sardonic essay is partly a scholarly sprint through the history of political philosophy, and partly a very enjoyable stream of insults directed at rival penseurs.” The Guardian
“Ranciere critiques the political stance in the west that pours scorn on mass protests and popular culture at home, yet promotes the spread of democracy by force throughout the world. … But Ranciere eschews polemic in order to show the confusion in our political discourse. He challenges what he sees as the widely held view that democratic life is synonymous with “the apolitical life of the indifferent consumer”.” New Statesman
Praise for THE FUTURE OF THE IMAGE
“A series of gratifyingly knotty and close discussions of 19th- and 20th-century literature, film and painting” The Guardian
“French philosopher Jacques Ranciere is a refreshing read for anyone concerned with what art has to do with politics and society.” J.J. Charlesworth, Art Review
“What we see here is Ranciere developing a unique voice as a political theorist.” Bookforum
Jacques Ranciere is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris-VIII. His books include THE FUTURE OF THE IMAGE, HATRED OF DEMOCRACY, and ON THE SHORES OF POLITICS (all from Verso), THE POLITICS OF AESTHETICS, DISAGREEMENT, THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS POOR, THE IGNORANT SCHOOLMASTER,SHORT VOYWAGES TO THE LAND OF THE PEOPLE and NIGHTS OF LABOR.
The Emancipated Spectator Author: Jacques Ranciere / 25 January 2010 /
Hardback /
978 1 84467 343 8 /£12.99 / $23.95/144 pages / Hardback
For more information visit http://www.versobooks.com/books/nopqrs/r-titles/ranciere_j_emancipated_spectator.shtml
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Robert Bickers
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Lost monuments and memorials on the Shanghai Bund, 3: the Iltis monument, 1898
Posted on 8 November 2014 by robertbickers
The Kaiser approved. Well, at least, his favourite sculptor Rheinhold Begas did, the man whose florid creations littered the sites of Wilhelmine power in Germany, and had oversight of the creation of the first German memorial erected in Shanghai. The Iltis Monument — the Iltis Denkmal, 伊尔底司碑 — commemorated the 77 dead German naval personnel, whose ship, the gunboat SMS Iltis, had foundered off the Shandong coast in July 1896. As the vessel sank the men were reported to have gathered around the mast and sung a hymn: ‘Now thank we all our God’. Three days earlier the ship’s officers had entertained Shanghai society at a reception on board, and so it seemed only proper that the International Settlement should host a memorial. The German seizure of Jiaozhou Bay (‘Kiaochow’), and the development of what became the city of Qingdao did not take place until 1897, and Shanghai hosted the largest community of the ‘China Germans’, who were inscribed as such — Die Deutschen Chinas — on the memorial itself.
Three and a tons of bronze were cast into the shape of a broken mast, around which was wrapped a flag on a staff. A broken mast was a common funerary device, given added piquancy in this case by the facts of the Shandong disaster. The design was sketched by a German naval officer, and then the monument was designed by August Kraus. It was cast in Germany and shipped out to China where it was placed on the Bund, not far from the entrance to the Public Garden and close to the German Club Concordia.
Unveiling of the memorial, 21 November 1898
It was unveiled by Prinz Albert Wilhelm Heinrich von Preußen (Crown Prince Henry of Prussia) on 21 November 1898. A German naval band played the hymn the crew had sung. Even more than the Allied War Memorial unveiled a quarter of a century later, the Iltis Monument came to serve a ceremonial function. The visual life of the structure online attests to this — for there seem to be many more postcards and other images of this monument than any of the others that were erected, and so more collateral records of it have survived. It came to be a common ritual for visiting German dignitaries or military personnel to pay a formal visit to the site and to lay a wreath, and this is recorded in photographs and postcards.
Count Walldersee pays his respects, 1900
If the monument acquired a life as a nationalistic symbol, it was also much lauded as a symbol of Anglo-German friendship. The memorial was situated on a piece of the Bund foreshore that the British firm Jardine Matheson & Co. had residual rights to, but the company had pointedly acceded with alacrity to the request to allow the monument to be sited there. The interests of treaty port Germans and Britons were increasingly closely intertwined at this point. They formed companies together, hosted each other at their clubs, collaborated in running Shanghai’s International Settlement and Race Club, saluted each others’ monarchs, and cemented their commercial relations through marriage. Respecting and honouring the dead of the Iltis disaster was a part of this.
Breaking apart these ties when the lengthening war demanded it in 1914 proved difficult. But the Lusitania sinking in May 1915 and the ‘Roll of Honour’ published in the British Shanghai press started to have a tangible impact. With the allied victory in November 1918 debate immediately commenced about the Iltis monument. Why, demanded some, was a nationalist monument ever allowed to be erected on the internationalised Bund. But why should triumph change our past view, others countered, of the heroism of the men it honoured: ‘Is victory to turn us into Huns?’ asked one British woman? But the debate proved irrelevant, for a large contingent of French sailors, aided by others, pulled the memorial over on the evening of 1-2 December 1918 and made off with the flagstaff. Nobody saw a thing, funnily enough.
The memorial after it was pulled over, 2 December 1918
But the monument survived (and even the flagstaff was anonymously returned). The structure was placed in storage, and in 1929 it was restored to the German community and re-erected in the grounds of the German school in the west of the settlement. There it resumed a ceremonial role, as a site for annual Volkstrauertag — memorial day — ceremonies on 16 March. These were steadily Nazified after 1934 as ‘Heroes’ Day’ (Heldengedenktag). The Iltis made the longest journey of the mobile stone and bronze memorials that were erected on the Bund, and proved the most potent of symbols, to its friends and to its enemies. It was tied up both with the rising imperialism and nationalism of the Wilhelmine state, the Nazification of the Shanghai Germans after 1933, and of course the unforgiving belligerence of the victorious allies. But for some the attack on the monument broke a taboo: foreign power in China was rooted in solidarity, even when the imperialist states jockeyed for advantage and position with each other. The destruction of the memorial set a very bad example, some argued — German and Briton alike in 1914 — for who alone, ultimately, stood to gain from the internecine strife of the Europeans, if not the Chinese.
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The Liturgy of the Eucharist: The Preparation of the Gifts
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
At the Last Supper the Lord instituted the Paschal sacrifice and banquet and told his disciples to do it in memory of him. Through this the sacrifice of the Cross is continuously made present in the Church. The priest represents Christ the Lord and, like him, takes the bread and wine into his hands to say the same words as Our Lord so that the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ. The priest does this in memory of Christ, just as the first disciples did following the Last Supper.
In ancient liturgies this part of Mass was called the “Mass of the Faithful”: the first part of Mass, the “Mass of the Catechumens” was as far as those preparing for baptism could go in their initiation. They heard God’s Word, joined their prayers to the Prayer of the Faithful, but weren’t ready to participate in the deepest portion of the Eucharistic mystery. Even today the passage from the Liturgy of the Word to the Liturgy of the Eucharist represents a change of gears: we’ve prepared, heard the Lord speak to us, and responded with faith, but now the Lord once again sacrifices himself for us. In this part of the liturgy the sacrifice he made on the Cross is made present for us, today, here and now.
If the emphasis in the first part of the liturgy was Word, faith, and response, the second part could be characterized as offering, sacrifice, and thanksgiving. Now the chair of the priest or bishop is no longer the focus, nor the ambo for the readings. The priest moves to the altar and remains there until after Communion: all attention is drawn to the sacrifice about to be made present on the altar, a sacrifice in which all are participating.
The Preparation of the Gifts
Our Lord took bread and wine, blessed them, and then distributed them to his disciples and told them to do the same in memory of him. Bringing the bread and wine and placing them on the altar is at the core of the Preparation of Gifts, and now it becomes a moment for the faithful to offer something of themselves to Our Lord, which is why it’s also been known as the Offertory and, even today, the hymn sung at this point of Mass is known as the Offertory hymn or chant.
The Presentation of the Gifts
In many celebrations of the Eucharist the faithful bring up the bread and wine to be used in Mass along with other gifts to serve the needs of the Church and of the poor. This hearkens back to when the faithful actually brought their own bread and wine for use in the Mass and brought it to the altar. This practice probably fell into disuse because it would make things somewhat chaotic today, and because it’s important, with so many varieties of bread and wine now available, to make sure the bread and wine used are suitable for worship.
Even though today the faithful aren’t those who directly prepare or buy the bread and wine that will become the Body and Blood of Christ, it is thanks to them that those offerings are possible. Typically on Sundays a collection is taken at this point that makes that bread and wine possible, and also gives the faithful an opportunity to contribute something to the Church and to those in need.
This moment of offering embraces both realities (providing for the Eucharist and providing for the needy), but the focus is coming forward with bread and wine for the transubstantiation into the Body and Blood of Christ during the Eucharistic Prayer. This is why the other offerings are received, but not treated the same way, since they’re for after the celebration of the Eucharist.
St. Augustine saw this procession as paralleling the procession up the aisles to receive Holy Communion. For him it was a “marvelous exchange” represented by the Incarnation: Christ takes our humanity to bestow on us his divinity (Enarr. In ps. 129,7). We make offerings that will become him, become divine, and will transform us as well if we receive him worthily. Those few faithful bringing up the gifts are not the only ones offering something: we all offer something, if not materially, spiritually, so that our offering may be transformed into something pleasing to Our Lord, beneficial to us, and beneficial to others. It’s a small token of appreciation for what the Lord is about to offer us once again on the altar and in Communion.
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CGEWHO
Housing body told to pay 3.7 crore to 150 allottees
Nasib Singh and 149 others had filed separate complaints before the district forum against the CGEWHO, alleging wrongful demand of final installment and delay in development of its housing societyUpdated: December 26, 2015, 08:42 IST
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh, dismissed 150 appeals filed by Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organization (CGEWHO) against the orders of the Mohali district forum which had held it guilty of delaying effective possession of flats in Kendriya Vihar, Mohali, and directed it to pay Rs 2.25 lakh as compensation and Rs 22,000 as litigation costs to each of the complainants.
Nasib Singh and 149 others had filed separate complaints before the district forum against the CGEWHO, alleging wrongful demand of final installment and delay in development of its housing society by the name of Kendriya Vihar in Mohali.
Pankaj Chandgothia, counsel for the complainants, before the district forum had contended that the CGEWHO floated a scheme for allotment of residential flats under the name and style of 'Kendriya Vihar, Mohali' in December 2006. The allotment letter was issued in May 2007 and the project was to be completed within 30 months in November 2009, he contended.
Chandgothia had pointed out that the society was still incomplete and the final offer of possession was defective and invalid. The offer of possession by housing organization was merely symbolic and not real because there was no basic facility of electricity granted by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and even the parking areas were not final. It was further stated that high tension wires were still passing over the building, which cause hazards to the lives of beneficiaries. There was no final or fixed date of giving possession and as per the letter, it was to be given by project manager at Mohali by January 31, 2014.
The counsel for CGEWHO contended the allottees had agreed to file the litigation if any at Delhi only and that the CGEWHO was a no-profit-no-loss organization and therefore, the consumer court could not pass any adverse order against it. The forum further held "a no-profit, no-loss body was not exempted from the purview of Consumer Protection Act".
The forum held the organization guilty of deficiency in service and directed them to withdraw the final demand letter and offer possession afresh after completion of all amenities and pay Rs 2.25 lakh as compensation and Rs 22,000 as litigation costs to each complainant.
The bench of the Punjab commission in its order held that "the district forum has rightly directed the housing organization to withdraw the final call up letter and to issue the fresh letter of offer of possession detailing approvals obtained by them from various authorities dealing with the project and the date of offer of complete possession letter with all such amenities and approvals and only then to issue fresh letter of possession with the remaining demands of installments from the allottees".
The forum also stated that the organization cannot charge any interest on the last demanded amount from the beneficiaries till payment in pursuance of the demand notice for the same.
ALL ABOUT THE CASE
Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organization had floated a scheme for allotment of residential flats under name and style of 'Kendriya Vihar, Mohali' in December 2006
It promised possession on January 31, 2014
Failed to complete project on time
Even after deadline, CGEWHO failed to get basic approvals from authorities, including PSPCL
Even as it failed to complete project, CGEWHO asked complainants for final installment
As many as 150 complainants approached district consumer forum, Mohali
Forum held CGEWHO deficient in service and ordered them to pay Rs 3.7crore to 150 complainants as compensation and litigation cost
CGEWHO filed appeal in Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
Plea was rejected and district forum's order upheld
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Publisher: Grand Central
Release Date: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2017
Available Languages: Norwegian, German (3), English (UK), Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian (86)
Available Formats: Audio, e-Book, Print
THE CRUSH has it all
Trauma surgeon, Rennie Newton is independent, self-reliant, and devoted to her work almost to the exclusion of everything else. She has her life arranged exactly as she wants it and everything in her structured world is in perfect order. . .until a stalker enters it.
He brings with him Wick Threadgill, a cop on indefinite leave from the police department. He’s as glib, charming, attractive, and persuasive as a snake oil salesman, but burdened with a guilt that’s outsized only by his hatred for Rennie’s stalker.
“Nice place you’ve got here.”
“I like it.” Ignoring the snide and trite remark, Wick dumped the pot of boiled shrimp into a white plastic colander that had never seen the inside of a Williams-Sonoma store. He didn’t remember how he’d come by it, but he figured it had been left behind by a previous occupant of the rental house, which his friend obviously found lacking.
After the hot water had drained through, he set the colander in the center of the table, then grabbed a roll of paper towels, and offered his guest another beer.
He uncapped two bottles of Red Stripe, straddled the chair across the table from Oren Wesley, and said, “Dig in.”
Oren conscientiously ripped a paper towel from the roll and then spread it over his lap. Wick was on his third shrimp before Oren had even gotten around to selecting one. They peeled and ate in silence, sharing a bowl of cocktail sauce for dipping. Oren was careful not to get his white French cuffs in the horseradish-laced red stuff. Wick slurped carelessly and licked his fingers, fully aware that his sloppy table manners annoyed his fastidious friend.
They dropped the shrimp shells onto newspaper that Wick had spread over the table, not to protect its hopelessly scarred surface but to keep cleanup to a minimum. The ceiling fan fluttered the corners of their makeshift tablecloth even as it stirred the spicy aroma of the shrimp boil into the sultry coastal air.
After a time, Oren remarked, “Pretty good.”
Wick shrugged. “A no-brainer.”
“Local shrimp?”
“Buy it fresh off the boat soon as it docks. The skipper gives me a discount.”
“Decent of him.”
“Not at all. We made a deal.”
“What’s your end of it?”
“To stay away from his sister.”
Wick noshed into another plump shrimp and tossed the shell onto the growing heap, and then grinned across at Oren, knowing that his friend was trying to decide whether or not he was telling the truth.
He tore a paper towel from the roll and wiped his hands and mouth. “Is that all you can think of to talk about? The price of shrimp? You drove all the way down here for that?”
Oren avoided looking at him as he belched silently behind his fist. “Let me help you clean up.”
“Leave it. Bring your beer.”
A dirty table wasn’t going to make much difference to the condition of Wick’s house–which barely qualified as such. A three-room shack that looked like it would succumb to any Gulf breeze above five knots, it was shelter from the elements–barely. The roof leaked when it rained.
The air conditioner was a window unit that was so insufficient Wick rarely bothered turning it on. He rented the place by the week, paid in advance. So far he’d written his slum lord sixty-one checks.
The screen door squeaked on its corroded hinges as they pushed it open and then stepped it onto the rear deck which was nothing fancy. The plank surface was rough, wide enough only to accommodate two metal lawn chairs of vintage fifties style. Salt air had eaten through numerous coats of paint, the last being a sickly pea green. Wick took the glider. Oren looked dubiously at the rusty seat of the stationary chair.
“It won’t bite,” Wick said. “Might stain your suit britches, but I promise that the view’ll be worth a dry-cleaning bill.”
Oren gingerly sat down and in a few minutes, Wick’s promise was fulfilled. The western horizon became striated with vivid color ranging from blood-red to brilliant orange.
Purple thunderheads on the horizon looked like rolling hills rimmed with gold.
“Something, isn’t it?” Wick said. “Now tell me who’s crazy.”
“I never thought you were crazy, Wick.”
“Just a little nutty for shucking it all and moving down here.”
“Not even nutty. Irresponsible, maybe.”
Wick’s easy smile congealed.
Noticing, Oren said, “Go ahead and get pissed. I don’t care. You need to hear it.”
“Well, fine. Thank you. Now I’ve heard it. How’re Grace and the girls?”
“Steph made cheerleader. Laura started her periods.”
“Congratulations or condolences?”
“For which?”
Oren smiled. “I’ll accept either. Grace said to give you a kiss from her.” Looking at Wick’s stubble, he added; “I’ll pass if you don’t mind.”
“I’d rather you did. But give her a kiss from me.”
“Happy to oblige.”
For several minutes they sipped their beers and watched the colors of the sunset deepen. Neither broke the silence, yet each was mindful of it, mindful of all that was going unsaid.
Eventually Oren spoke. “Wick …”
“Not interested.”
“How do you know until you’ve heard me out?”
“Why would you want to ruin a perfectly beautiful sunset? To say nothing of a good Jamaican beer.”
Wick’s lunge from the glider caused it to rock crazily and noisily before it resettled.
Standing at the edge of the weathered deck, tanned toes curling over the edge of it, he tilted back his beer and finished it in one long swallow, then tossed the empty bottle into the fifty-gallon oil drum that served as his garbage can. The clatter spooked a couple of gulls who’d been scavenging on the hard-packed sand. Wick envied their ability to take flight.
He and Oren had a history that dated back many years, to even before Wick had joined the Fort Worth Police Department. Oren was older by several years, and Wick conceded that he was definitely the wiser. He had a stable temperament, which often had defused Wick’s more volatile one. Oren’s approach was methodical. Wick’s was impulsive. Oren was devoted to his wife and children. Wick was a bachelor who Oren claimed had the sexual proclivities of an alley cat.
In spite of these differences, and possibly because of them, Wick Threadgill and Oren Wesley had made excellent partners. They had been one of the few biracial partnerships on the FWPD.
Together they had shared dangerous situations, countless laughs, a few triumphs, several disappointments–and a heartache from which neither would ever fully recover.
When Oren had called last night after months of separation, Wick was glad to hear from him. He had hoped that Oren was coming to talk over old times, better times. That hope was dashed the moment Oren arrived and got out of his car. It was a polished pair of wing tips, not flip-flops or sneakers, that had made deep impressions in the Galveston sand. Oren wasn’t dressed for fishing or beachcombing, not even for kicking back here on the deck with an Astros game on the radio and cold beer in the fridge.
He had arrived dressed for business.
Buttoned down and belted up, bureaucracy personified. Even as they shook hands Wick had recognized his friend’s game face and knew with certainty and disappointment that this was not a social visit.
He was equally certain that whatever it was that Oren had come to say, he didn’t want to hear it.
“You weren’t fired, Wick.”
“No, I’m taking an “indefinite leave of absence.””
“That was your choice.”
“Under duress.”
“You needed time to cool off and get it together.”
“Why didn’t the suits just fire me? Make it easier on everybody?”
“They’re smarter than you are.”
Wick came around. “Is that right?”
“They know, everybody who knows you knows, that you were born for this kinda work.”
“This kinda work?” He snorted. “Shoveling shit, you mean? If I cleaned out stables for a living, I wouldn’t have to do as much of it as I did in the FWPD.”
“Most of that shit you brought on yourself.”
Wick snapped the rubber band he habitually wore around his wrist. He disliked being reminded of that time and of the case that had caused him to criticize his superiors vociferously about the inefficiency of the justice system in general and the FWPD in particular. “They let that gang-banger cop a plea.”
“Because they couldn’t get him for murder, Wick.
They knew it and the DA knew it. He’s in for six.”
“He’ll be out in less than two. And he’ll do it again. Somebody else will die. You can count on it. And all because our department and the DA’s office went limp-dick when it came to a violation of the little shit’s rights.”
“Because you used brute force when you arrested him.”
Lowering his voice, Oren added, “But your problem with the department wasn’t about that case and you know it.”
“Oren,” Wick said threateningly.
“The mistake that–“
“Fuck this,” Wick muttered. He crossed the deck in two long strides. The screen door slapped shut behind him.
Oren followed him back into the kitchen. “I didn’t come to rehash all that.”
“Could’ve fooled me.”
“Will you stop stomping around for a minute and let me talk to you? You’ll want to see this.”
“Wrong. What I want is another beer.”
He removed one from the refrigerator and pried off the top with a bottle opener. He left the metal cap where it landed on the wavy linoleum floor.
Oren retrieved a folder he’d brought with him and extended it to Wick, who ignored it. But his retreat out the back door was halted when his bare foot came down hard on the sharp teeth of the bottle cap. Cursing, he kicked the offender across the floor and dropped down into one of the chrome-legged dining chairs. The shrimp shells were beginning to stink.
He propped his foot on his opposite knee and appraised the damage. There was a deep impression of the bottle cap on the ball of his foot, but it hadn’t broken the skin.
Showing no sympathy whatsoever, Oren sat down across from him. “Officially I’m not here.
Understood? This is a complex situation. It has to be handled delicately.”
“Something wrong with your hearing, Oren?”
“I know you’ll be as intrigued as I am.”
“Don’t forget to pick up your jacket on your way out.”
Oren removed several eight-by-ten black-and-white photographs from the folder.
He held one up so that Wick couldn’t avoid looking at it. After a moment, he showed him another.
Wick stared at the photo, then met Oren’s eyes above it. “Did they get any shots of her with her clothes on?”
“You know Thigpen. He took these for grins.”
Wick snorted acknowledgment of the mentioned detective.
“In Thigpen’s defense, our stakeout house gives us a clear view into her bedroom.”
“Still no excuse for these. Unless she’s an exhibitionist and knew she was being watched.”
“She isn’t and she doesn’t.”
“What’s her story?”
Oren grinned. “You’re dying to know, aren’t you?”
When Wick had surrendered his badge a little more than a year earlier, he had turned his back not only on his police career, but on the whole criminal justice system. To him it was like a cumbersome vehicle stuck in the mud. It spun its big wheels and made a lot of aggressive noise–freedom, justice, and the American way–but it got nowhere.
Law enforcement personnel had been robbed of their motivation by bureaucrats and politicians who quaked at the thought of public disapproval.
Consequently the whole concept of justice was mired in futility.
And if you were the poor dumb schmuck who believed in it, who got behind it, put your shoulder to it, and pushed with all your might to set the gears in motion, to catch the bad guys and see them punished for their crimes, all you got in return was mud slung in your face.
But, in spite of himself, Wick’s natural curiosity kicked in. Oren hadn’t shown him these pictures for prurient purposes.
Oren wasn’t a Neanderthal like Thigpen and had better things to do with his time than to gawk at photographs of half-naked women. Besides, Grace would throttle him if he did.
No, Oren had a reason for driving all the way from Fort Worth to Galveston and, in spite of himself, Wick wanted to know what it was. He was intrigued, just as Oren–damn him–had guessed he would be.
He reached for the remainder of the photographs and shuffled through them quickly, then more slowly, studying each one. The woman had been photographed in the driver’s seat of a late-model Jeep wagon; walking across what appeared to be a large parking lot; inside her kitchen and her bedroom, blissfully unaware that her privacy was being invaded by binoculars and telephoto lenses in the hands of a slob like Thigpen.
Most of the bedroom shots were grainy and slightly out of focus. But clear enough.
“What’s her alleged crime? Interstate transportation of stolen Victoria’s Secret merchandise?”
“Uh-huh,” Oren said, shaking his head.
“That’s all you get until you agree to go back with me.”
Wick tossed the photographs in Oren’s general direction. “Then you made the drive for nothing.” He tugged again at the rubber band on his wrist, painfully popping it against his skin.
“You’ll want to be in on this one, Wick.”
“Not a chance in hell.”
“I’m not asking for a long-term commitment, or a return to the department. Just this one case.”
“Still no.”
“Is that your final answer?”
Wick picked up his fresh beer, took a large swallow, then belched loudly.
Despite the smelly shrimp shells, Oren leaned forward across the table. “It’s a murder case. Made the news.”
“I don’t watch the news or read the papers.”
“Must not. Because if you had, you’d have sped straight to Fort Worth and saved me this trip.”
Wick couldn’t stop himself from asking
“Why’s that?”
“Popular doctor gets popped in the parking lot of Tarrant General.”
“Catchy, Oren. Are you quoting the headline?”
“Nope. I’m giving you the sum total of what we know about this homicide. The crime is five days old and that’s all we’ve got.”
“The perp did the killing within yards of a potential eyewitness but wasn’t seen.
Wasn’t heard. As silent as vapor.
Invisible. And he didn’t leave a trace, Wick.” Oren lowered his voice to a whisper.
“Not a fucking trace.”
Wick searched his former partner’s dark eyes.
The hair on the back of his neck stood on end.
“Lozada?”
Settling back in his chair, Oren smiled complacently.
“This novel delivers a menacing villian and page-turning suspense.”—Publishers Weekly “THE CRUSH has it all: Romance, Suspense, Intrigue. Believable, likable characters… It’s one of those few books a reader hates to see end.” —The News-Sun (IN)
A Note From Sandra
The term “crush” suggests an innocent infatuation. Puppy love. A childlike fascination for another person. Naturally, in my story, such is not the case. Perhaps a more accurate title for this novel would have incorporated the word obsession, because it better describes the romantic fixation of a contract killer named Lozada. It was great fun to set these exciting characters in place and then watch them play out the story.
Most of the action takes place in my hometown of Fort Worth. I cited real places, but took some creative license. For instance, Tarrant General Hospital, where Rennie practices, is fictitious, but the menu at the TexMex restaurant is authentic. I hope you’ll enjoy what happens when a successful but lonely woman is trapped between a ruthless assassin and the equally dangerous cop.
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Japan's March 2011 Disaster and Moral Grit
Our Inescapable In-between
Michael C. Brannigan
Japan’s March 11, 2011 triple horror of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown is its worst catastrophe since Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Recovery remains an ongoing ordeal. Japan's Responses to the March 2011 Disaster: Our Inescapable In-between uncovers the pivotal role of longstanding cultural worldviews and their impact on responses to this gut-wrenching disaster. Through unpacking the pivotal notion in Japanese ethics of aidagara, or “in-betweenness,” it offers testament to a deep-rooted sense of community. Accounts from survivors, victims’ families, key city officials, and volunteers reveal a remarkable fiber of moral grit and resilience that sustains Japan’s common struggle to rally and carve a future with promise and hope.
Calamities snatch us out of the mundane and throw us into the intensity of the moment. They challenge our moral fiber. Trauma, individual and collective, is the uninvited litmus test of character, personal and social. Ultimately, whether a society rightfully recovers from disaster has to do with its degree of connectedness, the embodied physical, interpersonal, face-to-face engagement we have with each other. As these stories bring to light, along with Michael Brannigan’s extensive research, personal encounters with survivors, and experience as a volunteer in Japan’s stricken areas, our degree of connectedness determines how we in the long run weather the storm, whether the storm is natural, technological, or human. Ultimately, it illustrates that how we respond to and recover after the storm hinges upon how we are with each other before the storm.
Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
Michael C. Brannigan is the George and Jane Pfaff Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Values at the College of Saint Rose.
Chapter 1: Unhinged
Chapter 2: Precariously In-Between: Desperation and Moral Grit
Chapter 3: Who Is Our Neighbor? The Tono Lifeline
Chapter 4: Akiko’s Lantern
Chapter 5: Community and Connectedness: Bunzo and Jin
Chapter 6: Volunteering – Cold, Snow, Rain, Wind, and Mud
Chapter 7: Fukushima’s Unseen Monster
Conclusion: The Big One
This intensely moving account not only teaches us invaluable lessons regarding our societal ability to respond to disaster but, in providing extraordinary insights into the meaning of vulnerability and suffering, it also demonstrates the absolute necessity of cultivating interpersonal face-to-face connectedness and community in order to heal—a lesson that is particularly important in our individualistic, technology-saturated, digital culture.
— S. Kay Toombs, Baylor University
With this engaging book, Brannigan keeps a promise he made to his late Japanese mother—to learn more about the disasters of 3/11 and to share this with others. Brannigan effortlessly interweaves stories from the people he meets with his own rich knowledge of literature, legends, history, and philosophy to develop a philosophy of human's relation with nature. This book is not always optimistic, but always reveals Brannigan’s warmth and genuine concern for the people he encounters.
— Brigitte Steger, University of Cambridge
In this pioneering work, Brannigan opens wide the doors on a previously understudied subject in the humanities and social sciences—disaster, trauma, and recovery. A rich and rewarding read for anyone interested in ethics and philosophy, this book is a must for all concerned with disaster preparedness and response, victimhood, grief management, mental health, medical ethics, and public policy, as well as Japanese and cultural studies.
— Robert Paul Churchill, Elton Professor of Philosophy, George Washington University
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Cloud outage audit 2014 reveals AWS on top, Azure down
Cloud outages happen -- but for major providers such as AWS, it isn't often. See how Azure, Google, Rackspace and other IaaS vendors fared in 2014.
Beth Pariseau and Trevor Jones
Cloud outage figures from this year show more mature public clouds are better equipped to avoid outages, but there...
are some surprises.
Cloud vendors have pumped large sums of cash and strategy into adding resiliency to their platforms. Discounting the low-end public clouds, uptime has been much improved, with one major exception, said David Linthicum, senior vice president of Cloud Technology Partners, a cloud consulting firm based in Boston.
"Even though [public cloud providers] are expanding quickly, they seem to be smarter at operating their business, with the possible exception of Microsoft, which has made some dumb mistakes," Linthicum said.
Among major public cloud vendors, Amazon EC2 has maintained the best uptime over the past year with a total downtime of 2.43 hours across all regions, according to CloudHarmony, a company based in Laguna Beach, Calif. that conducts independent, third-party monitoring of cloud vendor uptime.
Microsoft Azure, which had a highly publicized cross-region outage on Nov. 18, had the most downtime in compute services among major vendors at nearly 40 hours, according to CloudHarmony.
"Some services have been around for longer and are a bit more stable than others because they've been through their rough periods and ironed out the kinks more than the others," said Jason Read, founder of CloudHarmony.
The uptime improvements can be attributed to experience, additional data centers for failover, more automation, better internal communication and an improved ability to spot patterns that lead to outages, Linthicum said.
Providers spend a lot of money to maintain service and have become more proactive because a string of outages will be top of mind as enterprises consider total cost of ownership when shopping for cloud.
AWS on top
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has had its share of high-profile outages in recent years, but this year, all has been quiet on that front, according to partners.
"We've seen some service impacts and some slowness, but no downtime with any of our customers that I'm aware of," said Kris Bliesner, CTO of 2nd Watch, Inc., an Amazon partner and cloud consultancy in Liberty Lake, Wash.
The company had planned to build an application that could serve as an early warning system for its customers when there was an outage. But those plans have fallen to the bottom of the development priority list, Bliesner said.
"We just don't see as many outages anymore," Bliesner said.
In part, this may be because AWS has developed expertise in designing highly reliable infrastructure at scale, and gone through the kind of growing pains that are now affecting less mature cloud providers, Bliesner said.
That was one of the messages from AWS vice president and distinguished engineer James Hamilton, who presented on Amazon's innovation at scale at this year's re:Invent conference.
Amazon has come to design its own networking, storage and server equipment, which has lowered costs and improved reliability, Hamilton said.
"Enterprises give lots of complicated requirements to networking equipment producers who aggregate all of these complicated requirements into tens of millions of lines of code that can't be maintained, and that's what gets delivered," Hamilton said in his presentation. "We don't use all that stuff … the answer to why our gear is more reliable is that we didn't take on as hard a problem."
Vendors have outages. The good ones are going to do thorough investigation of what the root causes were and either change policies or software to make sure those exact set of events don't occur again.
Jason Readfounder, CloudHarmony
Amazon is also "religious" about improving its infrastructure monitoring metrics on a weekly basis, which has also improved reliability, Hamilton said. AWS' Availability Zone (AZ) system connects multiple data centers together within AZs which are synchronously mirrored for high availability. Services such as the Relational Database Service (RDS) also offer multi-AZ replication, which increases the number of redundant locations where data is stored.
AWS customers have learned from experience about creating more resilient applications too. When RDS was first introduced, 26% of customers used multi-AZ replication. That number is now 40%, and the goal is for it to be 70%, according to Hamilton.
Newer databases in the AWS cloud, such as Aurora, offer even more resiliency thanks to an overhaul of the underlying storage engine, which exists in Aurora separately from the main database and can be recovered quickly in the event of a failure. Aurora also triple-replicates data, making six copies across AZs.
Amazon's data center design has also been refined to offer optimal reliability, according to Hamilton. Data centers hold a maximum of 50,000 to 80,000 servers.
"We can easily build bigger, but … as they get bigger there's a risk -- if something goes wrong, the loss is too big," Hamilton said.
Because AWS has learned from experience how to optimize availability as it scales up, AWS competitors who entered the infrastructure as a service market later may still see the kind of highly publicized outages Amazon used to, according to Bliesner.
"At some point, if Azure or Google want to compete, they're going to have to make a scalability leap, and are customers at higher risk for outages during that scale up?" he said. "My guess is they are."
Amazon is behind Google's cloud in one area, however. Google Cloud Storage had eight outages for a total of 14.23 minutes, while Amazon S3 had 22 outages for 2.66 hours, according to CloudHarmony.
Nothing's foolproof
Cascading errors happen, and when major outages hit public cloud vendors, it's typically due to human error, rather than a hardware infrastructure failure, said Jonah Kowall, an analyst with Gartner, Inc., based in Stamford, Conn.
"They take all the best practices to try to avoid these issues, but [outages] are going to happen with a complex system that is undergoing change," Kowall said. Enterprises typically move slower because they over-engineer their infrastructure and processes, Kowall said. Cloud offers a bit of a "catch-22" because the attraction is speed and agility, but smaller, less thoroughly vetted update cycles can come with bugs that create problems for customers, he added.
Scheduled reboots are often a cause of downtime for compute, which can be an indication of poorly managed infrastructure, Read said.
"Vendors have outages," Read said. "The good ones are going to do thorough investigation of what the root causes were and either change policies or software to make sure those exact set of events don't occur again."
And learning from those mistakes often helps across platforms, according to Paul Voccio, Rackspace Hosting vice president of software development.
"As the industry matures, everyone is learning from each other how to operate their servers at scale and in a supportable manner," Voccio said.
Cloud Downtime 2014
AWS EC2: 2.43 hours
CenturyLink Cloud Servers: 26.02 hours
CloudSigma: 7.48 hours
Google Compute Engine: 4.43 hours
Joyent Cloud: 2.6 hours
Microsoft Azure: 39.63 hours
Rackspace Cloud: 7.52 hours
Source: CloudHarmony's CloudSquare
At Rackspace's San Antonio headquarters, Voccio has two large screens at his desk to monitor the company's public cloud metrics. And while other emerging areas of cloud get more attention, few things get as much focus internally as maintaining uptime.
"The customers do expect us to be up and running all the time," Voccio said. "We take it very seriously."
Rackspace, which claims 99.999% uptime across all data centers since 2009, has weekly meetings to discuss system performance and to ensure scheduled maintenances don't conflict. The company has emphasized resiliency and redundancies in each data center, and it has learned that isolating clusters is critical to quickly diagnosing problems and ensuring they don't cascade to the rest of the data center, Voccio said.
Rackspace's compute cloud was down for 7.52 hours across all regions over the past year, according to CloudHarmony. The company came under the spotlight when it had to conduct a reboot due to a Xen hypervisor bug and faced criticism over its handling of the situation.
It's hard to tell customers there is an issue that has to be resolved but that they can't talk to them about it because of an embargo, Voccio said.
Rackspace often cites its so-called fanatical support as a differentiator, but Voccio says he tells his coworkers it's even better when customers get what they want without having to turn to the support staff.
"While, yes, we're there to answer the phones, most customers would prefer not to call," Voccio said.
Transparency still a hurdle
Providers do offer several weeks' worth of uptime information on their websites, but none of the vendors contacted by TechTarget provided year-over-year figures.
Vendors hesitate to disclose information and some won't mention when little blips in the system or partial outages occur, Read said. There also can be issues with the reliability of status pages, which is compounded when vendors host their own sites and an outage wipes out the monitoring dashboard for customers.
"Part of the issue we see is many of the prominent enterprise cloud providers limit what you can do to verify if they're working properly, and that's especially true of SaaS," Kowall said.
Most people try to emulate a user by setting in software that logs in and does a couple actions every few minutes from multiple places around the world to ensure functionality, but vendors don't like that because it puts extra load on the system, Kowall said. Vendors try to limit that through contracts and, most likely, they don't want people to hold them accountable for stability, which is concerning, he added.
"You have to negotiate with them what you're allowed to do within their system," Kowall said.
Vendors should be doing more to drive transparency down the cloud layer so customers know what's going on with the system, Rackspace's Voccio said.
"Customers want to see lower down the stack," Voccio said. "It creates hesitancy so we're exploring ways to provide more transparency for the entire stack."
Google declined to be interviewed for this report, but provided a statement saying the company is committed to making Google Cloud Platform reliable.
Representatives for Microsoft declined to comment for this report.
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Steph49 - 17 Feb 2015 11:35 AM
I won't lie: this is my first year of taking "the cloud" seriously.
Azure was my cloud provider last year. I saw an article ranking them lower for uptime consistency.
Fearing unexpected downtime, I started researching the higher-performing cloud services and went with the one that ranked best in 2014 for uptime. That turned out to be Amazon Web Services...which was probably the best decision I've made since hopping on the cloud bandwagon.
dvdstphns - 1 Jan 2015 10:14 PM
Any reason why IBM SoftLayer results are not mentioned in this report?
justinoptimus - 6 Jan 2015 9:38 AM
Was wondering the same thing. Where is Softlayer?
Trevor Jones - 8 Jan 2015 10:23 AM
CloudHarmony doesn't track the status of SoftLayer's compute or storage services because an agreement hasn't been reached with the cloud vendor, according to Jason Read, the site's founder.
CloudHarmony does, however, track CDN and DNS status for SoftLayer, though we didn't include that category for any of the vendors in our reporting.
We reached out to IBM representatives independently but they declined to be part of the story or provide year-over-year outage data.
Brian Gracely - 21 Jan 2015 8:06 AM
A useful (comparative) stat for this article would have been the average downtime for corporate data centers. Downtime for cloud may or may not matter, if there was still availability in other regions of the cloud. But reports like this are supposed to be used to help guide data center managers about risk mitigation. Too many IT orgs want to claim that public cloud is not stable enough, but don't publish their own stats, even internally.
GaryLow01 - 11 Aug 2015 12:15 AM
Why not provide a pdf option so we can print this article?
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Where Obama, Romney stand on foreign policy challenges
By Jamie Crawford
Editor’s Note: Over the next week, CNN's national security reporters and producers will be looking at some of the most poignant differences between the two candidates on the most pressing foreign policy issues. Watch for the stories all week on CNN. More from Election Center
The protests and violence at American diplomatic missions across the Middle East and North Africa last week steered the 2012 presidential race into somewhat unchartered territory - a debate over U.S. foreign policy.
While the topic certainly has not been absent in the rhetorical sparring between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, most of the campaign's focus thus far has been a battle over who has the best prescription to jolt a seemingly sluggish economic recovery.
But that changed last week. Romney's charge the United States was too quick to condemn a film that insulted Muslims before condemning the violence directed at American diplomatic missions abroad spurred Obama's claim that Romney had a tendency to "shoot first and aim later." And all this talk has opened a window on an area that is sure to consume a great deal of attention for whomever sits in the Oval Office next January.
The list of foreign policy challenges facing the United States is daunting - including an awakening in the Arab world with a direction still unknown, a looming nuclear crisis with Iran and an uncertain future in Afghanistan (and neighboring Pakistan) once U.S. troops withdraw in 2014.
And let's not forget a bloody civil war in Syria, where the fate of thousands of biological and chemical weapons also hang in the balance. Then there are fiscal issues, from debt crises plaguing Europe to economic and geo-political challenges posed by a rising China.
Here is a look at some of the most pressing foreign policy issues facing the United States, and how the candidates who seek to lead the country approach them.
As the tension over Iran's disputed nuclear program ratchets up in the face of Israeli discord over the pace of current sanctions designed to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, both Obama and Romney agree that Iran must not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
"We are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon," Obama said in a press conference earlier this year alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron.
More: What are your top election issues? Weigh in now
The Obama administration and European Union have launched parallel sanctions designed to squeeze Iran's petroleum sector and bring the economy to its knees as an incentive to get Iran to give up any military dimensions to its nuclear program.
In a recent interview with ABC News, Romney said he would draw the same line as Obama when it comes to Tehran's nuclear capacity.
"My red line is Iran may not have a nuclear weapon," he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "It is inappropriate for them to have the capacity to terrorize the world."
What ultimately constitutes that red line, though, is seemingly different for both men. For Obama, the Iranian government would have to take direct steps to actually acquire a weapon (which U.S. intelligence does not believe has happened yet), while Romney has said merely having a "nuclear capability" without actually moving ahead to produce a weapon would be a tipping point.
More: Netanyahu urges U.S. to set 'red line' for Iran
In Syria, where the carnage of the last year and a half has claimed tens of thousands of lives, the fate of the country's large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and whether to arm the opposition forces battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad has drawn out differences between the two candidates.
What would trigger either overt or covert military involvement from the United States inside Syria?
"We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to the other players on the ground, that a red line for us is (when) we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized," Obama said in a White House press conference last month. "That would change my calculus. That would change my equation."
More: CNN/Facebook's 'I'm Voting' app, take the pledge
As to supporting al-Assad's opposition, the administration has provide funds and non-lethal equipment like communications gear. In addition, the CIA is aiding in vetting rebel members for other countries who may be providing arms on their own.
For Romney, the Obama administration's policy of not providing arms to the Syrian opposition - whose character and composition is still uncertain, according to administration officials - is a mistake. The former Massachusetts governor supports greater American involvement in Syria.
"Instead of watching what's happening in Syria from a dispassionate distance, I would be leading in Syria by encouraging our friends there like the Turks and the Saudis to provide weapons to the insurgents in Syria," he said at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual briefing this summer.
More: Syria explained: What you need to know
And Barbara Starr on Obama and Romney's red lines for Iran and Syria.
MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
No single foreign policy issue has bedeviled more U.S. presidents than the search for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Unlike previous presidents, for whom Mideast peace was mainly a focus in their second term, Obama entered office determined to work with all parties involved in the process to find a workable plan. But the effort did not go far, as the Israeli government continued to construct settlements in Palestinian areas and a unilateral quest for statehood by the Palestinians at the United Nations brought talks to a halt.
The relationship between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is cool, and while they have put on a public face of U.S./Israeli solidarity when they meet, it is understood the two don't have much of a personal rapport. Romney and Netanyahu, on the other hand, have a relationship that goes back decades from the time they were colleagues at the Boston Consulting Group.
While the style and rhetoric of Obama and Romney's approach to the Middle East may differ, there are rather modest differences in the substance of their positions on the conflict's root issues. Both men say their personal view is that Jersualem is the capital of Israel, but that issue must be negotiated between the Israelis and Palestinians - a policy shared by previous presidential administrations, from both parties.
In a May 2011 speech at the State Department, Obama called for a two-state solution based on borders that existed before the 1967 Six-Day war. He also proposed "mutually agreed swaps" of land as a basis of negotiations. In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer during a visit to Jersualem this past July, Romney would not comment on what borders he'd propose, but said, "I will leave that to the negotiating parties themselves."
Throughout the campaign, Romney has accused Obama of "throwing allies like Israel under the bus" and not giving due credence to Israeli concerns over Iran. He has also pledged Israel would be the first country he would visit as president.
But while the personal relationship between Obama and Netanyahu is well documented, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told CNN in July that the bond between Israel and the United States are "stronger and deeper than ever" under Obama.
Both presidential contenders have said they respect Israel's sovereign right to defend itself against perceived threats - an apparent reference to Israeli apprehensions over Iran's nuclear program.
With the war in Afghanistan set to enter its twelth year in October, U.S. forces are on schedule to end their combat role by the end of 2014. The current plan calls for only a small number of American troops to remain to train Afghan forces.
After years of military focus on Iraq, Obama ordered a surge of 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in December 2009. At its peak, there were about 100,000 U.S. forces in the embattled country, intent on wrestling back control of areas in southern and eastern Afghanistan that had been taken over by the Taliban. That boost of troops was temporary and, by the end of September, all 30,000 extra troops will have been removed.
While Romney has called Obama's policy in Afghanistan a politically timed retreat, there is little evident daylight between them as to how they'd approach the U.S. military effort.
"Our goal should be to complete a successful transition to Afghan security forces by the end of 2014," Romney said this month in a speech before a National Guard Association meeting in Reno, Nevada. "I will evaluate conditions on the ground and solicit the best advice of our military commanders," he said.
That's not much different than what Obama said last month, during a visit to the Army base of Fort Bliss in Texas.
"Next year, Afghans will take the lead for their own security. In 2014, the transition will be complete," he said then.
It's what happens once military operations cease where differences between the two candidates come into view.
"We are pursuing a negotiated peace. In coordination with the Afghan government, my administration has been in direct discussions with the Taliban," Obama earlier this year, explaining his administration's policy of supporting reconciliation by all elements of Afghan society so long as minority and women's rights are respected, and violence is renounced.
Negotiating with the Taliban is a dangerous prospect, according to Romney.
"We don't negotiate with terrorists. I do not negotiate with the Taliban. That's something for the Afghans to decide how they're going to ... pursue their course in the future," he said last year during a Republican primary debate.
More: 'Green on blue' attacks in Afghanistan | Attackers wore U.S. uniforms
FUTURE OF THE MILITARY
As commander in chief of the U.S. military, President Obama differs from Romney on what they see as the types of weapons and numbers of troops needed to defend the country.
In his remarks and position papers released by his campaign, Romney champions a large conventional force supplemented by 100,000 extra troops, which would bolster the entire military force to over 1.5 million.
"We must have a commitment," he said last week at an event in Virginia, "not just to more ships and more aircraft, but also, in my view, to more members of our armed forces."
In addition to extra troops, Romney has pledged to increase the Navy's shipbuilding rate from 9 to 15 new vessels a year, modernize existing weapons systems and establish a multilayered ballistic missile defense system. Romney has not said how he would pay for any of these measures.
With the war in Iraq over and military operations in Afghanistan winding down, Obama has said he wants to cut $500 billion in defense spending over the next decade. He does not support a second round of $500 billion in cuts that may take effect in January if Congress cannot reach an agreement on the federal budget.
The cuts in Obama's budget would get rid of older ships while delaying the construction of newer ones. His military would place more emphasis on small special forces teams that can deploy to hotspots worldwide, as well as the continued use of unmanned drones.
While drones and special forces would also play a role in Romney's defense strategy, the former governor says a strong and robust military is necessary to preserve America's leadership position in the world.
More from Barbara Starr on Obama and Romney's competing proposals for the U.S. military
From the early days of his campaign up to the present, Romney has maintained that China - through its monetary policy and trade practices - is cheating Americans out of good jobs and opportunities, as well as stealing its intellectual property and know-how.
"If I'm president of the United States, I will finally take China to the carpet and say, 'Look you guys, I'm gonna label you a currency manipulator and apply tariffs unless you stop those practices," he said at a campaign event earlier this year.
Like previous administrations, Obama has not taken the step of designating China a "currency manipulator" out of concern such a move could start a trade war with a nation that enjoys a $200 billion trade surplus with the United States and holds even larger sums of U.S. debt. But Obama has brought lawsuits against Beijing at the World Trade Organization.
"We're going to continue to be firm in insisting that they operate by the same rules that everybody else operates under," he said last year at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference.
On the sensitive issue of Taiwan, Obama has signed off on arms sales to the island - which China considers a renegade province - but he has refused to sell them advanced F-16 fighter jets. Romney has said he would sell additional arms to Taiwan and confront China more forcefully on its human rights record.
More: Obama and Romney differ on approaches to China and Russia
With Russia, Obama came to office looking to "reset" a relationship that become strained when George W. Bush was president. He negotiated a new arms control agreement, and Russian assent to opening crucial supply lines for coalition forces in Afghanistan.
As to Romney, earlier this year, he told CNN that Russia was, "without question, our number one geopolitical foe." He has said he will re-evaluate the arms control treaty, and will confront the Kremlin on its human rights record.
"Under my presidency, our friends will see more loyalty and Mr. Putin will see a little less flexibility and more backbone," Romney said at the recent Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.
Romney has taken issue with the Obama administration's cancellation of plans, under Bush, to put missile defense components in Poland. But it should be noted that the United States is involved with, and supports, a NATO-sponsored missile defense shield that would host interceptors, ships and radars in Poland, Romania, Spain and Turkey. Russia has repeatedly voiced its disagreement with the NATO plan.
For an issue that was front and center for the past decade, and took the country to war, terrorism has not gotten the attention it once did on the campaign trail.
The Obama administration has emphasized the use of unmanned drones to take out terrorists in Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere. They have been used more frequently than during the Bush administration, and are seen as an effective tool of counter-terrorism that does not put U.S. troops in harms way.
But while the use of drones has expanded, Obama said deciding to deploy them presents significant challenges.
"That's something that you have to struggle with," Obama told CNN's Jessica Yellin in a recent interview. "If you don't, then it's very easy to slip into a situation in which you end up bending rules thinking that the ends always justify the means. That's not been our tradition. That's not who we are as a country."
And while he moved to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay at the beginning of his administration, those efforts were blocked by Congress. He supports military tribunals for accused terrorists, but says he would like to see justice in federal courts.
For Romney, terrorists should be treated as enemy combatants, jailed at Guantanamo and tried by the military. He has said he would also allow more aggressive interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects.
Obama eliminated the enhanced interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration such as waterboarding, labeling such practices as torture. Romney has not specified what type of techniques his administration would employ.
More: 11 years after 9/11: Who are the terrorists?
Post by: CNN's Jamie Crawford
Filed under: Afghanistan • China • Iran • Obama • Romney • Russia • Syria • Terrorism
the US should support israel diplomatically and with nonviolent assistance, but there is zero support here for fighting for israel. certain american jewish groups (AIPAC, Jewish Republicans) claim that it is a "moral obligation" of the US to fight for israel, but only their own members actually believe that, and they never send their sons to serve. in the end, if it is in the US' interest, there may be an attack on iran, but i feel that the US will not go to war for israel.
edgyone
Didn't Romney reverse every stance to agree with Obama in the third debate? There is no difference on foreign policy between the two now, right? Or is Romeny the kind of person that would say anything to get elected? Don't let that empty suit into office. OBAMA 2012!!!
StanCalif
It's a big shame on us Americans that we ignore the huge influence Israel has in our government. Our politicians constantly declare Israel "our best friend, our closest ally"! I truly respect Obama for his strong efforts to keep Israel from starting our next war. Israel is not our "friend"! Israel rants and raves about Iran, who they claim wants Israel wiped off the map! Meanwhile, Israel continues its efforts to wipe Palestinians off the map! Surely not a stated goal, but in practice this is what is truly going on. Israel can't wipe Iran off the map so they conjure up schemes to get us to do their dirty work! Vote for Romney and you vote for war against Iran! Soley for Israel's benefit!!!
godcil
Who eva wins doesn't mater. Let God deliver America frm herself. The US healing coms wen her president seeks d God of their fathers who establised d nation on God's Word.
Anita Voltaire
Godcil, I'm a 56 years young black female, And I have to say, I care about who wins. But your comment touched my heart, and you're right! Whom so ever wins!! Let them put GOD first and formost!!! Then if by chance Romney/Ryan win, If they put God almighty first, the country second. then this world may have a chance to survive. I think after the election the whole Nation should stop take a moment and Pray for the world, and the people running it.( OBAMA/BIDEN I'll pray before the election that my canidates r re-elected )Lets have A National Prayer Day!!!!
The truth is that the US is falling down speedily and China is rising up quickly. The day the US president wl seek help from the God of their fathers who established their nation, that is when their domestic troubles wl diminish and the foreign nations posing a threat wl giv a listening ear. May God deliver America frm herself.
t8kiteasy2
Just look at all the good things happening. Al Quaida making a strong comeback, The Middle East in disaray, We won't even admit when terrorist attacks are striking our very own embassies and killing our Ambassadors, not to mention we have a stronger relationship with Iran, Venezuala, Syria, and now the Muslim Brotherhood than ever before. Why wouldn't we vote for Mr. Obama. Think how much better it will be after another four years. It is a great time to be a terrorist.
Obama or Romney, both work and die for Israel , they do not represent the United States, they represent only the jews, screw them both, where is the truth American Patriot RON PAUL!!! The only American willing to fight for Americans and will not back down from the terrorist state of Israel
Francis Smidt
The muslium brotherhood is a front for the musluim army wing of the musluim reglion its designed to kill infidels (that be You ) our policeys in the world is withdraw and reteat Obama is a man who believes we as a nation is to powerful and need to be trim down to size that why his libya veiw got four american kill if re elected we will be at the mercy of the UN.Maybe you believe that to be good ,but its not consitutional.
funnyface
We should all be asking can we afford another war if sovote for Rommey. We have one now were trying to get out of we need to really think about this.
Blueangel
If we would just mind our own business and keep all out money home paying towards the debt for 5 years, we would be out of trouble. If the rest of the world wants to live like that and continue supporting corrupt governments, then let them. Let's feed our own people before we go around feeding children thousands of miles away. Medical care too!
Vote 2012
Round 3 TKO, President Obama will win. Mitt Romney don't know a thing about foreign policy except eager to start another way so he can keep filling his off shore bank accounts. Condalisa Rice is following Paul Ryan around schooling him on Foreign Policy-lol. Why wasn't that Romney idiot arrested for President Obama. Caught on camera saying he wants to take a swing at President Obama is no joke, should have been classified as a threat.
We honestly just need to stay out of foreign affairs, rase tarrifs, and improve homeland security. That will create jobs, and keep business in the US.
Indeed sir indeed.
i think B.Obama win.
People don't do a whole lot of research. Obama created a committee dedicated to investigate illegal trade practices in China, while Mitt Romney on the other hand has packaged jobs and put a nice bow on it for Chinese sweatshops. The only thing romney supports is his magic underwear and personal profits at the expense of others
It makes little differences who wins the debate or the presidency. The biggest lobby in the history of America "AIPAC" always runs the USA......How long will the people tolerate this?
I think it is a shame how ill informed the majority of our society is. This current administration has zero foreign policy. Everyone criticized W. Bush for the poor standing we were in with the world- we are in a worse state currently under Obama. Leave the country, go to Europe, serve in the military- and you will see how absolutely foolish we look. We have zero respect. There are no "negotiations" with the Taliban. That is an absolute joke. There is no "good relationship" with Isreal. And there is a huge difference in what Romney said vs what Obama said regarding afghanistan. Romney said take advice from ground leaders. Obama said it WILL end. They WILL assume responsibility. "more special forces..." good luck with that. and we will be where Bill Clinton left us. In a huge troop deficit. In case you all forgot- the armed forces provides JOBS! Full time jobs with benefits! Shut it down, and 18 year old kids are unemployed. Military installations provide JOBS. Ships and aircraft= JOBS. We are in bad shape you guys. Wake up. Romney isn't great, but stop believing Obama is.
Oakspar77777
That is true – the only government job the President doesn't like is a military one.
At $100,000 dollars each (enough to cover the cost, training, and salary included, of a fresh recruit), Obama's "shovel ready" 700 billion stimulous could have employed 7 million soldiers (creating 7 million new jobs), or doubled our current number of troops for his entire tenure (1.5 million jobs, but held for 4 years).
That would have stimulated the economy, given education and job skills to the lost generation of 20-something men now living with momma, and turned the Afghanistan push into a pounding.
Your theory sound good to you, except for the fact that these 20-somethings DO NOT want to enroll in military training. The option is there RIGHT NOW. The problem that you are missing is the fact that people CHOOSE NOT to become a "fresh recruit". And not because there is no money for the "fresh recruit" job.....
October 11, 2012 at 11:43 am |
I don't think 18 year olds being out of a job is something to cry about. They can live at home like all the other 18 year olds. Our economy will not know the difference.
That's very selfish of you. In order for you to have a job, you are willing to sacrifice other american lives – policing the world in NOT USA job. It's the UN. Ck ...ck..ck. No more unnecessary war. Let other countries take care their own problems. We have enough domestic problems.
Bobyboooo
I'm guessing the most appropriate following question would be "Who provides most of the UN funding and troop backing?". Probably the world police...United States.
October 19, 2012 at 4:52 pm |
Ann, you live in the dungen for too long. Bin Laden is dead. Iraq war was over, our soliders came home. Afghanstan war is closing too.
You don't need to believe anything, no one ask you to. Just one thing, believe in facts, as stated above.
Let the Middle Class grow again, without the burden of war.
YOU ARE UNBELIEVABLE AFTER THE IRAQ WAR ISN'T THAT ENOUGH
Military jobs add nothing to our GDP! We cannot grow a domestic economy by super charging the military!
Romney's plan would require starting another war. I think that most of us "taxpayers" are fed up with this! Our wars resolve nothing! Iraq now goes back to what Iraq has always been. Afghanistan cannot be "converted" along as Karsai could care less about his own people. Pakistan is another "hopeless cause". Egypt, Lybia, Syria and even Israel will never be anything close to what we have in the USA. These people really have no true desire to "fix" their country's problems. All that matters is getting free money from the US which the elite deposit in Swiss banks!
pers vernandez
OBAMA IS VERY SOFT TOWARD CHINA. IF Obama win this coming election US will lost in Asia for coming years. Obama win China gain.
Bush Beers
MIT ROMENY,,FOR PRESIDENT,,,,,,,,ITS WAY OVER FOR JEWISH CHRISTIANS WHITES AND ASIANS COMMUNITS IN U.S.A.,,,,,,,,WAY OVER,
MichellePasadena
Isn't it time for the media to report facts? I'm an independent woman voter who voted for President Obama. I've managed to obtain facts and realize now that fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. The lying it seems has been coming from the Obama Administration. I can admit I made a mistake.
Can anyone see the similarity between Romney and Bush? Both republicans want war. That'll only bring us into an even bigger debt. Obama will raise taxes on the wealthy, he could possibly end the war because he isn't so ignorant as Romney. Boom the world could be in better shape if we Americans make the right choice.
Why do you say so? It was Obama who started bombing Libya for more than 60 days without being approved from Congress.
Libya wasn't even remotely a war. How about the first Bush that put us in on bombing Iraq regularly until we decided to topple Saddam when he took office. People forget we pretty regularly bombed Iraq since desert storm.
That Libya action was much more like the Clinton Tomahawk attacks on numerous theaters.
Obama is a complete failure it must not be given a second term.
and you're an idiot.
No you are an idiot if you really think Obama has done a good job. Lol
DonnaD
Daivd, your're a complete moron!
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When faced with climate change, the biggest threat that our planet has ever confronted, it's easy to feel as if nothing you do can really make a difference . . . but this book proves that individual people can change the world. With twenty inspirational stories celebrating the pioneering work of a selection of Earth Heroes from all around the globe, from Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough to Yin Yuzhen and Isatou Ceesay, each tale is a beacon of hope in the fight for the future of our planet, proving that one person, no matter how small, can make a difference.
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Specialist School Broadband Internet Service Provider is awarded UK’s Best Security ISP
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A specialist schools Internet Service Provider has been unveiled as the industry’s best network security provider in the UK.
Hot on the heels of their 10th anniversary celebrations, Talk Straight, the parent company of Schools Broadband, received Best Security Award at the national Internet Service Providers Association Annual Awards, the most prestigious in the industry.
Held in London in July, the dominant theme this year was cyber security. Scores of entrants were whittled down through a combination of technical testing and scrutinising from an expert panel of judges. The industry judges said: It was the fact that Talk Straight operates in a critical and constantly evolving education environment, together with their innovation and seamless integration that made their managed security service stand out from other entrants.”
Pictured receiving the Award: Network Architect, Luke Watson and Marketing Manager, Jo Jerome
David Tindall, founding director of Talk Straight and Schools Broadband said: “I am thrilled we have won the national award for Best Internet Security. The timing couldn’t be better to help raise the profile of how important it is for schools and all organisations to have really robust networks. The secret to our success is that we take very complicated and advanced cyber security solutions, and make them simple for schools and organisations to understand and implement, without the need to become experts.”
The Wannacry and Petya ransomware attacks experienced by the NHS and Westminster highlighted the very real issues organisations of every size face from cyberattacks. Talk Straight has certainly experienced an increase in enquiries for secure networks during the last few months, mostly as a result of the doubling of cyber-attacks in the last three months, but also in preparation for the forthcoming European Data Protection Requirements.
The Government’s Cyber Security Breaches survey shows too many organisations suffering disruption, financial loss and theft of intellectual property as a result of cybercrime. Whilst recognition of the importance of network protection is increasing, organisations are taking action too late and fall victim to attacks.
Talk Straight is one of the leading specialist Internet Service Providers to schools throughout the UK. They protect and report on over one million staff and pupils at UK educational establishments via their unique cloud based Next Generation Firewalls and content filtering platform. This year their managed service has been expanded to include cloud managed end-point protection for on and off-site customer devices. Their hosted solution incorporates the largest number of Fortigate Virtual Firewalls per cluster in Europe, using carrier grade devices, running dedicated ASIC hardware accelerators.
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Got a goal?: A helpful partner isn’t always helpful
You might think that a loving partner helps keep you on track — say, when you want to stick to your jogging or concentrate on your studies. But a new study in Psychological Science, a publication of the Association of Psychological Science, reports the opposite: Thinking about the support a significant other offers in pursuing goals can undermine the motivation to work toward those goals — and can increase procrastination before getting down to work.
The study’s authors, psychological scientists Gráinne M. Fitzsimons of Duke University and Eli J. Finkel of Northwestern University, call this phenomenon “self-regulatory outsourcing” — the unconscious reliance on someone else to move your goals forward, coupled by a relaxation of your own effort. It happens with friends and family, too.
Does this mean love doesn’t bring out the best in us? Yes and no, says Fitzsimons. “If you look just at one goal” in isolation — as the study does — “there can be a negative effect. But relying on another person also lets you spread your energy across many goals, which can be effective if your partner is helpful.”
The authors conducted three online experiments with participants recruited from a data-collection service. In the first, of 52 women, some were asked to focus on a way their partners helped them reach health and fitness goals; the control group instead entertained thoughts of their partners helping them with career goals. When asked how diligently they intended to work toward getting fitter and healthier in the coming week, the first group planned to put in less effort than the second.
Facing an academic goal, people also unconsciously outsourced their exertion to helpful partners. In the second experiment, 74 male and female students were given a means of procrastination — an engaging puzzle — before completing an academic achievement task that would help them improve their performance at university. Those who had mused about how their partner helps them with academic achievement procrastinated longer, leaving themselves less time to work productively on the academic task, than did control group participants.
“The first experiment was about intention. The second captures behavior,” says Fitzsimons.
But recognizing dependency also inspired devotion — and commitment. “In our study, women reported that their partners were very useful for their ongoing goals, giving examples like ‘I’d never get to the gym if my husband didn’t watch the children,’ or ‘I couldn’t stick to my diet without his support.'” Among 90 female participants, those who outsourced more to their significant other were also more likely to say they were committed to making sure their relationship would persist over time, suggesting that outsourcing can lead to positive relationship outcomes.
Outsourcing is really a way of “pooling resources” — a good thing in the long run, says Fitzsimons: “This research was inspired by the idea that close partners can help each other approach their ideal selves over time.”
For more information about this study, please contact Gráinne M. Fitzsimons at grainne.fitzsimons@duke.edu or Eli J. Finkel at finkel@northwestern.edu.
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REVEALED: Disgraced antivax "scientist" Andrew Wakefield met with Donald Trump in August to promote his "CDC whistleblower" conspiracy movie
By oracknows on November 1, 2016.
As I write this, the 2016 Election is lurching painfully to its conclusion, with about a week to go. In my entire adult life, dating back to when I first reached the age where I started paying attention to politics in the late 1970s, I cannot remember a more bizarre or painful election, nor can I remember an election in which one possible outcome actually terrifies me. I’m referring to the possibility of Donald Trump becoming our next President. I’ve made no secret of my contempt for his xenophobia, his blatant sexism and misogyny, his change from using racist dog whistles to racist bullhorns, his utter lack of qualifications, his temperament that is totally unfit to be President, and his generally vile personality.
I haven’t really written much about the political reasons that I oppose Trump, but I have written quite a bit about one medical and scientific reason. With one week to go before this election chugs painfully to its freak show conclusion, I was reminded of this just yesterday and figured, what the heck? I really should take one last opportunity to write about this in light of a post that I saw last night, which led me to some Facebook postings by antivaccinationists about Trump.
If there’s one thing you might not realize, it’s that antivaccinationists (at least many of them) love Donald Trump. Love him. For example, our good buddy and antivaccine conspiracy theorist, Jake Crosby, whom I like to refer to as Young Master Crosby (or, if I’m on Twitter, The Gnat), has been posting Hillary for Prison graphics, urging people to donate to the Trump campaign, and generally worshiping the ground Donald Trump walks on. Elsewhere, a man every bit as deranged as The Gnat, Mike Adams, has been delivering a steady stream of pro-Trump propaganda, along with his other pseudoscience, quackery, and lies, for several months now. More recently, the Grand Poobah of the Antivaccine Movement himself, the man who almost singlehandedly brought measles back to the UK by using a crappy fraudulent case report to frighten parents with the lie that the MMR vaccine causes autism, Andrew Wakefield, has stated that this is a “one issue” election:
To be honest, I have a hard time believing that Andrew Wakefield is so stupid that he’d be repeating the utterly risible claim that by 2032 one out of two children will have autism and that the pharmaceutical industry and government somehow want this? Does Wakefield have any self-awareness? Does he have a clue just how stupid that sounds? He probably does, but it’s all about the con, and the antivaccine activists he’s addressing actually believe such flagrant nonsense. In any case, Wakefield strongly endorsed Donald Trump because Trump believes that vaccines cause autism. In fact, he claims to have met with Donald Trump and that Trump told him he’s on Wakefield’s (and, by extension, the antivaccinationists’) side. He then lays down an even bigger whopper, claiming that, if Hillary Clinton is elected President, within two years there will be mandatory vaccination nationwide. Clearly, either Wakefield doesn’t know how our federalist system operates and that it is the states, not the federal government, that determine school vaccination requirements, or he doesn’t care. I suspect the latter. Again, Wakefield is not stupid. He is a liar. But who knows? To be able to make such ridiculously over-the-top claims, he must be, in my opinion, either stupid or lying. Take your pick.
Either way, that Andrew Wakefield supports Donald Trump (even though, as a British citizen, he can't vote in our election) is not surprising. Donald Trump has been spouting antivaccine tropes, pseudoscience, and nonsense for a long time now. What was far more disturbing to me is that in the video Wakefield claimed to have met with Trump a couple of days before to discuss vaccines and autism. That's right. If Wakefield is to be believed, the foremost antivaccine conspiracy theorist in the world, who made what is currently the most paranoid conspiracy theory "documentary" right now, met with a major party candidate for President, who told him he shares his views. That frightens me, and it should frighten you, too.
To give you a little more background, I’ve documented Donald Trump’s antivaccine views for a long time now. The first time I took notice of Trump spouting off about vaccines causing autism was in 2007, when he was quoted in an interview saying:
“When I was growing up, autism wasn’t really a factor,” Trump said. “And now all of a sudden, it’s an epidemic. Everybody has their theory. My theory, and I study it because I have young children, my theory is the shots. We’ve giving these massive injections at one time, and I really think it does something to the children.”
“When a little baby that weighs 20 pounds and 30 pounds gets pumped with 10 and 20 shots at one time, with one injection that’s a giant injection, I personally think that has something to do with it. Now there’s a group that agrees with that and there’s a group that doesn’t agree with that.”
He was also quoted in 2012 blaming a “monster shot” causing autism:
They go in and they get this monster shot. I mean, have you ever seen the size of it? It’s like they’re pumping in–you know, it’s terrible, the amount. And they pump this in to this little body, and then all of a sudden the child is different a month later, and I strongly believe that’s it. They should have vaccinations, but do them separately and over an extended period of time, not all at one time.
Then, of course, he’s been seen on Twitter many times posting pure antivaccine pseudoscience, as I documented last year:
Massive combined inoculations to small children is the cause for big increase in autism....
If I were President I would push for proper vaccinations but would not allow one time massive shots that a small child cannot take - AUTISM.
Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn't feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases!
No more massive injections. Tiny children are not horses—one vaccine at a time, over time.
I am being proven right about massive vaccinations—the doctors lied. Save our children & their future.
I'm not against vaccinations for your children, I'm against them in 1 massive dose.Spread them out over a period of time & autism will drop!
So many people who have children with autism have thanked me—amazing response. They know far better than fudged up reports!
No wonder antivaccine loons love Donald Trump. It’s not my intention to rehash all the times that Donald Trump has spewed antivaccine idiocy hither, thither, and yon. There are simply too many examples over too long a period of time. Indeed, given how many times Donald Trump has changed positions on so many other issues, I can’t help but point out one last time that antivaccine pseudoscience is probably the one position that he’s been utterly consistent about for at least a decade.
Which brings me back to Andrew Wakefield’s claim. Did Donald Trump really meet with Andrew Wakefield, the disgraced UK surgeon and researcher who was struck off and whose research leading to his infamous 1998 case series in The Lancet implicating MMR as a risk factor for autism was shown to be fraudulent so brilliantly by Brian Deer. If, so, this would be a very disturbing development, far more disturbing than yet another insinuation about Hillary Clinton’s e-mails, as it would involve a major party candidate for President of the United States meeting with an antivaccine activist looking to bring measles back to the world. Indeed, I'm glad news of this meeting came out before the election, because, quite frankly, I find the idea of Donald Trump's having met with an group of antivaccine conspiracy theorists and telling them he would help them if elected far more disturbing than yet another rehashed "revelation" about Clinton e-mails. Indeed, I'm surprised that news of this hasn't been proclaimed to the antivaccine faithful before.
Our old friend, Levi Quackenboss, one of the quackiest antivaccine bloggers out there, reports that it is indeed true that Wakefield met with Trump and offers to “share” a few things about the meeting. Why did she wait until November 1, when Wakefield’s talk dates to late August and his alleged meeting with Donald Trump a couple of days before his talk? Who knows? Who cares? I’m bringing this up because it’s something that needs to be known before the election, and Quackenboss has reported on previous meetings between the antivaccine activists behind the movie VAXXED, such as Del Bigtree, and other legislators, such as Rep. Jason Chaffetz, before. Just last week, the VAXXED crew was in my state meeting with state legislators.
Here’s what Quackenboss wrote in a blog post yesterday:
The team that visited Trump last summer says that he is very consistent in his position on vaccines. He has certainly not abandoned us. They specifically talked with him about vaccine-induced autism and they report that Trump undoubtedly knows that vaccines can and do cause autism.
Trump asked the type of questions that show the depth of his knowledge of the subject, such as how the current schedule came into being and how he can change it. He is already up to speed on what is happening. He already understands the issue.
At this point, I can’t help but note that, if Trump is truly “up to speed” on issues of vaccines and autism, even if it’s to be “up to speed” enough to know what antivaccine quacks are claiming, it would be the first time he’s been up-to-speed on pretty much any policy issue. If there’s one thing that’s been consistent about Donald Trump, it’s been that he assiduously avoids anything resembling the painful nasty details of science and policy and goes with conspiracy theories. Of course, that’s why he is so dangerous and why it is so disturbing that he actually met with the VAXXED team. Remember, the movie VAXXED is basically a movie about a conspiracy theory, that of the “CDC whistleblower.” As I mentioned a couple of days ago, VAXXED, which was directed by Wakefield and produced by Del Bigtree, is a propaganda movie disguised as a documentary that is so blatant, so full of misinformation and lies, that, if she were alive today to see it, Leni Riefenstahl would say, “Dudes, that’s a bit much. You might want to tone it down a bit.” (Yes, I like to imagine Riefenstahl calling Bigtree and Wakefield “dudes,” with a thick German accent.)
Now here’s the even more disturbing part:
The most important promise came at the end of their meeting when someone said, “Donald, you are the only one who can fix this.”
And Trump said, “I will.”
He will fix this.
Fixing this is not rocket science. Hell, it’s not even vaccine science. He will fix this. It is entirely fixable, and he appreciates our advocates lending their assistance in getting it done.
Friends, we have a direct route to stopping this madness. Can you imagine that for a second? Can you just imagine having vaccine education advocates getting face-time with the person who appoints the director of the CDC?
Trump asked for a follow-up with our side. They are giving him advice on how to help us.
It’s quite possible that Quackenboss is delusional about how much sway antivaccinationists have with the Trump campaign. She’s frequently delusional about a great many things. On the other hand, politicians—and, make no mistake, Trump is now a politician—frequently tell constituents what they want to hear. Also, Trump is known for being a most talented and shameless liar. However, there is a grain of plausibility here. Trump loves conspiracy theories, and the CDC whistleblower is a doozy of a conspiracy theory. He believes Alex Jones. He Tweets conspiracy theories unaltered about a great many things. He lies. All the time. So who knows what Trump really thought meeting with Andrew Wakefield and the VAXXED crew (and whoever else came along for the ride)? If he actually watched the copy of VAXXED Quackenboss claims that he received from Wakefield, Trump would almost certainly eat it up.
So did Donald Trump meet with Andrew Wakefield? Wakefield is a liar, and Quackenboss is deluded, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t telling the truth here. They might be exaggerating or spinning or they might be deluding themselves into believing that Trump cares about their pet conspiracy theories more than he actually does, but it does appear that Trump did meet with a man who is arguably the most famous antivaccine activist in the world.
Of course, Trump has no clue about how the government works. He’s frequently blamed Hillary Clinton for not getting things done in 25 years in the federal government, seemingly not understanding that, for example, a single junior Senator can’t change the law by fiat, and even the President’s power to achieve his or her aims is constrained by Congress and the Courts. If Trump were elected and actually did follow through with the promises that Quackenboss claims he made to Wakefield, what he could achieve would be limited. He couldn’t, for example, unilaterally change the laws in 50 states mandating certain vaccinations for children entering school and daycare. He could, however, royally screw up the CDC, reversing decades of progress, by meddling in the internal affairs of the CDC and appointing a Secretary of Health and Human Services who is antivaccine-sympathetic. True, given existing law and the permanent bureaucracy of HHS and the CDC, there are limits to what he could do without changing the law, but by promoting the myth that vaccines cause autism from the White House as President of the United States, even if he ultimately produces little substantive difference in actual vaccine policy, he can still do enormous damage to public health that would take decades to reverse. Millions would believe the myth coming from the President of the United States.
That scares me almost as much as the thought of Donald Trump’s finger on the nuclear trigger.
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HIllary scares me; the Donald is terrifying.
To a considerable extent, I really don't care what USAian's do to themselves in their own country but both presidential candidates are very scary from a foreign policy view.
The suggestion that Trump could help turn the USA into a net exporter of VPD's and possibly gut one of the premier public health organizations in the world adds to the nightmare. And given Trump's flair for policy the idiot would never understand the issue!
By jrkrideau (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
My condolences on your lack of a good option. A raving lunatic, or an incompetent twit. One doesn't understand the rules, and the other doesn't care to follow them. You folks really need to develop a third and fourth party that is actually viable at the national level. Then at least you would have an option beyond holding your nose and voting for the least bad.
Good luck come Nov 8 Orac.
By Anonymous Pseudonym (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
Also, Trump is known for being a most talented liar.
"Flagrant" and "shameless" are not the same as "talented". Have Trump's lies ever convinced anyone who didn't already want to believe?
By herr doktor bimler (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
Here come the false equivalencies:
A racist, facist sexual predator with an undiagnosed personality disorder, impulse control issues, and a love of conspiracy theories who denies basic science about numerous issues, wants to increase the number of countries who have nukes, and has been endorsed by the KKK and neo-Nazi groups (I don't get how "ludgenpresse" and "judenpresse" being all over his rallies isn't getting more attention) and wants to gut the first amendment and jail his opponent, whose VP pick's dream is to usher the US into the Republic of Gilead.
A pretty competent politician whose policies you may disagree with but EMAILS and VINCE FOSTER and probably more than a little bit her vagina and her shrill voice.
A shady politician vs. a literal dumpster fire who could end the world.
BRING ON THE FALSE EQUIVALENCIES.
By Frequent Lurker (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
How apropos! http://bit.ly/2e1HkQg Especially K and V.
By Science Mom (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
Doesn't matter Science Mom, because she sent some emails once.
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#4 Frequent Lurker
No false equivalences from me. I think Clinton is a danger on the foreign affairs and that her foreign affairs / are pretty incompetent as the history of the last 15 or 20 years indicates. Thus she/they scare me.
Oh, and the Benghazi fiasco was nothing but the GOP being their normal idiot selves. One hopes that no one discovers that Clinton got a speeding ticket when she was in college. Trump/GOP would turn that into a hit and run with Hillary shooting it out with the FBI as she made her escape.
I really don't care that much about US internal policy where she may be quite competent though I probably would not like some of her policies.
OTOH Trump is everything you say and probably a lot more. He is truly TERRIFYING.
What has amazed me is that the Dems have not tried to make more out of his alleged attempt to do business with Cuba. If at all true, it seems a lot better attack point than those silly Putin accusations. Wait, I forgot that fantasy has replaced fact in this US presidential election
" foreign affairs / " should read "foreign affairs advisers"
Come to think of it, the closest Trump comes to foreign advisors makes a zombie farm look good.
@jkrideau, Clinton was a junior senator, later, US Secretary of State.
Junior senators don't set policy for anything, save perhaps, their own office.
The US Secretary of State doesn't set policy, the POTUS does.
As for Trump attempting to conduct any business with Cuba, that's a dead issue since Obama opened relations with Cuba.
But, Trump openly admiring Putin and Putin's support for Trump (plus a few other things I cannot discuss) does give me grave reservations about the man and his loyalties.
So, we have two choices, Clinton and pretty much no change in policies or Trump and probable embargoes against the US, sanctions against the US and even money, thermonuclear war.
By Wzrd1 (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
it’s all about the con
Which would explain why Wakefield and Trump have a natural affinity for each other. One is a former medical researcher who was "struck off" (as they say in the UK) for research misconduct including fabrication of data and failure to disclose a personal financial interest in the research. The other is a serial deadbeat who routinely stiffs his contractors [1] (including lawyers who have defended him in suits against him for failure to pay) and whose repayment practices are so infamous that no US bank will do business with him. Grifters gotta grift.
[1]Why this has not received more prominence I have no idea. Trump is not anti-establishment, he is the establishment, and on many documented occasions he has stiffed the little guy. In spite of this, lots of small business owners plan to vote for Trump, which is like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.
By Eric Lund (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
I’m (wholeheartedly) with HER!
Never before have I heard so many comparing the candidate of their party to some alleged “perfect” candidate, as if in the past this was the case and only now are we faced with such horrible “imperfection”. Appeals to therefore vote for loons on the fringe are even more confounding.
By NastyWoman (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
As for Trump attempting to conduct any business with Cuba, that’s a dead issue since Obama opened relations with Cuba.
I guess it is but I don't see why. It seems to me to be pretty damn close to dealing with the enemy. I mean the next best thing to committing treason and it's being ignored?
It seems a bit like telling Lord HaHa the war is over so don't worry about your broadcasts.
Putin’s support for Trump ????
He may have said something kind about Trump but support? He's not stupid. My personal bet is that Putin and his cabinet are sitting around the cabinet table (or the banya?) shaking their heads and hoping for Hillary as the lesser of the two evils.
we have two choices
Yes, the not great but not mad one of Clinton and the totally mad and bad one of Trump.
You may call us names like “paranoid conspiracy nuts”, but at least have one thing in common: Our experiences and knowledge of the subject is consistent. In contrast, pro-vaxxer fanatics seem to be all over the map with their beliefs and basic knowledge. I’ve been having this debate for a long time, and in that time I’ve heard a broad array of arguments:
Pro-vaxxer fanatic #1 claims that vaccines are not drugs.
Pro-vaxxer fanatic #2 admit that some vaccines carry more risks than others (which I agree with).
Pro-vaxxer fanatic #3 lumps 3rd world countries into the disease fatality statistics.
Pro-vaxxer fanatic #4 claims that absolutely NO Thiomersal
exists in ANY vaccines.
Pro-vaxxer fanatic #5 claims that any/all children can take an unlimited amount of vaccines and suffer 0 serious adverse reactions.
Pro-vaxxer fanatic #6 (my personal favorite) concedes that vaccines can cause serious/permanent damage to a portion of the population but blames it on “bad genes”.
So you see, its very hard for anyone who thinks critically to take any of you guys seriously. It would be great however if pro-vaxxers could hold a town meeting to get on the same page with their beliefs.
By Cypher (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
Cypher:
By TBruce (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
I see you're taking your straw man out for a stroll. How nice.
By gaist (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
# 15 gaist
Halloween is over so there are lots of straw-men available.
"Pro-vaxxer fanatic #3 lumps 3rd world countries into the disease fatality statistics."
Yes, this is so unfair! Nobody care about them 3d world people, nothing antivaxers say could possibly affect views of the people living there, and besides, just feed all of those savages lots of vitamin A, cod liver oil and apple cider vinegar and they won't have any more of disgusting yet beneficial diseases that we eradicated through better sanitation.
You don't hear them bellowing about autism in Somalia, now do you?
You da man, Cypher!
By Dangerous Bacon (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
He may have said something kind about Trump but support? He’s not stupid. My personal bet is that Putin and his cabinet are sitting around the cabinet table (or the banya?) shaking their heads and hoping for Hillary as the lesser of the two evils.
I strongly disagree. There is substantial evidence that Russian hackers, who may have Russian government support, have been working in concert with Wikileaks in order to influence the election in Donald Trump's favor. Remember also that Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, resigned after his lobbying ties to Russia became news. And the Republican party platform planks that Trump was personally interested in were all foreign policy planks that were changed in a more pro-Russia direction.
I have also heard suggestions that Putin's agents may have compromised Trump himself--suggestions I find plausible because Donald Trump is the kind of man who is easily lured into a "honey trap". I don't think Trump is an actual Russian agent, but the most charitable reading of his Russia ties that I can come up with is that Putin considers him a useful idiot.
Putin's goal is to weaken Western alliances, including NATO and the EU. There was Russian money on the pro-Brexit side in that referendum, and Putin appears to be backing Le Pen in France. Electing Donald Trump would further Putin's goals, at least in the short to medium term.
Eric Lund"
"the most charitable reading of his Russia ties that I can come up with is that Putin considers him a useful idiot"
That's how I read it too. And what many observers noticed: Trump had financial ties with Russia, he admires Putin as a "strong leader", and Putin, not being stupid indeed, is exploiting the situation to the max. I bet he would love a president Trump going into nuclear war with China or North Korea, for instance...
By Irene Delse (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
Three thoughts -
A. The comments you quoted from Trump about needle size really suggest he has not seen a child vaccinated in a long time, maybe ever. Wonder where that weird idea got fixed in his head.
B. Someone who asks how the current schedule came about is not, in my view, demonstrating depth of knowledge, and the fact that it's presented that way is, well, weird.
C. The blogger may also have some strange conceptions about how our policy making system and the CDC work. Yes, if Trump is elected, he can nominate a director for the CDC that will then have to be confirmed by the Senate. That does not translate into being able to magically order the CDC around or change our vaccine schedule, or affect state policies on this. Even if we believed for a moment that a hypothetical President Trump would focus all his energies on that, and not on pleasing his other, more numerous supporters. If the blogger thinks that Trump being elected would directly translate into our vaccine scheduled being undermined, the blogger doesn't understand the administrative state any better than she understands vaccines.
By Dorit Reiss (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
I have also heard suggestions that Putin’s agents may have compromised Trump himself–suggestions I find plausible because Donald Trump is the kind of man who is easily lured into a “honey trap”.
Agreed. His comments and actions reveal a man who thinks with his "little head".
By Julian Frost (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
If the blogger thinks that Trump being elected would directly translate into our vaccine scheduled being undermined, the blogger doesn’t understand the administrative state any better than she understands vaccines.
But, but ... Robyn Ross is a lawyer!
My money's on this being an utter crock, but I suppose somebody could just ask Trump.
By Narad (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
I really wish someone would, but given how close to the election is I tend to doubt that this will happen.
By oracknows on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
Could I pick stupid AND lying?
By D Young (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
The comments you quoted from Trump about needle size really suggest he has not seen a child vaccinated in a long time, maybe ever. Wonder where that weird idea got fixed in his head.
Trump is 70 years old now, so he would have been about nine when the Salk vaccine became available. I don't know for sure if he got a polio vaccination, but polio was a big deal in the early to mid 1950s, so it's probable he did. It is also possible that, between improved technology and not being fully physically grown when he got the vaccine, he might think that the needle is bigger than it really is.
I am sure, however, that you are right about his not seeing a child vaccinated recently. That would have been something his children's mothers would have dealt with.
but by promoting the myth that vaccines cause autism from the White House as President of the United States ... he can still do enormous damage to public health that would take decades to reverse
Yes, but he would garner considerable ridicule from the rest of the world, which might help a few people realise just what sort of person they'd voted into the White House. Then again, such criticism would be seen by some of his other fans as evidence which bolsters their paranoid conspiracy fantasies. Oh well.
Sorry. If Trump gets in, you're fucked. But if that happens, I'll say thanks for joining us: I thought only the UK had been so monumentally stupid as to vote to fuck itself up this year.
By Rich Woods (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
which might help a few people realise just what sort of person they’d voted into the White House
Unfortunately, the people who would vote for Trump won't be among them. They seem absolutely sure that Trump should be President. The Dunning-Kruger is strong in Trump voters, as it is in Trump himself.
"I have also heard suggestions that Putin’s agents may have compromised Trump himself–suggestions I find plausible because Donald Trump is the kind of man who is easily lured into a “honey trap”."
This theory presumes that Trump would be sufficiently mortified by something he did to fall for blackmail, and that his supporters would care if they heard about it.
Not likely.
I observe that Orac and some of his minions ( USian and otherwise) are not exactly thrilled at the prospect of a Trump presidency**
HOWEVER because of my education,
training and experience dealing with people suffering from emotional turmoil who fear their possible future, I offer help:
- take deep breaths, empty your mind of all thought- let the world in its misery and distress *float* past you- like a dream:
for it surely is.*All things will pass. All things will pass away.*
- eat luscious food that woo-meisters deem 'bad' for you
- look in the liquor cabinet/ stash drawer*** and see what is immediately available
- call your friends to 'talk about it' in a sincere manner
(because we are sceptics and look first to DATA and REALITY)
Go to 538 RIGHT NOW!
Alright, first read an article or two,
- click on the map
- click on the forecasts
- click on various states
- scroll down for more polls, time line graphs ( really good for you!)
LOOK at the numbers. Don't panic YET. It could be much worse. I agree it was better last week. Perhaps too good to be true
NEVER forget: liberals freak out all of the time.
We can handle this and much worse. Our parents lived through the Depression, the War, the Blitz, Viet Nam, Reagan/ Thatcher ( choose one or more).
Other sources MSNBC, Bloomberg Politics
** (((shudder)))
*** believe it or not, I do not have a stash drawer
By Denice Walter (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
I do not believe it :D
More seriously: Orac mentions negative qualities associated with Trump-
while I have no idea if the fellow himself is amongst them
( he protests otherwise- possibly truthfully as his daughter is Jewish )
some of his supporters are quite anti-Semitic and anti-media, often conflating the two.
I read and heard about quite a few instances of awful material on social media flung on people who may be Jewish or who have 'Jewish-sounding' names
Anti-Semitism goes so well with racism and misogyny.
@ Science Mom:
Do you really think that I could maintain my weight if I had the aforementioned Stash Drawer?
Shockingly, I weigh what I did when I started my university education.
Stash drawers would make that impossible.
And- believe it or not- I do not get
free samples of pharmaceuticals to hand out like candy.
People like me for other reasons too arcane to mention.
I was imagining a stash of something other than chocolates...
By JP (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
Oh. The munchies. Of course.
Anyway, re: Putin and Trump, Trump claims that Putin "says nice things" about him. It's been reported that Putin called Trump "bright" or "brilliant" - this is kind of true, in the literal sense. He called him yarkii, which literally means bright or brilliant, in the "colorful" or even "gaudy" sense.
Putin is a lot of things, but not stupid, as mentioned above. He certainly does favor a President Trump, though - he has come right out and said it now - because Trump would be just as much of a xenophobe/Islamophobe/racist/etc. as Putin. Plus he would be a useful idiot; he's a gargoyle downspout for pipeline* of Russian disinformation. See him repeating BS from RT lately.
*Or puke funnel, if you prefer.
Oh, and they (Putin and Trump) have both become fabulously wealthy through shady dealings, and are both beloved by various oligarchs who aspire to such heights...
@ JP:
I avoid 'smokables' partially for that reason but also because it de-sharpens my .. ahem! *abilities*.
I have had experience with other drugs/ meds that I enjoy IMMENSELY
I never wanted to become beholden to a substance.. if you catch my drift.
And I don't eat chocolate at all.
I have more interesting tastes.
Woo-meisters would faint if they saw my choices.
Yeah, but that "all things will pass" and "all things will pass away" applies to ME, too, and I don't want to pass away having spent the next few decades left in my life experiencing the aftereffects of a Trump Presidency.
DB@29: Granted, Trump's supporters won't care. But as Willie Stark put it, "the right kind of argumentum can scare the hominem into a laundry bill he didn't expect." So I can envision a Russian agent telling Trump something like this:
We have film of what you did last night. That girl is underage. We know that the American police will prosecute people who do this. You wouldn't want us to share this film with the American Embassy, would you?
Trump has gotten away with as much as he has because as a white male with money, he automatically gets a lot of not-entirely-deserved respect. That, and the non-disclosure agreements he makes everybody working with him sign. (We know about how he treated Alicia Machado because, as the reigning Miss Universe when Trump bought the pageant, she was not covered under that NDA.) But the police properly take a dim view of an adult who has sex with minors.
Denice@30: For a polling aggregator, I prefer Sam Wang's site. 538 has been much too sensitive to news noise this cycle, and I think their error bars are much too large.
Wang shows Clinton as having a 97% (random drift) to 99% (Bayesian) chance of winning, and computes that the state level polls would have to shift in aggregate three points toward Trump for Trump to win. The Senate, however, looks like it's coming down to the wire. The Democrats need to pick up four seats (five if the Republicans win the Presidency) to gain a Senate majority. Illinois is almost assured, and Pennsylvania is likely. But five other Republican-held seats (IN, MO, NC, NH, WI) and one Democratic-held seat (Nevada) are within one percent. So if you are looking for a place for a political donation, consider donating in one of those six races.
Taking the House is a longshot, because districts in several states are so heavily gerrymandered that Clinton would have to win by about 8 points to make a House flip likely. But the Democrats are likely to pick up some seats--15 to 20 is the estimated range I have seen; 30 would be required to flip the house. I live in one of the potential pick-up districts (NH-01). Long-time readers of this blog will be pleased to hear that Issa (CA-49) is one of the endangered incumbents.
And before that, we had the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. You know, where they do the torture.
What's with that? We're not supposed to have anything to do with Cuba but there is our military base down there -- What do we do, render unto them our Gitmo special services in return?
Mmmm, Trump. I'll hug him and love him and kiss him and squeeze him and call him George.
By Gilbert (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
Two things, both directly related to security:
1) Here's the message I received on November 2, 2016 when attempting to visit Science-Based Medicine:
"The owner of www.sciencebasedmedicine.org has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website."
2) On the U.S. election and so many poll results suggesting a close race, did you know that the Moody's model has predicted every election correctly since it was created in 1980? I didn't:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/303729-election-…
By Lighthorse (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
It is quite possible that the Russians have hacked the Democrats system. But then, so, probably, has the NSA, GCHQ (?), the Chinese, and a spotty teenager in his parents' basement in Cleveland Ohio. The CSE in Ottawa may have done it if they had a quiet Friday. Hacking a system with that many users including volunteers is likely to be trivial.
# 36 JP
So Putin used “яркий”? I had never seen/heard the Russian. Thanks JP.
An adjective like that tends to support my opinion that Putin is not supporting Trump. Trump could play the role of useful idiot, though rising up to the level is “useful” might be difficult for him.
He would be likely to be such a loose cannon that he would be of a dangerous liability than any kind of asset. I am sure Putin knows that Trump would be just as dishonest, shifty and opportunistic dealing with him as he would be when dealing with anyone else.Putin is a smart politician and seems unlikely to do something this stupid and chancy.
Putin is juggling a number serious situations around home, does anyone think he is going to waste time and annoy the most likely new presidentof the US by supporting a losing buffoon?
One can see one reason why he might want it to appear that he supports Trump; he really prefers Clinton as the devil he knows versus the mad idiot no one knows. Anyone remember the Brer Rabbit stories?
Putin appears to support Trump; Americans panic and rush to Clinton. Occam's razor suggests it is a lot simpler to blame the rumours on some Democratic Party disinformation effort.
These claims of Russian hacking, etc., remind me a lot of the run-up to the Iraq invasion. Steel tubing, yellow cake, mobile chemical warfare units, rockets.
Still it is quite possible that the Russians have hacked the Democrats computers. But then, so probably has the NSA, Bletchly Park, the Chinese, the Romanians and a spotty teenager in this parents' basement in Cleveland Ohio. The CSE in Ottawa may have done it if it was a quiet Friday.
Hacking a system with that many users including volunteers and technologically untrained politicians is likely to be trivial.
I did not bookmark it but I remember a report that one “Russian” hacker left behind some kind of user name. The name was “Фе́ликс Эдму́ндович” [Felix Edmundovich] the name and patronymic of Felix Dzerzhinsky. Let's make sure everyone realizes it is the FSB! This is the equivalent of a 3 year old hiding behind the sofa and then jumping up and down saying, “Here I am Daddy”. Sorry but this type of thing makes me less convinced about any Russian activity.
I pick Andy as lying, all the way. The "mandatory vaccination nationwide" if HRC is elected claim is the giveaway. Andy has to know pols in Texas who would explain that the GOP will almost certainly retain the House, which will consider no business other than impeaching Clinton and repealing Obamacare. NONE of HRC's agenda will get past the House or the Senate filibuster, and whatever HRC devotes her limited political capital to in an attempt to move forward, it won't be vaccines.
Even if AJW has started to half-believe his own BS and Sennet's as well, his broader CT-mongering is pure con. The whole 'new-Tuskeegee' schtick is one of the most transparently cynical and calculated bits of BS I've ever seen.
If The Donald did actually meet with anyone from Team Vaxxed', I doubt he'd remember their names, and with his infamously short attention span I put the odds he watched the movie at zero. Maybe, if Del sent him a brown-nosing Tweet, Trump would read it and re-tweet it along with other praise from neo-nazis, anti-semites, and pickup-artist MRAs.
Andy's just another comparatively low-level grifter toward the back of the long line of opportunists looking to make a buck by exploiting Trumpism, and actually LESS "ridiculously over-the-top" than the major players in front of him in line. On Monday, Ann Coulter said if Trump loses politics is over, and the only recourse is to hunker in a bunker as "America becomes some combo platter of Afghanistan and Guatemala."
Andy's grift is to maintain a very comfortable lifestyle by sucking money from narcissistic well-heeled strivers who have had their visions of the perfect life they feel was their destiny and birthright derailed by the 'blight' of autism. He cares not one whit if the common folk who were once worried enough to hold off on immunizing their kids are now taking them in for their shots, as long as enough of the hoi poloi with ASD kids can be convinced only he can oppose the massive conspiracy that just MUST have been necessary to 'blight' their otherwise ubermenschen 'winning' existences. He needs to keep less than a few thousand marks from pulling out the IV cash-transfusion needle of his con. And spinning a narrative where HRC would signal The End of Days, but he and only he, ANDY WAKEFIELD has the ear of The Donald and can save the perfect snowflake babies wil get them to open their wallets one more time.
I'm sure Andy has already worked out another narrative variation to fuel his grift after Trump goes down in flames, and in true Orwellina fashion, if anything he's ever said in the past needs to be erased and forgotten to accomodate it, that will occur with no perceivable friction.
As frightening as Trumpism truly is, this latest blast from Andy is actually good news on the public health front. The AVs keep moving farther out the looney-limb, and though this parallels Trumpism, it's haute bourgeois narcissism won't draw any converts from the lumpen-Trumpen. VPD outbreaks can't happen unless a certain critical mass of more-or-less otherwise normal parents become just worried enough about vaccine 'maybes' that they fail to act - people who do not hold 'vaccines absolutely cause autism' as a first principle that dominates and redefines their identities. They have a lot of high-stakes things to worry about in the Trump/Clinton contest : losing or finding a decent paying job, they or theirs dying in a war or terrorist attack, losing everything in the next crash of the speculation bubble, sexual harassment... Telling anyone but the already True Believers that this is "a one-issue" election, and is a sure way to get them to turn away and never take anything else you say or have ever said seriously.
In closing, I submit it's waaay past time to retire 'stupid' as an epithet directed at either Andy or his marks. What's going on there is a very clever con artist exploiting a precise pathological cognitive blindspot shared by a small group of not-in-any-general-way-stupid swells. There's simply no rational way to explain the so-far-BEYOND-stupid BS they're willing to buy, and he can get away with selling them.
By sadmar (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
Eric Lund:
Trump is not anti-establishment, he is the establishment, and on many documented occasions he has stiffed the little guy. In spite of this, lots of small business owners plan to vote for Trump, which is like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.
That is absolutely brilliant. Mind if I stash that in my quotefile for future reuse? ;-)
By Calli Arcale (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
Pretty sure Drumpf hasn't seen VAXXED because it isn't about him or star him or reference him (to my knowledge). Narcissists cannot abide anything that isn't about THEM.
By Katatonic (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
I'm just depressed that in an election with 4 candidates (counting the third party folks), one is full on anti-vaxx (Trump) one is very loud dog whistles anti-vax (Stein), one is probably anti-vax but I haven't heard it directly (Johnson) and only one actually acknowledges the science behind vaccination (Clinton).
For goodness sake, what century is it?
By JustaTech (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
3rd world (old term, by the way. Not considered very respectful) countries like...oh, France (where measles infection directly kills 1 in 2000) or California (where SSPE is killing people who catch measles early on).
One does wonder where cypher copied the points from.
By Matthew Carey (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
@JustaTech,
Gary Johnson changed his opinion from 4 years ago and now supports vaccination. Unfortunately for his campaign hopes, he didn't do his foreign affairs homework and has tanked in the polls. But we might see a complete independent win in Utah.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mcmullin-may-need-a-game-changer-to…
By squirrelelite (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
@JustaTech
Until recently Johnson opposed 'mandatory vaccination' on Libertarian principle, but in August someone explained herd immunity to him and he changed his position:
ohnson said he believes vaccination policy should be handled at the local level. "In my opinion, this is a local issue. If it ends up to be a federal issue, I would come down on the side of science and I would probably require that vaccine," he said. Johnson said his position changed recently. "It's an evolution actually just in the last month or so," he said. "I was under the belief that … 'Why require a vaccine? If I don't want my child to have a vaccine and you want yours to, let yours have the vaccine and they'll be immune.' Well, it turns out that that's not the case, and it may sound terribly uninformed on my part, but I didn't realize that."
Longtime RI readers will recall Orac faulted Clinton back in '08 for her responses to a questionnaire on autism research from an autism activist group: http://tinyurl.com/zr2ugwu. At the time, anti-vax had yet to retreat to the Trump-loving lunatic fringe represented by AoA, NVIC had some bi-partisan credibility, especially given it's funding by Claire Dwoskin, whose hubby Al was a friend and political ally of the Clintons.. and a big donor to HRC's campaign. So, Hillary was probably just doing a bit of temporary pandering to Claire Dwoskin for the $$, and not paying that much attention to the science. Post-Disneyland, that whole dynamic disappeared, HRC made her celebrated #GrandmothersKnowBest Tweet: "The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork. Let's protect all our kids." The remaining True Believer AV's have subsequently been running "Mandated Vaccines Will Be A Toxic Reality Of A Clinton Administration" smack anywhere they can catch a vine. A Google search of 'Claire Dwoskin vaccines' yields ZERO hits posted in the past 12 months.
I went to an issues-matching website where one of the questions dealt with Vaccines. It said that Trump supports Federally mandated vaccines for children, and the quote they had to support that "opinion" was woefully brief and vague ("I'm for vaccines... but would spread them out"). Their fact checker must not have any idea what he/she was looking for, but being misled like that makes me cringe. I had to explain to my husband the "I'm not antivaccine, but...." anti-vax statement.
By Kristina (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
"I pick Andy as lying, all the way. The “mandatory vaccination nationwide” if HRC is elected claim is the giveaway."
This is the current rhetoric of his team. Especially Del Bigtree.
"Be afraid! They are coming for YOU! Mandatory vaccines!!!!"
Calli@47: The "chickens for Colonel Sanders" part is not original with me--I've long since forgotten who I first heard use it. But if you think the line will persuade any potential voters, go ahead and use it.
There was a recent post to the VAXXED Facebook page congratulating Wakefraud for being in Italy speaking to "leaders" there about Vaxxed. The picture with the post was Wakefield with the US flag taking up the whole background. I saw some debate over whether Wakfraud now has US citizenship. If not, then the Trumpers need to know that AJW is one of them thar ebil foreigners.
By Chris Hickie (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
I can't put too fine a point on it. We in New Zealand are terrified at the thought that monster Donald J Trump could conceiveably become US President. This is worse than the Cold War ever was!
By NZ Skeptic (not verified) on 02 Nov 2016 #permalink
Here’s the message I received on November 2, 2016 when attempting to visit Science-Based Medicine
The SSL has been broken for quite some time.
Correction: I incorrectly assumed above that the CDC Director is a principal officer whose appointment has to be confirmed by the Senate. It looks like he's directly appointed by the president alone.
NZ Skeptic:
Most Canadians are terrified as well. We also have proximity and economic ties to worry about. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (father of PM Justin) famously said while addressing a US audience:
Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.
In the case of Trump, substitute Cthulu for elephant.
@ Orac:
Going by the numbers- and a little bit of insider dope**- I think that we don't have that much to fear:
- look at the numbers ( including Wang and Moody's - which I have seen as well as those on my other sites)
- liberals/ democrats are notorious 'bedwetters' prior to elections - even the last one ( numbers looked good for the Handsome Black Ninj.. I mean Mr Obama but the partisans freaked out bigly).** It is in their nature.
At any rate, I keep telling myself these things so I don't go out and drown my sorrows in Tanqueray and diet tonic.
** David Plouffe etc.
*** I know I had to say it once. It IS BIG LEAGUE.
@ Eric Lund:
Also, Trump may not have been followed as closely by journalists as he should have been ( despite the great stuff I see now although I did see some way back when):
there is so much dreck surrounding him, they seem to have let some pass as they move on to the next piece of crap, hoping desperately to find more brightly shining crap to write about/ report on. AND there are loads of it.
Opposition research on him prior to his convention may have not been so great- did they hope to save money, doubting that he would last?
I take comfort in the fact that women do NOT want to vote for him by a wide margin,
so being that most - if not all- states have more women than men and women vote more than men,
even if 50% of women vote against him, we can't win.
Remember that old '90's tune:
" We got the power" ?
Perhaps it's true.
*Pardonez mon slip Freudian*:
it's HE can't win
@Denice: Nate Silver stated that the Cubs had the same chance of winning the World Series as Donald Trump has of winning the election. Am I right to be extra worried now?
sadmar and squirrelelite, Thanks! "On the state level" makes me super twitchy, but it's really refreshing to hear that not only is Johnson willing to not blindly follow the party line on this, but that's he's open to new information.
(Not that I would vote for him. If anything this election cycle has shown him to be pretty darn loony in general. And I already voted, happily, for HRC.)
@JP: Nate said that when the Cubs were down 3 games to 1. The fact that the Cubs came back to win the next 3 games is a reminder that unlikely things like that can in fact happen, but it doesn't make other unlikely things more likely to happen. So if you were discounting Trump as having no chance when Hillary was being given a 87% chance of winning, you should be more worried than that, but not so worried that you think the sky is falling.
By Dave W. (not verified) on 03 Nov 2016 #permalink
Actually, if you read message boards, letters to the editor, etc, an astonishing number of kiwis support Trump. And a lot don't care, they just enjoy watching the whole train wreck.
By Biblia (not verified) on 03 Nov 2016 #permalink
I don't know what you're all so upset about. I mean, he seems like a reasonable sort. Who among us has not looked at a 10 year old girl and said, "I'll be dating her in 10 years, can you believe it?" It takes a truly decent, honourable man to sexualize a child. And his "love" for his eldest daughter is not puke-inducing in the least. His comments with respect to her are only cringeworthy if you're one of these pantsuit-loving feminazis.
By Delphine (not verified) on 03 Nov 2016 #permalink
Pro-vaxxer fanatic #3 lumps 3rd world countries (sic) into the disease fatality statistics.
Yeah, because who cares about them, right. Fuck off.
Gad, Delphine, we've missed you.
By shay simmons (not verified) on 03 Nov 2016 #permalink
TBruce:
I am reminded of the quote attributed to 19th-Century Mexican President Porfirio Diaz: "Poor Mexico. So far from God, so close to the United States!" :)
(apologies for the amateurish emoticon)
By Harrison Bolter (not verified) on 03 Nov 2016 #permalink
Oops. I thought my emoticon would come out looking like the way I typed it (colon-parentheses).
@ Denice Walter :
*Pardonez mon slip Freudian*
This french commenter couldn't help but laugh since "slip" means "briefs" in french ; the correct (but less funny) word would be "lapsus freudien". ;-)
By LouV (not verified) on 04 Nov 2016 #permalink
@Delphine: welcome back! You've been missed. How's Delphinette and Mr D?
Big news around this household: Youngest was accepted into an accelerated nursing program (BSN in 18 months - you have to already have a BA to be admitted). She's already discussing what vaccines she needs to get to make sure she's fully UTD, especially for a hospital setting. (She's normal UTD, but needs a few boosters for clinicals).
By MI Dawn (not verified) on 04 Nov 2016 #permalink
( -btw- I'm glad that Dave explained that for you.)
We have to go with the flow and keep looking at the numbers. As I mentioned above, liberals are well-known for their capacity for freaking out: after all, we are sensitive souls ( not that we have souls) and metaphorically, bedwetters ( see the other sites I enumerate above).
Right now. although I am decidedly not as pleased as punch, I feel that we are not in a terrible place. Probabilities of more than 80% in an ideologically divided country would never become ironbound realities but are merely evanescent reactions to Trumpian faux pas/ reveals.
Just look at this:
- women's vote contra Trump
- how educated voters vastly reject him
- Hispanics as well
- African Americans ( in part)
Portions of these blocs may indeed make up for other weaknesses compared to Obama (such as the lessened Youngster factor and decreased turnout amongst African Americans). She may win some voters whom traditional Republicans used to count upon ( white college educated). It seems that the Hispanic vote may be very important this year and they don't love him.
AND don't forget the news cycle. Although it gives and it takes away**, more and more crap is leaking about Trump and his friends in the FBI etc
Thus, hang tough. It's only a few more days. Hopefully..
** like the ( non-existent) Lord.
"I am reminded of the quote attributed to 19th-Century Mexican President Porfirio Diaz: “Poor Mexico. So far from God, so close to the United States!”
A curious remark, seeing that Diaz got U.S. support for his 8th run for the Presidency (which he won thanks to massive electoral fraud, and was subsequently driven from office). Diaz seems to have prospered during his time as Mexico's ruler despite being so close to the United States:
"The Porfiriato was marked by corruption and bloodshed of unprecedented scale in Mexican history. Economic growth mainly benefited Díaz' close allies such as small political groups, family and accomplices government posts such as heads of army units, Mexican states as well as foreigners such as the Rockefellers, Hearsts and Guggenheims of the time. Díaz in turn would require a percentage of their tax earnings, amassing a large personal fortune."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfirio_D%C3%ADaz
Of course, that's nothing compared to the scandalous behavior of Canada's dictators. ;)
@ LouV:
I hope that you realise that I am here, first and foremost, to entertain whilst providing information and holding hands.
At any rate, I, like my late father, have worked on developing my natural capacities for speaking and writing in Franglais.
It is much easier than Yiddish and I am much better at it than I am Japanese, Arabic or Russian which are much harder to mangle and use different alphabets.
As for the briefs, well, I mostly keep them in my legal folder.
A couple of points here. One, a lot of Trump's scandalous behavior involves sex, one way or another. Sex sells. There is a reason why so many beer ads feature babes in bikinis. It's one of the things that titillated so much of the American public during Bill Clinton's presidency (especially the hypocrisy of "family values" Congressmen arguing for Clinton's impeachment over a consensual extramarital affair while themselves being engaged in extramarital affairs). Trump's history (cheating with eventual wife #2 while married to wife #1, and subsequently cheating with eventual wife #3 while married to wife #2) was at least partially known.
Furthermore, Trump is a New Yorker, and a large fraction of the national press in the US is based in New York. This obviously includes the New York Times, but also the Big Three networks, Fox News, and MSNBC. (I'm not sure if CNN runs out of Atlanta or New York.) These people know Trump better than most Americans know Trump, and most New Yorkers in those circles hate Trump.
My main concern is that people tell polls one thing, then go do another.
It was found after the fact, that a fair few people who claimed to be Remain in the EU, actually voted Brexit on the day.
Just to shake things up!
Then bitterly regretted it.
And Brexit isn't near as bad as Trump as president.
C'mon USA, you are winning, carry on winning.
By Jay Onit (not verified) on 04 Nov 2016 #permalink
Eric Lund @78: There's also the issue that Trump regularly encourages the people at his rallies to rage at specific members of the media covering his campaign. At least one reported for NBC has to have Secret Service protection to get in and out of those events safely.
Speaking of disgraces, I see that the Dachelbot is singing praises of... Hillel Handler.
^ More Handler. Yup, children are property.
For completeness. Way past Yazbak territory.
Hillel Handler
Another victim of nominal determinism.
quite a few pro vax liars around these parts.
Dr. Verstraeten [CDC], pg. 40: “…we have found statistically significant relationships between the exposure and outcomes for these different exposures and outcomes. First, for two months of age, an unspecified developmental delay, which has its own specific ICD9 code. Exposure at three months of age, Tics. Exposure at six months of age, an attention deficit disorder. Exposure at one, three and six months of age, language and speech delays which are two separate ICD9 codes. Exposures at one, three and six months of age, the entire category of neurodevelopmental delays, which includes all of these plus a number of other disorders
Dr. Verstraeten [CDC], pg. 44: “Now for speech delays, which is the largest single disorder in this category of neurologic delays. The results are a suggestion of a trend with a small dip. The overall test for trend is highly statistically significant above one.”
Dr. Verstraeten [CDC], pg. 76: “What I have done here, I am putting into the model instead of mercury, a number of antigens that the children received, and what do we get? Not surprisingly, we get very similar estimates as what we got for Thimerosal because every vaccine put in the equation has Thimerosal. So for speech and the other ones maybe it’s not so significant, but for the overall group it is also significant….Here we have the same thing, but instead of number of antigens, number of shots. Just the number of vaccinations given to a child, which is also for nearly all of them significantly related.”
Dr. Guess, pg. 77: "So this essentially is a 7% risk per antigen, an antigen is like in DPT you've got three antigens."
Dr. Verstraeten [CDC], pg. 77: "Correct."
Dr. Egan, pg. 77: "Could you do this calculation for aluminum?"
Dr. Verstraeten [CDC], pg. 77: "I did it for aluminum…Actually the results were almost identical to ethylmercury because the amount of aluminum goes along almost exactly with the mercury one."
By M.L.K. (not verified) on 05 Nov 2016 #permalink
Of course this is just speculation until the votes are counted, but this is more likely to work in Clinton's favor than Trump's. My suspicion is that many women whose husbands/boyfriends are Trump supporters may be reluctant to say out loud, where their husbands/boyfriends can hear, that they plan to vote for Clinton. They may fear (and in many cases this fear is reasonable) retribution for voicing such opinions. Not all Trump supporters are violent types, but enough are that there are likely to be households where this dynamic is going on.
Right. And sex scandals continue apace.
What I'm rather pleased about is that ( FINALLY!) his business operations, tax issues, university/ foundation shenanigans, *interesting* supporters, vendetti/ vendettas and other acts of interpersonal warfare are being exposed over the liberal airwaves, press and on the net. His tweets provide readers with insight into how his mind works. I just hope it's enough to stop the red tide.
At ant rate, I'm been watching your state anxiously: what do you think?
During the primaries, he talked about carrying NY- which I found hilarious. Yeah, they hate him.
@ JustaTech:
Yes, this is very disturbing.
Interestingly, because I've observed alt media for years, I'm familiar with the cult of anti-professionalism and anti-institutionalism common on alt med sites. It was refreshing to hear IIRC David Frumm discuss the same ideas from his own perspective on Maher's show yesterday.
Wow! I agree with him on something!
Outsider cults despise the mainstream media because it has the cacpacity to shatter their cherished mythology with data and facts and then circulate that information quickly and efficiently.
- If you were a woo-meister selling a cancer cure or
- if you had a end times scenario or
- if you had a FEMA camps story or
- new insider material from the FBI-
I doubt that you would appreciate the work of reporters digging into your field of dreams and exposing the tall tales you are currently harvesting.
Thus, the Orange One as well as woo-meisters hate the media and would shut it down if they could.
It's happened before you know.
I just scared myself there.
As an aside:
Mikey has cranked up the crazy to eleven teen ( Natural News)
@ Narad:
Yeah, they would go with that.
Dan continues with his usual insight.
-btw- Quelle celebration in your town. Woo hoo.
Corrections;
AN end times
Quelle celebration in your town. Woo hoo.
I'm happier for my Dad (his work used to take him to Wrigley, and he introduced me to Ernie Banks when I was around 5). I do wish that Ron Santo had been here to see it.
I see that he's made his taxonomic/phylogenetic idiocy even worse: "Some of those patients two years ago tested positive for EV-68, a virus in the same enterovirus family as polio...."
As moon landing hoax debunker S. G. Collins has observed, there really are conspiracies, just not the ones you think...
And we now appear to have a conspiracy to 'rig' a presidential election – well, interfere in it anyway – AGAINST Hillary Clinton and in favor of Donald Trump.
It's starts with hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer, the major $$ source for alt.right website Breitbart.Com hater of all things Hillary, and now the major supplier of bankroll for the Trump campaign (Donald never spends his own money). ALL of the Trump campaign's honchos – Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon, and long-time full-time anti-Clinton CT propagandist David Bossie – are former employees of Mercer-backed groups. Last year, Breitbart writer Peter Schweizer published a dubious hit-book on the Clinton Foundation and HRC as Secy of State, titled Clinton Cash and Schwiezer produced and distributed a documentary film version.
Long before he entered the Trump camp, Rudy Giuliani was in the hate-hate-hate-HRC camp (she defeated him for the Senate). One of Giuliani's old buddies is NY conservative LEO circles a guy named James Kallstrom, a former Assistant Director of the FBI who headed the NYC office of the Bureau. Remember when reporters uncovered that Trump's promised $1 million donation to veterans groups after he skipped one of the primary debates hadn't been paid, and Trump was forced to cut a check in short order? The $1 mil went entirely to a nonprofit run by Kallstrom, a deal likely brokered by Giuliani. Kallstrom subsequently endorsed Trump.
Two days before FBI director James Comey rocked the world last week, Rudy Giuliani was on Fox, where he volunteered, un-prodded by any question: “I think he’s [Donald Trump] got a surprise or two that you’re going to hear about in the next few days. I mean, I’m talking about some pretty big surprises.” Pressed for specifics, he said: “We’ve got a couple of things up our sleeve that should turn this thing around.”[Daily Beast]
The day Comey's letter appeared, Rudy stated:
“The other rumor that I get is that there’s a kind of revolution going on inside the FBI about the original conclusion [not to charge Clinton] being completely unjustified and almost a slap in the face to the FBI’s integrity. I know that from former agents.
Last week, Kallstom appeared on an NYC radio talk show, saying, "“The Clintons, that’s a crime family, basically, It’s like organized crime. I mean the Clinton Foundation is a cesspool.” he also called HRC a pathological liar. This story was given major play on Breitbart. Various media outlets also reported rumors last week that the NYC FBI office wasn't just investigating the emails found on Anthony Weiner's computer, but that agents there had been pushing for a larger investigation of The Clinton Foundation, and were frustrated when their superiors in the Justice Department nixed the request. Then it was reported that the 'evidence' that fueled these agents' concerns was Clinton Cash.
Presumably, some of those agents seeking to go after the Clintons worked under Kallstrom, may have been selected/promoted/mentored by him, and remain close to him. Thus, Giulinai's early knowledge of what was in the Comey letter was probably a leak from an active agent to Kallstrom and then to Rudy, which Giuliani essentially confirmed to Chris Mathews yesterday (wo mentioning Kallstrom by name). IANAL etc., but that alone would seem to be a violation of The Hatch Act by the Kallstrom-crony NYC "FBI cell".
The more-or-less obvious question is 'what communication or influence went the the direction, from Giuliani and the Trump campaign, through Kallstrom, to the active FBI agents who wanted to use Clinton Cash as a blueprint for investigating HRC?' (Do I have to tell you that the allegations in Clinton Cash are essentially a disreputable CT? Can you say. 'CDC Whistleblower'? I knew that you could.) On the Matthews show, Rudy denied any knowledge or involvement other than receiving a tip from "former agents". Credible? To use one of The Donald's stock phrases, "I don't think so!" Giuliani had said, "We’ve got a couple of things up our sleeve that should turn this thing around." Then he had issued a smug self-satisifed grin that burst into a cackle.
So basically, what we have here is a damn good possibility/probability that Rudy had Trump funnel $1 mil (of Schweizer's $$, probably) to Jim Kallstrom, who – his existing antimus thus prodded to action – then lobbied his cronies in the NYC "FBI cell" to use "debunked, Breitbart-funded bullshit from that dumb Clinton Cash book" [Wonkette] to gin up a fresh investigation into HRC. The players would know that regardless of whether Comey scotched it or not, they could leak the details shortly before the election, the 'Crooked Hillary IS going to jail' rumors would dominate the news cycle, and any investigative expose into Giuliani and Kallstrom's machinations wouldn't get serious play in the MSM until sometime after the votes were in.
If that is the case, the FBI "cell" didn't just dangle a few toes across the line of The Hatch Act. Noting the Trumpers glee and jokes at the damage done to Clinton, the Wonkette piece ends, "Haha, attempted coups are HILARIOUS." A Haaretz headline refers to "The Conspiracy Theory About the FBI Putsch Against Clinton and Democracy" apparently mockingly, but the article underneath, while considering the proposition to be unproven conjecture, actually takes it pretty seriously:
If the conspiracy theory is even partially true, it’s nothing less than a sinister effort by rogue agents to undermine the elections process. Comey, in this scenario, isn’t out to sway the elections but is trying to maneuver between the politics outside the Bureau and the rebellious agents inside. If it’s even partially true, it is an unprecedented assault by an actual law enforcement agency against American democracy, which immediately brings to mind the dirty tricks and manipulations conducted against political enemies by the late FBI Director J Edgar Hoover. But even Hoover will seem like small fry if the plot succeeds, and Trump is elected. America, in that case, will never be the same.
BUT WAIT, THERE COULD BE MORE!
Haaretz says the conspiracy scenario reeks of a combination of John Le Carre and Inspector Clouseau. Speaking of Le Carre... No journalist as yet, AFAIK has suggested any of this was coordinated with the Putin/FSB-KGB anti-Clinton/pro-Trump hacking. But, really, at this point, who would be all that surprised?
If/when the comment i just posted emerges from moderation, I made two cut and paste errors, substituting 'Schweizer' where it should have read "Mercer' It was Mercer who funded/produced the documentary film version of Schweizer's book Clinton Cash, and Mercer who is likely the source of of the $1 million dollars Trump 'donated' to James Kallstrom's 'charity'. Apologies.
I hope all of you have been out shopping for the ten emergency preparedness items Mike Adams has warned that we will need following the inevitable Trump landslide victory on Tuesday.
Disappointing though that the NN store only offers two of those items and not even the essential stuff like guns, ammo and a door security bar (to keep crazed zombie leftist mobs at bay).
Oh, wow, this D'Ohlmsted piece is blazing with irony. Get this from Mr. "Reversal [sic]Axonal Transport":
The HuffPo story is written by someone passingly familiar with medical issues
It just gets better: "greasy nothingburger of causation gibberish," "how do you sit at your laptop and write soulless dreck like that?"
Mirrors, Danny Boy. Use them.
Jeezums:
It’s not that raspberries cause paralysis or that these two facts prove causation. But it makes me want to keep looking. That small round buckyball sphere is just perfect for conveying more than its share of toxic agricultural chemical per mouthful. If you were to pick an advance warning system that our food might be awash in manmade impurities creating a terrifying new disease, a humble little raspberry might be an ideal contrivance. It has more surface area than Norway has shoreline and it is damnably hard to keep sterile.
@Narad have just been reading the comments in the links you posted, these are some serious damaged people:
"Since that time many experts and dumb people (the same?) have altered the science of mercury so that of all the toxic, mutagenic, teratogenic and carcinogenic properties of mercury compounds, THIMEROSAL almost alone is no more toxic than lemon juice. Will someone tell them you are ENTITLED to your OPINIONS but you can change FACTS.
How does that guy put one foot in front of the other?
By Jay (not verified) on 05 Nov 2016 #permalink
Narad:
Yes, that phrase "more surface area than Norway has shoreline" stuck out to me as well. Heh heh.
Oddly enough, one of the woo-meisters I survey believes that
berries- especially red ones- may be our salvation creating prefect health.
@ sadmar:
It is becoming like one of those television intrigue shows ( which I don't watch) where after a season or two, the writers run out of material and need to start *reaching* to create drama and tension or have to bring in a billionaire family...
BUT this is REAL!
What I heard recently is that the Russians ( around the time the Donald dissed the Khan family) pulled away from him because they thought he was too unstable!
@ Dangerous Bacon:
Oh Dangerous One ! ( I bow appropriately to you)
Mikey is now predicting a landslide for the Donald followed by an intervention in the form of a false flag attack by Obama to deny him victory.
My theory about Mikey's love for Trump and alt right memes is that:
- he's had a downturn in business ( see Alexa ratings for this past year)
- he's trying to attract the attention of gullible people who believe Alex Jones et al
- he hopes to please them so that they might purchase his products
- he might actually admire Trump's business 'acumen'.
The Other Idiot ( prn.fm) spews similar anti-professionalism/ institutionalism but supports Stein.
I believe he has similar motives - he wants business for his products and films. Electing Trump would result in lower taxes for high earners like these guys.
It should be noted:
although I am rather enjoying my secondary career, I find that the political commentary I encounter through that connection is often enough to make my head spin ( not literally, fortunately). It is endless.
As I advised my fellow and sister Oracians recently,
I will again say:
we all need to take a few deep breaths,
sit down in a comfy chair
have a drink or two ( a Negroni is nice)
and say, " This too shall pass"
In a few days, we'll have a new president elect and probably a few new scandals and investigations which will give us something to watch on television and talk about;
it will give political wonks and analysts something to do
it will give writers stories to explain
Comedians will be in high heaven.
IT WILL CREATE JOBS**
** my late father always said that when something he hated occurred: "At least, it will create jobs".
^^ The internally self-consistant ravings of a lunatic mind.
By sullenbode (not verified) on 06 Nov 2016 #permalink
You don't know what you're talking about.
Current vaccine studies are "tobacco science". Don't look at the studies, do your own homework. Talk to ER nurses about kids being brought in after being vaccinated. Talk to the parents of autistic children injured within hours of the vaccine shot - permanent brain damage.
The numbers are a lot higher than anyone wants to admit. Conventional medicine is in denial, but the problem is not going away. Something we're doing is obviously behind the alarming rates of autism. The current vaccines need to be overhauled ASAP. Vaccine schedule changed at a minimum. 1 in 50 kids is like 1,000,000 kids in a short space of time. This is an epidemic. Its there to see if people just look for themselves.
By RJ (not verified) on 11 Nov 2016 #permalink
RJ, until you have actual PubMed indexed studies by reputable qualified researchers then you will just have a bunch of unverified anecdotes.
The biggest elephant in the room you keep leaving out is when the DSM IV came out.
By Chris (not verified) on 11 Nov 2016 #permalink
Is there some kind of church or temple you go to for all of this vaccine worship? I have been on this site before. It is an extremely bias site for people looking to enforce their overly enthusiastic opinion of vaccines. If you learn the CDC isn't revisiting any of Dr. Thorsen's work, sceinceblogs will say something like "apparently antivaxxers don't know the difference between financial fraud and scientific fraud". You can't even acknowledge a criminal like Thorsen. You make insane arguments like comparing the mercury in Thimerosal to eating a can of tuna. Any rational person wouldn't make that argument considering the enormous difference between ingestion and injection of toxins (even if babies did eat cans of tuna fish). You act as though Dr. Thompson was taken out of context, when you can search Thompson full audio and listen to him talk for nearly 3 hours on the corruption at the CDC and the dangers of Thimerosal. To you, that's probably like a religious fanatic being handed a fossil. I am baffled by this site. It really makes me think you are followed by some bizarre cult of vaccine worshipers who lose their minds when anyone dares to question a vaccine, Merck or the CDC.
By jasryl6 (not verified) on 18 Dec 2016 #permalink
Hello, jasry16, you would be taken seriously if you would answer a few questions:
1. Please post the PubMed indexed studies by reputable qualified researchers that show any vaccine on the present American pediatric schedule causes more harm than the disease. Measles causes encephalitis in one out of a thousand cases, and death (often from pneumonia) in about one or two in a thousand cases.
2. What vaccine paper was Thorsen the main author of? And how does his financial shenanigans affect the dozens of other vaccine studies that show no real relationship between vaccines in autism? Explain how he influenced the papers used in the meta-study: Vaccines are not associated with autism: An evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies (a pdf of the uncorrected proof).
3. Thompson... what does thimerosal have to do with the MMR vaccine? The MMR vaccine has never contained it, and that is the vaccine which is what the retracted Hooker paper was about.
4. Speaking of thimerosal, please tell us which vaccine on the present American pediatric schedule is only available with thimerosal.
By Chris (not verified) on 18 Dec 2016 #permalink
1. The MMR can cause encephalitis. It says it right on the insert. (This is where you say "Antivaxxers don't trust Merck. But, yet they place a lot of faith in their inserts. DERP!")
2. Thorsen was the main author on 2 Thimerosal studies including the easily debunked Danish study. But, he was involved in 21 CDC Thimerosal studies. I'm not going to answer your question about how being a financial criminal makes him untrustworthy to do scientific research where he is getting grant money from Merck. I'll just say thank you for proving my point.
3. When did I ever say Thimerosal was in the MMR? I didn't. I know full well it can't be in the MMR because MMR is a live virus, and mercury destroys everything in its path (including the brain and nervous system). But, if you listen to Dr. Thompson (full audio), he has plenty of negative things to say about Thimerosal.
4. It is in the flu vaccine that they began pushing on pregnant women as of 2002 just as it was being reduced or removed from other vaccines.
Why won't they study the Amish population in a vaccinated vs unvaccinated study? 40% never vaccinate. The ones that do only acknowledge that they have received at least one vaccine. It's strange how the CDC uses different criteria to count the vaccinating Amish. If my kid misses any of the 31 shots by age 18 months, I'm and "antivaxxer"
Not sure why you're so focused on PubMed. It's not the most reputable source. But, here are some.
In reply to by Chris (not verified)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21058170 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878266 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21623535
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878266/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21623535 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25377033 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24995277 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12145534 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21058170 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22099159 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3364648/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17454560 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19106436 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774468/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3697751/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21299355 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21907498 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11339848 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17674242 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21993250 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15780490 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12933322 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16870260 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19043938 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12142947 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24675092 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25198681 http://longevitypost.com/absolute-proof-vaccines-harmful/
Can someone supply me the quote(s) in which Thompson allegedly accuses his fellow CDC researchers of "corruption" and/or "fraud"?
In his official statement released by his attorney such accusations are never made.
By Dangerous Bacon (not verified) on 19 Dec 2016 #permalink
Search Dr. Thompson full audio. It is the unedited phone conversations. Nearly 3 hours. In those conversations, he discusses how the CDC knows that Thimerosal causes tics which, as he says, are 4 times more prevalent in children with autism. He discusses a study called SEED. Despite the CDC having all vaccination records of the subjects in this study (including prenatal), they are excluding them from the study. He says the CDC shouldn't have authorized the flu vaccine for pregnant women. There is a lot in there. The emails he released related to the MMR study clearly implicate his superiors. I'd say listen to that, and form your own objective opinion. Vaccine worship sites like this one and skepticalraptor would never advise that.
In reply to by Dangerous Bacon (not verified)
Perhaps you'd provide the actual quotes.....
But I don't believe you are capable of doing that.
By Lawrence (not verified) on 19 Dec 2016 #permalink
You mean like when he says mercury in Thimerosal causes autism-like features? Why would I waste my time? If you are really interested in hearing what he has to say, go on you tube and search Dr. Thompson full audio. Then, you can grab whatever quotes you want from him.
In reply to by Lawrence (not verified)
jasryl6 @117: Something tell me you wouldn't like the results of studying the Amish, giving their shockingly high rate of genetic disorders totally unknown in the larger American population.
Also, this is important, what is the RATE of encephalitis caused by the MMR, compared to the RATE of encephalitis caused by measles? That's what's important, the RATE.
By JustaTech (not verified) on 19 Dec 2016 #permalink
Something tells me you wouldn't like the autism rates among the Amish. I have my opinions. But, I don't get upset when they're proven wrong. Sites like this one are really more about winning the argument than having a meaningful discussion. I don't view the kids who are injured by vaccination as collateral damage. If the vaccine court that ruled on Hannah Polling's case is correct, the vaccines triggered her autism because she had a mitochondrial disorder. This was also confirmed by former CDC Director Dr. Gerberding in her interview with Sanjay Gupta. So, why not research mitochondrial disorder and learn how to identify it? Why continue this ever growing one size fits all vaccine schedule that is more demanding than any other country? It isn't really working. We have one of the highest infant mortality rates of any developed country.
In reply to by JustaTech (not verified)
jasryl6 @123
Mitochondrial disorders are being studied all the time. They are not autism. They are frequently fatal. People with mitochondrial disorders are at high risk of severe effects from any infection, regardless of how it is acquired.
The USA's suggested vaccination schedule is not "more demanding" than anywhere else in the world, given that we do not give BCG (which works to prevent TB of the brain in children, but does not work against any other form of TB), or yellow fever vaccine, or oral polio vaccine. There are plenty of vaccines that are not given in the US to children on a routine basis. And as soon as polio is confirmed eliminated then we can stop vaccinating against that too.
The infant mortality rate in the US is unacceptably high, primarily due to poor pre-natal care, maternal co-morbidities (diseases or conditions the mother had during pregnancy) and, importantly, how "live birth" is defined in the US. Some deaths that in the US are counted towards infant mortality in countries like Spain are counted as stillbirths or miscarriages.
So, which diseases do you think that children should be vaccinated against? Tetanus? Polio?
Polio? No. It was wiped out due to better hygiene. Dr. Maurice Hilleman admitted the early vaccine was contaminated with SV40 from the monkey kidney that was used. This was confirmed by the CDC in 2013. The CDC says they aren't sure if SV40 causes cancer. But, Dr. Hilleman said it did.
Measles? Yes. But, parents should be able to get it as separate vaccines. The fact that the option to get the MMR as 3 separate shots was taken away from parents shows where the true priority lies. There is currently a court case in PA involving 2 of the Merck scientists who have admitted they were ordered to lie to bring that vaccine to market. The Mumps part of the vaccine doesn't work at all.
Hep B on the 1st day of life? Absolutely ridiculous.
Gardasyl? As one of the 3 Merck whistleblowers stated, it was introduced as a way to recoup the losses Merck suffered from Vioxx. It shouldn't be given to an 11 year old girl. Mark my words. In a couple years, Merck will announce all of the kids who got it need booster shots for it to remain effective. Then, another 10 years down the road, they'll do it again. It's a scam. Japan has already linked it to chronic fatigue and ban it.
Flu vaccine - Another money making scam. The insert says it should only be given to pregnant women if clearly needed. The one they give to pregnant women contains 25 mcg of mercury.
Tetanus? Sure. If there is a need for it. If I step on a rusty nail, I'll get it. Otherwise, I'd be stupid to.
I never said mitochondrial disorders are autism. Watch the interview between Dr. Gerberding and Sanjay Gupta. Dr. Gerberding explains that Hannah likely had this disorder. The high fever that sometimes comes with vaccination could have triggered her "autism-like features". So, I'm guessing Hannah never had a fever before. Immediately after her 18 month well visit, she developed the fever that sent her into a regression. This is right around the same time as all of these parents in the vaxxed and hear this well videos saw their children regress. They show videos proving their children were developing normally prior. The kids are usually behind on the 31 shots they are supposed to get. So, at 18 months, the MMR is given in combination with a few other vaccines (something that is never studied). Anyway, I guess the important point here is that we can blame the fever. We can blame the kid for having this disorder. We just can't blame the vaccines.
Mercury does not cause "autism-like" symptoms.....and certainly mercury poisoning is not "autism" either.
And yes, the US vaccine schedule is right in line with every other developed nation....and the Amish are riddled with development and genetic conditions, some so rare that they aren't seen in the general population at all....not exactly paragons of health.
jasryl6: "1. The MMR can cause encephalitis. It says it right on the insert. (This is where you say “Antivaxxers don’t trust Merck. But, yet they place a lot of faith in their inserts. DERP!”)"
I am sorry, that is not sufficient, package insert were not what was requested. Try reading the request again and providing the verifiable evidence. Make sure that the harm from the MMR vaccine is much more than from the disease. I really do not believe it causes encephalitis in one out of a thousand doses. Does someone need to tellyou the definition of the word "more"?
1. Please post the PubMed indexed studies by reputable qualified researchers</b? that show any vaccine on the present American pediatric schedule causes more harm than the disease. Measles causes encephalitis in one out of a thousand cases, and death (often from pneumonia) in about one or two in a thousand cases.
Also the "whistleblower" bit about Thompson has to do with a study on MMR vaccine, which was not about thimerosal. His whining about thimerosal on one paper is more a case p-hacking, which is grabbing as much data as possible and focusing on one bit of data:
http://io9.gizmodo.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-…
"4. It is in the flu vaccine that they began pushing on pregnant women as of 2002 just as it was being reduced or removed from other vaccines. "
Again, read the question again. By definition full grown adult pregnant women are not pediatric patients. The "present" is 2016 not 2002. And do please look up the highlighted words so that you may provide a cogent answer to the requested information:
I should add that you do not mention influenza, because three out of the seven available do not contain thimerosal. Also do not mention the Tripedia DTaP, because it was discontinued five years ago:
http://www.ashp.org/menu/DrugShortages/DrugsNoLongerAvailable/bulletin…
I already told you how you can listen to the full unedited conversations between Dr. Thompson and Dr. Hooker where he clearly states his belief that Thimerosal causes autism-like features and tics. So, you either 1. listened to it and are now trying to forget it. Or, 2. Refused to listen to it for fear it would challenge your faith. Which is it?
Don't mention how the Tripedia DTaP listed autism under adverse events? Got it. I didn't know there was a 5 year threshold on what we can or can't discuss. I guess the Infanrex Hexa vaccine that an Italian court determined caused a child's autism isn't up for discussion either since that also happened more than 5 years ago.
You also tell me not to mention influenza even though the vaccine they are currently giving to pregnant women contains Thimerosal. You sure set a lot of rules.
I need to clean up the bolding, because it seems jasryl6 is easily confused, and we need to make it as clear as possible.
1. Please post the PubMed indexed studies by reputable qualified researchers that show any vaccine on the present American pediatric schedule causes more harm than the disease.
jasryl6: I have been on this site before. It is an extremely bias site for people looking to enforce their overly enthusiastic opinion of vaccines.
Not entirely. For me, it's a site to point and laugh at eejits and numpties.
By herr doktor bimler (not verified) on 19 Dec 2016 #permalink
jasryl6: "Something tells me you wouldn’t like the autism rates among the Amish. I have my opinions. But, I don’t get upset when they’re proven wrong."
Actually we know all about the Amish, and their special set of genetics. They have a limited gene pool, so have a fairly significant set of inherited conditions like Maple Syrup Urine Disease and some other severe genetic seizure disorders.
Here is a list of research papers from a clinic devoted to serving Amish children in Pennsylvania (it was completely missed by AoA's Dan Olmsted when he did "research" there):
https://clinicforspecialchildren.org/what-we-do/research/published-pape…
If the vaccine court that [sic] ruled on Hannah Polling’s case is correct
There isn't one. You need to work on your script.
By Narad (not verified) on 19 Dec 2016 #permalink
It is commonly referred to as "vaccine court". Is that the technical name? No. Who cares? It's whatever you want to call a specially designed court system that is based on making the vaccine manufacturers completely exempt from lawsuits and liability.
In reply to by Narad (not verified)
I have my opinions.
Come back when you have some facts. Hint: repeating the no autism in the Amish myth immediately id's you as someone who doesn't know what they're talking about. It's right up there with the thimerosal/MMR blunder.
By shay simmons (not verified) on 19 Dec 2016 #permalink
Are you telling me autism rates aren't much lower in the Amish communities? Please provide evidence of this. I have looked. I can't find it.
In reply to by shay simmons (not verified)
jasryl6 @115 (and on)(my emphasis)
You make insane arguments like comparing the mercury in Thimerosal to eating a can of tuna. Any rational person wouldn’t make that argument considering the enormous difference between ingestion and injection of toxins (even if babies did eat cans of tuna fish)
You don’t feed your children fish? I had toddler who did in fact eat whole cans of tuna for lunch – which means that, yes, I was more concerned about the mercury content consumed than the tiny amounts still in vaccines received. And guess what? Since that toddler made 4th grade honor roll last year it doesn’t seem as though any brain damage occurred anyway. Or maybe I should blame getting in trouble for throwing paper airplanes at fellow students during class on the tuna.
Not sure why you’re so focused on PubMed. It’s not the most reputable source.
Pubmed is a database, not a source.
If my kid misses any of the 31 shots by age 18 months, I’m and “antivaxxer”
No. That’s not it. You are identified as an antivaxxer due to your arguing on the internet against the use of vaccines.
Why continue this ever growing one size fits all vaccine schedule that is more demanding than any other country? It isn’t really working
A year ago I was on chicken pox watch, knowing my 4th grader had been exposed at school due to a fellow student’s vaccine failure. To my knowledge, patient zero at the school was the only who became ill. The vaccine protected all other kids. They are not experiencing waves of their classrooms emptied by infectious disease. The vaccine schedule is working. Deal with it.
By Chemmomo (not verified) on 19 Dec 2016 #permalink
@jasryl6:
Polio? No. It was wiped out due to better hygiene.
Demonstrably False. Discussed on this blog already. Use the SEARCH box up top.
There is currently a court case in PA involving 2 of the Merck scientists who have admitted they were ordered to lie to bring that vaccine to market. The Mumps part of the vaccine doesn’t work at all.
Details required. What is the Court? And given that mumps has gone from a disease of childhood to a rarity, hogwash.
I already told you how you can listen to the full unedited conversations between Dr. Thompson and Dr. Hooker where he clearly states his belief that Thimerosal causes autism-like features and tics.
This has been discussed on this blog. It's abundantly clear that Thompson's words have been sliced and diced.
By Julian Frost (not verified) on 20 Dec 2016 #permalink
You'd think that someone familiar with the "full unedited conversations" between Thompson and Hooker would easily be able to cite the money quotes where Thompson accuses his colleagues of "corruption" or "fraud".
Curious that jasryl6 is unable or unwilling to do so.
On the other hand, I have no trouble finding an unambiguous statement from Thompson which not only features an absence of such accusations, but includes the following quote:
"I want to be absolutely clear that I believe vaccines have saved and continue to save countless lives. I would never suggest that any parent avoid vaccinating children of any race. Vaccines prevent serious diseases, and the risks associated with their administration are vastly outweighed by their individual and societal benefits."
https://morganverkamp.com/statement-of-william-w-thompson-ph-d-regardin…
And as mistaken as Thompson has been about the significance of the data he wanted to be included in the relevant study, I seriously doubt he'd be doggedly ignorant enough to claim that polio was eliminated "due to better hygiene".
Strange you would only find the same quote that has been repeated over and over on vaccine worship sites like this one. That quote is not from the recorded phone calls. That quote is from Dr. Thompson after the phone calls were made public and after the CDC gave him a raise and a retention bonus.
Here are some quotes from the recorded conversation. No. They aren't taken out of context.
“You know, in the United States, the only mercury containing vaccine is for pregnant women. I can say confidently I do think thimerosal causes tics (Tourette's syndrome). So I don't know why they still give it to pregnant women. Like that's the last person that I would give mercury to."
“Thimerosal from vaccines cause tics."
“Do you think a pregnant mother would want to take a vaccine that they know caused tics? Absolutely not! I would never give my wife a vaccine that I thought caused tics. I can say tics are four times more prevalent in kids with autism."
"There is biologic plausibility right now to say that thimerosal causes autism-like features."
“I have great shame now when I meet a family with kids with autism, because I have been a part of the problem."
“I shoulder that the CDC has put the research ten years behind. Because the CDC has not been transparent, we've missed ten years of research, because the CDC is so paralyzed right now by anything related to autism. They're not doing what they should be doing. They are afraid to look for things that might be associated."
“The higher ups wanted to do certain things and I went along with it. I was, in terms of chain in command, I was number four out of the five. Colleen was the Division Chief ... Frank is the Director of Immunization Safety. They are still all much more senior than me."
I wonder what miracle of "hygiene" occurred in India over the past 10 years that allowed for the eradication of Polio in a nation with tens of millions of people without indoor toilets.....
Lawrence@140 A good thing to wonder. But, I am gobsmacked at the idea that in the US before what? 1955 or so? That in the US, none of us knew how to wash our hands, or clean our houses, or scrub out our toilets. Apparently, we all went from playing in the cesspool to sitting at the dinner table, eating filthy food with our filthy hands.
My youngest son has just been diagnosed with shingles. Unfortunately, he was born in 1968, so I didn't have the option of vaccination for chicken pox. I can only be grateful that most (not all) of my grandchildren and all of my great grandchildren escaped chicken pox and will escape the danger of having shingles.
People who make stupid statements about polio are the ones I would wish into an iron lung for 24 hours (I'm merciful - I wouldn't make it more than a day), before I put them in Dara O'Briain's sack.
By Ellie (not verified) on 20 Dec 2016 #permalink
Thompson (a psychologist as I recall) can "think" all he likes that thiomeral causes tics and autism-like features.
Snag is no evidence supports his "thinks" and pretty much nobody who actually knows anything about autism or tic disorders agrees with him...
By Murmur (not verified) on 20 Dec 2016 #permalink
Funny how all of the vaccine worshipers keep calling him a psychologist as if that was his only qualification. Up until he said things you don't want to hear, he was the CDC's lead Epidemiologist and Statistician. If you listen to the conversations between him and Dr. Hooker, he clearly says that he won't discuss anything he can't support with evidence. According to Thompson, the CDC is fully aware that Thimerosal causes tics and has known for some time. If you think he wasn't qualified to be such a high ranking member of the CDC, ask the CDC why they gave him a big raise and a $25,000 retention bonus to keep him employed there after this story broke. There is no benefit to the mercury being in any vaccine other than a financial benefit to Merck. Yet,, vaccine worshipers like you keep advocating injecting kids and pregnant women with it. That's pretty sick.
In reply to by Murmur (not verified)
Tetanus? Sure. If there is a need for it. If I step on a rusty nail, I’ll get it. Otherwise, I’d be stupid to.
Or a burn from the stove, or a scratch from the cat, or a cut at the pool, or........
By Delphine (not verified) on 20 Dec 2016 #permalink
We will agree to disagree there. You don't need the shot for a burn on the stove. Merck would gladly to tell you that you need it for stubbing your toe if you were gullible enough to believe it.
In reply to by Delphine (not verified)
@Ellie- or what "miracle of sanitation and hygiene" occurred in the US during the 1960s to see a precipitous drop in the incidence of measles......or what leap in hygiene led to the elimination of rubella in the Western Hemisphere....
Or how about what happened in the US during the late 1980s and early 90's to see a 95% drop in the incidence of HiB?
Also, more than 75% of all Flu vaccines manufactured today are in single dose vials....and when researchers were looking at Thimerosal back in 2002, they had trouble locating any vaccines for their study that did still contain it.
These anti-vaxers just aren't going to let this go...just another example of them being part of a simple belief system & not relying on any scientific data to support their views.
You can shout "antivaxxer" all you want. The Thimerosa-containing flu vaccine is still administered to pregnant women. I am positive of this. So, any vaccine worship site that says otherwise is lying.
@Ellie - I can totally sympathize. I am suffering through a bout of Shingles right now (luckily, I am on the tail end of it & can sleep again).
I would certainly have preferred to be vaccinated than to take the chance of Shingles - everything that people say about it - that it is some of the worst pain, is completely true.
Vaccine manufacturers aren't "exempt." They still have to get their vaccines approved through the exact same process as every other drug....only about 7% of new vaccines get approved - meaning hundreds of millions of dollars spent on R&D results in very small returns, based on that low level of approval.
Vaccine safety and efficacy is also tracked by multiple active and passive surveillance mechanisms, worldwide.
Anti-vaxers just don't get it - and they certainly don't get science.
Vaccine manufacturers are exempt from lawsuits, and it is highly profitable. They can't be sued, They don't need to advertise. It is the only product that the government can force people to buy. Why don't you look at how much Paul Offit pocketed after voting to add a vaccine to the schedule that he held the patent to. (Rotavirus). There's no conflict of interest there though. Right? Of course not. Not, when you're a vaccine worshiper.
Or how about what happened in the US during the late 1980s and early 90’s to see a 95% drop in the incidence of HiB?
Yes. It's funny how they never mention Hib.
I have a friend who wears a locket around her neck, with the name of a little girl engraved upon it. My friend's mother was widowed in her late 30s. She remarried at 40 to a man with no children. The following year their only child together, a daughter, was born. Happy family. Until the little girl died, age 3, of Hib meningitis. This was prior to the vaccine.
It's odd that these tools never mention Hib.
No it isn't odd. The Hib isn't one of the vaccines with serious safety concerns. Not all vaccines are bad. If the CDC and Merck just allowed parents to continue getting the MMR as 3 separate shots, there would be more kids being vaccinated for measles. Maybe we wouldn't have had those 250 measles cases in California that everyone lost their minds over. (zero deaths and a bunch of kids who got lifetime immunity). The mercury-containing flu shot shouldn't be given to pregnant women. Gardasyl is a dangerous vaccine that should have never been approved. While I'm sure there are some, most "antivaxxers" aren't against every vaccine. Sorry for your loss.
Oh, wow. The idiot post the Ginger's Gish Gallop of Gobbly Gook, plus a few others:
http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2016/05/124-research-paper…
None of them show more harm from the vaccine than the disease. Most are from unqualified folks like the Geiers and DeLong. Hint: if someone has their medical license legally revoked they are not reputable, and if they are professor of finance they are not qualified.
And no where has the fool answered this question, possibly because it requires him to actually think instead of cut and paste:
Do you have a source for the 7% figure? It's a great counter-argument to "The FDA is in the pocket of Big Pharma!!!!!"
By EmJay (not verified) on 20 Dec 2016 #permalink
@Emjay - I have that source around here somewhere....I'll need to find it & I'll post it up.
Here is a good link to start on the entire approval process....
http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/vaccine-development-t…
http://www.who.int/immunization/programmes_systems/policies_strategies/…
This one states that for everyone 1 vaccine that ultimately makes it through the approval process, 4 - 5 of them do not....not quite the 7% number I've seen, but it does support that most vaccines aren't approved.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258101925_Vaccine_development_…
I have requested the full text....more great stuff.
Details required. What is the Court?
That's Krahling & Wlochowski's qui tam action under the False Claims Act. Maybe I'll look up the docket after I've had coffee. Their assertion is not that "the Mumps part of the vaccine doesn't work at all."
There isn’t one. You need to work on your script.
It is commonly referred to as “vaccine court”. Is that the technical name? No. Who cares?
Please try to read more carefully. See the boldfaced words? There was no "ruling" in the Poling case – it was conceded. The only thing the court really did was sign off on the agreement.
Thompson (a psychologist as I recall) can “think” all he likes that thiomeral causes tics and autism-like features.
In fact, in the recorded calls, he attempted to dissuade Hooker from going after the autism angle and instead using the tics paper as the thin edge of the wedge. Matt Carey goes through this at LB/RB as I recall, if someone wants to look it up for me.
Narad, I could not find it at LB/RB, but I found Orac covered it:
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2015/08/05/the-cdc-whistleblower-will…
Please try to read more carefully.
jasryl6 believes (or pretends to believe) that Tourette tics and autism are interchangeable. I begin to suspect that jasryl6 doesn't really care about autism (or about reality in general).
Actually, rather than go back and listen to 3 hours of recorded conversation to pick out quotes, I took those quotes from Ben Swann Truth in Media. The quotes are accurate. Talk about cherry picking! You have nothing to say about all of those quotes from Dr. Thompson. Instead, you focus on one word that you can argue about. This is exactly what I mean when I say "vaccine worship". You can't even allow yourselves to question them.
In reply to by herr doktor bimler (not verified)
I could not find it at LB/RB, but I found Orac covered it
Here is the relevant section from Barry's book.
@Denice:
Yeah, we're about an hour from Portland, and a car and a license would definitely be nice to have.
There is a train, though. I've thought about taking it into Portland for a day and a night or so just for the sake of getting out.
By JP (not verified) on 20 Dec 2016 #permalink
Wrong thread...
Thanks, Narad. And still the minor increase in tics was just random, just like the deliberate p-hacking in the "eating chocolate helps with weight loss." You take a small number of subjects (a bit over a thousand children) and check for lots of stuff (42 things), you will find one anomaly.
That 2007 paper and the tic anomaly were discussed here:
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2007/09/27/a-bad-day-for-antivaccinat…
Orac even says: "When running 42 tests, it would be shocking if there were not a few anomalous findings. What makes the study authors fairly confident that the findings are anomalous is that they were divided roughly equally in both directions, good and bad."
Be sure to check the comments from other bloggers that Orac added later to that post.
I love how jasryl6 @126 says that the MMR should be broken up into three separate vaccines. Wouldn't that triple the number of shots?
And to claim that polio was "fixed" by sanitation is to claim that your parents and grandparents literally sat around in open sewers. People were dying of polio in the USA in 1943.
You take a small number of subjects (a bit over a thousand children) and check for lots of stuff (42 things), you will find one anomaly.
I have to be at the vet in a bit, but IIRC, the Hayes item linked here includes Bonferroni corrections as a Tool of The Cover-Up.
jasryl6@150: Regarding your comment on how profitable vaccines are for manufacturers I think that you have missed the issue of frequency. Vaccines are (for the most part) a few in a lifetime. Even the influenza vaccine is merely yearly (and not required for most adults).
But there are tons of pharmaceuticals (prescription and OTC) that are taken daily, often for extended times or even for the whole of life.
So what's more profitable, a vaccine that is given maybe 3 times in a lifetime, or diabetes medication that is taken daily?
The profit motive just isn't there for vaccines.
I have to disagree. Of course, there are some very profitable pharmaceuticals. The pharmaceutical industry does a good job pushing their drugs and making big money. But, vaccines have the benefit of greater protection. If your vaccine gets added to the schedule, nearly every kid in America is getting it (sometimes 4 times with the boosters). They don't need to advertise. But, they've been doing that lately too. Like the Trimemba ad where they try to convince parents that their kid might get Hep C and die if he shares a drink with his friend. For the non-mandated ones, they're working to correct that as well. Hospitals guilt their employees and threaten them if they don't get the flu shot. Doctors guilt parents into getting their teen daughter the Gardasyl shot. They plan to grow from a $30 billion per year industry to a $100 billion industry in just a few years. Given how insanely pro-vaccine the brainwashed American public has become, it will probably happen.
Vaccines are one of the least profitable biologics / pharmaceuticals on the market....they require hundreds of millions of dollars in R&D, most in development don't get approved, and they are given very few times over the life of a person....not to mention the increased cost of post-release surveillance as well.
If the CDC and Merck just allowed parents to continue getting the MMR as 3 separate shots, there would be more kids being vaccinated for measles.
How many more? Do show your work.
Maybe we wouldn’t have had those 250 measles cases in California that everyone lost their minds over. (zero deaths and a bunch of kids who got lifetime immunity).
You seem to have a bad habit of playing free and loose with facts. There were 147 domestic cases (not all in California) and at least 136 in Lanaudière. And now everybody gets to play SSPE roulette. Yay?
At no time was Thompson the "Lead Statistician or lead Epidemiologist" of the CDC....that's just a bold face exaggeration of the highest degree.
You should be ashamed of your stupidity.
And to claim that polio was “fixed” by sanitation is to claim that your parents and grandparents literally sat around in open sewers.
It's also backward: improved sanitation went hand-in-hand with polio's appearing in epidemic outbreaks.
jasryl6 bought into the ‘Paul Offit voted himself rich’ nonsense by asking: “Why don’t you look at how much Paul Offit pocketed after voting to add a vaccine to the schedule that he held the patent to. (Rotavirus).
Of course, Offit left the Advisory Council on Immunization Practices three years before the RotaTeq vaccine that he developed was voted onto the pediatric immunization schedule. Perhaps jasryl6 is confused by the fact that a competitor for the vaccine that Offit worked 25 years to develop was approved in early 1998, mere months before Offit was allowed to vote in that Council. Offit didn’t vote to approve either the competing vaccine (that could have made it difficult to market the vaccine that he was developing) or for his own vaccine—but perhaps jasryl6 will still think it’s a nice story if the facts are ignored.
By brian (not verified) on 20 Dec 2016 #permalink
^ Moar blockquote fail in my previous comment.
jasryl6 @172: A couple of things, just to be clear.
1) Trimemba is for meningitis, not HepC. I had to get a meningitis shot when I went to college (private school requirement) and while it's generally rare it can also be fatal in a matter of hours, yeah, I took it. (I really, really wish there were a HepC vaccine. It's a huge problem among homeless and IDU veterans and I would *love* to be able to get on top of it.
2) US labor laws allow an employer to demand almost anything of their employees. So there's that for starters. And I think that it is right that the people who are working with the sickest and most vulnerable be expected to take more precautions. Or do you think it's not reasonable to ask doctors and nurses to wash their hands?
3) I got the very first version of Gardasil (no y) and I was thrilled. Hello, preventing cancer? Who doesn't want to prevent cancer? And that was 10 years ago, so it's not like there hasn't been follow up on million of women and girls. Oh, and it's for boys now too. And preventing cancer is clearly *not* a money making venture since most cancers are very expensive to treat.
So no, still disagreeing.
You are right about Trimemba. I was going on memory.
I don't think Gardasyl prevents cancer. I know 2 people that had serious complications from it. Fatigue and frequent pain. One of them passed out right in the Dr. office. They were aware of that being a potential side effect. Why would they put out a vaccine that they know causes people to faint? How can someone say vaccines don't affect someone's neurology if they can make you pass out? Why vaccinate an 11 year old for something that will affect them closer to the age of 50? Gardasyl is no longer used in Japan. They linked it to chronic fatigue. I'm pretty sure Australia stopped using it as well.
Narad, yep, that's how it got my family.
jasryl6:
how much Paul Offit pocketed after voting to add a vaccine to the schedule that he held the patent to. (Rotavirus). There’s no conflict of interest there though. Right? Of course not.
That would be $0.00, as Offitt did not vote "to add a vaccine to the schedule that he held the patent to."
This comes across as trolling more than as genuine stupidity and misinformation.
Interesting. Where did you get that information? I haven't seen any claim that he made nothing off selling the patent after the vaccine was added to the schedule. Is there a vaccine worship site I don't know about that is even more loyal to Merck than this one?
The Thimerosa-containing flu vaccine is still administered to pregnant women. I am positive of this. So, any vaccine worship site that says otherwise is lying.
You're not very good at the "premises" part of deductive reasoning, are you?
Easily verified as false.....Dr. Offit never held the patent, the Institution did. When the patent was sold, he was compensated because he was one of the developers.
Once that payment was made, he had no remaining interest in either the patent or vaccine itself.
Why do anti-vaxers keep repeating such easily refuted lies?
Vaccines to prevent Cancer? God forbid.....
Square the circle - a simple vaccine that prevents the need for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in treatments.
Anti-vaxers are just dumb.
Vaccine manufacturers are exempt from lawsuits, and it is highly profitable. They can’t be sued,
Whoops. I won't even bother with manufacturing and warning defect.
They don’t need to advertise. It is the only product that the government can force people to buy.
Because it's all they have.
Or was that one of those rhetorical questions?
By Johnny (not verified) on 20 Dec 2016 #permalink
Most likely rhetorical....
Dr. Offit didn't "sell" the patent - the institution he worked for did...again, he was compensated with a "one-time payment" which covered the work he did.
After that, he had no financial interest in either the vaccine or the patent.
I like how jasryl keeps saying we worship vaccines. Does Jasryl worship tables? Cornerstones? Anything that does it's job in an easily verifiable way? They might as well give up going to church and sit at the local mechanic's shop for an hour.
By Politicalguineapig (not verified) on 20 Dec 2016 #permalink
jasryl6: "how much Paul Offit pocketed after voting to add a vaccine to the schedule that he held the patent to. (Rotavirus)."
Dr. Offit's last year as an ACIP member was 2006. The ACIP approved RotaTeq in 2006: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5802a1.htm
And here are meeting minutes of ACIP in 2006, if you look on the fourth page you will see that Dr. Offit is not listed with the ACIP Members, but further down representing his hospital under "Guest Presenters, Press and Members of the Public."
"If the CDC and Merck just allowed parents to continue getting the MMR as 3 separate shots, there would be more kids being vaccinated for measles."
Please provide the PubMed indexed studies by reputable qualified researchers that the MMR vaccine that has been used in the USA since 1978 causes more harm than measles, mumps and rubella. Wakefield and his friends are not reputable.
Chris, Dr. Offit's "last year as an ACIP member" was, as I recall, 2003. The ACIP voted to approve RotaTeq in February 2006, two years and 9 months after Dr. Offit left the committee. jasryl6, like the delusional horde at AoA, is far off base.
brian: "Chris, Dr. Offit’s “last year as an ACIP member” was, as I recall, 2003"
Ooops. You are correct, thank you. That is a stupid typo, mostly because I was rushed. I was about to go somewhere, but just as I was finishing dear hubby walked in and actually wanted to have a conversation about his day (okay, he has been working lots of overtime, so it was more of a vent).
And look, I even forgot to post the link of the 2006 ACIP minute where Offit is not listed as an ACIP member:
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch/AcipMinJun06_FB100506_174608_7…
And here are the minutes of the Feb. 2006 ACIP meeting, which is missing the list of ACIP members, but puts Dr. Offit's affiliation as his hospital:
http://www.path.org/vaccineresources/files/ACIP_minutes_Feb06.pdf
The Thimerosa-containing flu vaccine is still administered to pregnant women. I am positive of this.
People have firmly believed a lot of dead wrong things.
So, any vaccine worship site that says otherwise is lying.
Translation: my beliefs are more important than any evidence you are able to present.
Just to explain to our current not very good troll why I emphasised that Thompson is a psychologist: a psychologist, certainly here and depending on which branch of psychology their post-grad training was in, would not necessarily have any training or expertise in autism or tic disorders. And if he's working in the sort of job Thompson was would have little clinical experience of either.
A number of the regular-ish posters here have more relevant knowledge and experience...
Offitt did not vote “to add a vaccine to the schedule that he held the patent to.”
Interesting. Where did you get that information? I haven’t seen any claim that he made nothing off selling the patent after the vaccine was added to the schedule.
Now some would say that there is little scope for argument with someone who is shameless enough to take the statement (demonstrably true) that Paul Offit did not vote on the Rotateq vaccine and turn it into a garbled claim that Offit made no money. I could not possibly comment.
Fortunately I am not here to win arguments with feckwit trolls, but simply to kick arse and chew bubblegum, and the good news is that I have plenty of bubblegum.
There is currently a court case in PA involving 2 of the Merck scientists who have admitted they were ordered to lie to bring that vaccine to market.
Yes, mendacity troll is telling us that (a) "Vaccine manufacturers can’t be sued", and (b) "Here is a vaccine manufacturer being sued".
But troll has also told us that Thompson was (a) "the CDC’s lead Epidemiologist and Statistician", and (b) a lowly minion, "number four out of the five" who went along with bad decisions that he could not influence.
I wonder if jasryl6 unwrapped the Xmas presents early and found a copy of "How to Win Arguments and Convince People through Bullsh1t and Self-Contradictions".
I don’t think Gardasyl prevents cancer.
It doesn't matter what you think, or more correctly, assume. What matters is what the evidence says. And the evidence says that since Gardasil has been introduced, the number of new cervical cancers has halved. In addition, oral and throat cancers have also fallen thanks to Gardasil.
I can't find any evidence to support what you are saying. Are you sure you didn't grab that info from skepticalreaptor? I'll happily look at any study you want to provide.
In reply to by Julian Frost (not verified)
jasryl6: "Are you telling me autism rates aren’t much lower in the Amish communities?"
It depends on how you define autism. They actually have a higher chance of from very nasty neurological disorders than the average population due to the limited gene pool. This is why they are a well studied population, including a few on autism.
You would have known this if you had clicked on the blue letters that sent you to the research done by the Clinic for Special Children in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. But just like Dan Olmsted, you just ignored its existence:
https://clinicforspecialchildren.org/what-we-do/research/diseases-mutat…
About Hannah Poling, you also said: "The high fever that sometimes comes with vaccination could have triggered her “autism-like features”. So, I’m guessing Hannah never had a fever before."
Wrong. Her vaccines were delayed because of a series of ear infections. From: http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1721109,00.html : "Because of a series of ear infections, Hannah had fallen behind in the vaccine schedule, so in a single day she was given five inoculations covering a total of nine diseases: measles, mumps, rubella, polio, varicella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and Haemophilus influenzae."
Now where are the PubMed indexed studies by reputable qualified researchers that the MMR vaccine used in the USA since 1978 causes more harm than measles, mumps and rubella.
jasry16: "I can’t find any evidence to support what you are saying."
Considering your string of absolute wrongness, and not even being able to follow the links that have been given to you, that is not a surprise. Perhaps it is because you are having trouble with reading comprehension, I have asked you for studies by reputable qualified researchers that show a greater harm from vaccines than the diseases, and you just posted a bunch of nonsense.
Hint: Autism is not worse than measles, and nor is it worse than most diseases, and it is not caused by any vaccine. Also someone whose medical license was revoked is not reputable.
I'm sure you are aware there are numerous other doctors besides Wakefield who dare to question vaccine safety despite the obvious consequences. Dr. Wakefield's co-author, Dr. John Walker Smith, for example, stood by the Lancet paper. But, he won his case in court and had his license restored.
You want proof that the MMR is more dangerous than measles. I never said it was. I don't view vaccine injured kids as collateral damage.
"Autism is not worse than measles"
What a dumb thing to say! Tell that to all of the non-verbal autistic kids who can't care for themselves. According to the CDC, the risk of death from measles is 1 in 1,000. Parents used to try to get their kids the measles just like they did with the chicken pox. Autism affects as many as 1 in 48 males in the U.S.
You never answered my questions? Why do you ask me not to mention the Tripedea DTaP? Because it lists autism under adverse events? Are you aware that a court in Italy ruled the vaccine Infanrix Hexa vaccine caused a child's autism. In the GSK document, it shows 6 cases of autism reported during clinical trials. I also pointed out that you clearly lied about Dr. Thompson considering I provided you with a way to hear the unedited conversations with Dr. Hooker. Did you listen to it? Or, are you afraid to? In case you missed the quotes I posted earlier, here is just some of what you will listen to from Dr. Thompson. I'm sure you will now be dismissing him as an antivaxxer.
“You know, in the United States, the only mercury containing vaccine is for pregnant women. I can say confidently I do think thimerosal causes tics. So I don’t know why they still give it to pregnant women. Like that’s the last person that I would give mercury to.”
“Thimerosal from vaccines cause tics.”
“Do you think a pregnant mother would want to take a vaccine that they know caused tics? Absolutely not! I would never give my wife a vaccine that I thought caused tics. I can say tics are four times more prevalent in kids with autism.”
“There is biologic plausibility right now to say that thimerosal causes autism-like features.”
“I have great shame now when I meet a family with kids with autism, because I have been a part of the problem.”
“I shoulder that the CDC has put the research ten years behind. Because the CDC has not been transparent, we’ve missed ten years of research, because the CDC is so paralyzed right now by anything related to autism. They’re not doing what they should be doing. They are afraid to look for things that might be associated.”
“The higher ups wanted to do certain things and I went along with it. I was, in terms of chain in command, I was number four out of the five. Colleen was the Division Chief … Frank is the Director of Immunization Safety. They are still all much more senior than me.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hpv-vaccine-tied-to-drop-in-…
I would call a 64% drop in circulating strains of HPV to be significant.....
I believe everyone has become quite aware of how well that works for you by this point.
Please elucidate this thinking of yours.
I know 2 people that had serious complications from it. Fatigue and frequent pain.
Do you have the VAERS IDs?
One of them passed out right in the Dr. office. They were aware of that being a potential side effect. Why would they put out a vaccine that they know causes people to faint?
Syncope among adolescents was discovered as a side effect in postmarketing surveillance. Then again, it's not unique to Gardasil or even to vaccines.
How can someone say vaccines don’t affect someone’s neurology if they can make you pass out?
Fainting is not a neurological symptom.
Why vaccinate an 11 year old for something that will affect them closer to the age of 50?
Um, so that it doesn't "affect them closer to the age of 50"?
Gardasyl is no longer used in Japan.
It no longer has a government recommendation. It hasn't been "banned," which is the usual trope, although uptake has dropped precipitously.
They linked it to chronic fatigue.
Working from memory again? About 50 reported cases of complex regional pain syndrome, per Medscape. I'll let you find it for yourself, as I'm out of links.
I’m pretty sure Australia stopped using it as well.
You're even more wrong than usual.
@Chris:
PubMed indexed studies by reputable qualified researchers
I'm thinking now more than ever that revising this to "Medline indexed" would be better, given how easy it is for random OA crap to wind up in Pubmed. At least Medline is actually curated.
Duly noted. But it is just a starting point mostly to avoid youtube videos and random conspiracy websites. I am not sure a blanket suggestion to use https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pmresources.html is going to help, since it does include PubMed.
Also, these clowns have no idea how to type in www.pubmed.gov, much less how to use the more refined bit if the Medline database. From the Fact Sheet: MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central): How are the different?... it says:
MEDLINE is the largest subset of PubMed. You may limit your PubMed search retrieval to MEDLINE citations by restricting your search to the MeSH controlled vocabulary or by using the Journal Categories filter called MEDLINE.
Yeah, they are going to figure out the "MeSH controlled vocabulary" right after they figure out what "more harm than" means. You will note, that I often do not get a valid reply with my PubMed indexed request.
jasryl6 asked, "Why would they put out a vaccine that they know causes people to faint?"
Patients faint with equal frequency whether they are injected with the Gardasil vaccine or with saline placebo.
It happens that young females--the original target population for Gardasil--faint more commonly than most other humans when they are injected, see their own blood, etc. This is true even for female military recruits (who faint about twice as frequently as male recruits) although they may be tougher than most of us, male or female.
This is exactly what I'm talking about. Classic vaccine worship. People commenting on scienceblogs and skepticalraptor are incapable of saying anything negative about a vaccine.
“On June 9, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a revised label for Gardasil, a vaccine to protect against cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancers caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 and genital warts caused by HPV types 6 and 11. In the new label, information pertaining to syncope (fainting) is now also included in the Warnings and Precautions section, and this section has new information noting that individuals who faint sometimes have tonic-clonic (jerking) movements and seizure-like activity.
In reply to by brian (not verified)
I received an IV the last time I was in the ER - and I passed out when they stuck the needle in......it happens all the time.
jasryl6 @183:
A few more things: Lots of things make people pass out. These include: getting shots, having blood drawn, seeing their own blood, watching someone else have blood drawn, low blood sugar, heat, and emotional shock.
Gardasil is still used in Australia, where it has much better uptake than in the US and has substantially reduced the rate of new cervical cancers. (See Julian's link at 201).
Why vaccinate against HPV at 11 if it might not cause cancer until 50? Because 50 is when the cancer is diagnosed, not when your first got the virus that causes the cancer. It's not a one day HPV, next day cancer kind of thing. It takes years to develop. So why not protect children before they are ever exposed?
Unless you think that all girls and women love being up in those stirrups, cranked open with a speculum and scraped away. Try having some compassion for people who've experienced sexual assault and can not handle a pelvic exam. And have some compassion for all the women of the world who have no access to regular PAP smears or pelvic exams but might be able to complete a vaccine series.
I passed out cold the first time I gave blood and blacked out partially the next several times. Guess I need to see a neurologist.
By Mephistopheles… (not verified) on 21 Dec 2016 #permalink
" Hospitals guilt their employees and threaten them if they don’t get the flu shot."
Someone who does not worship at the altar of Antivax might deduce that the reason for mandating flu vaccination of health care workers is to protect elderly, immunocompromised and otherwise vulnerable patients.
Seems like a good thing to me (and I'm one of those health care workers who gets an annual flu shot).
Also, the Pharma perks are _awesome_. :)
I would also suggest that this is done to prevent outbreaks of Flu among the nurses, who's absence would exacerbate an already serious shortage of nurses in this country (day to day).
jasryl6: "Tell that to all of the non-verbal autistic kids who can’t care for themselves."
My oldest child has autism. I am presently reading a book co-authored by an autistic person. It is called The Gentle Push, and one of the authors is Temple Grandin. Perhaps you have heard of her? She has a PhD. I know it would be pointless for me to request you provide the verifiable documentation that 1 out of 48 males in the USA are "non-verbal autistic kids who can’t care for themselves." (by the way, my oldest was non-verbal at age three, but there is this thing called "speech therapy")
"Parents used to try to get their kids the measles just like they did with the chicken pox."
Wrong. That was for rubella (German measles), and mostly for girls to prevent congenital rubella syndrome (a known cause of autism, along with other nasty things like death). Prior to the vaccine almost every child got measles (rubeola) before their fifteenth birthday. That is why it is assumed anyone born before 1957 has had measles. Read this (the blue letters mean it is a link to another web page):
http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/189/Supplement_1/S4.long
"Why do you ask me not to mention the Tripedea DTaP?"
Now, this is why I question your reading comprehension. I told you it was discontinued five years ago, and even included a link (again, do you even notice some of the words were blue?). It is no longer available, it is not sold and is not on the present American pediatric schedule. What part of that do you not understand?
Due to your reading comprehension issues, I would not trust any of the quotes you claim from Thompson. Also, I explained more than once that Thompson's whining about tics and thimerosal was due to jumping on one result based on measuring lots of stuff on just a thousand test subjects. Obviously you do not understand the basics of statistics and p-hacking, because if you have reading problems you more than likely do not understand any math.
Now again, please post the PubMed indexed studies by reputable qualified researchers that the MMR vaccine that has been used in the USA since 1978 causes more harm than measles, mumps and rubella.
And since you want to make lots of claims about autism and vaccines, you should answer another thing. The first MMR in the USA was introduced in 1971, the one used now was the preferred vaccine for the 1978 Measles Elimination Program. Please provide verifiable documentation dated before 1990 that the rate of autism rose in the USA coincident with the use of any MMR vaccine during the 1970s and 1980s. It could be anything, as long as it is verifiable, like government surveys of disabilities or education populations (but it must be available online for all to read, so include a link!).
This would help Wakefield, because it would show that there was data for him to base his hypothesis on. The USA is much bigger than the UK, and had been using an MMR for almost twenty years before the UK introduced theirs in 1988. So if an MMR vaccine caused autism it would have noticed in a very big country using it for more that twenty years before Wakefield did his study.
Let's talk about your reading comprehension. It is absolutely terrible. I never said all kids with autism are non-verbal. I was responding to your insane statement that getting the measles is worse than having autism. I said "tell that to all of the non-verbal autistic kids.." If you think that implies that I think every kid on the spectrum is non-verbal, you need serious work on your reading comprehension.
I know that the Tripedea DTaP isn't part of the schedule. My point was, on fda.gov, it still listed autism under adverse events. So, I questioned if that might be the reason you don't want to talk about it. I'm fully aware of what adverse events means.
Due to your reading comprehension issues, I would think that you would just search Dr. Thompson full audio, and listen. But, maybe you have issues understanding what you hear as well. Or, you are just terrified of what you might hear. There is a lot more than just what I quoted there.
I never said the MMR is directly responsible for the rise in autism. I didn't say it was the dramatic increase in the schedule (which does correlate with the rise in autism). I didn't say it was only because of Thimerosal either. In fact, I never even said it was only because of vaccines. I think there are several other factors involved.
You clearly never read the Dr. Wakefield Lancet study. The study never concluded that the MMR causes autism.
My main issue with vaccines is that they need to be made safer. Thimerosal needs to be removed completely. Further testing needs to be done on the MMR. I think the schedule is way too demanding. But, what motivation does Merck have to produce the safest vaccines possible when a brainwashed American public has become so pro-vaccine? Thanks to a costly PR campaign, it is at the point where no one can even question them without people losing their minds. What benefit does Thimerosal have other than a financial benefit to Merck? NONE. So, why would anyone support Merck's decision to continue using it?
jasryl6 noted that "individuals who faint sometimes have tonic-clonic (jerking) movements and seizure-like activity."
However, it happens that that's true whether the syncope follows the sight of blood, exercise, vaccination, or acupuncture. It happens that adolescent girls, the target population for the initial anti-HPV vaccination efforts, are particularly prone to fainting. So?
Note that other vaccines given in adolescence, just like exercise, laceration, wound repair, and blood draws are similarly associated with risk of "fainting, tonic-clonic (jerking) movements and seizure-like activity." Gardasil-associated fainting, rare as it is, would be even less of a problem if the vaccine was routinely given only to middle-aged people, but then it wouldn't be particularly effective given that many in that population, unlike young adolescents, would probably have already been infected with HPV.
Oh, by the way: regarding "the Tripedia DTaP listed autism under adverse events," you should understand that vaccine package inserts are intended to be read at about the sixth-grade level. Accordingly, a sixth-grader should be able to help you to understand the difference between an event that was reported to have happened some time after vaccination and an event that was determined to have been caused by vaccination. Note that the Tripedia package insert also includes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in that list, and that (stay with me now) since SIDS deaths are classified as SIDS deaths because they have NOT been attributed to any specific cause, your suggestion that the inclusion of autism alongside SIDS in that list implies causality is, at best, woefully ignorant.
Lots of things make people pass out. These include: getting shots, having blood drawn, seeing their own blood, watching someone else have blood drawn, low blood sugar, heat, and emotional shock.
Back when I was younger I was told that gentlemen should never undress in front of young ladies with the lights on, as it may make the young ladies faint.
Being of a scientific bent, I put this to the test several times back then and always with the same outcome: no fainting, just pointing and laughing.
I am wondering whether jasryl6 has mistaken pointing and laughing for fainting.
By Chris Preston (not verified) on 21 Dec 2016 #permalink
@jasryl6 #202:
I can’t find any evidence to support what you are saying.
Did you see the blue-coloured words in my comment? That's a hyperlink. Click on it.
#205:
Dr. John Walker Smith, for example, stood by the Lancet paper. But, he won his case in court and had his license restored.
1. Walker-Smith did not "stand by the Lancet Paper". After his appeal, his own lawyer declared the vaccine autism causation hypothesis disproven.
2. Walker-Smith's appeal was basically "Wakefield deceived me". It doesn't exonerate Wakefield, it damages him further.
According to the CDC, the risk of death from measles is 1 in 1,000.
Death is not the only possible negative outcome from measles. My driving instructor was deaf in one ear thanks to measles.
Are you aware that a court in Italy ruled the vaccine Infanrix Hexa vaccine caused a child’s autism.
1. Nope. Wrong vaccine. The Court ruled that MMR caused a child's autism.
2. The verdict was overturned by a higher Court, which also criticised the lower Court for including Wakefield's "Case Study" as evidence.
There was a second ruling of the Tribunal of Milan in 2014 in a civil case against the Italian Government claiming that Infanrix Hexa SK vaccine caused autism. The expert appointed by the Judge in the case stated that the mercury in the vaccine could be the only cause of autism in this case.
I don't know whether this case has been overturned yet.
Not decided yet to my knowledge.
Addressed here, if anyone wants background : http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/italian-court-aw…
By Dorit Reiss (not verified) on 21 Dec 2016 #permalink
In reply to by Chris Preston (not verified)
Walker-Smith repudiated the fraudulent 1998 Wakefield et al paper's "interpretation" (conclusions) section, alongside nine other co-authors in 2004. This is the section that claims an association in time between regressive autism and MMR.
In the High Court, his lawyer submitted on his behalf, that no respectable body of opinion now supported the claim that MMR causes autism. That was a formal submission, and it was adopted in the judgment.
As you can discover in a recent online conversation between Wakefield and JB Handley (who, of course, didn't follow up the meaning of this) Walker-Smith has never spoken to Wakefield again.
By Brian Deer (not verified) on 21 Dec 2016 #permalink
The reason you goal-posting shifting specials don't blast Hib has nothing to do with its safety profile. Otherwise, you'd leave varicella alone. You don't go after it because you cannot even attempt to make a case against it. You can't point to "sanitation and hygiene" as the primary factors contributing to the massive decline in Hib disease since the introduction of the shot. You got nothin', so you leave it alone.
"you goal post shifting specials" Huh?
I think I get it. You are one of those "if you question any vaccine, you are automatically against every vaccine and idolize Jenny McCarthy and hate science" people. It couldn't be that I think the MMR needs further independent study, Thimerosal needs to be eliminated completely, and the schedule has gotten too demanding. Nope. Because it's all or nothing. Right? Either you trust Merck and the CDC completely and happily inject your kids with whatever they put out. Or, you are a stupid antivaxxer.
I’m fully aware of what adverse events means.
Thanks for the laugh.
1. Improved sanitation/hygiene.
2. It was on the decline before the introduction of the vaccine.
3. The illness isn't that big of a deal.
4. We all had it as kids and it was no big whoop.
5. Nobody ever dies from it.
You've got nothing in your arsenal. That's why you leave it alone.
Yeah, they are going to figure out the “MeSH controlled vocabulary” right after they figure out what “more harm than” means. You will note, that I often do not get a valid reply with my PubMed indexed request.
True enough, but in a Pubmed search, all but the newest papers will carry the annotation "Indexed for MEDLINE," so the filters aren't strictly necessary (although I find them very helpful, which is why I set up an account).
Yes. I can even tell you the name of the child's attorney.
In the GSK document, it shows 6 cases of autism reported during clinical trials.
Have you gone through this 1271-page document to be able to put your statement into context? It's kind of a pain in the ass, given that the column heads aren't repeated at the top of each table page, but I'll wait.
It's actually a simple word search. You can search "autism" and find the information.
https://autismoevaccini.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/vaccin-dc3a9cc3a8s…
I'm finished here. Maybe the rest of the people in your vaccine worship center will see this. I have done this once before, and it is amusing but time consuming. It's like walking into a church filled with fundamentalist Christians and challenging the existence of God. So many people responding. I don't have time to address them all. No. They haven't proven me wrong by siting information from their own vaccine worship sites. No. The MMR hasn't been proven safe unless you discount the thousands of parents who all have the same story of their child's regression after the MMR or the studies that show a link. Chemmomo and Chris are taking my words out of context. Everyone is avoiding the fact that you can listen to the unedited recordings of Dr. Thompson because it is the equivalent of showing a fundamentalist Christian a fossil. This vaccine worshiping cult still keeps trying to defend the idea of injecting pregnant women with mercury. To me, that is just sick. One day, they will realize it. I have heard it all before. "correlation doesn't equal causation", I get it. You love vaccines. You probably can't even acknowledge that some people are severely damaged by them. Your faith in vaccines surpasses even the very people who develop them. And, whether it's Dr. Maurice Hilleman, Dr. William Thompson, the former FDA official who said flu vaccines are worthless, or any of the doctors in the vaxxed videos....whoever it is, it doesn't matter. Once they question the vaccines, they are dismissed as antivaxxers. If this cult following at scienceblogs celebrates Christmas, then Merry Christmas! Time for me to move on. I have turned off notifications. But, have fun talking among yourselves.
My main issue with vaccines is that they need to be made safer.
How much safer would you like them to be? What (to you) is an acceptable ratio of shots to adverse events?
Thimerosal needs to be removed completely. Further testing needs to be done on the MMR.
Spoken like a true antivaxxer. Vaccines are among the most thoroughly tested medical products in existence. What level of testing would satisfy you? Oh, and most vaccines have thimerosal free versions.
I think the schedule is way too demanding.
"Too many too soon". Investigated and disproven. Use the SEARCH box up top.
What benefit does Thimerosal have other than a financial benefit to Merck? NONE.
It allows vaccines to not need refrigeration. In fact, several organisations that supported thimerosal's removal now say that had they known then what they now now, they would have pushed for its retention.
It allows vaccines to not need refrigeration.
Nope, but using multidose vials does place less stress on the cold chain than single-dose units.
jasryl6: "Let’s talk about your reading comprehension. It is absolutely terrible. I never said all kids with autism are non-verbal."
Interesting. Lets see what you said, and these are your exact words: "Tell that to all of the non-verbal autistic kids who can’t care for themselves. According to the CDC, the risk of death from measles is 1 in 1,000. Parents used to try to get their kids the measles just like they did with the chicken pox. Autism affects as many as 1 in 48 males in the U.S."
Now how would a reasonable person interpret that particular arrangement of words? You are saying autism is worse than measles deaths because of some random number your read somewhere. You also very strongly implied that the number represented all autistic persons.
Well, now you really need to provide some verifiable evidence for that number, and give more detail about what it means. Break it down what percentage of the total with an autism study are "non-verbal who can care for themselves, versus the rest. Then tell us how many of the total would have received an autism diagnosis under DSM II (1968), DSM III (1980, and DSM III-R in 1987), DSM IV (1994) and finally DSM V (2013).
Also, for those who are diagnosed under DSM V, please tell the percent who are Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3.
"You clearly never read the Dr. Wakefield Lancet study. The study never concluded that the MMR causes autism."
I did read it. Perhaps it is because Wakefield did not read his own paper, because at the press conference he told parents to use separate vaccines, without any evidence for that suggestion. And he has been playing that tune for almost twenty years. Have you even heard about his moved "VAXXED"?
Wakefield evidence free announce that parents get single jabs had its own consequences, parents seeking separate vaccines had to go to private clinics. Before Wakefield published his paper, the UK had changed the MMR vaccines to remove those with the Urabe mumps strain (which had a higher than acceptical level of asceptic meningitis) to the Jeryl Lynn. But it was also hard to get single mumps vaccine, so some private clinics were illegally importing some with the Urabe mumps strain:
MEDICINES CONTROL AGENCY TO OBJECT TO IMPORTATION OF UNLICENSED SINGLE URABE STRAIN MUMPS VACCINE
"Further testing needs to be done on the MMR."
Why? For what? It has been used safely since 1978, that is almost forty years. You are making a claim, now support that claim. Provide the PubMed indexed studies by reputable qualfied researchers than the present American MMR vaccine causes more harm than measles, mumps and rubella.
I think I get it. You are one of those “if you question any vaccine, you are automatically against every vaccine and idolize Jenny McCarthy and hate science” people.
No, the issues are that you don't bother to defend your assertions and that when they prove to be demonstrably wrong you just try to change to a different babbling point.
Let’s talk about your reading comprehension. It is absolutely terrible.
The irony, it burns.
Remember, Narad, he does not click on links. Apparently he does not know the blue text goes to another website.
I think I get it. You are one of those “if you question any vaccine, you are automatically against every vaccine and idolize Jenny McCarthy and hate science” people. It couldn’t be that I think the MMR needs further independent study, Thimerosal needs to be eliminated completely, and the schedule has gotten too demanding. Nope. Because it’s all or nothing. Right? Either you trust Merck and the CDC completely and happily inject your kids with whatever they put out. Or, you are a stupid antivaxxer.
I trust my HCPs. I trust my daughter's ped. I trust my HCP family and friends. I trust that they have my family's best interests at hand. I'd hate to live in your world.
I didn’t say it was the dramatic increase in the schedule (which does correlate with the rise in autism).
But then what did you mean in #226?
the schedule has gotten too demanding.
Maybe you didn’t say it as explicitly before, but you have now. Did your position change between your posting those two comments?
And, while we’re on the subject, which currently vaccine-preventable diseases do you want your children to suffer?
jasryl6: "The MMR hasn’t been proven safe unless you discount the thousands of parents who all have the same story of their child’s regression after the MMR or the studies that show a link. Chemmomo and Chris are taking my words out of context."
First you need to prove those thousands of parents actually exist, and are not same folks who keep repeating what they thought happened. The Autism Omnibus Proceeding was set up to deal with the five thousand who filed, so three of the best cases were brought forward. They all lost, and the others with less "evidence" were dismissed:
http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/omnibus-autism-proceeding
For the MMR test case, it turned out that video records showed the child had autistic behaviors before she got the vaccine. There is a link to the decisions in the link above.
Neither Chemmomo nor I took your words out of context. I directly quoted all of the sentences where you mentioned "non-verbal", "can't care for themselves", the measles deaths were one out of a thousand cases, and there are one in 48 males with autism. You put that jumble together, next time be a bit more clear.
And still waiting for any verifiable study by qualified reputable researchers than the MMR vaccine used in the USA since 1978 causes more harm than measles, mumps and rubella.
You have also not presented any verifiable evidence dated before 1990 that autism went up during the 1970s and 1980s with the use of the 1971 and 1978 American MMR vaccines.
Are you even aware that there are different versions of MMR vaccines? In 1988 the UK introduced three different ones, and then in 1992 withdrew the two that had the Urabe mumps component. Which makes us wonder which MMR vaccine was Wakefield Lancet study on? One of the three that had been introduced in 1988? But why was there an American child? And did he have a plan to study the final replacement MMR vaccine that the UK introduced in 1998?
Do you know? Do you even understand? Still, the one used in the USA is almost forty years old, plenty of time for data. So do find those PubMed indexed studies by researchers that it has caused more harm than the diseases.
"It’s like walking into a church filled with fundamentalist Christians and challenging the existence of God."
While jasryl6 considers this a devastating insult (why do you hate religion, jasryl6?), in reality the fundamentalist comparison applies nicely to a lot of antivaxers. Not only do they cling to nonsensical dogma, they actually equate their beliefs with religion. Example: the folks over at Age of Autism, who explained their banning of comments from pro-vaccine posters by saying that a church wouldn't allow nonbelievers to come in and make fun of religion.
As for parents deliberately trying to infect their kids with measles, I never heard of this before it was reported in the case of some modern antivaxers. Back in pre-vaccine days no one had to have a measles party or its equivalent, since the disease was so commonplace. Kids (like me) just ran the gauntlet of childhood diseases and if we and our parents were fortunate, it just meant being miserably sick and out of school for weeks (if not so lucky, it meant a trip to the hospital, long-term complications or worse).
It’s actually a simple word search. You can search “autism” and find the information.
No, you can find the entries in the appendices. Without context, they tell you nothing whatever – not even a denominator.
I’m finished here.
Do stick the flounce.
Maybe the rest of the people in your vaccine worship center will see this.
That you've flounced?
I have done this once before, and it is amusing but time consuming.
As compared with composing content-bearing replies to your barrage of random assertions?
It’s like walking into a church filled with fundamentalist Christians and challenging the existence of God.
Yes, you've been repeating this ad nauseam. That can't be particularly time-consuming.
So many people responding. I don’t have time to address them all.
You haven't cogently addressed anything. HTH. HAND.
It’s like walking into a church filled with fundamentalist Christians and challenging the existence of God. So many people responding. I don’t have time to address them all. No. They haven’t proven me wrong by siting (sic) information from their own vaccine worship sites.
Who the cap fit, let them wear it.
Newest flouncer: "They haven’t proven me wrong by siting information from their own vaccine worship sites."
Actually you were proven wrong by not providing actual data to your arguments by blatant assertion. You never gave valid answers to the requests for data to back up those assertions. But how can we expect you to provide a real citation when you cannot spell "citing" correctly?
Time for me to move on.
Typical. Antivaxxer comes in here repeating P.R.A.T.T.s we've seen and refuted before, gets absolutely thrashed, and flounces out.
Oh well, there's always another chew toy out there.
I see that AoA is enjoying its new toy, the previously mentioned, sinister Bonferroni correction. Ergo, thimerosal increases intelligence.
^ Ah, it's also warmed-over.
Be careful about calling anyone a liar. It is not only libelling but unprofessional for anyone who calls him/herself a journalist. Let me inform you that I know hundreds of families whose entire life was destroyed by immense vaccination. In many cases children were videotaped or photographed before and after that. The difference is visible and shocking. If you had seen an infant like that with your eyes you would also say there sholud be more sensibly planned vaccination scheme and vaccines sholud be given later and and only one at a time. They should also be tested for safety again and some dangerous and allergic components should be removed. That's what Andrew Wakefield and Del Bigtree's film is campaigning for. That is the truth and I wonder if you have the sense of justice to post this uncensored.
By Kristina (not verified) on 15 Jan 2017 #permalink
Trump is a liar, and I can say that as much as I like to because he is President-Elect. As for Wakefield, I said he's either stupid or a liar, take your pick.
Also, vaccines ARE already among the most heavily tested pharmaceuticals in existence. Bigtree and Wakefield are ignorant, and their film is such a shameless piece of propaganda that it'd make Leni Reifenstahl, if she were still alive, gasp and say, "Zu viel!"
By oracknows on 15 Jan 2017 #permalink
anyone who calls him/herself a journalist.
I can't see anyone in this thread calling him / herself a journalist, which leaves me wondering whether Kristina is mistakenly responding to some other blog entirely.
In many cases children were videotaped or photographed before and after that. The difference is visible and shocking.
She also mistakenly forgot to link to the evidence for her claims.
By herr doktor bimler (not verified) on 15 Jan 2017 #permalink
Trump is a liar, and I can say that as much as I like to because he is President-Elect.
Given that the proposition is easily demonstrable, the public-figure standard isn't really needed.
By Narad (not verified) on 15 Jan 2017 #permalink
Orac, given that Mr. Wakefield has been proven to have published fraudulent research on vaccines, I think it would be quite safe to call him a liar. He'd have a hard time suing someone for defamation for calling him one over the subject given his history, even in Britain.
By Panacea (not verified) on 15 Jan 2017 #permalink
[Wakefield ]’d have a hard time suing someone for defamation for calling him one over the subject given his history
You will recall his various gestures in the direction of defamation suits, generally abandoned at the last minute coitus-interruptus-style just before an actual appearance in court, almost as if their real purpose was sucker-bait.
In all my anxiety stemming from this horrible new Trump status of America, I couldn't find one reason to like him...I searched and searched for something good about Trump -nothing. Until just now! Thank you for this article. Finally, I agree with Trump on something. I wonder what a smart person would say about you calling Trump/Wakefield a name that, instead, was your own unconscious truth slipping out for the 2nd time, the 1st being when you named yourself Orac, you Quack? Can we at least laugh at your Freudian slip moment? Or, don't you see it occurred? Factoring in the cliche' 'it takes one to know one', the probability is that you don't. And, by the way, science or critical thinking aren't your "thang". Tata dummy
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Batman Eternal #52 Review
Posted by Paul Bowler in All, DC Comics
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Gotham City is a raging inferno of chaos. Batman confronted the supposed mastermind at Beacon Tower, the Cluemaster. With the Dark Knight exhausted and beaten, Cluemaster was about to shoot Batman when the true mastermind emerged from the shadows… Lincoln March, the villain behind the Court of Owls storyline, the man who claimed he was Bruce’s brother, Thomas Wayne Jr! Dressed in his Court of Owls armour, March slit Cluemaster’s throat. Now, while Batman’s allies and the GCPD fight to save the city, the Dark Knight must confront his nemesis as the final battle between these erstwhile brothers begins…
The lives of Batman, his allies, his enemies, and even the city of Gotham itself, have become the focus of this landmark DC Comics weekly series as the Dark Knight’s world has been explored like never before over the course of this year-long event. The Bat-Epic concludes here in Batman Eternal #52, with a story from writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, script also by Tynion, along with consulting writers Ray Fawkes, Kyle Higgins and Tim Seeley, in this special extra sized issue as Batman Eternal reaches its thrilling climax.
Batman Eternal #52 gives us only moments to recover from last issue shocking cliff-hanger, with an ominous flashback to The Night of the Owls and a fortuitous meeting at Harbor House, before the action-packed showdown between Batman and Lincoln March takes centre stage. While it may have been Cluemaster’s plan, it was actually Lincoln March that funded the entire operation with the resources he plundered from The Court of Owls. Now as the confrontation between March and Batman atop Beacon Tower takes to the air, this violent reunion between these supposed Wayne brothers soon comes crashing down to earth, and the location for their final battle proves a fittingly apt battleground for “Eternal” to play out on.
The pace of this issue doesn’t let up for a moment. As the fate of Gotham City hangs in the balance, it’s up to Batman’s allies to do whatever they can to help the civilians escape from the carnage that has griped the city. With Penny One and Penny Two coordinating their efforts, Batwing, Red Robin, Bluebird, and Red Hood all have their work cut out for them, and even Batgirl must race to make a last minute rescue when she least expects it.
Batman Eternal #52 features a wealth of stunning artwork for this final issue provided by: Eduardo Pansica & Julio Ferreira, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, David Lafuente, Tim Seeley, and Ray Fakes (Artists), along with Allen Passalaoua, Gabe Eltaeb, John Kalisz, John Rauch (Colors), Steve Wands (Letters), with a stunning cover by Jae Lee & June Chung, and variant cover by Andy Kubert & Brad Anderson. The different artistic styles form a perfect cohesion between the striking visual and intricate plotting required for this final issue of Batman Eternal, as the year-long storyline draws to a close. The collective work produced here is staggering, every scene builds towards the glorious moment where Jim Gordon address the city, whereby a clever twist inspired from events in Zero Year is utilized to create an urban victory for Gotham City as dozens of Bat-Signals light up the sky. It’s a rousing scene, and one of Batman Eternals finest moments ever!
With new allies joining the fray to help the Bat-Family, Commissioner Bard and the GCPD also receive some unexpected help, Spoiler faces her most life changing decision of all, and Batman’s fight with Lincoln March reaches a crucial juncture. Ever since Lincoln March’s fate and supposedly true identity as Thomas Wayne Jr was left unresolved in Batman #11, the characters return has been long expected, and the flashback to his encounter with Cluemaster brings further insight into the role he played in orchestrating the events in Batman Eternal.
The fight between Batman and Lincoln is a savage, brutal, no-holds-barred struggle, but even though Batman’s rag-tad suit is hardly a match for Lincoln’s armour, Bruce fights on, even when it seems everything is lost. It proves how indomitable the legacy of the Dark Knight really is, despite everything Bruce has had taken away from him: be it the gadgets, the money, whether being driven to the brink of physical and mental exhaustion, or even having the cape and cowl ripped away, Bruce Wayne is still the Batman, with or without all the trappings, and his personal resolve, strength, faith in his allies, and his dedication to city he is sworn to protect remains as unbreakable as the night that fateful gunshot rang out in crime alley.
So much has happened over the last year: Commissioner Gordon was framed and sentenced to life in Blackgate for unwittingly causing the subway train accident that killed over one hundred Gotham citizens, Selina Kyle went from cat burglar to Gotham’s new Kingpin of crime, Wayne Manor was transformed into a new Arkham Asylum after the latter was destroyed following an explosive supernatural event, a nano-virus wreaked havoc in the Narrows of Gotham, and the Dark Knight and his allies were tested to the limit as they battled the villains of Batman’s rogues gallery in their quest to discover the mastermind behind it all. Sure, there were a few issues where the focus of the plot meandered a little, some characters story arcs were better developed than others, but overall I think Batman Eternal provided a really gripping and exciting storyline, one that has – for the most part at least – delivered the goods week after week.
The resolution to the fight between Batman and Lincoln March is another of Batman Eternals standout moments. While perhaps not exactly the battle royal we might’ve been hoping for, that magnificent two-page spread during the major turning point of the fight is an absolute killer moment, and the scene which follows afterwards between Jim Gordon and Batman sums everything up perfectly. From here Batman Eternal gradually winds down though a series of codas that neatly ties up some loose ends and sets up some potential storylines for the future. The times they are a changing in Gotham: especially for Jason Bard and Vicky Vale, Batman and Catwoman, Penguin, Batwing, Barbara, Jason Todd, and Harper and her new flatmate, but my favourite closing scene was a particularly fun moment between Stephanie Brown and Red Robin.
As for Lincoln March..? Well, let’s just say the past has a very nasty way of catching up with him. Ironic really, considering how Lincoln thought the Cluemaster was nothing more than a second-rate nobody, that it is Lincoln March who eventually suffers the indignity and horror of becoming the greatest nobody of all…
Batman Eternal has been a milestone comic book event, the scope of this weekly series has been immense, and the all star creative team of writers Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, Jason Fabok, John Layman, and Tim Seeley, together with a host of superb artists including – Jason Fabok, Dustin Nguyen, Andrea Mutti, and more – have brought readers an intricately plotted and visually impressive series that has successfully managed to keep us guessing about the true identity of the villain behind everything right up until the penultimate issue
With everything in Batman Eternal taking place before the current events unfolding in Batman Endgame, the fallout from this year-long series is sure to influence the shape of things to come. We still have Batman #40 and the face-off between the Batman and the Joker on the cards for the finale of Endgame, then we’ve got the intriguing prospect of an “All New Batman” debuting in Batman #41, and if all that wasn’t enough for us to look forward to Batman Eternal Season 2 is also on the way. This second Batman Eternal storyline will be focused more on Robin and the characters that have been involved in the Dark Knights legacy as Robins, and it will be a major story event that will celebrate Robin’s 75th Anniversary!
The last page of Batman Eternal is magnificent point to close on. Over the last year we’ve seen how the Dark Knights world has gradually been torn down around him. Now, as Batman and Jim Gordon look out across the Gotham skyline it becomes apparent just how far reaching the events of Batman Eternal have been for everyone involved. Its been a tough year for Batman and Gordon, nevertheless they stand ready, prepared to face whatever the future might hold, and carry on the good fight for Gotham one more time.
Batman Eternal #52 rounds off this year-long event in fine style, it provides an exciting finale to DC Comics weekly Batman series, and sets the scene for the next era of the Dark Knight legacy to begin in earnest.
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Gotham City is burning. The crisis is spiralling out of control, villains are running wild, even the Dark Knights allies are struggling to cope. As the GCPD plan their next move, Catwoman reinforces her authority as Gotham’s Kingpin of crime. Batman raced to the Beacon Tower to confront the mastermind behind it all – the Cluemaster! Now, beaten and tied to the shattered Bat-Signal, it would seem that Batman has been completely outwitted and utterly defeated by Cluemaster. But is Cluemaster really the master criminal, or is there another waiting to be revealed..?
Cluemaster has emerged from the shadows as the major antagonist of Batman Eternal! Now the fallout from last issues cliff-hanger unfolds in Batman Eternal #51, in this story from writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, featuring a great script also by James Tynion IV, and consulting writers Ray Fawkes, Kyle Higgins and Tim Seeley, as the year long weekly Batman series’ penultimate issue delvers its most shocking twist of all!
Bound to the Bat-Signal, Batman must endure yet more hardship as his identity is callously stripped away, it echoes the opening moments from Batman Eternal #1, and Cluemaster is certainly not messing about either. While he basks in the glory of his apparent victory, we learn how Cluemaster set about brining his grand scheme together. Its ingenious to say the least, it seem the misdirection it caused worked both ways, and its staggering to think what this second-rate Riddler-knock off has managed to achieve.
Meanwhile, the Bat-Family do what they can to help the citizens of Gotham, but they cannot be everywhere at once. As Catwoman cracks the whip to keep the crime families in line, over at the GCPD, the situation looks grim, and its up to Jim Gordon to inspire Commissioner Bard to step up to the plate and be the commissioner the city needs. The brief interlude featuring Bluebird and Spoiler is a great moment for both characters, Harper’s exchange with Stephanie is rooted in the very essence of everything Batman stands for, and it’s a great defining moment for Bluebird – and its one that makes me like the character more than ever.
The art by Alvaro Martinze is stunning, every scene from Tynion’s exciting script is stylishly rendered, and the action flows seamlessly along at a cracking pace. The opening scenes are ablaze with high-drama, with the cape and cowl fluttering down into the flaming streets, before events shift between Catwoman’s nightclub, the GCPD, and finally Harper’s confrontation with Spoiler. Alvaro Martinze’s superbly conveys the flashbacks detailing Cluemaster’s scheme with his cohorts, and the ferocity of Bruce’s battle with Cluemaster is also really intense and brutal. Raul Fernandez’s inks enhance every detail, and the colors by June Chung are really bold and striking.
Of course the Bat is never defeated is he? As we might have expected Batman manages to get free and give Cluemaster a good kicking, but in his weakened state even the Dark Knight struggles, his punches lack power, and the moment Cluemaster has been waiting for is finally here. So, is the Cluemaster really the big-bad of Batman Eternal, or has this been just another red herring to keep us all guessing? Well, although he may have brought Batman to the brink of his greatest defeat, let’s just say that Cluemaster soon finds out just how cutthroat and unpredictable things can get when you attempt to step up into the big league of the major villains!
The year-long Bat-Epic is almost over! Batman Eternal #51 is terrific issue, by the final, shocking page, this issue will have sunk its claws in deep, and you will be left reeling by another shocking surprise cliff-hanger!
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Gotham is in turmoil, the Penguin has instigated a riot in Blackgate, and villains are running amok in the city. Hush escaped and corrupted the Bat-Tec but Alfred managed to defeat him. Batman and his allies must coordinate their efforts to save Gotham City as Commissioner Bard leads a team from GCPD to rescue Gordon from Blackgate. Now, as the city burns, the Dark Knight must prepare to confront the mastermind behind it all…
Its non-stop action all the way in Batman Eternal #50, in this story from writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, with script also by James Tynion IV, and consulting writers Ray Fawkes, Kyle Higgins and Tim Seeley, as this year long Bat-Epic nears its conclusion.
As the dust settle over last issues Robo-Suit-Bane Vs. Batman-In-A-Jet Fighter cliff-hanger, Batman gets a quick update of the situation in Gotham via Penny One in the Bat-Cave and Penny Two in Robin’s Nest, before setting out to end the chaos and deal with the Rogue’s Galley of villains currently giving the Bat-Family a run for their money after Hush disable their Bat-Tec. Batman isn’t messing about either, he goes up against the Scarecrow, Mr Freeze, and Clayface, using highly effective and even brutal methods to bring them down.
Commissioner Bard shouldn’t have worried so much about Gordon either. Jim’s more than capable of looking after himself, after all he’s weathered far worse things than this riot in Blackgate in his time, and it seems his marine training and the well heeded advice of an old friend has served him very well indeed here.
This is one hell of a fast-paced issue. Alvaro Martinze’s art really conveys the intense pace as events unfold in quick succession: we’ve the aftermath of Batman’s confrontation with Bane, the riot in Blackgate, showdowns with the Dark Knights deadliest foes, and Martinez also get to pack in some pretty spectacular scenes of carnage as well – especial when another villain with a penchant for fire takes to the skies as Gotham burns! Raul Fernandez’s inks also highlight the finer details in every scene, and the colors by June Chung are rich and vibrant throughout.
The refitted Wayne-Tec drones Penny One and Penny Two use to bring Batman a citywide update of the situation may have allowed the Dark Knight to help his allies, but the identity of who is actually behind everything that’s happened in Gotham remains a frustratingly elusive quandary for Batman. Its not often we see the Dark Knight like this, exhausted, worn down, and angry as hell, he becomes as ruthlessly efficient at dealing with his enemies in this issue as he does at barking out orders to the rest of the Bat-Family. There are some lighter moments though. Red Hood’s quip after Bane is defeated is fun, as is Red Robin’s comment about being offline, and Batgirl gets to show off because she didn’t need any help to defeat her opponent.
Batman Eternal #50 delivers this weekly series’ most shocking surprise of all during its closing moments. It is here, as the final pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place, that Batman races to Beacon Tower for a confrontation with the hidden nemesis that has been responsible for all the events in Batman Eternal. The fact this moments takes place in front of the shattered Bat-Signal makes it all the more powerful and symbolic. This is an absolutely cracking issue of Batman Eternal. The clues have indeed been there right from the beginning and with only two issues remaining everything is now in place for a stunning finale to this weekly series!
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The stakes are raised even higher in Batman Eternal #40, especially now that Batman no longer has the assets of Wayne Enterprises at his disposal. Given access to the Dark Knight’s secret weapons and resources by an unknown backer, a group of Batman’s deadliest foes are now ready to embark on a violent crime spree in Gotham. Having followed Riddler’s clues to his hideaway on Miller Mountain, Batman confronted the Riddler, but determined to avoid returning to Gotham at all costs Nygma detonated explosive charges and caused an avalanche. Now while Batman and Riddler battle to survive against the elements, Catwoman decides on a new course of action; and Vicky Vale must confront the treacherous intern Patrick in the offices of the Gotham Gazette.
Events really kick into high gear in Batman Eternal #40, in this action-packed issue by writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, with script by Ray Fawkes, and consulting writers Kyle Higgins, and Tim Seeley, as the specially chosen members of Batman’s rogues gallery prepare to unleash carnage on Gotham while the Dark Knight finds himself locked in a deadly battle for survival with the Riddler as conditions on the mountain deteriorate.
Turn and Turn Again begins as Penny Two’s voice crackles over the airwaves following the avalanche, the bleak mountainside seems unsettlingly still, until Batman finally responds. Batman and the Riddler have been engulfed by the avalanche that Edward Nygma triggered; now Batman must help his old foe as they attempt to escape from the mountain. Meanwhile, back in Gotham, the group of Batman’s enemies can hardly believe their luck as they begin planning how to use the Dark Knight’s secret arsenal which has just been handed to them on a plate. Now that Catwoman runs more of city than anyone could ever know, Gotham’s new Kingpin of crime decides she wants no part in the proposition which she, and her former associates, have been offered via the speaker system by their mysterious benefactor. However, Catwoman soon discovers that life at the top in Gotham City can be brutal and deadly!
The Art by Davide Furno and Paolo Armitano captures the harsh frozen landscape of the mountain scenes perfectly, and you really get a sense of the danger Batman and Riddler face. The gritty urban environment of Gotham provides a stark contrast to events on the mountain, Furno and Armitano do a good job with these scenes featuring lots of Batman’s villains, and the tense excitement of Vicky Vale’s plight is another highlight of this issue. John Kalisz’s colors are also extremely good, brining added depth to every scene, particularly those on Miller Mountain.
There are some great scenes between Batman and the Riddler too, and it seems the Riddler’s not about to divulge his secrets anytime soon. We get to see how tough and resourceful Vicky Vale is when Patrick tries to kill her at the Gotham Gazette, and the subplot with Catwoman also develops an interesting, spoiler themed, twist that is sure to lead to some big developments down the line.
Batman Eternal #40 is another terrific instalment of this weekly series from DC Comics. This tautly plotted issue continues to build the mystery and suspense. It seems we are growing ever closer now to finding out who has been messing with Batman and secretly orchestrating events in Batman Eternal. With all hell breaking loose on Gotham’s streets, a short interlude with Jim Corrigan, and the final moments hinting that even darker times await Batman upon his return to Gotham, Batman Eternal #40 is an outstanding, and great looking issue.
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With marshal law declared in Gotham City and the destruction of Arkham Asylum, Batman and his allies have discovered that Commissioner Bard was in league with Hush all along. Now Hush is targeting Batman’s secret weapons caches all over the city. In order to prevent Hush detonating more sites Batman and Alfred’s daughter, Julia, must split up and disable the explosives at each location. After Julia is confronted by Hush at the Cicero weapons cache, the Dark Knight races to the rescue, and events soon draw Batman towards a fateful showdown with Hush that could very well spell the end of Wayne Enterprises itself…
Julia Pennyworth battles valiantly against Hush in Batman Eternal #34, which sets in motion a chain of events that result in the Dark Knight’s world being shaken to the core like never before. State of Truth is another action packed issue of this weekly DC Comics series, with its densely plotted storyline from writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, script by Kyle Higgins, and consulting writers Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley, providing us with a nail biting fight between Penny Two and Hush that really galvanises Julia’s role in Batman Eternal and elevates her standing as one of Batman’s newest, and perhaps most trusted of allies.
The aforementioned fight is blisteringly violent, with no quarter given and none taken, and the ensuing aftermath – with the heightened tension caused by Julia’s plight – sees Batman facing a race against time to save her from an explosive end. The outcome is ingeniously devised, and there are a couple of heart stopping moments that will keep you guessing too.
With Lucius Fox dealing with the backlash against Wayne Enterprises because of its involvement with Batman’s hidden weapon caches, the Mayor and Commissioner Bard continue to put pressure on Fox to deal with the situation. Meanwhile in the cave, Batman notices that Hush has accessed another cache in a location that holds a great significance for both of them, one that inexorably leads them towards a decisive confrontation.
Alvaro Martinez does a great job with the art for Batman Eternal #34, together with Raul Fernandez’s Inks, and colors by Brad Anderson, they maintain this weekly series high standard of art to deliver a stylishly crafted issue that seamlessly brings a distinct tone and style to each of the key locations featured throughout the story. The intensity of the fight between Hush and Julia is superb, its edge of the seat stuff, and you feel like you are right there with Batman as he frantically claws through the rubble to find her. The scenes at Wayne Enterprises and the Batcave set everything up for the brutal showdown between Batman and Hush; which unfolds over the final pages utilising impressive and dynamic panel layouts that really draw you into the heart of the action.
Batman Eternal #34 continues to impress with its diverse cast of characters, great story and art, and this issue in particular propels the main story-arc towards a startling turning point that few could have predicted. Everything the Dark Knight stands for is about to come crashing down around him. This is one of the best issues so far in this weekly series, tautly scripted and visually striking, Batman Eternal #34 holds dark portents for Gotham, Gordon, and even Bruce Wayne as the full scale of Hush’s grand design finally becomes clear!
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Hush has returned to Gotham. He attacked Alfred in Wayne Manor, injecting a fear toxin directly into his brain. After discovering the Bat-Cave, Alfred’s daughter, Julia, must help Batman stop the Architect from destroying the Beacon Tower. With the newly appointed Commissioner Bard also corrupt, and secretly working with Hush, the evidence that could have proved Jim Gordon’s innocence has been destroyed. Now as the crime families vie for power, Catwoman’s secret past is finally revealed. The answers she seeks reside in Blackgate Penitentiary, where she must ultimately decide what her role in Gotham’s order of crime will be.
Batman Eternal #23 has a lot of ground to cover following the events of the last few issues, with the riot in Blackgate Penitentiary, Batman’s mission with Killer Croc and Bard in the sewers, Batwing and Jim Corrigan’s investigation at Arkham, and Batgirl’s quest to clear her fathers name, the action continues to unfold at a rapid pace as this weekly series shifts its focus towards Catwoman. With it’s intricately plotted storyline by writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, with script by Tim Seeley, and consulting writers Ray Fawkes, and Kyle Higgins, Batman Eternal #23 makes the most of its extensive cast of characters and locations as it draws together a number of ongoing plot threads and sets the stage for even bigger things to come.
When Catwoman interrupts the latest skirmish between Mr Ibanescue and Tiger Shark for control of Gotham’s black market, her attempt to rescue a snow leopard cub from the carnage at the east end train yards doesn’t go well. Unable to save the wounded leopard cub back at her apartment, Selina receives a surprise visit from Jade, Killer Croc’s young friend who fences supplies into Blackgate Penitentiary, and who now brings a message for Selina from an old friend.
Batman’s fight with the Architect, another associate of Hush, continues high atop the Beacon Tower. With Alfred hospitalised, the Dark Knight is now reliant on Penny-Two, Alfred’s daughter Julia to relay information to him from the Bat-Cave. Julia’s role is becoming increasingly vital to the Dark Knight, especially with Alfred out of action, and I like the dynamic that’s developing between her and Batman. As the showdown with the Architect reaches its climax, an earth shattering surprise awaits us, and its one that is sure to have big implications for Gotham’s future.
The majority of Batman Eternal #23 is cantered around Catwoman’s secret visit to Blackgate Penitentiary. With Jade’s help, Catwoman manages to gain access to the prison through a drainage pipe, where Rex Calabrese “The Lion” is waiting to meet her. After a furious exchange, where Catwoman’s past is brought into sharp focus, Rex reveals that Jade’s father was also a gangster, just like Selina’s… Rex knows that Gotham is in chaos without a kingpin to maintain the order, and is certain there is only one person who can now unite the families before they tear the city apart… I really like how this issue of Batman Eternal flows into the narrative of the events we saw in Batman 28, the special “spoiler issue” released mid-way through Zero Year, that showed how Catwoman would become the new Kingpin of Gotham City – and these scenes between Selina and Rex Calabrese in Batman Eternal #23 proved a nice precursor to these future events.
Dustin Nguyem’s artwork perfectly captures the dark, foreboding skyline of Gotham, from the brutality of the dogfight, to the griminess of Blackgate Penitentiary, and there is also get a brief interlude in the sewers with Killer Croc. The short scenes in Sliena’s apartment and those in the Bat-Cave with Julie, with their pristine interiors and high-tech gadgetry, highlight’s the oppressive presence of the city even further. Nguyem’s pencils bring a real sense of kinetic energy to the action, which together with Derek Fridolfs inks, and colorist John Kalisz, makes Batman Eternal #23 a darkly atmospheric and visually impressive issue, one that is epic in scale and packed with exciting character development to accentuate the big action sequences.
The return of Hush has brought an added sense of tension to main story arc in Batman Eternal. We also have Commissioner Bard’s betrayal, having already become close to Vicky Vale, the new commissioner is also in league with Hush, and continues to consolidate his position of power this issue by pressuring the Governor to declare marshal law in Gotham. With the crime war still escalating, Jim Gordon serving a life sentence in Blackgate Penitentiary, the ongoing haunting inside Arkham Asylum, together with the Nanovirus that’s been sweeping through the Narrows, and now the devastating attack on the Beacon Tower, the corrupt forces conspiring to destroy the Dark Knight and his allies are beginning to close in.
Batman Eternal #23 is another great issue; The Lioness is a multi-layered story, which, together with the dynamic artwork, continues to develop the ongoing plot in completely new and unexpected directions.
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Now that Zero Year is over, and events in Batman: Eternal have caused major upheaval in Gotham City, Batman #34 finds the Dark Knight faced with task of tracking down a mysterious killer who has been secretly haunting the streets of Gotham for many years. Now with the GCPD turned against him and Jim Gordon in jail Batman must work quickly to solve the mystery behind these heinous crimes before the killer can strike again…
Following the thrilling conclusion of Zero Year, Batman #34 sees the series move forward in time to coincide directly with the events and continuity that will follow the conclusion of DC’s current weekly series, Batman Eternal. Batman #34 is a stand-alone story, written by Scott Snyder and co written by Gerry Duggan (Who is also writing this October’s new series Batman Arkham Manor), is a spooky detective mystery, one that offers an unsettling insight into the mind of a killers deranged psyche, with art by Matteo Scalera.
When a patient from Leslie Thompkins medical clinic goes missing, Batman suspects that a killer is operating in Leslie’s neighbourhood. Batman #34 reintroduces us to a Gotham City still in turmoil following the events of Batman Eternal: the GCPD are no longer his allies, Selina Kyle is now a Kingpin, and Jim Gordon is locked up in Blackgate for murder. Now it seems a killer has been at work in Gotham and Batman didn’t notice. Furious with himself, Batman resolves to find this murder who has, until now, managed to evade the Dark Knight’s sight.
The Meek is dark and disturbing tale, one that simultaneously brings us bang up to date with current events in Gotham City while also providing a seamless transition from Snyder’s and Capullo’s 12 issue re-imagining of the Dark Knight’s origin in Zero Year. With its excellent story by Scott Snyder and co-written by Gerry Duggan, Batman #34 sees the Dark Knight working in a Gotham where the status quo has now been drastically altered. While so much has changed for Batman its good to see him working with his old friend, Leslie Thompkins, the medical practitioner who runs a clinic for the neglected and impoverished, during his investigation.
One of the aspects I really liked about this issue was the unsettling way it actually gets under the skin of the killer himself. This average guy, a person no one would notice, whose everyday life is as entombed within the realm of darkness, death, and despair as the poor and impoverished lost souls that he preys on at night. He’s one sick, twisted individual, someone who just happens to have slipped between the cracks, an opportunist nobody ever sees, his crimes blending into the dark underbelly of Gotham City, unnoticed even by the Dark Knight himself.
Matteo Scalera (Deadpool, Black Science) provides the art for Batman #34, capturing the dark and foreboding atmosphere of this tale with a series of dynamic page layouts that really pull you into events as they unfold. Scalera’s rendition of the Dark Knight’s world is perfectly suited to the tone of this story: from the cavernous shadows of the Batcave, to the headstones of Potters Field with Gotham’s skyline looming ominously in the distance, the concisely delivered recap of Batman Eternal forms a sublime collage of interconnecting images as Batman swings over the city, and the finale offers a chilling descent into the full horror of the killers design. The subdued grey and brown tones employed by colorist Lee Loughridge serves to enhance this issues dark atmosphere even further, creating a grainy mix of light and shadow that makes Batman’s search for the killer seem even more intense.
The issue concludes with a razor sharp double edged coda. While the Meek is effectively dealt with, the full extent of his depraved appetite and the dark legacy which it ultimately unearths is enough to render even Batman speechless. By the time you reach this stunning final page by Matteo Scalera and Lee Loughridge, the full impact of this issues story really hits home, and it’s an image that’s sure to send a few chills down your spine.
Batman #34 is a great self-contained issue, Snyder, Duggan, Scalera, and Loughbridge have crafted a deliciously dark and macabre story, and it certainly delivers plenty of shocks and surprises. Next we have a glimpse five years into the future, with September’s special tie in issue Batman: Futures End #1, before we return for the start of Snyder’s and Capullo’s next major Batman story arc, Endgame, that begins in October’s Batman #35, Endgame, is also set in during the same continuity established in Batman #34, and will subsequently take place directly after the conclusion of Batman Eternal.
Batman Endgame is Scott Snyder’s and Greg Capullo’s big event story for Batman’s 75th anniversary, featuring a large cast of characters and major events in store for the Dark Knight, together with back-up stories linking into the main story arc of Endgame, co written by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, with artists changing monthly, Batman Endgame promises to be Snyder’s and Capullo’s most epic storyline to date.
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Arkham Asylum is in the grip of a terrifying new horror. Batwing and Jim Corrigan were sent by Batman to investigate the Asylum, where they both encountered supernatural forces, before uncovering the horrifying truth. Meanwhile, Red Robin and Harper Row find a new lead in Tokyo that could solve the mystery of the nanovirus that is slowly killing her brother. Many years ago Gotham faced a power that even Batman struggled to defeat. Now this same dark force is gathering in Arkham’s shadowy depths, soon he will rise, and the city will tremble before him.
Batman Eternal #17 delves ever deeper into the hellish events unfolding beneath Arkham Asylum, enlightening us with a series of flashbacks that offer us greater insight to the cause of what’s happening in Arkham, while other plot threads involving Batman’s allies continue to play out and reach new turning points. With it’s tightly plotted story by writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, with script by Ray Fawkes, and consulting writers John Layman, and Tim Seeley, Batman Eternal #17 casts a spectral eye over the horrors emerging within Arkham while other significant characters and events in this weekly series also get a share of the action.
The Savior is a terrific story that sees Batwing and Jim Corrigan faced with the full horror of what has been happening in Arkham, as they confront the spiritual manifestation of Deacon Blackfire himself in a cavern below the Asylum. Deacon Blackfire’s spirit has returned to unleash havoc on Gotham City. The story of this deranged cult leader, who first appeared in the four part mini-series Batman: The Cult (1988), is told here though a series of flashbacks. It’s revealed how he preyed on the homeless, using drugs to subvert them to his cause to create an army beneath Gotham and begin a war on crime. Blackfire even captured Batman and attempted to brainwash him, but the Dark Knight managed to turn the Deacon’s minions against him and they killed him.
As well as the ghostly happenings in Arkham Asylum, Batman Eternal #17 catches up with Red Robin and Harper Row in Tokyo where their investigation into the nanobots released in Gotham has brought them to the Akihabara District, and a meeting with Sergei Alexandrov. Meanwhile, back at Wayne Manor, Alfred’s daughter, Julia, confronts him about his decision to dedicate his life to serving the Wayne family, leading to some particularly emotional scenes where Alfred’s dignified silence conveys everything the ideal he serves so loyally means to him.
Dustin Neguyn’s art for Batman Eternal #17 really gives a dark and chilling edge to the scenes in Arkham, with Derek Fridolfs inks also enhancing the foreboding atmosphere, to make Batwing’s and Jim Corrigan’s plight seem all the more desperate. The investigation by Red Robin and Harper Row in Tokyo provides a stark contrast to the main events of the issue, as they confront Sergei Alexandrov in his high-tech lab, while the scenes back in Gotham at Wayne Manor serve as a backdrop to Julia’s argument with her father. Each location is given its own distinct pallet and tone by colorist Jason Kalizi, with vivid hues used for the interludes in Tokyo and Wayne Manor, while the flashbacks featuring Deacon Blackfire have more a grainy, darker tone, and the pitch black shadows beneath Arkham are punctuated with a shimmering blend of unearthly energies from beyond the netherworld.
With the return of Deacon Blackfire, channelling his spirit via the lumbering form of Maxie Zeus, and with the Joker’s Daughter as a maniacal sidekick, this issue ends on a supernatural high, and sets in motion a series of startling events and ghostly transformations. I really like how Batman features in this storyline, as the past entwines with the present, it shows just how flexible and versatile the format of a weekly series can be. Personally, I really like Batman stories when they dip into the realm of the supernatural like this, especially when the art and the story works so well together. Batman Eternal #17 is an excellent issue with and exciting story, great character moments, and enough dark paranormal twists in the plot to keep you guessing right up until the final page.
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Gotham’s gang war is over following the blood soaked showdown between Penguin and Carmine Falcone. While Jim Gordon had to make a decision that could alter his life forever, Lieutenant Bard and Batman reached a new understanding after tackling the corruption within the GCPD, leading to the arrest of Commissioner Forbes and the Mayor. Batman Eternal #15 follows Red Robin’s mission to Tokyo, while Batgirl and Red Hood run into Batwoman in Rio. Plus, as Batman and Bard deal with the remaining gangs in Gotham, we return to Arkham Asylum, where Batwing and Jim Corrigan must confront the hellish forces which have been unleashed there.
Batman Eternal #15 juggles multiple pot strands, building successfully on the aftermath of the gang war, while also giving the rest of Batman’s globe trotting allies’ time in the spotlight, as well as the sinister events in Arkham Asylum. With its fast paced story by writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, script by Ray Fawkes, along with consulting writers John Layman, and Tim Seeley, Batman Eternal #15 makes good use of all the characters and finely hones each aspect of the multiple plot threads that have been gradually building over the course of this weekly series.
The Common Limit sees Red Robin pilot his aircraft to Tokyo, having uncovered the stowaway Harper Row en route, who is determined to find out who is behind the nanotech that is slowly killing her brother. There are some really fun moments between Red Robin and Harper during these early scenes, the banter between them is excellent as well, especially when Harper gets his name wrong and dons a makeshift mask, something that nicely links into the Bluebird crime-fighting persona we know she will eventually adopt (as we saw in Batman #28) to fight alongside Batman.
As Batwing and Jim Corrigan explore Arkham the full extent of what has been happening begins to become apparent. While they may seem an unlikely team, the combination of Batwing’s hi-tech suit and Corrigan’s in-depth knowledge of occult forces, actually works really well, and the characters seem to have stuck up a very natural bond. Their descent into the lower levels of the Asylum is quite unsettling, we catch sight of Riddler’s cell, a shadowy stairwell finds an inmate babbling with all kinds of madness, and the Scarecrow’s fate is almost as disturbing as the bizarre manifestations in his cell.
Two further interludes, one involving Batman and Lieutenant Bard as they round up the remaining gangs members, the other with Batgirl, who has reluctantly teamed up with the Red Hood, on her mission in Rio to find evidence to clear her father of causing the Gotham train crash, although brief, ensure that both subplots are kept bubbling away in the background. I really like the dynamic between Batman and Bard, it’s very different to the one the Dark Knight had with Gordon, and I look forward to seeing how it develops over time. Batgirl and the Red Hood also had some intense scenes, and it was good to see Batwoman show up as well.
Dustin Nguyn’s art for this issue of Batman Eternal is excellent, together with Derek Fridolfs inks, the various locations and extensive cast of characters are all handled really well. Nguyn’s art brings a real sense of kinetic action to every scene, especially the segments in Arkham, with its sinister supernatural elements and hordes of raving lunatics lurking down in the Asylums shadowy depths. The colors by Jason Kalisz also gives each section of the story its own distinct tone: from the crimson hues inside Red Robin’s aircraft, the greys and blacks of Gotham are in stark contrast to the purple neon glow over a back street in Rio, while the horrors of Arkham are cloaked in mixture of deep shadows and ghoulish magic as Batwing and Jim Corrigan explore its secrets.
Batman #15 rounds everything off with a thrilling double edged cliff-hanger, one that will see Batwing’s reliance on the technology of his armoured suit pushed to the limit, while in Arkham’s basement Corrigan must face a new terror waiting in the darkness. I really enjoyed this issue, the various plot elements all meshed together well, and I also liked how we finally got to return to the storyline in Arkham as well. All in all then, I’d have to say Batman Eternal #15 was a good solid issue, the story and art were really impressive, and I look forward seeing how the intriguing global adventures with Batman’s allies and the supernatural storyline in Arkham pans out, as well as the impact they’ll have on future events in Batman Eternal.
Batman Eternal #6 Review
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Batman Eternal #6
While scanning one of Carmine Falcone’s weapons stores, Batwing is attacked by the Gentleman Ghost. Batman is also on the scene, and helps drive the Gentleman Ghost away. When Bruce Wayne receives a visit from Jim Corrigan he learns more about the sudden rise of supernatural manifestations in Gotham. With his attention focused on containing the gang war between Carmine Falcone and the Penguin, Batman sends Batwing with Corrigan to investigate the sinister happenings brewing in the tunnels beneath Arkham Asylum, and it looks like they will need The Spectre’s help to deal with the new horror that awaits them in the shadowy depths of Arkham…
Events shift into the realm of the supernatural in Batman Eternal #6 as the Dark Knight must divide his attention between the gang war and the macabre horrors unfolding in Arkham Asylum. With Jim Gordon now locked up in Blackgate Penitentiary after being refused bail, Batman knows Commissioner Forbes will do nothing to prevent the escalation in hostilities between Falcone and the Penguin. Following Jim Corrigan’s visit to Wayne Manor, Bruce decides to send Batwing to Arkham with Corrigan while Batman concentrates on keeping Falcone’s forces off the streets.
“The Denied” is a great story by Scott Snyder & Jams Tynion IV, with script by John Layman’s script, and consulting writers Ray Fakes and Tim Seeley. In many ways Batman Eternal #6 is a refreshing trip to the dark side, especially after last issue, when Red Robin’s investigation into the outbreak of a nanobot swarm in the Narrows of Gotham, where Harper Row’s brother, Cullen, became infected by the swarm. Batman Eternal #6 shows just how flexible and innovative the format of a weekly series can be, allowing the writers to explore a wealth of characters, storylines, and situations. Although the focus may have shifted to Batwing’s and Corrigan’s mission to Arkham Asylum, while Batman deals with the crime war, the narrative of the main story arc with Gordon is never far from our minds as it bubbles away in the background.
Its good to see Batwing featuring in Batman Eternal #6 as well, he has some great scenes battling the Gentleman Ghost, the character also works really well with Batman, and I like the banter with Corrigan as well. Batman is also quick to point out to Batwing that his over reliance on his suits sensors won’t always work for him, and that sometimes you have to look beyond logic and reason to deal with the creatures that stalk the dark corners of Gotham’s underworld. I think Batwing and Jim Corrigan will make a great team as they explore Arkham Asylum, with Batwing’s hi-tech suit and Corrigan’s expertise with occult forces, it will be interesting to see how they work together as they prepare to face the dark forces lurking within Arkham.
Batman Eternal #6 features some terrific artwork by Trevor McCarthy. From the urban sprawl of the deserted truck yard to the library inside Wayne Manor, McCarthy captures the darker tone of this story perfectly. The scenes inside Arkham are wonderfully dark and macabre, as we descend into the nightmarish lair of horror and death below the Asylum, an unexpected appearance awaits us as another unfortunate inmate meets his fate. The colors by Guy Major are also excellent, Dr Phosphorous looks incredible, his skeleton boiling in shimmering green flames, leaving glowing footprints and handprints in his wake as he wanders the tunnels. The scene outside Arkham Asylum is also really atmospheric; as Batwing and Corrigan stand on a hilltop with the sun setting behind Arkham.
With its dark, brooding atmosphere, Batman Eternal #6 is a terrific issue, steeped in the supernatural; it builds to an explosively orchestrated climax. Batman Eternal continues to go from strength to strength, with every issue expanding the scope and scale of the story and characters. This weekly series is has me completely hooked!
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In Review: Supernatural, Episode 282 “A Most Holy Man”
Noir looks good with the Winchesters.
by Patrick Hayes March 9, 2018
Supernatural, Episode 282 “A Most Holy Man” Broadcast on March 8, 2018
Written by Andrew Dabb & Robert Singer
Directed by Amanda Tapping
Then: Mary Winchester is trapped in an Apocalypse Dimension. Using a demon tablet, the boys have discovered a recipe to create a portal to get their mom back: the grace of an archangel, a fruit from the Tree of Life, the Seal of Solomon, and the blood of a most holy man.
Now: In Malta, within the Holy Sisters of Malta Monastery, a thief steals a holy relic — the skull of Saint Peter. He apologizes to the nun he knocks out as he makes his escape. Cue opening title card.
This one of the quicker beginnings to this series, but it makes sense because this episode needs as much time as possible to tell its tale and it’s very enjoyable. This take on The Maltese Falcon has some great characters, some very funny moments, and several solid twists. Leanne Lapp is as classy as can be as Margaret Astor. She’s perfection and her moments with Sam are terrific. Side note: it’s about time that someone on this show was flirty with Sam — long overdue! Richard Greenstreet is played by Dominic Burgess who is introduced to the viewer fantastically! Love what he’s doing. His cadence as he speaks is perfect and his den is picture perfect. There’s a gangster in this episode played by Massai Furlan. His character, Lucca Camilleri, begins the scene like Blofeld who thankfully changes and becomes a more serious villain once he puts the feline down. He, too, has a wonderful speaking voice and his threats hold some solid weight. The final questionable character is played by Al Sapienza. Saying who he is would spoil a reveal, but even after the boys learn who he is, the viewer will be wondering if he can be trusted until the very end. Jensen Ackles has some great comical silent reaction scenes, while Jared Padelecki gets a strong scene after learning about Sapienza’s character. And, hey, a girl was making moves on Sam — finally!
I have to stand and give some applause to Andrew Dabb and Robert Singer for the great script that takes elements of The Maltese Falcon and fabulously incorporates them into Supernatural. What’s really impressive is that this romp does contain a element to the recipe they need to get their mom back, but, wow, do they have to get it in an incredibly roundabout way. Applause should also be given to director Amanda Tapping for capturing the flavor of that classic film and making it work for this series. My recording of the show cut off before the final credits, so I don’t know who is responsible for the music, but that person needs to ask for more money. The soundtrack to this episode is one I would purchase, for it sounds like a classic noir film.
The good: The writing, the direction, the music, and all the actors. Yeah, everything in this episode.
Fun line: “Ah, the Internet…Not just for porn anymore,” “I like to collect on what’s owed to me,” “I would advise caution,” “Nice timing,” “It wasn’t a request,” “Failure is not an option,” “If good men do good things, it can be better,” and “No. We really shouldn’t.”
The bad: Dean eats a piece of pizza in the opening scene involving the brothers. He takes a bite of about half the slice, there’s a quick change of shots to show Sam, and when the picture returns to Dean there’s more than half left. It’s a little thing, but I caught it the first time watching the episode. A minor nick.
The final line: A fun episode that has its root firmly in the classic noir film. It’s doubly impressive for being a key component in this season’s story arc. Noir looks good with the Winchesters. Overall grade: A
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Daniel Logan announces birth of his first child
by Tye Bourdony - Mar 8, 2018
In Review: Van Helsing vs. Robyn Hood #3
by Patrick Hayes - Mar 9, 2018
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Patrick Hayes was a contributor to the Comic Buyer's Guide for several years with "It's Bound to Happen!" and he's reviewed comics for TrekWeb and TrekCore. He's taught 8th graders English for 20 years and has taught high school English for five years and counting. He reads everything as often as he can, when not grading papers or looking up Star Trek, Star Wars, or Indiana Jones items online.
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Film Review: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ lives up to its name
In a world with limited racial diversity in movie and television casts, “Crazy Rich Asians” is a breath of fresh air that may have opened the door for a more inclusive Hollywood.
Taylie Kawakami, Staff Writer|November 1, 2018
In a world with limited racial diversity in movie and television casts, “Crazy Rich Asians” is a breath of fresh air that may have opened the door for a more inclusive Hollywood. The movie is become the highest grossing romantic-comedy in ten years, making an estimated $165.7 million up until this weekend(September 30th) according to Huffington Post
“Crazy Rich Asians” puts a slight spin on the traditional romantic-comedy and follows the trials and tribulations of economics professor Rachel Chu, played by Constance Wu. Chu comes from a low-class background and a single Chinese immigrant mother. The plot begins when Rachel Chu comes to realize that her seemingly humble boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry Golding) is actually a member of the Young family, an affluent Singapore family with global ties.
Wu does an excellent job of portraying a strong, independent character who is able to stand up for what she believes is right. The raw emotion portrayed by Wu, however, is somewhat overshadowed by the predictably cheesy romcom overtone. The limited range of emotions shown by the characters doomed them to fall into basic romance tropes.
Vibrant colors decorate the empty spaces in the movie poster. This translates to flashy animations that are beautifully worked into the live action scenes. The fast-paced Chinese party music is certainly a soundtrack that is pleasing to the ears and matches the speedy lifestyles of those portrayed in the movie. At times the scenes become visually overwhelming, with the wealth of the characters being constantly mentioned. The ongoing stream of fancy cars and luxurious estates becomes annoying and monotonous after a certain point. However, it is to be expected from a movie called “Crazy Rich Asians’”.
While the basic story has been done time and time again, the most impactful part of the film lies in having a full Asian cast. It is rarely seen that a American movie has multiple actors of Asian descent playing lead roles in one film, let alone an entire cast of Asian characters. Films like these represent the diversification of the film industry. They show that newer, more diverse films can be just successful as traditional films that laing and Asians swelling with pride over the achievements of the cast and director of the film. ck ethnic variation. The movie realistically displays the high expectations that are common among Asian families, especially powerful ones, and the pressure many face to be the best. Overall the movie is a decent romantic-comedy which will keep audiences chuckl
Our Grade: B
Directed by: Jon M. Chu
Taylie Kawakami, Staff Writer
Kamana Kitchen Brings More International Flavor to Maui
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This video, published by Universal Pictures Company Inc., is about bombings, communism, and railroads. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL VOLUME III NUMBER 79 HAIL FLIERS' ARRIVAL; SAVED IN MID-OCEAN AFTER 6 DAYS AFLOAT (151) NEW YORK, N. Y. -- After an epochal rescue by the motorship Belmoira, Fernando de Costa, Willy Rody and Christian Johanssen are transferred to the Norwegian liner Stavangerfjord which carries them here--the unachieved goal... This video, published by Universal Pictures Company Inc., is about bombings, communism, and railroads. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL VOLUME III NUMBER 79 HAIL FLIERS' ARRIVAL; SAVED IN MID-OCEAN AFTER 6 DAYS AFLOAT (151) NEW YORK, N. Y. -- After an epochal rescue by the motorship Belmoira, Fernando de Costa, Willy Rody and Christian Johanssen are transferred to the Norwegian liner Stavangerfjord which carries them here--the unachieved goal of their flight from Lisbon. Exclusive pictures at sea chronicle this event. Brought to this city by steamship, the German aces and their Portuguese companion are heartily welcomed. Only de Costa shows effects of the mis-adventure. Suffering from injuries received in the crash of the Junkers monoplane, and from the effects of starvation he is carried ashore, there to await quick recovery from his hurts. REDS BLAMED FOR DEATH OF 22 IN TRAIN BOMBING (72) TORBAGY, Hungary -- The Budapest-Vienna express is wrecked when an explosion, attributed to anti-capitalists, blows up a viaduct, derailing the crack flier. Hampered by wreckage, rescue workers experience difficulty saving the injured and extricating the bodies of the dead in six of the cars that were hurled into a deep ravine. Three other coaches hang over the snapped structure of the bridge and three remain on the tracks. Notes found on the device that caused the disaster credit the outrage to radical propagandists. GOVERNOR DECLARES MARTIAL LAW IN WAR AGAINST "COW TESTS" (75) TIPTON, Ia. -- Belligerent farmers, refusing to submit their cattle to tuberculin examinations, bring on an invasion of Cedar County by 1,500 troops to enforce the order. Ranchers, who have successfully withstood the advances of deputy sheriffs, watch the militia surround pastures, set up machine guns, and encourage veterinarians to perform their duty. Soldiers, equipped for battle, patrol the highways, as an outbreak is narrowly averted. NEWS PARAGRAPHS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal. -- Archer emulates William Tell! -- Chester Seay + bow-and-arrow + apple = applesauce. (61) POMONA, Cal. -- Modern milkmaids vie in annual tourney! -- Maurine Hamann sets new record of 11 1/2 pounds in 3 minutes. (78) HUNGRY BEGGAR MOB STORMS RICH ESTATE IN FOOD DOLE DEMAND (63) CALCUTTA, India -- Unable to restrain the impelling pangs of starvation, the angry tattered horde overflows the barrier separating one of the city's richest families from the outside world. Through the gates the excited throngs swarm and request aid as they over-run the vast grounds. Meeting the threat with an issue of food the crowd is routed, and the tenants of the place are spared. DAYLIGHT SAVING IN DISCARD AS AUTUMN BRINGS SHORTER DAYS (117) NEW YORK, N. Y. -- Half the city is caught unawares and the rest do not care, as the clocks go back and everybody gets the hour returned that was loaned out last spring. Guides such the Metropolitan Tower, the Colgate dial and other famous time-pieces check up hundreds who pay little attention to such things, and who find themselves at engagements and business, sixty minutes ahead of schedule. BORDER PATROL NABS VICIOUS SMUGGLERS IN SURPRISE ATTACK SPECIAL (95) EL PASO, Texas -- Spotting a desperate band of law-breakers, crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico, a squad of the frontier defense service prepares to outwit the outlaws. The group is armed and ready for a fight to a finish to get their illicit goods into this country. Caught off guard and surrounded by raiders waiting to shoot it out there is no course but to surrender themselves and their contraband cargo. These thrilling authentic pictures reveal the constant fight between gunmen and the forces of law and order. An exclusive and breath-taking episode. (Numbers indicate approximate scene footage for the benefit of exhibitors requiring same for their presentation schedules) "THE TALK OF THE WORLD" Show more Show less
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Bombardment, Communism, Railroads, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Universal Newsreels, Release 266, July 11, 1934
in Universal Newsreels, Release 266 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1934, originally published 1934), 8 mins
This video, published by Universal Pictures Company Inc., is about airplanes and military maneuvers.
This video, published by Universal Pictures Company Inc., is about airplanes and military maneuvers. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VI Number 266 AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM WINS ALL-STAR GAME FROM NATIONALS NEW YORK, N. Y. -- Phenomenal pitching by Carl Hubbell, of N. Y. Giants is the outstanding feature of the contest as picked players from two major baseball circuits battle before 50,000 for charity. A six-run barrage in the fifth inning... This video, published by Universal Pictures Company Inc., is about airplanes and military maneuvers. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VI Number 266 AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM WINS ALL-STAR GAME FROM NATIONALS NEW YORK, N. Y. -- Phenomenal pitching by Carl Hubbell, of N. Y. Giants is the outstanding feature of the contest as picked players from two major baseball circuits battle before 50,000 for charity. A six-run barrage in the fifth inning battle overwhelms the Nats, with final score 9-7, as the junior leaguers prove their supremacy for the second year mid-season inter-league competition. BRITAIN REGAINS GOLF CROWN SANDWICH, ENGLAND. -- After holding the British open title for ten consecutive years, American golfers finally bow to an Englishman as Henry Cotton turns back the over-seas invasion to recapture the championship with a score of 283, tieing Gene Sarazen's record. ARMY PREPARES FOR MASS HOP DAYTON, O. -- Ten Martin Bombers go through extensive tests as U. S. Air Corps officers and men make final preparations for a flight from Washington, D. C., over Canada to Alaska. At Hendon, England, Royal Air Force pilots perform spectacular maneuvers in a display of Britain's aerial strength. ERECT TALLEST RADIO MAST PORTLAND, ORE. -- A 300-foot tower, the longest wooden spar ever erected, which is to support a vertical broadcasting antenna, is hauled into place for KEX, the new Portland Oregonian station. EUROPEAN MOTOR RACERS THRILL CROWDS WITH SPECTACULAR DRIVING MONTLHERY, FRANCE. -- Louis Chiron, one of the continent's greatest racing drivers, captures the Grand Prix from an international field of 13 drivers after maintaining a terrific pace throughout the race. Amazing speed around hairpin turns feature the motor classic as the victor roars across the finish line with an average of 85 miles an hour for the grind. STRATOSPHERE BALLOON NAMED RAPID CITY, S. D. -- Mrs. Tom Barry, wife of the Governor of South Dakota, christens the U. S. Army's stratostat "The Explorer." Instead of champagne, volatile liquified air is poured on the gondola, which scientists hope will rise to a new record height. FIRST LADY UNVEILS PAINTING CHICAGO, ILL. -- Mrs. Roosevelt inaugurates for public viewing "The Song of the Lark," at the Art Institute's display in the World's Fair Grounds after it is voted the most popular canvas among the works on exhibition there. NATIVES HOLD ANCIENT RACE SIENA, ITALY. -- The Palio, reputed to be the world's oldest horse race, dating from the 14th century, is run again with all the medieval pomp and pageantry that marked the event when it was held in the middle ages. MILLIONS OF SHEEP IN DRIVE TROUT LAKE, WASH. -- An immense flock of sheep is headed up the mountains to Columbia National Forest for summer grazing on government land. The great drive is two months ahead of schedule because of the unusually mild weather last winter, with limited snow in the highlands. "THE TALK OF THE WORLD" Show more Show less
Graham McNamee, 1888-1942
Airplanes, Military maneuvers, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Universal Newsreels, Release 432, February 12, 1936
This newsreel, published by Universal Pictures Company, is about the International Committee of the Red Cross, Harry S. Truman, and Mamie Eisenhower.
This newsreel, published by Universal Pictures Company, is about the International Committee of the Red Cross, Harry S. Truman, and Mamie Eisenhower. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VIII Number 432 RAIN OF BOMBS KILLS AND MAIMS RED CROSS WORKERS (Photographed by Howard Winner, Ace Universal Newsreel Cameraman) DOLO, ETHIOPIA. -- Exclusive, authentic pictures graphically show the flaming terror hurled against a Red Cross field unit nea... This newsreel, published by Universal Pictures Company, is about the International Committee of the Red Cross, Harry S. Truman, and Mamie Eisenhower. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VIII Number 432 RAIN OF BOMBS KILLS AND MAIMS RED CROSS WORKERS (Photographed by Howard Winner, Ace Universal Newsreel Cameraman) DOLO, ETHIOPIA. -- Exclusive, authentic pictures graphically show the flaming terror hurled against a Red Cross field unit near Nugelli by Italian airmen. Bombs and machine-gun fire kill and cripple Swedish doctors and their Ethiopian assistants. Scores of wounded soldiers die as the raiders ignore Red Cross flags. These scenes are among the most amazing ever made by a newsreel cameraman. ICE LOCKS ROADS, CASCADES CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. -- Busses and provision trucks come to a standstill as winter blocks highways with huge drifts of dazzling snow.--NIAGARA FALLS turns into a shimmering, glittering pile of frozen water and summer homes at Lewiston, N. Y., are swept away by the rampaging river. CITY SURRENDERS TO PIRATES TAMPA, FLA.--Bold, bad bucaneers over-run the community on Gasparilla Day, piloting their outlaw craft up the river and taking the town without resistance. A gorgeous parade of floats and costumed beauties adds brilliance to the scene. BLIND WIN WEIRD CARD GAME NEW YORK CITY.--Sightless bridge players triumph over their normal opponents, choosing their cards by means of Braille characters embossed on the backs after referee Ely Culbertson calls the name of the lead card. HUSKY CREW STARTING EARLY SEATTLE, WASH.--University of Washington oarsmen benefit from a streak of unusually warm weather, getting their shells into the water for a stiff workout in a drive to capture the Olympic title and win at Poughkeepsie. 'LIL RED HEN SHOWS UP DAN'L MASSAPEQUA, N. Y.--The famous Biblical hero has his lion's den adventure put in the shade by a perky Rhode Island Red that can't be coaxed from the cage of the biggest lion in captivity. The hen pecks its lunch from the floor between leo's paws. STYLES STRIKE YOUTH NOTE NEW YORK CITY.--Cladys Parker, sprightliest of America's dress designers, presents her ideas of what the bright young thing should wear during the coming Spring. Mannequins display the originality of the costumes with vivid effect. "THE TALK OF THE WORLD" Show more Show less
Bombardment, Field hospitals, Italian Invasion of Ethiopia, 1935-1941, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Universal Newsreels, Release 595, September 5, 1937
in Universal Newsreels, Release 595 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1937, originally published 1937), 10 mins
This newsreel features the bombardment of Shanghai Shi.
This newsreel features the bombardment of Shanghai Shi. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume IX Number 595 THE SCOOP OF SCOOPS!! BOMBING OF SHANGHAI In the most sensational scoop in years, Universal Newsreel brings you first...and best!...actual scenes of the spectacular, fear-fraught tragedy that has rocked the whole world! THE BOMBING OF SHANGHAI Bombs splintering through the Cathay Hotel! 1,000 civilians, including women and children,... This newsreel features the bombardment of Shanghai Shi. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume IX Number 595 THE SCOOP OF SCOOPS!! BOMBING OF SHANGHAI In the most sensational scoop in years, Universal Newsreel brings you first...and best!...actual scenes of the spectacular, fear-fraught tragedy that has rocked the whole world! THE BOMBING OF SHANGHAI Bombs splintering through the Cathay Hotel! 1,000 civilians, including women and children, killed! Over 5,000 injured! Fear-crazed populace fleeing from the scene of carnage! Dead and wounded stacked up seven deep on the sidewalk! You SEE it happen before your very eyes! GEORGE KRAINUKOV Wounded in the head by a bomb fragment, Universal's intrepid cameraman stood up under fire and kept on grinding -- so that YOUR screen might be enriched by the most spectacular scoop of the century! The whole New Universal organization is proud of you, George! HOWARD WINNER Another Universal hero of the newsreel! While shells burst and bullets whistled by, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Krainukov, and together they shot nerve-tingling scenes of fleeing American refugees, the shelling and burning of Shanghai's Chinese section, the landing of U. S. Marines from the Philippines and the spectacular department store shelling! UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL MILES AHEAD OF THE (illegible text) Show more Show less
Bombardment, Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright © 1937 Universal Pictures Company Inc.
Universal Newsreels, Release 606, October 13, 1937
This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about the second Sino-Japanese War.
This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about the second Sino-Japanese War. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume IX Number 606 TERROR REIGNS! DEATH PLANES SWEEP NANKING SKIES (Photographed by George Krainukov) NANKING, CHINA.--Huge Japanese bombers drone over the National Capital, dropping a hail of high-explosive missiles as Tokio acts to execute its threat to destroy the city. Chinese civilians suffer in horrible darkne... This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about the second Sino-Japanese War. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume IX Number 606 TERROR REIGNS! DEATH PLANES SWEEP NANKING SKIES (Photographed by George Krainukov) NANKING, CHINA.--Huge Japanese bombers drone over the National Capital, dropping a hail of high-explosive missiles as Tokio acts to execute its threat to destroy the city. Chinese civilians suffer in horrible darkness punctuated by the flash and roar of gigantic steel bombs. A blast wrecks the power plant and others find their mark on the Central Hospital. Mme. Chiang Kai-shek braves the rain of death, visiting the wounded while the raid splashes the capital's streets with blood. THE WHOLE GRUESOME STORY IS BROUGHT TO THE SCREEN UNCENSORED! Universal FIRST Again! CAMERAMAN KRAINUKOV ships his record of modern war UNCENSORED. The daring Universal Newsreel cameraman cheats death by inches as Japanese raiders fall in front of his camera, and bombs destroy his automobile. But Krainukov stands by his camera, recording the most ruthless air raid in the history of the world. Chinese anti-aircraft guns shoot true, and Japanese bombers crash, their pilots captured. Nanking's troops rush to defense lines as civilian throngs seek shelter in bomb-proof dugouts. "THE TALK OF THE WORLD" Show more Show less
Bombardment, Cities, Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Universal Newsreels, Release 625, December 20, 1937
This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about the Chinese bombing of a Japanese victory parade.
This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about the Chinese bombing of a Japanese victory parade. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume IX Number 625 BOMB EXPLODES AS JAPANESE PARADE THROUGH SETTLEMENT (Photographed by George Krainukov) SHANGHAI, CHINA.--A bomb hurled by a lone Chinese halts a Nipponese "Victory Parade" through the heart of the International Settlement. The bomber pays with his life as ranks are re-formed an... This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about the Chinese bombing of a Japanese victory parade. UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume IX Number 625 BOMB EXPLODES AS JAPANESE PARADE THROUGH SETTLEMENT (Photographed by George Krainukov) SHANGHAI, CHINA.--A bomb hurled by a lone Chinese halts a Nipponese "Victory Parade" through the heart of the International Settlement. The bomber pays with his life as ranks are re-formed and British and American forces are kept from business in their own zones by stubborn Japanese sentries. RUSS BIRDMEN IN AIR SHOW MOSCOW, U.S.S.R.--Thrilling mass parachute jumps, with the sky filled with the little white mushrooms, feature a big aviation show at Tushino Airdrome. The demonstration is the most amazing of its kind ever filmed. PAGEANT MARKS FIRST FLIGHT KITTY HAWK, N. C.--The historic flight made by Wilbur and Orville Wright from Kill Devil Hill in 1903 is commemorated on the anniversary by U.S. Navy planes which fly in beautiful formations over the monument raised to the aerial pioneers. BEAUTIES MODEL SUN STYLES MIAMI BEACH, FLA.--Beach Lovelies parade a group of "Sunshine Fashions" that catch and fill the eye of appreciative groups at the Surf Club. Latest improvements in beach wear are practical, too, as well as very, very attractive. CHILD'S CHOIR GREETS YULE (Exclusive) EVANSTON, ILL.--The famous Children's Choir of St. Luke's pro-Cathedral hails the arrival of the joyous season with a reverent rendition of ancient sacred music composed to mark the Christmas season. TWO FELONS ESCAPE ALCATRAZ SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.--A pair of convicted criminals succeed in making a break from "escape-proof" Alcatraz Island, the grim rock in the Bay used for hardened offenders. Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole flee on a home-made raft. SURE THERE'S A SANTA CLAUS! (Exclusive) MARSHALL, MO.--There's a Mister Santa Claus after all, you mean, old skeptics! He's a preacher and he has seven children of his own. The Rev. Mr. Claus receives lots of mail this time of year, and gets a rush from neighborhood youngsters. RODEO SPILLS THRILL CROWD LOS ANGELES, CALIF.--The cowhands are in there as usual, taking plenty of punishment from steers and bucking bronchos at the 12th Annual Great Western Rodeo. A huge throng cheers the men over the bumps. "THE TALK OF THE WORLD" Show more Show less
Bombardment, Military occupation, Military parades, Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Ms.
Gretchen Asmuth
gretchen.asmuth@klgates.com
BNSF RAILWAY CO.
Digitally Signed By: Pamela Garvie, Partner
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S. 859, Crude-by-Rail Safety Act, entire bill.
Gateway Pacific Terminal Project, job and trade benefits of the project, and USACE permit denial (no specific bill).
NEPA green house gas guidance and regulations.
Railroad Antitrust Enforcement legislation (no specific bill).
S. 769, Track, Railroad and Infrastructure Act (entire bill).
P.L. 114-94, Implementation of FAST Act, legislation to authorize highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail and other surface transportation programs, and for other purposes; rail provisions including PTC extension, truck size and weight, and funding programs.
H.R. 1763, Safe Freight Act, entire bill.
USACE permitting process and flood assistance.
Railroad service (no specific bill).
H. R. 5394, H.R. 2577, THUD: Crew size.
S. 2844, THUD: truck size and weight amendments; HHS amendments.
S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act (fuel supply emergencies amendment).
P.L. 114-73, Implementation of Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015: PTC extension.
H.R. 3488, Safe, Flexible, and Efficient Trucking Act of 2015 (entire bill).
Proposed Canadian Pacific/Norfolk Southern merger (no specific bill).
H.R. 636, H.R. 4441 and S. 2658, legislation to reauthorize the FAA: UAS provisions.
H.R. 5303, S. 2848, Reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act: section 214 permit processing authority and possible HMT amendment.
Crude by rail accidents (no specific bill).
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Energy - Dept of
Garvie
Peckinpaugh
Sartucci
15. General issue area code TAX
Tax reform legislation: depreciation provisions and other possible provisions of interest to the rail industry (no specific bill).
S. 1186, Move America Act of 2015: rail provisions.
H.R. 636, H.R. 4441, S. 2658, legislation to reauthorize the FAA: possible depreciation provisions and other provisions of interest to the rail industry.
Judson
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We all have money issues, but those of us seeking a less commercial artistic path probably have more than most. And women creatives, or those of us working instinctively - perhaps we have even trouble ever accumulating power and wealth.
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This is a series of 10 podcasts, each around 10 to 25 mins, going into some of the deeper and practical concerns of art and money; how we work as artists and thrive financially, by understanding the complexity and underlying energy of money. The series goes into why we struggle so, and reveals some of the biggest-but-ridiculously-simple secrets around how to access a truly enduring power in our work and lives as creative folk.
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Having grown up in a tiny mountain village on a Scottish island, I graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1996 and Edinburgh College of Art in 2007. I've travelled extensively, lived barefoot and free, and explored various creative realms and fields of study, never compromising my deep vision of freeing human creative potential.
In general, I found the 'art world' highly corrupt, hierarchical, and an offence to real, deep, sentient creativity. My colourful international career has involved a radical studio practise as well as visionary work transforming community and landscape and contributing to dialogue around transforming human consciousness. I also write passionately on politics, sacred underlying reality, and how we support shifts into more harmonious, healthy, cooperative and fulfilling rhythms of work and life.
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My art is in collections around the world, including a large body of work in Glasgow Women's Library.
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Missile Threat
Garapan
Since 2010, the CNMI State EOC has been the center for coordination and management of major emergencies and disasters. The State EOC building structure was designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The facility can withstand the effects of tropical cyclones with wind speeds greater than 200 mph and earthquakes up to 8.0 on the Richter scale.
CNMI HSEM : EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
Mission : CNMI HSEM's mission is to protect lives and property by effectively preparing for, preventing, responding to and recovering from all threats, crimes, hazards and emergencies by coordinating the efforts of the first response community to effectively manage incidents, and to collaborate with public, private, and community partners throughout the CNMI.
weburl : http://www.cnmihsem.gov.mp
Preparing for an Imminent Missile Threat
If Caught Outside: -Do not look at the flash or fireball – It can blind you. -Take cover behind anything that might offer protection. -Lie flat on the ground and cover your head. If the explosion is some distance away, it could take 30 seconds or more for the blast wave to hit. -Take shelter as soon as you can, even if you are many miles from ground zero where the attack occurred – radioactive fallout can be carried by winds for miles. Remember the three protective factors: Distance, Shielding and Time. -If you were outside during or after the blast, get clean as soon as possible, to remove radioactive material that may have settled on your body. -Remove your clothing to keep radioactive material from spreading. Removing the outer layer of clothing can remove up to 90% of radioactive material. -If practical, place your contaminated clothing in a plastic bag and seal or tie the bag. Place the bag as far away as possible from humans and animals so that the radiation it gives off does not affect others. -When possible, take a shower with lots of soap and water to help remove radioactive contamination. Do not scrub or scratch the skin. -Wash your hair with shampoo, or soap and water. Do not use conditioner in your hair because it will bind radioactive material to your hair. -Gently blow your nose and wipe your eyelids and eyelashes with a clean wet cloth. Gently wipe your ears.
Things to Remember: Distance: The more distance between you and the fallout particles, the better. A floor near the middle of the multi-story building is ideal. Flat roofs collect fallout particles so the top floor is not a good choice, nor is a floor adjacent to a neighboring flat roof.Shielding: The heavier and denser the materials - thick walls, concrete, bricks, books and earth - between you and the fallout particles, the better. If you have time, find plastic sheeting from your preparedness kit and cover doors, windows, and ventilation to keep as much of the fallout particles out of your home.Time: Fallout radiation loses its intensity fairly rapidly. In time, you will be able to leave a fallout shelter. Radioactive fallout poses the greatest threat to people during the first two weeks, by which time it has declined to about 1 percent of its initial radiation level.Remember: Any protection, however temporary, is better than none at all, and the more shielding, distance and time you can take advantage of, the better. If you are driving, pull over to the side of the road and head to the nearest concrete shelter.
American Red CrossNorthern Marianas Islands ChapterP.O. Box 500814 Saipan , MP 96950670-234-3459Karidat Social ServicesNorthern Marianas Islands500745 Chalan Kanoa Saipan, MP 96950 670-234-5248CNMI Office of The Governor & Lt. GovernorCapitol HillSaipan, MP 96950670-237-2200Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)425 Luapele Rd Jbphh, HI 96860808-471-0363National Weather ServiceForecast Office Guam3232 Hueneme RoadBarrigada, Guam 96913Guam Homeland Security Office of Civil Defense221B Chalan Palasyo Agana Heights, Guam 96910671-475-9600Federal Emergency Management AgencyRegion IX 1111 Broadway, Suite 1200 Oakland, CA 94607-40521-800-621-FEMA (3362)
Garapan Evacuation Route
Tsunami Tips
WHAT IS A TSUNAMI?
Tsunamis, also known as seismic sea waves (mistakenly called “tidal waves”), are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, or meteorite. Earthquake-induced movement of the ocean floor most often generates tsunamis. If a major earthquake or landslide occurs close to shore, the first wave in a series could reach the beach in a few minutes, even before a warning is issued. Areas are at greater risk if they are less than 25 feet above sea level and within a mile of the shoreline. Drowning is the most common cause of death associated with a tsunami. Tsunami waves and the receding water are very destructive to structures in the run-up zone. Other hazards include flooding, contamination of drinking water, and fires from gas lines or ruptured tanks. Before a TsunamiThe following are things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your property from the effects of a tsunami: -To begin preparing, you should build an emergency kit and make a family communications plan. -Talk to everyone in your household about what to do if a tsunami occurs. Create and practice an evacuation plan for your family. Familiarity may save your life. Be able to follow your escape route at night and during inclement weather. Practicing your plan makes the appropriate response more of a reaction, requiring less thinking during an actual emergency. - If the school evacuation plan requires you to pick your children up from school or from another location. Be aware telephone lines during a tsunami alert may be overloaded and routes to and from schools may be jammed. - If you are a tourist, familiarize yourself with local tsunami evacuation protocols. If you are concerned that you will not be able to reach a safe place in time, ask your local emergency management office about vertical evacuation. Some strong (e.g., reinforced concrete) and tall buildings may be able to provide protection if no other options are available. - If an earthquake occurs and you are in a coastal area, turn on your radio to learn if there is a tsunami warning. Tsunami Warning:A tsunami warning is issued when a tsunami with the potential to generate widespread inundation is imminent or expected. Warnings alert the public that dangerous coastal flooding accompanied by powerful currents is possible and may continue for several hours after initial arrival. Warnings alert emergency management officials to take action for the entire tsunami hazard zone. Appropriate actions to be taken by local officials may include the evacuation of low-lying coastal areas, and the repositioning of ships to deep waters when there is time to safely do so. Warnings may be updated, adjusted geographically, downgraded, or canceled. To provide the earliest possible alert, initial warnings are normally based only on seismic information. Tsunami Advisory:A tsunami advisory is issued when a tsunami with the potential to generate strong currents or waves dangerous to those in or very near the water is imminent or expected. The threat may continue for several hours after initial arrival, but significant inundation is not expected for areas under an advisory. Appropriate actions to be taken by local officials may include closing beaches, evacuating harbors and marinas, and the repositioning of ships to deep waters when there is time to safely do so. Advisories are normally updated to continue the advisory, expand/contract affected areas, upgrade to a warning, or cancel the advisory. Tsunami Watch: A tsunami watch is issued to alert emergency management officials and the public of an event which may later impact the watch area. The watch area may be upgraded to a warning or advisory - or canceled - based on updated information and analysis. Therefore, emergency management officials and the public should prepare to take action. Watches are normally issued based on seismic information without confirmation that a destructive tsunami is underway. Tsunami Information Statement:A tsunami information statement is issued to inform emergency management officials and the public that an earthquake has occurred, or that a tsunami warning, advisory or watch has been issued for another section of the ocean. In most cases, information statements are issued to indicate there is no threat of a destructive tsunami and to prevent unnecessary evacuations as the earthquake may have been felt in coastal areas. An information statement may, in appropriate situations, caution about the possibility of destructive local tsunamis. Information statements may be re-issued with additional information, though normally these messages are not updated. However, a watch, advisory or warning may be issued for the area, if necessary, after analysis and/or updated information becomes available. During a Tsunami- Follow the evacuation order issued by authorities and evacuate immediately. Take your animals with you. - Move to high ground or inland and away from water immediately. - Stay away from the beach. Never go down to the beach to watch a tsunami come in. If you can see the wave you are too close to escape it. CAUTION - If there is noticeable recession in water away from the shoreline this is nature's tsunami warning and it should be heeded. You should move away immediately. Save yourselves, not your possessions. After a Tsunami- Return home only after local officials tell you it is safe. A tsunami is a series of waves that may continue for hours. Do not assume that after one wave the danger is over. The next wave may be larger than the first one. - Go to a designated public shelter if you have been told to evacuate or you feel it is unsafe to remain in your home.- Avoid disaster areas. Your presence might interfere with emergency response operations and put you at further risk from the residual effects of floods. - Stay away from debris in the water; it may pose a safety hazard to people or pets. - Check yourself for injuries and get first aid as needed before helping injured or trapped persons. - If someone needs to be rescued, call professionals with the right equipment to help. Many people have been killed or injured trying to rescue others. - Help people who require special assistance—infants, elderly people, those without transportation, people with access and functional needs and large families who may need additional help.
CNMI Emergency Shelters
An emergency shelter is a place for people to live temporarily when they cannot live in their previous residence due to unexpected natural or man-made disasters. Emergency shelters sometimes facilitate support groups, and/or provide meals. Post-disaster emergency shelter is often provided by organizations or governmental emergency management departments, in response to natural disasters, such as a typhoons, floods, and earthquakes. They tend to use tents or other temporary structures, or buildings normally used for another purpose, such as a church or school. These settlements may be inhabited for the entire duration of the reconstruction process and should be thought of more as settlements than shelter, and need to be planned with respect to water / sanitation, livelihoods. EMERGENCY SHELTERS IN THE CNMITanapag Middle School: 670-237-3164Garapan Elementary School: 670-237-3341Koblerville Elementary School: 670-237-3622Dandan Middle School: 670-237-3685San Vicente Elementary School: 670-237-3791Kagman High School: 670-237-3840 Marianas High School:670-237-1881Tinian Elementary School:670-237-4105Rota Jr./Sr. High School:670-237-4052Rota Aging Center:670-532-2656
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Derrick Rose, Back To His Pre-Injury Form, Is Ready For The adidas D Rose 6
August 26, 2015 by Zack Schlemmer
The 2015-15 NBA season should prove to be a big one for Derrick Rose and his Chicago Bulls fans, as the former MVP has, according to scouts and trainers, returned to his peak form and performance level this offseason. On his feet for the comeback year will be a shoe equally ready to perform, the adidas D Rose 6. Incorporating Boost foam for the second time in his signature line—the cushioning platform that Derrick says he will never not play in again—the D Rose 6 also features a FITFRAME heel cage system to ensure an adaptive fit and plenty of support. As for the aesthetic of the high-performance shoe, the design includes details inspired by the city of Chicago built in premium materials for a luxurious look. Homages to Chicago include the six-point star of the city’s flag at the base of the laces and six reflective lines in the heel, while the shoe’s diamond pattern across the upper and faceted eyelets call back to the sharp and bold architecture of Chicago. The adidas D Rose 6 launches on October 15, 2015 in the “Home” white and “Away” black colorways you see here.
adidas Basketball Upcoming Sneakers adidas D Rose 6 D Rose 6
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Can Donald Trump Disappear from his Twitter Photo?
By Melinda Myers | October 23, 2017
What if the Campbell soup can mysteriously disappeared from Warhol’s painting? Or Donald Trump disappeared from his Twitter photo?
One man can make that happen.
Vitaly Beckman is a master illusionist, and winner of Penn & Teller’s popular TV show Fool Us, and and he’s in the midst of his 2017-18 international tour.
But his path to success was anything but ordinary.
Vitaly grew up in Belarus, a small landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast and Ukraine to the south. He’ll be the first to tell you about discovering a love of magic at an early age—a nostalgic highlight for him was tricking his grandmother by waiting patiently with a cloth suspended over several blocks such that when she turned the corner into the room, he would “magically” make them appear. But while that interest continued to develop as he grew older, Vitaly didn’t think to make it into a career.
Instead, he took a practical and financially safe route and became a mechanical engineer. Still, the magic of performance and illusion wouldn’t leave his head, so finally he decided to risk it all for a chance to follow his passions and head overseas to North America. He settled in Vancouver, and through sheer tenacity and dedication, he carved out a successful place for himself in the world of magic and illusion.
Fast forward to 2017, when Vitaly is touring college campuses and opera houses alike, corporate gigs and morning shows, with an illusion show populated by wholly original tricks that not only awe audiences, but involve them.
Vitaly’s performances revolve around drawings, paintings, and photos that literally come off the page to life, a paintbrush that paints on its own, an audience member’s driver’s license that suddenly shows someone else. Vitaly makes the audience feel like they’re a part of the performance, and not simply passive observers—his work is grounded in the psychology of human nature and perception, and thus is art not merely a trick.
Vitaly’s goal in all of this is to bring the wonder of everyday life that we experience as children back into our adult lives. Especially now when the global environment is fraught with divisive challenges, Vitaly looks to reframe our world by inspiring our imaginations and bringing back our sense of pure delight.
We don’t know about you, but that sounds like exactly what we need.
Check out Vitaly’s work and get tickets to a show near you at eveningofwonders.com
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Illegal schools…
This topic has 24 replies, 19 voices, and was last updated 3 months ago by breatheeasy.
unfitgeezer
…what is it they don’t like about British values ??
Mind boggling
Defiant head vows to keep unregistered school open https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-50071142
Discuss(ted)
trailwagger
Charlotte Church ?
fossy
DBS Checked staff
QTS Qualified Teachers
Doubt it.
Any parent who sends a kid there needs their own heads examining. By all means, send your kid to any School, but it must be fully Ofsted checked.
thisisnotaspoon
May well be doing all sorts of things wrong. But theres a difference between not having a procedure in place and actually doing something wrong.
It may be no worse than the average CoE or RC school. Sounds like the religious element was being done at the mosque anyway. Just run by ammetures with no clue about Ofsted.
On the other hand, grab your pitchforks, it’s clearly a terrorist training camp because it’s associated with Islam. 🙄
It should be shut down because it has been established purely to indoctrinate children with religion whilst pretending to educate them. Any religious biased school should be shut down for the same reason.
The fact that this particular school is poorly run and not doing other stuff ‘by the book’ matters not one jot.
ogri
Empowering young minds to believe that Sharia is the only way!
I believe there’s a reason the parents sent their children there and its nothing to do with secular values.
Close it!
chewkw
Because they fear losing their religious identity.
philjunior
Checks should be done. But could I care that they indoctrinate children with a particular religion? Nope, cos I’m tolerant, and not a fascist. Religion is nothing to do with the state, and if people want to educate their children according to a religion that’s up to them, not what the state (or posters on STW) consider acceptable. Provided it doesn’t preach antivax or flat earth stuff which, given the historical importance of Islamic scholars to as variety of scientific fields, I doubt it does.
That’s nearly all primary schools in the UK then?
Yeah, but that’s the good kind of indoctrination.
TBH I’d expect most “religious” primary schools in the UK pay little more than lip service to the goddy aspects. The lord’s prayer and a bit of kumbayaing, then crack on with your crayons.
anagallis_arvensis
Not necessary in most schools now they are academies.
TBH I’d expect most “religious” primary schools in the UK pay little more than lip service to the goddy aspects.
Dunno, I definitely remember the kids’ primary school headmistress (now moved on) talking about praying to God who “definitely exists”… I was kind of taken aback, particularly as it’s a non denominational school.
I have nothing against religion, but I don’t want my kids to be indoctrinated (if others do, that’s up to them).
somewhatslightlydazed
Was this the one on radio 4 where there were books in the staff room advocating beating children if they didn’t pray and insisting that a wife must always submit to her husband?
The one where they insist they are only open for a 12 hours a week, but the time tables on the wall added up to 31 hours a week?
Philjunior,if people want to teach their offspring religion they can take them to their favourite church or mosque.The state shouldn’t be used to pay people to tell lies to children.
Provided it doesn’t preach antivax or flat earth
But the belief in an invisible sky fairy is OK… I’m confused
I guess the difference between religious belief and anti-vaxxers is that (usually) only one of those two things kills people.
globalti
It’s probably nothing compared with the Islamic college Dar ul Uloom in Holcombe Brook; a visitor of mine from Pakistan was absolutely gobsmacked when he saw the place and couldn’t believe Britain allows it – it’s a training seminary for the Saudi Arabian Deobandi movement, which is well to the right of Gengis Khan.
Meanwhile in the land of the black pudding…
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/oct/13/two-blackburn-faith-schools-top-charts-gcse-progress-tauheedul-islam
HoratioHufnagel
Yes, I heard this interview too.
She did not do a great job of defending the school to say the least!
It sounded horrendous and most people seemed to agree it should be shut down but they didn’t have the powers.
How do you balance the tolerance of religion, with the religions intolerance to LGBQT education for instance? and I’d doubt the kids will receive much education about other religions or atheism. But then if the parents don’t agree with all that don’t they have the right to send their kids to a (private) school that doesn’t teach it? Can you even have that discussion without the islamaphobes and racists jumping in and claiming our “race” is being wiped out etc.?
How do you balance the tolerance of religion, with the religions intolerance to LGBQT education for instance? and I’d doubt the kids will receive much education about other religions or atheism.
Whilst that’s possible, it’s not mentioned in the article so let’s not prejudice and stereotype or you’re sinking to the level of the idea you’re complaining about.
Given the lack of information it could also be a group of refugee teachers who haven’t got the paperwork to work within the UK system so setup on their own. I’m not saying that’s likely, but the article doesn’t give much background.
there were books in the staff room advocating beating…………….and insisting that a wife must always submit to her husband?
They found a copy of 50 shades?
kerley
Yes, religious belief has caused millions of deaths. Don’t think a belief in flat earth has killed anyone though so presumably that is okay to teach?
Basically they are free to teach whatever their parents want except for some stuff where people don’t want such as anti vax and flat earth. Confusing isn’t it.
CharlieMungus
Which particular British values was it the didn’t like?
jekkyl
Those niqabs would be handy if you have a cold, you could just blow your snotters into the cloth right in front of your nose.
son-of-mike
Since the topic of antivaxx has cropped up intersecting with schools, did you know that the teachings behind Steiner Waldorf (anthroposophy) have resulted in them being recognised by the NHS as an under-vaccinated population and that researchers traced the spread of a measles strain between some of these communities? (Steiner proposed that febrile illnesses, like measles, were related to the child’s spiritual development).
Section 1, 1.1, para 3 here https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/637338/PHE_Measles_guidance_August_2017.pdf
And this paper:
Out of the 117 confirmed measles cases in their study group 113 had not been vaccinated (2 vaccinated, 2 uncertain). To me, that is a direct risk to the children and their local communities.
And yet, there are 2 Steiner schools in Scotland and a few in England, although some of them have had problems which the Guardian and the British Humanist Society have reported on.
How these schools aren’t shut down for spiritualist/occult nonsense I have no idea.
breatheeasy
You’re Boris Johnson and I claim my five pounds.
But serioulsy, lets not start the casual racism up eh?
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Review: Bosch, an Amazon Original Series
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Bosch.
When we got home from a trip, we were so exhausted that all we wanted to do was watch something that would take us away from our worries and concern for a relative who had another cancer surgery last week.
We cruised through the new releases on Amazon Prime and Netflix. The Amazon Original Series Bosch caught our attention. We skipped watching the trailers and went straight to the first episode, or Chapter 1, as it was labeled.
We couldn't stop watching. The series, based on Michael Connelly's Bosch novels, is compelling, gripping, and so well-acted that it's like looking through a peep hole into the squad room of the Hollywood Division, Homicide, of the LAPD.
I suspect that real cops will find this TV series true to life in its depiction of the mundane and the horrific, the rare feeling of satisfaction and the frequent feeling of frustration, and the stomach-turning deal making and necessary battle-picking needed to survive the politics and power jockeying.
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Michael Connelly has written one of the most popular mystery series out there. So far, there are 19 books in the series. If you'd like a list of them in order, visit Mystery Sequels Blog. Book 1 is The Black Echo, originally published in 1992. It's available in ebook, paperback, hardcover, and audio book.I think the series Bosch was derived from books 1 and 4.
Titus Welliver, known for Argo, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Gone Baby Gone, and too many TV shows to list, gives a subtle performance that is letter-perfect in every way. He never makes a misstep as the experienced homicide detective who makes the hard choices even though he knows the consequences may be personally devastating. Bosch sees the worst in people, but he doesn't let that deter him from being his best self. His bone-deep sense of integrity informs his every action.
His performance is subtle and layered. He can convey mood better than just about any actor with a look from his intense blue eyes. He's quiet, not bouncing off the walls and screaming like too many television cops.
Mr. Welliver leads a cast composed of veteran actors including Jamie Hector as Jerry Edgar, his partner; Amy Aquino as Lt. Grace Billets, his immediate boss; Lance Reddick as Irvin Irving, the Deputy Police Commander; Annie Weschling as Julia Brasher, a rookie cop with whom he has an affair; Sarah Clarke as his ex-wife, a former FBI profiler; and Jason Gedrick as Raynard Waits, a psycho terrorizing the city.
I was disappointed that some critics said it was too similar to other cop shows. While a story line may be similar--and, indeed, there are so many cop shows made--what separates Bosch from the rest of the pack is the actors' performances. Everything about the series is so well-constructed that each element complements the others. Even the bluesy strains of the song, Can't Let Go by Caught a Ghost, is a part of the exquisite tapestry that is Bosch.
Watch it when you have a few hours time because, like the song says, once you start, you "can't let go."
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Mid Major Mania
I reference Power 5 plus 3 (Big East, American and A-10) pretty frequently as having an elevated significance and I think that’s accurate. However, every year we see stories develop from “other” conferences. Some are familar names (Gonzaga, Wichita State) and some less so, but in an age of increasing parity, and perhaps especially this year where we seem to lack any obviously dominant teams, it’s a good idea for those who want to be well-informed in March to be paying some attention to these other conferences. Here’s some thoughts on the teams emerging early on as perhaps the best of the bunch, and some thoughts about disappointments as well.
Gonzaga – I thought the Zags were overrated a bit as a preseason top 10 team but I think they’ve even been a little bit worse than I’d expected. There was a lot of hype around their frontcourt and by and large, those guys have played mostly up to expectations, though the absence of the big kid Karnowski has been a negative factor of late. It’s the backcourt which has been lacking and I’m not sure that’s getting fixed this year. I think people just sort of forgot how good Pangos and Bell were for them, and for four years as well. No good argument for the Zags being the best of the West this year, not after homecourt losses to both Arizona and UCLA.
The other thing which hurts a bit is that the WCC is down. According to Real Time RPI, the WCC is currently sitting 18th out of 33 leagues nationally. That’s not horrendous but given that it puts them behind leagues like the Big West, Southern and MAC, it gets harder to assume that the WCC is a two bid conference, which has sort of been the default assumption lately (the league was 9th a year ago). St. Mary’s looks solid and BYU always has talent…is there a chance Gonzaga could miss the Tournament altogether if they don’t win the WCC Tournament? Unlikely, at least for now…but worth keeping an eye on.
Wichita State – Another team which hasn’t lived up to advance notice, but there’s some justification for it here. WSU finally has Fred VanVleet back and that’s a huge, huge deal for this team. For as much as I think Ron Baker is a bit overrated, I think VanVleet doesn’t get quite the type of credit he deserves…I think he’s one of the top handful of point guards in America. Word out this morning that they don’t think they’ll get Anton Grady back this season, which is a blow…he was a really nice addition to that frontcourt. However, I think with VanVleet back, we’re going to see the Shockers be something a bit closer to what we’ve come to expect. To me, they’re still the team to beat in the MVC. Returning to conference RPI though…the MVC is currently 15th nationally. Is that a two bid league? The MVC was 12th last year, so it’s in roughly the same range. Northern Iowa is expected to be a contender and they do have that Paige-less UNC win in their back pocket. Again, as with the Zags, something to watch for if Wichita doesn’t win the MVC Tournament.
The Mountain West – This has quietly been a good league for a long time…it’s essentially the successor to the old WAC, which was always a better conference than most people realized. Last year it was the 11th best conference by RPI and this year it sits at 9th, a notch ahead of the American. It was a 3 bid league in 2015 and I would suspect there’s a good chance for at least that many spots this time around…but who exactly those teams will be is open to discussion at this stage.
I can’t quite figure UNLV out just yet. They have a couple of decent wins over IU and Oregon…the two losses were competitive ones to UCLA and WIchita, so hardly big negatives there. They kind of look the part, but somehow I haven’t bought in completely yet. Still, definitely a solid pick to emerge.
I liked Boise when MSU played them…thought they could be a very tough team to guard with all the skilled guys they have on that roster. They finally got a needed good win the other day when they beat Oregon. They’re going to likely need to be a top 2-ish type team in the MWC standings to have a shot at an at-large bid, though…two losses to Arizona, the loss to MSU and a loss to Montana are hardly bad ones to have but they also don’t have a ton of resume wins either, though Oregon will help.
I liked New Mexico when I saw them lose to Purdue on the road…that was a game closer than the final 12 point margin. The other loss was to USC, so not so good. They did just beat Northern Iowa by 19, so that’s a solid win.
San Diego State’s been a perennial NCAA team in recent years. Not sure about this season, though. Lots of talent but a 7-4 start without any impressive wins isn’t a solid platform to build from.
Arkansas Little Rock – Out of the Sun Belt, a Southern equivalent of the old WAC in some ways back in the 80s but a league which lost most of its heavyweights to Conference USA a long time ago…but now the Trojans look like a team capable of making some noise. They’re unbeaten and though they don’t have any top 25 wins, they have beaten San Diego State, Tulsa, Idaho and DePaul all on the road. They’ll get one more crack at a road win later this month when they travel to Texas Tech. KenPom currently has them 79th in the country…is that good enough to withstand a conference Tournament loss? They’re also not a lock to win the regular season crown either, as Texas Arlington has beaten Ohio State, Memphis, UTEP and Rice on the road and their two losses (to LaTech and Texas) were competitive and also on the road.
South Dakota State – The Jackrabbits have been a good program for many years now. They’re 9-1 at the moment, with a loss to Missouri-KC being offset by road wins over Minnesota, TCU and Illinois State. KenPom has them 46th nationally, so this is a much more likely situation than UALR of a team which could perhaps withstand a conference tournament upset.
Monmouth – They’re 80th in KenPom right now. 6-3 but with wins over UCLA, USC and Notre Dame. The losses are to USC (played them twice and split), Dayton and Canisus. They were not the preseason favorite in the MAAC…Iona and Rider were picked ahead of them but Monmouth’s resume looks far better than either to date. They have shots later this month against Georgetown and Rutgers to further strengthen their case.
Horizon – 14th best league right now, up a tick from last season’s 16th. Valpo is the favorite and they haven’t done much to damage their standing. They’re 9-2 with losses to Oregon and Ball State on the road and wins over Rhode Island, Iona and Oregon State. KenPom has them 29th, so they’re in a great spot to be able to withstand a Horizon tournament meltdown, provided they do the job in the regular season. The question is, can this be a two bid league even without that kind of upset? Milwaukee is 8-3 with a road win over Wisconsin and 3 competitive losses. Oakland is a team I like a lot. 6-3 thus far without a resume win but they have chances coming soon…Washington, MSU and Virginia looming before the month is out. Neither of these teams is currently in KenPom’s top 100, though, so probably far fetched to see either in the field unless they win that Tournament in March.
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Ashes 2019: England capitulate as Australia dismiss them for 67
By Sports Desk August 23, 2019
England are facing up to the possibility of failing to win a home Ashes series for the first time since 2001 after an embarrassing display on Friday saw them dismissed for 67 in Leeds.
Joe Root's team were skittled inside 28 overs on day two for their lowest Test total at Headingley, and their lowest against Australia since 1948, to leave them with a first-innings deficit of 112.
With Australia needing to win only one of the remaining three Tests to retain the urn, England face a mammoth task to save the series, despite dismissing the tourists for 179 on Thursday.
Glorious batting conditions greeted Rory Burns and Jason Roy when they arrived at the crease on Friday, but it was Josh Hazlewood (5-30) who shone in the sun instead.
David Warner took four catches at first slip, including ones from Roy - out driving outside off - and Root, who made back-to-back ducks for the first time in his Test career, raising further debate about his position at number three.
Burns gloved a short delivery from Pat Cummins (3-23) behind before Ben Stokes foolishly went chasing a wide one from James Pattinson (2-9), who also accounted for Joe Denly - his 12 proving to be the only double-figures score of a dismal innings.
Jonny Bairstow perished when dangling his bat outside off to leave England 54-6 at lunch, and their misery was soon complete as they lost their final four wickets in 23 balls upon the resumption.
Chris Woakes, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer and Jack Leach were the men to go, Hazlewood bowling the latter to give him a five-for and Australia the upper hand.
Warner was unable to match his slip-catching exploits with the bat as went for a duck, falling to Stuart Broad once again, before the visitors progressed to 26-1 – a lead of 138.
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The West Indies commence their first away series of 2020 with three One-day and two Twenty20 internationals in Sri Lanka from February 22 to March 6.
The one-day matches will be the final bilateral series West Indies will play before the Caribbean side and all the top thirteen teams participate in newly formed ICC ODI league that runs from May 2020 - March 31, 2022.
In this new limited-overs cycle, under the 2019 - 2023 Future Tours Programme (FTP) established by the ICC to bring greater context to international cricket fixtures, the seven highest-ranked teams apart from India, who gained automatically entry as tournament hosts, will qualify for the 2023 World Cup.Following the 3- 0 ODI series clean sweeps against Afghanistan and Ireland, the West Indies currently sit in 9th position with 80 points with Sri Lanka in 8th place on 81 points.
A series win for West Indies will move them into 8th position ahead of Sri Lanka in the official ICC ODI Team Rankings, ahead of the first ODI league matches at home in July against current number three ODI ranked team, New Zealand.
The T20Is provide West Indies the opportunity to win their first T20I rubber since the 2-1 series victory over Bangladesh in December 2018 as they continue to build momentum ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia in October 2020, a country where the team won their first T20 World Cup title in 2012.
Director of Cricket Jimmy Adams said the series was important as the team sought to continue steady preparations for the World Cup.
“The Sri Lanka series allows us to continue the process of building towards this year’s T20 World Cup in Australia as well as the longer term goal of automatic qualification for the next ICC Cricket World Cup in 2023. Playing in unfamiliar conditions should be a good test for both of our squads.”
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Former West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has officially signed on to be the bowling coach of Bangladesh for the next two years.
The 50-year-old Gibson, who also twice served as bowling coach of England and most recently South Africa, will replace Charles Langeveldt, who quit the post in December. Langeveldt, the former South African cricket coach, spent just five months in the post.
The South African had himself replaced another West Indian Courtney Walsh who left the team following the World Cup. Gibson is expected to join the team in Pakistan for the three-match T20I series in Lahore later this week. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury said Gibson's presence will be a major boon for the team.
"He brings in tremendous experience and has coached or played all over the world. He has also had the opportunity to observe Bangladesh cricket from close. I am sure he will be a very valuable addition to the Bangladesh team's coaching group.”
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Tsuki ga Kirei Review — Seiji Kishi’s Sakuga Slamdunk
Posted by Mr. Flawfinder on July 13, 2017
Since I never finished my Let’s Watch, I thought I’d at least conclude my thoughts on Tsuki ga Kirei with a proper review.
Pre-Review Background
Did you guys know that in the fifteen years that animation studio Feel (also known as feel. with a period) has existed up to this time of writing, they’ve never produced an original anime before Tsuki ga Kirei? I was surprised to hear that as well, but one look at their resume shows that in addition to all of their anime being stuff that nobody ever acknowledges anymore with the obvious exception of the second season of Yahari, everything they’ve made…alright fine they made Yosuga no Sora as well you perverted fucks…but everything they’ve made has been an adaptation of a light novel or a visual novel, with Yahari 2 being the only thing they’ve done that actually looked nice to watch. As such, it’s small wonder they’re practically never brought up when discussing animation studios. And if that wasn’t enough to kill any possibility of hype for Tsuki ga Kirei, the numerous high-profile sequels and light novel adaptations, the premise being centered on young romance rather than something with more bombast (which people who actually acknowledge feel have expressed disappointment in themselves), and the director being Seiji Kishi pretty much guaranteed the show’s status as “cult favorite” before it even aired.
Original anime are always a bit of a gamble due to the majority of audiences being drawn to what’s familiar, but while it hasn’t exactly won much in the way of acclaim despite the numerous memes regarding how it’s a modern masterpiece, Re: Creators’ unique premise along with the Aldnoah team was the more enticing hook of the two high-profile original shows of Spring 2017. Tsuki ga Kirei had to rely on word of mouth and its currently strong scores on anime ranking sites to get people to watch it, not helped by how it’s a slow-paced show whose first episode is known for “nothing happening”. With all that said, I’m surprised by how high that acclaim ended up being as it neared its conclusion. Now it has a very vocal fanbase where anything short of pure gushing is a rare occurrence, and while it’ll most likely never be more than a cult show, I see more people watching it these days and regretting their decision to not start it sooner.
But at the end of the day, Tsuki ga Kirei’s current status in the fandom doesn’t matter to me, just like how I didn’t care who the staff and and such were behind the show on initial viewing. I decided to watch it because romance anime have been pretty good this year, I thought the premise had potential, and the first episode seemed promising in a Wandering Son-sort of way, so it wasn’t until two episodes in that I realized it was a Seiji Kishi show to begin with. Basically, all that matters to me is whether I liked the anime or not. Did I? Let’s find out.
General Plot
Tsuki ga Kirei is a slice-of-life romance series centered on two ninth graders named Kotaro Izumi and Akane Mizuno, who end up becoming classmates for their final year of middle school and eventually become a couple after a few chance encounters and LINE messages motivate the boy to confess to the girl. However, with the confession being made in Episode 3, what does the rest of the show have to offer? Well, it turns out that the captain of the track and field club named Takumi Hira has had a crush on Akane since first year, and Akane’s best friend named Chinatsu Nishio starts crushing on Kotaro after a few chance encounters of her own. Additionally, Akane is trying to do well in track whilst Kotaro strives to become a writer, and while this doesn’t seem like it’ll provide much of an obstacle to their romance at first, things get complicated when neither of them are able to succeed at achieving their chosen goals. Also, since they’re in middle-school, they also have to deal with hiding their relationship from their friends, dealing with their parents (yes, this anime actually has parents for both leads), and lots of other small drama that end up becoming larger than expected due to personal matters.
Despite these obstacles, Kotaro and Akane try their best to make their relationship work in cute ways that you’d need to actually see the show to really get. All I’m willing to spoil is that they look up dating tips on Yahoo. Yes, this is a romance show where online dating advice is used as a plot point, and not in a retarded way like those crappy dating manuals you saw all the time in Shuffle and School Days, which work about as well as my phone whenever I try to use Google Maps on it. Oh, you mean turn right at the next intersection that’s three feet away from the one I thought. Gotcha.
There’s not really much to say about the plot other than that. It’s just middle schoolers dealing with relationship issues in a semi-realistic/semi-mature manner whilst the audience wonders whether they’ll stay together in the end. And truthfully, that should be enough for most people as long as they’re not opposed to the romance genre.
Personal Dissection
As a romance show, Tsuki ga Kirei gets the basics down pat. We care about Kotaro and Akane as people because we can relate to the awkwardness of being young and in love. And even if we never went through that phase, we can at least understand what they’re going through, although some of us would rather leave that part of our life behind. And more importantly, we care about them being together because they have pretty good chemistry. It’s a little hard to actually describe said chemistry other than you have to see it to believe it, as they don’t share hobbies besides the usage of LINE and their personalities being similarly awkward, but chances are good you’ll see why they’re together, regardless of whether you think the relationship is cute or not.
And despite the cuteness, it’s the way that Tsuki ga Kirei grounds its logic into reality that sets it apart from just being a throwaway moe show. The characters do go through real problems both in regards to their relationship, as well as their future, to the point that you don’t know whether they’re stay together by the end. And while the show doesn’t really push either angle all that hard, it does do a good job of mixing the elements into a coherent narrative. I really felt for Kotaro when he was told he didn’t have a bright future in regards to being an author and how that tied into his relationship with Akane, especially near the end. Akane’s track stuff is not as good, because it sorta gets dropped around the 2/3 mark for a completely different dramatic direction regarding her grades. I won’t spoil where that ends up, but suffice to say I’m glad the show didn’t cheapen the journey in a way that would make Ken Akamatsu cry bullshit on.
The third wheels in the show are likable, but the situations around them tend to be a bit contrived. I find it kinda stupid that Chinatsu just happens to run into convenient situations with Kotaro so many times as soon as she starts taking an interest in him to the point that she spends more time with him than his girlfriend. If she planned it beforehand, I could probably buy it, but there was one scene when she coincidentally went to the library where Kotaro coincidentally was waiting to eat lunch with Akane, and guess who catches them in the act? At least when Akane’s sister gives her bad advice, she’s coming from a real place. It can be hard to stay friends with someone who likes the same person you do, and most couples formed in high school, let alone middle school, don’t survive for a very good reason.
In terms of the rest of the supporting cast, I don’t bother to watch the shorts revolving around them because I couldn’t give two shits about their lives outside the main story. And in the main story, they’re fine for the most part, although the only ones who really stand out are the parents for being harsh yet supporting, as well as Akane’s sister (Ayane) and sometimes Roman for being supportive on different sides. Yeah sorry fangirls, but I just don’t care about Roman’s love life. I care about when he’s helping someone’s love life, but his own doesn’t interest me.
Tsuki ga Kirei is a show known for its deliberate slowness, but even by those standards, it has pacing problems up the wazoo. I know a lot of people don’t like how Your Name summarized the main couple’s relationship in a montage, but I counter with this argument “why would I want to see all the minute details and developments of the lead couple if I’m not the one actually in the relationship”? People argue that it makes you care about the characters more the longer you stay with them. I respond with how Disney movies have done the whole musical montage thing just fine for decades now, even if most of those are a bit outdated, and I cared more for Aladdin and Jasmine than pretty much any shoujo romance relationship ever. They reply back that western animation sucks and eastern animation rules. I say “fuck you”. We get into a slap fight that I obviously lose because they outnumber me a billion to one. And I totally lost the point of this argument, haven’t I?
What I’m trying to get at is an entire episode dedicated to Kotaro and Akane finally kissing is not fun to watch. While it’s nice to see the show focus on the mundane reality in order to give weight to the romance, sometimes it runs into that overly long horror film problem of building too much atmosphere for its own good, with the first two episodes in particular being stand-out examples of this. And sometimes the angst can go on a little long for a payoff that’s a little short, like a later episode where Kotaro’s angst during a festival date with Akane boils for over half the runtime, only to be resolved in like two minutes. Maybe if the payoffs were better, this wouldn’t be so much of a problem, but Tsuki ga Kirei’s goals are only ambitious if your standards for romance were set really low by Light Novel Adaptation #694 Million.
The animation is generally good, but it does make use of very distracting CG for most of its backgrounds. And when I say backgrounds, I’m including unnamed extra characters walking around. There are a lot of CG people that clash badly with the very clearly 2-D protagonists to the point that it looks like they’re the only humans on an alien planet. Now this gets toned down in later episodes, but believe me when I say you will be wondering whether the machines have invaded throughout the majority of the show, and while it looks good for feel, 2017 has had so many high-quality romance anime as of late in terms of production values and narrative vision that Tsuki ga Kirei looks like a knock-off by comparison. I personally have no complaints about the music though. The opening song is popular among fans for a reason, and the ending theme is sweet as well. I like how the visuals in the opening are just scenery until the halfway point.
I think what draws people to this show the most though is where the narrative ends up going. And while the ending is very well-deserved, the journey could have been better (which is true for every piece of fiction, but I mean that Tsuki ga Kirei’s journey on its own was awkward). I really could have used some stronger philosophy regarding what it means to truly be young and in love, especially during the frustrating parts. What separates good frustration from bad frustration is what it’s used for, and since Tsuki ga Kirei doesn’t have much narrative ambition beyond portraying what the youth go through without really delving into why other than they’re kids, that means the only goal of a frustrating element is ultimately to draw out the length of the show. And that gets real annoying real fast.
While I certainly don’t think it’s the best romance anime of this year and certainly not of all-time, Tsuki ga Kirei is a solidly constructed entry into the genre thanks to great visual storytelling and well-rounded characters that deserved the ending they ended up getting, which I won’t spoil, but chances are the Internet has already ruined you at this point. It’s definitely one of the best straightforward romance stories I’ve seen in a long time, mostly because of how hard it can be to make that interesting to anyone who’s not actually participating in said romance.
I’d easily recommend this to anyone looking for something heart-melting without dipping into saccharine territory, and while my feelings on feel and Seiji Kishi haven’t changed, that’s mostly because I don’t have much of an opinion on them anymore other than they’ve made lots of crap in their life. They’ll probably continue to make more in the future, but making one good show in of itself is something that few people in anime can even claim, so just for now, let’s congratulate them for successfully winning the hearts of a romance-starved crowd after making us suffer through Da Capo II and Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace.
Additional Quips
If anything else, this show is further proof that paying attention to anime staff in order to determine what to watch is pure bullshit.
Actually, I don’t know many people besides me who sat through Da Capo II. Sitting through Da Capo 1 was painful enough.
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4 responses to “Tsuki ga Kirei Review — Seiji Kishi’s Sakuga Slamdunk”
Artemis says:
Not sure what it says about me that the famed “nothing happened” first episode is probably my favourite of the entire series, but there you go.
Mr. Flawfinder says:
I thought the first episode was fine too, mostly for that restaurant scene. Second one tested my patience a little though.
The restaurant scene was specifically what I was thinking of, yeah.
TWWK says:
I’m glad you enjoyed the show overall – I thought it was wonderful (I liked it more than you did). The awkwardness of it all…it just felt so very genuine to me.
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Last Friday, April 21st, my friend Natalie and I got makeovers on The Marilyn Denis Show (see the actual episode here)! It was a great experience and I wanted to give you the details on how we snagged the opportunity and what it was really like.
A collection of photos that I sent in with our write up.
A couple of months ago, I was entering a long list of online contests (as per usual) and came across a casting call/contest for two best friends who needed makeovers. I did the required blurb about why we needed them and submitted a couple photos of us together. A couple weeks later, I got an email from one of the producers letting me know that we were on a short-list, she asked for a more detailed write up as to why we needed the makeovers and some photos of us from head to toe. I quickly wrote a one page essay explaining how thrifty we are and describing our student lifestyles that have carried into our recent graduate lives. I sent the producer a reply letting her know that our write up was completed, but that I was waiting for an opportunity to get together with Natalie to take the photos. The producer told me that they had already filled the slot! I was shocked at how quickly the process really was since I had messaged her in under 24 hours. I sent her our write up anyway, along with a dozen photos of Natalie and I together. She told me that she would keep it in mind for future opportunities, but I didn’t think I’d hear from her again.
Two weeks later, I received an email from the same producer letting me know that she loved the write up so much that she and her team were inspired to give us makeovers with the general theme of “Thrifty to Thrilled!” I was over the moon excited and we quickly exchanged the proper information and I jotted down the scheduled makeover dates.
A field producer and cameraman came to my house one Friday morning and we filmed the backstory/home interview footage that was shown as our “befores.” For someone who sings, hosts events, and talks almost non-stop, it may come as a surprise to hear that I was pretty nervous about the interview sequence because talking on camera can get you tongue-tied. I definitely took multiple takes and had to have Natalie stand out of view because she unintentionally made me laugh, but otherwise it went well. Natalie did so well on camera and needed less takes than I did! Summit (my dog), although gorgeous, didn’t manage to get any air time, but luckily neither did a lot of embarrassing footage!
Our next part of the Marilyn Denis Show Makeover Experience was to go downtown Toronto for fittings and hair colouring. While waiting in the Bell Media building lobby, I noticed how many good-looking people work there! I was surrounded by beautiful, fashion forward media workers, but it felt like I was already on TV and the extras were prettier than the star (that’s me). Upstairs, we did more waiting (a common and understandable requirement when getting free services) and were eventually taken to try on our curated outfits separately. They wanted us to keep our finished looks a surprise from each other and somehow neither of us spilled the beans on what we would be wearing before the taping!
From the fitting, Natalie and I Uber’d to our scheduled hair appointments at The Cellar Salon. We had a bit of a wait and fawned over the salon dog (which every salon should have), he was a bit skittish, but cute to watch all the same. Aaron Obrien, Marilyn’s hair stylist, went gave us hair colour consultations. He really wanted to make me a redhead, similar to Emma Stone, but I knew that the up-keep would be too difficult and expensive while still searching for a job in my industry. He very accommodatingly agreed to do a darker blonde balayage so that my hair could grow out without having to touch up the roots and Natalie was to get a lighter blonde balayage. Over a few hours, two female stylists dyed our hair and we looked sci-fi-chic in our cling-wrapped hair. After a painfully long day, we headed home to our fur-babies and slept well later that night.
Our hair was dyed, our clothes were picked out, and we were ready to be made over! We were each allowed to bring a guest so our moms excitingly tagged along to Toronto for
A screenshot from The Marilyn Denis Show website before the episode had officially aired.
filming day. The show was filmed on a Friday morning and we were both very appreciative of the makeup foundation they gave us for our appearance on the show pre-makeover. They cleverly tied our hair into ponytails so that it was harder to see that our hair had been dyed earlier in the week and we wore casual clothes. We did one stage rehearsal where we were shown x’s that marked the spots and the crew gave us some tips (like how we should hug each other because people like that).
After the audience settled into their seats, the show started and we eagerly waited outside the set for our cues. The producer gave us the okay and we officially met Marilyn on stage! We had a lot of fun during the segment with Marilyn and fashion stylist Alexis, but watching the show when it aired made me realize that I may need to get a better bra… which in turn made me think about how many women must come to that same realization after seeing themselves on camera.
My mom took a bunch of photos while she was watching the episode on TV!
A joke here, a joke there, we held our own on stage and went down the hall to get made over (in separate rooms). I was lucky enough to have Aaron cut my hair and I really love it! We had a lot of fun in the dressing room singing Spice Girls songs while Aaron snipped away and the makeup artist, Amy Janisse, painted my face! I really loved both beauty professionals so much and couldn’t say enough about their amazing personalities. I changed into the floral pencil skirt, black top, and striped blazer, but waited to slip into the high heels until the last possible moment.
The next step went by in a bit of a blur and was the best part of the experience. I climbed into the back of the reveal box
Our proud mama bears!
and popped out with the cue of a shoulder tap. Natalie and I saw each other for the first time and I felt ten times more confident than the first time that we had shared the stage with Marilyn and Alexis. My other favourite moment was seeing our moms beaming with pride in the audience and looking like they were having the times of their lives. Marilyn and Alexis helped make us feel special and beautiful and we were also able to get a quick photo with Marilyn after the show.
All in all, I would definitely recommend the Marilyn Makeover Experience, but advise you to be patient and appreciative! It aired a few weeks after taping and we were showered with love once more from our friends and family. Thank you to everyone who watched and I hope some of you get inspired to look into casting calls after reading this post!
Our moms, Marilyn, and our made-over-selves after the show!
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Walk Around Some Of Glenkiln Sculptures (16 July 2011)
Dumfries and Galloway,
Glenkiln,
Henry Moore,
Rodin,
walk,
walking,
Sometimes you come across something truly beautiful. Something simple, yet seemingly perfect. So it was the other day when, on the way from a week near Kirkcudbright in Dumfries & Galloway we turned off the A75 near Dumfries to Shawhead and then to Glenkiln. My parents had given us the heads up about the Glenkiln Sculptures.
Nestled amongst the gentle lowland hills in the Borderlands, Sir William Keswick, a local laird, has placed statues by Epstein, Moore and Rodin. While open to the public, the Glenkiln sculptures are kept beneath the radar screen as unscrupulous vandals have attacked them in the past for their nihilist follies. Anyway, you drive up single track lanes until you reach the head of the Glenkiln Reservoir and park in a tiny car park beside an sculpture by Auguste Rodin “St John the Baptist”, who stands in classical poise on top of a small mound surveying the glen and the black faced sheep. It is a strong, masculine and Romano-Grecian style of artistry of a taught muscled St John who holds out his arm with a crooked finger beckoning to us the people, the flock (or perhaps the sheep are the flock and we are the sheep). The sculpture is a statement of what Rodin could do before he found his own more fluid and sensuous style. But remember this is not Florence with Donatello’s "David" or Paris with Rodin’s “The Thinker”, because here we are in the Anglo-Scottish Borderlands.
From there, we walked up Shiel Head past a pink painted farmhouse, Margreig, to the brow of the hill to what from a distance looks like a Celtic cross blessing the hill since time immemorial, The Glenkiln Cross. But as you get closer the cross becomes angular shapes, that become more curved and fluid. Then as we reached the summit, it seemed to morph into an abstract male form, a dismembered torso, that suggested Michelangelo’s David across the glen. Although modern and abstract, this sculpture has the feel of a muscular male, but with less strength than languid, gym-trained muscularatory. Taught muscles that hint at gym strength with real-life weakness that comes from a beautifying physique, rather than the brute physical strength of warriors like the Campbells or Douglases from when these Borderlands were fought over by real men and women. Or perhaps it lends itself more to abstract Mayan and Mexican art with its flowing forms and motifs. Then as we went down the hill it became a cross again.
We then went back to the other end of Glenkiln Reservoir to the Henry Moore “King And Queen”. I parked in a lay-by and walked up a slight incline to this most exquisite of sculptures. This pair sits quietly contemplating the view towards Skeoch across the water. It is a truly intimate piece with this delightful pair lovingly sitting, close to each other, happy and peaceful in their own moment of quietness. This King and Queen are an old couple, comfortable in each others’ company, solid together but becoming weaker with age. The lines and forms are brilliantly simple with a minimal of detail that conjures up the idea of people, one male and the other female.
It is two people enjoying a moment together, absorbing the view and thinking back over their lives. They seem to be considering the view, where humans have reshaped the glen, damning the Old Water to build this small reservoir. The manmade water has its own beauty like a loch, but the old environment was destroyed to create this new artificial one. What does humanity do in its own name to satisfy its desire for progress? Is it good or bad? Why must we destroy something that nature made to create something new that man made? We have dug up ores and wrought metals to make this gorgeous statue and built a picturesque lake, yet at what damage. The King asks the Queen “Did we do good?” and she answers “Only time will tell, my dear, but we tried our best. Isn’t it a beautiful view?”
And I walked back down the hill and, while we had not seen all the statues, we all drove to Northumberland as time was pressing and the children had lost interest.
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By Chris Gayomali Sept. 08, 2011
When Carol Bartz announced that she’d been dismissed as Yahoo’s CEO (over a phone call, no less), she quickly left her hotel and scribbled an email on her iPad to blast to the company’s 13,400 employees.
It was a move so boldly 21st century that it made many (including us) like her a little bit more.
Now Bartz—a woman who once famously told TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington to “fuck off” in front of a live audience—is speaking out on the incident, spouting off against her former employers in an article on Fortune.
(MORE: Yahoo Reportedly ‘Open to Selling to the Right Bidder’)
Earmuffs, kids. Here are the best bits:
On first learning of her firing from Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock over a phone call:
“I called him at 6:06,’ she recalls. When he got on the line, she says, he started reading a lawyer’s prepared statement to dismiss her.
“I said, ‘Roy, I think that’s a script,'” adding, “‘Why don’t you have the balls to tell me yourself?'”
And as Bostock finishes reading the statement?
When Bostock finished reading, Bartz didn’t argue—”I got it. I got it,” she told the Yahoo chairman. “I thought you were classier.”
On her expectations as CEO:
“They want revenue growth,” says Bartz about the Yahoo board, “even though they were told that we would not have revenue growth until 2012.”
Note: During her 10 quarter reign, Yahoo’s net income saw a 52% increase, according to The Atlantic.
…and how the board’s indecision ended up hurting them:
She attributes the directors’ impatience to the criticism they faced when they turned down a lucrative deal to sell Yahoo to Microsoft in 2007, before she arrived. “The board was so spooked by being cast as the worst board in the country,” Bartz says. “Now they’re trying to show that they’re not the doofuses that they are.”
What she thinks about her replacement, former finance chief Tim Morse:
“He’s a great guy,” she says. Morse was chief financial officer under Bartz, and now he is interim chief of a company whose stock has risen 6% since he replaced her. Asked whom she thinks the board might appoint long-term, she replies, “They should bring me in. I knew what to do.”
And, of course, regarding the board that fired her:
“These people fucked me over.”
You can read the whole story at CNN Money. It may be sheer coincidence, but in the hours since the article was published, Yahoo’s stock has fallen sharply.
MORE: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Was Fired Over the Phone
Chris Gayomali is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @chrigz, on Facebook, or on Google+. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.
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When A Wife is Rich and Her Husband is Poor
Author: Syaikh Dr. Muhammad Arifin Baderi
Husband and wife are two distinct individual, yet thanks to a holy tie between them in the form of marriage, they unite. A holy tie that is based on their pure intention to uphold their dignity and practice what comes from shari’a, that unite these two completely different individual into one. The magnitude of their similarity in creed, and their ambition foreclose any personal lines between them.
However, it doesn’t mean that all kind of private boundary between them is gone. Therefore, Islam has drawn clear lines between a husband and his wife, particularly in terms of rights and obligations. A husband is obliged to support the living of his wife, and as a return, his wife must obey him. Allah the Exalted decreed,
الرِّجَالُ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ وَبِمَا أَنْفَقُوا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ
“Men are the protectors and maintainers of women because Allah has made one of them excel over the other, and because they spend out of their possessions (to support them).” (QS. An -Nisa:34).
Imam Ibn Jarir explained that the words “spend out their possessions” in this verse encompasses the dowry that is given at the time of marriage and also the livelihood, such as clothes, foods, housing, etc. (See: Tafseer Ibn Jarir At Thabari 8292).
The experts in jurisprudence also explained that a wife is fully deserved to use the living that she received from her husband as long as it doesn’t harm her health, since if it brings harm to her, in the end it will disadvantage her husband, as explained by Imam Ibn Qudama in his work, “Al Mughni” (11/359).
Asma’ the daughter of Abu Bakr narrated,
One day, she met the Prophet -peace and prayer of Allah be upon him-. She asked him, “O Prophet of Allah, I don’t have any properties but what are given to me by Az Zubair (my husband), am I sinned if I donated some of it?”. The Prophet replied,
ارْضَخِي مَا اسْتَطَعْتِ، وَلَا تُوعِي فَيُوعِيَ اللهُ عَلَيْكِ
“Give it according to your ability, and don’t be niggard, for it will cause Allah to hold your sustenance.” (Muttafaqun ‘alaih).
What if a Husband doesn’t Support the living of his wife?
In several conditions, sometimes a husband deliberately neglects his wife’s living. To solve this problem, Islam has offered several options to his wife:
To take her part of living from her husband’s property although without his permission, or through the verdict of a judge, as practiced by Hindun the daughter of ‘Utbah, wife of Abu Sufyan – may Allah be pleased with them both-.
To be patient and the postponed living is considered as credit of which her husband must pay later, as confirmed by the experts of jurisprudence from the school of Imam Malik, Shafi’i, and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (See: “Al-Bayan” by Al-Umrani As-Syafii 11/224 and “Al-Mughni” by Ibn Qudama 11/366).
Imam Al Umrany Ash Shafi’i stated, “The living of a wife is not considered lost merely by the pass of time. Therefore, if a wife decided to be patient and serve her husband even though he didn’t earn her living, she is still rightful to receive that postponed living later.” (See: “Al-Bayan” by Al-Umrani, 11/226)
The experts of jurisprudence also mentioned that if a husband has a credit over his wife, then if it is possible – because his wife is rich- it could be swapped between her living and his credit.” (See: “Al-Bayan”by Al-Umrani As Syafii, 11/227 and “Al-Mughni” by Ibn Qudama, 11/365)
It is said that a there was a man who revealed his plan to live in Bait al Maqdis for a month to Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn Al ‘Ash -may Allah be pleased with him-. Then Abdullah Ibn Amr asked him, “Have you left a livelihood that is enough for a month for your family?”
He replied, “No.”
Abdullah Ibn Amr said, “Return to your family at once, and leave for them enough living, because I’ve ever heard the Messenger of Allah -peace and prayer of Allah be upon him- said,
“It is enough as a sin that could destroy a man, if he neglect the livelihood of his family.” (Narrated by Ahmad and others).
If both options above couldn’t be applied, then a wife is rightful to claim her right of canceling the marriage to the religious court, so that her marriage could be nullified. (See: Al-Bayan by Al-Umrani As-Syafii, 11/224 & Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudama, 11/364)
What if a wife has any debt?
Among the evidences showing the consequence of separation between private properties of a husband and his wife is that both parties bear each of their debt separately.
Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen -may Allah have mercy on him- explained that viewed from the perspective of Islamic law, there is no particular indication either from the Qur’an and the Sunnah that prohibit a husband or a wife to pay his or her zakat to his or her spouse. As long as those spouses fulfill the criteria to receive zakat, then it is alright to distribute zakat to them.
He also stated that this stipulation applies as long as the payer of that zakat doesn’t use that distribution to his or her spouse as a trick to nullify other obligation that he or she bears.
Still from his explanation, if a husband distributed his zakat to settle his wife’s debt, of which she wasn’t able to settle by herself, this distribution of zakat is permitted. That is because according to shari’a, a wife who has some debts also categorized as “al gharimin”, which is one of the criteria to receive the zakat. Once again, this stipulation applies as long as that wife’s debt doesn’t have any relation with the postponement of her living by her husband. (Source: http://www.ibnothaimeen.com/all/noor/article_2335.shtml).
Brother! What we’ve explained above about the rights of a wife above apply if she claims her rights. But if she doesn’t claim it and she willingly let it be unfulfilled, thus she doesn’t question about her postponed living, or even she contributes to help to fulfill her family’s needs, then this deed is a good thing. But the consequence of her letting her rights unfulfilled is that she isn’t rightful to claim any retribution over anything that she has willingly let go, even though her marriage ends with divorce.
Etiquette of Relationship between A Husband and His wife
Discussing about the right and obligations in household is certainly different with discussion about etiquette. Often, the matter of etiquette is far wider that merely the rights and obligations. Thus, in this matter, although basically a wife is free to spend her wealth, but ethically, she is suggested to ask for her husband’s permission.
“A woman is not allowed to give away some of her wealth but by her husband’s permission.” (Narrated by Abu Daud).
According to majority of the scholars, the content of this hadith is not a firm prohibition rather it is just a suggestion in order to establish a harmonious relationship between a husband and his wife. (See: Subulussalam 3/58)
May this brief explanation expand our horizon regarding the rights of a husband and a wife in shari’a. And Allah knows best.
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Best of Jackson 2018: People
Photo by Stephen Wilson.
By JFP Staff
Sexiest Male Bartender; Best Server/Waitperson: Jamie Moss
By Stephen Wilson
(Fenian's Pub, 901 E. Fortification St., 601-948-0055, fenianspub.com)
If you walk into Fenian's Pub on a crowded night, you might see a blur behind the bar. That's the Flash.
Just kidding. It's Jamie Moss, who has been at Fenian's for a decade now. Moss, who has bartended for a total of 19 years, says that he loves interacting with the customers and has regulars today whose parents he served years ago.
His favorite drinks to make include an old fashioned and an Irish coffee, but he also enjoys creating someone a cocktail based on their favorite ingredients. His ultimate goal is to make everybody that comes to Fenian's feel good, he says.
It is obvious to anyone who has interacted with Moss that he is good at what he does—one reason that he racked up not only the Sexiest Male Bartender award but also Best Server/Waitperson in this year's Best of Jackson. —Arielle Dreher
Sexiest Male Bartender Finalists: Andrew Luckett (WonderLust, 3911 Northview Drive, 337-378-9003) / Cameron Lowery (Saltine Restaurant, 622 Duling Ave., Suite 201, 601-982-2899, saltinerestaurant.com) / Jeremy Loving (Lou's Full-Serv, 904B E. Fortification St., 601-487-6359, lousfullserv.com) / Kevin Tiner (Ruth's Chris Steak House, 1000 Highland Colony Pkwy., Suite 6001, ruthschris.com)
Best Server/Waitperson Finalists: Amado Felipe (Saltine Restaurant, 622 Duling Ave., Suite 201, 601-982-2899, saltinerestaurant.com) / Jules Preston (Keifer's, 710 Poplar Blvd., 601-355-6825, keifers.net) / Michelle Corban (Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano, 970 Highland Colony Pkwy., Ridgeland, 601-354-6600, biaggis.com) / Ryne Morrow (Ole Tavern on George Street, 416 George St., 601-960-2700, oletavern.com)
Best Local Business Owner; Best Urban Warrior: Jeff Good
(Mangia Bene Restaurant Management Group, 3317 N. State St., 601-982-4443)
Jeff Good says that he is serious about Jackson. "I am an unapologetic supporter of the city; I show up and show out for (Jackson) whenever I can," he says.
As a co-owner of Mangia Bene Restaurant Management Group and a founding member of Soul City Hospitality, Good has helped launch some of the most popular restaurants in Jackson, including Sal & Mookies New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint and Broad Street Baking Company, while working to make a difference here.
While he loves the city, Good, who has won the Urban Warrior title four times running, says that it is not without its problems.
"We live in a city that is remarkable, but one in great need," he says. "Each of us must work harder to improve our city so that it can reach its potential." —R.H.Coupe
Best Local Business Owner Finalists: Byron Knight (Sneaky Beans, 2914 N. State St., 601-487-6349) / Christopher Lockhart (Capital City Kayaks, 601-953-7615, capitalcitykayaks.com) / Kayla Jones (Spray Tans by Kayla, 504 N. Bierdeman Road, Pearl, 769-972-1138) / Phillip Rollins (Offbeat, 151 Wesley Ave., 601-376-9404, offbeatjxn.com)
Best Urban Warrior Finalists: Brad "Kamikaze" Franklin / Ron Chane / Sean Cupit / Bridget Archer
Best Dressed: Nikki Gallagher
Nikki Gallagher, 2018's Best Dressed winner, describes her style as eclectic.
"I don't like to be boxed in," she says. "Some days, I'm bohemian; some days, I'm more edgy."
The almost-30-year-old from Jackson says that while she doesn't have a particular style icon, she tends to draw inspiration from decades, rather than people.
"I've always loved the '60s and '70s," she says, "and of course, I'm loving the current '90s trend because that's the decade I grew up in."
However, Gallagher says that her mother also played a big role in inspiring her to develop her own style.
"She really instilled in me a love of fashion," she says. "And she let me play around and make my own choices."
Gallagher, who works at Ritz Salon, says her fashion philosophy is the same one she applies to hair styling: "If you're comfortable in something, you'll look fabulous." —Abigail Walker
Finalists: Jimmy Wilson / Lynsie Armstrong / Tiffany Jefferson
Best Barber: Blake Stevens
(Noble Barber, 1065 Highland Colony Pkwy., Suite F, Ridgeland, 601-856-6665, noblebarber.com)
Blake Stevens, 2018's Best Barber winner, likes to combine the old and the new when it comes to cutting hair.
"I focus most of my time doing ... traditional and modern haircuts (with) old-school barber techniques," he says.
At Noble Barber, Stevens offers a variety of services, including straight-razor shaves, buzzcuts, styling, and shaping for hair and beards.
Prior to graduating from Hinds Community College with a technical degree in barbering in 2007, Stevens would cut hair on the side while in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. He left the Marines in 2011.
"I was always good at it, and my (paternal) grandparents were barbers, so I guess it was in my blood," he says.
In September 2017, Stevens began working at Noble Barber, where he says he felt at home because of its "old-school barber feel." He encourages those who want to enter the field to never stop learning. —Lashanda Phillips
Finalists: Christian Favorite (Hunterphillips Salon, 151 E. Metro Pkwy., Suite 49, 601-519-1399) / Emily Blocker (Fondren Barber Shop, 2943 Old Canton Road, 601-826-0707) / Lanis Noble (Noble Barber, 1065 Highland Colony Pkwy., Suite F, Ridgeland, 601-856-6665) / Tony Yelverton (Yelverton Barber Salon, 901 Highway 51, Madison, 601-856-0015)
Best Chef: Nick Wallace (Nick Wallace Culinary)
Photo courtesy Nick Wallace
Food should have a story, and if it does not, you should not eat it, Nick Wallace, this year's winner for Best Chef, says.
The Edwards, Miss., native says he likes to blend French techniques with his Mississippi farm origins, having first learned to cook from his grandmothers, Lennel Donald and Queen Morris.
"If you believe in food, you should be invested in slow cooking," he says. "You need to put time into your food. It's about ... getting your apron dirty and getting your kitchen dirty."
He became the executive chef at the Palette Cafe at the Mississippi Museum of Art in 2013 and stepped down in late 2017. Last year, he also won Food Network's "Chopped: Alton's Challenge" in October and earned a spot on the "Best Chefs America" list. —R.H.Coupe
Finalists: Alex Eaton (The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen, 1200 N. State St., Suite 100, 601-398-4562) / Chaz Lindsay (Parlor Market, 115 W. Capitol St., 601-360-0090) / Dan Blumenthal (BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar, 4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244, 601-982-8111) / Derek Emerson (Walker's Drive-In, 3016 N. State St., 601-982-2633; CAET Wine Bar, 3100 N. State St., Suite 102, 601-321-9169; Local 463 Urban Kitchen, 1000 Highland Colony Pkwy., Suite 5002, Ridgeland, 601-707-7684; Parlor Market, 115 W. Capitol St., 601-360-0090)
Best Teacher: Jessica Pace
Photo courtesy Jessica Pace
(Florence Middle School, rcsd.ms)
Voters' choice for this year's Best Teacher, Jessica Pace, says she tries to get to know her students on a personal level.
"It's important to build a strong relationship and a level of trust with them," she says. "I know I'm their teacher, but I like for them to know I'm here for them no matter what."
Pace, 29, graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. She started teaching at Florence Middle School in 2014 with a specialty in seventh-grade math. In the past, she has taught English, social studies and science.
"Seeing (students) succeed and truly grasp and understand what I'm teaching, so they can teach it to someone else, is really one of the most rewarding parts of it all," she says. —ShaCamree Gowdy
Finalists: Nicole Gatlin (Pearl Junior High School, pearl.k12.ms.us) / Olivia Cote (Murrah High School, Jackson.k12.ms.us) / Rashida Warren (McWillie Elementary School, jackson.k12.ms.us) / Tarasa Brierly-Harp (Murrah High School, Jackson.k12.ms.us)
Best New Chef: Chaz Lindsay
Photo courtesy Paul Wolf/Find It In Fondren®
(Parlor Market, 115 W. Capitol St., 601-360-0090, parlormarket.com)
Chaz Lindsay, this year's Best New Chef winner, has quickly built a name for himself in the Jackson restaurant scene in a relatively short amount of time.
The Jackson native graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., in 2011. He worked at various New York restaurants and then spent six months cooking in Italy before returning home in 2016 to work at Table 100. Lindsay accepted a position as the executive chef of Parlor Market in fall 2017.
Since joining the team at Parlor Market, he has introduced several new menu items including his pasta Romano, which has crushed tomatoes, pancetta, red-pepper flakes, salt, pepper, cheese and olive oil.
Lindsay, who also owns Belhaven Pasta Company, told the Jackson Free Press in January that one of his big focuses for Parlor Market was creating a fresh pasta menu.
"I'm truly humbled and flattered by all my customers' support in naming me for this honor," he says of his nomination. "All I can say is thank you, and come have dinner at Parlor Market." —Mike McDonald
Finalists: Hunter Evans (Lou's Full-Serv, 904B E. Fortification St., 601-487-6359) / Meredith Pittman (CAET Wine Bar, 3100 N. State St., Suite 102, 601-321-9169) / Stephen Kruger (Barrelhouse, 3009 N. State St., 769-216-3167)
Best Facialist/Esthetician: April Epps
Photo courtesy April Epps
(Adeline Martin Salon & Spa, 637 Highway 51 N., Suite B Ridgeland, 601-707-5218, adelinemartinsalon.com)
In 2016, freelance makeup artist April Epps decided to also become a licensed esthetician to promote healthy skin.
"Skin, in general, became my passion because if you have good skin, you can have good makeup," the Jackson native says.
In addition to working at the Adeline Martin Salon and Spa in Ridgeland, where she provides facials and full body waxing, Epps is signed with the Tracy Branch Agency and has operated her own makeup business, A. Renee Makeup Artistry, since 2015.
She says that her clients are the best part of her job.
"I enjoy talking to people," Epps says. "I enjoy the fact that they entrust me with the biggest organ on their body, which is their skin." —Lashanda Phillips
Finalists: Chelsea Thaw (Bella Skin Studio, 200 Park Circle Drive, Suite 4, Flowood, 601-983-6780) / Emily Miraglia (AQUA the Day Spa, 1000 Highland Colony Pkwy., Suite 8001, Ridgeland, 601-898-9123, aquathedayspa.com) / Kristin Bomar (Cole Facial Clinic & Skin Care, 1030 N. Flowood Drive, Suite A, Flowood, 601-933-2004, colefacialclinic.com) / Lacey Green Clark (The Wellness Spa, 5419 Highway 25, Suite R, Flowood, 601-479-5392, thewellnessspa.center)
Best Hair Stylist: Hannah Roland
(Static A Salon, 219 Garden Park Drive, Suite 200A, Madison, 601-853-0054)
Hannah Roland says that, at first, she did not consider becoming a hair stylist after graduating from the Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics, Nails and Cosmetology in 2012.
Instead, she focused on makeup due to her attraction to the art, but in August 2016, she became a receptionist at Static A Salon in Madison. The job inspired her to begin cutting hair.
"What motivates me is seeing how far I can go and not being scared to take chances," the 25-year-old says.
Roland says that she is preparing to transfer to LIV the salon in Brandon later this month. She is also a member of the Tracy Branch Agency and also freelances as a makeup artist for weddings when not styling hair.
During her free time, Roland says she enjoys traveling and volunteering at animal shelters, where she walks dogs and works to promotes rescue and pet adoption. —Lashanda Phillips
Finalists: Anna Regan Owens (LIV the salon, 160 W. Government St., Brandon, 601-814-8731) / Bethany Allen (Barnette's Salon, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 201, 601-362-9550) / Leondria Brown (Artisan Hair Company, 400 A Cynthia St., Clinton, 844-321-2426) / Madeleine Barnette (Barnette's Salon, 1000 Highland Colony Pkwy., Suite 8000, Ridgeland, 601-898-4646,) / Tanesha Jefferson (Barnette's Salon, 4465 Interstate 55 N., Suite 201, 601-362-9550)
Best Jackson Visual Artist: Wyatt Waters
By Imani Khayyam
(Wyatt Waters Gallery, 307 Jefferson St., Clinton, 601-925-8115, wyattwaters.com)
Best Visual Artist winner Wyatt Waters says that his love affair with painting dates back to his childhood in Florence, Miss.
"We had just moved into a house with rough floors, holes and stains and the like," he says. "My mother was working on the house and encouraged me to touch it up a bit with spatter painting, and that's what I did."
Waters moved on to other mediums such as charcoal and pastel. He began to explore watercolor while working on his bachelor's degree in art with an emphasis on painting and drawing at Mississippi College. He later got a master's degree in fine art at the same institution.
He is most known for painting on location in and around Jackson and Mississippi, but has also painted in countries such as Italy and France. While Jacksonians can see his work at his studio in Clinton, they can also often catch his work on items such as mugs, T-shirts, prints and calendars. You can also catch him painting at live events such as WellsFest Art Night each fall. —Mike McDonald
Finalists: Justin Ransburg (instagram.com/ransburgart) / Melissa Bryant Burns (instagram.com/hallway.house) / Michele Campbell (instagram.com/michele_bryant_campbell) / William Goodman (williamgoodmanart.com)
Best Fitness Trainer: Paul Lacoste
Photo courtesy Paul Lacoste
(Paul Lacoste Sports, 601-398-0950, paullacoste.com)
This year's winner for Best Fitness Trainer, Paul Lacoste, can push you to reach that New Year's resolution of losing a few pounds or getting in shape.
Lacoste, a former professional football player, has been helping Mississippians meet their health and fitness goals since he moved his fitness training business to Jackson in 2003. His business has 12-week boot camps in the Madison and Jackson area.
His popular Fit 4 Series offers a variety of eight- to 12-week programs designed to help people who work in specific occupations, with options such as Fit 4 Change for politicians, Fit 4 Preaching, Fit 4 Medicine and Fit 4 Teaching. —Lashanda Phillips
Finalists: Hollye Henderson (CrossFit JXN, 1434 Old Square Road, 601-861-4244, crossfitjxn.com) / Leslie Johnson (Hinds Community College Raymond Campus, hindscc.edu) / Misti Garner (Get Fit with Misti, Sole Studio, 1576 Old Fannin Road, Flowood, 601-504-3601, getfitwithmisti.com) / Sean Cupit (Crossfit 601, 113 W. Railroad St., Ridgeland, 601-941-8904, crossfit601.com)
Best Bartender: Trevor Palmer
Photo courtesy Trevor Palmer
(Pop's Saloon, 2636 S. Gallatin St., 601-961-4747)
This year's winner for Best Bartender, Trevor Palmer, has been part of the Jackson nightlife scene for 25 years, serving as a bartender at Electric Cowboy, Club Fire, Club Magoo's and plenty more. He currently works at Pop's Saloon, where he has been for three years.
"I've been at every major nightclub in the city that you can think of," he says. "They've all closed over the years, and now Pop's is one of Jackson's last nightclubs. Pop's has kept going because it has great clientele and live music, not to mention a dance floor that can't be stopped."
Palmer said his secret is knowing how to bring a smile to anyone who walks up to his bar.
"I'm a good listener, always fun to be around and always bring the party to the party," he says. "The thing I love most is helping people connect and meet new people, along with the thousands of concoctions I've made along the way." —Dustin Cardon
Finalists: Cameron Lowery (Saltine Restaurant, 622 Duling Ave., Suite 201, 601-982-2899, saltinerestaurant.com) / Jamie Moss (Fenian's Pub, 901 E. Fortification St., 601-948-0055, fenianspub.com) / Jenifer Simcox (Fondren Public, 2765 Old Canton Road, 769-216-2589, fondrenpublic.com) / Jeremy Loving (Lou's Full-Serv, 904B E. Fortification St., 601-487-6359, lousfullserv.com)
Best Massage Therapist: Lacey Green Clark
(The Wellness Spa, 5419 Highway 25, Suite R, Flowood, 601-479-5392, thewellnessspa.center)
Lacey Green Clark's favorite part of being a massage therapist is being able to help every person that she can.
"The Lord kind of led me in this direction, and I feel very honored to be able to work with people and try to help them through touch," she says.
She received her massage-therapy certification from the Mississippi School of Therapeutic Massage in 2008 and started working as a massage therapist in Carthage, Miss.
She accepted a position at The Wellness Spa in Flowood in 2015. The business offers a variety of services, including prenatal massage, body scrubs, wraps and hot stone massages.
Clark, who is also certified as a medical massage therapist, says that she does not have a favorite type of message therapy because each person is different.
"It keeps me sharp," she says. " ... I really don't have one I like the most because each person is different. Each massage is going to be different, so it keeps me challenged." —Amber Helsel
Finalists: April Mattern (Body Balance LLC, 4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 245, 662-312-1522) / Chasidy Criswell (Gentle Haven Massage, 2160 Main St., Suite B, Madison, 318-436-8361, gentlehavenmassage.com) / Courtney Mansell (Licensed Massage Therapist) / Tiffany Melton (Warehouse Gym & Massage, 4435 Mangum Drive, Suite B, Flowood, 601-317-1788)
Best Nail Technician: Victoria Walker
(Cuticles Nail Studio, 2947 Old Canton Road, 601-366-6999)
This year's winner for Best Nail Technician, Victoria Walker, has more than 20 years of experience in nail care.
She graduated from Warson Woods College of Cosmetology in St. Louis, Mo., in 1996 and worked at Nail Gallery in Fondren from 2005 to 2013 when the business closed. She opened her business, Cuticles Nail Studio, in June 2014.
"I love doing nails. I like meeting new people," she says.
Walker, who says she is passionate about healthy nails, provides a variety of services, including manicures, shellac, dip-powder nails and pedicures. For those interested in the profession, Walker believes the challenges involved are worth the effort.
"I encourage people to do nails because I think it's very rewarding," she says. —Lashanda Phillips
Finalists: Beth Evans (SMoak Salon, 622 Duling Ave., Suite 206, 601-982-5313, smoaksalon.com) / Kendra Reid (Spoiled Rotten @ Suite 16 Nail Spa, 151 E. Metro Pkwy., Suite 16, 601-750-3654) / Keri Hemba (Keri the RED Designs, 4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 245, 601-331-1563, vagaro.com/kerithered) / Nancy Tat (Nancy's Nail Spa, 4954 Old Canton Road, 769-208-8806)
Best Photographer: Charlotte Stringer
Photo courtesy Charlotte Stringer
(Charlotte Stringer Photography, 601-209-7267, charlottestringerphotography.com)
Best Photographer winner Charlotte Stringer says she was dissatisfied with the children's photography many big-box retailers offered, so when her first son was 1 year old, she decided to try her hand at it.
She began teaching herself photography through reading the camera's manual, picking up tips and making a lot of errors, she says. After her family and friends told her how much they loved her work, she began offering her services to others. Fifteen years later, she is now the sole operator of Charlotte Stringer Photography.
"My favorite part of my job is capturing the memories and enforcing the 'buy prints' rule," she says. As a newborn and wedding photographer, she says that she believes having physical prints on hand will be invaluable to her clients in the future, compared to electronic copies.
When she's not making people smile, Stringer enjoys spending time with her family and often takes family vacations to Disney World. —Lashanda Phillips
Finalists: Melody Ellis (Melody Ellis Photography, 769-257-9449, [email protected]) / Ron Blaylock (Blaylock Fine Art Photography, 601-506-6624, blaylockphoto.com) / Sharon Coker (Sharon Coker Photography, 601-906-6630, sharoncoker.com) / Tristan Duplichain (Tristan Duplichain Photography LLC, 601-946-3708, tristanduplichain.com)
Best Public Figure: Chokwe Antar Lumumba
After a landslide victory during the 2017 mayoral election, this year's winner for Best Public Figure, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, became the mayor of Jackson.
As a child, Lumumba, who is the son of late civil-rights activist and Jackson mayor Chokwe Lumumba, spent time in Detroit and Brooklyn, and moved here around the age of 5.
Social and political activism were a part of his childhood. His father would entertain clients and talk to members of the community at home about a variety of topics.
After his father's death in 2014, Chokwe A. Lumumba decided to run for mayor in 2015, ultimately losing to Tony Yarber. Two years later, Lumumba ran for the office again and won the 2017 election, becoming the youngest mayor in Jackson's history at age 34.
His vision is to make Jackson "the most radical city on the planet," and his office has spent its first season pledging progress on issues such as economic development and crime prevention —Mike McDonald
Finalists: Jeff Good / Marshall Ramsey / Phil Bryant / Walt Grayson
Best Makeup Artist: Kayla Jones
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Makeup is not just about women making their faces prettier; it can also help women feel better about themselves. Kayla Jones, who says she paints faces and hearts, has been working as a full-time makeup artist since 2015.
"I love bringing confidence to other women—being able to give them a positive inner feeling as well as giving them a beautiful outer appearance," the Star, Miss., native says. The self-taught artist has worked at Estee Lauder in Dillard's and MAC in Belk at Northpark Mall.
In 2017, she opened Spray Tans by Kayla in Pearl and also signed with the Tracy Branch Agency as a makeup artist. Her services include makeovers, and in-person makeup consultations, as well as special effects, bridal and boudoir makeup. She plans to attend school this year to expand her beautifying services. —Lashanda Phillips
Finalists: Amanda Taylor (MAC Cosmetics, Belk, Northpark Mall, 1200 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland) / Christine Cody (Tracy Branch Agency, tracybranch.com) / Hannah Roland (Tracy Branch Agency, tracybranch.com) / Olivia Preston (Tracy Branch Agency, tracybranch.com)
Best Professor: Robert Luckett
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Robert Luckett, whom voters selected as 2018's Best Professor, has been teaching at Jackson State University for nine years.
"I love teaching on a college level. To be able to study, research and teach without censorship is something that's really important to me," he says.
Luckett graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1999 and originally intended to pursue law school.
After some time off and a mentor pushing him toward graduate school, he enrolled at the University of Georgia in 2001. He earned his doctorate degree in history eight years later.
The Jackson native returned home to teach at Jackson State in 2009. Some of the courses that he teaches include public history, oral history and his specialties, African American history and Civil Rights Movement history.
"It's amazing to get to do the kind of work that I do as a civil-rights historian in Mississippi," he says. —Lashanda Phillips
Finalists: Blakely Fox Fender (Millsaps College, 1701 N. State St., millsaps.edu) / Garrad Lee (Hinds Community College Jackson Academic/Technical Center, 3925 Sunset Drive, 601-366-1405, hindscc.edu) / Kurt Thaw (Millsaps College, 1701 N. State St., millsaps.edu) / Paula Rodriguez (Hinds Community College Raymond campus, 608 Hinds Blvd., Raymond, 601-857-5261, hindscc.edu)
Best Barista: Joey Tannehill
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(Cups at St. Dominic, 969 Lakeland Drive, 601-366-0707, cupsespressocafe.com)
With almost 18 years of experience, Joey Tannehill, voters' choice for 2018's Best Barista, is one of the most practiced coffee crafters in Jackson.
He has worked at nearly every Cups Espresso Cafe and helped create one of the company's signature drinks, the Blondie. Customers can find him at the St. Dominic Hospital location when he's not touring with his band, Pop Fiction.
When he started as a barista, Tannehill says he made use of bottle tricks that he learned from a fellow employee, who was also a bartender. He enjoys joking with customers but says the most important thing is to treat them like people, not orders to fill.
"I think one of the biggest things in the service industry that makes people like bartenders or baristas or anybody is whenever you address them not with the normal service script," he says. "... I think most people like to be addressed as a person." —Micah Smith
Finalists: Ben Ford (Deep South Pops, 1800 N. State St., 601-398-2174; 4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 173, 601-398-0623) / Cody Cox (Cups Espresso Cafe in Fondren, 2757 Old Canton Road, 601-362-7422) / Jordan Henry (Cups Espresso Cafe in Fondren, 2757 Old Canton Road, 601-362-7422) / Justin Nowland (Sneaky Beans, 2914 N. State St., 601-487-6349) / Katie Patterson (Deep South Pops, 1800 N. State St., 601-398-2174; 4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 173, 601-398-0623)
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Purdue OWL // Purdue Writing Lab This guide is here to help answer all of your questions and includes step-by-step instructions on how to do an annotated bibliography in MLA style. You will also find a sample MLA annotated bibliography, real-life examples, and opportunities to practice what you have learned.
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The MLA Handbook, Eighth Edition does not include guidelines for formatting an annotated bibliography. However, your professor may assign an annotated bibliography in MLA style. A bibliography, by definition, is the detailed listing of the books, journals, magazines, or online sources that an author has used in researching and writing their work.
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Taurine + BCAAs - Scientists Identify Unkown Synergy of Branch-Chained and Sulfur-Amino Acids: Redutions in DOMS, Faster Recovery and Reduced DNA Damage
If this is true and sore is the new sexy, the combination of taurine + BCAA's may turn you into an ugly worm.
You know them and I would bet that >75% of you have already taken them: Branch-Chained Amino Acids (BCAAs) and the sulfur-amino acid taurine. Maybe you have taken the former for their beneficial effects on skeletal muscle protein synthesis and the latter for its anti-oxidant effects and the cascade of beneficial downstream effects I have written about quite extensively, here at the SuppVersity.
If I am asking you whether you have taken both in conjunction as a means to reduce post-workout delayed-onset muscle soreness and the expression of purported markers of muscle damage, on the other hand, I'd expect only few people to raise their hands... right?
Sometimes it's worth taking another look
The currently available literature on the beneficial effects of BCAAs on DOMS is pretty inconclusive. If you restrict your review of the literature to studies using resistance training as a trigger for muscular damage (Jackman et al. (2010), Howatson et al. 2012; etc.), it does yet appear warranted to say that the chronic ingestion of a high dose of BCAAs can ameliorate the peak in delayed muscle soreness after 24-48h.
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In the previously referenced 2012 study by Howatson et al. we are talking about a ~50% reduction after 24h and a 25% reduction after 48h. Both statistically and physiologically relevant, but if the decrease in maximal voluntary contraction had not been blunted, as well, it'd been another instance of much ado about nothing. Similar beneficial effects have been observed with taurine, as well:
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Zhang et al. report that taurine can "attenuate exercise-induced DNA damage and enhance the capacity of exercise due to its cellular protective properties" in the musculature of healthy young men (Zhang. 2004)
Silva et al. observed in a rodent model of skeletal muscle damage in response to eccentric exercise that taurine decreases the oxidative stress, in association with decreased superoxide radical production (Silva. 2011)
learn more in previous SuppVersity articles about taurine
Against that background it was to be expected that the previously sedentary subjects of a very recent study from the University of Tsukuba in Japan was attenuated, irrespective of whether they were taking 3x3.5g of BCAAs or 3x2.0g of Taurine for 2 weeks before they performed a standardized eccentric exercise test:
"For the ECC protocol, subjects were seated on a bench with their arm positioned in front of their body and resting on a padded support, such that their shoulder was secured at a flexion angle of 0.79 rad (45°) and their forearm was maintained in the supinated position throughout the exercise. Subjects were repeatedly weight-loaded upon
dumbbell lowering to achieve a 90% MVC (34.3 ± 1.3 Nm). Subjects performed six sets of five repetitions of elbow extension from the flexed position at 90° to the fully extended position slowly over 5 s, while maintaining a constant speed of movement by following a verbal metronome provided by the investigator." (Ra. 2013)
What we could not necessarily be sure of is whether these effects would also add up in those 12 untrained male subjects (22.5 ± 3.8 years) who were assigned to the taurine + BCAA group.
Figure 1: Post workout muscle soreness, left; post workout arm circumference in response to cell swelling, right (area under the curve for the 96h after the eccentric exercise test; based on Ra. 2013)
Now that you've taken a glimpse at the data in Figure 1, it's probably pointless to ask you to make an educated guess. It's too obvious that the individual DOMS reducing effects of taurine and BCAAs add up. What's yet even more obvious is that only the combination of both leads to a rapid reduction in muscle swelling, the effect size of which goes far beyond what additive effects could achieve - this indirect marker of muscle damage would thus suggest that there is a special synergy between taurine and BCAAs, a synergy due to which a reduction of 35mm/96h + 45mm/96h (the individual changes for BCAAs and taurine) does not translate into a -80mm/96h, but into a 465mm/96h reduction of this commonly used indirect measure of skeletal muscle damage.
"Synergy" is the name of the game
If you take a parting look at the data in Figure 2, you should actually be able to understand why the combination of branch-chained amino acids and the sulfur amino acid taurine works so well: One excels where the other has only minor effects.
Figure 2: CK, left, and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), right (area under the curve for the 96h after the eccentric exercise test; based on Ra. 2013)
While the branch-chained amino acids have a more pronounced effect on the expression of CK and LDH (not shown in Figure 2), they do very little to protect the muscle from oxidative damage (as indicated by the quasi non-existent effect on the levels of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), a marker of DNA damage.
Suggested read: "Rats 'On' Taurine Can't Ever Get Enough... Exercise of Course! What Were You Thinking About? Mice Cover 50% More Distance W/ HED of 3-4G of Taurine Post Workout " | more
Bottom line: Actually there is very little I have to add to the researchers conclusion that "his study confirmed that a combination of 3.2 g BCAA and 2.0 g taurine, three times a day, two weeks prior to
and three days after exercise attenuates some subjective and objective markers of DOMS and muscle damage induced by high-intensity ECC, which could not have been influenced by BCAA or taurine supplementation alone." (Ra. 2013)
I am not 100% sure if they are also correct in their assessment that this supplement is particularly useful for beginners who would be more motivate to continue an exercise program, if it doesn't hurt so much, though. That it could help competitive athletes to train at higher intensities on the other hand, is something I would fully subscribe - whether that's necessarily going to be more productive, on the other hand, is question I would not want to answer without a follow up study ;-)
Jackman, S. R., Witard, O. C., Jeukendrup, A. E., & Tipton, K. D. (2010). Branched-chain amino acid ingestion can ameliorate soreness from eccentric exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 42(5), 962-970.
Ra, S. G., Miyazaki, T., Ishikura, K., Nagayama, H., Komine, S., Nakata, Y., ... & Ohmori, H. (2013). Combined effect of branched-chain amino acids and taurine supplementation on delayed onset muscle soreness and muscle damage in high-intensity eccentric exercise. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 10(1), 51.
Silva, L. A., Silveira, P. C., Ronsani, M. M., Souza, P. S., Scheffer, D., Vieira, L. C., ... & Pinho, R. A. (2011). Taurine supplementation decreases oxidative stress in skeletal muscle after eccentric exercise. Cell biochemistry and function, 29(1), 43-49.
Zhang, M., Izumi, I., Kagamimori, S., Sokejima, S., Yamagami, T., Liu, Z., & Qi, B. (2004). Role of taurine supplementation to prevent exercise-induced oxidative stress in healthy young men. Amino acids, 26(2), 203-207.
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Will Partial Reps Give You Those Horseshoes Everyone Else But You Seems to Develop? 20% Increased Gains in 8 Wks
Partial reps for maximal increases in horseshoe (=triceps) size?
Believe it or not: A recent Japanese study suggests that "doing everything right" may be holding you back: doing triceps extensions over the full range of motion seems to be inferior to throwing around the weights over a partial range of motion - the effects may be mediated by temporary hypoxia, but before we delve into an analysis of the mechanisms and the practical relevance of the results, let's first take a look at what exactly Masahiro Goto and his colleagues did with their 44 resistance-trained male subjects (members of a resistance weight training club) before they arrived at the conclusion "that intramuscular hypoxia might facilitate muscular hypertrophy with PRE [partial reps] being more effective than FRE [full reps]" (Goto 2017).
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Goto et al. used a randomized, counterbalanced two-group (PRE and FRE) pre- and post-test design to investigate the effects on muscle strength and cross-sectional area (CSA). The subjects, all of whom had at least one year of resistance training experience, were divided into two groups, the...
PRE group (n = 22), in which the subjects performed the exercise over the limited elbow range from 45° to 90, and the ...
FRE group (n = 22), in which the subjects performed the exercise over the full elbow range from 0° to 120°, ...
... each performed only one (identical) exercise at their pre-determined 8-RM for 3 sets, with a minute interval between sets - the classic lying elbow extension (using a bench and a barbell | check it out) with different elbow joint range of motion. Intensity was increased by 2.5 kg on the first day of every week and adjusted to the maximum weight which can be performed 8 times per set (see Table 1).
Table 1: Changes in exercise intensity of 8RM during the 8-week exercise training (Goto 2017).
To compare the acute metabolic and mechanical responses to the PRE with FRE, area under the oxygenated hemoglobin (Oxy-Hb) curve, blood lactate concentration, and RMS of EMG were evaluated during and after PRE or FRE. After assessing the acute effects, PRE or FRE were performed by each group three times a week for 8 weeks.
Figure 1: Oxygenation (left) and EMG activity (right); Means ± SD (n = 22 for both group) are shown. p < 0.05, significant differences between PRE and FRE values (*) and between before and after 8-week exercise training values (✣ | Goto '17)
All that to compare the long-term effects of PRE with FRE, CSA and muscular strength were evaluated - long-term effects of which you already know that the scientists ascribed them to one of the few statistically significant inter-group difference (lactate levels, not shown in Figure 1, were also slightly higher in the PRE vs. FRE group): the difference in muscle oxygenation (see Figure 1). What you've learned, yet, is that you the results include a highly significant difference in the increase in cross-sectional area of the triceps brachii (CSA) of the 44 young, male study subjects.
Figure 2: When it comes to the actual increase in triceps brachii "size", i.e. the cross-sectional area of the horseshoe-muscle, the authors observed a highly significant difference in favor of the partial rep group (Goto 2017).
With a >20% difference between the 48.7 ± 14.5% the subjects in the PRE group gained and the comparatively small 28.2 ± 10.9% in the FRE group, this difference wasn't just statistically significant, it was - at least that's what I guess - also significantly more pronounced than most of you probably expected the partial rep advantage to be (if you even believed that it may exist).
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Do not falsely assume that the study at hand would prove a general superiority of partial over full reps As the authors point out, we have to assume "that weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing muscles react differently to a particular exercise" (Goto 2016), which may limit the significance of the results of the study at hand to upper extremity muscles. And in fact, as a SuppVersity reader you will remember that squats, i.e. an exercise for the legs and thus a weight bearing muscle group produce the greatest gains in size, when they're done over the full range of motion - and that despite the fact that partials produce identical, if not more pronounced strength gains.
This result does, as Goto et al. point out in the practical implications section of their paper, indicate that using an 8RM load and doing only the middle range of motion during triceps extensions will yield significantly greater size gains (in terms of muscle cross-sectional are) than doing the same exercise over the full range of motion.
Figure 3: The scientists found a significant correlation between the hypoxic effects of the training and the increase in muscle CSA only in the partial rep (PRE), yet not the full rep (FRE) group (Goto 2017)
What will probably intrigue you most, though, is that this form of training could turn out to be particularly useful for those of you who have been training for years, now, because it appears to restore the hypoxic muscle stimulation that's reduced over years of training and increased in response to the (a) higher muscular tension and (b) constant muscle contraction doing triceps extensions only over the partial rep range provides by leading to mechanical capillary compression and thus, consequently, a sign. restriction of blood flow to muscles. With the latter inducing a temporary state of intramuscular hypoxia that appears to blunted in trained athletes (Okamoto 2009), the PRE-advantage observed in the study at hand could/should remind you of the previously discussed advantages of blood flow restriction (BFR).
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So, partial reps it is, right? For the triceps, the answer to this question does indeed seem to be "YES!" Or rather: "Yes, if we're talking about training the non-weight-bearing triceps muscle and, possibly, other upper body muscles." In that, the increased hypoxic stress and the correspondingly increased growth stimulus makes partial reps particularly interesting for trained individuals, for whom it becomes increasingly difficult to provide their body with adequate, novel growth-stimuli without risking to out-train their recovery capacity (overtraining) in their effort to make consistent, measurable and visible gains in both, muscle strength and size.
In view of the fact that using partial reps and thus reversing/compensating the previously alluded to training-induced decrease in exercise-induced temporal muscle hypoxia in was a novel stimulus for the trained participants of the study at hand, future RCTs will have to investigate whether the benefits are a mere result of a slowly but progressively waning novelty effect and will thus be lost after a couple of months of training with partial reps. In addition, it would be nice to investigate the exact difference in volume and total load lifted and its effects on your gains (this was not done in the study at hand). After all, it is quite obvious that the partial rep group will have been able to use higher loads - with a lower range of motion they may eventually have achieved the same volume, but still trained with significantly higher and thus more anabolic loads | Comment on Facebook!
Goto, Masahiro, et al. "Partial range of motion exercise is effective for facilitating muscle hypertrophy and function via sustained intramuscular hypoxia in young trained men." The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research (2017).
Okamoto, Takanobu, Mitsuhiko Masuhara, and Komei Ikuta. "Upper but not lower limb resistance training increases arterial stiffness in humans." European journal of applied physiology 107.2 (2009): 127-134.
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Dr. Strangeglove – Dick Stuart hits 3 homeruns – second Pirate to do so in Forbes Field
Jun 30, 1960 | 3 Home Run Games |
On June 30, 1960, Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Dick Stuart clubs three consecutive home runs in an 11-0 win over the San Francisco Giants. Stuart becomes only the second Pirate to hit three homers in a game at Forbes Field, matching the feat of Ralph Kiner.
PreviousAt Fenway Park, SS Don Buddin pulls some fancy footwork to lead the BoSox to a win against the Tigers. With the score tied in the 8th, Buddin is caught in a rundown between third base and home, but he eludes Detroit catcher Red Wilson to score. Wilson argues that Buddin left the base line, and earns an ejection by Red Flaherty for his views. The Red Sox score three more runs and win, 11 – 7. Ted Williams has a home run, off Jim Bunning, and Rocky Colavito answers with two homers.
NextThe Pirates are not big base-stealers, but aggressive baserunning is their stock in trade, as evidenced by today’s 10-inning, come-from-behind, walk-off win over Los Angeles, wherein Joe Christopher and Roberto Clemente combine to, in effect, steal the game. Los Angeles Times beat writer Frank Finch relates: “Christopher tied the score by racing in [from second] on Clemente’s infield single. Maury Wills fielded the bouncer and pegged to Gil Hodges. Clemente was safe by inches, and Christopher slid in a fraction of a second before Hodges’ peg to the plate arrived. Hitless in three previous trips and the target of boo-birds, Dick Stuart sliced a lazy fly ball down the right-field line. Clemente, of course, was off and running at the crack of the bat. Frank Howard lumbered over to pick up the ball, hesitated before throwing, and then fired wildly between third base and home as Clemente scored standing up. An accurate throw might have nailed the mercurial Puerto Rican, but the Pirates aren’t about to play this one over.”
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April 9, 2014 April 9, 2014 tongonpig Non-fiction
Defiant Heroes
I heard about this book last fall while watching a football game in Annapolis. Leigh and I had taken my dad’s offer of his tickets, and he mentioned that his classmate Rear Admiral Bob Shumaker had the seats behind him. He said to make sure I introduce myself to him if he was there. RADM Shumaker had spent eight years as a Prisoner of War (POW) in Hanoi.
We had just sat down when we overheard the conversation between the gentleman directly behind us and a woman who obviously was at her first Navy football game.
“What did you do in the Navy?”
“I was in prison for 8 years.”
A prolonged silence followed.
“In Vietnam.” He continued.
Although she was in her 50’s, her questioning was almost childlike and innocent. It was fascinating to witness. He spoke of his POW experience in general terms yet he was very direct and forthright with his answers; candid and gentle in the same breath. While it was my first time meeting him, it was clear he is a consummate gentleman. As the discussion proceeded not once did I hear resentment or bitterness. Honesty and humility are often awkward dance partners; RADM Shumaker is as gracious, graceful and genuine a conversationalist you will meet.
Leigh chimed in as she had just read a book about WWII POW Louis Zamperini; an in-depth discussion of his story and the similarities of their experiences followed. What I recall most is RADM Shumaker’s respect for his kindred spirit. This is when we got the heads up on the book Defiant. Although I knew he was a POW, I had no idea of the distinguished role RADM Shumaker played in the POW camps known as Hanoi Hilton and Alcatraz.
RADM Shumaker is not the first POW I have interacted with. In fact, my 4 years at the Naval Academy were book-ended by close and personal interactions two of these distinguished men; and the POW experience was a dominant thread woven throughout the leadership curriculum at Annapolis from 1977 – 1981.
The night before Induction Day, I stayed with Captain Jack Fellowes and his family at their residence on the Naval Academy Yard. CAPT Fellowes and my father were company mates with the USNA Class of ’56. Filled with apprehension and “night before” jitters preceding my induction in July 1977, I don’t recall many details. I do remember his jovial, fun-loving spirit coupled with a sacred irreverence I found appealing.
Several days later Captain Fellowes visited my summer ‘Hotel Company’, our Plebe Summer training group. His introduction touched on his upbringing, prior enlistment, and early challenges at the Academy in the early 1950’s. He concluded that era by stating, “I graduated tenth in my class, right behind his old man” he said nodding at me.
After the eyes of my Company mates looked toward me he followed with, “But I won’t tell you from which end!”
He then talked about flight school and his assignment to an aircraft carrier which led to his plane being shot down over North Vietnam. I don’t think any of us sitting on the floor in our dormitory hallway saw that coming. He talked about his capture, transport and subsequent mistreatment. He then told us after his first night of torture his hair had turned completely white. I still get chills thinking about that statement.
Immediately after graduation, Leigh and I spent 6 weeks house-sitting for Marlene and Captain Mike McGrath while he was assigned temporary duty in Italy. His book, “Prisoner of War; Six Years in Hanoi” includes his sketches of various torture techniques used by the North Vietnamese captors. His drawings of the Hanoi Hilton and Alcatraz prison camps are illustrated in the book Defiant.
In the four years between these two distinguished bookends I have vivid memories of these men, their stories, and most importantly, the quiet interpersonal leadership skills that left an enduring imprint upon my psyche. The naval leadership curriculum was laden with lessons from the POW experience that had ended just 4 years prior to my class reporting in 1977. A few nuggets I recall:
Vice Admiral William Lawrence was the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, father of classmate Wendy Lawrence, and ultimately an honorary member of the Class of 1981. VADM Lawrence and his lovely wife Diane were as kind and gracious human beings as you could ever find. A statue in his honor has been placed near the Bancroft Hall’s Seventh Wing. You cannot have a Class of ’81 reunion without a reference to the Lawrence legacy.
Captain Dick Stratton served as the Naval Academy Operations Officer. I distinctly recall his first address to our class when he announced,with a big smile, “I’m in charge of roads and commodes!” While he touched on his capture and torture experience, what I remember most is his passionate description of a most unlikely POW hero, the story of Seamen Apprentice Doug Hegdahl.
Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale, introduced to the public as a Vice Presidential running mate, penned an article entitled “The World of Epictetus” which was required reading our senior year. While I have always struggled to pronounce “Epictetus”, the Greek philosopher’s lessons of meeting outside adversity with internal strength has always stuck with me. VADM Stockdale was a captivating speaker. To read about a man who bashed his own face bloody with a wooden stool to prevent being used as Communist propaganda is one thing; to sit in his presence and hear him share about the importance of character, integrity, and self-examination in real world (albeit extreme) situations, is entirely different.
I don’t for a minute pretend to put my life’s challenges on the same plane as the conditions and treatment POW’s endured at the hands of their captors. That being said, this book has reminded me of just how much the POW experience has left not only an imprint on my psyche, but also provided guideposts that have served me well. Whether it’s cancer, addiction, or parenting teenagers, there are parallels with the internal struggles each of us must eventually negotiate throughout our lives. The greatest truths I’ve learned about myself have not come from my successes, they have come from my failures and mistakes. The ‘truth’ I am reminded of today is that no matter how extreme the external situation, it is the inner response which can give birth to a hero.
Stockdale wrote, “We are never far from the world of Epictetus.”
Surely, in the blink of an eye, everything can change. While we may never be far from the world of Epictetus, this book reminds me of both the heroes that live among us, as well as the hero that exists within us.
It doesn’t matter what your political persuasions or your views on the Vietnam War; the story of these men and their survival under the harshest of conditions is an exceptional and extraordinary set of examples of human courage and inspiration. I know it has been for me. It’s worth the read.
2 thoughts on “Defiant Heroes”
Guy Williams says:
Great post Pat. I tip the hat old friend.
Peggy Taylor says:
Recently downloaded book about Zamperini, will add this one to my book list Pat.
Another great post.
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Thank you to everyone who visited last year's, Pumpkin Show. We hope you had a great time and we hope to see you again this year!
Our Annual Pumpkin Show takes place on the Ripley County County Courthouse Square in Versailles, two blocks north of U.S. 50. Look for the carnival sounds and lights! Rain or shine, the stage shows go on, so bring your lawn chairs, and umbrellas or ponchos to ward off any precipitation! Produced by the Versailles Lions Club!
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A.F Beer and his famous Pumpkin show
The Versailles Pumpkin Show was the brainchild of Alfred H. Beer, the enterprising Versailles jeweler. Beer was eternally thinking of some advertising scheme for his jewelry business. In 1889 he topped all his former ideas by starting a "Pumpkin Show". Other neighboring towns have tried to emulate his baby but always failed.
On Saturday, October 14, 1899, A.F. staged his first show, and he promised five prizes. Prize winners were: Geo. W. Watkins, from Elrod, won a gold-filled watch for the heaviest pumpkin, it weighed 74 pounds, 5 ounces; second prize went to Henry Stegemiller whose pumpkin was a 68 pounder, his prize was a gravy ladle; Christ Thomas, of Cross Plains, won 3rd with a 64 pound pumpkin, he received six teaspoons; Thomas E. Wilson, Osgood native, won 4th, a fine clock, his pumpkin measured 5 feet and 3 inches in circumference; Ugliest Pumpkin winner was Henry Ballman of Versailles, he was rewarded with a violin.
Beer continued promoting the show each year until 1907 when the merchants of Versailles, finally realizing its merits, got together and stage the annual show. If you believe the old newspapers, each succeeding year drew the largest crowd ever. Farm products, flower arrangements, fancy sewing, culinary skill, and other handicrafts were judged for prizes. Later, parades were the stage, and each year these became a larger crowd draw. Finally, commercial rides were added, much to the delight of the younger set. Lastly, a big "Pumpkin Show Saturday Night Dance" added to the fun. An annual art show is a yearly event today.
For many years, neighboring town businessmen sponsored aerial acts, stage acts, etc, which were enjoyed by the crowd. This all stemmed from A.F. Beer's little business scheme and is one of the longest-running shows in the state.
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Impact Investment – now a global movement
by Alliance Magazine, on 8/9/16 10:47 AM
The preceding is cross-posted with permission from the Alliance blog. Based out of the UK, Alliance magazine is the leading global magazine on philanthropy and social investment.
‘Let’s do it – people’s lives depend on it.’ That was the opening line from Big Society Capital founder Sir Ronald Cohen, by video to the Global Impact Investment Plenary in Lisbon: a gathering of 250 people from many countries.
There is no doubt that the Social Impact Investment Taskforce, which launched three years ago when the UK hosted the G8, has kickstarted a global movement. As Nick O’Donohoe noted, it brought consistency and clarity, and now it’s moving from rhetoric to reality.
Today we have many more actual investments, much more real experience to draw on, a more diverse system and new ideas from more countries joining what is now the Global Steering Group (GSG). And it’s come at a critical time, a time of continued economic and political uncertainty, a time of major social challenges like the refugee crisis and growing inequality.
But what is impact investment? How does it relate to the concept more common in the UK of social investment?
For me, social investment is working through social purpose organisations whereas impact investment is investing in any means to achieve the impact. But that’s just my take, the language is not yet clear. Both are valuable, but they are different. By focusing on the impact, we may miss the importance of building the capacity of social organisations. By focusing on the social organisations, we might miss other ways to improve the situation for people who desperately need help.
And then there are the different expectations of where the capital comes from.
Most impact investors assumed that with enough of a kick start, institutional finance would come in. That is real, not a myth – but it’s largely limited to the four big fields of clean energy, microfinance, social property, and job creation in very poor countries. Most social investors assume the capital will come from foundations, wealth advisers, family offices, individuals from high net worth to the community at large. Until recently this was seen as a limited pool, but with growing interest in the wider public perhaps not so limited in the future.
Which story will work in the UK? Or will it be both – with different stories for different sectors?
As Uli Grabenwarter of the European Investment Fund said, impact investing is not one thing, it’s all of it. We should accept the diversity of actors, be serious about impact, but embrace innovation as an opportunity not as a threat.
This diversity was certainly evident in Lisbon. Amit Bhatia of the Impact Investors Council of India talked of a social enterprise sector committed to supporting customers at the bottom of the pyramid, rather than legal form or restriction of profit distribution: companies now reaching hundreds of millions USD turnover with three recent IPOs.
Blanche Segrestin from MINES_ParisTech had a distinct French take on profit with purpose companies – much more focus on the social mission. And Marcello Palazzi of B Corps Europe talked about their 360 degree model expanding across the world.
Country after country talked through the initiatives they were developing – permissions to operate, permissions for foundations to do impact investment, developing wholesale investors like Big Society Capital, outcome funds for public service delivery, innovation funds, social issue themes, research and data observatories. Host country Portugal demonstrated exceptional progress, thanks to support from Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, social economy actors and Government.
The Taskforce, now the GSG, is giving a really significant boost to 13 countries with more joining soon. But although it has opened out, in many ways it remains inward looking. As Paul Streets of the Lloyds Bank Foundation said, where are the real experts – the charities and social enterprises who are close to social need? Why is this so top down without engaging the people it’s for? And from my own perspective, why is this still so US/Europe focused, when Asia and the global south are doing so much? We are, surely, beyond being solely a model of white privilege helping black poor.
Yet there was a real attention to the important issues we face today. A session on the refugee crisis in Europe had more of a social issue focus and some different perspectives, including a powerful commentary from Yasemin Sirali of FiBA Group in Turkey – a country which has accepted 3 million refugees in the last few years. Jane Newman of Social Finance is coordinating a network of social investors to work out how they can help in this major challenge.
We are beyond a few pioneers. The impact investment movement has broken out of its founding group. It is going wild across the world. We have created the platform. It is a structured impact finance project. But it is also now a true movement, where many actors will innovate many approaches and engage people with many different motivations, using funds from all kinds of people and organisations.
I don’t know quite where the path is going, but I know that paths are made by walking. Let’s do it, people’s lives depend on it.
The preceding post is by Cliff Prior, CEO of Big Society capital. Click here to read the original article on the Alliance blog. Read Alliance's interview with Cliff Prior here>
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Bell Tower "de les Llàstimes
A square-based tower with four sections, three of masonry, and the last from ashlar topped with a rail banister and an octagonal section like a lantern, where there is a shield with the cross of Montesa and an inscription with the year 1737.
This is the only conserved part of the Santo Domingo Convent The convent was founded in 1360 and was noted for its cloister and church with pointed arches Part of the foundation of these premises have been rediscovered through diverse excavations.
The Santo Domingo Convent due to its outside location, in front of the palace of the Maestres de Montesa, suffered great damage during the War of Independence and the First Carlist War. It was confiscated in 1840.
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The Schleicher Spin
"I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it." — William Faulkner
My Favorite Films
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To Queue or Not to Queue
Mar15 by D. H. Schleicher
As tumbleweeds blow through the dust bowls of our nation’s cineplexes — Sunshine Cleaning…The Soloist…where are you? — March has become a great time to stack your Netflix queue and catch up on all of the films that slipped through the cracks the previous year. From the colossal bombs (Blindness, Miracle at St. Anna) to the buzzed about but little seen indie character pieces (Frozen River, I’ve Loved You so Long) to the high-profile curiosities that just didn’t connect (Changeling), the question before us now is: To Queue or Not to Queue?
All five films, though vastly different in story, structure and execution, share concurrent themes of people pushed to extremes when faced with societal injustices. Meanwhile four of the five are galvanized by commanding performances from females in lead roles, and three of those four depict mothers who will stop at nothing to protect their children.
Kristen Scott Thomas is consoled after the Oscar snub and left wondering how many more languages she must speak on film before getting another nomination.
Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’aime (I’ve Loved You so Long): Veteran British actress Kristen Scott Thomas does some time in France as a woman released from prison after fifteen years and must now reunite with her sister in this tasteful but piercing character study which takes its title from the lyrics of “A La Claire Fontaine”.
The Literary Film Math: [Famous song * (people admiring paintings in museums + little Vietnamese girl reading children’s stories out loud + little French boy writing sad poem)]/Dostoevsky references
The Good: the powerhouse performance from the ever versatile and interesting Kristen Scott Thomas, the thoughtful and literary-minded screenplay from writer/director Philippe Claudel, the subtle character development, the nuanced acting from the entire cast, the quiet revelations as we learn why she was in prison and why she did what she did.
The Bad: as a first film the direction was a bit amateur, though thankfully the screenplay was anything but.
The Bottom Line: starts slow but packs an emotional wallop…discerning film enthusiasts should queue this post haste.
Angelina Jolie phones in her Oscar nomination to the Academy.
Changeling: Clint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie in this true story about a woman whose son goes missing in 1920’s Los Angeles and is given an imposter boy in return by the corrupt and bumbling police department.
The Hollywood Math: [(Capote + Frailty)/Mystic River] * [(1/10 The House of Elliot)/LA Confidential]
The Good: the meticulous attention to period detail, the acting, the shocking “true story” that grows more fascinating with each plot twist.
The Bad: the glacial pacing, the emotional disconnect, the relentless darkness.
The Bottom Line: queue it up…if you like this sort of thing.
Frozen River: Melissa Leo (in an Oscar nominated role) plays a woman driven to extremes to make ends meet for her and her two sons after her deadbeat husband abandons them two weeks before Christmas in this stark, low budget feature film debut from indie writer/director Courtney Hunt.
The Indie Film Math: [(Down and out characters + cold climate + moms committing crimes) * veteran character actress in lead role] /[(1/10 Fargo ) + (1/10 Thunderheart) + (1/10 Traffic)]
The Good: a truly unique story-line (and setting) that explores smuggling illegal immigrants through Mohawk Nation Territory straddling both sides of the U.S./Canadian border (and the titular body of water), Melissa Leo’s performance.
The Bad: a first screenplay that was Oscar nominated but probably could’ve benefited from some more work-shopping, the strained credibility as the story progresses, the sometimes painfully amateur acting from the supporting cast.
The Bottom Line: fans of indie dramas should lower expectations and then queue this up for Leo’s performance and the interesting story…just don’t expect to be blown away.
Julianne Moore checks the rearview mirror to see how many of those pesky blind people are following her.
Blindness: Fernando Meirelles directs Julianne Moore as the only person who can see after a mysterious epidemic strikes the whole world blind in this adaptation of the novel by Jose Seramango.
The Hollywood Math: [(Children of Men + Lord of the Flies) * (City of God – realism)]/WTF?
The Good: Meirelles directorial flourishes giving the viewers a blind person’s POV, Julianne Moore’s performance, the powerful message at the end if you can make it that far.
The Bad: the hyper-white lighting and cinematography, everyone else’s performance, the depravity depicted as society quickly descends into barbarism, the “in your face” symbolism, the disconnect with the characters who are never given names, the gigantic plot holes inherent in such a parable.
The Bottom Line: queue it only if you like ambitiously allegorical films with unique visual styles that make you angry, leave you perplexed and are as fascinating for their monstrous failings as they are for their few genuinely compelling elements.
The cast wonders if they stare down Spike Lee, will he come to his senses?
Miracle at St. Anna: As a fan of both Spike Lee and WWII films, this was at one time my most anticipated film of the Fall 2008 movie season…until those reviews dive-bombed this joint and lay ruin to it like a Nazi blitzkrieg. I must admit Lee wasted a great opportunity to present us an unflinching portrayal of the African American experience in WWII and instead adapted this overly convoluted and stereotype-ridden novel about a group of Buffalo Soldiers trapped in Tuscany during a German raid book-ended by a murder mystery surrounding a religious relic.
The Hollywood Math: [(Saving Private Ryan + Life is Beautiful)/Enemy at the Gates] * Every Spike Lee Joint
The Good: the cinematography, the Tuscan scenery, Lee’s keen eye for the ladies, the subplot involving an Italian resistance fighter avoiding German capture and the ensuing massacre that ties up all the ridiculous loose ends of the plot.
The Bad: the bloated and ill-managed screenplay, the opening thirty minutes, the crass attempts at comic relief, Lee’s intermittently lazy direction, the endless parade of stereotypes and cliches, the forced emotions, the oddly staged battle scenes which look and feel like they were done by a child “playing war” and going overboard rather than a skilled director creating a gritty re-enactment.
The Bottom Line: queue it only if you are content seeing any Spike Lee Joint or insist on watching every film ever made that takes place during World War II.
Written by David H. Schleicher
This entry was posted in Art-house Cinema, Book to Film Adaptations, Movie Reviews, Movies and tagged A La Claire Fontaine, Angelina Jolie, Blindness, Changeling, Clint Eastwood, Courtney Hunt, Fernando Meirelles, Frozen River, I've Loved You So Long, Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T'aime, Julianne Moore, Kristen Scott Thomas, Melissa Leo, Miracle at St. Anna, Movie Formula Math, Netflix Queue, Philippe Claudel, Spike Lee.
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4 comments on “To Queue or Not to Queue”
Demob Happy says:
I’ve been wanting to see ‘I’ve Loved You so Long’ for ages. Inexplicably, it’s release in France seems to have been either so minor as to be unnoticeable or it never came out. I live in Grenoble – hardly a backwater – and I’m almost certain it never made it here.
James, that’s very odd. I would think that film would’ve had a national mainstream release there. It was very limited here in the States. –DHS
Not sure what to make of late-period Eastwood. I admire the Hiro Jima dyptich but was not blown away. I don’t rate Million Dollar Baby or Mystic River at all – which probably puts me in a minority. For me Eastwood’s peak as director was Unforgiven by a long shot.
James, Eastwood has become one of those directors where I always think I’m going to hate his films because lately they have all been so dark (literally…dark, I mean I can barely see a thing, he has scenes lit so dimly) and usually contain morals I don’t happen to agree with…but they are always so impeccably made and the stories so naturally interesting I end up liking the films inspite of him and his worldview. –DHS
Sam Juliano says:
The only film worth putting on the queue of that bunch is the one you are apparently the most excited by, and of course that’s the one with Kristen-Scott Thomas, which overcomes the ‘amateurishness’ you are concerned with to stand as an affecting and brilliantly-acted drama. Scott-Thomas was actually rooked out of a deserving Best Actress nomination, losing out to Angelina Jolie, which is rather ludicrous.
None of the others should be bought outright, and only FROZEN RIVER, for Leo’s performance, should be queued. Otherwise, it’s a dreary, cliched film, but CHANGELING and especially the dismal ST. ANNA and BLINDNESS (but the novel was a masterpiece as you as a writer probably have always known)
Here’s my call for three immediate queue inclusions:
Let the Right One In (Swedish)
Dear Zachary: A Letter from a Son to His Father
Very nice post here, especially with the March glut of DVD releases of last year’s new films.
Two other points of interest:
Criterion has just announced they will be doing BENJAMIN BUTTON, which for most people will be a major surprise, but Criterion has had a long association with David fincher, having released both SEVEN and THE GAME in deluxe laserdisc box sets years ago………and THE READER will be out in a few weeks. That one deserves an outright purchased, but I have battled at many blogsites defending it.
Sam, I think we agree…though in a way I liked Changeling even if I know in my heart it wasn’t very good (if that makes any sense). The Benjamin Button release is worthy to note, and I finally saw The Reader recently. I really love how much you have been defending it. It was a very difficult film for me to watch, but it was undeniably thought-provoking and well made and well acted. –DHS
One other absolutely essential film to get on the netflix queue (in fact I bought the original) is:
It was a top-ten finisher on my 2008 year-end list.
Sam, all of these films you recommend in your two comments are in my queue! –DHS
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Security industry specialists to demonstrate expertise at Axis Communications’ Partner Showcase event in London
Axis Communications’ upcoming Partner Showcase biennial will welcome delegates from across the security industry and highlight the very latest advances in physical security technology. The event is to be held on Wednesday 16 October at White Hart Lane, the home of Tottenham Hotspur FC.
Axis Communications will host 27 partners who’ll be providing product demonstrations, engage in seminars and offer Q&A sessions on key topics ranging from cyber security, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/machine learning, behavioural analytics and detection right through to cloud/hosted services such as Video Surveillance-as-a-Service (VSaaS) and Access Control-as-a-Service (ACaaS).
The much-anticipated Axis Communications Partner Showcase represents an informal opportunity for system integrators, security installers, distributors, security consultants and end users to learn more about the future trends that are shaping the industry. Joining the Axis Communications team of experts will be subject matter specialists from every field across many industries who will explain the technology and, as valued Axis partners, deliver integrated solutions that address the key security challenges of today.
Content highlights to be delivered on the day will include:
*Future technology trends and their impact on video surveillance and access control
*How Internet of Things technologies are integrating in the cloud and the benefits they offer
*How ‘as-a-Service’ solutions (eg VSaaS and ACaaS) are changing the way in which end users buy security
*The importance of leveraging partnerships to address industry-wide challenges
*How innovation in network video is helping to drive business performance
*Analytics: AI, machine learning, deep learning and their impact on today’s industry
Delegates will benefit from an invaluable experience to learn more about the physical security landscape, while also networking with security industry peers. The Axis Communications Partner Showcase event provides an opportunity to engage in discussions around the hot topics with learnings that can be taken away and implemented to improve efficiencies delivered through greater business intelligence.
Registered exhibitors include 2N, Briefcam, Camstreamer, Citilog, Dedrone GmbH, Facit Data Systems, Genetec, Milestone Systems, Morphean, Observit, Quanika, Secure Logiq, Siemon, Siklu Communication, SimonsVoss, Sound Intelligence, Synectics, Total Security Stockholm AB, Vaxtor Recognition Technologies and Veracity UK.
*To register for the event visit the website
Tagged as 2N, ACaaS, Access Control as a Service, AI, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Axis Communications, BriefCam, Camstreamer, Citilog, cloud, cyber security, Dedrone GmbH, Distributors, End Users, Facit Data Systems, Genetec, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Milestone Systems, Morphean, Network Video, Observit, Physical Security, Pro-Activ Publications, Quanika, Risk Xtra, Secure Logiq, Security Consultants, Security Installers, Siemon, Siklu Communication, SimonsVoss, Sound Intelligence, Synectics, System Integrators, TheSecurityLion, Total Security Stockholm AB, Vaxtor Recognition Technologies, Veracity UK, Video Surveillance as a Service, VSaaS
Honeywell launches 30 Series IP cameras “to improve data and video protection”
Honeywell has announced the release of its 30 Series IP cameras: a new suite of video cameras that strengthens building safety and security through advanced analytics and secure channel encryption. With the new cameras, end users can also benefit from lower total cost of ownership and reduced risk as well as improved picture quality without increased storage needs.
“Honeywell is in the business of protection – from buildings through to data and the people within those buildings,” said Jeremy Kimber, video global product management director for Honeywell Commercial Security. “With the release of the 30 Series IP cameras, we’re providing advanced secure channel encryption that guards against unauthorised access and the unsanctioned distribution of data and video to help end users seamlessly integrate security into any business.”
Honeywell 30 Series IP Cameras are available in dome, bullet, ball and fisheye models that feature:
Secure channel encryption: The new cameras provide HTTP over TLS1.2 (HTTPS) encrypted streaming to Honeywell MAXPRO NVRs. They adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. Together, these elements help meet the increasingly stringent requirements being set by IT Departments to shield businesses against unauthorised access and unsanctioned distribution of data and video, potentially saving end users up to $3.86 million (the average global cost of a data breach).
Advanced motion people detection: Traditional motion detection only detects pixel changes, leading to a higher false alarm rate. Advanced motion people detection is designed to reduce false alarm rates as it will only create an alarm when the moving object is recognised as a person.
Enhanced storage space and image quality: A higher quality camera resolution of up to 5 MP delivers exceptional images and comes with a user-friendly interface for secure remote viewing. The H.265 smart codec feature allows for storage of longer clips and lower bandwidth consumption, enabling images to take up to 50% less storage space, which decreases operating costs.
The new line of cameras is fully-integrated using HTTPS encrypted streaming with MAXPRO NVRs. They can also be used with performance-embedded NVRs linked to the MAXPRO Cloud multi-site video and access control management platform and with the ADPRO XO range of NVRs complete with on-board video analytics.
With advanced analytics and encryption capabilities, Honeywell 30 Series IP cameras offer an array of quality options for all SMEs, entry-level enterprise and critical applications where compliance is essential such as banking and finance, Government, the utilities, the education sector, retail and premium commercial.
Tagged as 30 Series, ADPRO XO, Analytics, Building Protection, Data Security, Encryption, End Users, H.265, Honeywell, IP Cameras, IT Departments, MAXPRO, MAXPRO Cloud, NVRs, Pro-Activ Publications, Risk Xtra, SMEs, TheSecurityLion, Total Cost of Ownership
BAE Systems launches “major update” to NetReveal platform for financial institutions
The latest version of BAE Systems’ NetReveal platform combines the best of advanced analytics and human expertise to enable financial institutions to effectively combat financial crime and fraud in an environment of rapidly evolving regulatory requirements and changing financial crime patterns.
Faced with increasing transactions, evolving regulations, a growing number of payment channels, customer friction, investigation challenges and strengthening privacy regimes, financial crime and fraud investigators are under pressure to make more confident and intelligence-led decisions and do so at an unprecedented pace.
Built on modernised modular technology, NetReveal addresses these challenges by working smarter and faster and supporting an intelligence-led approach:
Smarter: Profiling and detection against transactional data that commonly takes hours to process is now processed within 30 minutes (on average)
Faster: Advanced analytics with machine learning techniques improve operational performance by driving fewer false positives. Integrated Robotic Process Automation (RPA) means that routine tasks are automated, enabling investigators to focus more on high value strategic investigative work. The Real-Time Detection Engine helps institutions to keep pace with sophisticated criminals across growing digital channels
Intelligence-Led: Entity-based investigations deliver efficiency improvements of 20-30% on average by streamlining multiple detections into a single combined alert dashboard. Interactive lists also provide actionable information to adjudicate alerts effectively
Culmination of major investment
Rob Harrison, head of product and solutions for the financial services sector at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, said: “This release is the culmination of major investment and engineering development of our financial crime platform and suite of solutions. We’ve focused on providing compliance and fraud teams with the latest advanced analytics, technology advancements and productivity improvements.”
Harrison added: “The latest version of NetReveal combines the best of human expertise and advanced analytics which we believe puts financial institutions in the strongest position possible to address the major market challenges of today, namely regulatory complexity and change, evolving fraud patterns, productivity and efficiency pressures and new risk management approaches.”
Julie Conroy, research director for the Aite Group’s Retail Banking practice, commented: “The use of RPA to improve financial crime operations significantly increases accuracy, reduces operational costs and enhances productivity. Given the growing data challenge, having the ability to advance investigator efficiency by reducing repetitive manual tasks, human error and, by extension, the number of false positives ultimately frees up time to focus on more strategic tasks.”
NetReveal is a single integrated platform for money laundering compliance and fraud prevention, enabling financial institutions to benefit from lower total cost of ownership across their compliance and fraud teams thanks to a single solution.
A comprehensive range of compliance and counter-fraud solutions can be deployed either individually or collectively.
Tagged as Analytics, BAE Systems, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, Data, False Positives, Finance Sector, Financial Crime, Fraud, Investigations, Machine Learning, Money Laundering, NetReveal, Privacy, Pro-Activ Publications, Real-Time Detection Engine, Regulations, Risk Management, Risk Xtra, Robotic Process Automation, RPA, TheSecurityLion, Total Cost of Ownership, Transactions
Genetec awarded Platinum Premier status in Mercury Security’s partner programme
Unified security, public safety, operations and business intelligence solutions provider Genetec has announced that Mercury Security (part of HID Global, the global leader in OEM access control technology) has awarded the company the highest status level – ie Platinum Premier – within its successful partner programme.
The Platinum Premier status recognises Mercury Security’s select business partners who demonstrate continued market growth, strong integration with Mercury’s own solutions and a shared interest in the open architecture approach towards access control.
“As a Mercury Security partner and reseller since 2014, we take pride in having achieved Platinum Premier status in just a few short years,” said Georges Tannous, director of strategic alliances at Genetec. “Mercury Security is a key partner in the development of our access control strategy as we’re aligned in our efforts to provide innovative and cyber-secure access control solutions based on an open architecture.”
Matt Barnette, vice-president at Mercury Security, responded: “Genetec has demonstrated significant growth with the Mercury Security brand of products over the last several years. This growth, coupled with the business’ continued investment in the open platform philosophy, has driven its well-earned recognition as a Platinum Premier partner. We look forward to working together with the Genetec team to deliver open, scaleable and secure solutions for our collective end users.”
According to the 2017-2018 Access Control Intelligence Database put together by market researcher IHS, Genetec has rapidly risen to become one of the leading developers of access control software with a Top Five ranking in the Americas and a strong global market share growth.
Genetec’s flagship product, Security Center, is an open architecture platform that unifies IP-based video surveillance, access control, ANPR, communications and analytics. Genetec also develops cloud-based solutions and services designed to improve security and contribute towards new levels of operational intelligence for Governments, enterprises and vertical markets including the transport sector.
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Montreal, Genetec serves its global customer base via an extensive network of resellers, integrators, certified channel partners and consultants in upwards of 80 countries.
Tagged as Access Control, Analytics, ANPR, cyber security, Genetec, HID Global, IHS, IP Video, Mercury Security, Open Platform, Partner Programme, Platinum Premier, Pro-Activ Publications, Risk Xtra, Security Center, Systems Integration, TheSecurityLion
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Hanwha Techwin appoints Soon-Hong Ahn to president’s role
Soon-Hong Ahn has been appointed president of Hanwha Techwin. Previously head of sales and marketing and former president of Hanwha Techwin America, Ahn’s extensive knowledge of the video surveillance industry and expertise in global marketing have been significant factors in the company’s high growth achievements in a competitive marketplace. In turn, this has laid the groundwork for expanding the business globally.
Commenting on his appointment, Ahn explained: “Looking back over the past year, we have laid a solid foundation for qualitative growth by demonstrating an impressive performance in three areas, namely sales growth, efficiency and investment in our future. This has been achieved with the ongoing support and encouragement of the Hanwha Group. An excellent example of this has been the opening of our new facility in Vietnam which has enabled us to strengthen our global competitiveness by improving manufacturing efficiency.”
Soon-Hong Ahn
Ahn continued: “2020 marks the beginning of a new decade during which we will be devoted to becoming a ‘Global Top Security Solution Provider’ by presenting new benefits to our customers through a variety of products and services based on leading-edge technology in video and intelligent security.”
Elaborating on that last point, Ahn noted: “Our plan for the immediate future is to maintain stable growth hinged on qualitative growth strategies, while at the same time incorporating core technologies based on mega trends, such as the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and 5G, into our video surveillance solutions and creating new business opportunities for system integrators and business partners.”
Yeon Chul Kim, Hanwha Techwin’s previous president, has now been appointed president of Hanwha Systems.
Tagged as 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Cameras, Hanwha Group, Hanwha Systems, Hanwha Techwin, Hanwha Techwin America, Intelligent Security, Internet of Things, Pro-Activ Publications, Risk Xtra, surveillance, TheSecurityLion, Video
Hanwha Techwin introduces 2 MP Wisenet 55x IR PTZ dome camera
With a 55x optical zoom, a Gyro sensor for accurate stabilisation in windy conditions, optical ‘Defog’ and built-in IR LEDs designed to assist the capture of HD images at night at a distance of up to 500 metres, manufacturer Hanwha Techwin feels the Wisenet XNP-6550RH can lay claim to have “set a new standard for PTZ cameras” designed for perimeter protection and large open area applications.
“The product development team has ensured that the 2 MP Wisenet XNP-6550RH is packed with features needed by security personnel to detect and observe suspicious activity over long distances in airports, car parks, industrial estates, stadiums and city centre-type environments” explained Uri Guterman, head of product and marketing for Hanwha Techwin Europe.
Guterman continued: “This is one of those cameras whose performance needs to be seen to be believed. The superior optical Defog feature built into the Wisenet XNP-6550RH is particularly impressive. Unique to Hanwha Techwin, Defog involves the use of an optical low pass filter which is able to accept a higher light range in front of the camera’s image sensor in order to reduce the influence of fog. The ability to capture clear, sharp images in daytime conditions enables faces to be recognised up to 170 metres from the camera. That also deserves a special mention.”
Progressive scan technology
The Wisenet XNP-6550RH, which is IP66- and IK10-rated for vandal-resistance and outdoor use in harsh environments, uses progressive scan technology to provide sharp edges on moving subjects and vehicles.
An auto-tracking feature allows operators to monitor the movement of people or vehicles while remaining hands-free to control other cameras. The Wisenet XNP-6550RH is also able to ‘hand-over’ to cameras covering adjacent areas.
A built-in suite of analytics includes Tampering, Loitering, Directional Detection, Defocus Detection, Fog Detection, Virtual Line, Enter/Exit, Appear/Disappear, Audio Detection, Face Detection, Motion Detection and Sound Classification.
Multi-streaming and bandwidth efficiency
The Wisenet XNP-6550RH allows multiple streams of images to be transmitted at a variety of frame rates and resolutions to any PC on the network or other devices such as smart phones and tablets.
The use of H.265 compression minimises latency, making the manual tracking of moving objects simple and straightforward. The cameras also feature WiseStream II, a complementary compression technology which dynamically controls encoding, balancing quality and compression according to movement in the image.
Bandwidth efficiency is improved by up to 99% compared to current H.264 technology when WiseStream II is combined with H.265 compression.
The ability to store up to 256 GB of data via two SD/SDHC/SDXC memory slots incorporated into the Wisenet XNP-6550RH ensures that video is automatically recorded in the event of network disruption.
Tagged as Compression, Defog, H.264, Hanwha Techwin, IK10, IP66, Pro-Activ Publications, PTZ, Risk Xtra, Security Personnel, surveillance, TheSecurityLion, Wisenet XNP-6550RH, WiseStream II
Hanwha Techwin cuts ribbon on new manufacturing facility in Vietnam
Hanwha Techwin has announced that its new 54,543 m2 manufacturing facility at the Que Vo Industrial Park in the Bacninh Province of Vietnam is now fully operational.
The strategic decision made in April 2017 to continue the expansion of Hanwha Techwin’s global security business by way of a $100 million investment in the new Vietnam-based facility, has been supported by the Vietnam Government’s ‘friendly policy’ and the securing of various logistics channels for import and export through land and neighbouring ports.
The new facility offers Hanwha Techwin the opportunity to considerably increase manufacturing output and reduce costs. Logistics will also be greatly improved, ensuring that orders from the company’s distribution partners are fulfilled more efficiently.
“I’m pleased to report that a significant percentage of Wisenet video surveillance products will be shipped from Vietnam from the beginning of this month.” said Bob Hwang, managing director of Hanwha Techwin Europe. “This is a very exciting time for Hanwha Techwin’s security business. Our new manufacturing facility and all of our new colleagues who work there will significantly contribute towards our ongoing success and our ability to be competitive in a market which continues to grow.”
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A.I. Tech’s business intelligence technology sets the Benchmark
The technology that sits at the very heart of the Wisenet Biometrics and Retail solutions, which have been jointly engineered by Hanwha Techwin and analytic specialist A.I. Tech, has won the Business Intelligence category in the Benchmark Innovation Awards 2018 run by Risk Xtra’s sister publication Benchmark Magazine.
The Benchmark Innovation Awards are designed to recognise and reward innovative thinking and the delivery of benefits through advanced security solutions.
A Benchmark test team and an independent panel from the security industry judged products and solutions from across ten technology areas, with A.I. Tech’s AI-Tech video analytics winning the Business Intelligence category against stiff competition from the other shortlisted finalists.
Wisenet Biometrics and Retail solutions, which are supplied ready to work out-of-the-box, are designed to enable smaller retail chains, as well as smaller outlets such as convenience stores, CTNs and petrol stations to gain a greater understanding of the type and numbers of people who visit their outlets.
“We’re very pleased that A.I. Tech’s innovative video analytics technology has been recognised in the form of this high profile and prestigious award,” said Bob Hwang, managing director of Hanwha Techwin Europe. “This further justifies our strategy of working in close partnership with specialist application developers such as A.I. Tech in order to deliver on our promise of continually developing new and innovative solutions which make good use of our high-performance Wisenet open platform cameras.”
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Breaking NEWS LIVE on RT: Violence sweeps Cairo as clashes erupt outside US embassy
Tags: Libya, live, Middle East, violence
Categories Middle East, One World Weakness, War on the World
Al-Qaida turns tide for rebels in battle for eastern Syria | The Guardian
From TheGuardian.com “Al-Qaida turns tide for rebels in battle for eastern Syria”
“In his latest exclusive dispatch from Deir el-Zour province, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad meets fighters who have left the Free Syrian Army for the discipline and ideology of global jihad.”
A member of a jihadist group sprays the slogan ‘No Islam without Jihad’ in Arabic on the wall at a border crossing with Turkey. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
“As they stood outside the commandeered government building in the town of Mohassen, it was hard to distinguish Abu Khuder’s men from any other brigade in the Syrian civil war, in their combat fatigues, T-shirts and beards.
But these were not average members of the Free Syrian Army. Abu Khuder and his men fight for al-Qaida. They call themselves the ghuraba’a, or “strangers”, after a famous jihadi poem celebrating Osama bin Laden’s time with his followers in the Afghan mountains, and they are one of a number of jihadi organisations establishing a foothold in the east of the country now that the conflict in Syria has stretched well into its second bloody year.
They try to hide their presence. “Some people are worried about carrying the [black] flags,” said Abu Khuder. “They fear America will come and fight us. So we fight in secret. Why give Bashar and the west a pretext?” But their existence is common knowledge in Mohassen. Even passers-by joke with the men about car bombs and IEDs.
According to Abu Khuder, his men are working closely with the military council that commands the Free Syrian Army brigades in the region. “We meet almost every day,” he said. “We have clear instructions from our [al-Qaida] leadership that if the FSA need our help we should give it. We help them with IEDs and car bombs. Our main talent is in the bombing operations.” Abu Khuder’s men had a lot of experience in bomb-making from Iraq and elsewhere, he added.
Abu Khuder spoke later at length. He reclined on a pile of cushions in a house in Mohassen, resting his left arm which had been hit by a sniper’s bullet and was wrapped in plaster and bandages. Four teenage boys kneeled in a tight crescent in front of him, craning their necks and listening with awe. Other villagers in the room looked uneasy.”
Read the rest of the article at The Guardian
Syrian Rebels Fly Al Qaeda Flag (YouTube & thetimetimes.com)
U.S. Aiding Syrian Rebels, Al Qaeda Aiding Syrian Rebels, Syria Says US Allied to Terrorists (thetimetimes.com)
BBC Busted for Anti-Syrian Gov Propaganda, U.S. Warns of Military Intervention, Narrative Changing (thetimetimes.com)
Human Atrocities in Syria Reach A New Level of Brutality, Who Is Really Responsible? (thetimetimes.com)
Iran-Contra Documentaries and Seymour Hersh 2007 Video: Iran-Contra Has Returned, U.S. Funds Al Qaeda (thetimetimes.com)
Reuters: Russia Condemns Syria Attacks, Sees Foreign Hand (thetimetimes.com)
U.N. monitors say 13 killed in cold blood in Syria & Other Syria News | Reuters (thetimetimes.com)
IMPORTANT! Al Qaeda Bomb Plot: Would-Be Bomber Was CIA Informant; Break Down of US Terrorist Involvement (thetimetimes.com)
Leading Cause of Unnatural Human Death in 20th Century is Democide – You Have No Right To Health or Government & Police Protection (thetimetimes.com)
Tags: Al Qaeda, Al Qaida, global governance, globalist bankers, middle east destabilization, New Wrold Order, One World Governance, Syria, Syrian opposition, syrian rebels, Syrian rebles are Al Qaeda, U.S. created Al Qaeda, U.S. funds Al Qaeda, U.S. funds terrorists
Categories Backwards Is Forwards, Middle East, Syria, U.S. Terrorism Ties, War on Terror, War on the World
Human Atrocities in Syria Reach A New Level of Brutality, Who Is Really Responsible?
Civilians flee from fighting after Syrian army tanks entered the northwestern city of Idlib, Syria, on February 14, 2012 (Photo credit: FreedomHouse)
Report describes brutal torture in Syria – CNN.com.
I have no way of knowing if the atrocities described in this article were committed by the Syrian Army, who has been blamed for torture and murder in the uprising that has lasted for over a year, or if the torture and killings were committed by the globalist-controlled U.S. government and other globalist-controlled and funded forces. There have been continued accusations of brutal torture and murder committed by opposition forces who are aided by the U.S. and other countries supporting middle east destabilization and regime change. These allegations have been made by Russia, the Syrian government, activists, and even Human Rights Watch in a public letter from March 20, 2012.
Whoever is responsible is a plague to society, a disgusting force willing to commit acts unfathomable to the vast majority of people on earth, and they need to be dismantled and punished. The level of brutal, gruesome torture being reported has escalated to a degree of inhumanity that makes me wonder what could ever make a human think this is necessary and acceptable. Whether the globalist-controlled U.S. government is behind the unthinkable abuses of the Syrian people, or the Syrian army is the perpetrator of the horrid crimes against humanity, whoever it is seems to be grasping with desperation to take, or keep, control. Or perhaps, this is all propaganda?
I have a few questions that I need to investigate: How often are deaths of opposition fighters reported? How many deaths have been recorded versus deaths of Syrian government soldiers? How many opposition deaths versus deaths of Syrian civilians? I need to look back, but there seems to be more Syrian government soldier deaths, Syrian civilian deaths, and activists deaths reported in the media than rebel deaths. Why aren’t these rebels suffering more casualties ? How is this group of supposedly disorganized, ordinary citizens who chose to take up arms against an unjust regime so skilled and able to avoid being completely eliminated by the established Syrian army? Did they get sniper training during the past year?
Amid ‘state policy of torture’ in Syria, stream of defectors reportedly flee (edition.cnn.com)
Report Says Syria Built ‘Archipelago’ of Torture (nytimes.com)
Tags: Assad, civilian deaths, human atrocities, human rights watch, murder, Syria, Syrian armed groups, torture, U.S. supports terrorists
Categories Middle East, Syria, U.S. Terrorism Ties, Uncategorized, War on Terror, War on the World
916 killed in Syria’s ‘bloodiest week’ | The Australian
Close to 16,000 people have been killed since the outbreak of the Syrian revolt 15 months ago, a human rights watchdog says.
AND the past seven days have been the bloodiest so far with 916 deaths.
“The pace of the killings has escalated,” the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday.
“The last week was the bloodiest week of the Syrian Revolution,” Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP by telephone. He said 916 people had been killed from June 20 to 26.
Of the 15,804 people killed since March last year, 4,681 had lost their lives since a UN-backed ceasefire was supposed to take effect on April 12, he said.
Of those, roughly a quarter – 1,197 – had been killed since the UN observer mission intended to oversee the peace plan suspended its operations on June 16 in the face of the mounting violence.
“The last month, from May 26 to June 26, was the deadliest since the start of the protests. During this period, 3,426 people were killed,” Abdel Rahman said.
The statistics were released after 129 people were killed in violence on Tuesday, 79 of them civilians, according to the Observatory’s figures.
The UN’s deputy envoy for Syria, Jean-Marie Guehenno, told the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday that the violence in Syria had “reached or even surpassed” levels seen before the ceasefire agreement and that a six-point peace plan forged by his boss, UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, “is clearly not being implemented”.
Senior diplomats said world powers would meet on Saturday in an attempt to end the bloodshed.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign MinisterSergey Lavrov would be joined by other top diplomats from UN Security Council nations and possibly neighbours of Syria.
Meanwhile, a report on UN probe into a massacre in the central Syrian village of Houla has concluded that forces loyal to the government “may have been responsible” for many of the deaths.
The report released to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva by UN-appointed human rights experts said most of the victims were women and children who were slaughtered in their homes.
The findings of the report triggered a walkout by the Syrian delegation as it was being read out.
“We will not participate in this flagrantly political meeting,” said Syrian ambassador Faisal Khabbaz Hamoui before leaving the hall.
The walkout came as the commission told the council that the unrest was taking on an increasingly sectarian basis.
“Where previously victims were targeted on the basis of their being pro or anti-government, a growing number of victims appear to have been targeted because of their religious affiliation,” said the report.
It said: “Gross violations of human rights are occurring regularly, in the context of increasingly militarised fighting.”
Tags: 16, Hama, Houla, Kofi Annan, massacre, murder, opposition, rebels, slaughter, Syria, Syrian revolt, U.S. funds terrorists, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations Human Rights Council
Categories Middle East, Syria, U.S. Terrorism Ties, War on Terror, War on the World
Syrian Rebels Fly Al Qaeda Flag
“It didn’t happen in Afghanistan or the tribal regions in Pakistan. It actually happened in the town of Binsh in Idleb province northern Syria. The Syrian terrorists inspired by their fellows in Libya raised Al-Qaeda flag to express publicly their terrorist beliefs.
What kind of revolution that claims to demand freedom while at the same time raises Al-Qaeda flag!?”
Syrian rebels pose with Al Qaeda flag
See more related to Syria from thetimetimes.com here
Tags: Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda flag, opposition, Syria, syrian rebels, Terrorism, terrorists, truth about syria, U.S., U.S. backs terrorists in Syria
Categories Middle East, One World Weakness, Syria, U.S. Terrorism Ties, Uncategorized, Video, War on Terror, War on the World
Syria: TV station attacked, 7 staffers killed | AP
Armed rebels stormed a pro-government Syrian TV station, killing seven members of the press. The rebels detonated explosives and kidnapped other TV station employees. Targeting the press is not a pro-democratic strategy.
Associated Press –Syria: TV station attacked, 7 staffers killed
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, killing seven employees, kidnapping others and demolishing buildings, officials said. The government blamed terrorists and described the killings as a “massacre.”
An Associated Press photographer who visited the Al-Ikhbariya station’s compound said five portable buildings used for offices and studios had collapsed, with blood on the floor and wooden partitions still on fire. Some walls had bullet holes.
Al-Ikhbariya is privately-owned but strongly supports President Bashar Assad‘s regime. Pro-government journalists have been attacked on several previous occasions during the country’s 15-month uprising, although such incidents are comparatively rare.
Information Minister Omran al-Zoebi said the killings were “a massacre against the freedom of the press” in remarks broadcast on state TV. He later told reporters that it had been carried out by terrorists – the same word the government uses for rebels.
Rebels deny they target the media.
Much of the violence that has gripped Syria over the past 15 months has been sanctioned by the government to crush dissent. But rebel fighters are launching increasingly deadly attacks on regime targets, and several massive suicide attacks this year suggest al-Qaida or other extremists are joining the fray.
Many in the opposition consider the media an arm of the regime. Syria does not have a free press and most news organizations are either state-run or private bodies that carry the government’s point of view. Most of the private TV stations and newspapers are owned by politicians or wealthy businessmen who have close links to the regime.
Assad denies that there is any popular will behind the uprising, saying terrorists are behind a conspiracy to destroy the country.
Al-Zoebi, the information minister, said gunmen stormed the station’s compound in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of the capital Damascus, and detonated explosives. He said the attackers killed seven people and kidnapped others.
Restrictions on the media make it difficult to verify accounts of events on the ground.
An employee at the station said several other staffers were wounded in the attack, which happened just before 4 a.m. local time. He said the gunmen kidnapped him along with several station guards. He was released but the guards were not.
The employee, who did not give his name for fear of repercussions, said the gunmen drove him about 200 meters (yards) away, and then he heard the explosion of the station being demolished.
“I was terrified when they blindfolded me and took me away,” the man said by telephone.
Earlier this month, two Al-Ikhbariya employees were shot and seriously wounded by gunmen in the northwestern town of Haffa while covering clashes between government troops and insurgents.
Hours after the attack, the station was still on the air, broadcasting a rally in Damascus’ main square against the station raid.
Also Wednesday, Burhan Ghalioun, the former leader of Syria’s main opposition group, said he briefly entered rebel-held areas in the north of the country in a rare trip by the exiled political opposition to the country. Ghalioun told Al-Jazeera TV that the areas he visited in Idlib province are ruling themselves, without any regime presence.
Ghalioun, former head of the Syrian National Council, did not say when the visit happened.
“I went to see the war that the Syrian regime is staging,” Ghalioun said. “The regime continues to shell and kill.” Ghalioun said he spoke with wounded Syrians including some who lost limbs and others who were paralyzed.
He added that he was able to drive about freely and that “part of the country is liberated.”
Activists reported violence throughout Syria on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist network, said at least 10 government soldiers were killed in an ambush in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour.
The group said that rebels on Tuesday were able to shoot down a helicopter gunship in Idlib province. Amateur videos showed a helicopter burning in a field but the report could not be independently confirmed.
Activists reported other clashes, mostly in Idlib and nearby Aleppo province as well as rebel-held areas in the central city of Homs that have been under government attack for nearly three weeks.
In neighboring Turkey, some 30 more Syrian soldiers defected with their families overnight, the country’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported Wednesday. It was not clear if the group included any senior officers.
Assad’s regime has suffered an embarrassing string of high-ranking defections this week, with dozens of soldiers, including senior officers, reported to have fled to Turkey.
Reuters – Assad: foreign powers behind Syria violence | Video
Three killed in raid on Syria’s Ikhbariya TV station (independent.co.uk)
Gunmen Attack TV Station In Syria (huffingtonpost.com)
Syria: TV station attacked, 3 staffers killed (usatoday.com)
Syria: Gunmen attack pro-government TV station, killing 3 employees (foxnews.com)
Gunmen storm Pro-Assad Syrian TV channel – Reuters (reuters.com)
Gunmen ‘storm pro-Assad Syria TV’ (bbc.co.uk)
Tags: bashar al assad, Damascus, foreign powers, massacre, opposition, opposition targets media, rebels, rebels target the press, seven killed, Syria, Television station, terrorists, U.S. funds terrorists
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REUTERS LIVE STREAM NOW from Egypt Tahrir Square – After election reactions.
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Tags: counterinsurgency, destabilization of Middle East, Egypt, election results, live stream, Middle East, middle east unrest, Muslim Brotherhood, Tahrir Square
Categories Middle East, One World Weakness, U.S. Terrorism Ties, Video, War on Terror, War on the World
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Exhibition: The Heavens Are Telling
Individual Commentary: ‘All Great Art is Praise’
The Pass at Faido, St Gotthard, 19th century, Watercolour, point of brush, scratching out, over traces of pencil, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; Thaw Collection, 2006.52, Photo: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
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‘All Great Art is Praise’
Commentary by
Arnika Groenewald-Schmidt
In his treatise The Laws of Fésole artist and influential art critic John Ruskin coined the aphorism ‘All great art is praise’ (1877: 351). While for Ruskin all elements of nature, large and small, were a manifestation of God, mountains and clouds held a particular place in his heart and mind. For him the greatest artist was Joseph Mallord William Turner, in whose landscapes and seascapes he saw the sacredness and inexhaustibility of nature better captured than by any other artist (1844: 36).
‘Mountains’, Ruskin wrote, ‘have always possessed the power, first, of exciting religious enthusiasm; secondly, of purifying religious faith’ (1856: 427). Like the vastness of the heavens and the firmament invoked in Psalm 19, the sublimity and aloofness of mountains inspire awe and respect. It is these elements we see captured by Turner in his The Pass at Faido, St Gotthard. Ruskin commissioned the watercolour and later praised it as ‘the greatest work he produced in the last period of his art’.
What made this sheet, and Turner’s work in general, so special to Ruskin was the artist’s ability to communicate a ‘higher truth of mental vision’ that could convey to the viewer ‘the impression which the reality would have produced’ and that would put ‘his heart into the same state in which it would have been’ in front of nature itself (1856: 35–36). The staggered mountain ranges in the background, the deep gorge accentuating the middle right of the picture, and the boulders formed by the elements in the foreground speak of the force of a nature that is far greater than humankind. Like ‘the heavens’ in Psalm 19, they seem to be ‘telling the glory of God’ (v.1).
The tiny carriage adumbrated to the right and the faint traces of the man-made bridge in the middle ground increase the perception of what human beings are in comparison to the Creator. The artist rendered both the topography and the spirit of the place allowing the beholder to admire and experience this breath-taking scene in its proclamation of the greatness of God’s creation.
Nichols, Aidan. 2016. All Great Art is Praise: Art in Religion in John Ruskin (Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press)
Ruskin, John. 1844. ‘Modern Painters. Volume I. Preface to the Second Edition’, in [1903] Library Edition: The Works of John Ruskin, Vol III, ed. by E.T. Cook, and A. Wedderburn (George Allen: London)
———. 1856. ‘Modern Painters. Volume IV containing Part V Of Mountain Beauty’, in [1904] Library Edition: The Works of John Ruskin, Vol VI, ed. by E.T. Cook, and A. Wedderburn (George Allen: London)
———. 1877. ‘The Elements of Drawing. The Elements of Perspective and The Laws of Fésole’ in [1904] Library Edition: The Works of John Ruskin, Vol XV, ed. by E.T. Cook, and A. Wedderburn (George Allen: London)
Revised Standard Version
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
19The heavens are telling the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
2Day to day pours forth speech,
and night to night declares knowledge.
3There is no speech, nor are there words;
their voice is not heard;
4yet their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
5which comes forth like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and like a strong man runs its course with joy.
6Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them;
and there is nothing hid from its heat.
7The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
8the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
9the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring for ever;
the ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
10More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.
11Moreover by them is thy servant warned;
12But who can discern his errors?
Clear thou me from hidden faults.
13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless,
and innocent of great transgression.
14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in thy sight,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
The Winepress
Matthew 5:1 and 7:28–29
Opening the Doors of Perception
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City Official Calls Vietnam Vet 'The Enemy' Because He Uses Marijuana
Military veterans deserve the utmost respect in my opinion. They put their lives on the line to serve our country, and we owe them a lot. I have friends and family that are serving, or have served. It's not easy for them. They have to leave their families and do things that are very tough. A lot of them have life long injuries and/or suffer from PTSD. So it was very troubling for me to watch a video yesterday of Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery trying to belittle a Vietnam veteran because he consumes marijuana.
The Vietnam veteran, Don Ream, attended a debate between attorney Montgomery and Attorney Marc Victor. The debate was about whether or not Arizona should legalize marijuana, and throughout the debate Bill Montgomery kept referring to medical cannabis patients as 'potheads.' Don Ream, in a very calm and polite manner mind you, told Bill Montgomery during a question and answer session that it was offensive to refer to medical cannabis patients in that way. After a short exchange, Don Ream made it known that he uses marijuana for recreational purposes to. That resulted in the following response by the County Attorney, per the Free Thought Project:
"Well, then you're violating the law, and I have no respect for you," Montgomery said. "I have no respect for someone who would try to claim that you served this country and took an oath to uphold the Constitution and protect against all enemies foreign and domestic - because you're an enemy."
That statement instantly brought on several boos from the crowd, and rightfully so. That's how much Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery hates marijuana, that he would publicly bash a Vietnam veteran, going as far as calling him 'the enemy.' That is so unacceptable that it's hard for me to find the words to type right now. Shame on Bill Montgomery. He needs to be removed immediately, and I hope he is never hired as an attorney ever again in his career. Below is video footage of the exchange, so you can watch it for yourself:
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NATO’s Continuing Enlargement Aims at further Weakening of Russian Influence in the Balkans
North Macedonia Pushing Ahead to Join the Globalist Order.
by InfoBrics December 3, 2019 240 Views 5 Votes 2 Comments
Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Paul Antonopoulos, Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies…
Of the 29 NATO member states, 22 have already ratified the accession protocol of North Macedonia into the anti-Russian alliance. The ratification process will likely be completed before the end of NATO’s summit taking place in London this week, which will make North Macedonia the newest country in military alliance.
This now appears even more likely since U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave his endorsement, saying on Twitter:
“Pleased to announce the United States deposited its ratification of North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. One step closer to welcoming North Macedonia as NATO’s 30th Ally!”
This will make North Macedonia the fourth country out of the six successor states of Yugoslavia to become a NATO member, following Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro. With Bosnia effectively a NATO satellite, this leaves Serbia as the bulwark of anti-NATO and pro-Russia sentiment in the region, especially as the other fellow Balkan countries, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania, are also NATO members.
The confusing Macedonia question was a key priority for Russia’s Balkan policy – North Macedonia is an overwhelmingly Orthodox and Slavic country that had the potential to become another pro-Russia state in the Balkans, alongside neighboring Serbia. However, North Macedonia since its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 pursued a pro-Western policy and joined the NATO program Partnership for Peace as early as 1995 and became a European Union candidate a decade later.
This had not discouraged Russian efforts to push North Macedonia out of the NATO sphere of influence. The governments in Athens and Skopje have competed over the name Macedonia since North Macedonia became independent from Yugoslavia, as Greece’s northern region is also confusingly called Macedonia. Effectively, as North Macedonia was continuously vetoed by Greece from joining NATO and the EU because of the name dispute, Russian efforts to radicalize Macedonian identity was encouraged. The strategy to radicalize Macedonian identity to be more anti-Western and pro-Russian was an effort to avoid a situation like the Prespa Agreement that brought a finalization to the Macedonian name dispute in 2018, opening the way for North Macedonia to join NATO and the EU, without a Greek veto.
The Prespa Agreement, named after a lake that traverses the borders of Greece, North Macedonia and Albania, defined exactly what was meant by “Macedonia” and “Macedonian.” For Greece, according to the agreement, these terms denote an area and people of Greece’s northern region, who continue the legacy of the Ancient Macedonian Hellenic civilization, history and culture, as well as the legacy of Alexander the Great. In reference to North Macedonia, these terms denote the modern territory of North Macedonia, Slavic language and Slavic people with their own history and culture unrelated to the Ancient Macedonians. The agreement also stipulates the removal of North Macedonian irredentist efforts against Greek territory and to align them with UNESCO and Council of Europe’s standards.
The radicalization of an independent Macedonian identity was in the hope that North Macedonians would reject the name change, despite the scholarly and historical consensus that the Ancient Macedonians were Greek. This hoped North Macedonian denunciation of the West was on the basis that resolving the name dispute goes against North Macedonian nationalist doctrine as any name change must support the historical reality that the Ancient Macedonians were Hellenes. This was a bad calculation that encouraged the North Macedonians to concentrate their efforts and resources on historical revisionism on not only Hellenic legacy, but also Bulgarian and Serbian, as historical figures like King Samuel of Bulgaria, Ilyo Voyvoda, Aleksandar Turundzhev, Yane Sandanski, Hristo Batandzhiev and many others are claimed by both North Macedonia and Bulgaria, and the unrecognized and schismatic Macedonian Orthodox Church separated in an ugly divorce from the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1967.
This historical revisionism meant ignoring serious ambitions for a Greater Albania that expands into the western territories of North Macedonia. Ignoring efforts for Albanian expansionism, something that has been partially achieved with the Albanian control of Kosovo, has undermined North Macedonian security and opened the gates for it to become a major puppet of NATO to preserve their territorial integrity. As argued in a previous article, because the overwhelming majority of Albanians want a Greater Albania, it is unlikely to be achieved with Washington’s backing in Greece, Montenegro and North Macedonia as they do not pose a threat to U.S. hegemony in the Balkans, but rather serve it, by resisting Russian influence in the region.
As long as Skopje remains loyal to globalist agendas, the U.S. will not back Albanian expansionism in the country. However, the U.S. can certainly use the Albanian minority as a destabilizing force, as seen with Kosovo’s illegal declaration of independence and the 2001 Albanian uprising in North Macedonia. In addition to Washington having the option to use the Albanians as a destabilizing factor, the Albanians themselves may formant instability without U.S. backing as 53% of the approximately 500,000 Albanians in North Macedonia believe in a Greater Albania.
With Russian influencers failing to invigorate anti-NATO sentiment in North Macedonia, there comes the reality that the Balkan country, confident after the finalization of the name dispute, can now march into the hands of its new NATO puppet masters. It is for this reason that a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official said that: “Russia’s position regarding the expansion of NATO is well known: it is a destructive process that undermines confidence and stability in Europe, leads to increased antagonism.” According to the official, it is not a military threat that North Macedonia would pose to Russia but a set of risks to European security that “must be guaranteed by totally different methods, instead of involving this [Balkan] country in military planning of the Alliance and in an anti-Russian policy.”
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Here is an article that looks at a recent accidental public release of the locations of the American nuclear weapons in Europe:
https://viableopposition.blogspot.com/2019/07/american-nuclear-weapons-in-europe.html
Given that, during the Second World War, Russia lost approximately 9.75 million military personnel and 13.2 million civilians compared to the United States losses of 416,800 military personnel and 1700 civilians, is it any wonder that the Russians fear the presence of American nuclear weapons in Europe and NATO’s expansion?
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Live from Granadaland
Posted on November 16, 2016 by moulty58
If you ever doubted the fact that Punk just had to happen just take a look at the next two videos.As previously mentioned ‘So It Goes’ was a Granada TV production which meant that it was seen in the northwest of England but nowhere else. Living in Norwich I never got to see it but every now and again it was sneered at in the London-centric NME. Denim clad TV presenter Tony Wilson took much of the flak but the show regularly featured Australian smart arse Clive James and even Peter Cook whose persona was not actually that different to Johnny Rotten.
James and the Sex Pistols apparently ‘exchanged words’ off camera and it was apparent from the start that The Pistols were not going to be over grateful for their TV debut opportunity which was to be recorded and transmitted in September 1976.
The same could not be said about the band Gentlemen also making a debut performance. Whatever you might mike of the fiddly diddly sound of the band Gentlemen had their sights set on a musical career. As such they were putting on an act that involved silly gestures and dungaree wearing, it was an act and it was false and that’s one of the reasons why we’ve never heard of Gentlemen again.
The Sex Pistols on the other hand although they still had a bit of an act but it seemed genuine, there was a good chance that they were wearing the clothes they travelled up to Manchester in. The performance should also put paid to the ridiculous claim that the Pistols couldn’t actually play this is one tight performance. Jordan having travelled up with the band to offer emotional support tries to create a bit of controversy by throwing a plastic chair but apart from that it’s all down to the shear ferocity of performance.
Returning to collect his bass later Matlock ran into an old bloke sweeping up the studios who asked if he was in ‘that band’.Fearing a ticking off he replied he was. ‘Good’ the cleaner replied ‘ it’s about time someone wound up that fucking bunch of tossers ‘
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Lol as they say. Couldn’t have been better illustrated!
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Really funny juxtaposition, and excellent point.
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John Wick 3 Movie Review: Keanu Reeves Teams up with Halle Berry and Her Killer Dogs!
Posted by Farid-ul-Haq On May 18, 2019 2 Comments
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In John Wick 3, Keanu Reeves goes to Halle Berry and her killer dogs for help. If that isn’t enough to get you to watch this movie, what is wrong with you? The third installment presents another action-packed adventure with numerous POC and yes, even queer representation! Again, what more do you want? Do watch it!
This review of John Wick 3 contains minor spoilers. You have been warned.
I’m going to begin by saying John Wick 3 isn’t the most well-written movie. There isn’t much of a plot going on here. But all of that doesn’t matter because JW3 knows what kind of film it is supposed to be (already two installments into the successful franchise), and I can’t wait for more.
The fact that it is a Hollywood action franchise being helmed by a POC actor is something to be appreciated. Especially in current times where most major blockbusters are still being helmed by white talent.
Furthermore, the John Wick franchise hasn’t shied away from casting openly queer talent. In the third installment, we have Asia Kate Dillon playing the Adjudicator of the High Table. Their role is amazing and I hope to see them again. Robin Lord Taylor (Gotham) has a fun cameo as the Administrator. The stylistic choices for these characters make sure to let viewers know they aren’t exactly straight.
A fun time, a diverse cast, and queer representation. No wonder I’m in love with this franchise. JW3 is on its way to a weekend debut north of $50 million at the US box office. Yay!
The third installment picks up where the second left off. John is running for his life. We get to know a bit more about his past when he goes to meet the Director (played by the iconic Anjelica Huston). She is a member of the Ruska Roma and his mentor. Getting safe passage from her is what leads John to Morocco to get help from Sofia (Halle Berry) who runs the Moroccan Continental.
With Sofia, the Director, and the Adjudicator, we have well-written women (played by Berry and Houston) and a nonbinary trans character (in Dillon’s case) who rank high in the assassin world. None of them felt out of place or forced, and I loved that.
Sofia and John share a past. Turns out, he helped Sofia save her daughter. I would describe Sofia and John’s relationship as frenemies. It makes sense for Sofia to not want to help John because it could put her daughter in danger. However, again, due to a debt she owes him, Sofia agrees. What follows is an amazing high-intensity action sequence where John, Sofia, and her two dogs work together to take down countless enemies. Seriously, I stopped keeping track of the body count after the first dozen men were killed.
I’m not sure, but I think because of John, Sofia can’t go back to running the Continental. The High Table isn’t going to appreciate her helping him. It will be interesting to see what Sofia ends up doing with her life. Fingers crossed, she comes back to the franchise.
The training Berry (a mother of two) went through for this role, in her 50’s, is no joke. Her months of hard work more than paid off in this film. I loved her fighting style, which incorporated her two dogs. Women, even highly trained ones, aren’t going to find it easy to take down a highly trained man through mere brute force. Sofia’s fighting style focused on being quick and destabilizing her opponent’s balance.
She was John’s equal in her own right. They worked well together during the action-sequence. There wasn’t a single moment where she was shown not being capable of handling the situation on her own or needed John to jump in to save her. They both fought differently yet effectively. It was wonderful to see. And yes, Sofia’s dogs are perfect!
I can’t wait to watch Halle Berry in Bruised. Chad Stahelski, the director of the John Wick series, is reportedly her second-unit director in the upcoming film. She’s in good hands as far as I can tell.
Everyone did justice to their roles. Mark Dacascos is amazing as Zero. He is tasked with killing John, but he is also a fan of John’s work. Such a dynamic between the two makes for some fun interactions as they try to kill each other. Also, shout out to the incredibly talented actors from The Raid franchise. Now, let’s bring Iko Uwais to the JW world.
John Wick 3 ticks all the boxes that create an amazing action film which isn’t based on a superhero property.
There isn’t much of a plot, but it doesn’t matter. The world of assassins is growing, and I can’t wait to see where it goes next.
Seriously, go watch John Wick 3. You won’t be disappointed.
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It’s sumo time!
Posted on July 8, 2012 by Haruko-chan
Flags advertising the presence of the wrestlers. Each flag portrays the name of a wrestler.
Today, July 8th, is the start of the Sumo Grand Tournament in Nagoya. There are six tournaments throughout the year, three of which take place in Tokyo. But come July, everyone in the sumo world travels to Nagoya for the July basho.
The wrestlers arrive in Nagoya about two weeks prior to the start of the tournament. They traditionally stay at a temple, since in the olden days those were the only buildings large enough to house an entire sumo stable (a stable is a group of sumo wrestlers who live and train together, called a ‘beya’ or sometimes ‘heya’ in Japanese).
Inside the temple grounds
Sometimes the training sessions at those temples are open to the public. And guess what? Thanks to a Japanese friend of mine who kindly looked up all the necessary information, we were able to witness one of those training sessions!
Imagine our excitement at being able to watch the titans from close-by, rather than on a tv-screen or from the other side of a giant venue; to get an inside look into the life of a sumo wrestler and watch their daily routine … If you like sumo, it’s exciting to say the least.
Watching sumo training
Beforehand, we were a little worried that we wouldn’t recognize any of the wrestlers (we’re relatively new at this whole sumo thing). But there was no need to worry. Immediately upon arrival we spotted an ozeki (second highest ranking wrestler). I’m not one to get starstruck easily but this made me jump up and down like a little girl on her birthday. “OMG, OMG, it’s Kisenosato!” And there even were two other guys that we recognized. One of them was a wrestler from the Czech Republic called Takanoyama and the other one was rising star Takayasu. They are all members of the Narutobeya.
After the training everyone was invited to a bowl of ‘chankonabe’, the traditional sumo wrestlers’ food. It is a thick soup with lots of protein and vegetables. Ingredients include chicken, tofu, eggs, cabbage, onion, daikon … Sumo wrestlers are able to gain a lot of weight quickly by eating vast amounts of chankonabe and rice at lunch time, followed by taking a nap in the afternoon.
Chankonabe ingredients before cooking. The uncooked ingredients might not look like much but the finished chankonabe was delicious!
To our surprise, the wrestlers themselves were handing out the nabe. I would never have imagined an ozeki to carry out such a lowly task. But there he was, Kisenosato himself, handing out bowls of nabe to the fans.
Sumo wrestlers handing out chankonabe. From left to right: Takayasu, Takanoyama, Wakanosato and Kisenosato.
Dennis gets his bowl of chankonabe from Kisenosato himself. Lucky!
Chankonabe changing hands
We were able to get very close to the wrestlers. When watching them on tv, you don’t fully realize how big these guys really are. Sure, they look fat, but they are also very tall (for a Japanese that is) and very broad. I imagine they must be incredibly strong as well. What an experience to meet them face to face!
If you’re in the Nagoya area, don’t miss your chance to see live sumo. The basho is held every day from now until July 22nd. Follow the links below for more information.
Japan Sumo Association homepage (in English)
Ticket information. Click through to the Chunichi Shinbun web site. They have a page in English that seems to work well.
Current banzuke (ranking of all the top-players, with links to their profiles).
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Vikki on June 26, 2013 at 3:14 am said:
Hi I was just wondering where’s the temple you watched the sumo practice? We live in Nagoya and would love to see this too. We do have tickets for the basho but it would be fun to see them up close.
Haruko-chan on July 1, 2013 at 4:29 pm said:
Sorry for taking a while to respond. I had to ask my Japanese friend who arranged it for us last year about the name of the temple. The temple is called DAIYOUIN だいゆういん in Nagakute. Phone (0561)62-1206, website http://www.daiyou-in.jp/touin/
Naruto Beya is training there now. Unfortunately the chanko nabe day was yesterday but you can still see them train every day. There is no reservation necessary. You just go there quite early in the day. I believe they start training around 6am and finish before 9am. It depends on the day.
Let me know if you have any trouble. In that case I will put you in touch with my Japanese friend in Nagakute. Best of luck!
jasper on August 28, 2012 at 2:50 am said:
cool dudes.
Where are there swords?
Haruko-chan on August 28, 2012 at 5:15 pm said:
Even without any swords, you don’t want to get these guys angry. They could just pick you up and break you in half if they wanted 🙂
angrygaijin on July 23, 2012 at 7:51 pm said:
That Czech sumo looks so small! Does he know what he’s getting into? Or maybe I should not underestimate his power!
A sumo once came to my middle school to take a kid away for the sumo training. The guy who came was hyuuuuuuuuge! 🙂
Haruko-chan on July 23, 2012 at 8:05 pm said:
The Czech guy does have a bit of trouble facing the heavier guys. He’s constantly going from Maegashira to Juryo and back, because he’s too good for Juyro but not strong enough for Maegashira. I have no idea why he doesn’t gain more weight. But of course compared to your regular Joe, he’s still very strong and big.
Ayako Mathies on July 9, 2012 at 11:30 pm said:
My goodness, what a great experience you’ve had!! I’ve never done this. Never been to a sumo match though I’ve encountered wrestlers in restaurants in Tokyo ^^ but they are their private selves then. That chankonabe looks great.
It was a great experience indeed! The wrestlers were quite different in real life. Right before a match Kisenosato’s face is so tense. He’s blinking the whole time. When he’s at training, he looks completely different, a lot more relaxed and likeable.
The chankonabe was delicious! It’s amazing that the wrestlers can get so big on such a healthy diet.
If you’re interested in sumo, you should go see a match one of these days. What I like about it is that you get a feel for the atmosphere of the whole thing when you’re there in person. Even if you just buy one of the cheap seats, it’s still a nice experience. Bring binoculars though 🙂
japanaustralia on July 9, 2012 at 12:24 pm said:
The sumo is a must see event in Japan and there are six tournaments annually in Japan spread over the year. The Nagoya tournament in July is one of my favourites.
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Is there any particular reason why you like the Nagoya tournament?
japanaustralia on July 15, 2012 at 9:53 am said:
Probably because we live in Gifu, which is just next door to Nagoya, so its our local tournament.
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A tea pub is coming to London soon
Brew, the concept of a tea salon
A tea pub it will soon open in London and it's going to be a place where tea will be treated like a serious drink.
by Ana Isabel Figueira
28 June 2015 08:09 Updated on 28 June 2015 08:48
A Tea Pub named "Brew" it will soon open its doors in London. "Brew" is going to be a place where tea will be treated like a serious drink with the comfort of a pub, in which instead of pints of beer, pots of tea will be served alongside cocktails.
Catering specially to tea enthusiasts, the idea is to serve teapots in the day and tea cocktails at night to bring an "accessible tea-out experience". This new project is going to serve drinks that are carefully crafted using loose leaves, along with light food and a selection of cakes that compliment the different flavours.
During the night tea-themed cocktails will be served, like English Breakfast Martinis, Green Tea and Oolong Martinis. There will be afternoon tasting sessions and enthusiasts will be able to take part with the chance to try three different flavours with three different types of cake to compare the flavours compliment the food. For those who don't appreciate the national drink, drinking chocolate, beer and wine will also be available.
Alex Holland, a connoisseur, the brain behind the project and the founder, explained that with "Brew" he hopes to convert people to drinking loose leaf tea after they realize that it embodies more flavour than commercialized bagged tea.
Loose leaf is far superior from the bagged one and besides that Alex wants to restore prestige to the national drink. He wants to offer something nice where people who like tea can go and enjoy.
This brainchild project of Alex Holland is currently in the Crowdfounding stage. Alex and his team, which includes food entrepreneurs Giuseppe Mascoli, founder of Franco Manca, and Iqbal Wahhab, founder of Roast and Cinnamon Club, have been working with organizations, such as Switchback.
The idea is to give back to community sourcing from small growers where the tea is grown and processed. With that, every pot sold by Brew helps small growers and the profit goes to the community. Holland also intends to offer work experience and job opportunities to ex-offenders.
Serious drinkers will be able to buy tea by the pot, with prices ranging between £4.50 - £9/10 for four cups.
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In 2015, AIS started a new fixed broadband business through a pure fiber optic network under the brand ‘AIS Fibre’. As of 1Q17, AIS Fibre had 373,900 subscribers with service coverage of 5.2mn homepass in 28 provinces. Striving to become a significant player in the next 3 years, we continue to expand our business and build stronger operational foundation.
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May 18, 2017 January 29, 2017 Dana Hunter
On this day in 1980, an earthquake beneath Mount St. Helens got everyone’s attention. Within two months, much of her summit would be lying on the North Fork Toutle River valley floor, the lush forests stripped away, and our views of her changed forever.
C’mon, sweetie! Just a little eruption for your Aunty Dana. Please?! Image courtesy Suzanne B., used with permission.
My dear friend Suzanne took the above photograph during one of our visits. Perspective makes the grass look almost as tall as me -but it’s waist-high at best, possibly shorter. I was completely entranced by the mountain, so I didn’t notice the exact height. But I’d probably remember slogging through something trying to poke me in the eyeballs. And, of course, the volcano towers over us all, even though it’s off in the distance up and across the broad valley.
It’s not just perspective that makes Mount St. Helens look so huge. It is so huge! To give you an idea of how huge, even with nearly two thousand feet of its summit missing, check this out: Continue reading “The Mind-Boggling Scale of Mount St. Helens’ Crater” →
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April 17, 2017 Dana HunterAbuse, analysis, book, Carolyn Jessop, cult, Escape, FLDS, forced marriage, polygamy, religion, review, Warren Jeffs
This chapter has a lot of child abuse. So I’m going to put this right up front:
Content Note for severe physical abuse of a child.
In the Jessop household, showing any degree of spine to Barbara results in punishment. She thrives on it. So when all her sister wives do their best to keep things calm and peaceful after Merril’s heart attack, it’s only a few weeks before she escalates to get a rise out of them. She incites the children of the household to act up in hopes of provoking the wives to attack them, just so she’ll have a reason to discipline them. Carolyn’s turn comes when she calls some of the girls out for gossiping about a girl at their school who is being bullied. She snaps at them, calling them hypocrites for pretending to be shocked, considering the way they treat the wives.
She expects Barbara to come at her for it. But instead, Barbara attacks her son, Patrick. Continue reading “(Repost) “He Couldn’t Breathe” – Escape Chapter 24: Patrick’s Abuse” →
April 17, 2017 April 17, 2017 Dana HunterAbuse, analysis, book, Carolyn Jessop, cult, Escape, FLDS, forced marriage, polygamy, religion, review, Warren Jeffs
April 5, 2017 Dana HunterABA therapy, ableism, acceptance, autism, Autism Speaks, neurodiversity, torture
April is Autism Awareness Month. The first thing you need to be aware of is that organizations like Autism Speaks aren’t helping autistic people. They’re harming them. We’ll get to that in a minute. First, I’d like to make you aware of some things.
I don’t have a formal diagnosis, but it’s 99.998% certain your humble blogger is autistic. I’ve done a bunch of assessments for autism overall and how women (girls) present as autistic, and everything comes back as “Whelp, you’re autistic as fuck. Congratulations!”
Note I say I am autistic. Not “I have autism.” Nor “I am a person with autism.” That’s because it’s not a disease or a disability (except insofar as the world isn’t built to accommodate autistic people). It’s the way my brain processes the world. Those personality quirks that make me the unique me that I am? The vast majority come from me being autistic AF.
I don’t want to be cured. I like my autistic self just fine, thank you. So when you say you want to find a cure for autism, it sounds an awful lot like you’re saying you want to erase me and my autistic friends.
That last one’s pretty shocking, right? I mean, we all hear about how horrible and disabling autism is. Pitiable parents appear on television, blogs, and in glossy magazine articles talking about how their bright and beautiful babies suddenly became aloof aliens. No eye contact, no hugs, no words, no love! Meltdowns! Delays! My kid is a lemon and I want my money back! Oh, and it was probably because of vaccines. My abnormal psych book had a whole section devoted to how you could only maybe rescue an autistic kid from a life of certain complete dysfunction and probable institutionalization by devoting yourself full-time to rescuing them. Otherwise, they’d spend all their lives unable to even wipe themselves after taking a shit.
Who wouldn’t want a cure for that terrible disease?
(PS: I assumed I wasn’t autistic for over 40 years because my life wasn’t the empathy-devoid wasteland these folks assured me it should be.)
Only it’s not as bad as all that.
Autistic brains just process things differently from non-autistic brains. A good number of our “disabilities” aren’t so disabling once people make allowances for that fact. Like, if you don’t insist on us making eye contact all the time, we can connect and converse just fine. If you let us do our stims, we won’t melt down so much. If you listen to us, we can tell you just what we need to thrive.
You can even listen to those of us who can’t speak. Technology allows that to happen. Just because a person can’t speak doesn’t mean they don’t have plenty to say.
So, at the end of this post, you’ll find a list of blogs and organizations that will tell you more about autism, what autistic people need, and how you can be a good ally. Now we’ll talk about one way to definitely not be a good ally: Continue reading “For Autism Awareness Month, Listen to Autistic People” →
Part 4: The Nazi Conscience Chapter 2: The Politics of Virtue
April 3, 2017 Dana Hunter1930s, 2016 election, America, antisemitism, book, conditions, culture, dictator, fascism, Holocaust, media, Nazi Germany, politics, propaganda, racism, review, The Nazi Conscience, totalitarianism, trump, white supremacy
Content note for antisemitism, Trump, eliminationist rhetoric.
Once Hitler realized he’d need to dial back the antisemitic rhetoric in order win power, he began glorifying the Volk and calling Germans to unify instead. But of course Jews were not part of that Volk. He’d perfected the art of the dog whistle. Even a Jewish woman who went to one of his rallies heard “nothing even against the Jews.”
But, like Trump, Hitler managed to speak for hours without saying much of anything at all. She could have been describing a Trump rally: “[He] put up sham accusations, only to refute them, used slogans by the hour, and said nothing else than praise of himself…” Yet his admirers ate it all up. It’s so similar to Trump and his fans it’s terrifying.
Many people tried to wave away Hitler’s antisemitism, just like many people today try to pretend Trump and the Republicans aren’t bigoted scumlords. But a quick glance at either party’s platform quickly reveals the truth. The proof is in the planks. When your planks consist of racist, bigoted bullshit, your protestations that you’re not a bigoted racist can only be believed by those who need to pretend they’re not with you because of your most vile beliefs.
One particular Nazi Party Program Plank is horribly similar to things Trump is doing to our own Muslim immigrants: “‘non-Germans’ who had immigrated after 1914 would be expelled from Germany.”
And, like Hitler, Trump is leaving open racism to his surrogates while he proclaims himself to be the least racist person on the planet. Folks: When someone supports racist party planks and appoints virulent racists to high positions, that person is a fucking racist. The mask will come off the second he’s deceived enough of you so that he no longer needs it. Believe his actions, not his words.
The smaller commonalities between Trump and Hitler are also jarring. Both used the third person to refer to themselves, for instance. Both unsuccessfully ran for election before winning power. Both have a taste for grandiosity.
And both tenuously rose to power on a wave of hate. We’ll be analyzing that next.
We’re studying The Nazi Conscience as a way to prepare for what’s happening now. If you want to read along, you can pick up an inexpensive used copy at Amazon. Buying through that link also supports my blogging, so thank you!
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Wallace’s Woeful Wager: How a Founder of Modern Biology Got Suckered by Flat-Earthers
March 20, 2017 Dana HunterAlfred Russel Wallace, creationists, flat earth, paradoxers, Samuel Birley Rowbotham, Shaquille O'Neal, Theoretical Astronomy Examined and Exposed, wager
In light of Shaq claiming the earth is flat, I figured it was time to publish this article here. Is it always a bad idea to make a wager with a flat earther? Cuz I’d love to bet Shaq that a high-altitude flight would prove the earth’s quite round.
In January of 1870, Alfred Russel Wallace found himself on a collision-course with a group of creationists who fervently believed the earth is flat. The father of biogeography, co-discoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection, seems an unlikely sort to be mixed in with religious fanatics on a question of geography settled since the 3rd century BC. Why was such a venerable 19th century man of science accepting wagers from flat-earthers regarding the shape of our planet?
Simply put: It looked like easy money.
Really, ten minutes and a telescope should have done it. Alas, nothing is easy when it comes to creationists, as Wallace would learn to his sorrow:
The next matter was a much more serious one, and cost me fifteen years of continued worry, litigation, and persecution, with the final loss of several hundred pounds. And it was all brought upon me by my own ignorance and my own fault—ignorance of the fact so well shown by the late Professor de Morgan—that “paradoxers,” as he termed them, can never be convinced, and my fault in wishing to get money by any kind of wager. It constitutes, therefore, the most regrettable incident in my life.
Sir Charles Lyell, father of modern geology, shared Wallace’s ignorance. They may have steered a much different course had they known the history of the men they hoped to defeat.
Alfred Russel Wallace, Singapore, 1862. The poor man had no idea he’d be tormented by a flat-earth creationist within the decade.
19th century Britain was one of the epicenters of the scientific revolution. But with progress comes pushback. Alarmed believers strove to shore up the Bible’s authority, some going much further than others. Not many of them went to greater extremes than Samuel Birley Rowbotham.
Known as Parallax, he was a Biblical literalist, young earth creationist, and quack who believed in a flat, disc-shaped Earth. The North Pole stood at its center, and that was it; in his cosmology, there was no such beast as a South Pole. He backed his contentions with bad math, bogus experiments, and Bible verses. He revived the ancient flat-earth idea and gave it a modern patina of “science,” then used the result to stir up controversy for cash.
One of his many popular lectures on the subject converted William Carpenter, who loved the idea more for its poke in the eye it gave to the scientific establishment than for reasons of biblical fealty. Determined to rid the world of round-earth ideas, he wrote a scathing book called Theoretical Astronomy Examined and Exposed under the (mis)nom(er) de plume Common Sense.
This book soon came to the attention of the man who was to vex Alfred Russel Wallace so sorely. John Hampden, a Protestant rector’s son and all-round arch-conservative, had plenty of leisure time for engaging in argument. His father had left him independently wealthy, although, perhaps suspecting his eldest son would prove prone to causing controversy, stipulated in his will that John would be reduced to a meager £50 per year if he ever did anything to sully the venerable name of Hampden.
John Hampden wasted little time doing just that. After dropping out of Oxford, he occupied himself by publishing various tracts demanding that the Church of England be reformed “on strict Protestant lines.” A staunch biblical literalist “bent on defending Genesis to the hilt,” he was ripe pickings for Carpenter’s flat-earth crusade. Upon reading Theoretical Astronomy, he became convinced the earth was flat, and he had the Bible verses to prove it. Putting his tract-making skills to work, he quickly produced pamphlets such as The Popularity of Error and the Unpopularity of Truth: Shewing the World to be a Stationary Plane and Not a Revolving Globe, purporting to prove the pancake-osity of the planet.
This was the era of steam-powered printing presses and vastly expanding public interest in science, fed by vigorous journalism – a veritable Information Age rather like our own. Like our modern creationists, John Hampden looked on in horror as the masses slurped up all the science they could hold, including the round-earth heresy. He made it his mission to eradicate such ideas from the public consciousness, even when his bombastic techniques horrified his flat-earth grandfather Parallax. Sounding like the Borg of Hampden, he declared that spherical earth theories had to go: “All further resistance is useless.”
And he was willing to wager his money on it.
On January 12th, 1870, Hampden threw down his gauntlet in the weekly journal Scientific Opinion.
What is to be said of the pretended philosophy of the 19th century, when not one educated man in ten thousand knows the shape of the earth on which he dwells? Why, it must be a huge sham! The undersigned is willing to deposit from £50 to £500, on reciprocal terms, and defies all the philosophers, divines and scientific professors in the United Kingdom to prove the rotundity and revolution of the world from Scripture, from reason, or from fact. He will acknowledge that he has forfeited his deposit, if his opponent can exhibit, to the satisfaction of any intelligent referee, a convex railway, river, canal, or lake. JOHN HAMPDEN
Alfred Russel Wallace saw the ad. Though it must have seemed like the easiest of easy money, he was cautious, and consulted a man whom he held in the highest esteem.
Before accepting this challenge I showed it to Sir Charles Lyell, and asked him whether he thought I might accept it. He replied, “Certainly. It may stop these foolish people to have it plainly shown them.”
Poor Wallace, like Lyell, thought that Hampden only needed to be shown some proof in order to accept the plain fact that the earth is round. He knew nothing of Hampden and his ilk, or he may never have accepted the wager. But in addition to wanting to win a cool £500, he believed “that a practical demonstration would be more convincing than the ridicule with which such views are usually met.” He was about to find out that practical demonstrations have absolutely no effect on these truest of true believers.
The first signs that Hampden was determined to win by crook if he couldn’t manage a victory by hook came when Wallace wrote in response to his advertisement, graciously accepting the challenge. Wallace offered to prove the earth’s curvature by measuring “the convexity of a canal or lake.” As for where this was to be done, he was amenable to any suitable stretch of water. “A canal will do if you can find one which is nearly straight for four miles without locks; if not, I propose Bala Lake, in North Wales, as a place admirably suited for the experiment.” He thought any of the editors of several popular science or sporting journals could would be suitably unbiased referees; if not them, then perhaps “any well known Land Surveyor, or Civil Engineer, or any Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.”
Hampden at first seemed quite above-board about the thing, agreeing that Mr. John Henry Walsh, editor of the Field magazine, should serve as referee. Walsh was an ideal choice, as he knew neither of them, was a non-scientist with no skin in the globe-vs-flat-earth game, and had prior experience deciding wagers. But shortly after funds were placed in Walsh’s hands to guarantee the wager, Hampden demanded a referee of his own.
Wallace didn’t see a problem with this, writing back:
Your wish to have a second referee is quite reasonable, and I accede to it at once, only stipulating that he shall not be a personal acquaintance of your own, and shall be a man in some public position as Editor, Author, Engineer, &c.
Hampden, having no scruples in his crusade to prove the earth flat like he was certain the Bible proved, wasted no time in choosing William Carpenter. Yes, that William Carpenter. The one who had converted him to flat-eartherism, with whom he was monetarily entangled, and who could only just be called an author. Having thus secured a referee biased wholly in his favor, Hampden proposed a straight six-mile stretch on Old Bedford Canal for the location of the experiment.
Wallace didn’t know that this same stretch had already been used by Parallax in his own attempts to prove the earth flat – which feat he’d managed by holding his telescope a mere eight inches above the water, thus allowing refraction to interfere with his measurements and give the impression that he was sighting along an utterly flat stretch of water resting on a flat earth. It was a classic example of a poorly-designed experiment yielding invalid results. Hampden was loading the dice as much as he could manage.
So that was how Alfred Russel Wallace, venerable naturalist and science legend, ended up that March on a cold canal in Norfolk, England, squinting through telescopes in a valiant but vain effort to prove the shape of the earth to committed creationists. Since Walsh couldn’t be there for the whole week of experiments, a surgeon and amateur astronomer named Mr. Martin Wales Bedell Coulcher acted as Wallace’s referee. All the interested parties watched Wallace’s painstaking experiment, which had been designed to correct for refraction.
The iron parapet of Welney bridge was thirteen feet three inches above the water of the canal. The Old Bedford bridge, about six miles off, was of brick and somewhat higher. On this bridge I fixed a large sheet of white calico, six feet long and three feet deep, with a thick black band along the centre, the lower edge of which was the same height from the water as the parapet of Welney bridge; so that the centre of it would be as high as the line of sight of the large six-inch telescope I had brought with me. At the centre point, about three miles from each bridge, I fixed up a long pole with two red discs on it, the upper one having its centre the same height above the water as the centre of the black band and of the telescope, while the second disc was four feet lower down. It is evident that if the surface of the water is a perfectly straight line for the six miles, then the three objects—the telescope, the top disc, and the black band—being all exactly the same height above the water, the disc would be seen in the telescope projected upon the black band; whereas, if the six-mile surface of the water is convexly curved, then the top disc would appear to be decidedly higher than the black band, the amount due to the known size of the earth being five feet eight inches, which amount will be reduced a little by refraction to perhaps about five feet.
“The above diagrams illustrate the experiment made. The curved line in Fig. 1, and the straight line in Fig. 2, show the surface of the canal on the two theories of a round or a flat earth.” Image and caption by Alfred Russel Wallace, from My Life.
This experiment showed curvature, as it could not fail to do. Hampden’s mentor and referee Carpenter signed the sketch of the results produced by Mr. Coulcher, affirming it indeed showed what they both had seen.
Coulcher’s sketch, reproduced in Alfred Russel Wallace’s autobiography My Life.
However, he declared those results were unable to prove the earth was a globe “because the telescope was not leveled, and because it had no cross-hair!”
Wallace, being at pains to ensure that there would be no doubt about the results, proceeded to recalibrate the experiment to Carpenter’s specifications, and ran it again.
At his request to have a spirit-level in order to show if there was any “fall” of the surface of water, I had been to King’s Lynn and borrowed a good Troughton’s level from a surveyor there. This I now set up on the bridge at exactly the same height above the water as the other telescope, and having levelled it very accurately and called Mr. Carpenter to see that the bubble was truly central and that the least movement of the screws elevating or depressing it would cause the bubble to move away, I adjusted the focus on to the distant bridge, and showing also the central staff and its two discs…. We then fixed a calico flag on the parapet to make it more visible, and drove back with the instruments to Old Bedford bridge, where I set up the level again at the proper height above the water, and again asked both the referees to make sketches of what was seen in the level-telescope. This they did. Mr. Carpenter’s was rather more accurately drawn, and Mr. Coulcher signed them as being correct, and both are reproduced here.
“These two views, as seen by means of the inverting telescope, are exact representations of the sketches taken by Mr. Hampden’s Referee, and attested by Dr. Coulcher as being correct in both cases: first, from Welney Bridge; and secondly, from the Old Bedford Bridge.” Image and caption from My Life.
This new setup showed the same thing as the first: the earth was indubitably curved. No reasonable person could doubt it. Alas, Wallace was not dealing with reasonable persons. They responded in true creationist fashion: by completely refusing to deal with reality.
Mr. Hampden declined to look through either telescope, saying he trusted to Mr. Carpenter; while the latter declared positively that they had won, and that we knew it; that the fact that the distant signal appeared below the middle one as far as the middle one did below the cross-hair, proved that the three were in a straight line, and that the earth was flat, and he rejected the view in the large telescope as proving nothing for the reasons already stated.
They were at an impasse. At first, Hampden refused an umpire to decide between the referees. Eventually, he agreed to have Walsh review the results, and both sides sent in sketches and reports. Walsh weighed the evidence, decided it did indeed prove the earth was spherical, and published both materials and his conclusion in the Field.
Hampden threw a fit. Carpenter wrote “a long argument to show that the experiments were all in Mr. Hampden’s favour.” This diatribe didn’t sway Walsh. He declared Wallace the positive winner, and, despite Hampden demanding his money back, gave the winnings to Wallace.
Unfortunately, British law didn’t protect gentlemen’s interests when it came to bets, even if the wager was strictly along scientific lines, and would eventually force Wallace to give the money back. Of course, by then, that amount was offset by the judgements entered in Wallace’s favor against Hampden, who had embarked on an extraordinary 15-year campaign of abuse and libel that landed him in both jail and court several times. He sent vitriolic letters to everyone he could think of, including Wallace’s wife:
“Mrs. Wallace,—Madam, if your infernal thief of a husband is brought home some day on a hurdle, with every bone in his head smashed to pulp, you will know the reason. Do you tell him from me he is a lying infernal thief, and as sure as his name is Wallace he never dies in his bed.
“You must be a miserable wretch to be obliged to live with a convicted felon. Do not think or let him think I have done with him.
“John Hampden.”
Death threats were beyond the pale of English law, as were various and sundry libelous statements and a refusal to desist when court-ordered to. Wallace won several actions, but Hampden declared bankruptcy, probably to prevent him from collecting damages. In the end, with all the court costs, and despite being the wronged party throughout it all, Wallace’s woeful wager cost him several hundred pounds and no end of trouble.
Still, he’d done his best to, as Lyell said, “stop these foolish people.” He’d learned a valuable lesson we would be wise to heed today: don’t accept wagers from men who are religiously motivated to believe in easily-disproved notions such as the idea of a flat earth. And he’d shown with an elegant little experiment that the earth is definitely round, which our images from space gorgeously support.
Flat-earth belief didn’t die with Hampden. You can read all about it in Christine Garwood’s remarkable book, Flat Earth: the History of an Infamous Idea.
Garwood, Christine (2007): Flat Earth: the History of an Infamous Idea. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books.
Wallace, A.R. (1905): My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions. London: Chapman and Hall. Volume 2.
Wallace, A.R. Reply to Mr Hampden’s Charges Against Mr Wallace. The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 22
Originally published at Rosetta Stones
Gorgeous Shots of Mount Etna in Eruption
March 19, 2017 March 19, 2017 Dana Hunter
Over at Rosetta Stones, I’ve got an article up talking about phreatic eruptions and the recent excitement on Etna. I of course had to have a photo to go with it. The glorious problem in selecting said photo is that I run across so many awesome photos that don’t really illustrate the article, but are too good not to share. So it’s my great pleasure to share them with you here. And stay tuned at the end for some awesome video footage of phreatic eruptions and what happens when people get caught in them!
That is some hot lava there. Seriously hot. I mean, it’s not a big eruption, but it’s still enough to turn the entire sky orange… Continue reading “Gorgeous Shots of Mount Etna in Eruption” →
Kitty Time! Meet Sakura no Hana
March 6, 2017 Dana Hunter
Things have been rather eventful round the Hunter household. I’ve been interviewing all week for a job at a company one of my hardest-to-please friends utterly adores working for. Turns out they’re considering me for at least two positions, so now it’s just a matter of which department makes the better offer. It’ll be tough for a while: it’s full time, and it’s in Redmond, which is a hell of a commute from here. But B and I can move closer after we’ve both been employed for a couple of months, so that’s not a long-term problem.
Seeing as how I look to be getting back into the handsomely compensated portion of the workforce, and considering C has been so inconsiderate as to have her kitties move in with her instead of letting them stay with us,* and furthermore taking into account the fact that everyone in the household was suffering from a distinct lack of feline companionship due to the fact Misha only hangs out with me, I decided we were going to get another cat soon. So B and I headed out on Thursday to have a preliminary look at adoptable kitties. Continue reading “Kitty Time! Meet Sakura no Hana” →
March 5, 2017 Dana Hunter1930s, 2016 election, America, antisemitism, book, conditions, culture, dictator, fascism, Holocaust, media, Nazi Germany, politics, propaganda, racism, review, The Nazi Conscience, totalitarianism, trump, white supremacy
Hitler managed to persuade a German court to hand him a mild 5-year sentence for treason, rather than deporting him or imprisoning him for life. But he’d had to tone down his bigotry for the courts, and his followers were upset.
They needn’t have worried.
Hitler, once his future was secure, was more than happy to return to spouting his poisonous antisemitism. He assured them that his earlier ideas about the Jews were, if anything, “too mild.” He cast the conflict between Jews and Germans as “a question of life and death.” He turned his attention toward spewing venom to Rudolph Hess, who compiled his ravings into the book that would become Mein Kampf. He amped up his exterminationist rhetoric, describing Jews as parasites, freeloaders, “a dangerous bacillus,” maggots, and poisoners. He called for their extermination.
So, remember: if a Nazi or other bigot dials back their rhetoric in the face of legal trouble or social sanctions, don’t trust their change of heart until it’s backed up by subsequent, sustained actions. Watch for them to return to and possibly intensify their previous hateful speech and actions. Once the coast is relatively clear, they will revert to their true selves.
Hitler spent a mere ten months in prison, and once he was released, he set about unifying his followers before reaching out for new ones. He’d learned how to dog whistle. Because more educated people wouldn’t respond as favorably to overt bigotry, and because fomenting hate and violence could get him silenced or deported, he resorted to a more veiled antisemitism. He would speak about “one single enemy.” He used racist humor and metaphors. Continue reading “Part 3: The Nazi Conscience Chapter 2: The Politics of Virtue” →
New at Rosetta Stones: Four Fantastic Black Geologists
March 2, 2017 March 1, 2017 Dana Hunter
People. You have to meet these geoscientists! They are awesome. Their work is fascinating. And they are ensuring that we have a whole new generation of kids who will adore the good science of rock-breaking.
So. Head on over to Rosetta Stones, and meet John T. Leftwich, Zelma Maine Jackson, Bernard Hubbard, and Estella Atekwana. And, while we’re at it, have this lovely view of Mount Nyiragongo at night. It’s part of the African rift zone, which Dr. Atekwana is currently researching.
Continue reading “New at Rosetta Stones: Four Fantastic Black Geologists” →
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by The 1851 Chronicle • Sports • Tags: addington, Claire Crittendon, features, sports, volleyball
By Claire Crittendon – Features Editor
Olivia Addington (‘19) now works as Lasell women’s volleyball coach as well as in the office of admissions.
Photo by Olivia Addington.
Since August, recent Lasell graduate Olivia Addington has been serving along- side Dana Jones as assistant coach to the women’s volleyball team. Graduating from Lasell in May 2019 with a degree in public relations, Addington was also hired this September as an admission counselor.
Addington played as a starter for women’s volleyball during her four years as an under- graduate student. She joined Angele Lavoie Piotrowski (‘07) as the only two players in school history to break 1,000 career digs and 1,000 career kills during her tenure at Lasell. The California-native finished her career with 1,325 kills (ranking second in school history) and 1,177 digs (fourth most). In her junior year campaign, Addington broke the record for kills in a match (27) as well as records for kills in a three-set match (19) and the standard in a four-set match (22) established in 2016.
From player to coach
Addington described the transition from player to coach as a weird but fulfilling switch. “The first tournament, when I didn’t hear my name being called from the starters list, that’s kind of when it first hit me,” said Addington.
“Being a coach, it’s definitely completely different but it’s also another type of excitement. Being able to tell someone something to fix [their] form or maybe they should try this during a game, and then seeing the results from that,” Addington said, “you get a certain amount of pleasure and joy from that.”
Because Addington was a member of the team just last year, she admitted to worrying about the dynamic of coaching her once- teammates. “There was definitely that moment when I was getting hired that I was like, oh man, are they going to respect what I say?” But she says she has had no such issue. In part, she thanks the fact that she was a captain during her junior and senior years. “They’re such great girls that they do understand the line of respect,” said Addington.
Addington prides herself on being able to relate to her players, as she has spent many years in their shoes. “I’m able to pull them aside [during games] and be like, ‘hey, what’s up? Tell me what’s wrong, how can I help? How can I fix this?’ … I know every single emotion that can go through their heads, because I’ve done it for the past eight years, having those emotions on the court” said Addington.
Junior Meghan Carroll said, “I played with Olivia for two years before this year and she is an amazing player. Even as a player, she was always giving me advice on how to improve. Now having her as a coach, it’s no different. She is always giving me ways on how the team and us as individuals can be better volleyball players and leaders. She really knows the game and how to teach it.”
Addington is enjoying working with her old coach, Jones. “[He] has some amazing philosophies that he follows,” she said. Her and Jones work to incorporate her past experiences to adjust things such a pre-game drills to fully benefit the players. While she says her and Jones don’t have identical coaching styles, they work very well together.
In addition to coaching, Addington also works in the office of admissions as an admission counselor. When she was a student, she joined the Blue Key Society in 2016 and worked as a student ambassador until her graduation.
Director of Admissions Yavuz Kiremit said working with Olivia has been amazing. “Olivia was a wonderful ambassador to the college, was a wonderful tour guide and when we had this position open this past fall … we knew that she would be a fantastic admissions counselor,” said Kiremit.
Addington is amazed by the talent and growth her players continually display, and her players and employers confidently say the same about her.
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HomeMilitary AviationFour A-10 tankbusters have landed on a highway (in Estonia): it’s the first time since 1984!
Four A-10 tankbusters have landed on a highway (in Estonia): it’s the first time since 1984!
June 20, 2016 David Cenciotti Military Aviation, Russia, Troubled Areas 3
A-10 Thunderbolt II practiced Cold War-style landing on a highway during Ex. Saber Strike 2016.
For the first time in 32 years, four A-10 Warthogs, belonging to the 127th Wing, Michigan National Guard, performed highway landing practice: it occurred in Estonia, as part of Saber Strike 16 exercise, on Jun. 20.
A @usairforce A-10 lands on a highway for 1st time in 30 years as part of exercise #SaberStrike in #Estonia pic.twitter.com/rDxhB8ovVY
— US Mission to NATO (@USNATO) 20 giugno 2016
Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to improve joint interoperability through a range of missions that prepare the 14 participating nations to support multinational contingency operations.
After WWII and through the Cold War some countries developed the concept of highway strips to get rid off one of the basic drawbacks of combat plane – runway dependency – in case of nuclear war. Airstrips and their coordinates were not secret, neither in the West nor in Soviet Russia. Obviously they would be destroyed in the beginning of any conflict.
Designed in the 1920s and 30s, the German Autobahn had sections that could be used as runways by tactical jets as well as military cargo planes: for instance, the A-29 between Ahlhorn and Groβenkneten is one example of highway where, during the Cold War, NATO planners built a road to accommodate NATO aircraft if a war with the Soviets broke out.
In that period, even Warsaw Pact countries had several highway strips: Poland had as many as 21 DOLs, Drogowy Odcinek Lotniskowy, which is a Polish name for highway strips: improvised runways made of hightway section with wider ends to provide parking spaces for the planes.
One of these is still located near Stettin (Szczecin) on the Voyvodeship Road 142 near the S3 State Road on the German-planned highway towards Kaliningrad. This highway was built in the 1930s by Adolf Hitler and was a part of the Reichsautobahn network which emerged before the WWII; the remaining ones are mostly out of use.
Highway landings were part of the standard training conducted mainly in Central, Eastern and Northern Europe during the Cold War. With the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, highway take-offs and landings became less frequent.
However, with the renewed Russian threat, training for operations from dispersed places, including public roads, has gradually resumed and involves Finnish and Swedish planes and after more than 30 years, even the U.S. A-10 tankbusters, frequent visitors of Russia’s backyard lately.
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Notebook: true team effort leads to dominating SDSU victory
Senior running back Rashaad Penny outruns a slew of UC Davis defenders during SDSU's 38-17 win.
Photo by Kelly Smiley
by Zach Engberg, Sports Editor
San Diego State football opened its 2017 season with a 38-17 victory over FCS opponent UC Davis.
The Aztecs, which were littered with underclassmen and first-time starters, opened the game with a 38-3 run before the Aggies closed the gap late.
Here are some notable news and trends from the contest.
It’s getting hot in here
The game-time temperature clocked in at 95 degrees, the second-hottest recorded temperature for an SDSU home game, behind its contest vs North Dakota State on Sept. 15, 2012, which came in at 97 degrees.
The heat did not stop fans from coming out, as the crowd rounded out at 46,132, nearly 9,000 higher than the 2016 game average of 37,289.
[Insert stadium name here]
As of Friday, Sept. 1, SDSU’s home stadium was no longer Qualcomm Stadium, as the naming rights for the long-standing stadium expired at the end of August.
Any reference to Qualcomm was erased from the stadium, leaving only the word “Stadium” on top of the West end zone video board and “Welcome to (blank) Stadium” at the entrance to the parking lot.
The deadline to submit naming rights was September 1, and according to the San Diego Union Tribune, Qualcomm did not apply to renew.
Many Aztec fans on Twitter had suggestions, ranging from bringing back Jack Murphy Stadium to giving it another San Diego-themed name such as Aztec Warrior Stadium or Gwynn-Seau field.
Tony Gwynn and Junior Seau are two San Diego sports legends who passed away, Gwynn in 2014 and Seau in 2011.
Tight ends show out
Despite missing senior starting tight end David Wells, who is still out with a jones fracture, the unit showed up in the 2017 season opener.
Both of redshirt junior quarterback Christian Chapman’s passing touchdowns went to tight ends.
The first went to sophomore Kahale Warring, who led SDSU with five catches for 73 yards and one score. Warring had two catches – both for touchdowns – in his freshman season.
The second score went to senior Darryl Richardson, who recorded the second catch – and first touchdown – of his career.
In all, three tight ends racked up seven catches for 118 yards and two TDs.
SDSU runs the show
The Aztecs rushed for 245 yards on 43 carries, marking the 43rd time that they have gained over 200 yards since head coach Rocky Long took over in 2011.
SDSU is 41-2 in such games, with 33 consecutive wins.
Senior running back Rashaad Penny nearly broke that barrier himself, rushing for 197 yards on 21 carries, a healthy mark of 9.4 yards per carry.
23 Aztecs recorded a tackle in the win, with the high mark of four tackles shared by six different players. The team total was 52 tackles.
Only one SDSU player took down the quarterback, that being junior linebacker Ronley Lakalaka, who notched one sack.
The defense struggled to record any tackles late in the game, allowing to UC Davis touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
But, by that time, the second-team defense was in.
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Venezuela Secures New Chinese Oil Investment
The move defies the US embargo’s secondary sanction provisions targeting foreign firms trading with Venezuela.
By Paul Dobson
Aug 12th 2019 at 4.07pm
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"To deepen and widen cooperation between China and Venezuela" reads the sign at the Jose Refinery. (Vice-presidential Press)
Mérida, August 12, 2019 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan government has announced the expansion of Chinese investment in the country’s oil industry, with the aim of increasing production by 120,000 barrels per day.
The investment, which authorities say is worth US $3 billion, financed the construction of a new oil blending plant inaugurated last Thursday as the first part of the two-stage plan.
The “Jose” plant, which is located in Barcelona, Anzoátegui State, is to be run by the Sinovensa joint venture, which is 49 percent owned by China’s National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and 51 percent by Venezuela’s PDVSA state-run oil company. The facility will blend extra-heavy grades from Venezuela’s Orinoco Oil Belt into the exportable Merey crude, which is popular in Asian markets.
Sinovensa currently produces 110,000 barrels per day (bpd), a figure which officials claim will increase to 165,000 bpd with the addition of the new blending plant. The second stage of the project is expected to increase this figure to 230,000 bpd, but no further details have been disclosed so far.
The news follows the conversion of the Petropiar extra-heavy crude upgrader plant into a blender facility earlier this month. Petropiar is projected to produce an additional 130,000 bpd of Merey crude, making the lighter blend Venezuela’s primary export.
It has also been reported that Caracas has signed a repair and maintenance contract with Shanghai-based contractors Wison Engineering Services.
According to Bloomberg, the servicing work on Venezuela’s refineries is due to take between six months and a year and will be paid for in oil products, including diesel. It is unknown which refineries will benefit from the maintenance.
The influx of Chinese funding comes only a week after Washington announced an embargo against all trade with Venezuelan state entities and associates. The escalation has been criticised by the international community, including most recently by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who expressed concern over the “potentially severe impact on the human rights of the people of Venezuela.”
Washington has repeatedly threatened Beijing and Moscow to suspend their close relations with the Maduro administration, with US National Security Advisory John Bolton vowing secondary sanctions against Russian and Chinese companies that violate the embargo.
Beijing has dismissed the threat against its firms as “psychological terror” and “grave interference,” while Venezuelan Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo promised to “fight the blockade with everything [we have].”
Venezuela’s oil industry has collapsed in recent years, with output stabilising around 750,000 bpd since April, well down from the average 1.3 million bpd produced in 2018.
A combination of problems – including mismanagement, underinvestment, and the 2017 US ban on new lending – were exacerbated in January when the White House announced an oil embargo and froze the country’s US-based CITGO refineries, limiting Venezuela’s access to diluents and other products needed to process crude oil.
In recent months, fuel shortages have hit parts of the country as PDVSA has struggled to satisfy the estimated 250,000 bpd of domestic demand, forcing the country to import more fuel.
Bloomberg reported this week that fuel imports during July were more than double those of June, continuing a recent upward trend.
According to shipping reports and data compiled by the wire service, Caracas imported 196,000 bpd in July, the highest figure since January. The oil is believed to come principally from Russia’s state-run firm Rosneft firm via Greece and Malta.
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The US Secretary of State claims efforts to unify the opposition have been “devilishly difficult.”
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China Approves US$5Bn Loan for Venezuelan Oil Development
Venezuelan officials said Chinese cooperation opens up alternative networks outside the sanctions of the United States.
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Association honors Mark Martinez with achievement award
The UNO Alumni Association bestowed its Citation for Alumni Achievement award upon UNO graduate Mark A. Martinez during the university’s December Commencement ceremony Friday, Dec. 20, at 9 a.m., at Baxter Arena. An Omaha native, Martinez boasts a long and distinguished career in law enforcement.
Inaugurated in 1949, the Citation is the association’s highest honor. It encompasses career achievement, community service, involvement in business and professional associations, and fidelity to UNO. Martinez is the 181st grduate to receive the award in its 70-year hixtory.
Martinez is a two-time UNO graduate as part of the UNO Goodrich Scholarship Program and has a BS (1982) and MS (1993) in criminal justice. A standout athlete at Omaha South High School, he was a four-year letterman for the UNO baseball team and was named All-North Central Conference as a senior. He was a second baseman on UNO’s 1979 and 1981 North Central Conference championship teams.
After graduating, Martinez became a crime lab technician for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Two years later he joined the Omaha Police Department (OPD), becoming a sergeant then a lieutenant. He then became the first Latino with OPD to become a captain, then a deputy chief. His father, Alfred Martinez, had been the first Latino hired by OPD, in 1956. Martinez concluded his OPD career in 2009.
In 2010, President Barack Obama appointed Martinez as the first Latino to the post of United States Marshal for the District of Nebraska. He concluded his career with the U.S Marshals Service in 2018.
Martinez has been extensively involved in the community with volunteer service as a little league baseball coach and for St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, the Latino Center of the Midlands, and the Omaha and Nebraska chapters of the National Latino Peace Officers Association. He was the first Latino elected to the Omaha Public School Board, in 2002. He currently serves on the boards of Crime Stoppers Omaha and Completely KIDS and on the Project Safe Neighborhood Subgrant Award Committee. A former adjunct professor at UNO, he also is a member of the university’s Goodrich Scholarship Program Alumni Advisory Board.
His numerous awards and honors include membership in the South High School Hall of Fame, the National Latino Peace Officers Association Leadership Award, and alumni awards from UNO’s College of Public Affairs & Community Service and School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Martinez and his wife of 35 years, Cyndi, have four children.
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Beginning in December, the United States embarked on its annual “flu season,” a winter period of widespread infection of alternating strains of influenza. This season has been especially noteworthy for its toll on the population, prompting news sources like the New York Times to call it “the worst in nearly a decade.” Following previously milder claims, federal health officials declared that the flu is “now more intense than any outbreak since the 2009 swine flu pandemic and still getting worse.”
According to the US Center for Disease Control (CDC), the flu season is still at its peak, and every state in the continental US, including Puerto Rico, has reported high levels of flu-related illness. Records from regularly reporting doctors show that 6.6 percent of all patients are visiting doctors for flu symptoms. To compare, 2009’s swine flu spiked to 7.7 percent, prompting President Obama to declare a national emergency.
Originally, the CDC predicted that days between Christmas and the new year had brought this season’s maximum, but as students returned to school, the flu accelerated again, prompting some schools to close temporarily.
Louisiana is not unaffected by the widespread outbreak. According to the CDC’s interactive FluView map, Louisiana and Mississippi were the first states this season to experience flu activity in the “extremely high” category.
On Jan. 25, East Jefferson General Hospital emergency room nurse Sally Malone noted that even local hospital systems have experienced supply shortages due to an unexpected increase in flu-related hospitalizations.
In response to the outbreak, the Louisiana Department of Health is sponsoring free vaccinations Wednesday, Jan. 31 in more than 61 locations across Louisiana, including a New Orleans location at Delgado Personal Health.
Said Metairie physician Frank Welch, “I’ve been doing this job for 20 years and I’ve never seen the flu season here so aggressive so early.” According to the preventive medicine doctor, about 10 percent of Louisiana citizens are pursuing treatment for flu symptoms.
As usual, government officials and medical researchers alike have encouraged the general public to continue getting inoculated. The CDC suggests vaccinations before the end of October, but stated that “Getting vaccinated later, however, can still be beneficial.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price chose to begin the flu season by setting an example. On Sep. 28, he got his flu shot in front of an audience, and urged others to do the same. He stated that even a five percent increase in vaccinations might have avoided over 500,000 infections last flu season, according to the Washington Post.
But when getting a flu shot means injecting preservatives like mercury and formaldehyde, unprotected citizens may still be wondering, “To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?”
Complications arising in vaccine production have left further concern about the efficacy of available preventive medication.
Actually, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) choice of strain for this year’s vaccines was a close match to the currently circulating viral strains.
Nonetheless, these same vaccines remained only 10 percent effective during the Australian flu season, according to a study by Sheena Sullivan et al. in the peer-reviewed journal “Eurosurveillance.” As a result, 745 Australians died in the most recent flu season, according to the Sydney Morning Herald’s Kate Aubusson. Compare this to its five-year average of 176 flu deaths per year.
“Because the virus evolves very quickly, an inoculation devised months before flu season often differs from what ends up infecting the public,” said Scientific American writer Melinda Moyer.
The CDC states on its website that although cell-grown viruses have potential for better protection over egg-based flu vaccines, “there are no data yet to support this.” But this information may be outdated.
According to microbiologist Scott Hensley, both this year and last year, vaccine samples propagated in fertilized chicken eggs evolved too fast before they could hit the market.
The process of growing vaccines in eggs takes about 6 months, allowing the virus enough time to mutate. Research proved that these egg-grown mutations cause vaccines to become 30 times less effective.
On the other hand, Hensley and his team discovered that non-egg-grown vaccines are indeed more successful. In a study on inoculated ferrets, the egg-developed vaccine was 33 percent effective against this year’s H3N2 strain, while non-egg-developed vaccines were 97 percent effective.
According to Moyer, just two vaccines available in the states fit the bill: Flublok and FLUCELVAX.
Hensley nonetheless urges the general public to seek inoculation.
“The vaccine lowers infection risk — it works very well against influenza B — and may also minimize the risk of severe infection,” Moyer wrote.
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Be sure to download Marc's incredible e-book on "25 Tips to Crush Your Sales Goal!" Just go here to get the e-book instantly: http://www.marcwayshak.com/opt1/ Video Summary: How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #1: Don’t ever settle for just one lead source. This is one of the biggest mistakes salespeople make with generating sales leads. When salespeople only have one source of leads—whether it’s through a marketing source or cold calls—they immediately become vulnerable. If that one lead source ever dries up, they’re screwed. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #2: Use prospecting campaigns.The old-school mindset about prospecting was that salespeople basically need to make a ton of cold calls, and then sales leads would come rushing in. Instead, salespeople today need to be using prospecting campaigns. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #3: Share valuable content.The traditional mindset on selling was that buyers had all of the value. They were the ones with the money and the salesperson was just trying to get it. But we need to change that mindset if we want to get more sales leads today. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #4: Use scripted prospecting calls.Many salespeople get uncomfortable with the idea of scripted calls because they think, "Well, if I'm going to follow a script then I'm going to sound scripted." How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #5: Use voicemails to follow up.There’s a lot of controversy around the effectiveness of voicemails these days. But one of the reasons that we need to have multiple oars in the water when it comes to generating sales leads is that we never really know what’s going to work. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #6: Use email sequences.Email sequences are incredibly effective for generating sales leads, especially for salespeople who are selling to a large pool of prospective clients. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #7: Send LinkedIn messages.Social media is often over-hyped in terms of its effectiveness with sales leads. But LinkedIn is actually an amazing tool for salespeople. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #8: Send FedEx packages.FedEx is one example, but you could also use UPS or another delivery service. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #9: Ask for introductions.The data shows that top performers are asking for way more introductions and referrals than average and bottom performers. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #10: Become a speaker.Salespeople always tell me, "Oh, Marc, I can't be a speaker. I'm not great at speaking in public. Anyway, what would I even talk about?" I’ll tell you: You’re an expert in solving the problems that your prospects face. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #11: Do targeted networking.Many salespeople use networking as a way to get in front of prospects. But what most salespeople miss is that networking must be targeted in order to be truly effective. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #12: Publish articles.A lot of salespeople tell me, “I don't have time to write an article!” Fine. Then hire a writer who will actually write it for you—but you give the writer your ideas to use. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #13: Host private events.Host private events where you invite your prospects and your top clients to come. Make it an exclusive event at a venue that seems important, like the Ritz or a University Club. How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #14: Sell deeper.What about the business that you already have? Are you spending enough time digging into your clients' world? How to Generate Sales Leads Tip #15: Partner up.Identify other organizations that sell to the same types of prospects that you do, but aren’t your competitors. So, there you have it. Those are 15 ways to generate sales leads—and tons of ‘em. I want to hear from you. Which of these ideas did you find most useful? Be sure to share below in the comment section to get involved in the conversation.
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Lead (/lɛd/) is a chemical element in the carbon group with symbol Pb (from Latin: plumbum) and atomic number 82. It is a soft, malleable and heavy post-transition metal. Freshly cut, solid lead has a bluish-white color that soon tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed to air; the liquid metal has shiny chrome-silver luster. Lead is the heaviest (has the highest atomic number) non-radioactive element (two radioactive elements, namely technetium and promethium, are lighter), although the next higher element, bismuth, has one isotope with a half-life that is so long (over one billion times the estimated age of the universe) that it can be considered stable. Lead's four stable isotopes each have 82 protons, a magic number in the nuclear shell model of atomic nuclei. The isotope lead-208 also has 126 neutrons, another magic number, and is hence double magic, a property that grants it enhanced stability: lead-208 is the heaviest known stable nuclide.
Lead is used in building construction, lead-acid batteries, bullets and shot, weights, as part of solders, pewters, fusible alloys, and as a radiation shield.
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In a steam engine, cutoff is the point in the piston stroke at which the inlet valve is closed. On a steam locomotive, the cutoff is controlled by the reversing gear.
The point at which the inlet valve closes and stops the entry of steam into the cylinder from the boiler plays a crucial role in the control of a steam engine. Once the valve has closed, steam trapped in the cylinder expands adiabatically. The steam pressure drops as it expands. A late cutoff delivers full steam pressure to move the piston through its entire stroke, for maximum start-up forces. But, since there will still be unexploited pressure in the cylinder at the end of the stroke, this is achieved at the expense of engine efficiency. In this situation the steam will still have considerable pressure remaining when it is exhausted resulting in the characteristic “chuff chuff” sound of a steam engine. An early cutoff has greater thermodynamic efficiency but results in a lower Mean effective pressure so less average force on the piston and is used for running the engine at higher speeds. The steam engine is the only thermodynamic engine design that can provide its maximum torque at zero revolutions per minute.
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Lead has two different pronunciations and several different meanings, usually related to either the chemical element lead (a heavy metal) or the verb to lead.
When pronounced /ˈlɛd/ (rhymes with "bed")
With this pronunciation, "lead" refers to:
Lead, the chemical element
Leads, a term for metal miniature figures used in wargaming, which were once commonly made from an alloy of lead and tin.
Pencil lead, which is actually graphite but appears similar to oxidized lead metal
Sounding line or lead line ("the lead"), to measure water depth, in navigation
Tetraethyllead, the "lead" in leaded gasoline
The past tense of the verb to lead is led, pronounced /ˈlɛd/. It is often misspelled as lead.
Leading (or ledding) in typography
When pronounced /ˈliːd/ (rhymes with "need")
With this pronunciation, "lead" generally means "first", "ahead", or "guide":
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In marketing, lead generation is the initiation of consumer interest or inquiry into products or services of a business. Leads can be created for purposes such as list building, e-newsletter list acquisition or for sales leads. The methods for generating leads typically fall under the umbrella of advertising, but may also include non-paid sources such as organic search engine results or referrals from existing customers.
Leads may come from various sources or activities, for example, digitally via the Internet, through personal referrals, through telephone calls either by the company or telemarketers, through advertisements, and events. A 2015 study found that 89% of respondents cited email as the most-used channel for generating leads, followed by content marketing, search engine, and finally events. A study from 2014 study found that direct traffic, search engines, and web referrals were the three most popular online channels for lead generation, accounting for 93% of leads.
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Dosage is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band Collective Soul. The album was released on Atlantic Records in February 1999 and peaked at #21 on the Billboard albums chart. The album's title was derived from a catchphrase they used to describe burnout after their previous tour.
The first single from the album, "Heavy", gave the band another #1 hit on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and spent a then record-breaking 15 weeks on the top spot. "Heavy" was also featured in the opening of the video game NHL 2001 and in the 2014 Golden Corral ad. The second single released, "Run", also gained broad mainstream radioplay and was featured on the soundtrack for the 1999 film Varsity Blues.
Over nine years after the album's release, the single "Tremble for My Beloved" was featured in the 2008 film Twilight and its accompanying soundtrack.
In 2012, the band performed the album in its entirety (save "Dandy Life") during their Dosage Tour.
Dosage marked a change in recording and style for Collective Soul. Unhappy with the production and sound of the previous album Disciplined Breakdown, the band focused more on production and technique for the recording of Dosage. The result led to an arduous six-month recording period where according to guitarist Dean Roland: "The way we recorded Dosage, we were really meticulous about everything that we did for that record." More than before the band progressed to a high production pop-rock sound. This status was obvious with the extensive use of loops, Pro Tools effects, and synth-pop sounds, especially in comparison with the band's previous three albums which are more organic and raw in sound.
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Opus is the debut studio album by Swedish DJ Eric Prydz. It was released on 5 February 2016 in Sweden through Virgin Records. The album includes the singles "Every Day", "Liberate", "Generate", "Opus", "Breathe" and "Last Dragon".
"Every Day" was released as the lead single from the album on 15 October 2012, the song has charted in Belgium and the Netherlands. "Liberate" was released as the second single from the album on 3 June 2014, the song has charted in Belgium. "Generate" was released as the third single from the album on 18 June 2015. "Opus" was released as the fourth single from the album on 17 August 2015, the song has charted in Belgium. "Breathe" was released as the fifth single from the album on 8 January 2016. "Last Dragon" was released as the sixth single from the album on 2 February 2016.
Opus includes the following tracks.
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Facebook is a corporation and online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California, in the United States. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The founders had initially limited the website's membership to Harvard students, but later expanded it to colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other universities and later to high-school students. Since 2006, anyone who is at least 13 years old was allowed to become a registered user of the website, though the age requirement may be higher depending on applicable local laws. Its name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students.
After registering to use the site, users can create a user profile, add other users as "friends", exchange messages, post status updates and photos, share videos, use various apps and receive notifications when others update their profiles. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends into lists such as "People From Work" or "Close Friends". Also users can complain or block unpleasant people. Facebook had over 1.18 billion monthly active users as of August 2015. Because of the large volume of data users submit to the service, Facebook has come under scrutiny for their privacy policies. Facebook, Inc. held its initial public offering in February 2012 and began selling stock to the public three months later, reaching an original peak market capitalization of $104 billion. On July 13, 2015, Facebook became the fastest company in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to reach a market cap of $250 billion. Following its Q3 earnings call in 2015, Facebook's market cap soared past $300 billion.
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#DigitalMarketing #LeadGeneration #AntoineDupont In this video, I share my 10 best lead generation strategies for small business in 2019. Enjoy! 🔔 Subscribe for more tips & videos: https://goo.gl/eWLG1W 🚀 To put a date on hold for your next event: https://www.antoinedupont.com/ 📢 Let's connect: https://www.facebook.com/antoinedupontspeaker https://www.instagram.com/adupont65/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dupontantoine/ https://www.katapult.marketing/ About Antoine Dupont Antoine is a recognized expert and strategist in digital marketing. He’s an award-winning marketing agency owner and a speaker at national & international conferences. He combines 18 years in marketing and 15 years in the hospitality industry. His first job out of college was working for Gordon Ramsey in London at Le G...
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معرکہ کارانسیبیش
Battle of Karánsebes
21–22 ستمبر 1788
کارانسیبیش، نزد دریائے تیمیش، موجودہ دور میں رومانیہ
نتیجہ
خود متاثرہ آسٹریائی شکست; عثمانی فوج کا کارانسیبیش پر قبضہ
محارب
سلطنت ہیبسبرگ سلطنت ہیبسبرگ
کمانڈر اور رہنما
جوزف دوم
طاقت
ہلاکتیں اور نقصانات
نامعلوم; معتبر ذرائع کے مطابق 1،200 افراد ہلاک اور زخمی
معرکہ کارانسیبیش (انگریزی: Battle of Karánsebes) آسٹرو-ترکی جنگ (1788ء-1791ء) کے دوران میں کارانسیبیش کے مقام پر دریائے تیمیش کے کنارے آسٹریائی فوج کا خود اپنی فوج سے ایک تصادم تھا جو 21-22 ستمبر 1788ء کی رات کو پیش آیا۔
1 معرکہ
2 مزید دیکھیے
3 اشاعتی مآخذ
4 حوالہ جات
5 کتابیات
معرکہ[ترمیم]
آسٹریائی فوج کے مختلف حصے جو کہ عثمانی افواج کی تلاش میں تھے غلطی سے ایک دوسرے پر حملہ کر دیا جس کے نتیجے میں خود اپنی فوج کو بہت نقصان پہنچا۔ یہ واقع 21-22 ستمبر 1788ء کی رات کو پیش آیا آسٹریائی فوج نے خود اپنی خود تباہ کر دی۔ عثمانی فوج اس کا فائدہ اٹھاتے ہوئے کارانسیبیش شہر (موجودہ رومانیہ میں) پر باآسانی قبضہ کر لیا۔
آسٹریائی فوج کی طاقت 100،000 جوانوں پر مشتمل تھی جو کہ شہر کے اردگرد کیمپ قائم کر رہے تھے۔ فوج کا ہراول دستے نے دریائے تیمیش عبور کیا تا کہ عثمانی فوج کی موجودگی کا پتہ چلایا جا سکے۔ عثمانی فوج کے کوئی آثار موجود نہیں تھے۔ وہاں موجود رومینی خانہ بدوشوں نے انہیں بڑے پیمانے پر شراب بیچی۔ گھڑ سوراوں نے شراب نوشی شروع کر دی۔
اس کے فوراً بعد کچھ پیدل فوج بھی دریا پار کر کے اس مقام پر آ گئی۔ جب انہوں نے فوج کو شراب پیتے دیکھا تو ان سے اپنے لیے بھی شراب کا مطالبہ کیا۔ گھڑ سوراوں نے انہیں شراب دینے سے انکار کر دیا اور شراب کے کنستروں کو محفوظ کر کے اس پر پہرہ بیٹھا دیا۔ بات خاصی بڑھی یہاں تک کہ ایک سپاہی نے بندوق بھی چلا دی۔
گولی چلنے کے دونوں گروہ آپس میں متحارب ہوئے۔ تنازع کے دوران کچھ پیدل فوج نے "ترک! ترک!" چلانا شروع کر دیا۔ یہ سن کر گھڑ سورا فوج وہاں سے بھاگ اٹھی کہ ترکوں نے حملہ کر دیا ہے۔ بیشتر پیدل فوج بھی بھاگ گئی، اس فوج میں آسٹریائی، سرب، کروئیشیائی، لومباردیہ کے اطالوی اور اس کے علاوہ دیگر اقلیتوں کے افراد شامل تھے جو ایک دوسرے کی زبان کو نہیں سمجھتے تھے۔ یہ بات واضح نہیں کہ کس گروہ نے ایسا شور مچایا۔ صورتحال مزید اس وقت خراب ہوئی جس افسران نے افراتفری پر قابو پانے کے لیے "ہالٹ! ہالٹ!" ("Halt! Halt!") کہا لیکن جرمن زبان سے نابلد دیگر گروہوں نے اسے "اللہ اللہ" سمجھا۔
پیدل فوج جو کہ کیمپوں میں بھاگ رہی تھی کو دیکھ کر ایک کور کمانڈر نے اسے عثمانی فوج سمجھا اور توپ خانے کو ان پر حملہ کرنے کا حکم دیا۔ دریں اثنا پورا کیمپ جنگ کی آواز پر جاگ گیا اور صورتحال کو سمجھنے کی بجائے سب ادھر ادھر بھاگنے لگے۔ توپ خانے نے انہیں عثمانی فوج تصور کرتے ہوئے ہر متحرک سائے پر گولہ باری کی۔ صورتحال خراب سے خراب تر ہوتی چلی گئی اور پوری فوج اور فرضی فوج سے پسپا ہوتی رہی۔ مقدس رومی شہنشاہ جوزف دوم کے گھوڑے یو ایک چھوٹی کھاڑی میں دھکیل دیا گیا۔
دو دن بعد عثمانی فوج یہاں پہنچی۔ انہیں یہاں مردہ اور زخمی فوجیوں کی بڑی تعداد ملی۔ انہوں نے باآسانی کارانسیبیش پر قبضہ کر لیا۔
آسٹرو-ترکی جنگ (1788ء-1791ء)
اشاعتی مآخذ[ترمیم]
Contemporary sources that attest to the incident include:
"Zur Kriegsgeschichte" (On the history of the war), Real Zeitung (Erlangen, Bavaria, (Germany)), 7 October 1788, no. 80, pp. 723–729 ; see especially pp. 726–728.[note 1] (in German)
"Aus dem Feldlager der Hauptarmee, bey Sakul, vom 23. Septr." (From the encampment of the main army, near Sacu, 23 September), Bayreuther Zeitungen (Bayreuth, Bavaria, (Germany)), no. 120, pp. 847–848 (7 October 1788). (in German)
"VI. Türkische Angriffe auf das Kaiserliche Lager. Action bey Slatina. Rückzug der Kaiserlichen Armee. Einnahme der Festung Choczim. Anderweitige Begebenheiten des Türkenkriegs." (VI. Turkish attacks against the Emperor's camp. Action near سلاتینا، رومانیہ. Retreat of the Emperor's army. Taking of the fortress at Khotyn. Other events of the Turkish war.), Politisches Journal: nebst Anzeige von gelehrten und andern Sachen (Political Journal, including notices of scholarly and other works), 2 : 1052–1070 (1788) ; see especially pp. 1058–1059.[note 2] (in German)
"Foreign Intelligence," The European Magazine and London Review, 14 : 308 (October 1788).[note 3]
"Du Quartier-Général de l’Armée principale, près de Sakul, le 23. Septembre." (From the encampment of the main army, near Sacu, 23 September), Supplement aux Nouvelles Extraordinaires de Divers Endroits [Supplement to: Extraordinary News from Various Places] (Leiden, Netherlands), no. 83, (14 October 1788). (in French)
"Da Trieste 3. Ottobre. N.LVIII Supplemento Straodinario della Gazzetta di Vienna del 1. Ottobre" (From Trieste 3 October. no. 58 Special supplement to the Vienna Newspaper of 1 October), Notizie del mondo (Florence and Venice, (Italy)), no. 82, p. 654 (11 October 1788). (in Italian)
The incident was subsequently recounted in:
"III. Geschichte des Feldzugs 1788 der k.k. Hauptarmee gegen die Türken (Fortsetzung)" (III. History of the 1788 campaign of the imperial main army against the Turks (continuation)), Oestreichische militärische Zeitschrift (Austrian military journal), 4 : 58–70 (1831) ; see especially pp. 58–65.[note 4] (in German)
Criste, Oskar, Kriege unter Kaiser Josef II. Nach den Feldakten und anderen authentischen Quellen bearbeitet in der kriegsgeschichtlichen Abteilung des k. und k. Kriegsarchivs [Wars under Emperor Joseph II. According to the campaign documents and other authentic sources, edited in the War History Department of the Imperial and Royal War Archives] (Vienna, Austria: L. W. Seidel & Sohn, 1904),"IX. Rückzug des kaiserlichen Heeres nach Lugos, September 1788." (IX. Retreat of the imperial army to Lugoj, September 1788.), pp. 301–308. (in German)
The incident was also discussed in a master's thesis and in a doctoral thesis:
Mayer, Matthew Z., "Joseph II and the campaign of 1788 against the Ottoman Turks," Master's thesis: McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 1997 ; see especially pp. 61–62. Available at: McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Gramm, Ernst Rainer, "Der unglückliche Mack: Aufsteig und Fall des Karl Mack von Leiberich" (The misfortunate Mack: Rise and fall of Karl Mack von Leiberich), Doctoral thesis: Vienna University, 2008 ; see especially pp. 82–84.[note 5] (in German) Available at: University of Vienna, Austria
The incident is also mentioned in:
Schlosser, F.C. with Davison, D., trans., History of the Eighteenth Century and of the Nineteenth Century till the Overthrow of the French Empire. … (London, England: Chapman and Hall, 1845), vol. 6, p. 162.
Gross-Hoffinger, Anton Johann, Geschichte Josephs des Zweiten [History of Joseph the Second] (Leipzig, (Germany): Carl B. Lorck, 1847), pp. 292–294. (in German)
↑ From pp. 726–728 of: "Zur Kriegsgeschichte," Real Zeitung (Erlangen, (Germany)), 7 October 1788, no. 80, starting at: " — Seit vorgestern, sagt ein Schreiben aus Temeswar von 25sten Sept., … " : "Since the day before yesterday, says a letter from تیمیشوارا of the 25th of September, the office of supplies, the paymaster, the field war office, and the field post office have been here; headquarters is 3 hours away. The pavement has already been dug up in various areas, and all preparations made to be able to withstand a siege. Whether one believes with reason that the Grand Vizier is too clever to still undertake in this season the besieging of a place like Timișoara, yet the confusion and fear is very great because incidents occur which one would have regarded as impossible a little while ago. On the 21st during the night, the following scene occurred near Lugoj. In and nearby this place stood the baggage and about 1,000 wagons. Around midnight came many Wallachians with loud shouts: "The Turks! The Turks!" Frightened by this false alarm, all awoke with a start and thought to save themselves. A few houses that were set afire by just these Wallachians multiplied the fear. Thus many hundreds of wagons, riders, and pedestrians [continued onto p. 727] caused in their confusion a risk of death with every step. Now the Wallachians began to rob, there was shooting, and this was the signal for the Turks, who attacked the [baggage] train. On our way in the darkness, our men came upon another regiment. The officers of the first cried: "Halt! Halt!" Those of the second believed that they'd heard the Turkish call, "Allah!", fired, and shot many of their comrades. During this night, it was supposed that Emperor Joseph was in danger of being captured by the enemy. Finally the Hungarian grenadiers and cavalry regiments were compelled to repel the enemy. The Prince of Würtemberg received a contusion from a cuirassier's horse that came rushing down from a height. On the 22nd, 8 Wallachians were hanged. The Emperor's adjutant, Prince Philipp von Liechtenstein, brother of reigning prince, shall be taken prisoner. General Brechainville must withdraw as far as Denta. General Aspremont was dismissed, and Major Orelly transferred to a garrison regiment. The Turks advance ever farther; the Grand Vizier shall have destroyed the bridges on which he passed over the Danube, so that his Asiatics cannot run away. Thus our private report from the بانات! In the court report from the field camp of the main army near Sacu on the 23rd of the month, it reads: On the 21st the army left its camp near Ilova in 2 columns [and headed] for کارانسیبیش. When the rear guard of the 2nd column fell back, there arose a false alarm, and when the pickets fired, such confusion gripped the army's baggage train that had been sent ahead towards Caransebeș that the teamsters, packers, and grooms hurriedly fled, the lashings of the pack horses slipped off, loads and baggage were thrown, and other such disorder began. Because some wagons had become lost [and were] out of sight of the column, not all of the lost baggage could be collected, but order was re-established and the march resumed. Meanwhile, the other column had traveled as far as Caransebeș in complete order, and its rear guard had held off the advancing enemy with every step. The cavalry, supported by the infantry, often attacked [the enemy] and always drove it back with losses. Near Caransebeș the Turks attacked a hussar regiment, and as this [regiment] fell back, [the Turks] reached Caransebeș. Their infantry crept up to the first houses, [continued onto p. 728] began to set them afire, but our infantry drove them [back], whereupon the Turks returned to Armeniș. Our losses among the rear guard may amount to 150 men, dead and wounded. The enemy's losses are considerable. Our cavalry captured 3 banners. On the 22nd, our army moved into camp near Sacu, without seeing the enemy."
↑ From p. 1055 and pp. 1058–1059 of: Politisches Journal: nebst Anzeige von gelehrten und andern Sachen (Political Journal, including notices of scholarly and other works), 2 : 1052–1070 (1788). The Austrian army had encamped in a valley between Ilova and Slatina-Timiș, where they were subject to attack, from the surrounding hills and mountains, by the Turks, who were armed with small arms and light artillery and who were aided by the Wallachians. From p. 1055: "The Wallachians were the most brutal helpers of the Turks, and showed them all of the paths, which they knew exactly, over the mountains, and initiated all sorts of treachery." In response to these constant attacks, the Austrians withdrew northwards, along the valley towards Caransebeș, while they were repeatedly attacked by the Turks. From pp. 1058–1059: "Of this retreat one has read many private letters in the Austrian newspapers, according to all of them [the retreat] was accompanied by many adversities and losses among the Emperor's army. Especially the rapacious Wallachians, who roamed around and did more damage than the Turks themselves, caused a great confusion and calamity on the 21st of September at Lugoj, where the vanguard and the baggage of the army were. They spread, before the break of day, the cry [that] the Turks were there. All who were in Lugoj thought, in the confusion, of nothing [other] than saving themselves ; the roads were filled with several thousand wagons, cavalrymen, and pedestrians ; each shoved the others in order to get away, and the confusion was so great that many people lost their lives. In this confusion and darkness, two imperial regiments collided with each other, regarded each other as Turks, and shot at each other for a while, so that many were killed and wounded among each party. Meanwhile, the Turks actually attacked, but withdrew, satisfied with the great booty that was lost in the confusion. In all, much went missing during this retreat, of which one has no entirely reliable news. Among other things [that were lost] are claimed 15 cannons, and 64 munitions wagons, besides a large part of the baggage, the regiments' treasure chest [i.e., chest containing the soldiers' pay], and so forth. To the fortress at Arad 1,200 wounded soldiers were brought in those days."
↑ From p. 308 of: "Foreign Intelligence," The European Magazine and London Review, 14 : 308 (October 1788): "Vienna, Oct. 4. The last accounts received here from the Imperial army mention, that in their march for Illova [i.e., Ilova], in the evening of the 21st of September, two columns crossing each other in the dark, and a false alarm of the approach of the enemy, gave rise to a confusion, in which some corps of Austrian infantry fired at each other, and the bat men and servants were struck with such panic, that, throwing off the loads from their horses, and out of the carriages, they fled precipitately, so that many officers lost their baggage, and some regiments their field equipage. The Turks harassed the rear guard, but were vigorously repulsed in the attacks they made upon it, and obliged to abandon three of their standards. A smart skirmish however took place near Caransebeș, in which the Austrians had 150 men killed and wounded; and some houses in that town were burnt by the Turks. The Emperor continued his march on the 23rd to Zakul [i.e., Sacu], and on the 24th to Lugosch [i.e., Lugoj], where he remained on the 28th, the heavy baggage being sent on to Temeswar [i.e., Timișoara], without meeting any further interruption from the enemy. On the day preceding the arrival of the army at Caransebeș, a considerable number of lawless Wallachians inhabiting the neighborhood of Lugosch, ran into the town, spreading a false alarm that the enemy were close at their heels. This had the effect they wished for. The army baggage (then at Lugosch) was immediately sent off to Temeswar, when the Wallachians proceeded to pillage whatever they found unguarded, and even many of the houses. A military force however soon put an end to these enormities, and several of the plunderers were taken, and immediately broken on the wheel."
↑ From pp. 58–65 of: "III. Geschichte des Feldzugs 1788 der k.k. Hauptarmee gegen die Türken (Fortsetzung)" (III. History of the 1788 campaign of the imperial main army against the Turks (continuation)), Oestreichische Militärische Zeitschrift (Austrian military journal), 4 : 58–70 (1831): "In the evening of the 20th of September, after the evening gun [sounded], the chevals de frise [i.e., obstacles against cavalry] were hoisted, the tents dismantled, the reserve artillery harnessed, and [the army] marched in two lines towards Caransebeș. To them were joined the wagons with the chevals de frise, horses with the tents, and the pack horses. In front, hussars and jägers rode in a line in order to prevent deserters from informing the enemy about the time of the army's departure. A detachment of hussars with an officer were further assigned, after the army's departure, to maintain the campfires in order to conceal the march from the enemy for as long as possible. Several hours before midnight, the infantry of the main army marched in two columns, each of 6 battalions. Behind the first of the two columns marched, as a rear guard, a corps which was composed of 7 grenadier battalions and 4 fusilier battalions, then 30 squadrons, and which was under the command of the Cavalry General Count Kinsky. The corps of the Lieutenant Field Marshal Count Wartensleben, which now bore the name of "reserve corps" and consisted of 12 battalions and 12 squadrons, followed as a rear guard of the second column. [p. 59] Since the departures from the camp of the reserve corps were arduous on account of the steepness of the Gornitz mountains, its march thus had to occur more slowly, and [since] it had encamped farthest forward, it was thus ordered that the two infantry columns should halt in column as soon as the [columns'] heads reached the Ilova stream, until the two rear guards had joined [them], whereupon all would then march and continue towards Caransebeș in two lines beside each other. Initially the march departed in best order during the most beautiful moonlit night. The two infantry columns halted at the right time; the reserve corps had already arrived by road at the Slatina post office; only the small detachments which were used for the chains [Note: each "chain" was formed by a detachment of cavalry riding in a single row abreast in front of each infantry column and in single file along both sides of each column; the purpose of the "chain" was to prevent soldiers from defecting to the Turks and betraying the army's movement], were still back at the Slatina bridge, and the two infantry columns had just resumed marching, when all at once an event, trivial in itself, occurred which transformed the most beautiful moonlit night into a night of terror and confusion, and [which] brought the horrors of devastation to many of the most beautiful villages and places. Despite the strictest orders, the desire to make a profit caused a Wallachian farmer to haul brandy with a two-horse wagon onto the bridge, over which the remaining hussars had to march. Some of these hussars had [some brandy] poured [for them], and had perhaps too much of the goods, when several soldiers of the free corps likewise stepped forward and demanded their share. The hussars, for whom this wasn't opportune, began a brawl with them, and [p. 60] chased them from there. These [free corps soldiers], prompted by vindictiveness, natural to common people [but] neglecting any other consideration, moved back a stretch, fired their guns at the hussars, and shouted repeatedly and loudly, "Turks! Turks!" Upon this cry and shooting, the hussars also fired their guns and raced with hanging reins over the bridge between the two hussar divisions waiting there, to which they belonged. This haste and the cry "Turks, Turks", which they let resound, brought these two divisions into disorder; so that the units themselves began to fire on each other, and rode forwards towards the columns. The cry of "Halt! Halt!" by which one wanted to bring these hussars to a standstill, was taken for the battle cry of the Turks, "Allah! Allah!", and multiplied the confusion, because it seemed to give confirmation that the Turks were in the vicinity. This disorder would soon have dispersed, if, unfortunately (against given orders) a group of grooms with teams of draft and pack horses, which should have been far ahead, had not halted between the columns of infantry; which now, seized by panic-fueled fears, fled in the greatest haste and amid continuous uproar. The two columns of infantry rested on the road. Many of the men had taken off their knapsacks and were sleeping. These [soldiers] believed — awakened by the shooting from this first [chance to] sleep — that they saw the enemy among the noises of the grooms and packers racing by them, [and] [p. 61] some of them fired their guns at the supposed enemy, [while] some escaped into the adjoining fields. But here order was soon restored through the efforts of Field Marshal Lacy and the other generals and staff officers, while the two corps (the Kinsky and reserve corps) which formed the rear guards had remained, en masse, calm on the road and had formed battle lines towards the commotion. As soon as people were convinced that no enemy was pursuing the column so far, the march to Caransebeș continued, where the first units arrived in the morning. His Majesty the Emperor found himself, at the beginning of the march, among the wagons of the marching column on the left, in the vicinity of Wartensleben's battalion. So as the shooting and alarm arose, he mounted his horse and tried to maintain order by shouting and drawing attention to his person. However, since in the first moments no one heeded him, bullets crossed from all sides, so the Emperor rode towards Caransebeș — despite the belief that the Turks had broken through the lines of the columns — accompanied by only a single person, since his entourage had lost sight of him amid the turmoil. In order to defend it against the advancing enemy, [the Emperor] had cannons brought up to the double bridge which was located an hour away from Caransebeș [and which] had been built across the stream coming from the village of Bolvașnița, where this [stream] crosses the road. Then he went to Caransebeș, where Field Marshal Lacy [p. 62] and General of Artillery Colloredo soon followed, in order to report to His Majesty about the actual course of events of the incident, and [to inform him] that order had been restored among the troops. During that night His Royal Highness the Archduke Franz was on horseback with the corps of Cavalry General Count Kinsky, which was positioned behind the right-hand column of infantry. Immediately upon the raising of the alarm and the skirmishing, Count Kinsky had the first battalion of Nadasdy close a square around the prince, for the safety of his person, where he remained on the road until order was restored. The battalion later received a present of 150 ducats from His Majesty the Emperor. We've seen that the brief disorder, which had prevailed among the troops largely as a result of surprise, was soon dispelled by the presence of mind of generals and officers. However, this disorder was not the greatest evil which arose from that incident on the bridge at Slatina. If older, veteran troops who were accustomed to order and discipline could be excited by the fear of surprise for [some] moments, then it's easy to estimate what its spread among the advancing grooms and packers, horses carrying tents and packs, and the luggage must have caused in the way of trouble. Here the disorder and confusion knew no bounds. The drivers of the horses carrying packs, tents, and cooking gear cut off the girdles of the saddles, threw the loads in the middle of the road, mounted the horses bareback, and raced amid the cry, "The Turks are here! Save yourself! All is lost!" [p. 63] — in long gallops from there. The teamsters of the reserve artillery, like the other haulers, cut the traces [i.e., harnesses], and likewise hurried away. The individual soldiers around there fired their guns here and there, without knowing why or at whom, and thereby increased the fear and commotion among the baggage train. Soon the entire road was covered with people running around as if [they were] crazy — on foot, on horseback, on wagons — yelling, fleeing, weeping — throwing anything that got in their way. It [i.e., the road] was sown with saddles, saddle bags, tents, cauldrons, gear, trunks, etc. The disorder in this baggage train was limitless, beyond all words, beyond all description. However, the consequences of this for the local residents of this stretch [of road] were even sadder. That mob of servants, once [set] in motion, couldn't be stopped by anything, and when they finally believed themselves to be safe, they used their momentary independence to rob and plunder, which then spread to all who encountered them. The first victim of it was the beautiful town of Caransebeș. From here the blind uproar, as a forerunner of the real disorder, worked its way to Lugoj, which, like all of the little places along the road, [having been] abandoned by its residents, fell as easy booty into the hands of the unbridled [mob]. — But let us turn our view from these horrors, after which the harshest punishments followed very soon, without always reaching the truly guilty and without making good again the smallest part of the ruin that this night brought to so many innocents. Let us return [p. 64] to the troops who had long been completely restored to order and who were on the march. It was quite certain that the reserve corps should have served as the rear guard of the entire army. However, during the night, this corps probably had started moving earlier after the disorder, and during the night [it] had moved ahead of the corps of Cavalry General Count Kinsky, to whom the duty of rear guard now fell. The Turks had then been alerted by the shooting — for there had also occurred some cannon shots — and [by] the tumult, and [so the Turks] followed [the Austrian army] closely with numerous cavalry as soon as [the Turks] had convinced themselves of the [Austrian] army's retreat. By the gray dawn [the Turks] had reached, near the pass of Caransebeș, the cavalry of Cavalry General Count Kinsky and attacked repeatedly, but [the Turks] were repeatedly driven back with losses. The two infantry columns as well as the reserve corps had already passed the pass. The former [i.e., the infantry columns] already stood behind the town on the heights there encamped in two squares. In order to give time to the cavalry of his corps to break through the pass, General Kinsky had his 4 fusilier battalions form squares in front of them, which, with their well directed cannon and small arms fire and their awe-inspiring resolve, held back the enemy cavalry. The grenadiers passed first through the narrow pass; the cavalry followed them. However, after going through [the pass], [the cavalry] — instead going down that path which would have led them to the camp appointed for them (without making contact with the town) — followed the grenadiers [p. 65], whereby a sort of confusion arose. This made it possible for the Turks to gain time to spread around the town from both sides and to use the houses and garden walls in order to make their fire more steady. Yet the fire from the squares behind the town soon drove them from their hide-outs. The cavalry strongly repelled the attacks of the spahis [i.e., Turkish cavalry], and reached, without great loss, their camp on the other side of the Timiș [river]. The Turks left many dead and wounded on the site and 2 large banners in our hands. However, the town of Caransebeș went up in flames as a result of the battle and in large part fell to ashes. [The remainder of] the night passed quietly."
↑ From pp. 82–84 of: Gramm, Ernst Rainer, "Der unglückliche Mack: Aufsteig und Fall des Karl Mack von Leiberich" (The misfortunate Mack: Rise and fall of Karl Mack von Leiberich), Doctoral thesis: Vienna University, 2008: "Emperor Joseph decided to abandon the [Austrian army's] position near Ilova and start the retreat to Caransebeș. The planning provided that the entire baggage train, baggage and munitions reserves be sent to the front, in stages during the march. At nightfall, the tents were dismantled and the chevals de frise hauled in, loaded onto wagons, and likewise sent away. In front, a line of jägers and hussars rode in order to prevent desertions. In the camps, troops were left, who maintained campfires in order to conceal the Austrians' departure from the Turks. As soon as the wagons had enough of a head start, the infantry, in two columns of six battalions each, set into motion. The columns were so deployed that they could form squares if necessary. The left column marched on the main road; the right, parallel and not too far from it. The rearguard behind the left-hand column was composed of eleven battalions and twelve squadrons under lieutenant field marshal Wartensleben; behind the right-hand column, eleven battalions and thirty squadrons under Cavalry General Kinsky. Lacy and his staff rode with the left-hand column. The retreat of the Austrians led to the notorious "Battle of Caransebeș", which gained Emperor Joseph an entry in the book of military blunders. [Here Gramm adds in footnote 303: "Regan, Military Blunders, pp. 48 ff. Here it's not a matter of a profound work ; the account is, just like that contained in the above-named work about Mack, verifiable only in broad outline. Both accounts, however, are of interest because the present awareness of the events is reflected in them."] The infantry left at about nine o'clock. Cavalry General Kinsky was ordered only to depart with his rear guard when Wartensleben, whose unit had advanced farther, was abreast of Kinsky's rearguard, which was marching behind the left column. The maneuver succeeded in the best order ; only the cavalry guards standing on the other side of the Timiș [river] still had to catch up over the bridge. They consisted of some men of the Wallachian freikorps and four squadrons, which were detailed for backup, two each of Württemberg dragoons and of Graeve hussars. In order to let the rear guard close up and restore the march order, Lacy had the column halt. With that, some soldiers laid down their knapsacks, [and] the soldiers laid down to sleep. When the hussars arrived at the bridge, they came upon a Wallachian farmer there, [p. 83] who had loaded his cart with brandy. The hussars served themselves generously, but [they] didn't let the infantry of the freikorps, who were gradually arriving at the bridge, have a share. Thereupon the Wallachians began to shoot at the hussars and to cry "Turks, Turks" at the same time. The already rather drunk cavalrymen threw themselves on their horses and galloped off, taking up the cry of "Turks, Turks". That unleashed a mass panic. The shooting and the wild shouts gave the impression to the soldiers who were startled from their sleep, that the Turks were actually attacking. A wild shoot-out began, which escalated all the more when individual units, in the dark, regarded their neighbors as the enemy and shot at them. The frightened teamsters unlimbered the cannons and took flight on the draft horses. Also the packers followed, cutting the horses loose from the wagons and speeding away. The post road was soon littered with saddles, baggage, chairs, tents, and baskets ; the entire left column was seized by complete disorganization. In the middle of this chaos one finds Lacy, with Mack at his side. The archduke Franz, who was likewise stuck in the uproar, was brought safety inside the square of the 39th Hungarian infantry regiment by Lieutenant Field Marshal Kinsky, who had been assigned [to the archduke] as an escort ; the archduke remained in the regiment's protection until [it reached] Caransebeș. By personal action, Lacy and the members of his staff restored order. Around thirty guns were unlimbered, the harnesses were nowhere to be seen. Lacy had the cannons pulled by the soldiers, whereby almost all could be salvaged. After the order of march was re-established, the two infantry columns resumed marching and by dawn reached camp, which had been located on the near side of the Timiș [river] near Caransebeș. Besides large quantities of equipment and many horses, two three-pounders and a six-pounder were lost, as well as fourteen carts of munitions and twenty air rifles. The value of the lost goods, including the wages, amounted to 136,717 guilders, 43 kreuzer. Twenty four jäger as well as one officer and a further 538 men were missing ; however many were present again later. As a result of the aimlessly fired shots, officers and men of different regiments were killed or wounded. [Here, Gramm adds in footnote 309: "Regarding this, extremely exaggerated figures of losses are found in the secondary literature, so that in Regan, Military Blunders, p. 49: "At the first light of dawn it became clear how great was the disaster that the Austrians had suffered: More than ten thousand men had been killed or wounded by their own comrades." "] [p. 84] Meanwhile, the Turks had also noticed that the Austrians were in the process of clearing out and [so the Turks] began the pursuit. Both rear guards had strict orders to remain abreast in order to support each other. Nevertheless, Wartensleben pulled away with the rear guard that was detailed to the rear of the left column and moved into position behind both infantry columns as far [back] as the last hussar in camp. Thus Kinsky's rear guard, which was marching behind the right column, had to ward off the attacking Turks alone. Lacy had just ridden back in order to see where Kinsky was. When he'd gotten an overview of the situation and noticed that Kinsky was under attack, he looked for the other rear guard and must have made the unpleasant discovery that Wartensleben was already engaged. He could force only the Graeve hussar regiment to deploy in order to cover the left flank. Furthermore, one had neglected to occupy the houses on the edge of town. Thus the advancing Turks succeeded in entering the place and starting fires. The Austrians, of whom several used the opportunity for much plundering, could withdraw from the Turks, but had to abandon Caransebeș and retreat behind the Timiș [river]. Since this position also wasn't tenable, the retreat continued the next day to Sacu and on 24 September, to Lugoj. During the Turk's advance, the German inhabitants of the mountain towns were frightened and fled, whereupon the Romanian population completely pillaged and laid waste their homes. Large bands of robbers formed, until a cavalry unit was finally dispatched in order to restore order. Around a hundred members of the robber bands were killed, the rest were taken prisoner. Of the prisoners, fifty-five were hanged in Denta, among them two priests and two women. The Turks stayed in Caransebeș and just made some raids, but [they] didn't attack the Austrians. Finally they withdrew on 10 October from Caransebeș."
کتابیات[ترمیم]
Regan، Geoffrey۔ The Brassey's Book of Military Blunders۔ Washington, D.C.: Brassey's۔ ISBN 1-57488-252-X۔ نادرست |=مردہ ربط (معاونت)Relevant excerpt] on گوگل بکس.
Durschmied، Erik۔ The Hinge Factor: How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History۔ Arcade Publishing۔ ISBN 978-1-55970-515-8۔ نادرست |=مردہ ربط (معاونت)Relevant excerpt] on گوگل بکس.
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My letter to the Social Studies Department Chair at West Haven High School
Dear Mark …and to every other Civics or AP Government Teacher in the USA:
Sorry to interrupt your well-deserved summer vacation.
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“For most Americans, the United States Constitution remains a distant and archaic text, a relic to be revered but rarely consulted.”
In presenting this annotated document, the editors have given teachers a tool to help students better understand our country’s basic rules. They have implemented a literary strategy known as “chunking the text” which means breaking down a difficult text into more manageable pieces so that students can close read for better comprehension. Chunking helps students identify key words and ideas, develops their ability to paraphrase, and makes it easier for them to organize and synthesize information. Close reading requires students to read and reread a text multiple times for what the text says and how the text works in order to determine how the text has an impact on their lives.
Several sections of this annotated Constitution have commentary from a lawmaker or a scholar or an author or a NYTimes editor. Over 30 individuals offered commentaries printed in the margins including: Representative John Conyers (Michigan), Representative Adam B. Schiff (California), Senator Mike Lee (Utah), Senator Lamar Alexander (Tennessee), Senator Patty Murray (Washington) Janet Napolitanto (former Secretary of Homeland Security), Jamal Green (Columbia Law Professor), Lawrence Tribe (Harvard Law Professor) as well as staff writers Adam Liptak and Emily Bazelon.
Each short commentary, about one or two short paragraphs long, serves as a model for students to follow. Students can be asked to imitate what the contributors have done and chunk the text of the Constitution in order to rewrite text in their own words. By chunking the text, students are better able to identify key words, to analyze ideas, to paraphrase, and to synthesize information.
Each commentary is connected by an arrow imposed on the section being annotated. For several sections Amendment 14 -Civil Rights) there are several commentaries. In total, there are 40 commentaries offering multiple points of view on our founding charter.
For example, Senator John McCain writes about the “common defense”(Article I: Section 8):
“With the powers given to us by our founders, it must be the urgent work of Congress to meet our sacred obligations to give our service members everything they need to defend our nation and our liberty.”
Vanita Gupta, former assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice writes about the 14th Amendment,
“The struggle to realize the promise of this brief but important clause has been at the heart of every movement for civil rights in this country and continues to animate social justice activism of today.”
Their examples serve as models to show students how to analyze and to synthesize the language of the document.
What teachers have with this annotated Constitution are 40 mini-lessons they can share with students sequentially or by order of a trending topic (capital punishment, freedom of the press, etc.)
But that’s not all!
There is a prologue to the inside spread, a two page essay by author Garry Wills, who has written about James Madison, framer of Constitution. His essay, titled “Child of the Enlightenment,” discusses the principles derived from the the Age of Reason that guided the “secular miracle” of the Constitutional Convention over the course of a year: convened in 1787 and ratified 13 months later in June 1788.
Wills considers what he calls the “myth” of the checks and balances built into the Constitution, suggesting that:
James Madison was not so much as wanting to encourage “competing interests but to arrive at a ‘disinterested’ view of a common purpose, what Enlightenment philosophers call ‘virtue’ – or public spiritedness.”
Wills argues that such virtue was-and still is -the key component of all government.
Finally, at the the bottom of Wills’ prologue, there is a timeline marking several Constitutional milestones, beginning with its origins in Ancient Greece and ending with today.
Taken as a whole, the special section this Sunday eliminates the need for civics textbooks, which I have often suggested are dated. We both know that students are more motivated when they respond to the issues being discussed today.
This four page spread of newsprint is an entire civics course. ..you just have to get a copy! (or you can borrow mine).
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Suzanne Rivera July 11, 2017 at 8:10 pm
I am writing from Rockefeller University. How can I obtain a digital copy of the article to share with junior trainees?
teachcmb56 July 11, 2017 at 8:29 pm
Sadly, this was a print edition only. My husband went “dumpster diving” to secure the copies I have for my teachers. Perhaps if we petition the NYTimes…? I thought they could release it for the section dedicated to students/ educators https://www.nytimes.com/section/learning?mcubz=1 but it is not there….:(
bikegata July 28, 2017 at 4:56 pm
Confession: I’m not a teacher. But I am so taken with this annotated Constitution. I am searching for some way to preserve the copy I am lucky enough to have. I’m combing through rates at framing shops. Looks like it will run $300-$400 to have it scanned and printed onto acid free paper and then mounted, backed, whatever. Even having it mounted on wood and laminated (one good frame shop’s suggestion) *without* the scanning means it will still fade. I would appreciate any leads to copies of this done on acid free paper.
I have no leads. I did ask if the education section of the NYT (Learning Network) could have more printed….they were not sure. It is a remarkable piece…especially because of the collaborative effort that appears Bipartisan
Martha Palmer August 12, 2017 at 3:34 pm
I am an AP Government Teacher. Please print more.. will buy as many as I can!
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Pascal’s Wager and the Resurrection of Utopia(s)
04/10/2011 av Magne Stolpnessæter
“Le silence eternel des ces espaces infinis m’effraie”.
[“The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread”].
– Blaise Pascal (1670) –
Her følger utdrag fra min masteroppgave, Beyond the End of History (2011), som jeg skrev på engelsk. Jeg har ikke prioritert å oversette disse passasjene, bare redigert dem, utelatt unødige detaljer og omskrevet litt her og der (vil på forhånd unnskylde eventuelle stilistiske feil; man er jo blind for egne mangler). I introen annonserte jeg følgende:
«Though relegated to the back burner, the larger considerations of ”post-abundance” and material collapse remain inseparable from the commanding question of this thesis. The real metaquestion is: does liberal democracy really represent ”the end of history” in the face of a potential ecological disaster or are there new waves of histories awaiting us? In other words: is there a vaster heaven above? Whether we are at a terminal stage of history or just at a terminal stage before the initiation of a novel epoch, remains a conundrum. Though these sweeping vistas are kept at bay in the coming chapters, a boomerang will recur with vengeance in the conclusion and force us into an acquaintance with the shadow of future. The spectre of material collapse and post-abundance will hopefully lead us to an Archimedean point which enables us to pose adequate inquiries about where the torrents of history might flow».
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“Pascal’s Wager” [le Pari de Pascal] is the name given to an argument due to Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) for believing, or for at least taking steps to believe in God. As he saw it, it was safer to bet on God’s existence than to bet against it. Pascal’s Wager is a powerful metaphor: do we dare to bet against a possible ecological collapse, and leave the foundations of our economic and political system unquestioned? Perhaps nothing will happen, and all the preceding passages on [the current] mass extinction were the fancy of just another alarmistic discourse, the [doomsday scenarios] of the 1970s digitally remastered.
If we bet on the possibility of collapse within the next decades, then we must find an answer to the question “what we must do?” Both bets have repercussions, and so does the indecisive “neutral” middle-ground of the agnostics. How much knowledge should we have before an informed decision is made? Næss would say that we can never know enough. The snapshot of empirical events presented in this chapter is certainly selective. Some scientists may disagree with the statements on looming disaster, but both peak oil and the notion of mass extinction are mainstream today. Doomsday scenarios are no longer sectarian by nature.
The issue of climate change for instance, has so far – at best – produced nostrum with limited resonance, since many emerging economies are not willing to diminish their carbon emissions yet. Socio-economic catch-up is their first priority. Why should they be denied the same material standard as the developed world? So goes the argument. The climate summit in Copenhagen in 2009 ended with a whimper: the governments failed to concert strategy and pool their effort, and no solution has as yet been advanced.
Much of this failure is due to what Kenneth Waltz labels the anarchy of the international state system. Though this anarchy is not absolute: superpowers and great powers have certainly a greater say, and the lesser powers bandwagon the mightier ones. But still there is no omnipotent and planetary sovereign which could impose its will in instances like the climate summit in Copenhagen.
As long as the international system of states prevails, deep ecologists and other green radicals probably have little scope to advance their views on ecological issues. And that is the case domestically as well: as implied in chapter four and five, the inextricable nexus between market forces and political establishments is also a major confinement. But is it possible to see anything beyond the horizon of what Fukuyama calls “the End of History”? It is difficult to provide a simple answer here, but the political status quo might already be faltering due to the financial crisis alone. And if the predicaments of the Anthropocene evolve more drastically in the next decades, a denouement might also haunt the liberal democracies.
Nonetheless, every real existing regime today is heading towards perilous times of unprecedented challenge. That applies to nominal democracy as well as unconcealed despotism. If a planetary breakdown in the fabric of nature occurs within the next generations, it will be interesting to see how the caretakers of prevailing systems are going to survive the watershed. A return to the political status quo ante will be quite wearisome to say the least. It is premature to exclude an event where liberal democracy meets its Nemesis. In cyclical terms, one age hostile to a specific Weltanschauung might be succeeded by another more receptive to its ambitions and so forth until the end of human history. Not “the end” in a linear Hegelian sense adopted by the epigone Fukuyama, but the end of material existence as such.
It is possible that both endpoints might coincide: a Fukuyaman stalemate being the eschatological accomplice of physical extermination. The “progressive” view of history would then be “vindicated”, relegating any notion of cycles to the dustbin. Perhaps no (human) witnesses would remain to affirm such a Hegelian “victory”, but a tree falling in the forest when nobody hears it still makes a sound.
Are there options left against a potential encounter between the “historical” and material endpoints? As of 2011, Fukuyama’s terminal as an eternal objective condition seems questionable. The ideological stasis might not have been exceeded yet, but the surface of planet earth is changing at a pace where deficient theoretical – and hence practical – ingenuity leaves future to the confinement of punitive circumstances.
In light of the prospects above, I ask “what is to be done?” This “we” could be deep ecologists or some other radical group. The common denominator of these groups could be the search for alternative political ways beyond liberal democracy and/or Neoliberalism, which do not necessarily end up in totalitarianism. Also, thinkers from the past of different stripes should be consulted: whether they are hibernating or consigned to oblivion by the ravages of time, they might shed some light on our current situation in analogous terms. Hence, the approach to the history of ideas should not resemble the way scavengers approach their carrion. And there should be no cordon sanitaire around past thinkers who are deemed radioactive.
Many subversives might for instance scourge the prospect of consulting Liberals like Adam Smith (1723-1790) or John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), which is understandable along subversive lines. But these thinkers had insights regarding resource depletion. From Adam Smith – most famous for his notion of “the invisible hand” – to John Stuart Mill early theorists of the wealth of nations were pessimistic about their societies’ long-term prospects for growth, and assumed that the productivity gains from specialization and the division of labour would be thwarted after a certain point by exhaustion of the soil and population increase. Smith and Mill argued that growth was expected to peter out after a time, arrested by changes endogenous to the growth process itself, and giving rise to a growthless stationary state.
The example of Smith and Mill is not a digression, because it captures the essence of the law of diminished returns: in manufacturing, diminishing returns set in when investment in the form of additional inputs does not cause a proportional increase in the rate of productivity.
While this is not exactly analogous to the processes that cause diminishing returns in increasingly more complex societies or an increasingly more complex science (ibid.) – where disciplines fail to communicate with each other – the term “diminishing return” might be helpful in contemplating some of the challenges ahead. In analogous terms, would specialization and division of labour between scientific disciplines be thwarted due to diminished returns? If so, what are the consequences in terms of finding alternative energy sources? This could be an additional research project of ecopolitical interest.
Consulting past thinkers – whether they are Smith, Marx, Heidegger or some pre-modern traditionalists – could be a challenging task. They might shed light on some current predicaments in analogous terms, but the past is a foreign country. The commensurability with our own time is uncertain. Therefore we must also look beyond the horizon of our present and try to imagine an alternative future which follows a different trajectory. This is the task that Wallerstein calls utopistics: the analysis of possible utopias, their limitations, and the constraints on achieving them.
During the Cold War (and in Eastern Europe immediately after its end), Utopia had become a synonym for Stalinism and had to designate a program which neglected human frailty and original sin. As Fredric Jameson sees it, the relationship between Utopia and the political, as well as questions about the practical-political value of Utopian thinking and the identification between Socialism and Utopia, very much continues to be an unresolved topic.
Jameson seems to (selectively) confine the range of Utopias to the “Leftist” varieties. But Utopia should not be monopolized by Socialism or by any other ideology. If Utopia is any form of “ideal-state” which has not yet emerged, then the term “Utopia” is an empty shell which could be filled with an opulent repertoire of imagined societies. Hence, the range of Utopias is infinite: from feudalism to futurism, from absolutism to anarchism, from clericalism to libertinism, etc.
Paradoxically, according to Jameson, the increasing inability to imagine a different future enhances rather than diminishes the appeal and also the function of Utopia. As he sees it, the very political weakness of Utopia in previous generations – no account of agency, nor a coherent historical and practical-political picture of transition – now becomes strength in a situation in which neither of these problems seems to offer candidates for solution. Most interestingly for our ecological purpose, is that Jameson suggests developing an Angst about losing the future which is analogous to Orwell’s anxiety about the loss of the past and of memory and childhood.
This would be a good deal more intense than the usual rhetoric about “our children” (keeping the environment clean for future generations, not burdening them with debt, etc.); it would be a fear that locates the loss of the future, of history itself, within the existential dimension of time and indeed within ourselves.
The Angst about losing the future might be a point of departure, but how to proceed from there to something tangible? Gopal Balakhrisnan’s advice is: “To be politically effective, one must take stock of the remorseless realities of this [world], without recourse to theoretical ecstasy”.
Those utopians that do not ruminate on this message before they enter the great outdoors, run the risk of being beset by a veritable catalogue of disasters at worst. But in a time when ecological impasse looms, the opposite – the inability to imagine another world beyond the horizon of status quo – might even be more dangerous. “What is to be done” first and foremost is to imagine other possible worlds. From the latter we could deduce “what we can hope for” through the tool of utopistics. Practical and concrete measures come thereafter: like what kind of strategies should be pursued if an ecopolitical transition is to be secured? For instance, would the solution be a partial withdrawal from the world by a “creative minority”, while the fallacies of the political status quo are simultaneously pushed to their ultimate conclusion?
Answers are not provided here, but such a strategy implies risk, but so do most other strategies in this regard as well. A quote by Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1521) – who has often been regarded as the quintessential connoisseur of political intrigue – is of utopistic value:
“Fortune provided the matter, but they [Moses, Cyrus, Romulus and Theseus] gave it its form; without opportunity, their prowess would have been extinguished, and without such prowess the opportunity would have come in vain”.
– Machiavelli (1513) –
An ecological predicament would be a potential opportunity, but also a potentially insurmountable abyss. The prowess would be an equilibrium between utopistic sensibility/imagination and practical skills which take stock of the remorseless realities of the world.
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den 29/03/2012 kl. 5:44 pm | Svar Eva
Jeg liker hvordan du lar bildene illustrere innleggene dine, de tilfører en ekstra dimensjon. Lar meg fascinere også bare av dem i seg selv, utrolig mye fint!
den 29/03/2012 kl. 8:46 pm | Svar Magne Stolpnessæter
Tusen takk Eva! Hyggelig med slik tilbakemelding.
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British Gymnastics sack men's head coach after investigation
British Gymnastics have confirmed Eddie Van Hoof has been sacked as head coach of the men's national team, following an investigation.
Van Hoof was suspended from his role on November 29, with the national governing body opening a probe.
British Gymnastics have claimed that it became clear there were "irreconcilable differences" between Van Hoof and the organisation.
While details for his initial suspension have not been made public, British Gymnastics stated the situation had become "untenable".
"During the process, it became clear that there are irreconcilable differences between Eddie and British Gymnastics regarding the leadership, conduct and culture of elite coaching for our sport," a British Gymnastics statement read.
"The situation had become untenable and it was best for all sides to bring matters to a close.
"We thank Eddie for his contribution to British Gymnastics and wish him every success in the future."
Eddie Van Hoof guided the British team to historic success at world and Olympic level ©Getty Images
Van Hoof was awarded an MBE for his outstanding contribution to the sport after the Rio 2016 Olympics.
His career as a gymnast included competing at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, after which he took on a coaching role that has spanned more than 20 years.
His reign as British Gymnastics' men's national coach has seen Britain achieve historic success at world and Olympic level.
This was capped by five men's artistic gymnastics Olympic medals at Rio 2016, including Max Whitlock's double gold at the Games.
Van Hoof has stated he stands by his own conduct and professionalism at British Gymnastics.
"The concerns began to surface last August, shortly after I raised objections to the new world-class performance athlete agreements, which have rightly been a cause of widespread concern for leaving our leading British athletes open to exploitation," he told the BBC.
"I stand by my support of our athletes on the issue of contracts, and I stand by my own conduct and professionalism during my time with British Gymnastics.
"The news of my dismissal is unexpected, undeserved and comes as a crushing blow after so many years of unwavering dedication."
October 2017: Kristian Thomas has announced his retirement from elite gymnastics, ending a glittering 23-year career.
July 2017: British Sports Minister praises governing bodies for reforms
June 2017: International Gymnastics Federation to develop duty of care code
March 2017: Olympic champion Whitlock to take six-month break from gymnastics
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Chapter 383 Imagination Run Wild
Zhao Yu awoke with a start from his nightmare. It was already four in the morning. The sky was still dark outside. It was a dark night with no wind, and it was stuffy in the house. Zhao Yu was sweating all over.
“That’s damn scary! Like the saying, ‘what you think about in the day, you will dream of at night.’ Investigating cases like about an ancient tomb with a dead victim makes me feel disheartened” Zhao Yu thought. He turned on his table lamp and took a sip of water. He wanted to turn on the air conditioner to go back to sleep in peace, but he suddenly recalled the vase from the Ming Dynasty that he left outside his room.
“Fuck! Did that vase come from some tomb as well? Why does it feel spooky?” he thought to himself. Although Zhao Yu knew that he was just overthinking, he couldn’t fall asleep when he lied down! If it was before, with his dog Daheng, he might feel more at ease. But unfortunately, Jiang Xiaoqing, who stayed downstairs had finished her midterm examinations and brought Daheng back to her hometown for a trip! “I might as well not sleep!” he thought.
Zhao Yu got up to check his phone to see if there was any progress regarding the Tomb Murder Case on the internet. In the end, when opened it, it was still the same as before. Although Moyang Branch found the stolen items, they did not manage to find any grave robbers. Those people had just into thin air.
Suddenly, Zhao Yu thought about Li Xiusheng’s hypothesis. Gold Buddha Temple, Dozen Statues of Gold Buddha, and things along those lines. Because of these things, it made an originally simple case more and more complicated.
“Thenwhat is the truth? Is it related to the Gold Buddha?” Zhao Yu thought. ButZhao Yu suddenly thought of something else. If he were to ransack the three old, would he be able to get new clues?
Zhao Yu was suddenly energized. He immediately washed his face, got dressed, and went to the police station with his gun. The sun was slowly rising from the east, letting out a glimpse of light, but the earth was still engulfed by the darkness.
Just when Zhao Yu was on his way to the police station, he lit a cigarette to get a new hexagram. Like the saying, “good things come to those who wait,” Zhao Yu had finally gotten his “Gen” hexagram. It was a “Gen” hexagram! Under such circumstances, Zhao Yu was not even bothered by the “Kan” hexagram that represented women. As long as he could get a “Gen” hexagram, he was more excited than anything.
“Alright! If so, relying on today’s ‘Gen’ hexagram, let’s investigate! Maybe I can to the bottom of today’s case!” he thought.
There were people on duty at the car collection department and ammunition room in the police station twenty-four seven. Zhao Yu returned the car and the gun, then went to the office. The office lights were still on. There should be people on duty throughout the night.
Zhao Yu pushed open the door lightly and found the office quiet. The whiteboard for writing down the case progress right in front of him had increased from one to three. Two of the whiteboards were used to record the Tomb Murder Case, while the other one was used to record the Female Corpse in the Ancient Costume case from eighteen years ago. Zhao Yu knew that if he wanted to add information regarding the Gold Buddha Temple and the Dozen Statues of Gold Buddha, he would need to add a fourth whiteboard.
“Zhao Yuwhat is going on?” Suddenly, Zhao Yu heard a familiar female voice from the corner. Looking over at the source, he never expected to see Miao YingCaptain Miao! But he saw that Miao Ying was lying in the corner, away from the light. She looked very sleepy.
“Youhaven’t left yet?” Looking at Miao Ying so exhausted, Zhao Yu’s heart suddenly started to ache for her. He quickly went over and took off his jacket to cover Miao Ying.
“Why did you come here in the middle of the night? Do you have any new clues? Mm?” Miao Ying couldn’t even open her eyes. She spoke, her eyes almost closed.
“No, no!” Zhao Yu patted Miao Ying’s back softly and said, “I am here to analyze the case. Captain Miao, I slept and woke up. You are tired,we will take turns, okay! You go ahead and sleep, let me take over here” Zhao Yu patted her softly a few times, and Miao Ying fall back asleep.
Zhao Yu waited until Miao Ying’s breath was heavy and slow, then he slowly moved away from the table. Looking at Miao Ying in deep sleep, his heart was sore. This case had really made it difficult for the tough woman! So many branches fighting together. She must have felt the heavy burden all by herself.
“Don’t worry, Captain Miao!” Zhao Yu said in his heart. “No matter what, I will share your burden! This time, watch me! I will give it my all and solve the case for you before everyone else!” Then, he turned around to face the whiteboard and started looking into the case thoroughly. After he revised the entire case once again, he pulled another whiteboard over and added information about the Gold Buddha Temple and Dozen Statues of Gold Buddha. After he added the information, the sky was almost completely bright. The sunlight shined through the window. Even without the lights, he could clearly see the information on the whiteboard.
Luya Prefect Qiu Cheng, praying for rain in Gold Buddha Temple, Dozen Statues of Gold Buddha, the prefect’s tomb, the victim in the coffin, three old experts Zhao Yu tried to organize the information in a chronological manner, and he realized that there were still many unexplainable facets in the information.
“Three old experts, what role do they play in the Tomb Case?” he thought. “Were they really looking for the Golden Buddha? Thenwere there Golden Buddhas in the prefect’s tomb? If there were, why did the grave robbers only kill one of the old experts? The three old experts had an intimate friendship. It’s impossible that they killed each other. There must be some hidden reason behind this. But if there wasn’t any Golden Buddha, why didn’t the grave robber take everything from the coffin chamber? And why did they find the cultural relics but not any grave robbers? Did the grave robbers flee with the Golden Buddha, or did they go to do something else? Where are the other two old experts? Tsk tsk” Zhao Yu was deep in thought. He felt that the case was filled with contradictions, and there were many unexplainable matters!
According to Li Xiusheng’s prediction, if the prefect Qiu Cheng really did take the Dozen Statues of Gold Buddha, he would naturally bring them into the tomb to be buried together. Because of this, he built his tomb in a place that didn’t follow Fengshui teachings. That way he grave robbers couldn’t destroy his tomb.
But according to Zhao Yu’s understanding, he felt that the probability of Prefect Qiu bringing the Golden Buddha into his tomb was quite low, only because the Golden Buddha was worth too much money. Even if Prefect Qiu left ha request that he wanted the Golden Buddha to be buried with him his children may have not actually done it!
Qiu Cheng was only a prefect for an area after all. He was not a kinsman of the emperor nor any rich country gentlemen. How could his children not think about his Golden Buddha?
It was hard to say if Qiu Cheng’s children deceived him, like how he fooled the villagers. Qiu Cheng’s children might have put the Gold Buddha statues made of stone into his tomb after he passed away.
“Did those fake Golden Buddha fool the grave robbers as well?” Zhao Yu thought.
Zhao Yu patted his head and thought to himself, “What was I thinking about? Isn’t my imagination running wild?”
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Bayer Australia/New Zealand, 16 September, 2019
A new partnership aimed at exploring what Kiwis eat and why was announced by Bayer New Zealand today.
Coined as the Bayer Food Focus Project, the partnership brings together Bayer and the New Zealand Nutrition Foundation (NZNF) with expert help from the Foundation’s Board members, Elaine Rush, Scientific Director and Emeritus Professor of Nutrition at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), and Niki Bezzant, nutrition writer and commentator.
The project will consist of two key parts: the use of a new innovative technology, the Veggie Meter, to establish a benchmark of Kiwis’ vegetable and fruit consumption; and an online questionnaire to understand which foods New Zealanders are commonly consuming.
The Veggie Meter, originally developed in the US, measures participants’ levels of beta-carotene, a plant derived form of Vitamin A through a fingertip reading device. The technology accurately and painlessly measures whether people are getting enough beta-carotene from plants to be considered healthy. This will be the first study in Australasia to utilise the Veggie Meter technology.
“Much of New Zealand's nutrition data is out of date. This creates challenges for researchers, the food industry and policymakers when looking into what needs to be done to improve the food system and health outcomes for Kiwis,” says Professor Elaine Rush.
“We all know that we should eat a variety of vegetables and fruit every day, but for many reasons, this is not happening. We want to find out what the average level of plant Vitamin A is among our population - as it’s a key nutrient found in fruits and vegetables. This will give us a benchmark against the recommended intake, as its reported that only four out of ten New Zealand adults consume the existing recommendation of five plus a day.”
The Food Focus Project is led by Bayer, with expert help from NZNF and members of its Board. The project aims to support New Zealanders in making more positive food choices and encouraging people to take more consideration of their diet for the betterment of their overall health. Heart disease, diabetes, strokes, high blood pressure and some cancers are all nutrition-related diseases that can take years from life and life from years.
“As a life science company with a focus on consumer health and agriculture, this initiative has a natural alignment for us. We want New Zealand to be a healthier nation and are committed in finding ways to support this,” says Bayer New Zealand Managing Director Derek Bartlett.
Although the Bayer Food Focus project does not profess to be an update on the decade old Adult Nutrition Survey carried out by the Ministry of Health in 2008-09, it does hope to plug some of the gaps felt by the industry.
“We should uncover some interesting findings that shed light on our dietary habits as a nation, and perhaps, make people stop and think about their own food consumption,” says Niki Bezzant.
“Having access to a valid measure of the quality of foods eaten and gaining up-to-date insights into what and why certain foods are being consumed over others, can help us better address these issues and find actionable solutions to make health and wellbeing a priority for all,” concludes Sarah Hanrahan, Chief Executive Officer of the NZNF.
The Bayer Food Focus Project commenced its two-part study last month, with the survey results expected to be released in October along with the early findings of the Veggie Meter study. The Veggie Meter field measurements are being carried out by PhD students who specialise in food and nutrition from AUT’s Faculty of Health and Environmental Science, with the online survey conducted by the National Research Bureau.
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Controlling Trace Organic Contaminants Using Alternative, Non-FAT Technology for Indirect Potable Water Reuse
The project will investigate the advanced treatment of wastewater for indirect potable reuse (IPR) using ion exchange (IX), advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and biofiltration as an alternative to the fully available treatment (FAT) technology of reverse osmosis (RO) and UV AOPs.
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The project will develop a standard operations and maintenance plan for various DPR treatment processes, including appropriate portions of the upstream secondary wastewater treatment processes providing feedwater to the DPR processes…
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Desalination Concentrate Management Policy Analysis for the Arid West
Project: 11-09
Program: Principal
Funding Partner: Water Research Foundation
Total Investment: $463,812 (Cash: $195,000, In-Kind cash and service: $268,812)
Principal Investigator: Edmund G. Archuleta, El Paso Water Utilities
Brackish water desalination (desal) is becoming increasingly important in many regions of the United States because traditional freshwater supplies are highly limited and have already been tapped at their sustainable capacity. Inland desalting offers a viable and reliable (e.g., climate-insensitive) option in many areas in need of additional water, especially in the arid Southwest region of the United States.
Brackish water resources are an important future source of water supply. Developing these resources in inland areas requires advanced water treatment and concentrate management (CM). Due to its potential advantages, brackish water desal is increasingly being utilized in the United States, especially in inland (non-coastal) regions where mid-sized and larger-scale applications would be suitable for water supply utilities.
To further explore the regulatory and policy barriers associated within inland desal CM, EPWU—in coordination with CHIWAWA, Stratus Consulting, Mike Mickley, Bill Dugat, and other researchers—developed a tailored collaboration research effort, which is funded in part by the WRRF, the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), and the Water Research Foundation (WaterRF). The objectives of this research include:
Identifying key CM barriers for community water systems considering inland desal as a source of municipal water supply, with a focus on CM options available in the arid Southwest region of the United States.
Recommending potential policy solutions that protect both public health and the environment, while enabling broader development of brackish water desal in the United States, and particularly in the arid Southwest.
A multidisciplinary approach was used to review and analyze regulatory and policy barriers to CM involving several sources of technical, legal, economic and policy expertise. Policies and regulations currently in effect were examined for several western States, as well as Florida. Findings from these efforts were developed into a series of white papers highlighting key issues. These white papers have been incorporated into this report.
Case studies of desal facilities and CM practices in the United States were conducted to identify policies and regulations that inhibit and/or facilitate the development and use of brackish water desal in practice. Information from various U.S. utilities with regard to permitting processes was compiled and investigated to compare environmental issues, consistency, relative/approximate costs, sustainability, and time lines for development.
A workshop of more than 50 experts was held in October 2012 to help identify potential solutions and recommendations related to inland CM policies and regulations.
Findings and Conclusions
Based on the case studies, a few general observations may be made regarding CM:
In the arid Southwest (and even in coastal Florida), discharge to surface water or sewer is not likely to be a sustainably feasible option unless the system is operating at a very small scale (e.g., 0.03 mgd, which is roughly enough water for less than 40 households).
Evaporation ponds may be a feasible alternative for CM in some locations, but the combination of sizing and associated land requirements, and other expenses (including double-lining) make this option economically prohibitive and often technically infeasible, except for very small–scale desalting operations.
DWI may often be the only viable option for CM, but UIC permit requirements may create significant challenges in terms of time and expense required to obtain full approvals, uncertainty about whether permits will be issued, and challenges associated with operating under permit conditions. The new General Permit provision in Texas under Class I of the UIC Program, may serve as a model for a more streamlined approach to DWI permitting.
Challenges associated with DWI vary significantly by location based on local geology and permitting requirements. For example, EPWU experienced significant challenges in obtaining an AE, even though the water in the receiving aquifer did not meet primary drinking water standards. At the same time, SAWS experienced relatively few difficulties and obtained a permit much faster than EPWU because of the recent General Permit established in Texas for municipal desal concentrate.
Costs also range significantly depending on permit requirements, depth of the well, and other miscellaneous expenses. For example, EPWU reports that the utility spent about $715,000 on permitting-related costs and an additional $1 million on the AE effort. ECCV, on the other hand, estimates that permitting costs amounted to about $100,000 (however, pressure testing associated with the permit cost an additional $225,000). In terms of capital construction, the capital costs associated with construction of one well range from $2.6 million for Alamogordo to $8.9 million for a second well in ECCV.
Many of the municipalities evaluated in this report described no significant challenges in obtaining the DWI permit; however, in most cases costs associated with DWI were reported as significant.
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👀 Gridlock Averted. Future Transport: A commute you’ll look forward to
Posted by Ken Edwards on 19 August, 2017
Organisations, city authorities and even governments are increasingly investing in happier, healthier, calmer and more creative workers. We’ll be seeing public-transport bodies, car companies and high-tech firms design a new wave of commuting services that support creative productivity.
What does this productivity-centered future look like? It’s a coordinated network-blur of public and private modes of transport, including autonomous cars, ride sharing, microbuses and bike schemes. It’s also more dynamic, multi-modal and on-demand; the helplessness of today’s commute should, hopefully, give way to an experience that offers more choice and control to the commuter.
Its not science fiction and a lot of the technology already exists. Will it be like this scenario below?;
Leaving the house in the outer suburbs, a commuter will step into an autonomous six-seat mini-bus. The bus will be scheduled to arrive every weekday at the same time. If a commuter’s schedule changes, another smart-bus will change its route to pick them up. The commuter can also use an app to choose from a variety of other transport types, including small autonomous cars. The app shows the cost of each type of journey.
Stepping into the mini-bus, the commuter will join five commuters, who pay a smaller fee by sharing the ride. The bus has no driver, using a combination of radar, GPS and other sensors to navigate. Along the route, the bus constantly communicates with roadside signs, traffic lights and sensors using technology, learning the location of traffic accidents while being given priority ahead of private cars by traffic lights at intersections. That data will allow it to calculate the optimum route to the nearby train station.
Arriving at the station, the bus will pull up in a drop-off lane, not unlike the departure drop-off at an airport. The commuter will step out and the vehicle will move off to another timed-booking. When it is no longer required, the vehicle will then find a quiet back street to park, away from congested areas, or even more likely will optimise a route to its next pickup, realising the ideal of maximum vehicle utilisation.
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Anthony Davis Wants Out Of New Orleans
by Sebastian Quinn - 28th January 2019 29th January 2019 0
All-Star forward Anthony Davis has informed the New Orleans Pelicans management that he doesn’t intend to sign an extension with the team and has requested a trade.
As first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the 25-year-old’s agent Rich Paul spoke with officials on Friday to inform them of the decision.
While there are many suitors in line for the five-time All-Star, Rich Paul hasn’t yet revealed Davis’ preferred destination.
“Anthony wants to be traded to a team that allows him the chance to win consistently and compete for a championship.”
With the trade deadline being moved up a week to February 7th, the Pelicans have little time to move Davis but will have no shortage of offers with the Lakers and Celtics favorites to snap up the three-time All-NBA superstar.
Rich Paul added that the timing of the decision was for the benefit of both the organization and Davis, who is set to become a free agent in the summer of 2020.
“Anthony wanted to be honest and clear with his intentions and that’s the reason for informing them of this decision now. That’s in the best interests of both Anthony’s and the organization’s future.”
Agent Rich Paul has notified the New Orleans Pelicans that All-NBA forward Anthony Davis has no intention of signing a contract extension if and when presented and that he has requested a trade, Paul told ESPN on Monday.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 28, 2019
Shortly after breaking the news, Woj relayed a statement from Pelicans officials addressing the news:
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“This past weekend, Anthony Davis’ representatives informed us that Anthony does not wish to sign a contract extension with our team and subsequently has requested a trade. Although we are disappointed in this decision, our organization’s top priority is to bring an NBA championship to our city and fans and build our team for long-term success.
“Relative to specific talks of a trade, we will do this on our terms and our timeline. One that makes the most sense for our team and it will not be dictated by those outside of our organization. We have also requested the League to strictly enforce the tampering rules associated with this transaction.”
Davis has been sidelined since January 21st with a sprained left index finger but has been in and around the Ocshsner Sports Performance Center, where Jrue Holiday spoke with the media following practice.
“He’s gotta do him. He’s gotta do what’s best for his family, what’s best for him and what’s best for his career. Anthony has always been professional and he’s always been professional with us, and even more so he’s been a friend and like a brother.
“Whatever decision he makes, I can’t be upset with him, this is a business but he’s doing what’s best for him. I think everybody has been through it, maybe not to this capacity but knowing Anthony he’s still going to come here and work, you can probably even hear him yelling right now.
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“Until whatever decision is made, he’s always going to be here, playing for us and riding for us.”
As aforementioned, the Celtics and Lakers are heavy favorites but Boston will have to wait until the offseason to have any chance at signing Davis, due to “The Rose Rule.”
The rule allows certain players coming off their rookie-scale contract to earn 30 percent of the salary cap as opposed to 25 percent. The player must satisfy at least one of three criteron in their first four seasons; win MVP, be named to two All-NBA teams or be named a starter in two All-Star games.
A team cannot trade for more than one player who has the Rose rule in their contract, however, Irving is due to be an unrestricted free agent in the offseason and intends to stay in Boston.
While Irving cannot re-sign until July 1, Davis is giving the Celtics plenty of notice and Danny Ainge will undoubtedly clear the deck in preparation to sign The Brow.
The Celtics will need to move around some money, but ESPN’s Zach Lowe is convinced that Al Horford, who has a $30million player option for the 2019/20 season, may take a substantial pay cut in order to stay with the team.
“But Horford is at the age — 32 — when some players trade short-term maximization for security. Horford wants to see this through in Boston, and he surely knows even a slight dip in his per-year salary would ease the Celtics’ impending tax issues.”
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Assuming Horford does take a serious pay cut or even leaves the side completely, that frees up plenty of cash for the Celtics who will need to concede that Terry Rozier will be on a new team next year.
The Lakers meanwhile are also firm favorites and with plenty of young players to offer New Orleans, it’s hard to imagine the Pelicans passing up a legitimate offer.
How LeBron looking at the Lakers roster to trade for Anthony Davis pic.twitter.com/OOCqOolIzu
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) January 28, 2019
Any combination of Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and even Ivica Zubac could be enough for the Pelicans, who would enter a rebuilding process that they’ll want to turn around quickly.
With KCP, soon to be 26-years-old, the oldest of all the players, the future would look bright for the Louisiana side.
Kyle Kuzma would likely be the centerpiece of any trade from the Lakers with the Michigan native having a standout season averaging 19.1 points per game on 46.6 percent shooting.
The Pelicans are reluctant to make a trade before or even after the February 7th trade deadline, but if a team comes knocking with an offer too good to turn down, we may see Davis in different colors before the All-Star break.
Wait so what if he goes to the East???
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Wargaming's Professional eSports League
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Tankers!
In order to bridge the gap between World of Tanks' gaming communities, previously separated by geographic boundaries, Wargaming is breaking into global competitive gaming with a 2.5 million dollar prize pool for the 2013 season!
The new league is currently scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2013, and will adopt the format of traditional competitive gaming by way of regular regional tourneys and playoffs leading up to a Grand Final. Wargaming's Global eSports Director, Jonghyuk Baak, has this to say about the development of the Wargaming.net League:
"The scale and popularity of competitive gaming has been skyrocketing over the last couple of years, and we have now reached the point where we can focus significant effort on advancing World of Tanks on the global eSports scene. Wargaming.net League is a groundbreaking step in our quest to bring the game’s eSports potential into the international spotlight.”
World of Tanks successfully debuted as an eSports discipline at the WCG 2012 Grand Finals in Kunshan, China. Andrei Yarantsau, VP of Global Operations at Wargaming says the following about the development of the new eSports League:
“Now we have a sustainable tool to broaden our global eSports involvement in an unprecedented way: stimulate the growth of the competitive community, organize bigger and better tournaments with larger prize pools than ever, and provide our best pro gamers with completely viable career opportunities.”
With the release of this news, expect to see an explosion in the number of high-level teams. It'll now be entirely possible to become a highly paid World of Tanks player--that is, if you've got what it takes to win!
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A Year After State Audit, Lawmakers Question Whether A Middle Tennessee Prison Has Improved
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
On Tuesday
State lawmakers once again questioned Correction officials about the conditions of Tennessee’s largest prison.
A year ago, a state audit found that Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility in Hartsville was understaffed and mishandling complaints by inmates.
The prison is run by CoreCivic, a private contractor that manages four of the state’s correctional facilities.
Last year, Trousdale Turner was hit by reports of a dangerous environment. The state’s comptroller called out CoreCivic for not sharing enough information for the state to monitor the prison.
On Tuesday, Department of Correction Commissioner Tony Parker told lawmakers at a joint hearing that the company is doing better.
“I have found the vendor CoreCivic to be — they work well with us to try to correct these issues,” Parker said.
But the hearing turned sour after Edwin Steakley, a former inmate, detailed how he was raped twice at Trousdale and not helped.
“I understand that I had to pay for my crime, and I don’t dispute that,” Steakley said. “But, paying for my crime did not include sexual assault.”
Steakley said that he reported the living conditions to Trousdale Turner officials, but that he didn’t hear from anyone.
Family members of other inmates also testified on living conditions in the prison.
Nashville Representative Bo Mitchell asked what needs to happen for the state to do away with CoreCivic.
“I just wonder when are we going to quit having citizens in the state come and tell us these stories like this and we not do anything?” Mitchell asked.
The state says they’ll keep investigating the complaints, but have no plans to cancel the contract.
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Aza and Hori to Attend Anime Expo 2015
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For their seventh anniversary, The-O Network is proud to announce that they will be collaborating with the South Korean cosplay design firm 2AO Design to bring the amazing cosplay talents of Aza and Hori to the United States as guests during Anime Expo 2015, the nation's largest anime and manga convention convention held July 2- July 5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Known for their stunningly beautiful cosplay work, Aza and Hori, have risen to cosplay stardom through their modeling work with the South Korean cosplay design firm 2AO Design. Making their mark by working with both amateur and professional photographers alike, their extensive portfolio includes Oreimo, League of Legends, Sailor Moon and many more. Recently, Aza was selected as the Korean representative for the 2014 World Cosplay Summit.
Fans can expect to pick up exclusive buttons available only at Anime Expo, photos and posters during the convention. More information to come soon.
Please join Aza, Hori, 2AO Design and The-O Network for many more events including a panel, autograph signings and photo sessions to help make their trip a memorable one.
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2AO Design has been delivering professional costume and props since 2013 and has been featured in television and film including Korea's largest music TV channel Mnet and the upcoming Korean movie, Pandora. Other clients include video game maker Riot Games Korea and animation publisher Kadokawa. 2AO wishes to spread the culture of cosplay as an artform globally.
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The-O Network is a promotions company dedicated to serving the Japanese content industry through services including marketing, translation, promotion and localization. Formed in 2007, the company is composed of industry veterans who have worked with some of the largest anime-related organizations are ready to tackle and support your consulting-based needs.
Additionally, we are a global leader in providing exclusive coverage, editorials, interviews, news, previews, and reviews on our online website appealing towards English and Japanese-speaking markets. The company currently operates and is managed in the Bay Area.
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A spring look from Hygge Design. (Dave Medal)
3 Bay Area Designers on the Rise, and Shining
Gail Goldberg
We cannot get enough of their magical shoes, lip-smackingly sweet bags, and wear-everywhere kimonos.
There's no dearth of design talent round these (Northern Cali) parts. But up-and-coming labels Dopp, Claflin, Thayer & Co., and Hygge Design demanded top spots on our we-need-to-know-more list. Below, find Q+As with three local designers who are making the objects of our affection. Learn how they got started, what sets their brands apart and, yeah!, where you can get your hands on the goods.
Shoe designer Shayla Dopp.(Ben Kist)
Shayla Dopp, founder of Dopp Shoes
It's a fact: Dopp shoes are utterly dope. And by that we mean those who crave comfortable, cool, and "wildly simple" leather heels will fall hard for Oakland designer Shayla Dopp's collection. Celebrating its first birthday this August, the brand's secret sauce includes exceptional craftsmanship, stunning colors, and whimsical (not gimmicky) sustainable wood heels ($325–$425). Plus, the Santa Cruz native's years studying and working in fashion in Paris are reflected in each pair with a shot of je ne sais quoi baked in.
7x7: Long story short, how'd you get here?
Shayla Dopp: "My mom recently has been giving me drawings from my childhood and I can see the beginning of it all in those drawings—color, form, outlandish footwear, it's all in there. I made my own clothes for a while, then studied fashion in Paris for a year in my early 20s...
In the Bay Area, I've been in the styling world for years, and it took me ages to make my first shoe. Once I did, I was addicted to the smell of leather in my hair after a day's work and the cutting, the stretching. I love the soft trade aspect of shoemaking. I took a business class at Renaissance Entrepreneurship in SF, did a one-on-one prototype week at the Shoe College, made shoes on my own in a container for a year, then drove to L.A. determined to find a factory."
7x7: What distinguishes your brand from others?
SD: "The craftsmanship that goes into the shoes is remarkable, and I studied the science of comfort of my own shoes and my friends' to ensure that'd they'd be easy to wear. It's also very personal; the styles are all named after someone who has believed in me, and the colors are named for what I'm going through at the time. For example, the first collection was named after my fiancé, Ben Kist (who's also my photographer), and the colors are: blood, sweat, tears and asphalt—a nod to the work that went into getting the ball rolling."
7x7: Signature item...
SD: "The Cindy heel, inspired by my mother who's obsessed with the Egyptian pyramids."
7x7: What's next at Dopp?
SD: "A belt, a sandal, a flat, an oxford, and then a boot."
7x7: Fun fact...
SD: "After I started making shoes my cousin told me our family used to make clogs in Denmark, so it's in my blood."
// Shop Dopp shoes IRL at the Bouquet Spring Market (Berkeley) on April 14 and at Femme Fair (Mission) on April 21; Dopp is also available online at dopp.city.
Accessories designer Liz Thayer.(Courtesy of @claflinthayer)
Liz Thayer, founder of Claflin, Thayer & Co.
Liz Thayer's lips are something to shout about. The Berkeley designer's pout-shaped leather bags (with perfect Cupid's bow, natch) come in several colors, two sizes, and pack one powerful punch. Handmade leather jackets available in Thayer's five-month-old Oakland studio-cum-shop, where she makes everything herself from start to finish, also have us salivating. Claflin, Thayer & Co. pays homage to Thayer's family boot and shoe biz of the same name; it was established in NYC in 1830 and closed 100 years later. (Check out the original storefront sign in Liz's retail space.)
Liz Thayer: "My mom taught me to sew as a kid, and I always knew I wanted to do something creative as a job. After college, I did a one-year program in shoe and accessory design in New York and began working as a designer after that. I moved back to the Bay Area, where I'm from, in 2007 and started making leather jackets and bags for fun while working full-time as a shoe designer. It's been an ongoing side project ever since—until I finally decided to give it a real go. I quit my job in August (2017) and opened a leather goods-focused retail shop and workspace in Oakland's Temescal Alley in December."
7x7: Give us your elevator pitch.
LT: "Jackets and bags made in Oakland from exceptional leathers, built-to-last and timeless, with a bit of fun mixed in. Special but unpretentious."
LT: "A raglan-sleeve motorcycle-style jacket and lips-shaped bags."
7x7: Your go-to uniform...
LT: "High school boy from the '80s…jeans, old T-shirt, Vans, jacket, beanie."
7x7: Favorite item in your jewelry box?
LT: "A custom-made gold signet ring by my friend Chris Neff. I've never been a fancy jewelry person, but this is a really special piece. He engraved the initials in the same style as an antique piece from my grandmother."
LT: "I was once an extra in an E-40 video and got a blurry split second of screen time—dream come true!"
// Shop IRL at Claflin Thayer & Co., 470 49th St., Suite E (Oakland), and online at claflinthayer.com.
Designer Lisa Fontaine and Hygge cofounder Erin Wallace.(Courtesy of Hygge Design)
Lisa Fontaine + Erin Wallace, Hygge Design
Erin Wallace's quest to find the just-right denim kimono jacket is the reason Hygge Design exists. More than a year ago, she reached out to designer acquaintance Lisa Wallace to help bring her dream layer to life. Needless to say, the sartorial collab was a hit, and a new minimalist-leaning womenswear label was born. Designed in Oakland and made from natural fabrics in San Francisco, the label features a sharp collection of tops, dresses and, yes, various iterations of the sought-after kimono. Prices fall in the $120–$220 range.
7x7: Give us your brand elevator pitch.
LF: "We founded the company on the idea that an uncomplicated piece of clothing can be surprising, modern, and compulsively wearable."
LF: "Challenging ideas of proportion and layering is a big part of our designs; if there's a proportion "should," we've likely broken it."
7x7: What's next?
LF: "For the first time this season, we are working with a local dye house to create a custom palette for our spring line. We also just launched our first pair of pants, and are thrilled to be able to wear head-to-toe Hygge!"
7x7: Bay Area roots...
LF: "I grew up in Santa Cruz and live and work in the Berkeley Hills. I also co-own the lifestyle boutique Morningtide in Albany. Erin grew up all over the place as an Air Force brat, but has lived in Oakland far longer than anywhere else. She works in San Francisco at a digital marketing agency."
7x7: Design heroes...
LF: "Tilda Swinton is an eternal source of design, styling and life inspiration."
7x7: Fun facts...
LF: "I love making ceramics and traveling. My family—husband and three kids—spent a year living in the French countryside. Erin has a bearded dragon named Raindrop, a part-time dog named Mango, two tweens, and two jobs that keep her way too busy."
// Shop Hygge IRL at Gather, 541 Octavia St. (Hayes Valley) as well as other select Bay Area boutiques, and online at hyggedesign.xyz.
Dopp's Cindy heel ($425).
(Ben Kist)
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Local controllability and optimal control for\newline a model of combined anticancer therapy with control delays
February 2017, 14(1): 217-235. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2017014
On drug resistance and metronomic chemotherapy: A mathematical modeling and optimal control approach
Urszula Ledzewicz 1,2,, , Shuo Wang 3, , Heinz Schättler 3, , Nicolas André 4,5, , Marie Amélie Heng 4,5, and Eddy Pasquier 6,5,6,
Institute of Mathematics, Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Il, 62026-1653, USA
Dept. of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo, 63130, USA
Service d'hématologie et Oncologie Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone Enfants, AP-HM, Marseille, UMR S_911 CRO2 Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
Metronomics Global Health Initiative, Marseille, France
Childrens Cancer Institute Australia, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia
* Corresponding author
Received December 2015 Accepted June 30, 2016 Published October 2016
Figure(5) / Table(1)
Effects that tumor heterogeneity and drug resistance have on the structure of chemotherapy protocols are discussed from a mathematical modeling and optimal control point of view. In the case when two compartments consisting of sensitive and resistant cells are considered, optimal protocols consist of full dose chemotherapy as long as the relative proportion of sensitive cells is high. When resistant cells become more dominant, optimal controls switch to lower dose regimens defined by so-called singular controls. The role that singular controls play in the structure of optimal therapy protocols for cell populations with a large number of traits is explored in mathematical models.
Keywords: Cancer chemotherapy, tumor heterogeneity, drug resistance, optimal control, singular controls, metronomic chemotherapy.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 49K15, 92B05; Secondary: 93C95.
Citation: Urszula Ledzewicz, Shuo Wang, Heinz Schättler, Nicolas André, Marie Amélie Heng, Eddy Pasquier. On drug resistance and metronomic chemotherapy: A mathematical modeling and optimal control approach. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2017, 14 (1) : 217-235. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2017014
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Figure 1. Schematic illustration of the distribution of traits around dominant steady states
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Figure 2. Dose rates (left) for the control $u_{\tau}$ defined by equation (26) for $\tau=1$ (top row), $\tau=1.75$ (middle row) and $\tau =2$ (bottom row), and corresponding time evolutions of the concentrations $c$ (middle) and the states $S$ and $R$ (right)
Figure 3. Evolution of the states S and R if the therapy horizon is extended to 42 days for the control strategies uτ for τ = 1:75 (left) and τ = 2 (right)
Figure 4. An administration protocol which gives full dose until time $\tau$ and then switches to the dose given by the singular control over the interval $[\tau, 10]$ optimized over $\tau$. The weights in the objective are chosen equal using $\bar{\alpha} = \bar{\beta} = \frac{1}{21}$ and $\gamma = 100$. Shown are the control (top, left), corresponding evolution of the total population $T=\sum_{i=1}^{21} N_i(t)$ (top, right), evolution of the traits $N_i(t)$ for $i=1, \ldots, 21$ (middle) and a comparison of the initial density $n(0, x)\equiv \frac{200}{21}$ and the terminal density $n(10, x)$ shown as red curve (bottom)
Figure 5. An administration protocol which gives full dose until time $\tau$ and then switches to the dose given by the singular control over the interval $[\tau, 10]$ optimized over $\tau$. The weights in the objective are chosen equal using $\bar{\alpha} = \frac{1}{21}$, $\bar{\beta} = \frac{8}{21}$ and $\gamma = 100$. Shown are the control (top, left), corresponding evolution of the total population $T=\sum_{i=1}^{21} N_i(t)$ (top, right), evolution of the traits $N_i(t)$ for $i=1, \ldots, 21$ (middle) and a comparison of the initial density $n(0, x)\equiv \frac{200}{21}$ and the terminal density $n(10, x)$ shown as red curve (bottom)
Table 1. Values for the initial data and parameters used in numerical computations
parameters interpretation value
S0 initial condition of sensitive cells 9:4051 × 109
R0 initial condition of resistant cells 0:5949 × 109
r1 growth rate of sensitive population 3:5
r2 growth rate of resistant population 1
θ1 rate at which sensitive cells become resistant 0:15
θ2 rate at which resistant cells become resensitized 0:02
ψ1 log-kill coefficient for sensitive population 5
ψ2 log-kill coefficient for resistant population 1
k clearance rate of drug [Taxol] 2:9706
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How Successful Entrepreneurs Maximze Benefits and Minimize Risks When They Make Changes
By: Association Admin
Nearly three centuries ago, Benjamin Franklin made a profound statement that every entrepreneur should live by: “When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.”
This value in this quote didn’t pass with the late genius. In the 21st Century, his advice is more relevant than ever.
Change is an inevitable part of entrepreneurship. New demographic trends, technology and other changes are constantly shaping the future of your business.
Unfortunately, most companies fail to implement change. According to Tor Benrick, nearly three quarters of these efforts are unsuccessful.
A number of factors contribute to these failures. Fortunately, you can execute change more effectively by choosing the right change management models.
Overview of Top Change Management Models
Many change management models have emerged over the years. They include:
The Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze Model. This model focuses on the fact that certain customs and processes are built into the organization. Before change can take place, the organization must open itself up to the concept of change.
Kotter’s 8-Step Model of Change. This model focuses on setting short-term goals and creating a sense of urgency to every member of the team.
Bridge’s Transitional Model. The Bridge’s Transitional Model focuses on the impact change and complacency have on the organization and individuals within it. While this model can’t be implemented on its own, it is a great complement to other change management models.
Prosci ADKAR Model. This is an incremental, individualized process that all employees must embrace. Each individual sets their own objectives to make change more flexible.
Virginia Satir Change Process. The Virginia Satir Change Process is a more holistic change management model that focuses on the impact on individuals and helps them welcome new change.
Each of these models has its own benefits and drawbacks. Organizations should be aware of all of them and use them to their fullest advantage.
Which Is Best for Your Company?
Several change management models have gained acceptance over the past century. While these models all serve important purposes, some are better suited for specific business goals.
It is important to understand the merits of different change management models and know when to apply them. Here is an overview of some of the most widely used.
1. Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze Model: Break Resistance
In the 1940s, German-American psychologist Kurt Lewin developed the Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze model,2 which remains one of the most widely used change management models to this day.
Lewin recognized that humans are ambivalent about change. They may recognize the benefits change brings, but fear of the unknown can halt efforts to execute change.
When is it most effective?
The Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze model focuses on breaking their resistance to change. In order to accomplish this, leaders must provide a motivation to venture out of their comfort zones. Tai Lopez 3 states that motivation can come in different forms: higher compensation, better working conditions and promise of future praise are all commonly used.
Once employees are given the motivation to embrace change, the process can begin. After it is completed, the change is permanently accepted as part of the company structure.
When is it less effective?
Negative motivators are less effective, such as threats of termination for failing to accept change. However, there may be instances where fear needs to be used, such as dealing with particularly stubborn employees during a crisis. As a rule of thumb, positive motivational strategies should be used whenever possible.
While the Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze model is undoubtedly effective, it has one key downside: it takes a long time to execute. Leaders need to gradually encourage employees to come around to the inevitable.
2. Kotter’s 8-Step Model of Change: A Collaborative Effort
John Paul Kotter, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, for the Harvard Business School, has been one of the leading organizational change researchers for 45 years. One of his most ground-breaking accomplishments was the development of Kotter’s 8-Step Model of Change.
This model is more detailed than Lewin’s. It relies on the following steps:
Communicating the urgent need for change
Developing the coalition to guide change
Formulating the vision
Communicating the vision
Empowering employees and delegating duties to execute change
Setting short-term goals
Consolidating gains and setting longer-term goals
Ingraining new changes into the company culture
For many organizations, the advantage this model has over the Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze model is that it makes change a collaborative process. For companies that strive to foster a sense of inclusiveness and mutual accountability, this is a better model.
Alberto Irace, CEO of Acea, has heavily praised Kotter’s system.
These results and initiatives have an extraordinary and immense value, because it contributes not only to the spirit of the participants, but it also shows with evidence and tangible clarity that this dual system is for us reachable and doable and is dependent on the desire, curiosity, interest and passion that each of us can bring to his or her daily work.
However, it is still one of the top-down change management models, so it may not be participative enough for smaller companies. The nature of small companies which employees tend to take multiple responsibilities and are more familiar with the entire operation of the business renders the process of communicating the change and vision quite nonsense.
3. Bridge’s Transitional Model: Let go, comply and accept
Bridge’s Transitional Model focuses more heavily on the impact change and complacency have on the individuals within the company. While it isn’t a stand-alone model for driving change, it is a great tool to be used in conjunction with other models. The model is 3-stage which can be summarized by the diagram below:
The first phase involves ending, losing and letting go. These happen when people are forced to experience a change unwillingly and to let go of something they have been comfortable with.
The second phase involves the neutral emotion. People at this stage are trying hard to cope with the change and cause some emotional ups and downs.
The third phase involves a new beginning. At this stage, people have fully adapted to the changes and start developing skills around the change.
It requires entrepreneurs to get input from their employees through every stage of the process, thereby getting them to buy into it, so this model is ideal for smaller companies with more participative leadership styles.
As the focus of the model is on transition and how to cope with it smoothly, this model alone is ineffective in change management. Most usually, it is best employed with another change management to ensure the harmonious transition.
4. Prosci ADKAR Model: Incremental steps-oriented
The Prosci ADKAR Model is a goal-oriented approach to change-management. It requires businesses and individuals to setup incremental steps.
One of the unique things about the Prosci ADKAR Model is the focus on individual change and organizational change. By helping individuals set their own goals, they can often foster change better. However, individual goals need to be sync with the direction of the company.
The feature that it magnifies the potential pros and cons can be a confidence boost for employees to work harder for the change. While most companies fail their attempts to change due to their focus on the method employed, this model shifts the focus to maximize the contribution of employees.
While the model emphasizes the emotional aspect of human involvement in change, it actually doesn’t give a very concrete explanation on how to implement it. Also it mentions quite less about the actual management method.
5. Virginia Satir Change Process: Embrace negativity
Developed by a leading family therapy researcher, the Virginia Satir Change Process focuses on four stages:
Coming to terms with the problems of the status-quo
Recognizing the need to address new change into the process
Embracing chaos
Using chaos to inspire new ideas
The good thing about this model is that it forces people to embrace the stressfulness of change, rather than resisting it. Learning to properly handle the negativity can facilitate the change process.
Despite encouragement on the acceptance of the potential negative emotions arisen from changes, the model does not provide actual solution on how to deal with the problem.
Review Your Business and Choose the One That Fits It Most
Many different change management models have been developed over the years. They all have their benefits, but there are a variety of things you need to keep in mind before choosing one. The size of your company and the level of autonomy in your leadership style are the two biggest factors that need to be taken into consideration.
Source: This article was published on lifehack.org by Ryan kh
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Assessing the effect of patient screening and isolation on curtailing Clostridium difficile infection in hospital settings
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Sara Maghdoori, Seyed M. Moghadas
Patient screening at the time of hospital admission is not recommended as a routine practice, but may be an important strategy for containment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in hospital settings. We sought to investigate the effect of patient screening in the presence of asymptomatic carriers and in the context of imperfect patient isolation. We developed and parameterized a stochastic simulation model for the transmission dynamics of CDI in a hospital ward. We found that the transmission of CDI in the hospital, either through asymptomatic carriers or as a results of ineffective implementation of infection control practices, at the time of hospital admission. The results show that, for a sufficiently high reproduction number of CDI, the disease can persist within a hospital setting in the presence of in-ward transmission, even when there are no asymptomatically colonized patients at the time of hospital admission. Our findings have significant public health and clinical implications, especially in light of the emergence and community spread of hypervirulent CDI strains with enhanced transmission rates and toxin production. Rapid detection of colonized patients remains an important component of CDI control, especially in the context of asymptomatic transmission. Screening of in-hospital patients with potential exposure to colonized patients or contaminated environment and equipment can help reduce the rates of silent transmission of CDI through asymptomatic carriers.
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Partnership to preserve fishing culture in Gourdon
A MEARNS heritage project has formed a partnership with local scholars and bankers to help preserve the area's fishing culture.
Aberdeen University joined Stonehaven branch of RBS in a mission to help the Maggie Law Martitime Museum in Gourdon record the memories of villagers and fisherman.
Partners and local groups provided technical and administrative support for the recording and collation of new heritage material and artefacts during a three-day event.
Attendees included Gourdon pupils, community council members, museum volunteers, RBS staff and students and staff from Aberdeen University.
Professor Gabrielle Ivinson said: "It is vital that the strong historical legacy of fisher villages such as Gourdon is recognised and understood as a source of learning. This community project focused around the maritime museum will provide a wonderful insight into this process."
RBS branch manager Heather Williamson said: "I was delighted to be able to show our support by allowing Anne Ritchie from the branch to help out with administrative duties on this project."
The museum's project director, Dave Ramsay, said: "This is an exciting new development, which will bring all the academic benefits of working with Aberdeen University and add a new level to the existing relationship between the school and older people in the community, to record and preserve our maritime heritage."
Previous community heritage work has been undertaken by Gourdon Primary and Lathallan School pupils.
Gourdon Primary head teacher Sandra Japp said: "This is active learning in its truest sense - we have investigated a rich and meaningful part of our village history in order to make it available for others now and in the future and by doing so have found out about ourselves."
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Veiled Eros
H. Harrison, January 1933. Hardcover. No jacket. An affectionate inscription and signature from the author appears on front free endpaper: 'Dear Earl, with the deovtion of Arch.' Spine sunned, endpapers foxed. More
Three Plays: Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin So Sad, Indians, Wings (Dramabook)
Hill and Wang, June 1997. Trade Paperback. Arthur Kopit has been one of our most imaginative, acclaimed, and produced playwrights. Now his three classics plays are available in one volume: Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You In The Closet And I'm Feelin' So Sad, Indians, and Wings. "Kopit is..... More
Toil & Trouble: A Memoir
St. Martin's Press, October 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. From the number one New York Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that is tender, touching...and just a little spooky. "Here's a partial list of things I don't believe in: God. The Devil. Heaven. Hell. Bigfoot. Ancient Aliens. Past lives. Life..... More
Bari Weiss
How to Fight Anti-Semitism
Crown, September 2019. Hardcover. The prescient New York Times writer delivers an urgent wake-up call to all Americans exposing the alarming rise of anti-Semitism in this country--and explains what we can do to defeat it. "Stunning . . . Bari Weiss is heroic, fearless, brilliant and big-hearted. Most importantly, she..... More
Barry Feinstein
Early Dylan, Photographs and Introductions by Barry Feinstein, Daniel Kramer and Jim Marshall
Bulfinch Press, October 1999. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Bob Dylan is more than a great musician and songwriter -- he is a part of our cultural fabric, the poet laureate of a generation. It is with great pleasure that we present rare visual footage of one of the most compelling..... More
Barry Irwin
Derby Innovator: The Making of Animal Kingdom
Xlibris, March 2016. Hardcover. Presentation copy SIGNED by Barry Irwin. More
A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons
Ballantine Books, July 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the genre-defying icon Ben Folds comes a memoir that is as nuanced, witty, and relatable as his cult-classic songs. "A Dream About Lightning Bugs reads like its author: intelligent, curious, unapologetically punk, and funny as hell."--Sara Bareilles..... More
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Doubleday, October 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD "Glorious. . .You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." --The Washington Post..... More
Knopf, June 2004. Hardcover. President Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It shows us the progress of a remarkable American..... More
Bill Roorbach
Life Among Giants: A Novel
Algonquin Books, November 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. This funny, exuberant novel captures the reader with the grand sweep of seven-foot-tall David "Lizard" Hochmeyer's larger-than-life quest to unravel the mystery surrounding his parents' deaths. It's a journey laden with pro football stars, a master chef and his beautiful transvestite lover, a...... More
The Rain in Portugal
Random House, October 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering over fifty new poems that showcase the generosity, wit, and imaginative play that prompted The Wall Street Journal to call him "America's favorite poet."..... More
Bob Zeller
The Civil War in Depth, Volume II
Chronicle Books, August 2000. Hardcover. A remarkable addition to the canon of Civil War literature, "Civil War in Depth, Volume II, " features 170 vivid images, many never previously published. Especially significant is the portfolio of rare, color images. A companion to the perennial "Civil War in Depth, " this..... More
Bobby Bowden, Mark Schlabach
Called to Coach: Reflections on Life, Faith, and Football
Howard Books, August 2010. Hardcover. Coach Bobby Bowden is an icon of college football who ran his legendary, top-ranking program with a trademark southern charm. With his recent retirement, Bowden is ready to give fans and readers the behind-the-scenes story of his 55-year career and the path that helped him..... More
BOBBY DODD, JACK WILKINSON
Dodds Luck
Golden Coast Publishing Company, July 1988. Cloth. Signed by Wilkinson on title page. More
BRAD WATSON
Last Days of the Dog-Men: Stories
W W Norton & Co Inc, March 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. In prose so precise and beautiful it makes a reader's hair stand on end, Brad Watson writes about people and dogs: dogs as companions, as accomplices, and as unwitting victims of human passions; and people responding to dogs as..... More
George Lucas: A Life
Little, Brown and Company, December 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. The essential biography of the influential and beloved filmmaker George Lucas On May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining independent science-fiction film opened in a mere thirty-two American movie theaters. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named George Lucas, the..... More
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Explore the traditional temples in Sri Lanka with American Airline reservation
Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, is a city saturated with history. The deeply rooted port fills in as a passage to both the nearby occupants and remote travelers. The pilgrim structures and old bazaars hugely motivate the rich legacy of the town. The abundance of thick backwoods, peaceful shorelines and pleasant scenes makes it stand separated from other places of interest in Sri Lanka. This isn’t it, and there are some ravishing sanctuaries in Colombo that have a home with religions including, Buddhism, Christian, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and Muslim. What’s more, this will give you some knowledge into the way of life of Colombo.
Gangaramaya Temple Colombo
It is one of the noticeable spots of love that goes under the rundown of Buddhist sanctuaries in Colombo. The refuge includes a bunch of contemporary models. This place of worship is considered as a significant milestone in Sri Lanka, and it very well may be effectively gotten to through different methods of vehicle, for example, train, private transport, and taxis. It is one of the well-known sanctuaries in Colombo that is regularly visited by a remote traveler from over the globe. Arranged other than the pool of Beira, the holy place houses a historical center just as a library. Likewise, the experts of the sanctuary run set up philanthropy associations and instructive organizations.
Sri Dalada Maligawa
Sri Dalada Mailgawa which is frequently alluded to as the ‘Sanctuary of the holy tooth relic’ is arranged at Kandy in Sri Lanka. The sanctuary got its name after the consecrated relic of the tooth of Lord Buddha was brought by the archeological group. There is a typical conviction among the neighborhood occupants that this consecrated relic has an assumed a critical job in impacting the political situation in Sri Lanka. Whosoever jelly this relic would have total expert over the nation. It is one more well-known sanctuary in Colombo which ought to be incorporated into your agenda. American Airlines Flights will fly you to hundreds of amazing destinations all over the world. You can use their services to get you the best service available.
Isipathanaramaya sanctuary
Isipathanaramaya sanctuary is accepted to be one of the most seasoned and consecrated Buddhist temples in Colombo. There are various methods of neighborhood transport accessible from different urban communities situated at Bentota to achieve this altar. One will be astounded by the beautiful Buddhist symbols, dolls, and complicated carvings installed on the dividers of the insides. It is an exemplification of incredible craftsmanship with wall painting compositions made by Maligawe Sarlis during the period 1920-21. This sanctuary would ensure a one of a kind encounter since it highlights frescoes that scatter a feeling of warmth and solace in the psyches of each craftsmanship aficionado. American Airlines Reservations is the simplest way to book international and domestic flights from America to a plethora of destinations.
Vajiraramaya Temple in Colombo
Vajiraramaya Temple is a famous Buddhist sanctuary where individuals every now and again visit to look for gifts and offer petitions to Lord Buddha. They additionally consistently lead classes on ‘Buddhism’ which is focused on the youths. The place of worship was raised by a famous priest named ‘Sri Vajiraramaya Maha Nayaka Thera,’ thus the name.
Sri Kailawasanathan Swami Devasthanam
Sri Kailawasanathar Swami Devasthanam is one of the leading and most established Hindu sanctuaries in Colombo devoted to two noteworthy divinities in particular ‘Ruler Ganesha’ and ‘Master Shiva.’ Inferable from its religious noteworthiness, this sanctuary fills in as the essential scene for facilitating a significant collect celebration ‘Thai Pongal’ held yearly.
6 Sri Ponnambalam Vanesar Kovil
Sri Ponnamabalam Vanesar Kovil is a noteworthy Shiva sanctuary in Colombo arranged neighboring pieces of Kochchikade in the city of Colombo. This sanctuary was delightfully built with mind-boggling carvings and dark stones. Staunch devotees of Lord Shiva regularly visit this sanctuary to go to the everyday customs performed by the ministers. Mass deluges of enthusiasts crowd the place of worship on Fridays where exceptional pooja/rituals are led. American Airlines Tickets will fly you to hundreds of amazing destinations all over the world. You can use their services to get you the best service available.
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