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__label__cc	0.629878	0.370122	Program & Tickets Attending MIFF Films By Ximena Cuevas (Dir. Ximena Cuevas, 1998) Prolific Mexican video artist Ximena Cuevas continually produces biting and sardonic short works which interrogate and subvert states of normalcy. Part of the Dormimundo series, Cama is fascinated with the life of an inanimate object steeped in the values of family and tradition. A 'decent' ... Read more Select a festival Any2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 Search The Film Archive Browse By Director MIFF News MIFF on iTunes Donate to MIFF Critics Campus 2014 Beci Orpin for MIFF 2014 Mandala Festival Lounge and Wine Bar Program Streams Opening Night Gala Centrepiece Gala Kids' Gala Closing Night Gala MIFF Industry Events Session Changes The Flick – Red Stitch Actors Theatre & MIFF Premiere Showcase Travelling Film Festival Tickets & Ticket FAQ 2014 Passes Next Gen School Bookings MIFF Apps Food and Film Special Offers Digital Program Guide Member Screenings Archive Illustrations by: BECI ORPIN MECCA MEDIALIGHT	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line5
__label__wiki	0.553744	0.553744	Follow @heyheyesj Recent Posts by Eric Johnson Argentina-Based Wideo Wants You to Ditch PowerPoint and Make a Cartoon Instead October 31, 2012 at 10:10 am PT The market for online tools that let you make and share presentations is already pretty crowded. But a new entrant in the field is pushing hard for casual users with serious ambitions. Wideo (formerly Wideoo) hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and officially joins the 500 Startups accelerator program today — home to TaskRabbit, 9Gag and recent Google acquisition Wildfire, among many others. It then launches into a limited userbase beta on Sunday. The pitch behind Wideo is that it makes quick, fun animations with a lot of pizzazz and a minimum of fuss. After dragging and dropping different pieces of the animation onto a canvas, users can quickly rotate, resize, move and otherwise transform characters, objects, text and their own uploaded images. It uses Adobe Flash right now, but Wideo’s founders seem anxious to roll out an in-development Apple iPad editing app. The company’s promo video prominently features the Kickstarter logos, and that’s probably not just a coincidence: Kickstarter itself says engaging, share-ready videos translate into more crowdfunding dough. And, honestly, what would you rather watch: A cartoon, or an engineer trying to explain his product in one take? For many years, it has been possible (but difficult) to make surprisingly decent animations and games with Microsoft’s PowerPoint, and Apple’s rival Keynote program has some competitive offerings in the way of design and ease of use. Wideo, though, pedals as far as it can in the latter direction, way past Keynote into a Prezi-like openness and minimalism. Unlike Prezi — which is an “ooh, neat” substitute for the one-by-one slides of traditional presentations — Wideo feels more like a hybrid of a presentation tool and a video editor. All the movement and transitions are shown on a timeline below the canvas, but then each individual action is split up for the user into key frames, not slides. (In simple-ish terms, key frames are the important points of motion that, when put together with less-important frames in between, turn stills into motion. So, you tell Wideo where a character should start walking, where it should stop and how long that motion should take and Wideo fills in all the necessary frames in between to make that happen.) I got a chance to see an alpha version of Wideo in San Francisco last month, and co-founder Agu De Marco had two surprises up his sleeve. First, in addition to a freemium payment model that will charge users by the month for advanced features, Wideo has cleverly realized that it can also make money off of virtual product placement. Therefore, if you want your cartoon character to carry a coffee cup, it might just have the Starbucks logo on it someday. The other intriguing twist is that, even though Wideo offers tools to share videos with all the usual suspects — Facebook, Twitter, etc. — De Marco says his target audiences are entrepreneurs and young professionals. Making a Wideo in lieu of a PowerPoint, he said, will impress yuppies’ bosses and (thanks to those sharing features) replace the need for in-person business presentations. That may be overreaching, but that’s for Wideo’s users to decide. If you aren’t on the shortlist that gets access to Wideo on Sunday, the company said it will open its doors to more and more people until it is completely public on November 15. Tagged with: Agu De Marco, animation, Argentina, Buenos Aires, cartoons, crowdfunding, international, Key Frames, Keynote, Kickstarter, PowerPoint, presentations, Prezi, South America, Starbucks, Wideo QuizUp Creator Plain Vanilla Games Raises Another $22 Million December 26, 2013 at 9:40 am PT AllThingsD Week in Review: WhatsApp vs. Bullshit Metrics and Apple’s Tearjerker Ad December 22, 2013 at 5:30 pm PT Atheer and Meta Want You to Touch Your Apps in Midair Despite Free-to-Play Explosion, Apple Puts Spotlight on Paid Games Why a Cozy Relationship Between Valve and Oculus VR Makes Perfect Sense When AllThingsD began, we told readers we were aiming to present a fusion of new-media timeliness and energy with old-media standards for quality and ethics. And we hope you agree that we’ve done that. — Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, in their farewell D post	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line15
__label__wiki	0.502283	0.502283	Wilson Quarterly Wilson Quarterly Archives Where Have All the UFOs Gone? In Essence \| Summer 2013 Skepticism is snuffing out wonder. 3m 3sec One summer night in 1981, Stuart Walton watched a flying saucer hover in the sky outside his bedroom window. He saw “a strikingly large craft of some kind, flattish but with rounded edges.” Pulsing with white lights, the ship moved back and forth before disappearing into a cloud. Such sightings were common enough that for years a British military unit investigated reports of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). But the investigations came to nothing. People were usually seeing car headlights, weather balloons, and Frisbees—not flying saucers. In 2009, the British government shuttered the UFO outfit. And over the years, reports of the extraterrestrial and the supernatural—spacecraft, ghosts, and spirits—have dwindled. Have the aliens gone home? Are we less gullible than we used to be? If UFOs still lurk, people are too jaded to notice them, argues Walton, a British author writing in Aeon Magazine. Commercial spectacles have made cynics of all of us, dulling our senses of wonder and awe. “In previous centuries, what was visually remarkable stood for the otherworldly, the spiritual.” But now we see dazzling sights every day. Instead of evoking the divine or the unseen, spectacles entice us to buy toothpaste, thrill us in the theater, or beckon us to click the “Like” button. Much of what we’re bombarded with is pure fantasy. Advertisers paint spectacular worlds of consumer bliss. People cope by embracing blanket disbelief. In 1896, some audiences at the first movie projections fled theaters when a train seemed to bear down on them from the screen. Now we know better than to trust our senses. We treat everything—from Hollywood special effects to incredible YouTube videos to strange phenomena observed late at night—with an “incurious skepticism.” Even as technology improves our ability to document our surroundings, people keep their eyes peeled for fakery. The moon landings were staged, they say. A camera crew and a movie set are all it would take. “We now extend the same degree of undifferentiating refusal even to those phenomena that, while hard to credit, deserve to be heeded,” Walton writes. “Climate change might be the most obvious current instance, but, at its most noxious, skepticism results in an unwillingness to believe in others’ suffering. The attitude of wholesale rejection, by which one might stand a chance of becoming impervious to fraud, is thus bought at the ever greater risk of nihilism.” Walton yearns for the time when people were more attuned to wonder. “The baroque façades and soaring spires of cathedrals, the carmines and cobalts of stained-glass windows with the sun streaming through them, devotional processions and carnival parades, gargoyles, misericords, miraculous relics—all attested that there was an intangible reality beyond the physical one, a reality that could at most be suggestively delineated in extraordinary sights.” Today, in a society “entirely mortgaged to the secular spectacular,” the other reality is lost. “The visible and the invisible, the material and the spiritual, the phenomenal and the noumenal are no longer the distinct realms they once were. They have become mutually permeable to their mutual diminishment.” Walton remains a believer in that other realm. Several years ago, he watched a documentary on the decline in UFO sightings in Britain. “One man had seen a mysterious object in the sky,” Walton writes of a witness in the documentary. “He had drawn a sketch of [the UFO] soon after. Hearteningly enough, it was identical to mine.” THE SOURCE: “Seeing and Believing” by Stuart Walton, in Aeon Magazine, April 5, 2013. Automation Anxiety Getting Real About High School The Truth About Jobs "Still, God Helps You" Copyright 2018, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. All rights reserved. Follow Wilson Quarterly on: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW T 202/691-4000	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line21
__label__wiki	0.622088	0.622088	Evolution of substrate specificity within a diverse family of beta/alpha-barrel-fold basic amino acid decarboxylases: X-ray structure determination of enzymes with specificity for L-arginine and carboxynorspermidine. Deng X, Lee J, Michael AJ, Tomchick DR, Goldsmith EJ, Phillips MA. Evolution of substrate specificity within a diverse family of beta/alpha-barrel-fold basic amino acid decarboxylases: X-ray structure determination of enzymes with specificity for L-arginine and carboxynorspermidine. Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent basic amino acid decarboxylases from the beta/alpha-barrel-fold class (group IV) exist in most organisms and catalyze the decarboxylation of diverse substrates, essential for polyamine and lysine biosynthesis. Herein we describe the first x-ray structure determination of bacterial biosynthetic arginine decarboxylase (ADC) and carboxynorspermidine decarboxylase (CANSDC) to 2.3- and 2.0-A resolution, solved as product complexes with agmatine and norspermidine. Despite low overall sequence identity, the monomeric and dimeric structures are similar to other enzymes in the family, with the active sites formed between the beta/alpha-barrel domain of one subunit and the beta-barrel of the other. ADC contains both a unique interdomain insertion (4-helical bundle) and a C-terminal extension (3-helical bundle) and it packs as a tetramer in the asymmetric unit with the insertions forming part of the dimer and tetramer interfaces. Analytical ultracentrifugation studies confirmed that the ADC solution structure is a tetramer. Specificity for different basic amino acids appears to arise primarily from changes in the position of, and amino acid replacements in, a helix in the beta-barrel domain we refer to as the "specificity helix." Additionally, in CANSDC a key acidic residue that interacts with the distal amino group of other substrates is replaced by Leu(314), which interacts with the aliphatic portion of norspermidine. Neither product, agmatine in ADC nor norspermidine in CANSDC, form a Schiff base to pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, suggesting that the product complexes may promote product release by slowing the back reaction. These studies provide insight into the structural basis for the evolution of novel function within a common structural-fold.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line25
__label__cc	0.571966	0.428034	Sub Region I Saudi Arabia Chapter Cairo Chapter Lebanese Chapter Kuwait Chapter Pakistan Chapter Falcon Chapter North Pakistan Chapter Bahrain Chapter Qatar Oryx Chapter Nigeria Chapter Central Pakistan Chapter Turkish Chapter Faisalabad Chapter South Africa Chapter Pyramids Chapter Jordan Chapter Sub Region II India Chapter Western India Chapter Bangalore Chapter Sri Lankan Chapter Chennai Chapter Pune Chapter Mumbai Chapter Deccan Chapter Bangladesh Chapter Membership Promotion Upcoming CRCs Past CRCs RAL Officers RRLs Global Training Center RAL Organization Chart RAL History RAL timeline RAL Regional Lecturer (RRL) Program RAL Regional Lecturers (RRL) Prof. Ahmed Medhat Mr. Hassan Younes Dr Birol Kılkış Mr. Hesham Safwat Prof. Leelananda Rajapaksha Mr. Fahim Siddiqui Mr. K.K. Mitra Mr. Vikram Murthy Eng. Hassan Sultan Mr. Krishnan Visawanath Prof. Ahmed A.Medhat A.Fahim Ph.D, Mech.Eng. Email: luukki@live.com Prof. Ahmed A.Medhat A.Fahim is a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Official Consultant at the Architect and Housing Institute, [AHI] at Housing & Building National Research Centre, [HBRC] , Past Director of the Electro-Mechanical In Buildings Institute, [EMBI] and Head of the MEP Technical Governmental Reviewers Committee at UTI-Institute at HBRC. HBRC is an Egyptian governmental body ,Since 1954, where all building codes and implementing regulations are prepared and published. He was graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University at 1988 and got his M.Sc and Ph.D from the same university at 1993 and 1999 respectively. He started his HVAC career at 1985 before graduation as a trainee at KOLDAIR company which was one of the biggest and oldest HVAC equipment manufacturer and contractor that related to the Governmental Public Sector and after graduation he continue working till 1998 at KOLDAIR. After getting his M.Sc.. He works for many international consulting firms for the design and supervision of different HVAC projects in the Middle East. During 2002 HBRC elected him to join the field researchers team as a mechanical researcher and certified consultant for HVAC and fire engineering to participate in the developments of the HVAC and fire codes, in addition to that, He has been participated in preparation of Energy Efficiency Codes and the Green-Pyramid-Rating-System, GPRS for sustainable buildings design and evaluation. During the last Twenty years he has published more than sixty papers in international journals and conferences that are devoted to HVAC energy efficiency, development of indoor environmental quality and fire engineering. Prof. Ahmed has established his private consulting firm during 1992 that named LUUKKI, Egypt “SFPE, NFPA, USGBC Certified”, such firm is working for both of Prescriptive and Performance-Base designs and supervisions for different HVAC and Fire-Engineering Design projects. Now, LUUKKI has more than 25 years’ experience in Egypt, Middle-East working for the design, CFD predictions, field tests with all applications of smoke-control & related fire engineering systems and strategies, in addition to HVAC and climate control systems in buildings. LUUKKI become accredited Fire-Engineering & Smoke-Control Consultant firm, develops and conducts a series of smoke-control seminars for HBRC, TUV, GTZ, ASHRAE Cairo-Chapter, ASHRAE Pyramids-Chapter, Egyptian Fire Protection Association. Finally, During the last 15 years, Prof. Ahmed “LUUKKI Director” conducted more than 30 technical articles in Fire-Engineering researches for HBRC. He is one of the authors of the HVAC & Fire-Safety-&- Protection-Codes. He has had input into various Standards, Codes, Regulations and is currently sitting on HBRC Committees for Fire Safety, Fire Engineering and Smoke Control along with a number of Egyptian Code Committees. Influence of Smoke Management Systems on Fire Engineering Acoustic Analyses For Robust HVAC Systems Building Rating Systems For Sustainable Building CFD Modeling As An Assessment Tool For Performance-Based-Design Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Email: birolkilkis@hotmail.com Fellow-ASHRAE, Ex-President of Turkish Society of HVAC and Sanitary Engineers, Chamber of Mechanical Engineers, he is a founder member of the Turkish Wind Energy Association, Turkish Solar Energy Association, and the past Country Coordinator of Wind Energy for CENTO, Engineering Track Member of USGBC, the founder of Exergy Analysis for Sustainable Buildings Technical Committee and the past vice-chair in ASHRAE. Country Manager of WADE (World Alliance for De-centralized Energy), Past vice president of TIBTD (Turkish Society of Thermal Science and Technology), Member of REHVA Education Council, Past Editor in Chief of Turkish Heat Science and Technology Journal, Advisory Board Member of Turkish Municipalities with Geothermal Energy, Vice President of EU Renewable Heating and Cooling Platform and Team Leader of Task 1. Advisory Board Member of Turkish Cogeneration Society, Past Member and Editor of Turkish Solar Energy Foundation, NATO ASI Organizers Rational Utilization of Energy by Exergy Principles to Decouple Sustainable Growth and CO2 Emissions Solar and Wind Hybrid Heating Systems: Are they Rational? Green and Sustainable Airport Design Cogeneration and Trigeneration Systems in District Energy Network ASHRAE member Email: fahim.siddiqui@fnd.cpm.pk Sea Water Cooling Emporium Mall HVAC System- a case study Email: e.hassansultan@gmail.com Hassan Sultan, Partner and Director of Mechanical Department at MZ & Partners – Architectural & Engineering Consultant practice since 2003. Acquired Bachelor Degree in Science and Engineering in 1981. Highly experienced profile and carrier biography; Over 35 years of Middle East experience in diverse types of construction projects. Member of Lebanese Order of Engineers and Architects, Lebanese Green Building Council, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc (ASHRAE), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Founding Member of ASHRAE Qatar Oryx Chapter. Grade “A” Consultant Classification in Qatar and GSAS Certified Green Professional. Holding many recognitions, awards and certificates of Excellence. Contributions and responsibilities entail Ex- Presidency of ASHRAE Qatar Oryx Chapter 2011-2013, ASHRAE General Chair of Doha Chapter Regional Conference and Organizing Committee Chair of The First International Conference on Energy & Indoor Environment for Hot Climates. Student Activities, Regional Vice Chair – ASHRAE Region At Large. Voting member of ASHRAE Technical Committee SPC 171. ASHRAE Planning Committee Member. External Examiner at Qatar University and College of Engineering for the Evaluation and Oral Examination of Senior Projects. Speaker in Differential Conferences and Engineering Summits. Life & Safety in high-rise buildings The best insulation materials for building energy conservation ASHRAE member, BEAP, BEMP, HBDP, CPMP, HFDP, OPMP , CHD Email: hassan@griffin-consultants.com Hassan is Director at Griffin Consultants, an award-winning consultancy specialized in Sustainable Designs, Buildings Energy Efficiency, and District Cooling. He is an ASHRAE Trainer at the Global Training Center , a certified trainer by the Association of Energy Engineers for the CEM course, an appointed Consultant for the ASHRAE 62.1 Standard and the recipient of the prestigious Young Energy Professional of the Year 2015 for the Middle East region by the AEE He also facilitates the program course on Energy Auditing organized by the Emirates Green Building Council in collaboration with Masdar and the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy in Dubai and is a regular contributor to regional conferences and publications on energy efficiency. Hassan is on the Boards of Governors of the local and regional chapters of ASHRAE and CIBSE, the internationally-adopted standardizing authorities based in the USA and UK respectively. In those capacities, Hassan works to promote the advancement and improvement of the regional construction industry by collaborating with industry professionals, academia, and governmental entities. He is currently the Chairman of the Industry Advisory Panel of the Herriot Watt Architectural and Engineering Program. With extensive experience in engineering systems design, analysis and consulting and a passionate objective of raising the industry and sustainability standards in the region, Younes entered a partnership to establish Griffin Consultants where he is responsible for all technical and developmental aspects of the firm. Throughout his career, he was involved in the design of multiple high-end developments including retail, residential, commercial, and hospitality projects some of which are iconic in the Emirate of Dubai. Hassan led and completed multiple energy audits with private and governmental entities and provided consultancy on various governmental energy efficiency programs. Introduction to ASHRAE Standard 62.1 2016 Basics of Energy Audits Fundamentals of Cooling Load Calculations Introduction to District Cooling Ph.D., ASHRAE member Email: hesham_safwat@yahoo.com Dr. Hesham graduated with B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1994 from Higher Technological institute -10th of Ramadan university. He worked at Miraco-Carrier-UTC as a BSS Technical manager (1996-2014),responsible for Chiller, air handling units, fan coil selection and pricing , he gained his experience in HVAC industry, and design. Dr. Hesham obtained his master of science 2009 From Cairo university in District cooling systems & then obtained the Ph.D. in Geothermal energy application in HVAC from Cairo University 2014 ,He was an instructor for Miraco-Carrier company – Carrier Adel Barakat training Centre from 2005-2014 , Dr Hesham has obtained certificates in HVAC design and energy modelling courses from Syracuse-NY Training Carrier USA (2005-2010),HAP LEED COURSE from Carrier university., and Certificate of Attendance for High performance buildings ,ASHRAE 62.1.ASHRAE 90.1 from ASHRAE educational institute Chicago, 2012, and STDF program instructor for industry 2013, he is the head of RP committee in ASHRAE committee and a board of governor in Cairo Chapter Dr Hesham joined the BUE in 2014 as Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering. Dr Hesham major Experience in the industry and applied engineering science for over 20 years in Miraco-Carrier industry school and mainly a consultant and partner in Multiclima consultants for HVAC Central projects , the scope of his education and research for applying Sustainability ,Green building specialized in Geothermal ground source heat pumps and energy & atmosphere ( EA) part in LEED for middle east Commercial projects area . Dr Hesham is one of the representative consultant steering committee of the British university in a Governmental strategic project in manufacturing the compressors Dr Hesham has been nominated as international instructor in VRF air-conditioning system , he made an international training course in South Africa , Dubai, and Pakistan. Dr Hesham is the ASHRAE Cairo Chapter president 2018-2019 Dr Hesham has support 2 undergraduate projects to support industry, and they are nominated in the Oriental weavers factories Dr Hesham Safwat is Board Member of Farouk ElBaz Centre for Sustainability and Future Studies (FECSFS) Variable refrigerant flow design and application HVAC design application Level 1 Email: kk.mitra@lloydinsulation.com Mr. K.K. Mitra is a Science Graduate with Post Graduation and Master in Business Administration. Has 30+ years experience in the field of Thermal Insulation and working as Sr. Vice President in Lloyd Insulations (India) Limited. Member of ASHRAE & ISHRAE and Past President of Ashrae India Chapter. Presently Chair CTTC of Ashrae India Chapter. Has been member of the Core Committee of Experts for drafting Energy Conservation Building Code of India 2007 and presently member of various committees of Thermal Insulation at Bureau of Indian Standards, Govt. of India. Is a member of technical committee for standardization of Cold Store specifications by National Horticulture Board / National Centre for Cold Chain Development, Govt. of India and Acoustical Society of India. Widely visited Europe, Japan, China, USA, Middle East & Far East countries. Has participated in various National & International level seminars & presented papers. Last year presented paper on Building Insulation during Ashrae Winter Conference at Las Vegas. Had attended Cold Storage training program at Paris organized by NCCD and Insulation Training program at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Naetsu Japan. Also visits Educational Institutes / Colleges regularly to deliver lectures on Thermal Insulation System for Green and Energy Efficient Buildings. Thermal Insulation System for Energy Efficient Green Buildings Modern Energy Efficient Cold Storage Construction & Insulation System Email: krishnan@dynacraftindia.com After graduating from IIT, he joined VOLTAS LIMITED, a Tata Group Company and India’s premier Air-conditioning Company, in 1977, as a Management Trainee. He spent the next fifteen years in VOLTAS, where he handled several assignments including Sales, Project Execution, Service and then moved to the Corporate Office where he was responsible for Business Development, Technology Transfer and Dealer Development. Krishnan separated from VOLTAS in 1992 and started his own enterprise which is engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing Air, Fire and Smoke Management Products. A Member of ASHRAE since 1989, Krishnan was actively involved in the formation of the ASHRAE Western India Chapter. He has been the Chair of Membership Promotion at ASHRAE Western India Chapter and contributed significantly to the growth of the Chapter. He also served as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President and finally the President of the Western India Chapter during the Society Year 2006-2007. Krishnan has been one of the active members responsible for the formation of the ASHRAE Mumbai Chapter. He served as the CTTC Chair for the Chapter in the very first year of it’s formation and is currently a Member of the Mumbai Chapter. He has actively participated in Region-at-Large Activities. Served as Regional Treasurer. At a Society Level, Krishnan has been a Member of ASHRAE TC 5.03 since 2004 and served as Voting Member. He also served as a Voting Member on Special Projects Committee 200. He currently serves on the Society’s Nominating Committee and also served on a Presidential Ad-Hoc Committee to draw up the By Laws and Manuals for the Region At Large. Krishnan is the recipient of ASHRAE’s Chapter Service Award and Regional Award of Merit. Krishnan has been involved with ISHRAE since 1986. He has served as Secretary, Treasurer and President of the Mumbai Chapter, Regional Director (West) and also as Secretary at the Headquarters. He served as President of the Society during the Society Year 2011-2012. Krishnan has scripted several documents for ISHRAE including the Chapter Operations Manual, the Committee Documents, Finance Manual and is also on the Board of Trustees of the ISHRAE Institute of Excellence, the educational arm of ISHRAE. He is also an active Member of the ACREX National Steering Committee. Member of the ISHRAE Certification Committee and also a Faculty for the ICP Design Certification Program and the ICP Clean Room Design Certification Program. Krishnan currently serves on the Society’s Honours & Awards Committee and is the Vice-Chair of IIE Krishnan is on the Panel of ISHRAE Distinguished Lecturers, where he speaks on Room Air Distribution. He has spoken at several seminars and conducted numerous workshops and training programs on the subject all over India. Krishnan is the recipient of ISHRAE’s Distinguished Service Award, Exceptional Service Award and Life Time Service Award. Krishnan is also an active Member the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, USA. Room air distribution for constant volume mixing air system Current trends in room air distribution Air terminal units, design applications Mr. Leelananda Rajapaksha Phone: +94 71 921 771 Email: lraja@eng.pdn.ac.lk Natural refrigerant – status quo and the Way forward Ammonia – the myths and the good Life cycle assessments – Industrial refrigeration systems Food security – Role of refrigeration Email: vikrammur@gmail.com Psychrometrics and cooling and heating load calculations Air duct design and air distribution Chilled and condenser water piping design Chiller and air handling unit selection and balancing RRL Policies & Forms 1. RRL Program Highlights_V2.00mt 2. RRL Nomination Instructions_V2.00mt 3. RRL Nomination-Form-V2.00_mt 4. RRL Participation Form_V2.00mt 5. RRL Event Evaluation Form 6. RRL Event Summary Critique Form 7. RRL Transportation Voucher Form 8. RRL Summary Report With more than 56,000 members from over 132 nations, ASHRAE is a diverse organization representing building system design and industrial processes professionals around the world. This website is maintained by ASHRAE Region-at-Large. It does not present official positions of the Society nor reflect Society policy. Region-at-Large may not act for the Society and the information presented here has not had Society review. To learn more about ASHRAE activities on an international level, visit the ASHRAE website. Webmaster: Osama Khayata © 2019 ASHRAE RAL. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line26
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__label__wiki	0.594771	0.594771	Nicolos v. Borough TOM DONOVAN NICOLOS, Appellant, NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH, Appellee. Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Second Judicial District, Barrow, Angela Greene, Judge. Superior Court No. 2BA-15-00178 CI Appearances: Timothy Seaver, Seaver & Wagner, LLC, Anchorage, for Appellant. Danielle M. Ryman and Jared L. Gardner, Perkins Coie LLP, Anchorage, for Appellee. BOLGER, JUSTICE. The North Slope Borough discharged employee Tom Donovan Nicolos after he made statements that Borough employees interpreted as threats. Nicolos appeals from the superior court's order approving the Borough Personnel Board's decision affirming his discharge. He claims that his statements did not constitute threats or other misconduct under the Borough's personnel rules and that the Borough failed to conduct an adequate investigation into his alleged misconduct before terminating him. Nicolos also claims that his purportedly threatening statements were manifestations of a disability and that his discharge violated the Americans with Disabilities Act[1] (ADA) and the Alaska Human Rights Act[2] (AHRA). We reject Nicolos's claims of error and affirm the judgment of the superior court approving the Personnel Board's decision. A. The First Alleged Threat Nicolos began working in Utqiagvik (then called Barrow) for the North Slope Borough Department of Public Works in 2013. At some point Nicolos began having thoughts of harming himself and harming others - thoughts that Nicolos would later characterize as "unwelcome." The thoughts persisted, and one day in January 2015 he "woke up feeling the worst that [he] had." Following advice from his parents, Nicolos went to work and immediately sought out his supervisor, Brittney Toalston, to inform her about his unwelcome thoughts of harm. Meeting in their shared office, Nicolos told Toalston that he "was not in a good place, . . . d[id] not want to hurt others, . . . did not want to hurt [him]self, and . . . did not want to go to jail." Toalston later testified to the Personnel Board that during this conversation Nicolos was "[v]ery agitated, stressed, and really red in the face" - "like he was very fidgety and he had to do something." Toalston knew from previous conversations with Nicolos that he "ha[d] access to firearms and weapons." As a result, Toalston "became very scared for [her]self and [her] employees." She moreover did not "know how [she and the other employees] were going to act or work with somebody who said something like that." She advised Nicolos to clock out and seek treatment, and she sent her two other subordinates home for the day. She later testified, "[I]f I didn't feel safe in my workplace, then I feel my employees shouldn't be at work either." B. The Second Alleged Threat Nicolos left the workplace, as instructed by Toalston, but was unable to obtain immediate treatment in Utqiagvik. He flew to Anchorage that evening, and the next day he had a counseling session at Providence Alaska Medical Center with Mandie Webb, LPC. After she met with Nicolos, Webb contacted Toalston and two Department employees that day to warn them about Nicolos's "homicidal ideation." The nature of Nicolos's comments to Webb and the content of Webb's disclosure to Toalston and the others are disputed. According to Toalston, Webb told her Nicolos "had expressed . . . that he had a list of people that he wanted to hurt either with guns or weapons," that Toalston "was number one on his list," and that "next was [Department employee] Ekatarina Pili and then [former Department employee] Pam Amling." Pili, one of the two other individuals warned by Webb, corroborated Toalston's account. She testified, "[Webb] told us pretty much that . . . [Nicolos] had either planned or premeditated to come to the workplace and open fire." Amling, who also received a warning from Webb, gave a different account. She testified that she "d[id] not remember [Webb] saying anything about a plan to kill anybody" and that instead Webb had informed her that Nicolos had been "having feelings of hurting himself and such." For his part, Nicolos testified that he did not tell Webb he had a plan to kill his supervisor or anyone else. Rather, he told Webb he had been having thoughts - "unwelcome" thoughts - of harming his supervisor. Further he did not know when he made his comments to Webb that she would disclose them to Toalston. Webb did not testify at the Personnel Board hearing. But her notes, introduced at that hearing, state that she "contacted [Nicolos's] supervisor, . . . Toalston . . ., [about] the homicidal statements made by [Nicolos]." The notes do not mention a hit list or premeditated plan to kill. C. The Borough's Response To The Alleged Threats Toalston later testified at the Personnel Board hearing that after receiving the call from Webb about Nicolos's homicidal ideation, she cried and was "in shock." Toalston also testified that she "became sick to [her] stomach" and vomited. Similarly, Pili testified that she was "really kind of distraught and shocked" after receiving Webb's call. She thought there was "a high possibility that [Nicolos] could come to work and do whatever . . . [Webb] had said." On January 14, the same day Webb contacted her, Toalston sent an email to the Borough's human resources and legal departments, her supervisor, and the Director of Public Works summarizing her conversation with Webb. The email stated that Webb had said "she ha[d] a legal obligation to reach out to each of [the warning recipients] to let [them] know that [Nicolos] ha[d] planned and ha[d] wanted to use firearms on all three [employees] in the office." The email further stated: [Pili] and I will both submit restraining orders on [Nicolos] for fear of our lives. Please - please let me know if there is anything else we can do. Because right now you have two women ([Pili] and myself) tearing up with the fact that [Nicolos] has a possibility of coming back to our office . . . . Toalston later did obtain a protective order against Nicolos.[3] Price Leavitt, a deputy director in the Department and Toalston's supervisor, testified that the Department held an "emergency meeting" to decide how to deal with Nicolos's statements to Toalston and Webb. Leavitt testified that following this meeting, the Department "put security measures into the [Department's] building by putting in special glass around the reception area . . . [and] security cameras" and by employing a security guard. The Department placed Nicolos on investigative leave on January 16. Leavitt was responsible for investigating Nicolos's alleged misconduct. In conducting this investigation, Leavitt talked to Toalston twice, reviewed the Borough's personnel rules, and consulted with the Borough's human resources and legal departments. He did not interview Nicolos or other witnesses. After he completed his investigation, Leavitt sent Nicolos a "notice of contemplated discharge" on January 29. The notice informed Nicolos of the allegations against him, of the personnel rules that he was alleged to have violated, and that the Borough was contemplating discharging him. Further, the notice informed Nicolos that he would have "an opportunity to present any evidence or otherwise respond" at a meeting with Leavitt on February 9. Nicolos submitted a written response, and he attended the February 9 meeting telephonically. Following this meeting, the matter of Nicolos's discipline was delegated to another deputy director in the Department, who decided to proceed with Nicolos's termination. This deputy director sent a second notice of contemplated discharge on February 17. In accordance with the second notice, a predisciplinary hearing was held on February 26 before the Department Director. At the hearing, Nicolos testified under oath and presented other evidence, including Webb's notes. Nicolos testified that he had not intended to threaten anybody and that "[h]aving a feeling, an idea or an emotion is not in fact a threat or threatening." He further explained that his homicidal thoughts had been caused by a traumatic brain injury in his youth, that he was being treated for the injury, and that he no longer experienced the thoughts. Following the hearing, on March 2, the Borough terminated Nicolos. The notice of discharge from the Director stated that the basis for the discharge was Nicolos's statements to Webb about his homicidal thoughts. The Director determined that these statements "violat[ed] . . . the Personnel Rules and Regulations on violence in the workplace and m[et] the definition of a 'threat.' " D. The Personnel Board's Hearing And Decision Nicolos appealed his termination to the Borough Personnel Board. In June 2015 the Board held a two-day hearing. In addition to the evidence summarized above, Nicolos and Amling testified that Toalston had been a verbally abusive supervisor. Toalston, however, denied mistreating Nicolos. Nicolos also offered the testimony of his psychiatrist, who explained that Nicolos was no longer homicidal and that he posed no danger. The psychiatrist testified that there is a "huge difference" between thoughts and planning, and she asserted that "at no point in the documentation did [she] find any . . . evidence that [Nicolos] was having intention of acting on [his homicidal] thoughts." The Board concluded that just cause existed to discharge Nicolos. The Board found that Nicolos's statements to Toalston about not being in a good place and not wanting to hurt anyone "constituted an indirect threat, as the . . . statements could be interpreted by a reasonable person as implying that [Nicolos] ha[d] intent to cause physical harm." Further, the Board found that Nicolos's statement to Webb about a "premeditated plan to use firearms to harm or kill" his coworkers was a "direct threat." The Board thus determined that Nicolos had violated the Borough's personnel rules prohibiting violence and threats in the workplace, as well as its personnel rule requiring employees to "work effectively, amenably and courteously" with their coworkers. The Board also determined that Nicolos's termination did not violate the ADA or the AHRA. The Board assumed that Nicolos was disabled and that Nicolos's purported threats were a manifestation of this disability. But the Board found that there was "no evidence that [Nicolos] was terminated because of his disability." It found that Nicolos "cannot be considered 'otherwise qualified' to perform the essential duties of his job, because threats of violence violated the Borough's policy against violence in the workplace." The Board further found that "there was no reasonable accommodation that could be made for [Nicolos], as his co-workers would always be in fear for their safety due to [Nicolos's] threats." E. The Superior Court's Decision Nicolos filed an appeal in the superior court. The court reversed the Board's findings that Nicolos's statements to Toalston and Webb constituted threats that violated the personnel rule against violence in the workplace. It reasoned that the rule "require[d] an employee to have intended to make a threat" and that "[n]o reasonable person [could] find that Nicolos intended to threaten anyone when he sought help for his mental health issues." The court approved, though, the Board's conclusion that Nicolos's statements violated the personnel rule requiring Nicolos to work effectively, amenably, and courteously. The court affirmed Nicolos's termination.[4] In this appeal from the Borough Personnel Board - an administrative agency[5] - we "independently review" the Board's decision without giving deference to the superior court's intermediate review.[6] We accept the Board's findings of fact so long as they are supported by "substantial evidence," meaning "such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion."[7] With respect to questions of law, we apply either the "reasonable basis test" or the "substitution of judgment standard."[8] The reasonable basis test applies when reviewing "questions of law involving 'agency expertise or the determination of fundamental policies within the scope of the agency's statutory functions.' "[9] Under this test, we seek only "to determine whether the agency's decision is supported by the facts and has a reasonable basis in law, even if we may not agree with the agency's ultimate determination."[10] The substitution of judgment standard, in contrast, applies "to questions of law where no agency expertise is involved."[11] Under this standard, "we may 'substitute [our] own judgment for that of the agency even if the agency's decision had a reasonable basis in law.' "[12] Nicolos claims that the Personnel Board erroneously determined he made threatening comments and violated the Borough personnel rules, that the Borough failed to conduct an adequate investigation before deciding to discharge him, and that the Borough violated the ADA and the AHRA by discharging him based on conduct arising from his disability. Before proceeding to the first of these contentions, we resolve a threshold matter. A. The Borough Was Not Required To File A Cross-Appeal. Nicolos asserts that we must accept the superior court's ruling reversing the Personnel Board's determination that Nicolos's statements to Toalston and Webb constituted threats because the Borough failed to cross-appeal this ruling. But Nicolos misunderstands the cross-appeal requirement. "[A]n appellee may urge . . . in defense of a decree or judgment any matter appearing in the record, even if rejected below and even if [the] appellee's argument may involve an attack upon the reasoning of the lower court or an insistence upon [a] matter overlooked or ignored by it."[13] It is only when an appellee "attack[s] [a] decree [or judgment] with a view either to enlarging his own rights there under or of lessening the rights of his adversary" that the appellee must file a cross- appeal.[14] We are not bound by the superior court's ruling on Nicolos's threats, because our reversal of that ruling (in the following section) serves only to provide a basis for affirming the superior court's ultimate judgment approving the Board's decision. Reversal of the ruling does not alter the rights of the parties under the superior court's judgment or the Board's decision.          B. 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__label__cc	0.571067	0.428933	Keating, v. Nordstrom, Inc. MAUREEN KEATING, et al., Plaintiffs, NORDSTROM, INC., Defendant. ORDER RE MOTION FOR THE COURT TO DETERMINE THE SUFFICIENCY OF RESPONSES AND OBJECTIONS TO REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION AND MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSE OR IMPOSE OTHER DISCOVERY SANCTIONS SHARON L. GLEASON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Before the Court at Docket 193 is Plaintiffs' Motion for the Court to Determine the Sufficiency of Responses and Objections to Requests for Admission and Motion to Compel Further Response or Impose Other Discovery Sanctions. Defendant Nordstrom, Inc., responded in opposition to the Motion to Compel Further Responses at Docket 200. Plaintiffs replied to Defendant's opposition at Docket 203. Oral argument was not requested and was not necessary to the Court's decision. Plaintiffs served three sets of Requests for Admission (“RFAs”)[1]: Plaintiff Rheeston served a set on March 28, 2019, [2] and Plaintiff Freitag and Plaintiff Keating each served a set on April 17, 2019.[3] Defendant Nordstrom responded to Plaintiff Rheeston's RFAs on April 29, 2019, and to Plaintiff Freitag's and Plaintiff Keating's RFAs on May 17, 2019.[4] On July 24, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a motion for the Court to determine the sufficiency of Nordstrom's responses and objections to their RFAs and to compel further response or impose other discovery sanctions.[5]The parties met and conferred before Plaintiffs filed this motion.[6] Plaintiffs' requests are numerous. They ask the Court to: (1) strike the “vague and ambiguous objections” throughout Nordstrom's responses;[7] (2) order Nordstrom to “deny [the] request without objection” for each of Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA No. 1, Plaintiff Freitag's RFA Nos. 4, 8, 10, 11, 14-16, 21, and Plaintiff Keating's RFA Nos. 8, 21, 23;[8] (3) strike Nordstrom's “compound” objection throughout its responses;[9] (4) strike Nordstrom's “legal conclusion or expert opinion” objection and compel it to “admit or deny or explain any lack of information” for each of Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA Nos. 3-8, 11-17, for Plaintiff Freitag's RFA Nos. 9, 20, 22, 23, and for Plaintiff Keating's RFA Nos. 3-7, 9-11, 15-17, 22, 24-31;[10] (5) order Nordstrom to respond without objection to relevance to Plaintiff Keating's RFA Nos. 10 and 11;[11] (6) strike Nordstrom's objections and qualifications entirely in response to Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA Nos. 2, 7, and 16, and to Plaintiff Freitag's RFA No. 7 and deem them admitted without qualification;[12] (7) strike Nordstrom's objections based on lack of information and deem admitted each of Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA Nos. 9, 10, 18, 19, Plaintiff Freitag's RFA Nos. 1-3, 6, 7, 12, 13, 18, 19, and Plaintiff Keating's RFA Nos. 1 and 19;[13] and finally, (8) deem admitted Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA Nos. 4 and 8 and Plaintiff Keating's RFA No. 8.[14] Additionally, Plaintiffs ask the Court to award sanctions to Plaintiffs for “costs in discovery, bringing this motion and such other and further sanctions to deter Nordstrom from presenting false evidence to this Court.”[15] In response, Nordstrom contends that it provided substantive responses (notwithstanding its objections) to all but four of the RFAs.[16] Specifically, for all but those four RFAs, Nordstrom either admitted or denied the statement, or indicated that it “lack[ed] sufficient information to respond to this Request” in cases “where the information needed to respond was in Plaintiff's possession, not Nordstrom's.”[17] Nordstrom concedes that in those instances where it lacked sufficient information to respond, it did not include in its responses that it had made a “reasonable inquiry” as required by Rule 36.[18] Nordstrom adds that prior to Plaintiffs' filing of the motion, during the parties' meet-and-confer call, “counsel [for Nordstrom] confirmed that such an inquiry had been made” and that it would supplement its responses to so indicate on request.[19] It maintains Plaintiffs did not make any such request before filing this motion.[20] For the remaining four RFAs- Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA Nos. 4, 8, and 16 and Plaintiff Keating's RFA No. 18- Nordstrom rested on its objections and did not admit or deny the request.[21] LEGAL STANDARD Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 36 governs parties' Requests for Admission during discovery. It specifies that “[i]f a matter is not admitted, the answer must specifically deny it or state in detail why the answering party cannot truthfully admit or deny it.”[22] Moreover, “[a] denial must fairly respond to the substance of the matter; and when good faith requires that a party qualify an answer or deny only a part of a matter, the answer must specify the part admitted and qualify or deny the rest.”[23] If a party “assert[s] lack of knowledge or information as a reason for failing to admit or deny, ” it must “state[] that it has made reasonably inquiry and that the information it knows or can readily obtain is insufficient to enable it to admit or deny.”[24] The “[p]arties may not view requests for admission as a mere procedural exercise requiring minimally acceptable conduct . . . [and] should focus on the goal of the Rules, full and efficient discovery, not evasion and word play.”[25] When a party moves to determine the sufficiency of an answer or objection, a court “must order that an answer be served” unless it finds an objection justified.[26] Upon “finding that an answer does not comply with this rule, the court may order either that the matter is admitted or that an amended answer be served.”[27] Plaintiffs' numerous requests fall into four categories of relief: they ask this Court to strike certain objections, to order Nordstrom to respond substantively to some RFAs, to deem other RFAs admitted, and to order sanctions. The Court addresses each request for relief in turn. 1. Plaintiffs' requests to strike objections First, Plaintiffs ask the Court to strike various objections from Nordstrom's responses including, inter alia, objections to vague and ambiguous language, compound statements, requests requiring legal conclusions or expert opinions, and relevance. Plaintiffs' position that some of Nordstrom's objections are unwarranted has some merit. But, notwithstanding its multitude of objections, Nordstrom provided substantive responses to all but four RFAs. The Court finds that in all but those four cases (addressed infra), Nordstrom did not use the objections as a basis to withhold information or responses.[28] Therefore, the Court declines to strike Nordstrom's objections from its responses. 2. Plaintiffs' request to compel substantive responses Second, Plaintiffs ask the Court to compel Nordstrom to “admit or deny or explain any lack of information” as to Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA Nos. 3-8, 11-17, Plaintiff Freitag's RFA Nos. 9, 20, 22, 23, and Plaintiff Keating's RFA Nos. 3-7, 9- 11, 15-18, 22, 24-31.[29] Having reviewed the responses, the Court finds that for all but four of these RFAs, Nordstrom provided an adequate substantive response. Specifically, Nordstrom denied Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA Nos. 3, 5, 6, 11-15, and 17, Plaintiff Freitag's RFA Nos. 9, 20, 22, and 23, and Plaintiff Keating's RFA Nos. 3-7, 9-11, 15-17, 22, and 24-31, and admitted in part and denied in part Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA No. 7.[30] Because Nordstrom provided a substantive response as permitted by Rule 36, the Court will not compel it to change or supplement its answers to these RFAs. However, Nordstrom did not substantively respond to Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA Nos. 4, 8, or 16 or to Plaintiff Keating's RFA No. 18. Instead, Nordstrom stood on its objections. Each of these RFAs is addressed below. Plaintiff Rheeston RFA No. 4: Request: Less than 15 percent of the total number of beauty boxes sold were sold at a price higher than $28.90.[31] Response: Nordstrom incorporates its Preliminary Statement and General Objections herein. Nordstrom objects to this Request on the grounds that it is vague and ambiguous, in particular with regard to its use of the terms “total number, ” “beauty box, ” “sold” and “price.” Nordstrom further objects to this Request to the extent it seeks an impermissible legal and/or expert opinion or conclusion. Nordstrom further objects on the grounds that Nordstrom produced the transaction histories, which speak for themselves. Nordstrom further objects to this Request on the grounds that it is vague and ambiguous as to time.[32] In its opposition, Nordstrom contends that it has produced all the transaction data “relating to the Beauty Box from 2013, and not at any other time” and that “Plaintiffs can do whatever calculations they want.”[33] It adds that to answer this RFA would require it to pull all sales of the beauty box “at any time” and that this would be “unduly burdensome.”[34] Plaintiffs contend they did not have Nordstrom's data regarding the beauty box until after these requests were served.[35] The Court finds that Nordstrom's response falls short of what is required under Rule 36. Although the Court agrees with Nordstrom that there is some ambiguity about the timeline, Nordstrom can and should answer this RFA based on the data produced in this case.[36] Accordingly, the Court orders Nordstrom to provide a substantive response (admit, deny, or assert insufficient information) to Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA No. 4. Request: YOU sold the beauty box at the same price or at a lower price after the 2013 Anniversary Sale was finished.[37] Response: Nordstrom incorporates its Preliminary Statement and General Objections herein. Nordstrom objects to this Request on the grounds that it is vague and ambiguous, in particular with regard to its use of the terms “beauty box, ” “same price, ” “lower price” and “Anniversary Sale.” Nordstrom further objects to this Request to the extent it seeks an impermissible legal and/or expert opinion or conclusion. Nordstrom further objects to this Request on the grounds that it lacks a baseline price to which it is purporting to compare other prices, rendering it defective and incapable of being answered. Nordstrom further objects on the grounds that Nordstrom produced the transaction histories, which speak for themselves. Nordstrom further objects on the grounds that this Request is vague as to time.[38] Nordstrom contends that it is “unclear what price [Plaintiffs] are talking about or during what period of time” and points Plaintiffs to its production.[39] As mentioned above, Plaintiffs contend they did not have Nordstrom's data until after these requests were served. The Court finds that Nordstrom's response falls short of what is required under Rule 36. However, the Court agrees with Nordstrom that there is some ambiguity in the request as to the pricing and dates. Therefore, the Court orders the parties to meet and confer within 7 days of this order to address any ambiguity. Once resolved, the Court orders Nordstrom to supplement its response to Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA No. 8. Plaintiff Rheeston RFA No. 16: Request: Nordstrom did not restock the beauty box purchased by Rheeston.[40] Response: Nordstrom incorporates its Preliminary Statement and General Objections herein. Nordstrom objects to this Request on the grounds that it is vague and ambiguous, in particular with regard to its use of the terms “restock, ” “beauty box.” Nordstrom further objects to this Request to the extent it seeks an impermissible legal and/or expert opinion or conclusion.[41] In its opposition, Nordstrom contends that this RFA is irrelevant, vague “as to time and meaning of ‘restock, '” and adds that the Beauty Box “did not sell out, [during the Anniversary sale] and therefore there was no reason to restock.”[42] The Court finds Nordstrom's response insufficient to fulfill its obligations under Rule 36. Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA No. 16 is relevant to Plaintiffs' preseason sale claims. However, the Court agrees with Nordstrom that there is some ambiguity as to the meaning of “restock” and the relevant timeframe and orders the parties to meet and confer within 7 days of this order to clarify both. The Court orders Nordstrom to supplement its response to this RFA thereafter. Plaintiff Keating RFA No. 18: Request: Camilla Brooks has given pricing adjustments to customers because of register errors during her 21 years with Nordstrom.[43] Response: Nordstrom incorporates its Preliminary Statement and General Objections herein. Nordstrom objects to this Request on the grounds that it is vague and ambiguous, in particular with regard to its use of the terms “given, ” “pricing adjustments, ” “customers, ” “because of register errors.” Nordstrom further objects on the ground that it is vague and ambiguous as to time. Nordstrom further objects on the grounds that it seeks information not relevant to the claims and defenses in the action. Nordstrom further objects on the grounds that the deposition testimony of Ms. Brooks speaks for itself.[44] In its opposition, Nordstrom contends that this RFA “is completely irrelevant to this case” and that “Plaintiffs took [Ms. Brooks'] deposition and were able to ask whatever questions they wanted.”[45] The Court finds Nordstrom's response insufficient to fulfill its obligations under Rule 36. Plaintiff Keating's RFA No. 18 is relevant to Plaintiffs' register error claims. Moreover, the fact that Plaintiffs took Ms. Brooks' deposition does not preclude them from seeking to narrow disputed issues at trial through an RFA.[46] The Court orders Nordstrom to supplement its response to this RFA. 3. Plaintiffs' request to deem RFAs admitted          Third, the Court addresses Plaintiffs' request that Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA Nos. 2, 4, 7-10, 16, 18, 19, [47] Plaintiff Freitag's RFA Nos. 1-3, 6, 7, 12, 13, 18, 19, and Plaintiff Keating's RFA Nos. 1, 8, and 19 be deemed admitted. The Court finds that Nordstrom provided substantive responses to Plaintiff Rheeston's RFA Nos. 2 and 7, and Plaintiff Keating's RFA No. 8. ...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line34
__label__cc	0.588776	0.411224	Berlin Embassy Profiles Belgian Culture-Merging Dance Visits Festspiele “Peeping Tom” Theatre Company performs the multicultural-inspired “32 Rue Vandenbranden” Daniel Erhardt, News from Berlin Rwanda and Germany in Cooperation » Africa Month Celebrations in Berlin » Ethiopian Diaspora in Germany welcomes New Ambassador Designate » The world-renowned “Peeping Tom” theatre company will debut at the Berliner Sommer Festspiele on August 13th and 14th, within the 28th “Tanz in August” (“Dance in August”) festival program. Known for their atmosphere-full and hyper-realistic dancing performances, they will display their 2015 Olivier Award-winning performance “32 Rue Vandenbranden”. The performance contemplates life in an isolated social environment, within a trailer-park community. The focus is especially on the motivations that drive these people, who live as buried in the snow. Five dancers and a mezzo-soprano dive into this self-reflexive world of cultural analysis within the dark side of the human soul through the subconscious. Further focus of cultural analysis within the performance is on the role of subconscious nightmares, fears and desires as physiological reasons for cultural constraint. More specifically, how these human emotions restrain individuals in an apparent state of total liberty to do what they want, from ever being able to escape their roots, family or culture. The theatrical trip is accompanied by an eclectic musical selection that spans from Bach and Bellini to K-Pop and Pink Floyd, highlighting the relativity of time and space within the dance exploration, as well as its multicultural component. Another proof of it is the fact that the show was inspired by the Japanese film of Shohei Imamura “The Ballad of Narayama”, which explores the harsh traditions of a remote village in Japan. The now artistic directors Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier, formerly members of the “Needcompany” company under Alain Platel, founded the “Peeping Tom” theatre company in the year 2000. Since then, the company’s role in cultural diplomacy has been paramount, as their present show, for example, is a coproduction of Belgian, Dutch, French, Slovenian, German and Swiss theatre companies. Peeping Tom also gained support from the Government of the Belgian region of Flanders. - https://www.facebook.com/BotschaftDesKonigreichsBelgienInBerlin/?fref=ts - http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/de/aktuell/festivals/specials/specials16_tanz_im_august/specials16_veranstaltungsdetail_tanz_im_august_175637.php - http://peepingtom.be/en/productions/2 News from Berlin Berlin Global Cultural Diplomacy News Soltauer Str. 18-22 Fax: +49 49 (0) 30 2360 76811 Email: info@berlinglobal.org © www.berlinglobal.org \| all rights reserved. \| Imprint	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line49
__label__cc	0.549102	0.450898	Drinking Level 3 Kool-Aid By Al Lewis A former Level 3 employee recently told me she quit after finally losing faith in the company. “I stopped drinking the Kool-Aid,” she told me. I’ve heard that line several times over the past three years when talking to folks about the struggling Broomfield-based telecommunications company. It evokes memories of the Rev. Jim Jones who killed his followers with a poisoned beverage in the 1970s. Or perhaps it’s an allusion to Tom Wolfe’s “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” a book that captured psychedelics in the 1960s. Denver telecom analyst Tom Friedberg was the first person I heard use the Kool-Aid expression in connection with Level 3. He said it was a reference to the almost cult-like devotion Level 3 employees had for CEO James Crowe. People who work for Level 3 seem to believe the best about the company, even as its stock has plummeted from $130 in March 2000 to about $2 today. Apparently, the “Kool-Aid” profoundly distorts perceptions. In mid-May, Level 3 was one of the most shorted stocks on the market. I wonder if the Level 3 Kool-Aid is going to be strong enough to handle that. “Are they drinking it, or are they shooting it up?” said Friedberg. “That’s the question.” Categories: Back Talk A glossary for idiots Serious Qwestions Discussion (Add a comment) We reserve the right to remove any comment we feel is spammy, NSFW, defamatory, rude, or reckless to the community. We expect everyone to be respectful of other commenters. It's fine to have differences of opinion, but there's no need to act like a jerk. Use your own words (don't copy and paste from elsewhere), be honest and don't pretend to be someone (or something) you're not. Disqus comments primer Commenting Ground Rules A Dex dike in Iowa? Subway's Jared was cooler when he was fat Unions make workers pay Clothes or gas? “Judge Naughty” still being naughty Should airlines charge by the pound? - 122 comments The trouble with HOAs - 45 comments Hundred-year Hoover - 27 comments Talk back to Al's mom - 25 comments Show me the lemon, Starbucks! - 25 comments “Why should it be illegal? As long as she excuses herself from any voting done on matters concerning cases where her husband is the attorney of record or his firm for that matter...” — Blaser270 On CU Regent has no shame “We are currently fighting with our HOA. They decided that they did not like what my husband does for a living (He is a tow truck driver) and they have made our lives a living...” — Heather Wood On The trouble with HOAs “First of all CAI (Community Association Institute ran the survey which was not wide spread, not quite factual. On another note most homeowner have no clue CAI is a lobbyist...” — Its about time Al on 9News (18) Al's Mailbag (92) Al's Voicemail (3) Back Talk (336) Celebrity Shot (1) Enron Trial (13) Nacchio on Trial (5) QWEST (2) Stupid Commercials (1) Talk Back to Al's Mom (1) Al’s Archives Al’s Archives Select Month June 2008 (11) May 2008 (12) April 2008 (14) March 2008 (7) February 2008 (9) January 2008 (13) December 2007 (10) November 2007 (13) October 2007 (13) September 2007 (9) August 2007 (15) July 2007 (23) June 2007 (18) May 2007 (19) April 2007 (20) March 2007 (20) February 2007 (20) January 2007 (14) December 2006 (10) November 2006 (19) October 2006 (25) September 2006 (23) August 2006 (26) July 2006 (31) June 2006 (19) May 2006 (13) April 2006 (8) March 2006 (7) February 2006 (8) January 2006 (14) December 2005 (8) November 2005 (12) October 2005 (7) September 2005 (6) August 2005 (9) July 2005 (7) June 2005 (9) May 2005 (4) About Al Lewis Al Lewis, former business columnist with The Denver Post, provided news and comments on the Denver and Colorado business Al Lewis RSS feed Denver Post feed directory	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line54
__label__cc	0.702593	0.297407	Why You Can Never Have Too Many Tomatoes Sensa: Is This Right For You? Welcome to the All-New Oz Blog! by Mehmet Oz, MD Our show has touched and changed the lives of millions around the globe. My mission has and always will be to better your health and to make your busy lives easier. Today, with the launch of our all-new blog, I’m proud to say we can take that mission to the next level – and better serve you! We’ve got a whole new look, all-new sections and a talented team of experts and writers that will keep you clicking. I’ll also be writing more. Expect something from me weekly, sometimes more. Here’s what you can look forward to: In the News: The world of health is rapidly changing. Explore and understand the studies and breakthroughs that are making headlines in the medical community – and learn what it means for you. We’ll gather up the major news stories you should be keeping an eye on. Stay informed, stay one step ahead, and stay healthy. Behind the Scenes: See the show like you’ve never seen it before. Click through snapshots from the set and enjoy exclusive interviews with our special guests. Feel like a member of our live studio audience without ever leaving home. Food Doc: Let food be thy medicine. Our blog’s resident nutritionist Kristin Kirkpatrick and chef Jim Perko team up to give you recipes chockfull of healing ingredients that will make you look and feel better from the inside out. You Wanted to Know: You had questions. We’ve got answers. Our community managers, social media experts and medical research team scoured DoctorOz.com and my Facebook and Twitter pages to find out what you wanted to learn more about. Each week, we’ll be answering your questions right here. Is This Right For You?: Vitamins and supplements – there’s a ton of them out there, but which ones are right for you? Take a closer look at the vitamins and supplements we’ve covered on the show and see if and how they fit into your life. Sharecare: What are this week’s top health and fitness topics? Find out in this blog by the editors of Sharecare, our partner info/social site that simplifies the search for quality health-care information and connects you with experts and other health seekers. Oz Experts: I’ve enlisted my colleagues and friends to write about the topics you want to know more about. From alternative health to diet and nutrition, see what the Oz experts, who I have the utmost respect for, have to say. Enjoy the show in a whole new way! And check back often! Related topics: Alternative Health \| Health News \| + Dr. Oz Blog Dr. Oz is the host of the six-time Daytime Emmy® Award-winning The Dr. Oz Show and is Professor of Surgery at Columbia University. Today's Headlines: Health Screenings at Work, Autism, and Same-Sex Marriage New Screening Method May Catch Ovarian Cancer Early Today’s Headlines: Knee Pain, Healthy Obesity and Weight Lifting	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line57
__label__cc	0.60753	0.39247	Monday Night Football: San Diego Chargers vs. Oakland Raiders San Diego Charger's quarterback Philip Rivers (17) gets close with his offensive line. San Diego Charger's quarterback Philip Rivers (17) throws a pass. I had an opportunity of a lifetime last night to shoot an NFL game. It was the season opener for the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers at the Oakland Coliseum. I made the accommodations after our deputy editor Mark Anderson wrote a story about San Diego Chargers defensive coordinator Ron Rivera who played and coached for Seaside High School, then went to play for the 1985 Chicago Bears where he earned a Super Bowl ring. Needless to say, shooting professional football was mind blowing (and hard on the knees...). The energy of the fans in the stands easily matched that of the action on the field. The San Diego Charger's defense gangs up on an Oakland ball carrier. Oakland Raider's quarterback JaMarcus Russell (2) hands the ball to running back Darren McFadden (20). San Diego Charger's Steve Gregory (28) attempts to hold down Oakland Raider's wide receiver Louis Murphy (18) as he caught a touchdown pass. Referees called he wasn't in possession long enough. The Raider's scored a field goal on the next play. (photo by Mark C. Anderson) Me all geared up (note: red NFL photo vest) at my car prior to the game. I equipped myself with: Nikon D700 with either a 28-70 f/2.8 or a 70-200 f/2.8 for "shooting wide(r)" and a cropped-body Nikon D300 that had a 300 f/2.8 sometimes with a 1.4 teleconverter. Most of my photos were shot tight and 70mm on a full-frame body is fairly wide when shooting football. I never took my wide-angle out during the actual field action. This is the first thing I saw when I entered the field from the press elevator. It was wild. Screaming fans and photographers all over the place. You never really know how big sports stadiums really are until you see them from the field level. A lot of history on that Oakland field where the Raiders and A's have both played some pretty incredible games. Oakland Raider's running back Michael Bush (29) high-fives a fan as he runs out to the field. Oakland fans are some intense folks. Oakland Raider's quarterback JaMarcus Russell launches a pass. Oakland Raider's defensive tackle Gerard Warren (61) pressures San Diego Charger's quarterback Philip Rivers (17). Rivers launches a pass to a receiver. Oakland Raider's quarterback JaMarcus Russell throws. Oakland Raider's wide receiver Johnnie Lee Higgins (15) runs the ball down field. San Diego Charger's wide receiver Vincent Jackson runs out of the way of the oncoming Oakland Raider's linebacker Ricky Brown (57). Brown closes in... Oakland Raider's cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha (21) grabs the jersey of San Diego Charger's running back Darren Sproles (43) for the tackle. San Diego Charger's running back Darren Sproles (43) runs the ball downfield. San Diego Charger's quarterback Philip Rivers (17) dodges Oakland Raider's defensive end Jay Richardson (98). A San Diego Charger leaves the field at halftime. My NFL field photo press credential in front of one of my cameras on my office desk. Hopefully I'll get another chance to shoot the NFL. That was fun. ~ nic Monday Night Football: San Diego Chargers vs. Oakl...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line62
__label__cc	0.722073	0.277927	Canadian Federation of Musicians Announce Major Breakthrough Affecting Travelling Musicians CFM signs the Canadian Creative Industries Code of Conduct Canadian Transportation Agency for the Public Consultations on Passenger Protections CFM Presents List of Copyright Reform Recommendations Canadian Music Community Anti-Harassment Summit CFM CONTINUES TO LOBBY TO INCLUDE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN BILL C-49 PASSENGER RIGHTS Canadian Live Performing Arts Representatives Anti-harassment Roundtable Musicians BROKE, OUT WEST CFM Initiates Action Against Western Canadian Music Alliance - Musicians in Labour Dispute with WCMA Notice to Members: Unpaid Mechanical and Video Royalties Canadian Class Action Settlement –Group III Claims Period begins on April 3, 2017 Let your voice be heard! Please take this important survey now As the largest organization representing the interests of professional musicians in Canada, the Canadian Federation of Musicians (CFM) is pleased to be partnering with the Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) and Nordicity in a critical study about Canada's independent music community. This study will establish the actual economic impact of independent music in Canada, both from a regional and national perspective. We're asking for your help in order to make this project a success. As important members of the Canadian independent music industry, I'm urging all our members to take a few minutes to complete a survey -- accessible by clicking on the link below. http://app.fluidsurveys.com/s/musicprofile2012/ The survey will help accurately gauge the vital contributions of all parts of Canada's independent music industry including: labels, managers, publishers, distributors, promoters, artists and the many others who account for the economic activity created by independent music. WHY is CIMA doing this (and why are we helping them)? Federal and provincial governments who make decisions that affect the music industry Public and private sector funders that provide much needed support to the music sector Media who write about music and who influence public opinion ….ALL need to have an accurate picture of WHO you are, WHAT you do, and the IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION you make to Canada's national and provincial economies. Without accurate knowledge, governments and funders may not be able to make informed decisions about the best level of support for the industry that is necessary for us to grow, compete and thrive. And when CIMA talks to these important decision-makers on behalf of the industry, they need to ensure that they have as much relevant information about the independent music sector as possible. Thank you very much for your help. Only by working together will we be able to paint an accurate picture of Canada's independent music industry -- one that will resonate with governments and stakeholders from coast to coast. Complete the survey today. Alan Willaert Vice President from Canada American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada Copyright © 2020 American Federation of Musicians. Terms of Service \| Privacy Policy \| Site Map Search Canadian Federation of Musicians Website AFM Indie Venuology Official AFM Website	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line70
__label__cc	0.592659	0.407341	About Robert \| RI Live Photo Gallery \| Contact Robert Irvine Navigation As Seen on Restaurant: Impossible Robert Irvine Foundation Robert Irvine Magazine Robert Irvine Foods Robert Irvine LIVE Fit Fuel Gold’s Gym Largo Home Blog Boardroom Spirits Is Changing The Liquor Game Boardroom Spirits Is Changing The Liquor Game In Features, Magazine, Team Irvine Newsby RI Magazine October 23, 2017 A Lansdale, PA distillery is turning out high-quality hooch at a price point aimed at the everyman. Their product line is a mix of the familiar and never-before-seen. For all the constant innovation that’s been taking place over the past decade-plus in the world of craft brewing, liquor hasn’t enjoyed quite the same kind of renaissance. It’s almost impossible to keep track of all of America’s new breweries and their wildly different seasonal offerings. Drive from state to state, or even county to county, and the contents of the local beer distributors will be wildly different. Meanwhile, it’s relatively easy to predict what you’ll find inside of any liquor store in the United States. It’s partly a function of how, at least when it comes to liquor, many of us are creatures of habit. We like what we like, and we know, after years of tasting and palate refining, what has a bad aftertaste, what might give us a hangover, what mixes well, and what tastes best straight up. For all but the most ardent connoisseurs who want to try everything that’s out there, it’s hard to get most people to deviate from their usual. Even certain brands are ingrained in our vernacular. Of course, “whiskey and Coke” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as “Jack and Coke”—even if you’re not necessarily a big fan of Jack Daniel’s. These facts have made opening a new spirit distillery in the United States a somewhat riskier affair than opening a new brewery. But those brave enough to do so also tend to be brave enough to try brand new things within the marketplace. That’s where the story of Boardroom Spirits begins. When three management consultants decided to ditch the corporate life and follow their passions, Boardroom Spirits was the result. Owners Vlad Mamedov, and his younger brother Marat and Marat’s wife Zsuzsa Palotas, took their love of recipes made with raw, all-natural ingredients, and combined that with their business backgrounds and strong affinity for quality control. The result is an incomparably high-quality product at an affordable price. (Full disclosure: Robert was so impressed with Boardroom Spirits and the team in charge he recently invested in the company.) Boardroom vodka, gin, and rum began turning heads soon after the company’s sustainable micro-distillery opened its doors in early 2016. They’re the favorites of purists and mixologists alike, with both camps appreciating the clean taste that results from Boardroom’s pure and simple distilling process. But as a new player in a vast marketplace, Boardroom was never going to be content by just playing it straight. That’s why their lineup also includes three flavored vodkas: Fresh Ginger, Fresh Cranberry, and Fresh Citrus, as well as Triple Sec. Concentrates, juices, and artificial flavors are totally forbidden in the Boardroom distilling process; that means that each of these liquors draws its bold and complex flavors from raw ingredients added by the master distiller. And we haven’t even gotten to the really interesting stuff yet. Boardroom Beet Spirit and Carrot Spirit are two liquors distilled from—you guessed it—their root vegetable namesakes. Distillers hand select and clean the carrots and beets that are then fermented. It might sound like a parlor trick from a backyard moonshiner, but the result is shockingly sophisticated. Carrot Spirit is clear and colorless, with a fragrant nose, a soft, bittersweet fruity palate, and a persistent, but pleasant carrot flavor finish. Beet Spirit is likewise colorless, with a bold nose, sweet palate, and peppery finish. Whiskey, aged brandy, and aged rum are currently being developed and will appear on store shelves soon. Click HERE to learn more about Boardroom Spirits. Click HERE to purchase online at Ezra’s, where all bottles are priced between $20 and $30. And the next time you’re at Robert Irvine’s Public House, ask for a taste, or have your bartender make your favorite cocktail using Boardroom Spirits. FITCRUNCH ROBERT IRVINE’S PUBLIC HOUSE Confit Chicken Parmesan – As Seen on Restaurant: Impossible Crispy Pork Belly Salad – As Seen on Restaurant: Impossible Steak Romesco – As Seen on Restaurant: Impossible Smoked Fried Chicken with Peach BBQ Sauce – As Seen on Restaurant: Impossible Southern Style Osso Buco – As Seen on Restaurant: Impossible Powered by FanBridge Copyright 2018 Robert Irvine - All rights reserved	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line73
__label__wiki	0.947364	0.947364	Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft NET © On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court, one 1 at the side of the north gate facing south, and the other at the side of the south 2 gate facing north. NIV © Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south gate and facing north. NASB © From the outside to the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, one of which was at the side of the north gate, with its front toward the south, and one at the side of the south gate facing toward the north. NLT © Inside the inner courtyard there were two one–room buildings for the singers, one beside the north gateway, facing south, and the other beside the south gateway, facing north. MSG © Right where the inside gate complex opened onto the inside courtyard there were two rooms, one at the north gate facing south and the one at the south gate facing north. BBE © And he took me into the inner square, and there were two rooms in the inner square, one at the side of the north doorway, facing south; and one at the side of the south doorway, facing north. NRSV © On the outside of the inner gateway there were chambers for the singers in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the east gate facing north. NKJV © Outside the inner gate were the chambers for the singers in the inner court, one facing south at the side of the northern gateway, and the other facing north at the side of the southern gateway. And without the inner [were] the chambers of the singers <07891> (8802) in the inner <02691>_, which [was] at the side of the north <08179>_; and their prospect [was] toward <01864>_: at the side of the east [having] the prospect <06828>_. From the outside to the inner were chambers for the singers , one of which was at the side , with its front , and one of the south gate Npuh Krd Mydqh dxa Mwrdh Mhynpw Nwpuh ymynph ruxb Myrs twksl huwxmw (40:44) LXXM eishgagen V-AAI-3S P-AS T-ASF aulhn N-ASF eswteran A-ASF idou INJ N-NUI exedrai {N-NPF} en T-DSF aulh N-DSF eswtera A-DSF A-NSF nwtou {N-GSN} thv T-GSF pulhv N-GSF blepoushv V-PAPGS borran {N-ASM} ferousa V-PAPNS N-ASM borran {N-ASM} NET © [draft] ITL On the outside of the inner , one at the side , and the other of the south NET © Notes 1 tn “One” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for clarity in the translation. 2 tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads “east.” 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 ALL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 TIP #18: Strengthen your daily devotional life with NET Bible Daily Reading Plan. [ALL]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line77
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Intelligent search function Aldous Huxley Argumentation Behavioral economics brainwashing CIA Cognitive biases Compliance Consens Conspiracy theory Darwin Deception Decision-science democracy Dual-process theory Education ethics Eugenics freedom of speech Freedom of thought george orwell holocene extinction in-group bias Logic Mass psychology Media memetic hegemony Metacognition morality music nazi germany Neoliberalism Noam Chomsky ostracism Perception Persuasion Population reduction Propaganda psycholinguistics Psychometrics Public Relations Reasoning Rhetoric Social engineering social exclusion Social psychology Intelligent search funtion (autocompletion) Categories Select Category Anthropology Art Articles Books Cognitive science Cybernetics Documentary Economics Education Embodied Cognition External Domains General General psychology History Legal Logic & Reasoning Monetary system Neuropolitics Neuroscience Philosophy Politics Primary documents Psychiatry Psychopolitics Social psychology Sociology Software Video Cognitive-Liberty.online "Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves." ~Henry David Thoreau Download website as PDF 🔊 Read website aloud (Text-to-Speech synthesis) Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media is a book written by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, in which the authors propose that the mass communication media of the U.S. “are effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out a system-supportive propaganda function, by reliance on market forces, internalized assumptions, and self-censorship, and without overt coercion”, by means of the propaganda model of communication.[1] The title derives from the phrase “the manufacture of consent,” employed in the book Public Opinion (1922), by Walter Lippmann (1889–1974).[2] The book was first published in 1988 and was revised 20 years later to take account of developments such as the fall of the Soviet Union. There has been debate about how the internet has changed the public´s access to information since 1988. Kubara, M.. (1996). Academic freedom. Interchange Plain numerical DOI: 10.1007/BF01807291 DOI URL directSciHub download Show/hide publication abstract “Dewey, j. (1902). academic freedom. educational review, 23(4), 1-14.” Macintyre, S. F.. (2010). Academic freedom. In International Encyclopedia of Education Plain numerical DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00835-6 “Academic freedom is a freedom distinctive to academic institutions and those who work in them, allowing them to undertake academic activities. it encompasses the freedom of the university from improper interference, the safeguards for academics in their teaching, research, and public commentary, and the entitlements of students in undertaking their studies. this article considers how these aspects of academic freedom were established, the different arrangements to which they have given rise, and the contemporary pressures on academic freedom. © 2010 elsevier ltd. all rights reserved.” Aghion, P., Dewatripont, M., & Stein, J. C.. (2008). 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RAND Journal of Economics Plain numerical DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2008.00031.x “We develop a model that clarifies the respective advantages and disadvantages of academic and private-sector research. our model assumes full protection of intellectual property rights at all stages of the development process, and hence does not rely on lack of appropriability or spillovers to generate a rationale for academic research. instead, we focus on control-rights considerations, and argue that the fundamental tradeoff between academia and the private sector is one of creative control versus focus. by serving as a precommitment mechanism that allows scientists to freely pursue their own interests, academia can be indispensable for early-stage research. at the same time, the private sector’s ability to direct scientists towards higher-payoff activities makes it more attractive for later-stage research.” Academic and Professional Freedom. (1969). British Medical Journal Plain numerical DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5680.379 “This introductory chapter presents the reader with an overview of the historical trends, current status and market developments in academic and professional publishing, and a dark cloud gathering over the industry. the chapter notes how these widespread changes are addressed throughout the book, with chapters providing insight into the integrated, innovative and multi-disciplinary approaches publishers are applying to adapt to the challenges facing the industry and take publishing forward. it also outlines what publishers do, how publishers add value and what the future may look like for the industry.” Philip G . Altbach. (2001). Academic Freedom : International Realities and Challenges. Higher Education Plain numerical DOI: 10.1023/a:1026791518365 “Academic freedom is a central value of higher education. it affects the academic profession in all aspects of academic work. yet, academic freedom is rarely discussed in the context of the changes taking place in higher education in the current period. the concept is defined in a historical and comparative framework, and the challenges facing academic freedom around the world are discussed.” Hill, H. H.. (1955). Academic Freedom and Responsibility. Peabody Journal of Education Plain numerical DOI: 10.1080/01619565509536615 Butler, J.. (2011). Critique, dissent, disciplinarity. In Conceptions of Critique in Modern and Contemporary Philosophy Plain numerical DOI: 10.1057/9780230357006 “Academic freedom has become a contested category within the united states. on the one hand, conservative scholars have sought to use the term to criticize what they perceive as political correctness in the academy, whereas progressive scholars have sought to bolster academic freedom as a principle that safeguards academic self-determination over and against corporate and government intrusion. recently i published a debate with robert post in academic freedom after september 11. 1 this collection was first of all an effort to understand the definition and range of the concept of academic freedom. in his contribution, post argues that the way to pre-serve academic self-governance is to allow tenured faculty to make judg-ments about curriculum and appointments because they have undergone the relevant professional training in a given discipline and so are uniquely prepared to make these sorts of judgments. to protect academic freedom in this domain, then, depends upon our ability to protect the singular professional capacities that tenured faculty have assumed by virtue of pro-fessional training and practices of peer review. for post, the viability of the institution of academic freedom is founded upon established and agreed-upon academic norms, set and enforced by a professional class of educators who know the fields in question, and these norms, in turn, enable the kinds of research and teaching that we do. these norms, in fact, are the legitimating condition of our academic freedom. i have agreed with post that academic self-governance, which is crucial” Giroux, H. A.. (2006). Academic Freedom Under Fire: The Case for Critical Pedagogy. College Literature Plain numerical DOI: 10.1353/lit.2006.0051 “Part of a special issue on current right-wing attacks on academic freedom in the united states. there is much more at stake in the current assault on the university than the issue of academic freedom. right-wing extremists and corporate interests are making a concerted attempt to strip the professoriate of any authority, render critical pedagogy as merely an instrumental task, eliminate tenure as a protection for teacher authority, and remove critical reason from any vestige of civic courage, engaged citizenship, and social responsibility. it is critical that academics both develop a theoretical framework for engaging critical pedagogy and develop a defense for its use in the classroom as part of a broader project of linking education to democratic values, identities, public spaces, and relationships.” Davies, M.. (2015). Academic freedom: a lawyer’s perspective. Higher Education Plain numerical DOI: 10.1007/s10734-015-9884-8 “Academic freedom is central to ideas of higher education, yet in the united kingdom it is facing challenges from changing managerial approaches within some universities and changing governmental expectations. universities are increasingly expected to focus upon knowledge which can be shown to have value and to exploit the results of academic enterprise. resulting constraints on teaching and research by incessant market-driven demands have the potential to compromise academic freedom. this article considers aspects of academic freedom in an increasingly market-driven environment from a lawyer’s perspective. the legal protections for academic freedom in the uk are minimal, and consideration of the intellectual property policies of a significant number of uk universities suggests that, in many, academic outputs, especially those relating to teaching, have become subject to more entrepreneurial models of higher education, becoming potentially saleable products to be owned and exploited by universities as they see fit. the position is exacerbated by increasing developments in the use of technology as part of the teaching process. academics who lose ownership of aspects of their intellectual output risk the undermining of their position and academic freedom with a current employer and limiting their opportunities to change employer. © 2015, springer science+business media dordrecht.” Sadler, D. R.. (2011). Academic freedom, achievement standards and professional identity. Quality in Higher Education Plain numerical DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2011.554639 “The tension between the freedom of academics to grade the achievements of their students without interference or coercion and the prerogative of higher education institutions to control grading standards is often deliberated by weighing up the authority and rights of the two parties. an alternative approach is to start with an analysis of the characteristics necessary for a system to exhibit integrity in grading academic achievement and treat the establishment and maintenance of academic standards as a problem to be solved. this would allow the respective responsibilities of academics and institutions to be resolved within a concrete setting rather than in the abstract. connecting the typical characteristics of a profession with isaiah berlin’s two concepts of liberty leads to a productive partnership in which the respective interests of individual academics and the values of institutions can converge on a practical solution to the problem of academic freedom. © 2011 taylor & francis.” Washburn, J.. (2011). Academic freedom and the corporate university. Academe “The article provides information on the challenges faced by professors in dealing with academic freedom in the u.s. it mentions that it has never been clear if academic freedom is something that belongs to the educational institutions where the professors work or to professors. it states that the quality of higher education will nearly fall without academic freedom.” Aarrevaara, T.. (2010). Academic freedom in a changing academic world. European Review Plain numerical DOI: 10.1017/S1062798709990317 “This article considers the academic profession and academic freedom in light of the results of the changing academic profession (cap) survey in finland and four other european countries. academic freedom is examined as a phenomenon that provides a setting for goal determination by members of the academic profession. it has a bearing on both institutional autonomy and individual academic freedom, i.e. the freedom of research and teaching. academic freedom can be examined on the basis of material from the cap survey through the questions about the freedom of teaching, the definition of work, working as a member of a community, the power of influence, funding, and the evaluation of quality. the concept of academic freedom varies slightly between countries, in part because of the growth of higher education systems and because of the increasing demand for ‘relevance’ being imposed on universities. [abstract from author]” Brown, R. S., & Kurland, J. E.. (2014). Academic Tenure and Academic Freedom. Law and Contemporary Problems Plain numerical DOI: 10.2307/1191800 “Tenure, like any other large, occasionally inefficient system, will probably remain under attack for years to come. anecdotal evidence of inferior scholars and teachers shielded by tenure makes a powerful hostile argument, though not a valid one. the economic and social costs of the tenure system are, we believe, outweighed by the fact that tenure is vital to academic freedom. no other proposed alternative (such as legal defenses, internal safeguards, less-than-career tenure, or tenure review) can provide adequate protection to the academic community. a greater danger to the tenure system than outright abrogation is continued circumvention. deficiencies in the due process accorded fired professors, dubious financial exigency claims by colleges and universities, the discontinuation of entire programs, and, especially, runaway expansion of nontenure-track positions threaten not to tear down the tenure system, but to weaken it severely.” Karran, T.. (2009). Academic freedom in Europe: Time for a Magna Charta?. Higher Education Policy Plain numerical DOI: 10.1057/hep.2009.2 “This paper is a preliminary attempt to establish a working definition of academic freedom for the european union states. the paper details why such a definition is required for the european union and then examines some of the difficulties of defining academic freedom. by drawing upon the experience of the legal difficulties beset by the concept in the usa and building on previous analyses of constitutional and legislative protection for academic freedom, and of legal regulations regarding institutional governance and academic tenure, a working definition of academic freedom is then derived. the resultant definition, which, it is suggested, could form the basis for a european magna charta libertatis academicae, goes beyond traditional discussions of academic freedom by specifying not only the rights inherent in the concept but also its accompanying duties, necessary limitations and safeguards. the paper concludes with proposals for how the definition might be tested and carried forward. [publication abstract]” Thomas, N.. (2010). The politics of academic freedom. New Directions for Higher Education Plain numerical DOI: 10.1002/he.416 “This is a thematic examination of the most influential ideas and writings on leadership. the text creates order from the chaos of leadership literature, and its structure, style and original approach encourages reader reflection.” Website keywords: Liberty of thought; Freedom of thought; Sovereignty of consciousness; Psychological self-determination; Neuroethics, Neurorights; Mental integrity; Psychological continuity; Psycho-cybernetics. Click here to take action! The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is deeply concerned about this course of action including the disproportionate sentence imposed on Mr. Assange. Read the official UN statement “Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth — more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and ilis not afraid … Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.” ~ Nobel laureate Lord Bertrand Russell (1920) “Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel” pp. 178-179 Full text (ebook) available on the Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55610 Education as a system of indoctrination – Prof. Noam Chomsky (Video) The Ultimate Revolution – Aldous Huxley (Transcript/HTML5) Neoliberal indoctrination – Prof. Rainer Mausfeld (PDF) neoliberal-indoctrination-Copy “It must not be supposed that the officials in charge of education desire the young to become educated. On the contrary, their problem is to impart information without imparting intelligence. Education should have two objects: first, to give definite knowledge — reading and writing, languages and mathematics, and so on; secondly, to create those mental habits which will enable people to acquire knowledge and form sound judgments for themselves. The first of these we may call information, the second intelligence. The utility of information is admitted practically as well as theoretically; without a literate population a modern State is impossible. But the utility of intelligence is admitted only theoretically, not practically; it is not desired that ordinary people should think for themselves, because it is felt that people who think for themselves are awkward to manage and cause administrative difficulties. Only the guardians, in Plato’s language, are to think; the rest are to obey, or to follow leaders like a herd of sheep. This doctrine, often unconsciously, has survived the introduction of political democracy, and has radically vitiated all national systems of education.” Bertrand Russell (1922) “Free Thought And Official Propaganda” Full text available on the Internet Archive: archive.org/stream/freethoughtoffic00russuoft A definition of “Cognitive Liberty” The term “Liberty” is etymologically derived from the Latin libertatem which can translated as “civil or political freedom, condition of a free man; absence of restraint;” cognate to liber “free”. Ex vi termini, “cognitive liberty” is semantically synonymous with “the right to psychological self-determination“. It implies that human creatures have the universal freedom (viz., sui iuris) to control and determine their own psychology, i.e., their cognitive processes, emotions, and all aspects of consciousness. It is thus essential to the universal principle of freedom of thought (Article 91 of the Human Rights Act 1998) which in turn forms the basis (s.c., a condicio sine qua non) for the right to freedom of speech/expression. As Erich Fromm articulated it: “The right to express our thought, however, means something only if we are able to have our own thoughts; freedom from external authority is a lasting gain only if the inner psychological conditions are such that we are able to establish our own individuality” (Fromm, The fear of freedom, 1942; pp.207-208). Self-determination is a cardinal principle in international law (jus cogens).2 Given the significant recent advances in psychology, the neurosciences, computer science, and artificial intelligence, cognitive liberty is becoming a topic of great concern for all human beings. This website is specifically devoted to this timely topic and provides information from a diversity of sources (an integral interdisciplinary approach is adopted to elucidate the topic from a plurality of perspectives). Insights derived from psychology, the cognitive sciences, and the neurosciences enable the manipulation and control of cognition and consciousness, oftentimes specifically targeting unconscious processes. Moreover, advances in computer science and cybernetics (e.g., Bayesian algorithms/deep learning convolutional neural networks) enable science to systematically tailor and “steer” information (the flow of perceptual input) to affect cognition and emotion (and consequently behavior) in prespecified and highly predictable ways. Especially unconscious psychological processes can be effectively exploited because humans are generally unaware of the programmatic excitability of unconscious mechanisms. This imbalance creates a power-differential between those who know how the human mind can be manipulated (viz., the financial power elite which utilizes media and a large segment of academic science for their purposes; cf. Mausfeld, 2017) and those who do not posses a detailed understanding of psychological manipulation and behavior modification techniques (i.e., the general populous). The list of evolutionarily inbuilt psychological weaknesses (vulnerable psychological exploits) is long and has been extensively studied by several generations of scientist, specially in the domain of behavioral economics (i.e., Kahneman & Tversky’s “heuristics & biases” research agenda). The following application provides a synopsis of numerous cognitive biases which are well documented in psychology: Open ‘Cognitive Bias Codex’ application in a lightbox modal window (you can zoom via the mouse-wheel) The adumbrated psychological & technological developments are unprecedented in the evolution of the human species and have far-reaching ramifications for life on this planet as a whole because it is obvious that human behavior has a significant detrimental impact on the ‘Earth System’ . The relatively novel terms anthropocene & holocene are used in this context of destruction and mass extinction. These terms refer to an important psychological self-reflective insight science has developed, the insight that human behavior destroys the global ecosystem. Because human behavior is governed by psychology it is crucial that human beings are allowed to think freely in order to be able to choose a more rational course of action. Freedom of thought needs to be fostered. Currently, a large proportion of society is transformed into mindless conformist consumers (i.e., by the mass-media and other cybernetic methods of psychological programing). This manipulative modus operandi seriously impedes the unfoldment of virtuous human potential (contrariwise primitive egocentric cognitive schemata are constantly reinforced in the ego-driven system of consumerism which is based on wish-fulfillment , satisfactions, ingestion, introjection, consumption, competition, comparison, and other egoic human “drives”). In fact, the term homō consumens has been proposed as a more fitting substitute for homō sapiēns; a clearly self-inflated nomenclature which is etymologically derived from the Latin sapere3and thus translates into the wise or rational man – to be taxonomically exact homō sapiēns sapiēns – which duplicates the anthropocentric hubris. The boiling frog analogy & Sôritês paradoxon The boiling frog is an analogy describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is thrown suddenly into boiling hot water, it will immediately jump out. However, if the frog is put in cold water which is then slowly and gradually brought to a boil, it will not perceive the danger, sit still, and will therefore be cooked to death. Applied to human cognition & behavior the analogy could be interpreted as follow: If the environment changes gradually (microgenetically) in an incremental step-wise fashion, humans have great difficulty to recognize the change because each step in the evolution of the system (i.e., the change in the environment) is not drastic at all. However, over an elongated period of time the system changes significantly and the additive long-term effect of numerous small changes have extreme consequences. The question thus is: When does the system change from stable to chaotic, i.e., from “from lukewarm to boiling hot”. Per analogiam, the demarcation criterion between hot versus cold (chaotic versus stable) is not clearly defined. In the cognitive sciences this ambiguity is discussed under the header “vagueness of attributes”.4 In philosophy this is an ancient paradox known as Sôritês paradoxon (or the problem of the heap).5 The paradox is based on the seemingly simple question: When does a heap of sand become a heap? (When does the system “switch” from being life-supporting to deadly.) Sôritês paradoxon can be expressed as a conditional syllogistic argument (modus ponens). N.B. You can replace the variable “grain of sand” with “toxic chemical molecules” in the context of environmental pollution; or with the “cutting down of trees” in the context of global deforestation; or with the “loss of species” in the context of anthropogenic reduction of biodiversity; et cetera pp. 1 grain of sand does not make a heap. If 1 grain of sand does not make a heap, then 2 grains do not either. If 2 grains do not make a heap, then 3 grains don’t. If 999999,99999 grains do not make a heap, then 1 million grains don’t. ∞ ad infinitum… Deductive conclusion ∴ Ergo (Therefore) 1 million grains don’t make a heap. The Bald Man (phalakros) paradox is another allegory which illustrates the point: A man with a full head of hair is not bald. The removal of a single hair will not turn him into a bold man. However, diachronically, continuous repeated removal of single hairs will necessarily result in baldness. However, it is unclear when the “critical boundary” has been transgressed. In the psychology of reasoning this is termed the continuum fallacy. The informal logical fallacy pertains the argument that two states (i.e., cold vs. hot; falsum vs. verum) cannot be defined/quantised as distinct (and/or do not exist at all) because between them there exists a continuum of states (cf. many-valued logic/fuzzy logic). The fundamental question whether any continua exist in the physical world is a deep question in physics (cf. atomism). Deterministic Newtonian physics stipulates that reality is continuous. Per contrast, contemporary quantum physics is based on the notion of discrete states (quanta) as the notion of continuity appears to be invalid at the smallest Planck scale of physical existence. Conditional Sôritês paradoxon in symbolic logic: Mathematical Induction Sôritês paradoxon: In linguistic terms, Sôritês paradoxon has been eloquently formulated by Black in 1937: A symbol’s vagueness is held to consist in the existence of objects concerning which it is intrinsically impossible to say either that the symbol in question does, or does not, apply. …Reserving the terms of logic and mathematics for separate consideration, we can say that all “material” terms, all whose application requires the recognition of the presence of sensible qualities, are vague in the sense described. — M. Black (Vagueness: an exercise in logical analysis, 1937) In the context of visual perception (psychophysics) Lord Bertrand Russel stated the following: It is perfectly obvious, since colours form a continuum, that there are shades of colour concerning which we shall be in doubt whether to call them red or not, not because we are ignorant of the meaning of the word “red”, but because it is a word the extent of whose application is essentially doubtful. — B. Russell (Vagueness, 1923) Figure 1. Sôritês paradoxon in visual brightness perception. Figure 1 illustrates Sôritês paradoxon applied to visual perception (based on Russel’s argument). Adjacent luminance differences (e.g., tick-mark 1 versus 2) are indistinguishable by the human visual system while larger contrasts (e.g., tick mark 2 versus 3) are easily distinguishable. For further information see my 2018 paper entitled: Sôritês paradoxon: Contextualism & borderline vagueness Expand to display additional pertinent references Voorhoeve, A., & Binmore, K.. (2006). Transitivity, the Sorites Paradox, and Similarity-Based Decision-making. Erkenntnis , 64(1), 101–114. “A persistent argument against the transitivity assumption of rational choice theory postulates a repeatable action that generates a significant benefit at the expense of a negligible cost. no matter how many times the action has been taken, it therefore seems reasonable for a decision-maker to take the action one more time. however, matters are so fixed that the costs of taking the action some large number of times outweigh the benefits. in taking the action some large number of times on the grounds that the benefits outweigh the costs every time, the decision-maker therefore reveals intransitive preferences, since once she has taken it this large number of times, she would prefer to return to the situation in which she had never taken the action at all. we defend transitivity against two versions of this argument: one in which it is assumed that taking the action one more time never has any perceptible cost, and one in which it is assumed that the cost of taking the action, though (sometimes) perceptible, is so small as to be outweighed at every step by the significant benefit. we argue that the description of the choice situation in the first version involves a contradiction. we also argue that the reasoning used in the second version is a form of similarity-based decision-making. we argue that when the consequences of using similarity-based decision-making are brought to light, rational decision-makers revise their preferences. we also discuss one method that might be used in performing this revision. © springer 2006.” Keefe, R.. (2007). Vagueness Without Context Change. Mind , 116(462), 275–292. Plain numerical DOI: 10.1093/mind/fzm275 “In this paper i offer a critique of the recent popular strategy of giving a contextualist account of vagueness. such accounts maintain that truth-values of vague sentences can change with changes of context induced by confronting different entities (e.g. different pairs through a sorites series). i claim that appealing to context does not help in solving the sorites paradox, nor does it give us new insights into vagueness per se. furthermore, the contextual variation to which the contextualist is committed is problematic in various ways. for example, it yields the consequence that much of our everyday (non-soritical) reasoning is fallacious, and it renders us ignorant of what we and others have said.” Litman, L., & Zelcer, M.. (2013). A cognitive neuroscience, dual-systems approach to the sorites paradox. Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence Plain numerical DOI: 10.1080/0952813X.2013.783130 “Typical approaches to resolving the sorites paradox attempt to show, in one way or another, that the sorites argument is not paradoxical after all. however, if one can show that the sorites is not really paradoxical, the task remains of explaining why it appears to be a paradox. our approach begins by addressing the appearance of paradox and then explores what this means for the paradox itself. we examine the sorites from the perspective of the various brain systems that are intuitively comfortable with the key features of the premises of the sorites argument. we suggest that the explicit and implicit cognitive systems are separately responsible for the initial plausibility of the categorical and inductive premises. the appearance of paradox is a function of our brain’s architecture and arises from the conflicting interactions of neurologically distinct systems. © 2013 copyright taylor and francis group, llc.” Ludwig, K., & Ray, G.. (2002). Vagueness And The Sorites Paradox. Noûs , 36(s16), 419–461. Plain numerical DOI: 10.1111/1468-0068.36.s16.16 “The principle of stability now says that if sentence is true/false in a model m, then has to stay true/false if m is getting more precise. formally, let m = d, i be a refinement of m = d, i . then it has to be the case that for all : (i) if vm() = 1, then vm () = 1. (ii) if vm() = 0, then vm () = 0.” Campbell, R.. (1974). The sorites paradox. Philosophical Studies , 26(3–4), 175–191. “The premises that a four foot man is short and that a man one tenth of an inch taller than a short man is also short entail by universal instantiation and ‘modus ponens’ that a seven foot man is short. the negation of the second premise seems to entail there are virtually no borderline cases of short men, while to deny the second premise and its negation conflicts with the principle of bivalence, if not excluded middle. but the paradox can be dissolved without resort to degrees of truth or any non-classical system of logic. if some true predications can be semantically uncertain in a sense suitable for defining borderline cases, the second premise can be denied without denying the vagueness of ‘short’ or reintroducing a sorites paradox along with higher order borderline cases.” Hyde, D.. (2011). Sorites Paradox. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy “The sorites paradox is the name given to a class of paradoxicalarguments, also known as little-by-little arguments, which arise as aresult of the indeterminacy surrounding limits of application of thepredicates involved. for example, the concept of a heap appears tolack sharp boundaries and, as a consequence of the subsequentindeterminacy surrounding the extension of the predicate ‘is aheap’, no one grain of wheat can be identified as making thedifference between being a heap and not being a heap. given then thatone grain of wheat does not make a heap, it would seem to follow thattwo do not, thus three do not, and so on. in the end it would appearthat no amount of wheat can make a heap. we are faced with paradoxsince from apparently true premises by seemingly uncontroversialreasoning we arrive at an apparently false conclusion., the hooded man: you say that you know your brother. yet thatman who just came in with his head covered is your brother and you didnot know him.” The etymology of the term “Cognition“ See also: www.etymology-of-creativity.ga Cognition: That which comes to be known, as through perception, reasoning, or intuition; knowledge. mid-15c., cognicioun, “ability to comprehend, mental act or process of knowing,” from Latin cognitionem (nominative cognitio) “a getting to know, acquaintance, knowledge,” noun of action from past participle stem of cognoscere “to get to know, recognize,” from assimilated form of com“together” (see co-) + gnoscere “to know,” from PIE root gno- “to know.” In 17c. the meaning was extended to include perception and sensation. 1375–1425; late Middle English cognicioun < Latin cognitiōn- (stem of cognitiō ), equivalent to cognit(us ), past participle of cognōscere ( co- co- + gni-, variant stem of gnōscere, nōscere, to learn (see know) + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion Edaward BernaysWalter LippmannBertold BrechtErich Fromm “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society.Our invisible governors are, in many cases, unaware of the identity of their fellow members in the inner cabinet.They govern us by their qualities of natural leadership, their ability to supply needed ideas and by their key position in the social structure. Whatever attitude one chooses to take toward this condition, it remains a fact that in almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons—a trifling fraction of our hundred and twenty million—who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind, who harness old social forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world.” (Edward Bernays, Propaganda, 1928) Bernays, E. L. (1928). Propaganda. Horace Liveright. Bernays, E. L. (1936). Freedom of Propaganda. Vital Speeches of the Day, 2(24), 744–746. L’Etang, J. (1999). The father of spin: Edward L. Bernays and the birth of public relations. Public Relations Review, 25(1), 123–124. “That the manufacture of consent is capable of great refinements no one, I think, denies. The process by which public opinions arise is certainly no less intricate than it has appeared in these pages, and the opportunities for manipulation open to anyone who understands the process are plain enough. . . . [a]s a result of psychological research, coupled with the modern means of communication, the practice of democracy has turned a corner. A revolution is taking place, infinitely more significant than any shifting of economic power…. Under the impact of propaganda, not necessarily in the sinister meaning of the word alone, the old constants of our thinking have become variables. It is no longer possible, for example, to believe in the original dogma of democracy; that the knowledge needed for the management of human affairs comes up spontaneously from the human heart. Where we act on that theory we expose ourselves to self-deception, and to forms of persuasion that we cannot verify. It has been demonstrated that we cannot rely upon intuition, conscience, or the accidents of casual opinion if we are to deal with the world beyond our reach. … The public must be put in its place, so that each of us may live free of the trampling and roar of a bewildered herd.” (Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion, Chapter XV) Lippmann, W. (1920). Liberty and the News. Museum. Lippmann, W. (1970). The Phantom Public. Politics. From 1930 onwards, Brecht became part of a wider complex of projects exploring the role of intellectuals (or “Tuis” as he called them) in a capitalist society. A Tui is an intellectual who sells his or her abilities and opinions as a commodity in the marketplace or who uses them to support the dominant ideology of an oppressive society. ] The German modernist theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht invented the term and used it in a range of critical and creative projects, including the material that he developed in the mid-1930s for his so-called Tui-Novel—an unfinished satire on intellectuals in the German Empire and Weimar Republic—and his epic comedy from the early 1950s, Turandot or the Whitewashers’ Congress. The word is a neologism that results from the acronym of a word play on “intellectual” (“Tellekt-Ual-In”). According to Clark (2006): “… the critique of intellectuals which Brecht developed… around the notion of ‘Tuismus’ engages a model of the public intellectual in which the self-image of the artist and thinker as a socially and politically engaged person corresponded to the expectations of the public.” Clark, M. W. (2006). Hero or villain? Bertolt Brecht and the crisis surrounding June 1953. Journal of Contemporary History. Hunt, T. C. N.-. (2004). Goodbye to Berlin: For 200 years, German thinkers have shaped British intellectual life – but their influence is fading fast. The Guardian. “It is very useful to differentiate between rational and irrational authority. By irrational authority I mean authority exercised by fear and pressure on the basis of emotional submission. This is the authority of blind obedience, the authority you will find most clearly expressed in all totalitarian countries. But there is another kind of authority, rational authority by which I mean any authority which is based on competence and knowledge, which permits criticism, which by its very nature tends to diminish, but which is not based on the emotional factors of submission and masochism, but on the realistic recognition of the competence of the person for a certain job.” ― 1958. 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The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology Plain numerical DOI: 10.3167/ca.2014.320102 “This article considers how the brain has become an object and target for governing human beings. how, and to what extent, has governing the conduct of human beings come to require, presuppose and utilize a knowledge of the human brain? how, and with what consequences, are so many aspects of human existence coming to be problematized in terms of the brain? and what role are these new ‘cerebral knowledges’ and technologies coming to play in our contemporary forms of subjectification, and our ways of governing ourselves? after a brief historical excursus, we delineate four pathways through which neuroscience has left the lab and became entangled with the government of the living: psychopharmacology, brain imaging, neuroplasticity and genomics. we conclude by asking whether the ‘psychological complex’ of the twentieth century is giving way to a ‘neurobiological complex’ in the twenty-first, and, if so, how the social and human sciences should respond.” Dr. Christopher B. 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In other terms, human beings generally do not like to be manipulated… Unbiased information and historical context are crucial components for a realistic understanding of the prevailing highly manipulative socio-political situation. Cognitive-Liberty.Online was created to make a contribution towards this critical objective. Based on a multi-criteria metalevel analysis one is forced to conclude that the current capitalistic system (aka. the “capitalocene”) is antagonistic towards the unfoldment of human potential and nature/life as a whole, i.e., the current modus operandi is fundamentally corrupt and promotes nescience, neuronal atrophy, and moral decay. The empirical evidence for this statement is de facto overwhelming (if one dares to look at it in an unbiased manner). Per analogiam, the situation is very reminiscent of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” which he introduced in his Socratic dialogue “The Republic” (Greek: Πολιτεία/Politeia, ≈380 BC), a text concerned with the character of the just state and the just man. The text definitely ranks among the most influential philosophical text in world and it has deeply influenced modern political theory. The timeless cave-allegory profoundly demonstrates Plato’s status as a deep philosopher who was initiated into the occult knowledge traditions (etymological root meaning: that which is hidden/concealed from the eye, Latin: occultus), but see: https://christopher-germann.de/platos-hohlengleichnis/ “To ask the ‘right’ question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.” — Sri Jiddu Krishnamurti Sapere aude, homō sapiens sapiēns! 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__label__wiki	0.682999	0.682999	Rapture of the Deep by CJ Spataro Darkness settled over the camp, the sun sinking low and purple over the western tree line. Inside the waterfront hut, with the campers tucked safely back in their tents, Kirby sat in a chair across from Dex’s desk while the camp director, Ms. Davenport, stomped back and forth. Dex fidgeted in his seat while Kirby swung her leg up and down, her flip-flop dangling off the end of her foot. Her shorts and uniform T-shirt were damp from her bathing suit. She wanted to hold her head up high, be defiant, but Davenport was pissed and Dex was annoyed. All Kirby could do was stare at the floor and tug at the hem of her shorts. In the distance, she could hear the muted sounds of a solitary trumpet student practicing. “Kirby, Kirby, Kirby. What am I going to do with you?” “You’re not a kid—you have responsibilities. If you don’t get this shit in on time, the campers don’t get their certificates on time.” Davenport paused in front of Kirby and waved the uncompleted Red Cross paperwork in her face. “And then their mommies get very upset with me.” Davenport turned to Dex and pursed her lips. “Why do you always make me regret my decisions?” Dex tipped his chin toward Davenport and narrowed his eyes, but Kirby could not read his expression. He didn’t say anything. “You were supposed to have this in days ago.” Davenport stopped and perched on the edge of the desk. “So here we are, three weeks left in the summer and you’re still falling short, running behind. Didn’t we have this same conversation two weeks ago?” Kirby twisted the untucked hem of her shirt in her lap, wringing it like a washcloth. “I know,” she mumbled. Kirby wanted to look at Dex, to promise that she would do better, to promise both of them that they wouldn’t have this conversation again, but all she could do was stare into her lap. The scent of cocoa butter and campfire clung to Dex, filling the room. She wanted more than anything to muster up some kind of smart-ass quip, some witty response. She fought the urge to chew on her hair. “I know you’re no different than most of the others that come to work here.” Davenport gripped the edges of the desk and leaned back. “Back at college you’re some hot-shot singer. It’s all about the music for you kids, never about the job.” Kirby turned in her chair and made eye contact with Dex for a brief moment. His blond eyelashes seemed to be blinking at her in some kind of secret Morse code. She looked away. “Ms. Davenport, you’ve got me all—.” Davenport stopped Kirby with a wave of her hand. “I don’t care if you’re the next Beverly Sills. While you’re here, you work for me. Unlike others in your life, I have expectations.” Kirby snorted. “That’s a good one,” she said, more to herself than to Davenport. “What?” Davenport leaned in toward her. Kirby stared over her shoulder at the ‘Learn To Swim’ poster tacked to the wall. “I disappoint everyone,” Kirby said. “Talk to my voice teacher, talk to my father. I’m no hot shot.” She tried not to grind her words as she spoke, feeling her cheeks flush. “I’m nothing but a big blob of unfulfilled potential.” “Oh, brother, now I’ve heard everything,” Dex said. He shook his head and stood up. “You just need to figure out how to stop being afraid. And you—” He leaned in toward Davenport. “You have made your point. This is my waterfront and I can discipline my own staff.” Kirby stared at him, blinking hard. “Look, Kirb, no one wants to be an asshole here.” His face softened as he turned away from Davenport. “Just get your shit done so we don’t have to have another conversation like this, okay?” She nodded. “Can I go now? I promised my campers some s’mores.” Davenport motioned for her to leave and Kirby stood up. “I want you down here early tomorrow,” Dex said as she slid out the door. “We need to talk about your deep dive.” Kirby let the hut door slam shut behind her. Who did Dex think he was, talking to her about fear? And the way he let Ms. Davenport go on and on. By the time she reached the supply shed she wanted to cry, or better yet, punch someone. She was oblivious to the late summer breeze drifting cool off Lake Huron as she stomped back through the woods toward her unit, kicking sticks along the path and mumbling to herself. As the moon rose overhead, illuminating the woods, the leaves shimmered unnoticed and the crickets and tree frogs chirred unheard. Kirby slowed as she neared the clearing. She stopped just short of the fire pit and rested against a pine tree. She could see them huddled together on a log. She looked down at the bag of marshmallows, chocolate bars, and graham crackers she held clutched to her chest: The summer camp cliché she’d promised these three girls for earning first chair in each of their respective ensembles. It hadn’t been so long ago that Kirby had been the one waiting by the fire for the treat, and now, God help them all, she was the one in charge. She pushed herself up from the tree and started toward her campers but stopped when she heard them talking. Jennifer was the oldest of the three girls and the top flute player in the entire camp. From what Kirby understood, she had been the best last year, too. This was no small achievement. Camp Blue Note was competitive—the entire camp made up of kids who were all first chair or section leader back at their own high schools. Most kids who were as good as Jennifer were insecure, nail-biting geeks, but not Jennifer. She strutted around camp like a supermodel and the other girls lapped it up. “Yeah, so I was reading ahead in the diving manual. There’s this thing called nitrogen narcosis which is like,” she paused for a moment and cast a glance over her shoulder. Kirby instinctively took a step back behind the pine tree as Jennifer continued. “It’s totally like getting drunk, only there’s no hangover.” Kirby knew what it was like to have a friend like Jennifer. The rich girl who knew everything—the girl who seemed to have so much disdain for adults but managed to pass in their company easily enough; the girl who never had to say no to school trips or lessons because her parents didn’t have the money. Jennifer never turned down an opportunity to show off her brand-new platinum-clad Muramatsu. Campers, and a few of the counselors, would occasionally gather around her and touch the flute like it was the Holy Grail. “You’re making it up,” Rachel said, scooting in close to Jennifer. “Do you have to sit so close?” Jennifer elbowed Rachel hard. Rachel rubbed her arm but didn’t back away. “Seriously, Jennifer,” Ashley said. “I didn’t read anything about nitrogen narcolepsy.” “It’s nitrogen narcosis,” Jennifer said, inching away from Rachel. “And I’m not making it up. It’s in chapter twelve.” It was in chapter twelve. Kirby had it dog-eared and stashed under her cot. Nitrogen narcosis was one of the reasons why she’d been putting off her final dive. The whole thing made her nervous. “Narcolepsy, narcosis, what’s the difference? It’s all the same Latin root.” Ashley pulled the scrunchie out of her hair and retied her ponytail. “How can you know those two words have the same Latin root and still be so stupid?” Ashley shrugged. “Well, there’s a big difference, Ash,” Jennifer said. “Whatever.” Ashley twirled the end of her ponytail. “So before you guys interrupted me,” Jennifer paused and emphasized the words so emphatically that Kirby almost laughed, “Nitrogen narcosis is when you breathe in compressed air. The nitrogen bubbles liquefy in your brain and make you stoned.” Jennifer turned from Rachel to Ashley. “The only thing is you have to dive way deeper than we’re going to for it happen.” She leaned back on the log and almost lost her balance. “The deeper you go, the more stoned you get.” “Wow, that does sound kind of cool,” Rachel said. “It must be,” Jennifer said. “They call it rapture of the deep.” Ashley and Rachel giggled. “God, how old are you guys anyway?” Jennifer said. “Sorry,” Rachel said. “Where is Kirby with the marshmallows? I’m getting tired.” “Screw Kirby,” Jennifer said, giving Rachel an elbow. “Listen. I had this idea—” “About what?” Ashley said. That was when Kirby slapped a mosquito on her thigh and muttered, “Oh, shit.” The girls turned around and saw her as she stepped out from behind the tree. “Hey,” Kirby said, trying to sound nonchalant. “What’s up?” Jennifer shrugged. “Well, congratulations.” Kirby sat down next to Rachel on the log and spread out the s’more’s ingredients in front of them. “You guys’ve had s’mores before, right?” Kirby asked. Even in the dark, she could see Jennifer roll her eyes. “I love s’mores. Thanks, Kirby,” Rachel said. She smiled when Kirby looked over at her and then skewered a marshmallow with a long thin branch. “How about you, Jennifer? Do you want some?” Kirby asked. “Too fattening,” Jennifer said, patting her slender hip. “She wants to look good for Dex,” Ashley said as she headed into the woods for a marshmallow stick. “Shut up,” Jennifer said. She crossed her legs and slouched into the log. “So Kirby, what’s he really like?” Rachel paused for a moment, her attention diverted by a burning marshmallow. “He seems so nice, and he’s so hot. How can you stand to be on the waterfront with him all day?” Kirby didn’t quite know how to answer Rachel’s question. Dex was her boss, the waterfront director, in charge of all the lifeguards and sailing instructors. He taught the diving classes personally, since he was the only certified diving instructor on site. That’s how the girls knew him—from their scuba lessons and from his daily swings around the waterfront in his speedboat, Blue Momma. She wanted to tell them that he was everything they thought, macho but sensitive, stern but gentle, but she wasn’t sure how much of that was the truth and how much was her own romantic creation. “Kirby?” Rachel said, nudging her. “So what’s he like?” “He’s okay.” She bit into her s’more. “Don’t you think he’s hot?” Rachel stuck another marshmallow on the end of her stick. “I mean, my god, he’s so ripped.” “Yeah, and he wears that stupid little bathing suit. You can totally see his package,” Ashley said. She sat down next to Rachel and loaded her own roasting stick with a marshmallow. “Yeah, we know someone who totally wants to unwrap his package.” Rachel shot a sideward glance at Jennifer. Kirby tried not to laugh. Everyone on the waterfront got a pretty good view of Dex’s package when he emerged from his morning swim in his tiny Speedo. It had become a running joke down on the waterfront. “Why don’t you have another marshmallow, Rach,” Jennifer said, glaring into the fire. “Jennifer totally has a thing for him,” Rachel said. She licked marshmallow residue from her fingers. “Even though he’s like thirty-five or something.” “So?” Ashley said. “So, he’d probably go for someone like Kirby, you know, closer to his age.” “Hey, I’m not anywhere near thirty-five,” Kirby said, raising her hands. “And I have no interest in Dex, or his package.” “That’s not what I heard,” Jennifer said. “What? That I’m not thirty-five?” “Ha. Ha.” Jennifer folded her arms across her chest. “I heard some of the other counselors talking behind the dining hall. They said that you and Dex were going at it at the last Blue Villa night.” “That’s a good one,” Kirby said, throwing a handful of twigs onto the fire. “How do you even know what Blue Villa night is?” “Yeah, what is it?” Rachel said. “It’s when all the counselors get together, after we’re asleep, and make-out and get drunk and go skinny-dipping.” “I wish,” Kirby said, sticking an unroasted marshmallow in her mouth. “Once a week some of the counselors watch the campers while the rest of us get to take a couple of hours off. We hang out, sing ‘Kum bah yah’, and talk about how awesome the campers are.” She stared into the fire. “We do not get drunk.” “Whatever,” Jennifer said. “I think it’s time you guys go to bed.” Kirby gathered what was left of the s’mores and stood up. “I’m sure Dex can tell you all you want to know about l’ivresse des grandes profoundeurs at your dive class tomorrow.” “What’s that?” Ashley said “Never mind,” Kirby said, brushing the dirt off the seat of her shorts. “It’s only 10:30,” Rachel said. “Come on, you guys.” Kirby kicked dirt onto the fire. “I’ve already let you stay up later than everyone else. If Ms. Davenport sees this fire, she’s going to kick my ass.” “You think you’re so cool when you swear,” Jennifer said, smoothing her shorts as she stood up. “Go to bed, Jennifer.” Kirby could hear Jennifer mocking her as the girls walked away. She knew Jennifer had a crush on Dex. Half of Camp Blue Note had a crush on Dex, counselors and campers, and it wasn’t just the way he looked. It was hard to resist his long lean swimmer’s body, but it was his confidence, the way he took charge and put everyone else at ease that was the hardest to resist—that and his damn boat. Kirby had heard some rumors about Dex and Ms. Davenport having had a fling when they were in the Coast Guard together. People said Davenport had been a captain of an ice cutter and she was the one who’d brought Dex to Camp Blue Note in the first place. Kirby couldn’t see it. Ms. Davenport seemed too bitter to be attractive to a guy like Dex—not that she wasn’t attractive in her own sun-hardened way. And she did run the camp with military-style determination. Kirby could see how those qualities might appeal to a man like Dex. Dex could be a hard-ass, but sometimes he was really nice. He had helped her with her stroke mechanics, taught her two-person CPR. Sometimes, between sessions or at a Blue Villa night, he would listen to her sing as everyone sat around the campfire drinking beer and roasting hotdogs. She wasn’t the only singer at these campfires, but she was usually the only one who managed to stay sober enough to remember the words to the songs. She often joked that if Puccini had heard O Mio babbino caro sung to a guitar accompaniment, he might have written it like that in the first place. At those times, Dex would look at her with soft eyes. One night he even told her that she was pretty—though she knew the compliment was completely beer-fueled. The next morning down at the waterfront it was business as usual. As a senior lifeguard, she had to be at the dock early to volunteer for extra duty, and if she didn’t she always got an I can’t believe you keep letting me down this way look. Then there was the whole diving thing. Dex wanted the senior guards to have some scuba training and they had to learn to sail. Kirby had been skimming around inland lakes on her brother’s Sunfish since she was eight. Sailing had been a snap. The diving had been more of a struggle. “Look, Kirb,” he’d said to her the first week of camp. “It’s just something I think you should know how to do.” He’d patted her on the shoulder and she’d smiled. Kirby had worked so hard to please him that, in a few weeks, she had her shallow water certification. But the deep dives freaked her out. She wasn’t sure if it was claustrophobia or agoraphobia, but whatever it was, the fear was real. She couldn’t tell Dex that the thought of diving so deep that she might lose control was more than she could handle. For weeks, she’d been telling Dex that she was ready and then she would back out, make up an excuse. He had been right tonight when he’d said she was afraid. With the girls gone back to the tent, she stood on top of the dirt-covered coals and gave the fire one last stamp, then turned her eyes skyward. The night was crisp and clear and the dark sky was heavy with stars. She couldn’t help thinking about “Ain’t it a Pretty Night,” from Floyd’s Susannah. She sang a line, full voice, the one about the sky being “dark and velvet like,” not caring who heard her. She stopped for a moment and pictured herself as she had been at her recital earlier in the spring. Her long brown hair piled high on top of her head in an elaborate contrivance, held in place with sparkly bobby pins and luck. Her father had insisted on a designer gown that they couldn’t afford. He wanted her to not only sing the part but look it, too. Everyone had told her how wonderful her performance had been. Even her teacher, Dr. Evans, had been begrudgingly complimentary, but she knew it hadn’t been right. When she’d finished there had been no sense of accomplishment or exhilaration. When she should have been basking in triumph, she’d felt hollow. She had realized then she’d been faking the whole thing. Kirby was still for a moment, listening to the crickets, feeling the warmth of the extinguished fire seep through her sneakers. Burned pine and chocolate hung in the air. Why couldn’t it be like this at school? Why did the city lights have to obliterate the stars? Why couldn’t the bus smell like campfires and marshmallows? Eventually, she was going to have to tell her parents that she’d opted out of the performance program and was getting a teaching certificate. Her mom would be okay with it, she was always okay with anything, but her father would not. She frowned. Davenport had said she’d had expectations. Well she would just have to get in line. Her father, now he had expectations. He wouldn’t be satisfied until she was singing at the Met. She shook her head as she walked toward the tent. By next summer she’d be finished with school and she’d have to find a real job. No more watching the sun rise over Lake Huron, no more joy rides on Blue Momma, no more skinny-dipping on Blue Villa night, and no more chances to slip into that wetsuit and take that deep dive. When Kirby reached the tent, she found Rachel waiting outside. She had on a bathrobe and flip-flops, her toothbrush and a plastic cup in her hand. “Kirby, can I talk to you?” Rachel whispered. Kirby nodded and led her over to a picnic table not far from the tent. They sat down across from each other. Kirby hoped it was nothing. She was tired, wanted to go to bed. There was all that paperwork to do in the morning—no more procrastinating. “What did you want to talk about?” Rachel looked down at the tabletop. “I know you were listening to us earlier tonight.” “What do you mean?” Kirby laid her hands out flat on the cold surface of the picnic table; her fingernails glowed in the moonlight. “I know you heard us talking about that nitrogen thingy.” “Oh, that.” Kirby shook her head. “Dex says that some divers get hooked.” “You do have a thing for Dex,” Rachel said. Kirby laughed. “He’s my boss, Rachel.” “So it’s true then, Jennifer wasn’t lying.” “Nitrogen narcosis? Sure. It happens once you dive below anywhere from sixty to one hundred feet. The deeper you dive, the more intoxicated you feel.” “What’s this all about?” She leaned in, trying to read Rachel’s face in the darkness. “Please tell me that you guys are not seriously thinking about doing an unsupervised deep dive.” Rachel played with her toothbrush. “Rachel, people die every year from this. They start to feel euphoric and then they take off their regulators. They think they can breathe like a fish. Or they get disoriented and ascend too quickly and get the bends.” Rachel flipped her hair over her shoulder. “You know Jennifer. She does what she wants.” Kirby gripped Rachel’s arm. “I’m not kidding around here. Do you want to spend three days in a hyperbaric chamber because you have the bends?” She squeezed Rachel’s hand. “Promise me you won’t do anything stupid.” Rachel looked up at Kirby like she was trying to remember something and laughed a little. “Don’t be such a mom. Rapture of the deep, it sounds so retarded.” Kirby rose from the picnic table and put her arm around Rachel’s shoulder as they walked back to the tent. “I’m glad you came to me and told me what was going on. I would feel terrible if anything happened to any of you.” She gave Rachel a pat. “Even Jennifer.” Kirby’s alarm clock clanged and she rolled over on her cot and hit the snooze. Usually she could hear the girls who shared the tent with her moving about, shuffling in their flip-flops across the wooden platform, but this morning, for once, they were silent. When the clock went off again ten minutes later, Kirby opened her eyes and looked around. The flaps were down, but the early morning light filtered through the gaps in the walls and illuminated the interior enough for her to know that the girls were gone—all three of them. Their beds were made. Their robes hung on hooks next to their bunks and their flippers, usually laid out on the floor, were missing too—as were their masks and snorkels. “This is not happening,” Kirby muttered to herself as she pulled off her underwear and pulled on her swimsuit. She grabbed a sweatshirt, pulled her hair into a ponytail, and stepped into her sneakers. Then she ran to the bathhouse. Other girls from her unit were there, brushing their teeth, stepping into the showers. “Hey!” She stood on the long bench that ran the length of the bathhouse. “Has anyone seen Ashley Roberts, Jenn Wilson, or Rachel Zimmerman?” The motion in the bathhouse came to a halt as the girls looked around. “No one’s seen them?” Kirby said again. “They’re not in the showers, Kirby,” a voice answered from the back of the bathhouse. “If anybody does see them, please come find me.” Kirby jumped down off the bench and headed for the tent of the other counselor who shared the unit with her. “Mary, wake up,” Kirby said, pushing open the tent flap. “What’s the matter?” Mary said, blinking. “Jennifer, Rachel, and Ashley are M. I. A. and their scuba gear is gone.” Mary sat up in her bunk and the other girls in her tent mumbled for them to be quiet. “Their gear is gone? That’s weird.” Kirby nodded. She needed to get down to the waterfront. “Okay, I’ll send somebody over to Davenport’s,” Mary said. Kirby tugged on the bottom of her sweatshirt Her legs were cold in the early morning damp and she wished that she’d thought to put on some pants. Mary stepped out of the tent, her hair a frizzy halo. “Just do me a favor,” she said, pulling her nightgown close around herself. Kirby could see crease marks on her face from her pillow. “Check the bathrooms before you sound the general alarm.” “Already did that,” Kirby said, moving away. “No one’s seen them.” “Don’t freak out, Kirby,” Mary called after her. “They’re probably off messing around with some guys.” Kirby didn’t turn around. She knew Mary was probably right, those little shits were most likely behind the Band Shell with some guys from Ed’s unit, the ones they’d had pizza with two nights ago. When she found them, she was going to ring their entitled little necks. She would insist that Dex kick them out of the scuba class or maybe even out of camp. By the time she reached the waterfront, she was out of breath and sweating. “Kirb, what’s up?” Dex stood on the end of the dock, glistening from his early morning swim. “I didn’t expect you down here this early.” Kirby looked away for a moment, tried to catch her breath. “Are all the tanks here?” she asked. “I don’t know, haven’t checked this morning. Why?” He moved off the end of the dock toward the bungalow next to the boathouse. He stopped for a moment and stood so close to Kirby that she could smell the lake on him. “Three of my girls have gone missing this morning, three girls from your dive class who were having a very interesting discussion about nitrogen narcosis last night.” “Christ,” Dex said, moving away. “There’s one every summer. Next year, I’m just going to rip that chapter right out of the manual.” Kirby followed him to the beach chair he had set up outside the bungalow. She tried to concentrate on why she’d come down there as she watched him slip on his T-shirt. “Let’s go check the tanks,” he said. They walked around the side of the boathouse to the padlocked cage where all the camp’s scuba tanks were stored. “Idiots,” he said. The lock looked like it had been broken off with a crowbar. Dex pulled it off the cage and threw it into the sand. “They’d have to go about three quarters of a mile out before it gets deep enough for their little experiment.” Dex made finger quotes as he said experiment. He frowned as he squinted out over the pink horizon. “Do you think they’re okay?” Kirby’s skin felt clammy, her throat dry. He shook his head. “We’d better sound the alarm.” He put his arm around her shoulder. “I’ll go out in Blue Momma. If they’re out there, I should be able to find them. You stay here and run point. We’ll need to sweep the waterfront. One thing I learned in the Coast Guard was to always cover your ass.” She swallowed. Run point. That would mean organizing all the other lifeguards once they got down to the beach. It also meant diving under the dock and the stationary raft. It was dark under the raft and there were weeds. Lots of long, easy-to-get-tangled-in, weeds. “You’re up for it aren’t you, Kirb?” He squeezed her shoulder. She nodded. They’d done this twice before, earlier in the summer, and both times the missing campers had turned up on dry land. But those kids hadn’t stolen air tanks. “Well, let’s get this show on the road.” Dex grabbed his keys from the beach chair and unlocked a small metal box attached to the side of the boathouse. He lifted the lid and turned on the alarm. It sounded like an old-fashioned air-raid siren. Without thinking, Kirby covered her ears. Dex smiled as he threw her his goggles. “It’s going to be okay,” he shouted. “Don’t wait too long to get started.” She nodded and watched as he climbed aboard Blue Momma, started the engine, and lowered the boat into the water. In a moment, he was gone, the breeze blowing over his blond buzz-cut. Dex could afford to be cavalier, she thought. He’d been through this so many times, but she’d only been in two live drills before. She kicked off her sneakers and flung her sweatshirt to the sand. Seconds later, other lifeguards started to appear on the beach. Kirby turned off the alarm, started barking orders. Everyone knew what to do. Dex made them practice the drill once a week, made them take turns running point. Kirby got them lined up on the beach, an arm’s length apart. There weren’t enough bodies to sweep the entire length of the waterfront area at once, so they started at one side, then moved to the middle and then to the other side. The guards stood with their arms linked, sweeping the ground with their feet, side to side in an arc. Kirby thought they looked like ballet dancers. Once the water got too deep, they would each surface dive, swim along the bottom for three strokes then surface, skull backwards for a space, then dive again. Kirby’s job was to check under the dock and under the raft. She could feel her pulse throbbing in her neck. The last thing she wanted to do was hyperventilate, so she took a deep breath, blew it out slowly, and shook her arms and legs. Kirby spit into her goggles and kneeled down to rinse them. Once she was in the water, she strapped them around her face and made her descent. Even on the brightest days, it was murky under the dock. She couldn’t surface dive because there wasn’t enough room between the underside of the dock and the water. Taking a deep breath, she fully submerged herself. She would have to rely on her hands as well as her eyes. The weeds weren’t too bad, she thought, and there was enough light so that she could see straight down to the bottom. At least they were on the big lake. The smaller inland lakes were really tough. Kirby had worked at camps like that, where the bottom was nothing but muck, swimmer’s itch, and leeches. She surfaced with her hand up above her head so she wouldn’t crack her skull on the bottom of the dock. Now for the part of the dock that ran parallel to the shore. This, she knew, would be harder. The entire area was close to twenty feet deep. Free diving to this depth wasn’t easy for her. She had a hard time equalizing the pressure in her ears, and the deeper she swam, the more she felt like her head was going to explode. On her second dive, her eyes sweeping left and right and her hands feeling along the bottom, she saw a flash of white moving in the shadows. It looked like it was stuck under the raft. She surfaced. “Hey! Hey, I think there’s something down here!” she shouted. She didn’t wait for a response. Her temples pounded as she dived again. It was under the raft. She could see it clearly now. It was a hand, the fingers splayed, like it was reaching up for something. If she could have screamed she would have, and she fought hard against the instinct to go for air. The weeds were long and ropy and she knew she had to be careful not to get tangled up in them. Her lungs burned as she grabbed the wrist and pulled. It felt cold and rigid in her hand, stiff and heavy. A body shouldn’t be this heavy, shouldn’t be this hard to pull up. She pushed these thoughts aside and didn’t look down, but up, kicking her legs as hard as she could. As her head broke the surface, she pulled the arm alongside her, looking for the face underneath the mass of long brown hair, preparing herself to pry open the jaw and attempt open-water mouth-to-mouth until she could get the body to the dock. That was when she heard the shouting from the beach, heard the siren sounding the all clear. How could there be an all clear? She had a body in her hands. She looked down at the waxy face and realized it wasn’t a body. It was a mannequin, its hard plastic lips frozen in a mocking smile. “You little bitches!” Kirby shouted, her legs thrashing and pushing her toward the shore, her hand still gripping the dummy’s arm. Once the water became shallow enough, she stood up, twisted the plastic arm out of its socket, and swung it like a baseball bat. Jennifer, Rachel, and Ashley were fully dressed and dry, standing on the beach, surrounded by a phalanx of dripping lifeguards. Ms. Davenport was behind them, hands on her hips, staring at Kirby. Kirby stalked onto the beach with the plastic arm raised over her head, her mirrored goggles still suctioned to her face. “Why?” She shook the arm at them and several guards stepped in between her and the girls. “Why would you do something like this?” Jennifer flipped her hair back over her shoulder. “We thought you would think it was funny.” “Yeah,” Ashley said. “We really had you going with that rapture of the deep stuff, didn’t we?” She elbowed Jennifer. “What?” Kirby peeled off her goggles, let them fall to the sand. “Rachel?” Kirby asked. She stood apart from the others and stared out over the water. “Dex’s coming back. Do you think he’ll be mad?” Kirby stepped in toward her. “What do you think?” “Are we going to have to go home?” Rachel looked at her, eyes blinking. “It was just a joke.” “I really don’t know what everyone is freaking out about,” Jennifer said, shoving her hands deep into her pockets. She started to laugh and Ms. Davenport smacked her on the back of the head. “Hey!” Jennifer said, rubbing her head. “My mother’s a lawyer.” Ms. Davenport folded her arms. “Of course she is.” Kirby stepped in. “I still don’t understand.” “We took the mannequin from the costume shop,” Ashley said. “Jenn used a clove hitch, just like Dex taught us, and tied it to the anchor of the raft, so that whoever found it would be able to get it off the bottom. We were really counting on it being you.” She looked back out over Kirby’s shoulder at the water. “We didn’t think it would be this big of a deal, honest.” Jennifer laughed nervously. “It’s got my bathing suit on. Looks good on her don’t you think?” “I would hate to think, Miss Michaels,” Ms. Davenport said in her clipped military style, “that these girls got this idea from you.” She crossed her arms and glared at Kirby. Kirby still clutched the plastic arm, but it drooped down at her side. She stood on the beach, staring at all of them, unable to speak. Rachel had tears in her eyes. “That’s not fair, Ms. Davenport. It was all Jennifer’s idea.” “Shut up, Rachel.” “You shut up, Jenn.” Rachel stamped her foot. “Really, Ms. Davenport, Kirby is super nice.” Kirby turned and walked toward the water. “When my mother comes to pick me up,” Jennifer said, “I’m going to tell her that it was all Kirby’s idea. That she wanted to look cool in front of Dex.” “That’s not true!” Rachel said, wiping her nose on her sleeve. “Kirby, I’m really sorry.” Kirby did not turn around. “Miss Michaels, we’re not done,” Ms. Davenport called after her. “Kirby Michaels, get back here!” Kirby dragged the plastic arm behind her on the sand and then back into the water. She saw Dex as he ran up the dock and onto the beach. He was shouting, angry—not at her, as far as she could tell, but it didn’t matter. She didn’t care. She took a deep breath and dipped under the water. She didn’t surface until she reached the raft. Then she hoisted the mannequin’s arm onto it with a loud smack. The voices on the beach were a fading jumble and Lake Huron stretched out in front of her for one hundred and eighty-three miles. The horizon was a pale blue as the sun rose before her, casting a golden shimmer onto the surface of the lake. She put her face into the water, pulled hard against its resistance, her stroke clean and efficient, and her breath regular and even. The water glided over and under her as she concentrated on the pure mechanics of the stroke, gave herself over to the hypnotic rhythm of the motion. Images flashed through her mind as she swam: Jennifer’s contemptuous smile; Davenport’s angry, shaking fist; her father, turning his back on her in disbelief as she tells him her decision. Eventually, though, these pictures melted into the nothingness of her body and its movement through the water, the angle of her elbows as they rose up and over her head, the beat of her kick, and the balance and rotation of her hips. Slowly, she became aware of a boat pulling up alongside her—Blue Momma. “Kirb, come on now.” She could see Dex leaning over the side of the boat, one hand on the wheel. “I can tell you’ve really been working on your crawl. Clearly, long distance anger swimming is your event.” She could hear him, sort of, and see the boat rocking from side to side, but she didn’t slow down. “I have to tell you that no one has actually ever swum all the way across Lake Huron. It’s too cold and I hear the Canadians are assholes.” She flipped over onto her back and stared straight up into the clear cloudless sky. She would have to get back somehow. She couldn’t swim all the way to Canada, and Dex was not going to leave her out in open water this far from shore. She righted herself and began treading water. Was it a trick of the sunlight on the water or did Dex really look concerned? “I’m sorry I’m such a fuck-up,” she said. “Kirby, come on.” “No really. I suck.” “Would you just shut up and get in the boat?” She nodded. Dex swung Blue Momma around in a shallow arc and picked her up. He helped her over the side of the boat and wrapped her in a beach towel. “I closed the waterfront today and brought some gear with me. We could anchor Blue Momma right here and take a dive if you want.” She looked up into his sun-creased face so close to her own. “I was worried about you,” he said. “I know how your adrenaline gets going during those drills. And then to actually find something.” He wrapped a second towel around her shoulders. “I’m really proud of the way you held it together and ran the drill.” She stared down at the white fiberglass deck of the boat. “I want to take that dive now,” she said. “I’m ready.” He sat her down on a cushioned bench, the boat rocking beneath them. “You don’t have to do this if you don’t want to. You’ve got nothing to prove to me.” “Please, Dex.” She pulled the towel around her shoulders a little tighter. “I really feel like I need to accomplish something. You’re the one who said I needed to stop being afraid.” “What the hell do I know?” He brushed a stray lock of wet hair out of her face. “There’s not much here to see. No shipwrecks, no big schools of fish.” He dropped the anchor and then helped her on with her wetsuit. She pulled on her mask and adjusted the straps of her air tank. Her regulator hung down over her shoulder and between her breasts. Her mouth felt dry and she licked her lips. Dex touched her shoulder. “I know we talked about this in class, but it’s normal for people to get a little anxious on their first deep dive. Just remember, once we go below thirty feet, you can’t just hightail it to the surface. You have to take your time.” “I’ll remember.” “The important thing is not to panic.” She shook her head and looked directly at him. “Are you trying to freak me out? Because I’m starting to feel a little freaked out and we’re still on the boat.” Dex laughed. “Christ Kirb, just focus on me,” he said as he hoisted his air tank over his shoulders. “We’ll go down about 100 feet. Once we get down there just enjoy yourself, but don’t do anything crazy. I’ll give you the up sign when it’s time to ascend.” “Okay.” Kirby moved to the transom of the rocking boat and looked back toward the shore. She’d only been in the water for twenty minutes or so but had swum over half a mile. From her vantage point now, the waterfront seemed like alien territory, a faraway place that she no longer recognized. Dex tapped her shoulder and she jumped into the lake, her legs splayed, her arms out in front of her. Dex followed her. Once in the water Kirby looked up at the sun, now high in the sky, then down at the blackness below her. “You sure you’re ready?” Dex asked. She nodded and submerged herself in the water, swimming slowly. She swallowed hard, and gradually the pressure in her ears began to lessen. There was a moment of panic when she reached forty feet and knew that there would be no easy escape. As the deep gathered around her, she felt something inside her collapse and release. Below a profound blackness stretched out before her, and above the light filtered through the water in sharp flashes, like icicles or moonbeams. Dex kept a steady pace with her but let her lead the way. When she felt a tug on her flipper, she stopped and swam over to him. The darkness felt comforting and a giddy eagerness bubbled up from inside her. Now she understood why everyone drank so much beer on those Blue Villa Nights. She wished she could touch Dex, feel the warmth of his skin under her hands, his breath on her face. The water was cold against her skin but she felt her body flush and fill with exhilaration, heat. Had she been on dry land she would have sung, loud and high, not caring about whether or not every note was perfect, or what she was wearing, or if her hair looked just so. She would have sung for the pure joy of filling her throat with sound, of hearing that sound reverberate off the walls, the floor, the grass-covered hills and leafy trees of campus. Dex pointed to his watch, then up toward the surface. She wanted to stay. She wasn’t ready for the sunlight and the sand dunes, but Dex was insistent. She closed her eyes and let her arms and legs relax, dangle free. She wouldn’t leave this feeling behind. Then she felt herself ascending. Dex tugged her upward and tapped his watch again. He reached for her hand, but she waved it away and slowly headed for the surface under her own speed. C.J. Spataro is the MFA program director at Rosemont College in suburban Philadelphia and the editorial director of Philadelphia Stories and PS Books. She is a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant winner for fiction and her short fiction has appeared in or is forthcoming in Iron Horse Literary Review, Permafrost, The Baltimore Review, XConnect, Mason’s Road, Painted Bride Quarterly, and others. She lives in S. Philadelphia where her cat treats her like a human hammock and she kind of likes it. After Noon Back to Issue #24	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line81
__label__wiki	0.873602	0.873602	Neighborhood safety, environmental issues among priority for Southside residents County Commissioner Bill Proctor (left) and City Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox respond to questions during a community conversation. For more than a year Southside residents have been hearing about massive developments coming to their Tallahassee neighborhoods. Now some are wondering if bringing new housing and more businesses aren’t premature. There are more pressing problems that should be fixed first, many in a crowd that packed into the Fellowship Hall at Bethel AME Church told city and county government officials in attendance. Some of the fixes that the neighborhoods need are familiar, while others have been a silent constant problem. Crime is high. Environmental concerns are prevalent and there is a need for better public safety. The issues were aired during a Southside Community Conversation called by County Commissioner Bill Proctor last Tuesday night. Future Southside development, public safety, and economic opportunity were the big three topics, but most of the two-hour meeting was consumed by speakers in the audience who wanted to discuss issues affecting their neighborhoods. It didn’t take long after Proctor ran off a list of changes that are in the works for the Southside before residents reeled off their list of concerns. Proctor pointed to a new housing development near Capital Circle and Orange Avenue intersection along with a new VA health center on the eastern end of Orange Avenue as the first signs of what’s coming. A flooded creek behind Jake Gaither neighborhood is one of the problems residents want the government to fix. Proctor also mentioned other changes, including a multi-million-dollar renovation of Rickards High School and the revamping of Orange Avenue Apartments, along with the city’s plans for new bus station at the corner of Meridian Street and Orange Avenue. Other changes that Proctor said residents could see include widening of the west end of Orange Avenue and Springhill Road. Further west, there’s the FSU-backed plan for building a gateway from Springhill Road that will run through Callen and Springfield neighborhoods. Orange Avenue, however, was the main topic of conversation. “No doubt about it,” Proctor said. “Orange Avenue is going to be your Tennessee Street going east and west.” With that, Southside neighborhood could expect to benefit from businesses that will be part of the growth, said Darryl Jones, who spoke in his role of deputy director of the Office of Economic Vitality. Jones, who was recently elected to the Leon County School Board, suggested that the biggest boost will come from minority-owned businesses. “Minority-owned businesses; more times than not; hire minorities,” said Jones. “If we are talking about responding to the issues of economic poverty in this community and we want to be a provider of consummate response; that happens through the strength of small businesses — minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses.” However, even in the midst of the economic presentation by Jones, the conversation continued to be about what ails communities along Orange Avenue. Many complain that their neighborhoods have become a refuge for criminals. Geraldine Ford Davis, a long time resident in the Norte Dame Street area near the Jake Gaither neighborhood, pleaded with city officials to help clean up her community. “We are depending on you to help us,” she said to the officials in attendance. Ford Davis and several others talked about the days when their neighborhoods were vibrant before they turned into area that they say are in desperate need of government involvement. An area of land in her neighborhood that once was a playground is now covered with thick shrubs, she said. A neighborhood complaint a few years ago resulted in a cleanup of the property, but it has since grown up with shrubs again and has become a habitat for wildlife, she said. Ford Davis put some of the blame for the area becoming blighted on at least one person whose yard has become an eyesore. If you can name what’s in a house, it’s on that yard,” she said. “Nothing has been done about it.” Flooding of a creek off Creek Road also poses environmental concerns for those who live in Ford Davis’ neighborhood. A portion of Creek Road has become impassible and the flooding is also causing a problem at nearby Jake Gaither Golf Course. Dallas Williams, an employee at the golf course suspects that there is a sewage leak the course. “I think a sewage leak will contaminate the water, so now I’ve stopped drinking the water at my job because I’m concerned about this sewage leak that runs down fairway number two,” Williams said. “That’s why I came here today; to find out who we need to talk to stop some of the water that’s backing up everything on the Southside.” Later on, newly elected City Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox had an answer, suggesting that the neighborhoods take their complaints to City Hall in a comprehensive plan. “There is power in numbers,” Williams-Cox said. “We can sit here tonight and talk about what’s happening on this street (and) what’s happening on that street, but we need to be concerned about all streets. “We can’t hold people accountable if we don’t tell them what we want.” Officers from the Sheriff’s office and Tallahassee Police Department got an earful of stories from residents about countless break-ins and other crimes plaguing the neighborhoods. Loitering also is a problem that prompted Alfred Williams, a College Terrace resident, to ask law enforcement to clean up the intersection of Pasco Street and Orange Avenue. His concern is the safety of children who attend nearby Nims Middle, Williams said. “We’ve got kids come by there every day and we don’t know who is a sexual predator,” he said. “We are putting our kids at risk. We need the sheriff department or whoever to really look at it.” Audrey Smith, an officer with the Sheriff’s office, didn’t respond directly to the loitering concern, however, she said her agency is actively fighting crime in the area. Both the Sheriff’s office and TPD will intensify their collaborative effort during the holidays, she said. She encouraged neighborhood leaders to be proactive in their effort to help law enforcement. “The more you know, the better you can protect yourself,” Smith said. “The more you know; the better you can protect your neighbors. The more you know; the more opt you are to report to us.” Some in the audience also suggested solutions. Christopher Dupree made a case for restoring vocational education to the school system. Creating interactive parks could also help to keep young children avoid a life of crime, he said. “I feel that if we address some of those issues,” he said, “not only will we take crime away along with the officers that are doing their job, but we will take back our community.” A Bond with Bond – CRA adopts neighborhood first plan Veteran Harlem dancer brings expertise to Quincy LASC Celebrates 92 years- Honors its founder Charter school fight intiensifies at Capitol Tallahassee’s Oldest 5K Brings in Thousands Florida Division of Blind Services hosted 75th anniversary expo and White Cane Safety Day ceremony Wood Shares Early Goals for FAMU Football Team Tallahassee Links celebrate 17 young gentlemen at sixth annual Links Beautillion affair	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line85
__label__wiki	0.612856	0.612856	Kid's Stuff, Part IX: DragonStrike #1 From a dumb-downed version of the AD&D game comes a dumb-down version of an actual comic book story By 1994, TSR had watched their thunder get stolen right out from under them. In 1989 Milton Bradley and rival British fantasy RPG producer Games Workshop developed a scaled down version of RPG rules playable on a game board. The package, called Hero Quest, was like D&D-lite. It pitted a “game master” who was responsible for monsters and traps against a group of four adventurers each of a different character type. Hero Quest proved remarkably popular, and in two short years had spawned four expansion packs, three novels, and, most troubling to TSR, both an Adventure Design Kit to help players design their own quests and an Advanced HeroQuest version that looked a bit too much like competition for TSR’s Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. If Milton Bradley succeeded in indoctrinating new players into their RPG system, future sales of AD&D products were possibly in jeopardy. Something needed to be done, and quick. In 1993 they finally had something playtested and ready for market. Say hello to DragonStrike, a game meant to steal those players back from Hero Quest. The differences in the two games show how much TSR wanted to one up MB/GW. Hero Quest had two maps, DragonStrike had four. Hero Quest had four playable heroes, DragonStrike had five. Hero Quest used six-sided die for simplicity, DragonStrike stuck to the AD&D convention of different dice for different rolls. But best of all: only DragonStrike came with a training video/movie. Okay, maybe not "best of all" isn't quite the right word... The video intro is HERE. Not for those squeamish about bad acting and inconsistent Scottish accents. Get the hidden political meaning of “As usual, you overestimate your congressman.” Discover the King’s magic Throne of Hiding. Gaze upon the Elf as he cleans his bow… with his tongue. Wonder what the female Thief really means when she says “Are we gonna stand here talking all night or are we going to nail Teraptus?” Consider the Warrior’s people-management skills. Listen as the nature-boy Elf screws up a wolf’s howl and turns it into something that doesn’t exist in nature. Hear the unnecessary and insane schizophrenic ramblings of the Owlbear foot solider. See the Thief’s very literal skill of “flattery”. Watch the party’s talent at needless tightrope walking across a room with a huge floor. Hear the DM tell a character “At your own risk!” like he’s being a real dick. Become confused at why the Wizard says “Gesundheit” while walking through a secret door. Ponder if Orcs ever watched Three Stooges shorts. Learn where Stephen Sommers got the idea for the sequel to 1999’s The Mummy. Become concerned with the moral implications of shooting arrows near your friend, even if you “don’t know them very well”. Discuss the size of the Dwarf’s “hammer”. Be amazed by the graceful ballet of the Solid Gold Dancers…sorry, I meant Fire Elemental. Defeat the dragon, save the day and then watch as the game box itself spontaneously combusts. It’s worth the price of admission – Right here! Not that Dragon Strike the game couldn’t sell itself, but TSR had a pretty good success with putting some of its other properties in comic book form, so they took a chance on this one too. They brought in the extremely talented Jeff Grubb as writer. Grubb helped design two of TSR’s most popular worlds (Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance), had three Forgotten Realms novels under his belt and had helmed the DC Forgotten Realms comic for over two years. For a product like the board game which could have such an important impact on the company’s future, I’m sure they thought this was a shoe-in for a great story. It’s here that we find out it’s not the talent of the guy sometimes, but what he’s given to work with that makes or breaks a product. We begin sorta where the video begins, with our Warrior and Elf. Only this time they are in battle with zombies and there is no annoying floating head talking to us. In truth, I miss that floating head. He was pretty much the best thing about that video. I know that isn’t saying much. Page one also highlights one of the main problems with the DragonStrike comic: lack of first/last names. Every character in the book is addressed as their race or occupation. Thank heaven there’s not two Elves (or Warriors or Thieves or…you get the picture) in the same vicinity or there would be a total communication breakdown. “Elf, your pants are on fire!” “No they’re not.” “Not you Elf, you Elf!” I understand they are trying to remain faithful to the board game’s spirit, but there is such a thing as being too faithful. Take this brief exchange where the Elf talks about how smart the Warrior is: It’s suppose to be funny because Intelligence and Strength are attributes of the characters in the game. The Warrior has a low Intelligence, but one of the highest Strength scores of all the characters. Then the Elf says the Warrior has low Intelligence, which he does. Then the Warrior says, but I have high Strength, which is also true. See how funny that in-joke is? No? Let me explain it again… Moving on, we make a joke about how the Elf can sense something wrong because, as the person playing the Elf character knows, he’s in tune with nature but the Warrior can’t sense any difference. Hilarious! That’s the second problem with the book, using game terms as punchlines in dialogue makes for jokes that fall flat. Even for those of us who understand what you are trying to do. As an added benefit, it just confuses people who aren’t in the know. Congratulations! You are making the book suck for both market segments. I really believe that someone high up in TSR was making decisions on how Grubb should write this for it to end up so poorly. Scenes like this: …are just too “cute” once you realize they are referencing the game and are embarrassing to read. My guess is they are playing this in the mold of Gammarauders with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Sadly, that doesn’t work well here either. I could pull out examples of this all day, but I’m going to stop now and concentrate on better parts of the story. Like this well-handled couple of panels with a merchant who’s been rescued from brigands by the combined effort of the Warrior and the newly arrived Thief. Also this part where the Wizard, who is double-crossing the main bad guy Teraptus, has a unique use of a Wand of Magic Missiles. Looks like it makes the perfect Dragon dental instrument. In the real AD&D game a Wand of Magic Missiles would just make a dragon cranky, so he’d probably chew you more thoroughly. So as the Wizard limps off with a tooth stuck in his back, Teraptus turns back into his human form. He’s injured and mad so he sends Death Knights after the Wizard to be sure the he doesn’t survive having the chomping he’s already had. Sorry but this last panel looks so goofy. It’s like a eleven year old got a hold of the book and a black marker. I’m really shocked that he doesn’t have an eye patch and mustache. Hmm? That might look better… So sue me for being young at heart and bad with Paint Shop Pro. The exact same thing happens next in the book that happened in the video. Namely, King what’s-his-face’s banquet is interrupted first by the half dead Wizard and next by the company of Death Knights sent after him. The last of them is skewered by the Elf who gets prize points for over-acting in a comic book. This is where the book cuts out, right before the party heads off to deal with the bad guy. And there are no follow up issues, just an admonishment to go play the game. I don’t think I’d be inclined to try DragonStrike after having played the real AD&D. Looks too scaled down and, sadly, kind of dumb. For me this is a definite strike two against TSR, one more miss and they should get out of the comics biz. I would like a few of those miniatures and that tape though. In fact, I could sit through that again… *Goes to get popcorn. Posted by SonOfCthulhu at 7:50 PM No comments: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes, Part II: Batman #507 Happy Batman Day, Everyone! Nyck'thing to see here, folks Knightfall. It was one of the four biggest events in recent Bat-History, the other three being The Dark Knight; in which Batman dies fighting Superman (don't worry, he gets better), Death in the Family; in which Jason Todd / Robin dies fighting the Joker (don't worry, he gets better), and The Killing Joke; in which the Joker shoots Barbara Gordon / Batgirl rendering her a paraplegic (don't worry, she gets better). Knightfall introduced us to the character Bane, a diabolical madman with a plot to destroy Gotham's protector once and for all. He releases all the inmates at Arkham Asylum, driving Batman to run a gauntlet of his old foes before facing Bane in a climactic battle of physical strength. It is a fight Bruce Wayne, in his weakened state, is ill-prepared for, leading to Bane lifting the Dark Knight over his head before administering a devastating drop onto his knee, snapping Batman's back. Don't worry, he got better. But in the meantime, Gotham needed a protector, so the injured Bruce Wayne tapped the recently introduced Jean-Paul Valley to take his place behind the Bat-mask. Or as we say, screw you Mr. Grayson. Previously Jean-Paul fought crime as Azreal, a costumed adventurer who had been brainwashed to become an assassin-enforcer by The Sacred Order of Saint Dumas, which I guess venerates that guy who wrote The Three Musketeers. But I digress. Azreal turns out not to be the protector Gotham needs but just the one they get right now. He decides that the Bat-costume doesn't adequately shield his tender parts enough and there just isn't enough shooty-stabby-slashiness going on with it. So his brainwashing allows him to remake the suit to his own liking and what we end up with is, well, frankly quite silly. That's supposed to be Batman. In armor. And a full helmet. And Liefeld pouches. And needle-sharp, razor-edged finger-claws. And with wrist-mounted guns that shoot bat-symbol-throwing stars. That's like Edward Sissorhands levels of sharp there. I have no idea how he could catch someone without injuring them, drive the Batmobile or relieve himself without injury. It looks like the worst mashup of Lady Deathstrike and Night Thrasher imaginable. This replacement for Batman's iconic cape-and-cowl was almost as startling as Jean-Paul's use of it on Gotham's criminals, proving himself without compunction when it came to killing them. Thus the opening of this story has Batman teaming up with someone Bruce never would, acting in a manner very un-Batman-like and looking like something that slithered in from the 90's Image comic's lineup. Written by Doug Moench with his tongue firmly planted in-cheek, the issue acts like it knows this pretender to Batman's throne doesn't deserve any respect by giving us these three "knuckleheads" as the antagonists. Doug Moench can write a good story. I have several of his Master of Kung Fu books that are as deep and well written as any comics the House of Ideas had out at the time. But in this Batman issue, Doug phones it in. Those three up there are our villains of this piece, a trio of punks who ape the Three Stooges down to the last eye poke. Add to this mess the product of DC's failed "Bloodlines" crossover event from the Batman annual and you end up with a story that is intensely unsatisfying. What was Bloodlines you ask? I have several of the annuals in question in Crapbox, but they looked so uninteresting that I haven't read them yet. Wiki tells me that it was crossover where by every 1993 DC Annual introduced a new and unusually lame superhero. The catalyst to all these pop-up, D-list newbies was each of them began as a normal person until they were attacked by an alien who sucked their spinal fluid. In most people this resulted in death, but for these lucky individuals, they got superpowers. It's as hackneyed as it sounds. So our lame helper for this is Ballistic, a Korean-American former member of the Gotham City police whose special powers are armored skin, super strength, night vision and super-hearing. He uses guns as his primary offensive weapons though, relying on his training with the police tactical unit. This would not go over so well with Bruce Wayne's Batman. Jean-Paul doesn't seem to care. So that's our setup: While wearing a suit of high-tech armor with gloves made from Wolverine claws, Batman works back-to-back with a demon-faced Punisher rip-off while fighting punk-rock versions of Moe, Larry and Curly. That's the 90's comic buying experience for you in nutshell. The issue is like one long unfunny joke on the audience. From Ballistic's single-minded pursuit of bounty money… …that is hammered in over and over, diminishing any sympathy the audience might have for the character… …to Batman shooting criminals with deadly sharp projectiles… …to really lame Three Stooges references. Hurts! DC was going through a very dark period at the time. They had just killed Superman, driven Green Lantern insane, cut off Aquaman's hand and replaced Diana with a different Wonder Woman altogether. None of it was as grueling as watching Bruce battered and broken, then tossed to the side. Perhaps I can give this issue a pass as the writer and artist needing to "blow off some steam" after being in the grim and gritty realm too long. And it is noteworthy that this more ruthless approach was rescinded a year later. And as we said, Bruce Wayne got better, came back and kicked Jean-Paul out of the limelight. Thankfully. Labels: Ch-ch-ch-changes, Published When this “black cat” crosses your path all it brings you is good luck Azteca Productions came out with El Gato Negro in 1993. A labor of love from fellow Dallasite Richard Dominguez, the book followed the adventures of one of the first Hispanic comic book superheroes. The book met with critical success, but was forced to halt publication after four issues. After a seven year hiatus, El Gato Negro reappeared. All the resources I have show only one issue in existence of what was suppose to be a four part miniseries in 2005. After that I show him popping up in several guest appearances in the "War of the Independents." Guess this cat only had three lives? Or maybe not? Mr Dominguez had mentioned a possible movie in the works starring the character, even commenting that he finished a treatment of the screenplay recently. Note that in the above paragraph I stated that the book was produced in Dallas. That means that there is a good chance of me bumping into Richard Dominguez at some point in the near future. Richard was the creator, writer, artist, inker and letter on the first run of EGN, giving up only editorial duties to his wife Olga. I’ve seen pictures of Richard and even though he’s older than me, he looks like a pretty big guy. Even so I’m going to be completely honest in reviewing EGN #1. Mainly because you wouldn’t respect me if I didn’t. Secondly because, outside of a slight grammatical error or two, El Gato Negro is one of the best books in the crapbox. El Gato Negro is a superhero tale that takes place in Hidalgo county, near the tip of Texas along the Rio Grande Valley. With a population that approaches almost 90% Hispanic, it only makes sense that any dude wearing tights in the area would be Hispanic as well. We begin our tale with two very bad “eses” who’ve just made a prison break. They are hoofing it across I-281 while being chained together at the ankles. They’ve got plans of meeting a big gang boss named “El Graduado” who will help them hide out from the cops. Which is good, since they shot one while making their escape. Suddenly a voice out of the night stops them in their tracks. Wow! Richard has an edgy Ron Lim-look about his art without all the shiny surfaces. His figures are clean and he does a marvelous job on facial expressions. I’m in love and we’re only on page three. In addition the storytelling is textbook superheroing 101. It’s like watching the Burton Batman movie beginning with a slightly different twist. Makes for a good intro to the character. Let’s see where this action sequence leads. Nicely done. A bit of splashy action sequence then the old monologueing to no one in particular. Can I see a show of hands of how many of you are “in” at this point? No? I need to show you a bit more? Well, ok. Next we briefly show Officer Miguel Bustamonte of the Texas Rangers. He’s like an unsympathetic Jim Gordon who wants to bust El Gato almost as much as he wants to bust criminals. He settles for the two chain gang escapees this evening while El Gato gets away. All this has the local gang boss very pissed off at his son who is El Graduado and is currently running things. Tell me it’s not wrong to love these panels? Meanwhile Officer Bustamonte is having breakfast with the local social worker, Francisco “Pancho” Guerrero. Francisco seems to have an unnatural interest in El Gato Negro, something is matched by Bustamonte’s in intensity if not intent. There’s a simple plot built up so far with easy and accessible characters who are shown as realistic people instead of stereotypes. There is tons of dialogue used to flesh out the characters. The art is ultra-clean, clear and stylish without being inaccessible to the casual reader. I counted about three or four minor grammatical errors (usually a missing “a”, “an” or “the”). So WHY ISN’T THIS BOOK STILL AN ONGOING!?!? How is it that we can suffer through so many bad books from the majors and something like EGN comes along and all of us miss it. Sure Dominguez is well thought of by industry peers, but what I’m asking is why didn’t the reading public embrace his art, story and characters? Why isn't EGN celebrating its 250th issue right now instead of ending at less than a handful? What is wrong with us? I’m only half-way into this book and it just keeps getting better. Like the montage of Francisco showing how selfless he is during his average workday. Character building stuff there. And as any comic fan worth his weight in back issues could tell you, this is all building up to the big reveal that Francisco is El Gato Negro. But could that same fanboy have anticipated that the discovery would show that his grandfather is also Francisco’s mentor and was El Gato Negro before him. And that this would be exposed in a series of panels that defy comic book conventions the same way McFarland’s early art did? No? That’s because this book has continued surprises around every corner. Francisco’s committed to fighting crime. In a dream sequence we see his cop brother Mario get killed by vicious gang thugs. He spurns the advances of a hot mamacita to continue his nightly excursions. He even goes out in spite of newscasts showing renewed pressure from his friend Officer Bustamonte. And his next catwalk nets him a group of “coyotes” who are smuggling in drugs under the cover of bringing in illegals. Look at that! It’s like poetry how nicely those panel transitions are handled. Don’t you love that middle sound effect superimposed behind the character battle? And look at the final panel, how easily those silhouettes reflect motion, character and action. I cannot gush enough about Dominguez’s art skills. Skills that go beyond just being pretty pictures but do an exceptional job at telling the story. Anyway, El Gato has a run in with one of the illegals who isn’t quite what he seems just before Officer Bustamonte shows up. Even the use of speed lines doesn’t detract from the art. Mainly because Dominguez uses the technique sparingly and to good effect in the panels he does add them to. The phony “illegal” gets ventilated by the coyotes who were meeting this group on our side of the boarder and El Gato discovers this faux immigrant was carrying loads of drugs strapped to his chest. Bustamonte shows up before El Gato can do much else except take what could be a potential clue to where this vato came from. So some keen detective work leads El Gato to Val Tex’s warehouse where he runs into a bit of trouble. Which is where our issue ends. There’s no ads in this book, which means it had no source of capital other than Azteca Productions and while the cover price was a bit high for 1993, the book’s contents were worth that sticker. If only more of us had picked it up. I mean how could a book that contains things like this gadget page not be worth a few more coins? The second series in 2005 did not have Dominguez as penciller or writer, only doing the inking chores. I don’t know if it was B&W like the original or if it was in color. I do know that it didn’t make it either, and for whatever reason that’s a shame. I’m looking forward to seeing Mr. Dominguez at the next convention or whenever. I’d really like to express my gratitude for the series he created, even if it was short and sweet. Labels: Published Kid's Stuff, Part VIII: Gammarauders #3 The Guide to Werewolves, Part V, Young Justice #33... Kid's Stuff, Part VII: Sectaurs #8	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line87
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__label__cc	0.584191	0.415809	Review :: Media : Race Willy Wonka and the Racism Factory by Jonathan McIntosh Email: press (nospam) capedmaskedandarmed.com 29 Aug 2005 The most recent film adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is shaping up to be one of the highest grossing summer blockbusters of 2005. This is the third re-incarnation of Roald Dahl's controversial story over the past four decades. As such, it is instructive, to examine it's transformation in relation to issues of racism and colonialism. In 1964, Roald Dahl published his original book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In it he describes the Oompa-Loompas as dark-skinned “pygmies” from the heart of Africa. These indigenous people are brought back to the Western world from the jungles by the European chocolatier, Willy Wonka, with the intention of making them slaves in his factory, being paid only in cacao beans. Dahl’s portrait of the Oompa-Loompas, includes the centuries old Western notion of indigenous populations as being exotic, simple and miserable. They are portrayed as unable to survive without the white Western world’s helping hand. Willy Wonka lulls his audience into quietly accepting this familiar and violent idea. In the process, Wonka becomes exalted as a white messiah to be revered and worshiped by the (literally) lesser brown people for having lead them out of darkness and into enlightenment and happiness. Throughout history, this false sense of altruism has closely accompanied racism. In 1971 Paramount Pictures released a feature film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, staring Gene Wilder. The film’s creators felt it socially and culturally inappropriate to portray the Oompa-Loompas as originally described in Dahl's book. Instead, the characters appearance was changed, making them little people, with bright orange skin and green hair from the fictional "Loopmaland". Their native land was never displayed on screen and is only mentioned in passing. Two years later, in 1973, the book was re-issued with major revisions. Responding to criticisms of racism from the NAACP, children's literature critic Eleanor Cameron and others, Dahl agreed to re-write portions of the book that mentioned the Oompa-Loompas. In the revised version, Dahl depicts them as small “hippy” people with long golden-brown hair and rosy-white skin. Their origin was also changed from Africa to the fictional Loompaland. These adjustments, while illustrating how culture has the ability to literally change art, are still problematic. It is not possible to negate the ideas of colonialism if the victims simply have light skin, come from a fictional place or are of a vague non-specific ethnicity. Now, in 2005, Warner Brothers has released another version of the feature film, this time directed by Tim Burton and starring famed actor Johnny Depp. The new adaptation brings back the racism and colonialism that the 1971 film and the 1973 revised book attempted to downplay. In this most recent incarnation we follow Willy Wonka, sporting the classic attire of the colonial explorer complete with safari hat, as he travels on screen to a distant tropical jungle called "Loompaland". He is, we are told, in search of "exotic" flavors for a new line of sweets. While depicted as silly and adventurous, the right of the Western entrepreneur to take whatever “flavor” plant or animal he desires from developing countries is never questioned. It is just the kind of theft western pharmaceuticals and agro-corporations have been engaged in throughout the developing world over the centuries. Interestingly, the film does not mention whether Wonka claims intellectual property rights over the ”flavors” he finds there, as is the case with his modern contemporaries. However, one assumes that the entire race of Oompa-Loompas falls under the umbrella of a fully owned copyright. During this colonial montage, Wonka encounters a jungle village built in the trees that the Oompa-Loompas inhabit. This time, however, they are portrayed as a primitive miniature brown-colored indigenous people of non-specific ethnic origin. They sport feather headdresses, tribal style jewelry and grass skirts while dining on visibly "disgusting" green caterpillars and worshiping the rare coca bean. They are depicted as simple, whimsical, and of course, miserable in their native home. Wonka "generously" rescues the Oompa-Loompas by offering them the opportunity to work and live in his Western factory. Later they are shown "happily" imprisoned inside Wonka's factory, which they conveniently cannot leave or they will be subject to chilly weather and die. The Oompa-Loompas also "willingly" allow themselves to be experimented on, much like laboratory animals, by Wonka as he tests his new, and sometimes dangerous, candy concoctions. Clearly, Wonka has not taken the time to explain the ins-and-outs of unionizing or worker health compensation to his imprisoned work force. The Oompa-Loompas have no spoken language of their own and must resort to mime and jester to communicate. However, they have learned to sing in English while they dance for the entertainment of Wonka and his all white and full-sized guests. This also happened in the 1971 film version, although in the 2005 version, the songs are accompanied by the laughable sexual gyrations of Oompa-Loompas, encouraging the audience to laugh along at the supposed sexuality of the mini-male of color. This unfortunately follows along and sad historical tradition of emasculating men of color for the enjoyment of white audiences. Moreover, the Oompa-Loompas all look exactly alike, as they are played by one actor using composite visual effects. This is a new invention by the current film's creators. The visual effect is ironic as it displays the problems at the very core of global labor issues: white populations perceive individuals of non-white populations as identical and all looking alike, lacking individual dignity. In this view, factory and sweatshop workers are ascribed no individual worth outside of the product they produce for consumers at low pay and in poor working conditions, unable to organize, form unions and improve conditions. Many will no doubt respond to this critique disparagingly. They will say that the movie is just that, a movie. They will state that it has no social connection or cultural implications to the present western mindset. However, it is important to consider that Roald Dahl himself eventually made revisions of his story to meet the racial concerns that accompanied the changing social ethics in 1973. The fact that, in 2005, Tim Burton chose to revert back to the original description of the Oompa-Loompas as primitive “pygmies” is troubling at best. Burton has said in interviews that one of the things that attracts him to Dalh’s work is the "politically incorrect" subject matter. Audiences all over the country seem to feel the same attraction. In the context of the present political landscape one cannot help but draw disturbing parallels between the fabled chocolate factory and US foreign policy in the Middle East. The notion that Wonka rescues the indigenous Oompa-Loompas from their “difficult lives” with his gift of industrialization seems to mirror the patronizing notion that the United States is presently rescuing the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq from their preserved savagery. It is disturbing that, this time around, no mainstream movie reviewers, civil rights organizations or social critics have pointed out these parallels or made these comparisons. Could it be that overt racism and colonialism have again become the norm in our society, passing almost without comment? Do we no longer even take the time to hide it under the surface? For now, it seems, children will delight in recreating white master chocolatier and indigenous slave worker scenes as they play with colorful plastic Oompa-Loompa action figures from Wendy’s kids’ meals. --Jonathan McIntosh is photographer, filmmaker and community activist living in Boston, Massachusetts. His work can be seen at the capedmaskedandarmed.com collective. Please send all questions, comments and complaints to Press (at) capedmaskedandarmed.com http://www.capedmaskedandarmed.com Re: Willy Wonka and the Racism Factory by Jonathan (No verified email address) 29 Aug 2005 Special thanks to those who helped me research and edit this article! Defied My Expectation by Dritz To be honest when i read the first line or so of this piece i thought it would be something akin to the MIM (maoist international movement) movie reviews describing Shrek 2 as "A radical attack on class, nation and gender oppression." This article however was quite good. And i learned some stuff i didn't know about the story. ( i haven't seen the 2005 film version). Thanks for writing this Jonathan. Great analysis and thanks for pointing this stuff out. wow. i haven't seem any of the movies or read either version of the book. i did notice in all that advertisements of the movie that the main characters, save one token "ethnic" , were all "white". that's the main reason why i didn't go to see it in the first place - it looked like a ritzy hollywood disney-esque movie. the kind that typically teaches the youth of america that they're (inaccurately) better than the rest of the world. by DS Great piece Jonathan - very interesting research. I watched the movie and was similarly offended by the obvious racist, imperialist bullshit. Right on Johnathan by t@g Right on critique Johnathan! Thanks for putting in the time to point this shit out. It's a well-researched and well-argued piece. This is the kind of stuff that needs to be put out there more. Good work! by Pete Stidman pstidman (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified) 29 Aug 2005 Wow. At first, only seeing the the 70's flick as a kid and your headline I was like what the? But when I read your article it really blew my mind. Another childhood memory soiled, dammit, but I'd rather know than be ignorant of it. Thnaks for a seriously good article. by Ms.Albert I had enjoyed reading "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" as a child. If I remember correctly, there was a monster that was after the Oompa-Loompas and Mr.Wonka had saved from being destroyed. I do however think it's a conspiracy when corn syrup is located in everyday NON-candy foods. Stop raising Corn, people! by odd Funny. Nobody criticized this article. Not one single person. If he did, he must be filed in some other section. Or else ....bounced! hahahaha Lite-n up people I cannot agree per-say that the fictional character Willy Wonka is a racist. I have not seen the new movie, I still think they can't beat the original, but the point of the matter is there must be some candy makers out there that respect human rights and overtime laws. And who would of thought a British writer would be influenced by his country's colonial history? Anyway, why doesn't anyone care about the lack of REAL sugar in our diets? It's being replaced by Corn syrup. by Leslie I haven't seen the new version of the film as yet, but I wonder if Tim Burton is entirely unaware of the parallels he is drawing. It seems unlikely and thus begs the question: perhaps he knows what he has created and has done so to mirror and maybe draw attention to our colonial mindset... However as I haven't seen the film I really can't make a clear judgement. It would need to be quite clear in the film so as to actually make a statement, not simply get passed off as rasicm. by katt hmm. i didn't see the new movie, and haven't seen the old one since i was four. but i read the books(both of 'em) alot of times as a child- the old ones, before they were changed. there is something that makes me basically, viscerally uncomfortable- repused, even- about presurring people to change their work because it is offensive. the evils of corporate colonialism are here, alive, and with us. certainly they will be portrayed in literatire if they exist, wont' they? racism is a reality. colonialism is a reality. should people not portray charecters in their books who exhibit these behaviors simply because we find them repulsive? reading those books as a child, i got the picture of wonka as being quite a sinister charecter-- sort of dangerous, and scary, and not at all to be trusted. certainly a charletan, something of a con-man. definitely not a cut-and-dried "hero". i saw a working class, impoverished boy getting a really random, sort of insane brand of help from a whacko business-man. . . .. do we have to beat people over the head with GOOD! EVIL! every time we write a book? don't we give someone reading a book a little more credit than that? and isn't it dangerous to get groups to pressure suthors to change teh content of their work? dont' we WANT to know about it, if we think someone is racist, so that its out in the open, and we can discuss it? rather than shoving it under the rug? i went to a school where two plaques had bene places on the wall. one said "The Young Man's Dream" and pictured a boy, sleeping, dreaming of a great old ship, himself at the helm. The other said "The Young Girl's Dream", and pictured her on a farm, pregnant. its horrible and offensive and grotesque. and you knwo what? i absolutely think it ought to stay there. I think EVERYONE ought to see those plaques, put there only a few short decades ago, so we can all really experience what women in the era those plaques were made experienced. But another plaque should be placed at its side-- perhaps detailing the history of the advancement of women since that time. . .. . . . simalarly, I wish Roald Dahl had NOT sucumbed to pressures about his book- so we coudl read it, his first and HONEST writing, and discuss it, maybe talk it over with him, with each other. . . . instead of painting it over. . . . . . . . . . . . . and lettign it fester as a secret. If anyone in interested here is a link to the debates between Eleanor Cameron and Roald Dahl from 1972 over the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book. http://www.hbook.com/exhibit/cameronvdahl.html by Mantronix I agree w/ katt's opinion it would have been better if Dahl had not succumbed to pressures because his end result was a pointless, disingenuous "politically correct" version of what he wrote before. Had the revision actually derived from a genuine change in philosophy things would have been different, not just appearingly different. Another similar situation was when Disney remade Tarzan like 5 or 6 years ago. It was forced to address the fact that the original story and movie was incredibily racist and depicted indigenous africans as savage and primitive. The result: they got rid of the natives and replaced them with apes. Good work Jonathan for shining light on this example of childrens entertainment that helps reinforce the racist/colonialist acceptance that pervades our culture. (and is currently on the upswing) When children saturate their brains with stuff like this, Tarzan, Pocahontas, and Aladdin and then go to school to learn about brave, heroic figures like Colombus, the Pilgrims, and George Washington why are we surprised at the extreme levels of indifference, apathy, and nationalist supremicism felt by so many Americans regarding what our government does and has done all over the world. by Oli olidahl (nospam) oluf.co.uk (unverified) 30 Aug 2005 What a load of old nonsense. To take a work of fiction, designed for kids of the mid sixties, and then transpose early 21st century pollitically correct beliefs to it, is a total waste of time and resorces! So the new film (which unlike so many posters, I have watched and enjoyed) is close to the original book. - Isn't that a good thing? If it wasn't, you would claim that today's kids were being short changed and so being dumbed down by hollywood. The fact that the little workers were from a strange land, and only worked for chocolate, might well have been an advantage for Wonka - however, it was an advantage for the Oompa-Loompa as they had so little chocolate in their home land - it could be seen as economic migration - what built the USA! Secondly, the reason the offer was made to the Oompa Loompa was due to the local workforce being dishonest and stealing everything that had a price. What is this teaching the kids? THis article has obviously been written by a person who sees racism in a mono printer and worker injustice where the rest of us see opertunity. by penguin it's really quite hilarious to see comments (esp. on UK indymedia) to the effect of "oh it's just a movie, lay off! loser crybabies!" as if any aspect of our culture is produced totally devoid of its socio-political context. all I can say to Oli, is "yo, critical thinking is about using your mind, not losing it." that being said, the most interesting item raised in the comments IMHO is the idea that Burton did this rehash of the original version with the intent of deliberate mischief. And in that context, it makes Johnny Depp's taking of the role (not to mention his perfomance as near-psycho alienated rich kid a-la Michael Jackson) more deliciously apt. Get Real Katt by GT You're off your fucking rocker Katt. Yeah and Hitler's racist films were just a more subtle attempt to point out how fucked up racism is so no one should have critiqued them... get real. It's one thing to acknowledge and investigate the past or present; it's another thing not say something when a film with all sorts of racist undertones is even futher engraining the our white supremicist culture with more racism. And Oli, you're just a racist fuck. Immigrant labor built up the U.S.A.... it's true. In the same way that slavery did and the genocide of the indigenous while taking their land, and the exploitation of workers overseas, etc., etc. You call this opportunity not injustice? Yeah maybe opportunity for fucking oppressors. "They didn't have chocolate in their homeland"? Bullshit. The reason people are forced to migrate here is because we monopoloized control of all the power and resources through conquest, exploitation and greed. So yeah, people do migrate here for economic reasons... reasons caused by economic domination and oppression that we built our country on and benefit from today. Thank you Johnathan for writing this sharp anti-racist critique. And all you people attacking it, quick denying white privlege and the way it's perpetuated even if it's easy for you to do because you're white. huh. how do you know who is white here and who is not? do you have majic computer x-ray vision? i certainly think critisism is essential-- important-- thats why i think things that are to be critisized need to be seen. you mentioned nazis- well- i was, for instance, very glad when the movie about the really multi-talented, intellegent, and REALLY, really, really evil and scary film maker lennie reifenstahl came to the harvard film arhive. i think people need to see that shit. people need to understand how and why a talented, intellegent woman can be corrupted into complete and utter evil awful racist hideous shit- should we all go picket the harvard film archive now because the film-maker was more subtle than to post a little "THIS IS EVIL" subtitle at the bottom of every frame? NOT that i'm defending hollywood- i didn't go see teh charlie and teh chocolate factory movie cause i hate hollywood, and all the garbage it spews into the air. . . . . .but one must remember that they onyl exist because people BUY their SHIT. "getting real" means agknowledging REALITY- and the reality is that most people are racist, and most people in the united states are enjoying material wealth at the expense and on the backs of people elsewhere, especially people who happen to be white. thats the truth right now. the fact that it sucks and needs to change doesn't make it any less true. so to say "well, you can't express that truth because it makes me mad" really doesn't solve anything. its important to know that as early ago as the sixties we were still getting unabashed childrens' books about racist corporate ceo's "rescuing" the "primitive" people in africa and making them work in his factory. i still think he was drawing a sinister character, but maybe thats because i didn't become consoius until teh eighties, when people were starting to think about these things. . . . . it certainly made me ask questions as a little kid-- should i have been handed some sanatized pablum that begged me to ask NO QUESTIONS AT ALL? please watch your tone plaid_baboon (nospam) hotmail.com (verified) 30 Aug 2005 Hello -- This is just a reminder to everyone that we have a policy against personal attacks. Feel free to critique each others' ideas, but please do not insult each other in the process of doing so. We're trying to encourage mutually respectful dialogue here. We've found that once people start engaging in personal attacks, the exchanges just degenerate further. Thank you. nospam (nospam) nospam.co.uk (unverified) 30 Aug 2005 I found this article very insightful and useful. I think Jonathan's critique is on the money and there is certainly nothing wrong with looking at a film from a social or political perspective. The idea that anything -- particularly the hallowed ground of children's literature -- is beyond politics is simply ridiculous. Along with Katt, I am somewhat disquieted by pressure groups changing a work of literature or art. However, the possibility exists that Dahl changed the book because the critiques caused him to see things differently and to feel embarrassed or ashamed with hindsight. For example, this article makes me feel somewhat uncomfortable with not having had the same insights into the film's racism that Jonathan did. I don't agree with Katt's take on Willy Wonka, at least as he is presented in Tim Burton's film. Though he is a little on the odd, prickly side, he is presented as fundamentally benign and certainly superior to all of the children but the one who, in the end, becomes his business partner. Therefore, the film more or less endorses his exploitation of the Oompa Loompas. by LoompaRights The author of this review is a racist, capitalist agent provocateur. He (as it must clearly be a white male who wrote the review) assumes that the Loompas hail from a "developing country" and are at the whim of the "Western entrepreneur". In reality, Loompaland is a highly advanced, industrialized nation with an equitable socialized welfare system and extensive nature preserves. Western capitalists are given research grants to research natural compounds native to the protected wilds of Loompaland. HOW DARE YOU assume that Loompas are anything but the proud, strong, and independent people that they are. You sir are a disgrace and should be shunned by the Indymedia community. Good day. "emasculating men of color" by maus is i'm afraid, an oversimplification in the tradition of eldridge cleaver (who boasted of raping white women as an "insurrectionary act"). bell hooks wrote a really good book, "we real cool" about the intersection of race and gender in the oppression of black males, which anyone interested in the topic shoudl check out. the black male is most often portrayed in white supremacist culture as supermasculine, a beast of some sort; strengthening notions of patriarchal masculinity as maleness is not going to help anyones struggle for liberation. Has anyone noticed that b.imc has degenerated to the point where no one disagrees with each other anymore on a theoretical level. Instead people just label their opponent 'white-male' and consider the case closed. bell hooks reminds me of a conversation I overheard at lunch a ways back, where a black man and a white women were arguing about who was more oppressed (and could thus dictate the direction of whatever political group they were in), this of course over a fairly expensive vegetarian faux meal. yes, "white male" is indeed an oft-bandied about insult, which is funny, that people woudl label by race and gender, since NONE of us can SEE EACH OTHER! hee hee hee. . . .. . . . i'm afraid i lack the equipment for white-male-hood myself. . . .but how could anyone tell what a terrible white male i'd make? . . . .. . haw haw. . . . yeow, now that i've read all about this movie i'll hafta see it-- when i find it in the bin at teh salvation army, that is. . . . . . (No verified email address) 01 Sep 2005 In response to comments I have received here and elsewhere, I feel it important to clarify a few points on my intentions in writing this article. First, I am not calling for a boycott of this film. I think people should see it with a critical eye while keeping in mind some of the points I have made about racism and colonialism. They can than make up their own minds. Second if people do see some of these elements in the movie, hopefully it can be a spring board to begin conversations with their friends, colleges, families and children on the topic of racism in out society. Lastly, I think it is possible to be entertained by something while, at the same, time being critical of it. This is my main point, try to see the world around you with a critical eye. Not just around issues of racism but also sexism, imperialism etc. by El Moss I'm intrigued by the 'liberal-progressive' position that targets racism/sexism by trying to educate people. ClarkamyL (nospam) gmail.com (unverified) 02 Sep 2005 This piece is well-written and obviously sincere. Nonetheless, in the interest of intellectual integrity I would make several suggestions. When criticizing literature it is helpful for your audience if you quote from the text. In this way we can see for ourselves your supporting evidence and come to our own informed and guided conclusion about the nature and intention of the writing. Also, the definitions of words that are very important to your larger point could be contested, so it is useful to provide readers with the connotations and implications of the words in question. For example, you write, “He is, we are told, in search of ‘exotic’ flavors for a new line of sweets.” The use of quotation marks around the word exotic seems to indicate that the word “exotic” is being misused or used in a morally and politically unacceptable fashion. But “exotic” simply means foreign, different, from another part of the world, or excitingly strange. There are many things in this world that we as individuals have not encountered, and these things are different and excitingly strange. Surely we should go in search of these things ourselves, provided that we do it with equal measure humility and pride. Lastly, I would like to say that I think a different reading of Wonka’s experience in Loompah Land is possible. The first Europeans reached the areas now called Ghana and Nigera in the mid fifteenth century. During this initial period, before colonialism, the Portuguese and then the Dutch traded with the Akwamu and then the Ashanti. The Portuguese were impressed by the Africans’ wealth and sophistication. On explore remarked on the “wide streets” and “abundance of gold.” (Achebe). Shortly after, the Ashanti allied themselves with the Dutch in order to gain control of the area between Kumasi and Elmina. Those in power in the Ashanti tribe made this trade agreement with informed understanding and considerable intelligence. They traded fairly with the Dutch, taking advantage of European products that they did not have and providing, in return, things that the Dutch needed. We all know the history that developed from this and the terrible devastation of colonialism and the western form of slavery. I tell this story only to remind us that it is entirely possible to take something from someone different without exploiting that person, but rather in a fair and informed agreement of reciprocation. Without exploration we would have no understanding, without exotic new flavors we would remain bland, ignorant and isolated. It is the way in which we interact with those who posses those things we do not have, and what we offer in return for what we desire that shapes the morality of that exploration. You are right, the movie says nothing about “intellectual property rights” and therefore nothing can be inferred about the relationship between Wonka and the Ompah-Loompahs. We cannot make up the details that are not in the movie. We are not privy to the trade agreements they have made, and it does indigenous people a disservice to assume that they have been exploited: the underlying implication of that assumption, made in your article, is that people from other regions and cultures cannot help but be exploited because they have neither the intellect to appreciate what is being taken from them nor the skills to defend themselves from exploitation. I am sure this is not what you intended for readers to take away from your piece. In the interest of intellectual integrity you could examine alternate readings of the history your refer to and other opinions regarding the influence of culture on art, and history on fantasy. Amy L Clark is a writer and anarchist living in Somerville Amy: Thanks for your comments. A few quick points, the Oompa-Loompas cannot make any deals or "trade agreements" with anyone fair or unfair, they are fictional characters. They can have no will of their own, only the will of the author or later the filmmakers impart on them. They are written in a racist and colonialist way, only as the white men would like to think they would react to his offers etc. Your point about the first Europeans that reached the areas now called Ghana and Nigera is interesting. I do not know much about it, but if true it would sadly be the exception to a long tradition of exploitation as I’m sure you are aware. You are right about the sources but since this was an editorial I didn’t feel compelled include them. I have placed them below for you to check out, 1. Debates between Eleanor Cameron and Roald Dahl, 1972/1973. 2. Paper trying to deny racism in the book by Cassandra Pierce, 2002. http://www.roalddahlfans.com/articles/char.php 3. Roald Dahl: A Biography, by Jeremy Treglown. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994. 4, McLuhan, Youth, and Literature: Part 1, 2 & 3. By Eleanor Cameron, Horn Book Magazine, 1972. http://www.hbook.com/exhibit/article_cameron1.html by Amatul Katt is a wonderfull human being - she'd make anyone a fine husband OR wife!=) hee hee love to ya Matt - I liked this article very much, and at home someplace I have my own ooooollllld edition with the black pygmy oompas. I always thought it was fu**ed, yet still loved the wack world of wonka frontied justice with the rich and bratty all getting juiced in the end peace + smiles by Wadoo centralsquareapt233 (nospam) hotmail.com (unverified) 04 Sep 2005 Good article. BUT I'll be "difficult" here and point out the one main criticism I have of this article and its line of thought (the latter of which I encountered many times at a very progressive liberal arts college). As many people posting replies have pointed out, this article is not the strident, patently ridiculous MIM-Notes style rant the title suggests-- it is, in fact, researched and coherent. Jonathan McIntosh (like many progressives, liberals, and radicals) seems to hint that covering up the racism in the original WIlly Wonka (as was done in the 70s) is a good thing-- in other words, "our" media has a responsibility to edit older texts when bringing them back in public, getting rid of the nasty racism of days' gone by with a little slight of hand either because we've, as a society, moved past it (ha ha) or because today's masses are simply too stupid to recognize implicit racism and might be easily brainwashed into accepting it. The latter view has a lot to back it up-- a good case can be made for the stupidity of America and even all humanity-- but still there's a kernel of, well, elitism in it. It assumes that people cannot be trusted to toss away the garbage in a given cultural phenomenon. They can't decipher racism like WE (the progressive, college-educated anti-racists and professional activists) can. They are sheep, we are free-thinkers. We must lead them to utopia by the nose, 'cause they'd never get there on their own. We must censor, for the common good. This is called "political correctness" by the Right, and, actually, they have a point. But let's not embrace the Right's complacency, authoritarianism, and devotion to established institutions-- I'm certainly not arguing for that. I DO think that there is something to be said for presenting an artistic work in its original form-- especially when it is patently racist and sexist and bad in every way-- because it gives us a more accurate idea of where we came from, culturally. And it absolutely requires people to have critical thinking skills-- it does not assume that we have (or ever will) be rid of racism and all the bad things in culture, but that individuals can, hopefully, figure out strategies to deal with these things on their own. In other words, it might be a good thing that those Oompaloompas have been re-raced. If as the article argues,m this points out a certain vicious racism in our country (along with imperialism and colonialism), perhaps that's for the best. Because those things, I think, are very much a part of America now. Perhaps the new WIlly Wonk is a more accurate representation of today's cultural landscape. Perhaps we can deal more effectively with racism when it's uncovered (as the author of this article has done, and I thank him for it)-- and it is easier to uncover when stated plainly, no political correctness involved. Culture is a reflection of the society that produces it (or, at least, the owners of that society). Worry about altering the society, not so much the cultural product. by Alastair alastair (nospam) jobsnorth.co.nz (unverified) 20 Sep 2005 Interesting. I thought that the Chocolate Factory was a revelation of the Fabian Societie's Blue Print for the New World Order. I accept your view point - very valid. I'm trying desperately to find a link between Dahl and the Fabians. by Felicia felicia_derosa (nospam) hotmail.com (unverified) 21 Sep 2005 In many of mu literature classes we learn that through the collective subconcious of writers, current states of the world are conveyed. This fore-mentioned racism may have been introduced to the reader to bring up such topics. Now many may ballyhoo that this was a childrens novel but all childrens books come along with lessons. Wether it be about being locked in towers, kept by dwarfs, or pricked with sewing needles... Lets create more discussion about colinialism and how it is an impetus for genocide...even if the catalys is a movie about Oompaloompas by johnk copied from LA IMC: The movie did bring back the themes of imperialism and colonialism, 100%. (John was on the mark there.) I think that the filmmaker did so because this is a different film. Willy Wonka is portrayed as a developmentally stunted man-child with a lot of "issues", who cannot relate to people. His exploitation of the Oompa Loompas is consonant with the character, who isn't portrayed sympathetically. The problem is that it's mild criticisms of industrialism and colonialism are going to be lost on most people. At best, the movies has the smell of the elite western attitude that a sarcastic attitude about colonialism suffices as a coherent rejection of it. We are in the midst of a new colonial war; jokes about enslaving pygmies are not funny.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line92
__label__cc	0.729046	0.270954	Category Archives: Public transport Not voting Green (by a member of the Green Party) By Brennig \| May 2, 2015 - 18:21 \| May 2, 2015 Motorcycling, Politics, Public transport In which a fully paid-up, card-carrying member of the Green Party sets out why he will not be voting Green in the 2015 General Election. And in which the same fully paid-up, card-carrying member of the Green Party will be resigning his membership as soon as the 2015 General Election is over. I’d like to set a scenario before you. Imagine that you found a political party that you agreed with. Imagine that the more time you spent reading about the same political party, the more you found that their core ideals and stated political goals chimed with your own personal, social (and political), values. Imagine that you move beyond the certainty of voting your support for this party in the 2015 General Election. You read this parties election manifesto. You love it. You became a member of the Party. Imagine, some months later, you stumble across some Party policies that are not in their 2015 General Election manifesto. But these policies are Party objectives. One of the policies you discover says: Smaller, low powered vehicles are generally preferable to most cars (especially those with a single occupant) as they take up less road space and are more economic consumers of fuel. However, the Green Party does not wish to see increased use of cars because they emit pollution and noise and can endanger road users. The aim is to encourage much less use of high powered machines and for low powered machines to offer an alternative for those who currently use cars and could not transfer to more sustainable (transport) modes. That’s blatant vicitimisation. Picking on just one form of transport? This is a vote losing policy. Is that why this policy is not in the 2015 General Election manifesto? What car-owning (or car-driving) voter is going to vote for a political party that has stated it wants to see all cars reduced to tiny, limited output engines? You dig on in to the party Policies and find: The Green Party would take measures to encourage a transfer of car manufacture and use from larger, powerful machines to less powerful ones. These would include setting and enforcing strict noise limits and, for higher powered machines, speed limiters Well, any person who uses a car for any form of transport is going to support this party, are they? Now the thing is, these policies are not 100% accureate. But with one or two minor edits in these policies, each of these political objectives are Green Party objectives… But not for cars. For motorbikes. Yes, this is the Green Party singling out motorbikes for wholescale legislative curbs, yet leaving every other form of road user untouched. These are those two Green Party policies, unedited, and with one more policy included: Smaller, low powered motorcycles are generally preferable to cars (especially those with a single occupant) as they take up less road space and are more economic consumers of fuel. However, the Green Party does not wish to see increased use of motorcycles because they emit pollution and noise and can endanger road users. The aim is to encourage much less use of high powered machines and for low powered machines to offer an alternative for those who currently use these or cars and could not transfer to more sustainable modes. The Green Party would take measures to encourage a transfer of motor cycle manufacture and use from larger, powerful machines to less powerful ones including scooters and mopeds. These would include setting and enforcing strict noise limits and, for higher powered machines, speed limiters For the safety of other users, the Green Party does not feel it appropriate for motorcyclists to be able to use any priority measures put in for pedestrians and cyclists, including those shared with public transport. These are the most blinkered, uneducated, short-sighted, stupid and illogical transport policies. These policies fail to recognise motorbikes as part of the solution of our increasingly congested roads. These policies penalise motorbikes through the use of inaccurate sweeping generalisations. These policies fail to understand the benefits of motorcycling over the use of cars. These policies lack all manner of comprehension of the problems that British roads face every day. These policies are why this Green Party member will not be voting for the Green Party in the 2015 General Election. These policies are why this Green Party member will be resigning his membership after the 2015 General Election. That these policies are hidden, that these policies are not in the Green Party 2015 manifesto is beyond dishonest. The Green Party needs to be called out on this blatant victimisation. One can’t help wondering what other nasty, victimising, policies the Green Party might have tucked away, that are also not highlighted by their 2015 manifesto. Blogathon 18/14 – commuting differences By Brennig \| February 18, 2014 - 18:53 \| January 28, 2015 Blogathon, Blogging, London, Public transport Today I commuted on the VFR. When I got to work I hopped off the bike and did a little dance and didn’t stop smiling for at least an hour (even though it was 6.45am when I arrived at work). And on the homewards leg, when I arrived back at my house, I danced around the VFR singing loudly and smiling. Even now my heart is full of such joy – this is what commuting on a motorbike can do for you. Tomorrow I will catch a train to London, and then I shall ride on the Victoria line from Euston to Victoria. Then I shall walk, about a mile, down to Westminster, dodging people as I go. After a five-hour technical meeting, I shall walk the mile back from Westminster to Victoria, I shall submerge myself underground, and shall ride back to Euston. Then I shall endure the homeward leg on The World’s Most Expensive Railway. You want to reckon whether I’ll be singing and dancing and smiling when I get off the train in Rugby, at 7pm tomorrow evening? Or when I get off the tube at Euston, before I get my train back home? The inhumanity that we, in this country, seem to accept with no thought of rejection, that we inflict upon our commuting selves every day, is indescribable. Since when did it become acceptable to shoe-horn people in to spaces so crammed with other humans that the threat of injury is very real? Am I the only person who can remember that the Moorgate Tube Disaster produced rules (rules, not guidelines) on acceptable limits of square footage per passenger? Am I the only person who can remember that the needlessly high death rate at Moorgate was because of overcrowding? Does anyone – ever – get off the rush-hour underground, singing and dancing and happy and smiling (other than in satisfaction at having got out alive)? The elephant in the room that is London’s transport calamity (because no matter how or where one looks, it is a terrible calamity), is that the entire transport network has reached capacity. Where does London go from here? Where does London’s rammed transport network go from here? Blogathon 4/14 – a bloody good servicing By Brennig \| February 4, 2014 - 08:00 \| January 28, 2015 Blogathon, Blogging, Motorcycling, Public transport Today, just as soon as I’ve finished work, I’m taking a small detour. The VFR has a hot date. She’s going to get serviced to within an inch of her life. I got the VFR in July 2013. I had her serviced by Simon, the amazing mobile motorbike mechanic (makes a mental note to tell you the story of the VFR’s servicing by Simon) in August. Here’s the thing. The VFR’s former owner did all of the bike’s servicing himself. He kept meticulous records of what work was done on which dates, what parts were replaced, what was adjusted, which components would need looking at next time. And he made his notes in the inside rear cover of a Haynes manual for, yep, the Honda VFR800. When I bought the bike he gave me the manual, which was brilliant of him. It’s a rolling record of the VFR’s service history. Marvellous. Yesterday evening, when I got back from my hectic weekend of awesome, I did some housework. Yeah, you can put the sarcasm away now. But I did. I vacuumed upstairs and down. And then I did the house. Ahahahahahahahaha! Then I stripped the bed, turned the mattress, put the linen and some shirts in to a prewash soak. And then I tidied a bit. While I was tidying over there points I uncovered the VFR owner manual and the VFR’s official service record. I will confess I’ve spent time reading the previous owners notes, but never glanced at the service record. The most recent stamp in the VFR’s service book was at 5,000 miles. The bike has 60,000 on the clock now. Notwithstanding Simon’s service last year, in Oxfordshire, that’s a hell of a lot of owner-maintained servicing! So today I picked up the phone and spoke to a local motorbike dealer and, as a result, I shall be handing the VFR over to them after work tomorrow. This doesn’t mean that commuting duties will fall upon the Daytona. On Wednesday I have to drive to Darlington (and back) for a work thing. Drive to Darlington and back. Because even in the Jag I can drive to Darlington and back for significantly less money than The World’s Most Expensive Railway Network want to charge me for the same journey in cattle class. Oh yes, and I can drive there and back two hours quicker than The World’s Most Expensive Railway can do the journey. Maybe the VFR isn’t the only thing that needs taking apart by experts. Blogathon 5/13 Quiet! By Brennig \| February 5, 2013 - 10:18 \| January 28, 2015 Blogathon, Public transport I’M ON THE TRAIN! YES, THE TRAIN. TO LONDON. I’M IN SOMETHING CALLED THE QUIET CARRIAGE. IT’S VERY NICE IN HERE. AND QUIET. But seriously, what the actual? I should be able to hear my wristwatch tick (as opposed to my faithful Hunter pocket watch). Instead there’s that boy over there playing music out of his mobile phone. And that girl over there? I can hear her masticating. And the old lady behind me is sending THE WORLD’S LONGEST TEXT MESSAGE AND SHE HAS HER KEYPAD TONES SWITCHED ON AND SET TO STUN! Getting rid of 4th class was a backwards step. I don’t actually have a Hunter pocket watch Same song, different tune By Brennig \| September 3, 2011 - 17:26 \| September 3, 2011 People watching, Public transport ATTENTION PARENTS! When you are in a public place with your offspring, you need to remember a simple set of rules: You own that fucking child You have a total responsibility to be a parent to your child at all fucking times Being a parent is not a part-time thing If you ignore that child of yours, it will run fucking riot It will whine and cry and scream and it will make a fucking noisome din But because you are the parent, you can tune the rioting brat out We, the rest of humanity, we fucking can’t If you ignore your fucking brat and it runs riot and whines and shouts I will fucking stamp on it And it will be YOUR FAULT Just because you ignored it In a public place And let it go fucking mental Within the sight and hearing of someone who doesn’t fucking care about it An outpouring By Brennig \| December 5, 2010 - 21:23 \| December 5, 2010 Music, Public transport Comments Off on An outpouring I’m, watching Strictly Come Dancing for no reason other than The Manic Street Preachers are performing. The Manic Street Preachers. On Strictly Come Dancing. Strictly Come Dancing. The Manics. Anyway, the air traffic controllers strike in Spain is a hell of a story that, surprisingly, isn’t getting the in-depth examination that it should be. The story behind the story is that Sr. Zapatero has enacted a congressional law that put the striking civilian air traffic controllers under military command. Under this law, any civilian air traffic controller who does not report for duty could be sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Out of the establishment headcount of 2,200 controllers, 442 are being reported by the military commanders for prosecution. I’ll be watching the developments of this story with great interest. Meanwhile. Soph and I did this weekend’s show this evening, a radical switch from our normal Friday pre-pizza fest, to a Sunday evening show. As well as listening to four exceptional pieces of music, we talk about the continuing preparations for our third birthday and our confirmed special guests. And we talk about the need to have a higher degree of organisation behind the scenes. And the increasing demand for web content, and the pressures that these things bring – hence the need for better organisation. Sending signals By Brennig \| August 26, 2010 - 21:11 \| August 26, 2010 Journalism, London, Public transport Journalists, WTF? I know the house style of the The Sun is best summed up as ‘aim for the worst of all that is bad in society and then lower your sights 45 degrees further”, but what, exactly, does this headline in today’s copy of the Sun convey to readers? Doesn’t it convey ‘gay slayer or foreign spy, meh, they’re all the same’? And what is the divine intervention that The Sun journalist has, to enable him (or her) to know that either a foreign spy (not a British spy!) or a ‘gay slayer’ (what is one of those, anyway?) did this awful thing? Don’t you just love the British tabloid press and the standards they evidently have? Don’t have, I mean. Listening to music is one of life’s great enjoyments. I spend huge amounts of my time in a world filled with pleasant sounds. The continually-falling price of personal mp3 players and mobile phones with the same capability, coupled with a decent pair of earbuds, have given all of us the opportunity to have a private, portable place of pure phonic pleasure. (yeah, sorry about that alliterative whimsy there) But when I was in London the other day, there were two teenagers on the tube, listening to music on their mobile phones. Without headphones. Let me use different words. A pair of teenagers, sitting and chatting together, were listening to different tracks of music aloud on their mobile phones. Did I mention they were chatting over their music? Hey kids, here’s a message for you: Planning a magazine cover can’t be an easy job. There must be so many different factors to consider… There has been a significant amount of traffic and chatter about Mary Bale and her alleged feline-binning proclivities. I can’t help wondering what a person with similar tendencies would do if they came across little Koda… I’ll tell you one thing, I’d rather be in the company of Koda anyday, than having to sit on the tube in the presence of two teenagers, shouting their conversation over the loudspeakered tinny din of two portions of noise pollution. Exclusive! Daily Mail staff in sex horror! By Brennig \| May 3, 2010 - 21:26 \| May 3, 2010 Eventing, Food, Horses, Insomnia, Public transport, Show jumping, Travelling, Writing So I was just in the kitchen cooking one of my speciality snacks (you will notice I didn’t say ‘meals’), when I started wondering about cheese-graters. If someone could please invent a cheese-grater that didn’t remove the skin from my fingertips, I’d buy it. We were show-jumping this evening, a session with Owen.Â At one stage Owen said, ‘What are you feeding Tom, Bren?’ Rocket fuel, obv. Tom showed no sign that he had been out on Saturday (you’ve read the result, already, yes?) as he towed me all over the show-jumping course. I honestly expected him to be a little laid back. I was back in control for our second lap and after the third, faultless journey over the course, we called it a day. Owen had a good time at Broadway this weekend; 2nd, 7th and 8th, but even these results must be no consolation for his Badminton disappointment, one of his four-star horses being unwell, whilst the other didn’t make it off the wait list. Meanwhile, in other news… I’m at home tomorrow, but on Wednesday I’m off up to Worcester. It’s a work thing, not a pleasure thing. I have decided to be radical and let the train take the strain; Charlbury to Worcester Foregate Street and return. I’ve got a four-minute walk from the station in Worcester. I had a really bad night’s sleep last night; less than two hours, and then I was up for five hours, then back to sleep for three more. It’s safe to describe my state right now as ‘knackered’. I’m going to use tomorrow to have a burst of activity on ‘Shelved’. I have done no work on the Sitcom for a couple of weeks, but I have done a massive amount of thinking about it. The bottom line is that I want to rethink the first and last episodes. I think there is a way to make a visual gag in episode one, dovetail in to the last episode of season one, in such a way that the comedy ending of the season becomes lastingly bitter-sweet. And the headline above? Well, can you imagine having sex with Jan Moir? By Brennig \| March 17, 2010 - 05:32 \| March 17, 2010 Public transport Unexpectedly, I am invited to Leeds. The meeting is at 11.30 and I’m giving myself an enormous amount of time in which to make the trip. This means I can enjoy the journey rather than have to endure it as one massive stress-fest. I’m already planning a couple of minor detours for the trip up/down. I have to travel by car because, bizarrely, our national train network can’t get me from here to there and back again in anything less than a seven hour round trip. I’m not sure that’s what we’d call ‘progress’ in the 21st Century. Nice fanny! By Brennig \| January 11, 2010 - 12:39 \| January 11, 2010 People watching, Public transport Oscar Wilde said of the divisions between the UK and the US, that we were ‘one nation divided by a common tongue’. Setting aside the masterful – and very typical – double entendre, today I’ve seen several examples that underline Wilde’s thinking. Today is the 9th Annual No-pants on the Subway Day and in the UK a number of poorly-educated delinquents who possessÂ little (if any!)Â understanding of the English Language have attempted to ‘join in’ by not wearing trousers on the Underground. Fuckwits. It’sÂ the Annual No-pants on the Subway Day. It’s not the Annual No-trousers on the Underground Day. Don’t they know anything? Have these morons lost all comprehension of English? A subway is a piece of underground pavement that (usually) enablesÂ pedestrians to walk from one side of a busy road to another without having to play chicken with the road-users. The Underground is not a subway. And while we’re on the same topic? Your trousers are not your pants. Twats. I bet these idiots don’t refer to their arse as their ‘fanny’. I bet they don’t say ‘garbage’, but instead use the common word ‘rubbish’, I bet they say ‘petrol’ not ‘gasoline’ and I bet they manage to pronouce ‘aluminium’ correctly. This isn’t an anti-American rant. This is the rant of someone who has a hard enough time getting the underpowered and far-too-dim lightbulb of understanding to illuminateÂ the darker places inside the heads of people, through the use of plain, simple English. Adding further confusion by using terminology from foreign countries is very counter-productive! Ferstein Sie?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line93
__label__wiki	0.786391	0.786391	Incan Quipu From Dead Media Archive Revision as of 08:02, 5 December 2007 by Katie L (Talk \| contribs) The Inca quipu still remains somewhat of a mystery to today's scholars, and while there are many plausible and likely hypotheses as to the true functions this device served, a specific and definite answer has yet, and may never, be uncovered. Some believe the quipu represents a form of proto-writing, while others feel it embodies a system of writing all on its own. But regardless of the different magnitudes of functionality that are thought to have been applied to the quipu by the Incas, it is wholly agreed that it was an extraordinarily intricate system in which to store information. 1 Brief Description 2.1 Mnemonic Knot-Records 2.2 Knot-Calendars 2.3 Binary Coding 3 Formal Prohibitions & Affordances 4 Pops and Hisses 5 Remediation 6 Works Cited A typical quipu consisted of a number of pendent and often subsidiary pendent strings that were suspended from a main horizontal cord. Knots representing numbers were tied into the pendent strings and occasionally into the main cord. The strings used in the creation of a quipu were made from cotton, and sometimes from alpaca or llama wool, and were dyed various colors, which explained the subjects to which the numbers referred. It was the combination of these materials and processes together as a quipu that allowed the Inca bureaucracy to function, as they relied on it, at the very least, as a means to keep detailed accounts and records of everything that occurred under their rule. The cultural quipus mentioned by the Spanish chroniclers "'recorded' laws, rites, treaties, speeches, and history" (Day 39), while the statistical quipus included a catalogue of "crops and agricultural produce, herds of domestic and wild animals, stores of wool and cotton, weapons and other military supplies - everything in the empire, in fact, that could be counted" (Day 39) Mnemonic Knot-Records There are many scholars that firmly believe the quipu to be an extremely advanced and detailed mnemonic device; a function that is reported as working both very efficiently and successfully. In noting how precisely traditions and records were preserved, Sir Clements Markham describes the passing down of the Paccari-tampu myth. "It is told by Garcilasso de la Vega, Cieza de Leon, Betanzos, Balboa, Morua, Montesinos, Salcamayhua and Sarmiento, all agreeing sufficiently closely to prove that precisely the same tradition had been handed down, with the same details, to their various informants" ( Markham 140). Knot-Calendars Binary Coding Formal Prohibitions & Affordances The quipu as a communicative device was highly selective; only the privileged, important men of the Inca community were taught how to create and interpret this system of recording. These were the Quipucamayacs, or quipu-makers. As aforementioned, the Inca civilization functioned as a bureaucracy, which, according to Max Weber, is a type of administration that fundamentally means: "the exercise of control on the basis of knowledge" (Ascher 33). Therefore, for the Incas, knowledge truly did equal power, and that knowledge was measured in large part by the amount of records they had stored. Furthermore, Ascher and Ascher notes the characteristic nature of a bureaucracy as one where its records are peculiar to itself, and remain that way. So to be a quipucamayac signified specialized knowledge, power and status, but also the responsibility of being an official historian for the Inca empire. Understandably, quipucamayacs "never 'let their quipus out of their hands,' says Garcilaso, 'and they kept passing their cords and knots through their fingers as to not forget the tradition' which it was their function to remember" (Day 39-40). Perhaps one of the few times the quipucamayacs would separated from their quipus was for the purpose of sending a messgae. According to Cyrus Lawrence Day, "Trained runners called chasquis were stationed in pairs at intervals of about a mile along the imperial highways. Running at top speed and handing their quipus on, one chasqui to another, as in a relay race, they could transmit a message to Cuzco from two or three hundred miles away in twenty-four hours" (39). The only addition to quipucamayas were Amautas, or learned men and councilors, who were also knowledgeable about the techniques necessary to understand the information stored by a quipu. While they didn't have a hand in composing them, the Amautas, along with the quipucamayas, played an integral role in the maintenance of Inca culture as traditions were passed down from generation to generation. ---add: this would cause a problem, as it has indeed done today, with allowing the medium to be used on a more common level-- Pops and Hisses -Binary code with the computer Retrieved from "http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php?title=Incan_Quipu&oldid=2790" About Dead Media Archive	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line95
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__label__wiki	0.762439	0.762439	Items Donna McKechnie and Robert Lupone from a scene in "A Chorus Line" Donna McKechnie and Robert Lupone from a scene in "A Chorus Line" Billy Rose Theatre Division Swope, Martha Original Scan Copyright held or managed by the New York Public Library New York Shakespeare Festival records Series XII: Photographs Subseries 1 - Productions Sub-subseries - Broadway A Chorus Line (Musical) Swope, Martha (Photographer) Shelf locator: *T-Mss 1993-028 Hamlisch, Marvin. Chorus line Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2e71e2f0-c6c1-012f-4b86-58d385a7bc34 The New York Public Library holds or manages the copyright(s) in this item. If you need information about reusing this item, please go to: http://nypl.org/permissions Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Donna McKechnie and Robert Lupone from a scene in "A Chorus Line"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1976. http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/66fa0c65-2417-94fa-e040-e00a18062f51 Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Donna McKechnie and Robert Lupone from a scene in "A Chorus Line"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 22, 2020. http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/66fa0c65-2417-94fa-e040-e00a18062f51 Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1976). Donna McKechnie and Robert Lupone from a scene in "A Chorus Line" Retrieved from http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/66fa0c65-2417-94fa-e040-e00a18062f51 <ref name=NYPL>{{cite web \| url=http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/66fa0c65-2417-94fa-e040-e00a18062f51 \| title= (still image) Donna McKechnie and Robert Lupone from a scene in "A Chorus Line", (1976)\|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library \|accessdate=January 22, 2020 \|publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line113
__label__cc	0.717912	0.282088	The Misfits Of Pleasant Park Pt 1: We Three Misfits Posted on July 19, 2018 by Kim Ho Written by: Abbey LePoidevin Simulated Country: Pleasant Park School: Nelson High School Instructor: Ms. Susan Dueckman Location: Burlington, ON Me, Emily and Felix sit in the hall with no hope of getting out. Accepting defeat. We’ve been in jail for 3 civic mirror years. All in jail for the wrong reasons. Emily, for a legal, peaceful protest, Felix, for literally what his hidden agenda is (cultural supremacy) and me for being sued and then thrown in jail for a crime that I proved my innocence in court and everybody knew it. We’ve all been denied our right of food, shelter, and owning hexes. Our country is run by a “king” (he’s a dictator). He’s passed laws saying things like: – The Prime Minister will become king of the country which will grant him/her complete control over the government decisions, laws, voting on laws and the taking of hexes and units from citizens – The king and judge can send people to jail if they break the law and they can overrule the jury (when in jail you must sit outside the class with a chromebook for the whole period and are not allowed to have visitors or talk to anyone) These clearly unfair rules and laws give our leader way waaaaaay too much power and control and could destroy our country at literally any moment he wanted to. This time in jail has really opened my eyes to what real people in the real world have to go through every day. Some people go to jail because they actually did something wrong. Some because the government doesn’t like them. Some because they’re doing the right thing. Take Nelson Mandela for example. All he did was fight for equal rights for white and black people alike and was thrown in jail for 25 years. He did nothing wrong. On the contrary he was doing everything that was right. I’m so privileged because I can just go to my next period and not be in jail or hated by the citizens of the country and go back to my Canadian lifestyle where I have rights and freedoms others in the real world don’t have that luxury. Innocent people have to live in jail 24 hours a day 7 days a week Even though I’m in jail I’ve still learned positively from the negativity. Posted in From the CM Trenches \| 4 Comments King Jobo, The Tyrant Written by: Y-Felix Lately, Pleasant Park has been a mess, with mass starvation and no shelter for most of the ordinary citizens, while King Jobo and his friends live lavishly. In the year of 2001, the King tried to develop a wilderness hex into another Energy Industry hex, but instead, he wasted four E/I units, and left the country with no power, while the hex did not even develop. After this failure, instead of focusing on giving his citizens enough energy for shelter, he used his remaining energy on technology and education, so that he could spend it all on his remaining E/I hex. The result is fourteen deaths out of 140 people in total. In one year, the King killed off 10% of the population of his country, and surely many more from previous years and years to come. King Jobo was elected on promises of free food and shelter for everyone, but after eradicating democracy and giving himself sole power over the government, this does not seem likely to happen. Not to mention, how he imprisoned at least a third of his citizens, on accusations of conspiring to start a revolution, though there is no proof at all. He is a tyrant, who is unfit to run as the prime minister of a country, much less rule one as king. He has turned Pleasant Park into a nightmare, and the only way to stop him is if we throw him out of power forcefully. That is why we need to start a crisis vote, so that at least the citizens our own country are able to live, because under King Jobo’s rule, there are no human rights, and if we do nothing about this tyrant, the circumstances will only become worse. Posted in From the CM Trenches \| Leave a comment Government Looks For Help From Citizens To Make Laws Posted on June 27, 2018 by Kim Ho Written by: Nicole C Simulated Country: Hole School: Pleasant Valley High Instructor: Mr. Mike Brooks Location: Chico, CA Seeking a better way to get the citizens of Hole involved in making laws, new government officials prompt the citizens of the country to write down laws they want to see changed or added to Hole’s Legislation. Will this improve the country for the people that want to see a change? Or will the Government push back and leave the suggested laws behind? If the government does push back will the people once again stand up and call for a vote of no confidence? We will see what happens in the upcoming winter event. Supreme Dictator Takes Over Written by: Kiara Ellingwood Simulated Country: Tropico 2018 School: St. Mary’s High School Instructor: J Allan Location: Owen Sound, ON The country of Tropico was in chaos, people were worried for their safety and began to talk in small circles about what they could do to change this. They plotted to sign a petition that would allow them to proceed with a crisis vote to save their country. The Dictator was angry and seized the property of Kiara to put fear into the citizens involved. The Dictator made a secret trade with the government where he took all of the governments money and hexes. Nick took this issue to court and sued the Dictator for return of the property taken. Unfortunately, the jury decided that Evan was innocent and only made him return $25,000 along with the power plant. ‘I am afraid that the healthcare, education, food, and security will not be properly distributed and I will lose my family,’ said Emily Clements, a worried citizen. Other citizens were worried and tried to talk to the newly elected Prime Minister, Ana. Laws were made to help ensure that this issue would be resolved, but many citizens still reported issues with having trades rejected by Evan. The hope is for our country to return to being successful, but is our country already too far gone? Saladland Suffers From Inactive Government – Citizens Angry Posted on May 31, 2018 by Kim Ho Written by: Alex W Simulated Country: Saladland School: College Place Middle School Instructor: Ms. Lisa Shearer Saladland is suffering from an inactive and uncaring government! They are inactive on the website, and only last week passed a bill limiting the prices of units! The House and the Senate have been accepting and denying bills without much thought, and taking too long to make decisions about the future of our country! Last year there were many talks in the town hall about citizens disobeying laws and being dishonest with each other. However the government also caring of its people, giving discounts to the poor. However, owners of hexes sometimes aren’t agreeing with this. Citizens are beginning to become slightly angry– will this escalate into something more? We’ll just have to wait and find out. NCI: A Broken Country Written by: Foosoo Vean Simulated Country: NCI School: Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute Instructor: Ms. Liz Milijasevic Location: Kitchener, ON The country of NCI had just finished their first year, 2000. They have just started the year 2001 and already most of their civilians are broke. Most are suffering from this and cannot afford to buy units they need in order to live. A civilian by the name of, Fuesue Vang, is in need of health as his whole family happens to suffer from cancer. The start of the year has been a struggle for the people of NCI and the governments welfare system seems to not be working. New Energy Ownership Bill Passed By Sesame Street Government Written by: Corbin Baccetti Simulated Country: Sesame Street President Lalia passed a new bill stating that all E/I hexes are owned by the government, all energy units have to be sold at the same price to everybody. Whether or not you agree with the bill itself, it’s a good thing that the country is making swift progress. Parlmarum PM is Overworked Written by: Jawad D. Simulated Country: Palmarum School: Captain Nichola Goddard School Instructor: Mr. Jamie Nybo The PM has been working very hard to maintain all the trade offers and provide resources to all the citizens of Palmarum, but although they are backed up they refuse to provide government access to other MP’s of their own purple party. Revolution Crippled! Posted on April 30, 2018 by Kim Ho Written by: Alexey Chipeev Simulated Country: Republic of Clout After Lionel.H, Our Supreme Dictator, rightfully suppressed the foul minorities, they rebelled in a Communist Rebellion, lasting until Fall. A Official Opposition Minister Michelle.Y lead a crisis vote to overthrow the Majority Fascist Government and almost succeeded but to relief our Security Forces prevented their treason, but riots continue. This was prompted by the seizure of their property and most of their funds (Except $50 if you complied) not to mention when laws passes greatly impacted and successfully destroyed their livelihoods. All Hail Lionel! Terrific Teamwork in Terabithia Falls Written by: Alli McGee Simulated Country: Terabithia Falls School: Craig Kielburger Secondary Instructor: Ms. Leesa Allison Location: Milton, ON In Terabithia Falls, the amazing minority government is working together to help their country thrive and survive. In the year 2001, there was no deaths, this just proves that they are doing everything in their power to help there citizens get everything they need. Now that it is 2002, the government is working hard to improve their overall country score and insure that every citizens survives and gets all of there needs without draining all their resources. Development will occur and new laws will be made, as a citizen of Terabithia Falls I’m excited to report all is well! CM News From the CM Trenches	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line122
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__label__wiki	0.536953	0.536953	EurAsian Journal of BioSciences Current Issue (current) About Us Aims and Scope Indexing and Abstracting Editorial Information Contact Instructions for Authors Submit an Article 2019 - Volume 13 Issue 2 A wild edible vegetable Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl.: its ethnomedicinal, phytochemistry, nutritional importance and other uses Oluwasesan Micheal Bello 1 * , Safiya Mohammed Jagaba 2, Oluwatoyin Eunice Bello 3 1 Department of Applied Chemistry, Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, NIGERIA2 Chemistry Department, School of Secondary Education (Sciences), Federal College of Education, Katsina, Katsina State, NIGERIA3 Dept. of Crop Protection, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, NIGERIA * Corresponding Author Eurasian Journal of Biosciences, 2019 - Volume 13 Issue 2, pp. 1137-1147 Published Online: 12 Sep 2019 Article Views: 267 \| Article Download: 234 Open Access Full Text (PDF) AMA 10th edition In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc. Reference: Bello OM, Jagaba SM, Bello OE. A wild edible vegetable Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl.: its ethnomedicinal, phytochemistry, nutritional importance and other uses. Eurasia J Biosci. 2019;13(2), 1137-1147. In-text citation: (Bello et al., 2019) Reference: Bello, O. M., Jagaba, S. M., & Bello, O. E. (2019). A wild edible vegetable Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl.: its ethnomedicinal, phytochemistry, nutritional importance and other uses. Eurasian Journal of Biosciences, 13(2), 1137-1147. Reference: Bello, Oluwasesan Micheal, Safiya Mohammed Jagaba, and Oluwatoyin Eunice Bello. "A wild edible vegetable Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl.: its ethnomedicinal, phytochemistry, nutritional importance and other uses". Eurasian Journal of Biosciences 2019 13 no. 2 (2019): 1137-1147. Reference: Bello, O. M., Jagaba, S. M., and Bello, O. E. (2019). A wild edible vegetable Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl.: its ethnomedicinal, phytochemistry, nutritional importance and other uses. Eurasian Journal of Biosciences, 13(2), pp. 1137-1147. Reference: Bello, Oluwasesan Micheal et al. "A wild edible vegetable Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl.: its ethnomedicinal, phytochemistry, nutritional importance and other uses". Eurasian Journal of Biosciences, vol. 13, no. 2, 2019, pp. 1137-1147. Reference: Bello OM, Jagaba SM, Bello OE. A wild edible vegetable Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl.: its ethnomedicinal, phytochemistry, nutritional importance and other uses. Eurasia J Biosci. 2019;13(2):1137-47. Many edible and varieties of vegetables though neglected, are indigenous to developing nations like Nigeria, these underutilized vegetables are perceived to be health promoting beside their culinary endowment. However, these vegetables i.e. Anchomanes difformis are yet to attract much attention from larger populace and researchers. The leaves and tubers of A. difformis are employed in folk medicines and as food. Literatures have shown that its traditionally uses are not limited to these i.e. anuria, asthma, constipation, epilepsy, diabetes, diarrhea, jaundice, heartburns, hernia, rheumatism and tuberculosis. Its phytochemistry showed that only five compounds were reportedly isolated i.e. Anchominines A, Anchominines B, 12-heptadecenoic acid, hexa-decanoic acid and β-stigmasterol. Though there are presence of phenolic compounds like catechins, épicatechins and tannins. The antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of the tubers and leaves reported by different authors is quite satisfying among many other biological activities. The reason for this article is to review evidences available in scientific literature on the observed biological (in vitro and vivo studies), medicinal importance, phytochemistry and many other uses of various parts of this uncultivated but eaten plant species, making obvious the hidden benefits that this plant species possesses. Most countries in the West Africa recognize A. difformis has a non-cultivated vegetable eaten by many especially the tubers but first-hand information about its origin, geographical distribution, ethnomedicinal uses, nutritional importance, as well as its phytochemistry is rare, more studies are needed to establish its importance. Modern metabolomics may be employed to help researchers know the compounds responsible for some of its activities. Anchomanes difformis wild edible vegetable nutritional importance phytochemistry metabolomics Show / Hide HTML Content Adebayo AH, John-Africa LB, Agbafor AG, Omotosho OE, Mosaku TO (2014) Anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of extract of Anchomanes difformis in rats. Pak J Pharm Sci., 27(2): 265-70. Adekunle O, Adetunji T (2010) Antimicrobial activity of Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl. [family ARACEAE]. Acta SATECH, 3(2): 87-90. 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__label__wiki	0.613426	0.613426	sithobserver.com sC9abcLLQpI So all in all - this film may have not been the homerun TFA was at first glance. It is a much darker and gritty Star Wars than we are used to and that is good. What the film may lack in character development, pacing and chemistry, it more than makes up during the home stretch in the final battle scenes and the last shot. Amazing tribute to SW fanfare Besting every SW battlescene on the screen Perfect use of Darth Vader Lenghty and jumpy in the beginning Lack of chemistry between the cast So presumably this was supposed to be the biggest movie night of 2016 – well after the November 8 election (only that it became a reality horror movie which hasn’t stopped since) – so here we are to see the first Star Wars “spinoff” story under the helm of its new owner Disney. Lots of stuff had been written about it e.g. the controversial reshooting but here we are – moment of truth. Was it awesomeness pure or just another exchangeable money milking franchise. So just so you know before reading – there will be My first response after just having seen the movie and coming out of the theater basically something on the lines of this: Courtesy of: http://reddit.com After thinking about it a little bit more in detail, I would like to provide a more differentiated look at Rogue One. Due to the fact that this is a Star Wars movie, I do get goosebumps when the screen in the theater showed the oh-so-well-known lines “A long time ago in a galaxy far far away” but regardless erwinreviews was in there to provide a (sort 0f) unbiased review of this film. And truth to be told, in the early stages of the film, I did feel that it was struggling to cram all the story, characters and stakes into the first hour in order to build the stakes and the universe. Presumably, the reason for that is to have the film be able to stand on its own feet which is an effort I do generally applaud. However, it felt a little jumpy at times and lacked the right pace and execution. Courtesy of http://themarysue.com The other minor problem, the film had was its cast and their chemistry (or the lack thereof) – looking at the grand strategy of how Disney is reviving the Star Wars franchise, it becomes evident that for each installment they inject enough elements from the original Star Wars to satisfy the fandom but still put in the effort to build some new and interesting characters who can make the franchise interesting on their own merits. For The Force Awakens – JJ Abrams hit a home run with enough Han Solo and Chewie for the fans and the addition of Kylo Ren and Rey for the new universe – it just worked perfectly. In Rogue One (and sorry for the direct comparison), I wanted to let my Star Wars bias really love the main characters just as much as the ones in TFA but something did not feel right about their chemistry. Felicity Jones was good but felt like a copycat of Emily Blunt’s character from Live.Die.Repeat – only not as tough. Also Diego Luna and Forest Whitaker were only ok but were not able to create the same excitement for me as other Star Wars characters have done in the past. And I was actually seriously disappointed in the Bodhi Rook’s character as I was expecting so much more from Riz Ahmed. Having said that, there were two great (unfortunately only temporary) additions to the Star Wars universe: Donny Yen as Cirrut Imwe (aka Blind Awesome Jedi) and Wen Jiang as Baze Malbus (aka Hawaiian sidekick) – and luckily there is Lord Vader. So let’s now shift over to the really good parts of Rogue One: Lots and lots battle scenes X-Wings and Tie Fighters Huge final shootout Staring off on a more general note – all the battle scenes in this film are beyond spectacular in almost every aspect (choreography, setup, payoff) which brings me back to Blind Awesome Jedi – almost every action scene with him was just pure awesomeness and I couldn’t get enough of it. Even in my sleep, I was probably still repeating those sentences: I am with the Force, and the Force is with me Courtesy of http://zoobadoo2000.tumblr.com Then of course, there is the big teaser of all Rogue One trailers and the big looming question about how much Vader we would end up getting – and the response was, not a whole lot but what we got was beyond amazing. Granted that we would probably be cheering and taking our bras off and throw them at the screen if Darth Vader would just take his morning poo while reading the Empirial Times Magazine but nevertheless – the pure fear Vader instilled in his opponents during his scenes was just so rewarding – and well the one scene which you know when you watch it – made me repeat my Jonah Hill move all over again. Finally as I said earlier the movie did have some lengthy and jumpy sections in the first two thirds but guys do get a payoff in the final third. Once, it is clear why Rogue One is actually called Rogue One and the crew rides off to their final mission – we get the finest Star Wars action I have seen in my lifetime; X-Wing vs Tie Fighter battles as far as you can see (and who can get enough of these) plus admiral Akbars brother in his dentist chair strategizing and laying it on the Star Destroyers – pure awesomeness (again). Additionally, the fights on the ground in the Abu Dhabi/Hawaii of the galaxy against Empirial Troups plus a new breed of Supertroups (in black suits) had some of the best cinematography I have seen in a long time. I believe this where Gareth Edwards could truly show all his talent as a director and master for destruction. One could maybe argue that it was a tad too long but then again who can get enough of Star Wars battle sequence, I for sure can’t. Finally, one of the biggest payoffs was that the studio actually dared to give the characters not the easy way out, the X-Wing flying away from the fireball of destruction, still making into hyperspace – no these heroes died for their purpose, they gave the rebellion a new hope and sacrificed their lives for that – in one of the most rewarding final shots I have seen in a long time (I literally gasped for breathing in the final shot). It was just brilliant how well the film was able to execute the final shot while building the segway into Episode IV. So all in all – this film may have not been the homerun TFA was at first glance. It is a much darker and gritty Star Wars than we are used to and that is good. What the film may lack in character development, pacing and chemistry, it more than makes up during the home stretch in the final battle scenes and the last shot. 2016Darth VaderRogue OneScience FictionStar Wars 4.2Steve Carell rocking the stage ! Simba December 19, 2016 I’m now with the Dark Side. Vader saved the movie!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line143
__label__cc	0.697317	0.302683	I hate having to be the heavy… I nearly issued a forking threat a few minutes ago. Only the second time I’ve felt a need to do that and the first was in 1993, so this is not something I do casually. And I drew back from the brink. But I may have to if the maintainer I’m dealing with doesn’t clean up his act. His library is critical to one of my projects, but his behavior has been increasingly sloppy and erratic lately. He made a serious design mistake which he’s been trying to paper over with kluges; the kluges have made the code unstable and the latest shipped version is actually broken to the point of unusability without a patch. Some standards have to be maintained, and this guy is breaching most of them. I told him by email “you have set yourself up for serious public embarrassment, which I will (reluctantly) deliver if you don’t resume behaving like a responsible maintainer.” I hope he gets the message…because I don’t want to threaten him with a hostile fork, but he’s backing me into a position where I think it may be my duty to aim that nuke at him. His library has other users, after all; he’s not just failing me but that whole community. I’ll do what’s necessary…but I hate having to be the heavy. Grumble. This entry was posted in Hacker Culture, Software and tagged open-source by esr. Bookmark the permalink. 98 thoughts on “I hate having to be the heavy…” >kludge Different word. You are excused for not knowing this: they became confused in the early 1960s. “Kluge” is originally American, probably from Yiddish/German kluge (clever), and can be backhandedly positive. “Kludge” is originally British, probably from Scots “kludgie” for a toilet, and is always negative. I have a report of at least one U.S. military tech who used both words with distinct meanings, and it appears they became confused by a long-ago Datamation article that imported British “kludge” to the U.S., whereupon it became confounded with native “kluge”. However, you are correct in a sense different than you intended. The code I’m thinking of is indeed a kludge – I didn’t misspell “kluge”, but I probably should have used the other word. >I don’t suppose this is the Python IRC library you were talking about in the last post? Since I do not yet wish to embarass the maintainer in question and still hope to avoid doing so, I’m not going to utter any clues at all about this. Dallas on 2012-10-21 at 08:12:50 said: I don’t suppose this is the Python IRC library you were talking about in the last post? I should find a QST article I recall from one April issue in the 1960s or 1970s…the purported author’s callsign was KL0OGE. I swore up and down I wouldn’t bring the Second Amendment into other discussions on here, but I feel compelled to, because there’s an important similarity to be drawn here. Just as the right to keep and bear arms in defense of oneself and one’s country carries with it a duty to think about when one will take up arms, so, too, does the right to fork carry with it a duty to decide when to fork. In both cases, the right is meaningless without the thought process and the willingness and ability to exercise it. As with taking up arms in defense of one’s country, the cases where a fork becomes a duty are, or at least should be, very few and far between, the consequences harmful to one or more, and even to oneself, and yet the benefits outweigh the harm. It seems you’ve found one such case. W Scott Lockwood III on 2012-10-21 at 08:55:52 said: Hmmm. As an admin who is responsible for security, I really would like to know more. As a human being, I applaud your restraint. Dan Haggard on 2012-10-21 at 09:53:52 said: Is it really that bad a thing to have your library forked? Not that my own coding skills are such that I’ll be releasing a library any time soon , but I can’t say I would be all that offended. If their fork was better I would probably start using it myself. This is not about the Open Source licensing, but about human feelings of possessiveness. Basically it boils down to ego issues. Hostile forks are not productive to Open Source in general as it divides the community and creates ill feelings between developers and users, so I can understand why ESR is hesitant about it. Sometimes it is inevitable, but mostly those kinds of forks are taken up from dead or nearly dead projects. Forking an active project is always a sensitive issue. I think everyone hates being the heavy, with the exception of sadists and adrenaline junkies. But sometimes you need to do it. For some reason this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1lof5Ho1Jw keeps popping into my head and making me laugh. Yes, it’s very serious indeed. A form of an active project is a serious attack that calls into question the technical competence of the original maintainer, and can do critical damage to the maintainers prestige and reputation/standing in the community. Which is also a crushing ego blow. And when you consider that the heart of open source is talented programmers voluntarily working on projects, with their reward being largely prestige among their peers and ego gratification…. Performing a hostile fork of someone’s active project could wind up essentially ruining that person for open source development, driving them out of the community. So no, not a step to be taken lightly. jed on 2012-10-21 at 10:18:11 said: > Different word. You are excused for not knowing this Ooooph. While I have an appreciation for both subtlety and precision in language, I have no hope for this distinction returning to general comprehension. Nonetheless, I appreciate being aware of it. Paul Brinkley on 2012-10-21 at 10:38:23 said: It can also impact the original owner’s ability to find paying work. The way I see it, in an open-source world, your code is your reputation is your livelihood. If I were in ESR’s shoes, I’d be weighing my concern over the stability of my own code against my concern over doing this person real monetary damage. It’s his money, not mine, but part of me also sees benefit in a larger supply of productive coders in the system. @Paul Brinkley: The way I see it, in an open-source world, your code is your reputation is your livelihood. Meh. I’ve written some great code, and I’ve written some terrible code. Very little of my open source code is actually in the “great” bucket — most of that is internal proprietary stuff. OTOH, most people perusing my OSS projects would come to the conclusion I can code, and that with a bit of training, I could probably even code to suit them. Personally, I prefer Linus’s approach: forks happen. In general, “not forking” shouldn’t happen because of a threat. “not forking” happens because of a shared vision, and threats are usually counterproductive to developing such. There are at least four good responses to “fix it or I’ll fork it”, the first one being, of course, to fix it, if you have the time and agree it’s a problem and can see a clear way to fix it without causing issues for other library users. But another response is equally valid — “fix it yourself, and when I’m less busy, I’ll look over your changes and decide whether and how to incorporate this functionality.” And of course “I’m busy right now, would you like to maintain the project for awhile” is a valid response as well, but that only works if you’re convinced the potential new maintainer won’t do more damage than good as far as your other users are concerned. And, esr, I know that when people are blindly, willfully ignorant of your needs, and release code that breaks things that were previously working, after the third or fourth time of explaining the issues to them, it becomes very difficult to explain the facts in a non-hostile way, but (especially given who you are), I think you should try. I really don’t see the message “I appreciate the great codebase you wrote, but the direction you are taking it will not work for me, so I will need to fork it and give it a new name to reduce the likelihood of confusion, and btw, I am sure there are several others out there with the same needs as me, so I will be advertising the project to attempt to attract other users and developers” as a threat. Unless, of course, it’s combined with “and I will write mercilessly about how stupid your decisions were on my blog.” Which just isn’t a nice thing to do to somebody who gave you some code that (at some point) was worth using. Lars Viklund on 2012-10-21 at 12:56:40 said: It’s a bit saddening that there’s a whole bunch of developers raised on DVCS that do not know the origins and implications of what forking really means. I’ve seen several times on mailing lists where people use the word carelessly and attract major flak from the project owner. In their world, a fork is simply a temporary alternate development stream, likely to be merged back through new-fangled pull-requests or some other fancy-pants terminology. Back in the days, a fork was a declaration of war, leading to proper hostilities between the two groups. ffmpeg vs. libav; NetBSD vs. OpenBSD; X.org vs. whatever-was-before. Those kinds of world-shattering events. @Lars: No, what’s saddening is old developers who haven’t come to terms with the reality that forking no longer has to be all or nothing. A project’s capital is its developer and user community. A fork that divides these communities is very bad. Due to network effects, the sum of the divided communities is much smaller than the value of the undivided community. Linux’ forks do not divide the community. The proposed fork will. My personal feeling is that a dividing fork is only required if the current maintainers themselves dammage the developer and user communities. Assumes facts (deliberately) not currently in evidence. For example, if the project currently has but a single maintainer, and if esr’s needs are different than those of the majority of the current users, there is not necessarily any reason for a fork to be other than a temporary development branch with a different focus. A hostile fork is more a glove across the cheek than anything else. It need not necessarily have the destructive effects others have described, though it certainly can. It’s all in the reasons given for why the fork was done. In this case, if Eric’s assessment is correct and the library is indeed broken (as defined by the standards it claims to adhere to), then a fork would be damaging, though not insurmountably so, if the original maintainer adopts a pose of “I see your point, here, let me take those fixes” or “I disagree with your assessment, but here’s how we can make it work” or something else reasonable. Of course, if he was inclined to be reasonable, there wouldn’t be a need for a fork in the first place… I simply got the impression from Eric that more (many) people might be affected by the fork. But if not, then other considerations obviously apply. Michael Deutschmann on 2012-10-21 at 19:05:19 said: I’m curious what the design mistake actually was. While it is tempting to take ESR’s refusal to deny as confirmation that this is the IRC/Unicode issue discussed in the preceding journal, I don’t think so. That issue should be quite simple to fix now that it has been identified (especially since irker would be satisfied with a simple discard of unicode-unclean lines). This sounds like something more insidious. > Back in the days, a fork was a declaration of war, leading to proper hostilities between the two > groups. > ffmpeg vs. libav; NetBSD vs. OpenBSD; X.org vs. whatever-was-before. Those kinds of > world-shattering events. gcc vs egcs… sometimes forking either result in merge, or in fork taking over the original project. That sometimes war is necessary makes it no less painful. Everyone’s remarks here seem pretty consistent with “some forks are amicable and some are casus belli; the difference is intent”. I consider it common sense that a fork may cause hard feelings if it came from “fix it or I’ll fork it”; that “don’t fork it; just take it over as I’m too busy” is a fine way to avoid that problem; and that “yes, fork it, as we have different visions on future direction” is also amicable. It’s also apparent that a fork should be a culturally formal thing, like a contract, not to be undertaken lightly. (In other words, it’s definitely possible to be both justified and a jerk about it.) I’m of the opinion that ego shouldn’t cause anger over someone needing some improvement to someone else’s code, but that’s a somewhat weak opinion. I wrote a jigsaw puzzle implementation years ago, and I know how it can feel to let that turn over to someone else. (I never did, but someone decided to fix a memory leak and host that version on their own site, and gave credit where due and was overall quite nice about it, and it still feels like I lost some custody rights to a kid.) I imagine this would feel most acute with entertainment software where you’ve created the initial story, but I can see it with strictly utilitarian software, too. Did you set a TTL for resolution? Morgan Greywolf on 2012-10-22 at 10:42:48 said: Or not. Emacs vs. XEmacs. We all know who won that one. (ahemVimahem) ;) I wrote a jigsaw puzzle implementation years ago, and I know how it can feel to let that turn over to someone else. (I never did, but someone decided to fix a memory leak and host that version on their own site, and gave credit where due and was overall quite nice about it, and it still feels like I lost some custody rights to a kid.) This seems exactly the sort of situation that github was designed for. It’s hard to imagine that someone who gave credit and was quite nice about it wouldn’t, these days, give you a pull request so that the bugfixes could easily wind up back in your main branch. (Having said that, the cost of using github vs. say, googlecode and subversion, seems fairly high for a small project with a single developer. DVCS is certainly more powerful than VCS, but with that power comes additional steps that need to be taken.) I feel no project should be forked except for major changes. Minor code changes should be merged with the original via patches.* * meaning different features not planned in the original, a major rework/restructure of the codebase etc. ** provided of course, the project is alive and the maintainer is willing to accept patches. However, hari, it would seem from Eric’s original posting that the maintainer is not willing to accept Eric’s fixes…where does that leave the desirability of a fork in your view? @Morgan Greywolf: No wonder you don’t like emacs — you’re not very good at balancing your parentheses, are you? “However, hari, it would seem from Eric’s original posting that the maintainer is not willing to accept Eric’s fixes.” That seems to be implied, but nowhere did Eric state that outright. If that’s the case, I’d like to hear ESR confirm it, and if there was a justification given for rejecting fixes, I’d like to hear that as well. The fact that Eric talks of a flawed design decision (he used the phrase “serious design mistake”) implies that there’s more going on here than just buggy code that needs a few patches. Different design decisions implies different visions of where the project is going. Jay Maynard: I thought I’d missed that… but reading the post again, Cathy is right. It’s implied, but not specifically mentioned. Inkstain on 2012-10-22 at 12:41:04 said: I have to disagree with the people claiming that forks are necessarily bad. If a person feels that I’m driving one of my projects in the wrong direction, it is right and proper for him to fork it and remake it in his own image, so to speak. And if it turns out that his version becomes the de-facto standard, I’ll view it as a net win; it means I was probably bottlenecking the user community and it’s an opportunity for me to learn. Should it turn out that my version is still the standard, good. At the very least he got code better suited to his needs. Random832 on 2012-10-22 at 12:43:41 said: Without either A) more information about the specific case or B) using this as a jumping-off point for a broader discussion of the ethics of forking and project maintainer responsibilities, I don’t see where this post is going. Forking code is for pussies – trident it like a man. Baylink on 2012-10-22 at 13:19:25 said: There is an important point that I’m a little surprised I didn’t see anyone mention here in the comments — this is a library. It’s not end-user code or an app. That has several semantic implications, the most important of which has to do with packaging and naming: how do distribution repository managers deal with a fork in a library. It’s somewhere between difficult and impossible to Just Rename the library proper without screwing up a billion and six makefiles, so some cooperation from repo maintainers would seem to be essential in making a fork like that without making life difficult for both developers and those packagers themselves. Also: which version do you fork? I would assume esr would fork an older, cleaner version, and make whatever changes he felt necessary to sort out the mess… but that itself limits who’s old code will link to the library properly. No, libraries, like languages (a point I wish language maintainers would learn; how many versions of C have there been since 1979? What’s most of the code (or its interpreters :-) in the world written in?), are tools for other people to get work done; a much stricter set of workflow semantics must apply thereto, if you want people to actually, y’know, use them. ” Or not. Emacs vs. XEmacs. We all know who won that one. (ahemVimahem) ;) ” Oooooo, that was a telling blow. Baylink’s point about libraries reminds me of an important actual example of library forking, which was similar except that it was 100% politics and 0% maintainer competence: libpng. Mozilla really wanted support for its APNG animated png format, which was formally rejected by the PNG standards authorities. This required some patching of the libpng library. But libpng’s maintainers refused to act as enablers for Mozilla’s fork of the /standard/, and so brickwalled any APNG patches. Refusing to surrender, Mozilla then forked the library as well. @Baylink: Probably nobody mentioned it because it was a given. That has several semantic implications, the most important of which has to do with packaging and naming: how do distribution repository managers deal with a fork in a library. I did mention the necessity of a rename on a fork. It’s somewhere between difficult and impossible to Just Rename the library proper without screwing up a billion and six makefiles, Not necessarily true, e.g. if it’s a pure Python package. Which, for the given problem domain and program, is entirely likely. Obviously, that’s up to the forker. If I read between the lines, esr is saying (a) the broken changes are _recent_, which means that very few, if any clients would depend on the new behavior, and (b) the new behavior will adversely affect other clients than his (presumably, that’s one of the major reasons for the fork). Assuming those two conditions are true, the correct answer should actually be pretty obvious. Emanuel Rylke on 2012-10-22 at 14:52:18 said: @Patrick Maupin I don’t think that the more power of an DVCS translates automatically into more work. I have put some code on GitHub and i can’t imagine it to be any easier with svn. TJIC on 2012-10-22 at 16:03:56 said: I find it amusing that this discussion of forking is basically the old “Exit, Voice and Loyalty” discussion in the context of software. …which shouldn’t really be amusing, I suppose, because what is the community of software developers other than a community of human beings, with that same old human nature? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit,_Voice,_and_Loyalty @Patrick Maupin “Which, for the given problem domain and program, is entirely likely.” Do you have information the rest of us do not, or are you jumping to the same conclusion some other people have? Sigivald on 2012-10-22 at 18:01:51 said: Patrick Maupin said: No wonder you don’t like emacs — you’re not very good at balancing your parentheses, are you? How much is Big Parenthesis paying you? HUH? @Emanuel Rylke: Ah, but it is. IMO, of course. (I’ve put some code on github, and I have a few svn projects on googlecode.) @Random832 : You’re absolutely right — I’m speculating. But I know several of esr’s recent projects involve python, and many of them (I believe) have significant functionality that can be (and probably is) implemented in python. So it wouldn’t _have_ to be the exact same project that others are speculating about… @Sigivald: Not enough for me to actually endorse emacs, that’s for sure. @Patrick Maupin: > the cost of using github vs. say, googlecode and subversion, seems fairly high for a small project with a single developer. Somewhat off topic, but having fairly recently moved a number of personal projects from subversion to mercurial, I would have to disagree. (I have a few small projects on github as well, but I have never used any other VCS for those.) Just the fact that I can branch, merge, commit, etc. without having to talk to a server is enough to make mercurial a big win for me over subversion; not just the fact that with svn you need a connection to the server, but the fact that you have to wait for the server for every operation, instead of being able to batch up a bunch of changes into one push. Not to mention the fact that it’s dirt simple to keep clones of my repos in various places so I always have plenty of backups of the project state; setting up mirroring of an svn repository, while certainly doable, is nowhere near as simple as “hg clone”. William O. B'Livion on 2012-10-23 at 04:26:48 said: > I suppose, because what is the community of software developers other > than a community of human beings Having dealt with lots of humans, and more than a few software developers, check your assumptions. James A. Donald on 2012-10-23 at 04:50:03 said: I am seeing a lot of pain caused by python libraries, and changes therein. People are getting cross, and struggling with versioning. I don’t use python enough to have a competent opinion as to what the problem is, but there is a problem. A on 2012-10-23 at 08:10:47 said: @JAD: Any examples? Practical interest: I submitted a backwards-compatibility-breaking patch to the python standard library a year or two ago, and while the maintainer told me it was OK I have no idea if it caused anyone else trouble. I sometimes get the impression that some “free software” types (though not the FSF themselves, judging by the addition of symbol versioning in glibc 2) think that maintaining backwards compatibility is a bad thing because it is mainly seen as a tool to help proprietary software [which you can’t edit/recompile to conform to the new version of the library] to be on an even playing field with free software. This translates to a more widespread ‘apparently’ less extreme view, that backwards compatibility is _not important_, because breaking changes only “really” affect proprietary software, so if there’s some perceived ugliness in the current API you should just change it and let everyone break. If there’s a python thing at all, it’s in the fact that python doesn’t provide as easy a way to bump a major version number and make it _obvious_ that something’s not compatible. But I really don’t see any legitimate reason why we’re on, say, version 3 of GTK (and I don’t know how many incompatible non-major versions there were along the way to 3.6 – I think 1.2 was incompatible with 1.0 [i.e. some programs using 1.0 could not be compiled against 1.2 without modifications]), and it takes effort to make it possible to install two versions of a library (especially with development headers) side by side. And no-one wants to make it _easy_ to use the earlier versions – since in practice that’ll mean that programs that _could_ benefit from newer features (and security!) in the later versions will stay on the earlier version longer. Random832: The problem with the approaches to backward compatibility you point out is that not all binary software packages are proprietary. Much out there is shipped as proprietary simply because it’s a royal pain in the ass to compile. See, for example, what it takes to build the Firestorm viewer for Second LIfe on Linux, and note that it’s completely open source – 1.13 MLOC of it. It’s simply not possible to deliver one package that works across a wide range of distributions and Linux versions. The utter lack of standardization of the API is one major reason that people simply refuse to enter the Linux space. @Jay: “It’s simply not possible to deliver one package that works across a wide range of distributions and Linux versions. The utter lack of standardization of the API is one major reason that people simply refuse to enter the Linux space.” @esr (from “The long past of C”): “The autotools suite began life because the combinatorial explosion of feature tests and #ifdefs back in the day was too difficult to manage by hand. Over the years autoconf and friends got hairer and hairier (to the point where I got utterly fed up with it), but at the same time increasingly good standards conformance in C and Unix implementations attacked the problem from the other end. So, during the last couple of days, I’ve found that the sort of platform #ifdefs that used to be autotools’s raison-d’etre can all be yanked out – what’s left is feature switches, and only two of those. That whole standardization thing…actually worked.” Interestingly different points of view. Perhaps the next phase for Linux needs to be additional standardization across distributions regarding directory structure, locations where key files (e.g., headers, libraries) are stored, and so forth. Is there really a fundamental reason why distributions need to be so incompatible? Main issues I see: (1) rpm vs. deb vs. tarballs; (2) window management (Gnome, KDE) that are more integrated into the distro than they should be; (3) different directory structures. (1) doesn’t strike me as likely to change, because too much has been invested by each group. However, if each type of store is sufficiently standardized, it should be possible to write a program to automatically translate one to another. (2) is just poor design decisions. (3) seems like the easiest one to solve. Now if only open source projects would standardize their build process! I tried to build xgammon the other day, as it has some glaring bugs that would probably be pretty easy to fix. But I can’t even get it to build, as it wants to dump me into emacs when I start a build and make some strange path changes. I could probably figure it out, but it’s not worth the effort. If you need to do this sort of thing, ./configure is your friend. If I need to edit a file myself (with my own choice of editor) and it’s sufficiently well documented, I’m not happy about that but I can live with it. Cathy, you missed 4), and what makes the question relevant to this discussion: library versioning and API incompatibilities. Library maintainers feel no need to use the existing mechanisms to mark their libraries incompatible with earlier versions, and even when they do, distribution maintainers don’t use that to permit both versions to remain on the system. The result is that an application builder can’t depend on writing to one API and actually have it work. “Is there really a fundamental reason why distributions need to be so incompatible?” No-one wants the someone else’s crappy design decisions to become the standard. @Random832 s / crappy / idiosyncratic, often ego-driven / I _did_ mean “crappy” as how each person/group/company thinks of their rival’s idea of how to do things, rather than anything objective about how things actually are. “Cathy, you missed 4), and what makes the question relevant to this discussion: library versioning and API incompatibilities. Library maintainers feel no need to use the existing mechanisms to mark their libraries incompatible with earlier versions, and even when they do, distribution maintainers don’t use that to permit both versions to remain on the system.” Duh, yes, I should have included libraries. Of course, this is nothing unique to Linux; ask any Windows power user or developer about DLL hell. Which raises the question of why none of the distros have put in place a formal mechanism to support multiple versions of the same library installed simultaneously via the standard (for each distro) packaging system. And related to that, the fact that distro maintainers are slow to get recent library releases into the stable branch (I use Ubuntu, so that’s where my recent experience lies, though at different times I’ve run Red Hat, Caldera, and Slackware). For quite some time, I have been building FlightGear, which requires plib 1.8.5. Distros were so slow to move beyond 1.8.4 that even the FlightGear “how to build” page had a note indicating that you’d probably have to compile and install it outside the normal packaging system. Now that I’m running oneiric I actually have 1.8.5 in the standard package system, so at least that’s one less problem to deal with. @James A. Donald: I would be interested in knowing what context you are discussing. One thing happening right now is that version 3 is becoming more popular. It was originally envisioned as a “clean break” but in reality that never happens, and more people are maintaining v2 and v3 compatible stuff from a single codebase now, and recent changes to v3 make it more, not less, compatible with v2. There has been some considerable angst over this. One other possibility is that Python makes it _extremely_ easy for rank amateurs to develop code that is useful for other people. Obviously when this happens, it is unsurprising if APIs aren’t stable. Also, the recommended installer way (pip vs. easy_install, etc.) is in a state of flux, and not all tools do the right thing with beta vs. released selection. This is somewhat ongoing — what does it mean to get the “latest” version? I can’t speak for the majority of the distributions, but Gentoo has long supported “slots” for side-by-side versioning; Python, for instance, is slotted by minor version (I currently have a 2.7 and a 3.1 installed), while KDE is slotted by major (4) and the kernel sources by micro (3.5.7). Cathy said: Of course, this is nothing unique to Linux; ask any Windows power user or developer about DLL hell. Well, if their memory goes back that long – it’s been (for practical purposes) not a problem since Windows XP let you have local DLLs for each binary. (And I say this as a professional Windows developer; I can’t remember the last time we had a DLL problem like the old “DLL hell” days. Ditto as a user. Microsoft seems to have pretty much solved that problem. Which is nice. Hopefully Linux people will figure out Some Way To Do The Equivalent, but my low-level Unix-fu is not remotely strong enough to even imagine where one would start…) You’re about 10 years too late. Since Windows XP, all versions of Windows have included SxS, a feature which lets you match DLL versions to specific executables, eliminating the DLL hell problem entirely. As usual, Linux has yet to catch up. I haven’t done professional Windows development since 2000 (and not much then, as I lived mostly in Unixland), so no surprise that I’m out of date. > As usual, Linux has yet to catch up. WTF? With linux preload, you can override _a few_ functions in a shared library. You don’t even need to replace the whole thing. As usual, Microsoft has yet to catch up. That’s not really equivalent. The equivalent would be if there were a copy of /usr/lib for every single executable in /usr/bin, maintained with hardlinks. Which you can _do_, sure but it doesn’t exist yet, nor is it built into the loader. @Random832: The literal question was “ask any Windows power user or developer about DLL hell.” So the equivalent would be any Linux power user or developer. Who can easily arrange their .so libraries to suit themselves, and/or their customers. People who _really_ remember DLL hell on Windows will, if they clear the cobwebs, realize that the true DLL hell involved not being able to have two simultaneously running programs use two different DLL files that shared the same name. This is not an issue on Linux, and while there are some inconveniences (probably more properly called RPM hell), there is no true current Linux equivalent to what is properly termed DLL hell. Yes, old DLL hell referred to the fact that you couldn’t map two DLLs with the same name into the global address space that all Win16 programs shared. But in later years — like, since 1995 — DLL hell came to refer to the fact that the DLL you linked against when you built the program may not be the same version as what’s on the user’s machine when it runs. Another program may have clobbered the user’s machine with a different version of the same DLL. With SxS under Windows, own versions of different DLLs are managed automatically, transparently. No similar automatic and transparent functionality is extant on major Linux distributions. The fact that it be automatic, transparent, and EASY is critical. Remember, if technology doesn’t work for people, it doesn’t work. There is a .so versioning standard in place. It’s just that nobody actually follows it. Library maintainers don’t bump the number when they make incompatible changes, and distribution maintainers don’t look at it when replacing library packages with incompatible versions. >There is a .so versioning standard in place. It’s just that nobody actually follows it. Library maintainers don’t bump the number when they make incompatible changes, and distribution maintainers don’t look at it when replacing library packages with incompatible versions. Huh? In my experience, neither of these things is true. Most Linux distributions can and do carry multiple versions of system libraries, differentiated by x.y.z version specifications. Thus distribution makers don’t have to “replace” libraries at all. Compiled applications (in effect) look for a matching major number among the options. Yeah, there’s something to be said for fucking up things so badly that you have to go fix them. Microsoft’s good at this. > Most Linux distributions can and do carry multiple versions of system libraries, differentiated by x.y.z version specifications. Thus distribution makers don’t have to “replace” libraries at all. Compiled applications (in effect) look for a matching major number among the options. And this is completly automatic (thanks in part to tools like libtool / libtoolize used during installation time)… …with the caveat that: a) library maintainers must use semantic versioning correctly (usually they do); b) program maintainers must link against correct version of library (mostly automatically); c) packages need to have correct version information (though I think it happens mostly automatically) For example I have on one of Linux systems two versions of readline library and two version of standard C++ library. ls /usr/lib/.so. \| grep “[0-9]” \| sed -e ‘s/\.so\..$/.so/’ \| sort \| uniq -c \| grep -v “2 “ There can still be problems even then. I remember how fast the “standard C++ library” version turnover used to be – download a binary package and odds are the libstdc++ it links against is too old to be packaged in your distro anymore. I just downloaded a binary blob of Skype. Despite being their “static version” it still depended on libtiff.so.4. I had libtiff.so.5. I was able to cruft up a symlink to get it to work, but the average user can’t do that. And this is why library management on Linux is an unholy mess. This doesn’t happen on Windows and it doesn’t happen on Mac. It is UNACCEPTABLE for this to happen in any environment. > And this is why library management on Linux is an unholy mess. This doesn’t > happen on Windows and it doesn’t happen on Mac. It is UNACCEPTABLE for > this to happen in any environment. Doesn’t happen on Mac cause applications package their own libraries, unless they are pre-existing system libraries. There is little stopping Linux packages from doing this as well. Windows uses the cruftiest, ad-hoc-iest solution I’ve seen to solve it. How many copies of the same version of DX9 do I have installed on my gaming box? At least 20 or 30 at this point, maybe more. That’s ridiculous. Really, you want to bitch about libraries for specific packages on Linux, you should bitch at the developers of the software, not at Linux. Bitch at them for making stupid assumptions that break years-long expectations (like assuming everyone runs crappy Ubuntu), or that every system has 32-bit libraries installed. Bitch at them for calling a dynamic-linked exec a “static” executable when it clearly isn’t, and for not including the requisite libraries in the install package if it actually matters. Developers get severely dinged in the Mac world for not following the conventions, instead of Apple getting dinged for having a weird architecture. Why the fuck does that not also apply to Linux? Blame the shitty developers first. Hm, this rant gives me an idea for a “power” end-user utility that might be handy. Need to make a note… dtsund on 2012-10-24 at 14:29:21 said: “but the average user can’t do that.” Good thing the “average user” doesn’t need to. The “average user” installs Skype from a .deb file (either from Skype’s website or their distro’s repository), and things Just Work. Yes, it’s possible for someone to call something a “static version” when it really isn’t. It’s also possible for Windows developers to not use SxS. j. random sysadmin on 2012-10-24 at 15:49:15 said: > I just downloaded a binary blob of Skype. Despite being their “static version” it still depended on libtiff.so.4. I had libtiff.so.5. >I was able to cruft up a symlink to get it to work, but the average user can’t do that. You have directly downloaded (bypassing the package manager) a blob that is dynamically linked with some_library version x. You have some_library version y != x, but, fortunately, the changes between x and y versions’ ABI do not matter in _this_particular_case_. What should the OS do? 1) Track your downloads and automagically fetch and install some_library version x when you download a binary that is dependent on it; 2) As soon as the binary is being run, the OS should assess the degree of compatibility between x and y and decide if that binary can be run with some_library of the existing version; 3) Just try to run the binary with the existing some_library. 4) Complain that there is no some_library version x in the system and bail out when the binary is being run. There is only one realistic case above. Guess which. On the other hand, modern package managers track dependencies not only from packages, but also from specific library versions. For example, if you use rpmbuild to create a package foo that contains /path/to/some_library.so.x, it automatically remarks that this package provides /path/to/some_library.so.x. And, alternatively, if you use rpmbuild to create a package bar that contains a binary that depends on /path/to/some_library.so.x, it will add a corresponding requirement. Therefore, when you will try to install such a package, the package manager (e.g. yum) will automatically consider that package bar requires some package that provides /path/to/some_library.so.x to be installed, for example, package foo. The real problems begin when one bypasses the regular mechanisms of package management. But this is certainly the thing that average_users(tm) should not do. jsk said: Windows uses the cruftiest, ad-hoc-iest solution I’ve seen to solve it. How many copies of the same version of DX9 do I have installed on my gaming box? At least 20 or 30 at this point, maybe more. That’s ridiculous. It’s “ridiculous”… but it always works, and the first time. That’s better than any “elegant” competing solution that fails that same test or has any fragility to it. Both as an end user and as a (thank god it’s just my one home server) system administrator, “just works” beats “waily, I have 20 copies of some stupid library on my gigantic disk” every day, a million times. (* Maybe not literally, but close enough that I can’t remember the last time it didn’t.) You do realize that the copies of identical files in the WinSXS directory are hardlinks, right? Yeah, MS finally added symbolic links to Windows under protest, but they’re still garbage. I have just as much trouble trying to keep my Windows desktop at the office going as I do my home Linux box. The reality is that both can be a real pain. To get FlightGear to work last night I had to create a symlink from libOpenThreads.so.12 to libOpenThreads.so.14, as the program wants 12 and I have 14 installed. It turns out to run fine with 14-masquerading-as-12. Then Outlook 2010 refused to let me see my contact list. When I tried to run scanpst on the ost file, Windows complained that another application was using the ost file even when I did this immediately following a reboot. I finally erased the ost file and let Outlook re-create it, which fixed the problem. Of course, this all required fiddling with files in an obscure folder that is declared “hidden” by default on most system. No casual user would have been able to fix either one of those problems. The reality is that in 2012, dealing with computers is still hard. You can shift the hard part to someone else (IT support, Geek Squad, techie friend), or learn it yourself, but you cannot make that part just go away. Smartphones don’t automatically solve the problem either. I’ve sometimes had to do a reset of all application data, or just reinstall the app, to get an app working again. (This happened today with Yahoo mail.) At least those are steps the average user could perform. jsk, what is an application developer to do when a library’s behavior changes incompatibly? I’ve personally run into this twice in the past month, once with libjsoncpp (I’m the one who found that bit about the system libraries breaking Firestorm), and once with libunwind on Gentoo for Itanium (and they refused to slot the library version I needed). You either wind up living with breakage on one version of the OS, or else code around the problem once you discover it – which may well be nontrivial – or shipping every library your code depends on. Look at the list of libraries for Firestorm again. There are 40 of them aside from the ones you have to manually build. Is it reasonable to have an application developer ship his own version of libc6?! > Is it reasonable to have an application developer ship his own version of libc6?! Depends on the app. When I install one and a half DVDs of Xilinx cruft, I doubt I would notice if they did that. In fact, I’ve had to do the dance that Cathy described on a couple of .so files in the past, so at the point I’m installing a few gig, the pain point shifts — I’m annoyed if I have to do my own symlinks, and I couldn’t possibly notice another few tens of megabytes. Good gravy that is a lot of deps! I can hardly imagine building ANYTHING that massive without running into snafus, on any system. Something like that, I’d imagine it would be difficult for the maintainers to even pick a specific distro version to build against as a baseline. What I would optimally expect in that case is for them to go ahead and pick a reasonable target, declare it as such, and then package any library version differences with the software. For the code, I’d list out explicitly every library and version required to build it, and preferably be proactive enough to provide the sources for any versions that are no longer available. Probably, like above, I would also list out what distro versions the code was written against, if it can be narrowed down to a few. It really should be up to the maintainers to ensure their software can be built. Of course, none of the above solves the problem of taking a precompiled binary from upstream and shipping it. However, if a user downloads a binary that is qual’d against a specific distro, but the user is running something different, then at that point it does finally fall to the user to resolve the issues. (An aside: this is why having the code available is so important, so that distro folks can do the legwork.) Let’s be clear: if the user is attempting to run a binary outside of the specified requirements as set forth by the packager, it is the user who is responsible. Not the OS, not the distro (unless it’s Ubuntu ; ) That’s no different than someone running a hacked up version of OSX and finding out that some software doesn’t run properly due to some bizarre difference from stock Apple OSX. You don’t blame OSX at that point. Hm. Long post, and your question is pretty can-of-worms, so I think I’m being a little soft. I’ve got my asbestos on; flambe me and I’ll try to shake out something a little clearer from the ashes. @jsk: How do you feel about ubuntu? Ok so i see two points here :- * Unless Skype means something different by “Static Version” than i would technically expect, the static version should not be linking to dynamic libraries. So that is their bad. * Assuming they did mean to dynamically link a tiff library… why would you automatically assume your version 5 library is compatible with version 4? That seems like a really dangerous assumption. The “proper” way to deal with this would be to install the latest “version 4” of the library, assuming installations work for users (if they don’t you have deeper issues) then either a) the user asks for the “version 4” install b) (preferrably) the skype installer should rely on “version 4” of the library. This does require that your package tree isn’t a tangled mess and things that can coexist happily (e.g. tiff libraries) don’t rely on things which can’t coexist happily (e.g. the kernel), which is why i stopped using Debian. jsk: I’ll look at your post in depth in a bit when I’m not trying to clean up a mess, but I’ll just point out that you don’t get hacked up versions of OS X because Apple maintains them in such a way that things work even with maintenance, something Linux distribution makers don’t understand. ” I’ll just point out that you don’t get hacked up versions of OS X because…” Tell that to the “hackintosh” lion install on my tower that wouldn’t let me link software cause of a kernel version issue. : ) Each app having its own version of libraries mean that to update a library to fix a bug you would need to replace / upgrade said library for each app. Or just, you know, “upgrade” the apps with the new versions of the shared libs. Yes, this places the burden back on the packager/maintainer/developer. As it should be. >> “Each app having its own version of libraries mean that to update a library to fix a bug you would need to replace / upgrade said library for each app.” > Or just, you know, “upgrade” the apps with the new versions of the shared libs. Yes, this places the burden back on the packager/maintainer/developer. As it should be. And delay fixing the vulnerability… You have strayed outside the Holy Ecosystem and deserve what you got, heathen! It’s statically linked against a specific version of Qt. You’re right though, why the hell not static link all the way down? Fewer headaches… I’m assuming that Skype — a bloody chat app — doesn’t actually need libtiff at all, and that is a dependency of whatever Qt they linked against. You might be right. However it wouldn’t surprise me if skype sends profile images as tiffs thus explaining the tiff link. Still should have been statically linked in a “static version” but we agree there. > Since I do not yet wish to embarass the maintainer in question and still hope to avoid doing so, I’m not going to utter any clues at all about this. So, did the Problem Ever Get Resolved? >So, did the Problem Ever Get Resolved? Not yet. The showdown may have to wait until I don’t have surviving Hurricane Sandy uppermost in my mind. So, did the problem ever get resolved? Sandy is long gone. So did this ever get resolved? Three years on, you don’t appear to have taken on any major new projects around this time, but just thought I’d ask. >So did this ever get resolved? I ended up stripping down the library until it only did what I needed, noting that was a very small amount of code, reimplementing it in a cleaner way, and inlining it. Leave a Reply to Greg Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line145
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__label__wiki	0.633819	0.633819	First Time I Met The Blues Or: Woke up this morning, wrote a novel about a blues band Always the traffic, always the lights “I opened a notebook, it read ‘The Darlinghurst Years’ I snapped it shut, but out jumped some tears” So begins the song that I’ve been mildly obsessed with recently, ‘Darlinghurst Nights’, from the Go-Betweens’ final album, Oceans Apart, released in 2005. It’s one of those songs that only reveals its mysteries gradually, over repeated listens. As the opening lines suggest, Robert Forster’s lyric is an (autobiographical?) exercise in nostalgia, looking back to his student days, or maybe just afterwards, living in a shared house where “people came and went”. But rather than a straight narrative, the song is a series of disjointed memories, deeply personal. He remembers “gut rot cappucino, gut rot spaghetti”, and the exaggerated way he pronounces the last syllable, to rhyme with ‘say’, suggests a private joke. There’s more obvious humour, too, in the way he takes the mickey out of his ambitious, and quite possibly pretentious, former self. “I’m going to change my appearance every day/ I’m going to write a movie and then I’m going to star in a play,” he sings. I remember people like that at college. As for the music, it starts with a strummed acoustic guitar, then builds slowly after the first verse to incorporate electric guitar and drums as the rhythm gradually becomes more insistent. But what I really love about it is the brass section that you start to notice in the background from about two minutes in, and that slowly becomes more prominent until it dominates the last couple of minutes, like a mutant New Orleans jazz band freeforming over Forster as he repeats the song’s refrain, “Always the traffic, always the lights” until the fade. Why a horn section? A less imaginative band would have used strings, both because they’re the classic signifier of nostalgia, and because the lyric repeats the line “Joe played the cello through those Darlinghurst nights”. But the horns contribute perfectly to the weird, skewed atmosphere of the song, adding an extra layer of mystery. Like I say, I love the fact that Forster makes you work to get into the song, and leaves so much unresolved. Above all, I still can’t decide if the tears that jump out are tears of joy or sadness. I think I’ll just go back and listen one more time... Posted by TimT at 18:34 Labels: Songs, The Go-Betweens Click here to return to timturnerbooks.co.uk Can blue men play the whites? First Time I Met The Blues is the story of three teenagers who form an r’n’b band in the 1960s. It follows them through 25 years of ups and downs, public triumphs and private tragedies, and poses the question: how long should you cling to a dream of stardom – and what happens if you let it go? This blog, meanwhile, is the story of how I plan to publish the novel myself. I’m hoping it will involve more of the public triumph element and less of the private tragedy... Hearing difficulties Two Associates London Writers’ Club Charlotte Street Blues Aaron Keylock (1) Albert Collins (1) Bad writing (4) Blues bands (2) Blues harp (2) Country blues (1) Cover design (3) Dr Feelgood (2) Editorial direction (1) F Scott Fitzgerald (1) Graham Swift (1) GW Dahlquist (1) ISBN (1) Jacqueline Howlett (1) JB Priestley (1) Jerome K Jerome (1) JL Carr (1) Jonathan Coe (1) London Writers’ Club (3) Macmillan New Writing (1) Matt Beaumont (2) Matt Potter (1) Namesakes (1) Nigel Scullion (1) Nii Parkes (1) Paul Murray (1) Pete Frame (1) PG Wodehouse (1) Police Dog Hogan (1) Publishing models (1) Recurring characters (1) Rivals (1) StoryMill (1) Tales from the Vicarage (1) The Go-Betweens (1) The Kaje (1) Tim Binding (1) Trevor (2) Wilko Johnson (1) Xlibris (1)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line152
__label__wiki	0.515616	0.515616	Atlas of Florida Plants » Species Page Houttuynia cordata Classification \| Citation \| Source \| \| Specimens \| Photo Gallery \| Browse Photos Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. View county names by placing the cursor over the map. Species Links Biota of North America Program (BONAP) EDD MapS Plants of the World Tropicos (MO herbarium) Consortia links iDigBio SERNEC Herbaria links A/GH Family: SAURURACEAE Species: Houttuynia cordata Thunb. Common Name: CHAMELEON PLANT; RAINBOW PLANT Status: Not Native, FAC (NWPL) Specimen: View details of USF Herbarium specimens Not applicable or data not available. Sub Class Order PIPERALES Family SAURURACEAE Genus Houttuynia Species Houttuynia cordata Thunb. - CHAMELEON PLANT; RAINBOW PLANT Citation HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA Thunberg, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 4: 149, 151. 1783. Basionym: Type: JAPAN: Literature Citation (If Applicable) Hillsborough USF + Expand All- Collapse – Denotes synonyms that are applicable to the state. Show these synonyms only Full Citation Polypara cochinchinensis Polypara cochinchinensis Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 61. 1790, nom. illegit. BASIONYM: Houttuynia cordata Thunberg 1783. Polypara cordata Polypara cordata (Thunberg) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 565. 1891. BASIONYM: Houttuynia cordata Thunberg 1783. USA Florida Hillsborough Co. 28 Jul 2003 S. Dickman s.n. USA Florida Hillsborough Co. 18 Aug 2004 S. Dickman s.n. Sheet 1 of 2. USA South Carolina Pickens Co. 15 May 1994 S. R. Hill 25574 CULTIVATED. USA Illinois Champaign Co. 04 Jun 2004 S. R. Hill 35933 CULTIVATED. China 03 Jul 1966 M. T. Kao 6703 Nepal 31 Jul 1965 M. L. Banerji 1679 Nepal Tapeljung Distr. 23 May 1953 M. L. Banerji 747 Japan 06 Jun 1947 J. J. Wurdack s.n. Taiwan Taiwan Prov. 03 Jul 1966 M. T. Kao 6703 USA Florida Hillsborough Co. 15 Apr 2016 D. Nguyen s.n. CULTIVATED Records per Page: 10 25 50 all WAP: Wetland AssessmentProcedure UPL: Obligate Upland. Occurs in wetlands in another region, but occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under natural conditions in non-wetlands in the regions specified. Persisting Identifying species that appear as waifs or only periodically appear in the flora for a few seasons. Any - Persisting critieria is not taken into consideration Yes - Show results with a Persisting value of Y No - Show results without Persisting value of N Annual: Plants that perform their entire lifecycle within a single growing season. All roots, stems, and leaves die at the end of the growing season. Over wintering seeds allow the next generation to appear. Biennial: A plant that is typically vegetative its first year and blooms the following season. Once it has bloomed and set seed, the plant dies. Garlic mustard is an example of a biennial. Perennial: These plants live for three or more seasons. Many perennials may not be mature enough to bloom during its first year. Perennial wildflowers re-grow each season from overwinter root material. Vascular: Any of various plants that have the vascular tissues xylem and phloem. The vascular plants include all seed-bearing plants (the gymnosperms and angiosperms) and the pteridophytes (including the ferns, lycophytes, and horsetails). Also called tracheophyte. Bryophyte: A large group of seedless green plants including the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Bryophytes lack the specialized tissues xylem and phloem that circulate water and dissolved nutrients in the vascular plants. Bryophytes generally live on land but are mostly found in moist environments, for they have free-swimming sperm that require water for transport. In contrast to the vascular plants, the gametophyte (haploid) generation of bryophytes constitutes the larger plant form, while the small sporophyte (diploid) generation grows on or within the gametophyte and depends upon it for nutrition. Lichen: The mutualistic symbiotic association of a fungus with an alga or a cyanobacterium, or both. The fungal component of a lichen absorbs water and nutrients from the surroundings and provides a suitable environment for the alga or cyanobacterium. These live protected among the dense fungal hyphae and produce carbohydrates for the fungus by photosynthesis. Owing to this partnership, lichens can thrive in harsh environments such as mountaintops and polar regions. The more familiar lichens grow slowly as crusty patches, but lichens are found in a variety of forms, such as the tall, plantlike reindeer moss. The association between the different organisms in a lichen is so close that lichens are routinely referred to as a single organism, and scientists classify lichens using the name of the fungal component. (Definitions from: American Heritage Science Dictionary) Intro paragraph to be provided by New York. Vine: DESCRIPTION TO BE PROVIDED BY NEW YORK. Shrub: DESCRIPTION TO BE PROVIDED BY NEW YORK. Tree: DESCRIPTION TO BE PROVIDED BY NEW YORK. Et cetera: DESCRIPTION TO BE PROVIDED BY NEW YORK. State Rank This numeric rank provides the relative rarity for each species based on a scale from 1 (very rare) to 5 (common). These ranks carry no legal status. S1 - Typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or some factor of its biology making it especially vulnerable in the state. S2 - Typically 6 to 20 occurrences, few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or factors demonstrably making it very vulnerable in the state. S3 - Typically 21 to 100 occurrences, limited acreage, or miles of stream in the state. S4 - Apparently secure in the state. S5 - Demonstrably secure in the state. SE - State exotic or non-native. SH - Historically known from the state, but not seen in the past 15 years. SNA - Species for which a rank is not applicable. This is mainly those species which are now excluded from flora for various reasons. SNR - Not yet ranked. SX - Apparently extirpated from the state. Each species' global rank is determined by NatureServe. These ranks carry no legal weight. The global rank reflects the species worldwide rarity. G1 - Critically imperiled globally because of extreme rarity (5 or fewer occurrences), or very few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or especially vulnerable to extinction because of some factor of its biology. G2 - Imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. GH - Historically known, with the expectation that it might be rediscovered. GNA - Species for which a rank is not applicable. NatureServe does not typically rank hybrid species. GNR - Not yet ranked. GX - Species believed to be extinct. Filter by County - Counties to Include - ANY versus ALL Any - An Any search will combine the list of counties to include with a Boolean Or. Plant species returned will be found within at least one of the selected counties. All - An All search will combine the list of counties to include with a Boolean And. Plant species returned will be found within each of the selected counties. Filter by County - Counties to Exclude - ANY versus ALL Any - An Any search will combine the list of counties to exclude with a Boolean Or. Plant species returned will not be found within at least one of the selected counties. All - An All search will combine the list of counties to exclude with a Boolean And. Plant species returned will not be found within any of the selected counties. Associated Ecological Communities View a List of All Ecological Communities	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line154
__label__cc	0.668753	0.331247	Welcome to the forums Unregistered! Be sure to check out our Simple Guide for New Members! You'll be surprised how much it can help! 06/08/2018 - LATEST NEWS Headline: PC: Medusa's Deathmatch 5.10 Console: Dragon's Fortune 5.9 Olympus: Project Olympus News Event: None currently Important Posts :: Please view our Forum COC Here :: Join Our Forum Discord Here Forums Get Custom Emotes/Smilies Request your emote/smilies here Type: Posts; User: RatGirl Thread: [SPOILS] 4.17 PTS Datamining: Explosive Bacon Edition by RatGirl Sorry, I'm a HUGE mythology ner-- er, fan, and I... Sorry, I'm a HUGE mythology ner-- er, fan, and I studied it quite a lot back in college. So any time someone starts saying "this happened because of X", I feel it necessary to chime in. :) As I said, it's indirect. She had no intention of... As I said, it's indirect. She had no intention of starting a war, she just wanted to thumb her nose at the other gods for snubbing her. It's akin to the old "for want of a nail" proverb. Thread: What Does A Hunter Need? Xbal's 1 isn't really "good waveclear". Compare... Xbal's 1 isn't really "good waveclear". Compare it to someone like Anhur, Apollo, Skadi, or others who can clear the wave with a single ability after a couple of levels/one item is finished. Xbal has... Thread: Artio: Still Broken and Deserves a Nerf Artio's best role, at least IMO, is as a solo... Artio's best role, at least IMO, is as a solo laner, not as a duo lane support. Her kit is great for solo lane. She can interrupt many of the "strong" solo lane picks, out-sustain them, and is fairly... No, she didn't set up the contest. She tossed the... No, she didn't set up the contest. She tossed the apple into the middle of a celebration it knowing it would cause chaos as every goddess there would claim it was meant for her. And they did. At the... Thread: Why would I EVER tip fantasy points? Not according to your match history you don't. ... Not according to your match history you don't. There are numerous reasons to tip FP to someone, as others have pointed out. Technically she only indirectly caused the war.... Technically she only indirectly caused the war. She didn't set out to cause it, it just happened because she was wanting to thumb her nose at some other gods, and it got out of hand. Saying "she... Actually, just to point out, Bacchus's ult isn't... Actually, just to point out, Bacchus's ult isn't that high damage. It caps out at 550 + 70%, which is honestly fairly low for a "damage ult". It has the secondary effect of making you "tipsy", which... Thread: Here's one of the problems with Smite's match making that could be easily fixed. Because it doesn't. There really isn't any... Because it doesn't. There really isn't any matchmaking in Smite. They may have code they call "matchmaking", but it doesn't work. Thread: Why do we even post here As the saying goes, "I'll believe it when I see... As the saying goes, "I'll believe it when I see it." The devs have NEVER really interacted with their own official forums. They got used to Reddit, and just decided to stay there, since that was... Thread: suicide for kills in smite shouldnt be rewarded So let me get this straight. You're essentially... So let me get this straight. You're essentially angry that someone manages to evade a full team and score a kill, even if they end up dying in the process? And you think that "shouldn't be rewarded?"... Thread: So...Tyler 1 played smite a day ago The new player experience in Smite is beyond... The new player experience in Smite is beyond awful. I periodically make new accounts to see what it's like, and it's gotten worse and worse over the last year or so. To the point that you have people... Thread: Thoughts on XBLANQUE Well, you said POWER not basic attack damage. You... Well, you said POWER not basic attack damage. You get zero power for leveling, but your basic attack damage does go up. If it was 289 basic attack damage, then yeah, that's more believable. You likely had the red buff and one or both power... You likely had the red buff and one or both power pots running, to have that much power. Ninja Tabi - 20 Executioner - 35 Rage - 30 Poison Star - 20 Wind Demon - 30 Deathbringer - 50 Passive... Thread: Fun Thread: Favorite Voice Lines Artemis still has one of my favorites: "This... Artemis still has one of my favorites: "This arrow has your name on it! See? 'Moron!' It's on all of them!" Thread: I Think It's Time Smite gets Organized If you're going to expand it to 10 gods for free,... If you're going to expand it to 10 gods for free, then this is probably what I'd go with: Guardians: Ymir and Sobek Warriors: Guan Yu and Chaac Assassins: Thor and Nemesis Hunters: Neith and... Thread: What God do you deem Unplayable Susano is probably the only god that I've ever... Susano is probably the only god that I've ever said "oh thank god, I finished getting mastery, I WILL NEVER PLAY THIS GOD AGAIN." I just can't use him properly to save my life. I know he's decent,... Thread: Fun Thread: Most Bloated Kits in Smite Or, you know, you could actually lead the target... Or, you know, you could actually lead the target slightly or predict where they're going to go and hit them with it. Yeahhhhh no. His 1 is NOT hard to hit with, if you're even remotely skilled,... Thread: Do you feel smite is growing or shrinking ?(Consensus for Hi-Rez)) It feels like it's shrinking a bit to me, for a... It feels like it's shrinking a bit to me, for a number of reasons. The "new player experience" is, bluntly, beyond awful. Smurfs everywhere, rampant toxicity, and horrible matchmaking. These... Hm, curious about Kukulkan. I know he's pretty... Hm, curious about Kukulkan. I know he's pretty low on the charts of "bloated". Passive: Gains bonus power from maximum mana (1) 1) Deals damage (2) and slows (3) 2) Speed increase (4), makes... Thread: Hel Has No Ultimate But Nowhere Near as Broken as Artio She can't use her root to counter Sobek's pluck,... She can't use her root to counter Sobek's pluck, no. She can use her cripple to, though, since it's literally instantaneous to appear. I was playing against an Artio the other night as Hercules, and... Thread: Artio... And Why I Recommend People To Reduce Whining About Her The funny thing is, if you save all your CC for... The funny thing is, if you save all your CC for dealing with the tanky guardian, you have none left for the rest of her team. Yes, it's POSSIBLE to stop her from doing a lot of stuff -- otherwise... If you're spreading out enough that Artio is only... If you're spreading out enough that Artio is only able to affect 1-2 people at a time, it means your team is spread out enough that individuals can be CC'd and picked off without the rest of the team... Because everyone is always able to just spread... Because everyone is always able to just spread all over the place in every given fight, right? Lanes don't exist, teamfights around the fire giant or gold fury don't exist, fights in the jungle don't... Except that they took the "wait and see" approach... Except that they took the "wait and see" approach with Cern, despite the fact that people were pointing out how INCREDIBLY op he was as a hunter. It took them two months of people pointing out how... Tyr isn't that hard to play adequately, but... Tyr isn't that hard to play adequately, but playing him WELL does require some skill. Herc is similar, except that his combo is harder to execute, as there's a delay before it goes off, requires two... Thread: Artio isn't OP, she's just strong I'm really tired of the argument of "she doesn't... I'm really tired of the argument of "she doesn't have an ult, that means having tons of other strong abilities is fine". No, it's really not. When you have a guardian with: AOE instant... Thread: Artio OP? She needs a nerf! Uh. No. Ymir? If he gets a fully-channeled ult... Uh. No. Ymir? If he gets a fully-channeled ult and is built with a lot of magic power, he can one-shot a squishy. Sure. However, you have to either be braindead or he has help to keep you in his... Again, that's kind of the same as "just cc lock... Again, that's kind of the same as "just cc lock her". Ganesha is annoying to EVERYONE that way. I guess the real question is "What is her... I guess the real question is "What is her weakness?" She's got mobility, healing, protection shred, aoe cripple, protection buff, aoe stun, power debuff, slows, poke, bonus movement, mana... 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__label__wiki	0.630195	0.630195	from Fancyclopedia 2 ca. 1959 A sophisticate who does not regard social conventions. To give evidence of their revolt, Bohemians wear long hair and/or beards, disreputably comfortable clothes, and congregate in dim dives drinking wine or smoking exotic cigarettes; there they discuss Freud, Ginsberg, Kerouac, and Social Consciousness. A set of Bohemian conventions arises ("…all the non-conformists are doing it!") Various species of genus Bohemian comprise Hep, Beat, Bop and other monosyllabic fauna. However, there is also a more genuine disregard of inefficient customs which permits fans to dispense with the formalities of etiquette when they merely waste time, to give out with quite frank autoanalyses, and to utter directly such statements as, "He's just had an emotional experience; that's why he acts that way". Various New York fans like the Futurians and Fanarchists have given fandom its most obvious Bohemians, tho the West Coast is well represented. A sophisticate who does not regard social conventions. To give evidence of their revolt, Bohemians wear long hair, open-collar shirts, baggy trousers, and sandals, and sit in dim dives drinking wine or smoking Russian cigarettes, and discoursing on Freud and Beaudelaire and Marx. A set of Bohemian conventions arises. However, there is also a more genuine disregard of inefficient customs which permits fans to dispense with formalities of etiquette when they merely waste time, to give out with quite frank autoanalyses, and to speak directly such statements as, "He's just had an emotional experience; that's why he acts that way." The Futurians have given fandom its most obvious Bohemians, tho Southern California is also represented. fancy1fancy2	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line168
__label__wiki	0.708206	0.708206	When Does The Frenzy Start By caniac-97, June 30, 2007 in Hurricanes Talk caniac-97 LocationIn a corn field in Central Nebraska . . . Ray Whitney signed a contract with the Pens per Sportsnet.ca 6 years 4 million a year. Ryan Whitney? C'mon BRIERE SIGN WITH THE HABS!!! Pleeeeeeeeeeease! I bet you will be doing your end zone dance if that happens! Look, I don't want to start a fight here. I agree that Carolina is lucky to have such a solid base of players who can keep the team in contention most years. But, last year was one where none of the bounces went our way and yet we were really close to the playoffs. Then, the trade deadline came and...what? No inspiration, no attempt to shake things up, no sense that the management thought we had a serious shot at the postseason. Right then you knew it was over. We had money available then. We have it now. Is it so farfetched to think we might one day sign a top free agent? Sure, it's early (very early). But there isn't a whole lot out there after the first-rate guys. I think seeing people like White and Stumpel go early in (or in Josef's case, prior to) the free agency period is a sign that other clubs have also noticed that there isn't tremendous depth to this free agent class. There are mega-talents and then there are some solid second-tier players, and then there are a lot of unknown quantities. There was no one single player that would have made a difference at the trade deadline, we had dropped a major turd by then. I think it was either Whitney or Brindy that stated we lost out on the playoffs because of how we played our first month. Winning just half of those games would have put us in the playoffs. JR has shown that he can pull the trigger when we play like winners (Weight and Recchi). You just don't spend big $$$'s if your team isn't playing like winners. diewingsdie Any ideas why Washington would want Tom Poti? Wasn't he over years ago? That could be a Tverdovsky moment for them, huh? From Eklund, Briere to Philly is virtually done!! Sorry WTP! Done deal Briere has signed with the flyers. model-citizen-1 http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=8345 Briere signs with the Flyers just-joe Flyers will be insane next season. What's sad is that we could barely beat them last season. Smyth to Colorado (E4) Holy crap, the Flyers locked him up for EIGHT YEARS I think we now know who their franchise player is... Brendl Believer LocationFt. Myers, FL I guess JR is going to sign Allison after all. Caniacal_Avaholic This Paul Holmgren guy sounds like he's done the impossible: rebuilt the mess that was the Philadelphia Flyers in less than a year. I'm liking that Smyth to Colorado rumor. I'd prefer Drury, but Smyth would also be pretty damn awesome. First priority is Hannan or Stuart in my personal opinion. wow.... I mean wow... Briere becomes the NHL's first $10 million per season player (at least for his first year) http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=212425&hubname= And the really scary thing about Philly is that they're going to have even more cap space open up in the future when Hatcher and Rathje retire... Apparently Gomez is a Ranger. I must say, Eklund has impressed me today. Man doesn't know a thing leading up to the free agency period, but when the day arrives, the man's a prophet. Appstatecanesfan LocationWaynesville, NC Holy shite, the Flyers are going to be sick next season. I may have to make the 2 hour trek up to Philly next season to check them out, when they're not plyaing the 'Canes of course, God help an away fan in that arena. Wow... Philly signed him for 8 years, $7 million per season and it includes a No Movement clause... that means they can't trade him, they can't buy him out, they can't demote him, they can't put him on waivers, NOTHING if he starts to suck, they're locked into him for the next 8 years..... Flanker05 I wouldn't hand the Cup to Philly just yet because they signed Briere. It still remains to be seen if, like Cullen, Briere thrived in the Buffalo system or if he is that good himself. Now lets see if someone can get Chris Drury out of Buffalo You wanna see a bunch of fans turn on a player who has carried their team for a few years? http://forums.sabres.com/index.php?showtopic=25728 IceFrog999 Has that one Buffalo fan completely ignored what Philly's done since the trade deadline? How can he honestly say that Philly's a non-playoff team? Florida's also become really dangerous, really fast. Man, I hope JR pulls something big out soon. http://forums.sabres.com/index.php?showtopic=25728''>http://forums.sabres.com/index.php?showtopic=25728' target="_blank">http://forums.sabres.com/index.php?showtopic=25728[/post] That's some of the funniest stuff I've seen in some time. What makes it even better is they're all complaining about how Briere is WAY overpaid and that they think he's only worth about $6.5 million, when the Flyers got him locked up for an average of $6.2 million a season (I believe that's it. If not, it's in the general vicinity). Luther_Blissett tsn.ca: "4:41pm et Forward Yanic Perreault agrees to terms with the Chicago Blackhawks on a one-year, $1.5 million contract." I know... he's soooo overpaid that he deserves only $6.5 mil per season... wait... thats exactly the average the Flyers locked him up for (i.e. thats their cap hit for the next 8 years)... that could be VERY cheap by the end of the contract Perreault signed for $1.5m for one year with Chicago. Not a guy I would have been too excited about as our third line center (because he's sloooow). Still, great face-off man and has a good accurate shot....and at $1.5m well in the price range. Signing him perhaps would have left a few bucks on the table to maybe trade for a D-man upgrade. Not only haven't we signed anyone, I haven't even seen the team mentioned in ANY rumors from any source. We've been mentioned in one involving Brad Stuart. Anyone think JR is considering re-signing Vasicek for a year and getting a better D-Man?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line170
__label__cc	0.679858	0.320142	By its-staal-good-num-12, September 24, 2007 in Hurricanes Talk I saw Jeff Daniels at Cheesecake Factory tonight. camanderikfan I saw Jeff and Jennifer Daniels along with Kevin and Rhonda McCarthy today at the Susan G. Komen Race For A Cure event. carolinacaniac-ch1 No offense, but they are just like us. THese guys shop and eat at local places just like we do, except they can afford it more than most of us. Pkling40 My nephew is at camp this week and skating at the rec center...yesterday Brindy,Chad and Adams were there skating and working out...Today Brindy,Chad,Adams and Leighton were there...Chad spoke to him and made his day told him "I shouldn't have had the chocolate shake before taking the ice" lol. It is always good to be reminded that our guys are just regular joes Always willing to connect with the fans. How fortunate are we to not only have Hockey in Carolina but have GREAT guys on the team as a bonus! Can't wait for the season to start... yes they sure are just like us, but it's always exciting to see them out in public especially during off season when we're all missing hockey so much. That is awesome. The players here always take that time to talk to fans, especially the kids and you don't see that in many cities. I can't believe Leighton is here already, he really must have been excited to get that contract done! LMAO Yeah, I'm just as excited as he is!!! He had to arrive early to sweep away the crumbs. I know that wasn't nice, but you gotta admit it was funny. IceIceBaby-ch1 i was at the carolina mudcats game last night, and saw tom barrasso. cane-addict-1 Do any of the Canes drive a Black Lambo? paladin-1 cullen4firstline and a Ferrari Yeah, either way it's one of those "I'll never own cars" SpaceCowboy9 LocationRaleigh, NC I saw Glen Wesley @ Pelican's SnoBalls‎ in Garner last night... Man, Ive lived in Garner for 10 years and never seen a Hurricane out there! It's not fair. CanesNC01 Williams has both now a Ferrari and Lambo........? There must be one happy car sales guy out there....Unless he spreads out the wealth... Someone mentioned they have seen him in an Aston Martin. The only one im sure on is the Ferrari. Ice-and-Sand I thought Justin had an Aston Martin and Ferrari. Bubba has the Black Lambo - No? fightinmad Williams does have an Aston Martin unless he sold it, I have pictures of that, it's a sweet car. (Makes a great wallpaper on my desktop, cars and hockey, can't go wrong) I've heard he has a black Ferrari since last September. I don't know what kind, although I personally wonder if it's one of those beautiful Fioranos. I don't think he's the one with the Lambo, I had heard someone else on the team had one, but now I can't remember who. Sutter16 What store is it? Larose comes to my store in Raleigh! I didnt know where to post this,and I didnt want to statrt a topic but since this topic is popular thought I would just ask..I was watching the Canes-Wings rematch from 02 and was wondering what ever happened to Svoboda,I know he got traded but is he still playing in the NHL and if not think he would be someone to consider getting back??? Traded to the Dallas Stars for a 5th round pick, but thats all i can recall. I dont think he is still in the NHL. After a season with the Stars, he's been playing in the Czech league the last two years. Not likely a guy the NHL is looking at for talent. Thanx for the update,I just remember that 02 team being so special and thought he was gonna be a breakout player for us for years to come....	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line171
__label__wiki	0.589659	0.589659	Basilica of Saint Stephen Augmented reality mobile application for iOS and Android The basilica was built in the late 1010s by Saint Stephen I, the first King of Hungary. The most significant place of the Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages, as it contained the crown jewels, including the throne, the Holy Crown of Hungary, the treasury and the archives. 37 kings and 39 queens consort were crowned in this basilica and 15 were buried here. When Turkish Empire occupied Székesfehérvár in 1543, the royal graves were ransacked and the basilica was used to store gunpowder, which sealed its fate and in 1601, the valuable building was destroyed by fire. Our mobile application allows the visitors of the historical site to see the virtual reconstruction of the building and the royal graves in augmented reality. The application shows the early romanesque and late gothic style architecture of the building. Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Application, Branding, Content and Creative Design, Design, Virtual Reality Credits by Fantastigo, 2018 web: fantastigo.eu mail: info@fantastigo.eu office: Collabor8district Baross utca 34. Courtesy of Happy Promotions Interactive Kft. Petőfi Sándor utca 26/A 2038 Sóskút, Hungary Registration Number: 01-09-884687 © 2017-2019 Fantastigo.eu. All Rights Reserved. Unless otherwise specified, all product and service names appearing in this Internet site are trademarks owned by or licensed to HAPPY PROMOTIONS INTERACTIVE Kft. its subsidiaries or affiliates.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line172
__label__cc	0.637224	0.362776	Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter World In case you weren't aware, Ben & Jerry's has a few flavors that are exclusive to Target. They are hard to find too. We reviewed one of them a while back- VOLUN-TIRAMSU and it was terrible (in our humble opinions). But now we bring you another Target exclusive... The description on the carton sold me right away. I didn't see how it could be bad, but would it exceed my expectations? "Milk Chocolate Ice Cream with Peanut Buttery Swirls & Chocolate Cookie Swirls." I'm a man who likes peanut butter. I'd have to say that I like peanut butter more than any of you out there who think you like peanut butter. I once sent a Fribble back three times to have them add more peanut butter sauce at Friendly's. I told the waitress that I wanted "so much peanut butter that you think that it will make me sick." ...and I meant it. So I'm the first to try any ice creams, cookies, or snacks that fall under the peanut butter banner. But the thing is, rarely am I satisfied with them. A lot of them I enjoy, but I always just wish for more peanut butter. Well, folks, it seems like the Gods finally smiled down upon me with this flavor. Doesn't look like anything special right? First off, you have a great base. The milk chocolate ice cream is very flavorful. It's a chocolate blast. But then you dig your spoon in and it's like when you're trying to dig a hole in your back yard and your shovel hits a rock just under the surface. No rocks here, son, just a thick vein of peanut butter goodness. A lot of ice creams boast about their peanut butter swirls, and they have one or two running through the pint. Not this one. It is a MESS of peanut butter. Every spoonful. is a chocolate peanut butter explosion. PB & COOKIE SWIRL...LIKE A BOSS. But that's not all, my friends. Remember Ben & Jerry's Milk & Cookies? Well that cookie swirl that was part of how incredible that ice cream was...it's in Peanut Butter World too! So it's basically like someone smashed together a bucket of peanut butter and the cookies part of 100 Oreos, and then threw a few scoops of delicious chocolate ice cream in and mixed it up. It's a sickening mess of awesomeness. I could see how someone might not like this, if I really step away from it. Some people will not be able to handle this level of peanut buttery goodness. Some people are happy with just a little. For you sad, little people, I will recommend you stay away from this beast, because you will not enjoy it. It will attack your delicate taste buds and you will probably fall to the floor, choking, and whip the pint across the room, far away from you. But if you fancy yourself a lover of all things peanut butter, like myself, and find that treats usually don't live up to the level of peanut butter that you are craving... well this is the ice cream for you. Take a trip to Target, raid their freezer section, and take a pint home with you. You'll exclaim with every bite. You'll probably hold the carton out at arms length, nodding as the first bite is melting in your mouth, brow furrowed, happiness enveloping your entire being. I give Peanut Butter World a solid A. Labels: ice cream, rich SMOKEHOUSE BBQ RUFFLES My once fond and loving feelings for Ruffles have slowly been dying out. The original style are arguably the best, highest quality regular potato chips out there. Their sour cream n' onion are solid, and their cheddar and sour cream are glorious and a surefire classic in my book. But then they made KC Masterpiece (later becoming "Authentic Barbecue") for awhile and discontinued them where I live. Then they created one of my favorite chips ever, The Works, and discontinued them entirely. I still cry myself to sleep most nights, mourning my loss. What followed was years of the same 3 (or 4, wherever you live in the US) flavors. I got to try "All Dressed" when I was in Canada, but basically there were no new flavors for years. Then this summer, someone at Ruffles clearly lost their mind, and in addition to a "vote for the new flavor" contest, they created a short list of either fairly gross flavors or decent ones that mostly disappeared nearly as fast as they appeared. We have reviewed them all. Actually, that's not true- we didn't review "double fisted cheeseburger" but they were about as good as the amount of time they lasted on the shelves (not sure if that makes sense, but you get the idea). So, based on the last year, when I saw a new bag at the store with a giant slab of meat on it, I was prepared for the worst. Seriously, Ruffles? You're making MORE chips that taste like meat? Didn't you learn your lesson before? UGHKK. Boy, was I wrong. These chips are AWESOME. They aren't meat chips- they're just BBQ, and excellent BBQ at that. They taste a lot like their Authentic Barbecue (at least how I remember them), but with an extra smokiness. They describe it as "lip smakin' dry-rub style BBQ," meaning that I guess the best way to imagine the flavor is if all that crunchy BBQ rub on the ribs in the picture on the bag was rubbed on chips instead of ribs, then that's the flavor you're getting. Even though that sentence was atrocious, I think that may be a fairly accurate representation of these chips. They're sweet and tangy like the best BBQ chips, but there's an extra smokiness and spice- a real kick- that other chips don't have as much. And they definitely give you a good mouthburn after awhile. We haven't seen these in NH yet (I got them at a Hannaford in Maine), but if you see a bag, buy 4. Buy them for your friends and an extra bag for you. I destroyed a bag without even trying and immediately wanted more. I got a bag each for the other fatguyfoodbloggers, and they both made the face that can only be made when a fat guy finds a new favorite. And, based on Ruffles' track record lately (and the fact that I follow them on facebook and they never said a word about these chips even existing- what's with that?), I can only assume these will be extremely limited edition. Buy a ton so Ruffles will see the appeal and make more! I really hope these stick around, they're excellent. Until then, I'm sorry if I knock you over and steal bags out of your shopping cart when you finally find them. I hope you understand. everyone wants some Labels: chips, Mike Sour Cream & Onion Doritos?! Being the chip hog that I am, I often spend time on the internets searching to see if weird flavors of chips exist in vast corners of the US or other countries. One late night, a question that had somehow never entered my mind finally did- how come there are Sour Cream & Onion flavored chips for virtually every chip company, but Doritos don't have them? Granted, Fritos don't either, but Fritos hate trying new flavors. Doritos LOVES putting out every flavor imaginable. I looked into it, and apparently 20 years ago, such a thing existed. Who knew? According to the Wikipedias, Doritos started with Taco flavor in 1964, which recently returned and aren't very good in my opinion (although very accurate tasting). They then launched the classic Nacho Cheese, then Sour Cream & Onion around 1970, to be discontinued later. They didn't launch Cool Ranch until 1986! It took them 18 years to create that flavor?! Crazy. So, I wondered if somehow, with the resurgence of some classic flavors, we may be granted the privilege to some day taste a flavor that hasn't been around in over 20 years. And then it happened. One fateful day while roaming the halls of a Market Basket I never go to, I saw something I didn't think I ever would. They had returned. After texting my friend who works there an angry, profanity-laden "HOW DID YOU NOT TELL ME!?" freakout, I bought them and went home to violently tear into the bag. Aaaaaaaand was immediately disappointed. They're pretty covered in flavor. The first reaction for all 3 of us fatguyfoodbloggers was that they just tasted like an odd version of Cool Ranch- they definitely have some of the same spice. I don't know if it's that the sour cream they use tastes a lot like ranch, or the spice that the Ranch have is very close to the spice that these have, but the flavors are oddly close. And what's with a Sour Cream & Onion chip having a spice? Isn't this supposed to be a smooth, creamy taste? They definitely went with a more sharp onion taste, and it's weird. The weirdest thing about these is that the chip itself felt cheap- like a Doritos imitation. Compared to other Doritos, these definitely feel thinner, cheaper, more corny, and just not as good. I don't know what's going on here, but I don't like it. So, to recap- cheap, thin imitation-esque chips, Cool Ranch-esque spicy flavor that doesn't really taste like Sour Cream & Onion, not to mention that corn chips and this flavor just doesn't seem to work. I think I pretty easily can see why these were discontinued. Too bad, it's something I've wanted to try for awhile, and there were probably a lot of old fat guys who were really excited about this. Oh well. I will forever applaud Doritos and their adventurous attitude in doing the one thing every chip company should- putting out new flavors. But this proves the sad truth that they just can't all be winners. Too bad. If you're crazy for chips, you're gonna try them anyway (especially since they are limited edition), but you'll be disappointed like me. They're interesting, but they're just not very good. They also had these, which I had never seen, and judging by the old school look of the bag, these are an older flavor, but I can't seem to find much info about that: These were also pretty bad. The chips had the normal Doritos crunch and the flavor worked well with the corn chip flavor, but I just didn't like the flavor. There's a weird flavor that's suddenly showing up in chips- salsa mixed with lime. Lays and Ruffles put out their own version awhile ago (which I never reviewed because I didn't like them either): If you like that flavor or are at least intrigued by it, then get these- the flavor is less limey and more subtle. It also worked better with the Doritos corn chip flavor than the others. But for this reviewer? Not interested. There's 90% of a bag about to go in the trash. I have no idea what people see in salsa combined with lime. It just tasted like salsa with soap spilled in it to me. Peanut Butter Cheerios & Something called KRAVE Well once again the holiday season has come and gone, and hopefully yours found you stuffed with all your favorite holiday treats. Ours did. We were in a candy, ham, and egg nog daze that went on for a couple of weeks. We've just now awoken and stumbled back into the real world. Whats the first thing we do? Hit the store and find something to blog about. I know what you're thinking...Another cereal post? Really? Wait...and this one is a DOUBLE cereal post?! Yup. The box makes it look real healthy... First off a cereal that I've been waiting for since the first day Cheerios debuted Honey Nut Cheerios. I remember saying, "Hmm. these are decent. You know what would be good though? PEANUT BUTTER CHEERIOS!" Well now, 50 years later (not really) General Mills finally answers the call. So does it live up to the wait? Looks like multi grain Cheerios, right? It's pretty good! The smell is like a peanut butter slap to your face and you get excited, like you might be dealing with something way better than you could ever expected. But then you taste it and realize, yeah....It's Cheerios, but peanut butter. The flavor is there but it's more subtle than you would like. You want it to kick up a few notches but where it lands is still pretty good. When milk is added, the peanut butter flavor gets even weaker, but it's still a good bowl of cereal that you can eat and not feel gross after. I say if you're a fan of Cheerios and enjoy peanut butter flavored treats, give these a try. I give them a B, for "Better than Honey Nut Cheerios." Next up is KRAVE. I had never heard of these. Never had any idea that they even existed until I wandered around the island of new cereals at my local Walmart. My arms were already filled with boxes of Peanut butter Cheerios but I still managed to scoop one of these up. I'll tell you what...I'm glad I did. I was actually expecting these to be just okay. I thought they would be a run of the mill chocolate cereal but a review would be a good idea because they were so new and shiny! The box boasts that they are "Crispy Multi-Grain cereal outside, and smooth chocolate inside." Straight out of the box they are decent. They crunch and then there's a legit chocolate blast inside. But the real awesomeness kicks in the moment you add the milk. When milk hits them they are instantly kind of soggy. But it's not a bad soggy. It's almost like the edges stay crunchy but the middle gets soggy and the gooey chocolate inside is somehow intensified by the milk. It literally tastes like you are eating the gooiest chocolate brownie of all time, and washing it down with a swig of cold milk. It's heaven in a bowl. It's more like dessert than breakfast, but mother of god is it good. I had two bowls back to back and then forced someone else to have a bowl so they could share in it's awesomeness. I give KRAVE an A for "Awwwwwwwww shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii this is good!" Labels: cereal, rich	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line173
__label__cc	0.533637	0.466363	Los Punks: We Are All We Have, Director Angela Boatwright http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/683/FS-5-27-16-Boatwright-Los%20Punks.mp3 In the high energy, Slamdance favorite, Los Punks: We Are All We Have the underground punk rock backyard scene in Los Angeles pops off the screen. Punk rock is thriving in the backyards of South Central and East Los Angeles. A cobbled-together family of predominantly Latino teens and young adults comprise the scene: bands, fans, production, marketing, and security interwoven into a sub-culture of thrash and noise and pits. The sense of belonging is palpable, emotional bonds fostered among good families and those broken, poverty and wealth, adolescence and maturity, with the music emanating a magnetic chorus for all to sing together. Los Punks: We Are All We Have is a documentary feature film honestly and sincerely portraying this vibrant, “DIY” community. Photographer and filmmaker, Director Angela Boatwright talks about her experiences and impressions of a thriving, vibrant underground music scene that is hiding in plain sight. For news and updates go to: lospunksfilm.com Los Punks: We Are All We Have will be released on iTunes on Friday, May 27. “A bracing look at a thriving underground of punk bands and backyard-party concerts.” – Dennis Harvey, Variety “A phenomenon that demands respect whether you like the music or not.” – John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter “Superbly crafted. Every aspect of the film plays together like a symphony.” – Joshua Brusting, CriterionCast “The best film of Slamdance 2016 that I’ve seen is Angela Boatwright’s ‘Los Punks: We Are All We Have’” – Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com One of TwitchFilm.com‘s Top Picks of Slamdance This entry was posted in documentary, drama, dramedy, Film School interview, Indie by admin. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line175
__label__cc	0.669582	0.330418	INSTITUTIONAL ACHIEVERS "Recipient of Schneider Electric India Foundation scholarship" Vellimani M, (4GW16EE054), 4th Sem EEE Vellimani M, ( 4gw16ee054) Student Of ( 4th Semester ) , Electrical & Electronics Engineering At Gsss Institute Of Engineering & Technology For Women, Mysuru Is A Recipient Of Schneider Electric India Foundation Scholarship For Her 2nd , 3rd And 4th Year Of Study At Gsssietw. The Aim Of This Foundation Scholarship From Schneider Electric - India Is To Support Students To Realize Their Dreams By Providing Scholarships To Deserving Candidates In The Field Of Engineering. Only Second Year Engineering Students Are Eligible To Apply For This Scholarship. The Scholarship Initiative Is Being Carried Out For The Last Three Consecutive Years From Schneider. The Company Supports 23 Engineering Students From Twelve Registered Colleges Across India. The President Of Gsss (R), Honorable Secretary Gsss(R), Management Committee Member & Ceo Gsss(R), Aao Gsssietw, Principal Gsssietw, Hod & Staff Members Of Eee Dept. Appreciates Her Achievement And Congratulates Her For Fetching Laurels To The Department And Institution. Gita Chaitanya Merit Scholarship Award 2019 and Simha Silk Sri. M V Narasimhaiah Memorial Award of Excellence (From Left to Right): Dr. M Shivakumar, Principal GSSSIETW, Mysuru, Sri. R K Bharath, CEO and Management Committee Member GSSS(R), Dr. M Jagannatha Shenoi, President, GSSS (R), Smt. L C Sheelavathi, Simha Silks, Mysuru, Smt.Vanaja.B.Pandit, Hon.Secretary, GSSS(R), Sri. O Pratap Kumar, Joint Secretary, GSSS (R), Smt.Anupama B Pandit, AO, GSSSIETW, Mysuru. Section of the audience and awardees “CSI National Level Student Convention” on 16th and 17th March 2018 Students of 6th Semester CSE attended the “CSI National Level Student Convention” organized by CSI Student Branch of Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College (SREC), Coimbatore on 16th & 17th of March 2018. The students participated in the events like Paper Presentation, Coding, Technical Quiz, Treasure Hunt, Web Designing and Star of the Event, out of which 5 students won the prizes. The management, Principal, HOD, Staffs & Students of Department of CSE congratulated the winners of various events. CSE Students at SREC, Coimbatore GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women (GSSSIETW), Mysuru organized the prestigious Gita Chaitanya Merit Scholarship Award 2019 and Simha Silk Sri. M V Narasimhaiah Memorial Award of Excellence on 22nd May 2019 at Sri.M.Govinda Rao Memorial Hall, GSSSIETW campus. Smt. L C Sheelavathi from Simha Silk was the guest for the occasion. The function was presided by Dr. M Jagannatha Shenoi, President, GSSS (R), Mysuru and Smt. Vanaja B Pandit, Honorary Secretary, GSSS (R). Sri O Pratap Kumar, Joint Secretary, GSSS (R ), Sri. R K Bharath, CEO and Management Committee Member GSSS ( R ) Smt. Anupama B Pandit, Administrative Officer, GSSSIETW, Mysuru and Dr. M Shivakumar, Principal, GSSSIETW graced the occasion. Award winners along with their parents attended the function. Dr. Rajendra R Patil, Program Coordinator, Professor and Head, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering welcomed the august gathering. Dr. M Shivakumar, Principal, GSSSIETW enlightened the audience about the Gita Chaitanya Merit Scholarship Awards-2019 and Simha Silk M V Narasimhaiah Memorial Award of Excellence and the process involved in selecting the deserving students. Sri. M V NARASIMHAIAH, Founder of Simha Silk Mysuru constituted the Simha Silk M V Narasimhaiah Memorial Award of Excellence for the college toppers of GSSSIETW, Mysuru based on the academic excellence of students. For academic year 2016-17, Miss Priyanka Nayak from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering topped with an aggregate of 81% and for the academic year 2017-18, Miss Ujwala Kini from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering topped with an aggregate of 83.39% are the awardees for the award. Smt L C Sheelavathi, Daughter of Sri. M V Narasimhaiah, Simha Silks presented the Silver plaque weighing ½ Kg and certificate to the each of the two awardees. “Gita Chaitanya” is a unique Merit Scholarship Scheme for meritorious and economically weaker students sponsored by the Management of GSSS(R). It supports the students of GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women (GSSSIETW) who have outshined in VTU examinations, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities right from its inception in the year 2017. Every year, Rs.10 lakhs is earmarked for 100 bright students of the 06 UG programmes of GSSSIETW. The break-up scholarship will be top 25 CET rank holders admitted to the I year B.E. and 25 each in 2nd, 3rd and 4th year B.E. Each student received an award of Rs 10,000. The awardees received the scholarship from Management Committee Members of GSSS(R). Smt. Vanaja B Pandit, Honorary secretary, GSSS (R) in her address congratulated all the prize winners for their meritorious achievement and blessed all the students to work hard to get more laurels and achievements to the college. Dr M Jagannatha Shenoi in his presidential address appreciated the award winners for their efforts and the support provided by the GSSS family in promoting the students to achieve the awards. He advised all the students to aspire and work toward achieving these awards. Dr S Vagdevi, Program coordinator, Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering delivered the vote of thanks. Ms. Priyanka Nayak, EEE Dept, (College Topper-2016-17) is seen receiving the Silver plaque from Smt. L C Sheelavathi, Simha Silks, Mysuru. Ms. Ujwala Kini, ECE Dept (College Topper-2017-18) is seen receiving the Silver plaque from Smt. L C Sheelavathi, Simha Silks, Mysuru. S.Surabhi a First year student for the academic year 2018-19 of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department and Highest Rank holder in CET is seen receiving the Gita Chaitanya Meritorious Award from Dr M Jagannatha Shenoi, President of GSSS (R ),Mysuru. Divya Chatty won 1st Prize in Technical Quiz, Star of the Event and 2nd Prize in Coding, Aparna S Bandekar won 1st Prize in Technical Quiz, Sushma K R & Srishti Maru won 2nd Prize in Treasure Hunt, and Simran Goyal won 3rd Prize in Coding. State Level Technical Paper Presentation & Project Model Exhibition “IEI_ISTE_NITTE-2018" Amulya DM, Kruthi.Y.B, Monica.C.K, Neha G Goyal of 8th semester EEE receiving the 2nd Best paper award with a cash prize of 1000/- in the state level technical paper presentation and project model exhibition “IEI_ISTE_NITTE-2018” for the paper titled “Green Energy Park- for Smart City” NMAM Institute of Technology, NITTE on 3rd march 2018. State Level Project Exhibition Competition, Srishti-2017 held at RVCE, Bengaluru, from 26th-28th May 2017. Vishnavi D R, Neha Khanum, Apoorva Singh and Sumaya Afreen of Department of EEE won first place and a cash prize of Rs.10000 in the event Project Exhibition for their project titled “Automated College Bell System with wireless Control” Oshin R Jacob and Sourabha K S, Department of CSE won first place and a cash prize of Rs.3500 in the event Paper Presentation for their paper titled “Speak-an AAC Android application”, Marline D' souza and Vibha P K of Department of IT won third Place and cash prize of Rs 1000 for their paper titled “Design & development of evidence collecting black box using smart phone”. Bhoomika G, Ayesha N Shaikh, Nidhi S and Deepali N of Department of EEE won the Consolation Prize and cash prize of Rs.500 in the event Paper Presentation for their Paper titled “Reactive power compensation using D-STATCOM”. H R Lavanya of VI semester Electronics and Communication got 1st prize in the Bestgraduate student poster presentation competition organized by CFTRI,Mysuru. She has presented a poster on ‘Innovation in the Field of Food Science and Technology’. Anju K S of VI semester Electronics and Communication got 1st prize in the Best graduate student Oral presentation competition organized by CFTRI,Mysuru. She was presented a topic on ‘Future food’. 1.Sindhu B,Poojarao K J and Ganashri S of VI semester Telecommunication engineering have participated in the “Aavishkaar-17” an Techno-cultural Fest held from 9th to 11th of March 2017 atVishwanathrao Deshpande Rural Institute of Technology, Haliyal and have won 2nd prize in Technical event “Abhikruti”. Students receiving prize during AAVISHKAR 17 2.Sneha S V, Bhargavi M S ,Sahana S and Chaitra R of VI semester Telecommunication engineering have won 3rd prize by presenting working model of Translation of sign language to voice message in the “Science and Technilogical Solutions for specially abled persons“- a state level Science Exhibition cum Competition at Visvesvaraya Technological University ,Belagavi on 10th March 2017. Students were explaining their working model to judges 3.Ashwini B S, Apoorva S Kulkarni, Divyashree A C and Lakshmi N S won 2ndPrize in Trailblazer(Line Follower),A state level technical fest “ENIGMA 2017” organized by Malnad College Engineering, Hassan on 1st and 2nd April 2017. Students were explaining the working of robot. A group of VI semester students have participated for the “Skill Development Systems for Workforce, Engeering and Managers” on 20,21 and 22nd of April2017 organized by VTU Belagavi in association with Alvas Institute of Engineering and Technology,Moodbidre. Photo session during the event KAUSHALA 2017 A group of students have participated in the National level technical fest for UG "THANTRAJNA 17" organized by KVG,Sullia on 28th April 2017. A group of VI semester students have participated in “ TECHZONE 17 “- A National Level Technical Symposium organized by Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, Shivamogga, Karnataka on 5th, 6th and 7th May 2017. Bhumica M J and Neha M Rhave won 2nd Prize in Paper Presentation, A state level technical fest “TECHZONE 2017” organized by Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, Shivamogga, Karnataka on 5th, 6th and 7th May 2017.They have presented a paper on Tracking of Alzheimer’s patients through GPS tracker and radio frequency transceiver. A group of students have attended a State level one day workshop on “Innovation, Research and Challenges” for engineering students, organized by Karnataka RajyaVijnanaParishath,VTU, Belagavi, Dept. of Science and Technology, Bengaluru, and Maharaja Institute of Technology, Mysuru on 13th May 2017 held at MIT, Mysuru. “Students of Electronics and Communication Engineering won Best paper and Best concept award in the NATIONAL LEVEL PAPER PRESENTATION CONTEST – “MAKE IN INDIA” held at Sathyabhama University, Chennai, Tamilnadu on 19th November 2016” VISHAKA J , SINDHURA S D & SANMATHI R (VII Semester) of Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering won “BEST CONCEPT” award for the paper titled “DECISION MAKING SYSTEM FOR LC/LU USING RS DATA”. YUKTHA R & THEJASHREE H S (VII Semester) of Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering won “BEST PAPER” award for the paper titled “REMOTE SENSING DATA FOR POLLUTION MONITORING TO SUPPORT OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.” ALIYA REHMANI, ASHWINI PATIL, and IQHRA AIMAN (VII Semester) of Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering won “BEST PAPER” award for the paper titled “IOT BASED BRIDGES AND FLYOVER CONDITION MONITORING USING WIRELESS NETWORK”. GSSSIETW received “Award of excellence” for participation in “MAKE IN INDIA” contest at Sathyabhama University, Chennai on 19th November 2016. Students of Electronics and Communication Engineering received certificates and medals from Smt. Anupama B Pandit, AAO, GSSSIETW in the presence of Dr. Sumithra Devi K A, Principal, GSSSIETW, Jagadisha N & Boregowda H B(Professional forum & project coordinators), Jayanth J, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE GSSSIETW, Mysuru won the CSI Best Accredited Student Branch Award for the year 2015-16 in the CSI annual convention, 2016 held at Coimbatore : “Best Student Award-2016” ISTE, New Delhi during 13 th ISTE state level student convention 2016 Kum. PRIYANKA NAYAK(4GW13EE043), student of VII semester, department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, receiving “Best Student Award-2016” from Prof. Pratapsinh K Desai, President, ISTE, New Delhi during 13 th ISTE state level student convention 2016 – ISTE Karnataka section at JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore on 25th August 2016. Receiving the same award at GSSSIETW from Smt. Vanaja B Pandit, Honorary Secretary in the presence of Smt. Anupama B Pandit, AAO, Dr. Sumithra Devi K A, Principal and Prof. R Rajagopala, HOD, Dept. of EEE and Secretary/ Treasurer of ISTE, Bangalore, August 2016.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line177
__label__cc	0.641128	0.358872	Information Technology (Pages :82) 121 An output device that lets you see what the computer is doing is called a? (A) disk drive (B) monitor screen (C) shift key (D) Printer 122 Bit stands for? (A) binary system (B) digital byte (C) binary digit (D) binary unit 123 _________ is the most popular Internet activity.? (A) Art (B) Shopping (C) Searching (D) Entertainment 124 Computers process binary numbers, which are composed of _________.? (A) 1s and 2s (B) 2s and 4s (C) 1s and 10s (D) 0s and 1s 125 The ________, also called the Web, contains billons of documents.? (A) World Wide Web (B) HTTP (C) Webportal (D) domain 126 A menu contains a list of? (A) commands (B) data (C) objects 127 Choose the web browser among the following:? (A) MSN messenger (B) Yahoo messenger (C) Rediffibal.net (D) Netscape Navigator 128 Underline text, such as text and folder names, is referred to as a(n)? (A) icon (B) hyperlink (C) menu (D) source drive 129 To take information from one source and bring it to your computer is referred to as? (A) upload (B) download (C) transfer (D) de-link 130 Each box in a spreadsheet is called a? (A) cell (B) empty space (C) record (D) field 131 Menus are a part of the? (A) hardware (B) user interface (C) status bar (D) monitor (E) none of these 132 A personal computer is designed to meet the computing needs of a (n)? (A) individual (B) department (C) company (D) city 133 A byte can hold one _____________of data.? (A) bit (B) binary digit (C) character (D) kilobyte 134 ">" symbol in DOS commands is use to? (A) compare two values (B) Redirect input (C) Redirect output (D) Filter data 135 System proposal is prepared in _____________ phase of SDLC.? (A) Conception (B) Initiation (C) Analysis (D) Design 136 The errors that can be found out by a compiler are? (A) Logical errors (B) Internal errors (C) Semantic errors (D) syntax errors 137 _____________ is used to add or put into your document a picture or text.? (A) TV (B) Squeeze in (C) Push in (D) Insert 138 Excel documents are stored as files called? (A) workforce (B) worksheets (C) worktables (D) workgroups 139 Choices are referred to as? (A) options (B) exit (C) boot (D) folder 140 Holding the mouse button down while moving an object or text is known as? (A) moving (B) dragging (C) dropping (D) highlighting 141 A device that connects to a network without the use of cables is said to be? (A) distributed (B) cabled (C) open source (D) wireless 142 In Word, which menu would the user select to print a document? (A) Tools (B) File (C) View (D) Window 143 What type of keys are 'ctrl' and 'shift'? (A) adjustment (B) function (C) miodifier (D) alphanumeric 144 A word gets selected by clicking it to s____________ in Word.? (A) once (B) twice (C) thrice (D) four times 145 What is the storage area for email messages called? (A) Folder (B) Directory (C) Inbox (D) Hard disk 146 A desktop computer is also known as a _____________.? (A) Palm Pilot (B) PC (C) laptop (D) mainframe 147 Because of their size and cost, which computers are relatively rare? (A) Mini computers (B) Microcomputers (C) Laptops (D) Supercomputers 148 RAM is an acronym for? (A) Read All Memory (B) Read Any Memory (C) Random Area Memory (D) Random Access Memory 149 Which of the following is not an example of hardware? (A) Word (B) Printer (C) Monitor (D) Mouse 150 In Oracle, who owns the data dictionary? (A) Oracle (B) SYS (C) The DBA (D) SYSTEM "Every choice comes with a consequence. Once you make a choice, you must accept responsibility. You cannot escape the consequences of your choices, whether you like them or not" - Roy T. Bennett	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line181
__label__wiki	0.947715	0.947715	上海419论坛,上海龙凤419,爱上海 – Powered by Lorrie Cyle! Tag: 夜上海论坛EB GCAA orders Ogle Airport to halt protocol passes …after Canadian security official escorted Charrandas Persaud to plane…OAI says no security breach occurredThe Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has ordered that the Eugene F Correia International Airport stop issuing protocol passes after former parliamentarian Charrandas Persaud was escorted by a Canadian Embassy security officer to a Barbados-bound plane after he voted against the Government in the December 21, 2018 no-confidence motion.Reports are Persaud, who had expressed fear for his life after having voted against the Government, had contacted the Canadian embassy for assistance. Persaud, a Canadian citizen, was subsequently granted security assistance to the Eugene F International Airport where he boarded a plane bound for Barbados and subsequently went onto Canada.On Monday, Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) said that it has not breached any security protocols at the Eugene F Correia International Airport as was erroneously reported in the state media.According to the entity, in the administration of the airport, it is instructed and guided by its Airport Operations Manual approved by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority.The OAI stated that Charrandas Persaud was a passenger on LIAT flight #LI 392 which departed the Eugene F Correia International Airport at 06:17h on December 22, 2018.The airport authority stated that Persaud’s escorts were Mission Security Officer of the High Commission of Canada, Richard Beliveau and Peter Ramsaroop.According to the OAI, Beliveau presented himself and his Ministry of Foreign Affairs ID Card to the airport duty officer and requested a pass to accompany a passenger to the aircraft. The OAI stated that Peter Ramsaroop also requested a pass saying he was part of Beliveau’s party. The Airport Duty Officer, in accordance with an established courtesy practice, as is requested to be extended to diplomatic personnel by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, granted a Protocol pass to both persons. The passes were duly returned in exchange for their respective ID documents on their departure from the airport.“Both Mr Beliveau and Mr Ramsaroop as well as Mr Charrandas Persaud, were subjected to full and complete screening before entering the departure lounge in accordance with the requirements of the Aviation Security Programme approved by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority,” OAI stated on Monday.Meanwhile, Ramsaroop has since said that he only accompanied the former AFC member since he was fearful for his life.On December 21, the no-confidence motion brought by the Parliamentary Opposition –the People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) – against the Government succeeded when former APNU/AFC MP Persaud broke ranks and made a conscience vote in favour of the motion.After voting in favour of the no-confidence motion, Persaud’s life was threatened twice; he was hit by both colleagues flanking him as well as received many explicit comments within a five-minute period.This was all done while the National Assembly broadcasted the sitting live on its website. The video which is up on the Parliament website showing clearly what transpired. Persaud received the hostile treatment from his colleagues after he voted his conscience and sided with the Opposition’s motion.During the final part of the 03h:51m:04s video, during the second part of the debate, when Persaud delivered his first “yes”, all hell broke loose. He received the first punch on his left arm, at 03h:33m:04s in the video, by an APNU MP who insisted that Persaud “can’t vote against the Government.” This was followed by a series of expletives by the same MP and surprisingly Persaud received another punch from another APNU MP at 03h:32m:28s in the video.Then came the issue of death threats to Persaud. If one listens to the video, you will find that at 03h: 33m: 04s and 03h: 35m: 35s in the video, he receives the threats “Charrandas you gon dead tonight” and “Charrandas you want dead tonight” respectively. It sounded as though the threats came from a female MP on the Government side of the benches.Despite being accused of being a traitor, Persaud maintained that it was a vote of conscience since he is disappointed in the direction his party is heading. He pointed to the recent statements made by People’s National Congress (PNC) Chairperson Volda Lawrence during which she indicated that she only has friends in the PNC and jobs will be made available for them. That statement, he said, infuriated him, prompting him to write a letter to the AFC’s Executive to make a statement but the party’s leader Raphael Trotman came out in her defence after which she apologised. read more Scorpions suffer crushing defeat UPDATED: Weekend start for Digicel Grand Prix Athletics Championship Edwards looking for improved performance against Cuba Follow the Trace \| That Miller vs Holding debate UAAP Season 80 Preview: Expect the ‘unpredictable’ from La Salle Green Archers asdgtswg bblrqoav bzrusvju ccgieldf cpfypbuz dbixdaiy dhxqlckq diohzbdd effbrdfv eksiqumz jbkeskdr jlqcmfwv jsrxymzb mryvecio mufnoyhd nnaoohmv phodrthr rxcurgol savfeabl scqgwrho sxjnzbdy whnqgrbf wwjmfdzr xboeoxwq Theme: Cashier by OlympusThemes.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line190
__label__cc	0.541779	0.458221	An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support to Rwanda (2009–17) This evaluation assesses the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group's country program in Rwanda over the period FY09-17. Rwanda’s Vision: MIC status by 2020 Under its Vision 2020 document, originally prepared in 2000 to consolidate recovery from the 1994 Genocide and place Rwanda onto a new and ambitious development trajectory, the country aspired to attain (lower) MIC status within two decades— based on a transformation of the economy from one based predominantly on subsistence agriculture to a knowledge-based, regional service hub. With its 2016 gross national income (GNI) per capita at $700 compared to the (lower) MIC threshold of $1,006, it now aspires to higher MIC and high-income country (HIC) status by 2035 and 2050, respectively. The World Bank Group's positioning in relation to Rwanda's Vision 2020 goal of rapidly attaining Middle-Income Country (MIC) status reflected many of the elements that are critical to realizing the country's goal: Under a first pillar of promoting economic transformation for sustained growth, it supported infrastructure (notably energy and transport); the business environment (including skills development); the financial sector (including rural finance); and in the latter years the urban sector. Under a second pillar of reducing social vulnerability and raising the productivity and incomes of the poor, it supported agriculture; health (initially); and social protection—including demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants. A third accountable governance pillar aimed to strengthen central and decentralized public financial management (PFM) This evaluation assesses the development effectiveness of the World Bank Group's country program in Rwanda over the period FY09-17. The report aims to inform future partnership frameworks between the World Bank Group and the Rwandan Government. The report is also of interest to individuals and organizations working with countries striving to consolidate economic progress after a successful transition from conflict, or countries striving to reach middle-income country (MIC) status. More about the country context, the World Bank Group Strategy in Rwanda, and the Evaluation Scope and Methods Read the Appendix to the evaluation for detailed findings related to each area of engagement Overall Conclusions and Ratings Government commitment and leadership have been at the heart of Rwanda’s success. During the evaluation period, Rwanda sustained the vigorous economic growth and social progress that have driven its transformation from a fragile, conflict-affected country to one that is widely regarded as being among Africa’s most dynamic and high potential. Sustained government commitment and effective management of the reform agenda have been key factors in this transformation, and have enabled the world Bank Group and other development partners to play a positive role in supporting the country’s development. The Bank Group’s positioning in relation to Rwanda’s Vision 2020 goals has been strong. The Bank Group’s strategic objectives over the evaluation period reflected many of the elements that are critical to the country’s attainment of MIC status. At the same time, they were responsive to government wishes, notably regarding specialization by development partners under the Division of Labor (DOL). The objectives underlying Bank Group support in agriculture, energy, and urban development in addition to social protection, the business environment (including the financial sector, skills development, and PPP), and PFM have all been of central relevance to the country’s middle-income aspirations. The Bank Group has also paid adequate attention to capacity development objectives, an important foundation for the country’s continuing advancement. Overall, the extent to which the World Bank Group’s program met its relevant objectives over the evaluation period warrants a Satisfactory rating. The rating reflects both the extent to which objectives were attained under individual pillars and sub-pillars (Chapter 3) and the Bank Group’s overall strategic positioning and program delivery (Chapter 2). There was progress towards relevant Bank Group objectives in all of its areas of engagement, notably in energy, transport and ICT, agriculture, social protection, the financial sector, and public resource management (Appendix)—areas of engagement that were either explicitly indicated under the DOL or otherwise spanned the entire evaluation period. In many of these areas, of course, progress was qualified: In energy, the notable successes in increasing generation capacity and (on- and off-grid) access to electricity have been tempered by concerns regarding affordability and the risks to fiscal sustainability, now being addressed under the newly-approved energy DPO. In transport, implementation delays and capacity-related challenges have diluted results. In agriculture, scale-up of improved techniques (in the mold of best-practice RSSP and LWH project sites) has been slower than was hoped, food insecurity remains significant, and there has been regression in the distribution system for key inputs, notably fertilizer and seeds. IEG considers the World Bank Group’s performance in designing and implementing its Rwanda program to have been strong. Even where successes were qualified, they were so mostly in spite of the Bank Group’s support rather than because of it: They often reflected factors extraneous to the Bank Group, including changes in leadership and political economy constraints. And the Bank Group has proactively sought to address less encouraging developments. In the energy sector, it is now providing programmatic DPF to the government to address the medium-term fiscal sustainability risks that could materialize after 2020. In agriculture, the World Bank through its P4R operation played a key role in engaging the debate on sensitive policy issues that need to be addressed to unleash agricultural potential. These include the removal of obstacles to private sector growth and increased devolution of responsibilities to districts. Together with the findings from a comprehensive agriculture public expenditure review, this policy dialogue has provided key inputs to the government’s development of a new agriculture policy. Revitalizing and sustaining progress will now require a paradigm shift. Rwanda’s growth model for the past two decades has depended largely on public investment backed by donor support. The government has in effect taken on the role of catalyst of growth, often seeding business development. Although some increases in private investment have been observed in recent years, party- and military-affiliated companies continue to play an important role in the economy (in the views of some, this can have a deterrent effect on private investment). As Rwanda approaches MIC status and the terms of external support progressively “harden,” driving up public debt, the sustainability of this model will come increasingly under strain. The Bank Group is uniquely positioned to help Rwanda manage the shift to a new, private sector–led growth paradigm. Its engagement with the Future Drivers of Growth study to help shape Vision 2050, a new long-term vision of Rwanda’s development , has given it a role of trusted development partner. The roadmap toward a new growth model will need to embrace an ambitious reform agenda that addresses key issues and constraints to attain MIC status and sustain progress thereafter. The most important issues include: improvements in nutrition and basic education, appropriate pacing and sequencing of urbanization, dramatically stronger outward orientation—including stronger, more diversified export growth—in part through closer regional integration and cooperation, a more strategic and transparent approach to fostering an enhanced role for the private sector in the economy, increased domestic resource mobilization, and better exercise of expanded local government functions and responsibilities. The World Bank Group program can make strategic contributions to help Rwanda follow the roadmap and realize the vision. Read more about the overall performance and IEG ratings for each of the 3 pillars. Overall Assessment of World Bank Group Positioning and Support (Chapter 2) Developments and Contributions in Areas of Strategic Focus (Chapter 3) Conclusions, Lessons, and Recommendations (Chapter 4) Certain general lessons emerge from the Rwanda experience: Strong government leadership and discipline has been a particularly important determinant of development progress as well as of the effectiveness of the Bank Group’s support and ODA more generally, and may limit the transferability of lessons from the Rwanda program to other contexts. Under strong government leadership, general budget support can be an effective means of supporting development, particularly when blended with IPF and technical assistance to support the nuts and bolts of reform implementation. Sustained collaboration among staff is essential to realizing cross-Bank Group synergies. The experience in the agricultural sector suggests that synergies depend on close cooperation and regular interaction between World Bank and IFC staff. Systematic integration of sector experiences is key to effectively tackling cross-cutting areas. Although the program stands out for generally good cross-sector collaboration, there is scope for more systematic integration of sector experiences in approaching the World Bank Group’s support for certain cross-cutting areas such as PFM, decentralization, capacity development, and gender. Rapid agricultural modernization has the potential to widen inequality. In Rwanda, policies have begun moving surplus labor off the farm into the nonfarm economy, including in secondary towns and in Kigali. But as noted in IEG’s Growing the Rural Nonfarm Economy, efforts are less likely to result in reduced poverty where high inequality exists, and they may even lead to marginalization of disadvantaged groups. In countries with limited institutional capacity, basing senior task team leads in the field can help build policy-making capacity and ensure smooth project implementation. The Rwanda program experience suggests that a strong field presence in sectors where the Bank Group leads helps ensure steady engagement in policy dialogue and proactive participation in Sector Working Groups. Read more in Conclusions, Lessons, and Recommendations (Chapter 4) In planning and implementing the next phase of Bank Group support, IEG recommends that the Bank Group’s Rwanda country management team consider: Making systematic use of Rwanda’s government-led donor architecture in determining how the World Bank Group can best respond to priorities arising from findings of the Future Drivers of Growth study. As part of this response, it would be appropriate to continue the selectivity that has characterized Bank Group engagement during the past several years, taking into account government demand and the comparative advantage of Bank Group institutions as well as their complementarity with other development partners. Using analytical work strategically to draw timely attention to insufficiently addressed binding constraints and or policy errors that will need to be overcome if Rwanda is to continue smoothly and sustainably on its path toward MIC and eventually HIC status. The Future Drivers of Growth study is an important step in this direction, and the World Bank is encouraged to continue using knowledge work and policy dialogue to highlight key issues, sharing findings candidly with policymakers, stakeholders, and development practitioners. Ensuring more systematic World Bank-IFC collaboration to realize synergies—as seen, for example, in agriculture—more broadly across the World Bank Group program, notably in energy, the financial sector, and the urban sector. Ensuring that the Bank Group’s approaches to key crosscutting subjects (for example, PFM, decentralization, or capacity development) systematically integrate sector-specific experiences. Adopting a holistic rural-urban approach to ensure inclusive and sustained territorial transformation that does not leave the poor behind or widen inequalities. How to support countries that aspire to middle-income status: Lessons from Rwanda How the World Bank Group and other development partners can engage more effectively in middle-income countries: Insights from Mexico PPAR: Republic of Rwanda Decentralization and Community Development Project Review of the 2009-2013 Rwanda Country Assistance Strategy Completion Report (CASCR) and the CAS Progress Report (CASPR) Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line193
__label__wiki	0.705832	0.705832	Posted August 31, 2018 by J Matthew Cobb in News Musical stars and dignitaries come out for the funeral services of the Queen of Soul The Queen of Soul is about to be laid to rest in glorious style. Fitting for a Queen. The close-to-seven hour-long funeral will feature performances from Stevie Wonder, Fantasia, the Clark Sisters, Chaka Khan, Ron Isley, Yolanda Adams, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Faith Hill, Bishop Paul S. Morton, gospel icon Shirley Caesar and will be accompanied by the Aretha Franklin Celebration Choir (assembled by various church choirs and members of the Whitfield Company) and the Aretha Franklin Orchestra. Reflections and tributes will include words from Clive Davis, Cicely Tyson, Michael Eric Dyson, TD Jakes, Detroit mayor Mike Duggan, Detroit governor Rick Snyder, Judge Greg Mathis, former US President Bill Clinton, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Dr. William J. Barber and a closing eulogy from Franklin’s close friend, Rev. Jasper Williams. The latter appeared on Franklin’s 1987 gospel album One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism and served as the eulogist for Rev. CL Franklin. Added to the program’s ceremony late this week, pop star Ariana Grande, who wowed television audiences “Natural Woman” on The Tonight Show with backing from The Roots, will also perform a selection. The star-studded ceremony, held at the 4,000 seat Greater Grace Church in Detroit, will be a private service for family and friends, but will be televised on select media outlets thanks to a live feed provided by the Associated Press. CNN, BET and Fox News will offer portions of the live video. If you recall, Greater Grace was the site for previous public servants including Rosa Parks and former Motown giant Levi Stubbs (of the Four Tops). WATCH LIVE FEED FOR ARETHA FRANKLIN’S FUNERAL aretha franklin, Headlines, news Still Burnin’: Patti LaBelle Fires Up Extemporaneous Humor and Funky Soul at Sold Out Show Legacy Artists Are Showing Domination on Billboard 200 Aretha Reigns! Queen of Soul Posthumously Soars on Multiple Billboard Charts Editor’s Note: Aretha Will Forever Be Queen to Me	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line198
__label__cc	0.721537	0.278463	Register now ! Login Home Jersey City Events Contact Us Tag Message Forum Photo Gallery FAQ 28 user(s) are online (16 user(s) are browsing Message Forum) Board index » Jersey City, NJ » Contractors » window replacement - historic district Topic options View mode Oldest First Bamb00zle Re: window replacement - historic district Joined : Last Login : From DT JC light12v, I've left a lengthy PM for you. I'd have posted it, since I think everyone should know how the HPO and HPC operate and what might done, but the post was just too long. The situation is difficult, but I think there are several possible approaches to improving things. No guarantees though.... light12v From JC Bamb00zle wrote: I've bolded the critical clause they ignore: “If historic windows have deteriorated to a point precluding repair, rehabilitation or restoration, based on documentation submitted by the applicant, or a field inspection by the Historic Preservation Officer, replacement windows may be approved under a Certificate of No Effect if they match the historic windows....” This clause specifically refers ONLY to historic windows that have deteriorated. Everything following in that sub-section of the code is exclusively about deteriorated historic windows. The code is totally silent about replacing existing NON-historic windows in historic buildings. Replacing NON-historic windows with fake, “historic looking” windows isn't “preservation”. You can't preserve something, here a historic window, that doesn't exist. So what is that section of JC code about? It describes what you must do when you have a deteriorated, existing historic window. You retain (preserve) as much of the original, historic window as possible. Everything of the existing historic window that can be saved must be “preserved”. Parts that are beyond repair must be “restored.” It means that if part of an original, historic window can't be repaired, you can't tear out the entire window. You must “restore” the beyond repair part and keep all the rest of the window. For example, consider an existing historic window with a sash so badly deteriorated it can't be repaired. The sash holds the windowpane and moves when you open the window. The code allows you to make a new sash (or part of it), essentially identical to the historic sash, and use that “restored” sash to repair the existing, historic window. Only the “beyond repair” part, the sash, is “restored.” The rest of the window must stay and be preserved. That's “historic preservation.” As it is custom work, it can be (is) very costly, and you should carefully consider that before you buy a house in a historic district. When HPO and HPC demands go further than “preservation” activities they are misapplying the code and acting outside their lawful authority. And when they leave critical clauses off sections of code they are supposed to know and correctly administer, thereby changing the meaning of the code, that is plain, willful abuse. It is damaging to property owners, it ignores the State MLUL, and it raises serious legal risks for the City with Federal Housing Law. The City should put a stop to it. A note about definitions of “restoration” and “reconstruction”: Although similar, the words “restoration” and “reconstruction” have particular meanings when used in Historic Preservation Codes and Guidelines. The best definitions (clearest, most precise, easiest to understand) are found in the Secretary of the Interior's Guidelines for Historic Preservation. Updated guidelines were released earlier this year. The JC Historic Code specifies the Secretary's Guidelines as the standard the JC HPC shall follow. See: https://www.nps.gov/tps/standards/treatment-guidelines-2017.pdf In the JC Historic Zoning Code, the definition for “reconstruction” (§345-6. - Definitions) is so badly expressed it doesn't make sense. It seems a typographical error was made repeating part of the wording from the definition for “restoration.” That's a problem because when wording in a law, regulations or code is poorly expressed and not “understandable by a person of common intelligence”, the law or regulation (or part of it) is invalid. Thank you for clarifying these points about windows for ALL Jersey City properties contained within the municipality's designated Historic Districts. Regarding your words of caution when considering property purchases in a Historic District [Highlighted Above]: What advice do you have for those of us already residing on the Westside who purchased Homes prior to having this Municipal HDO Ordinance [devoid of appropriate guidelines] imposed upon us, without our permission, BWO a myriad of blatant Illegal Procedures [including but not limited to eradication of our property rights] employed by this current Administration in their unrelenting Quest for Gentrification on a grand scale? When a Municipality simply eliminates key elements [property owner permissions] from the Federal & State Historic Preservation program guidelines that they then defer to, [gutting the State MLUL/ Federal Law & simply ignoring the mandate of an updated MasterPlan] they create an untenable situation of the Perfect Storm for AMPLIFIED Abuses! Should Jersey City Taxpayers be bled out completely to shoulder additional Multi-Million$ costs associated with the resultant litany of Budget-Busting Lawsuits coming down the pike ??? [as the Direct consequence of This Mayor's Bad decisions plus his Administration's sloppy Work-Product and Improper Handling of their Fiduciary/Legislative responsibilities.] I want to clarify a point in my post about the JC Historic Code requirements for historic windows. In the event anyone uses it for some reason subsequently, I want to be 100% accurate. In my previous post I used the word “reconstruction” instead of “restoration”. The Jersey City Code at §345-71. L. 1. b. i. uses “restoration.” That section of the historic preservation code is regularly abused by the City. The key points of my post don't change at all: 1.) The HPC and HPO's lawful authority is limited to regulating “preservation.” 2.) “Historic preservation” is only possible if something still exists from the past. 3.) HPO / HPC demands that owners use new, fake, “historic-looking” windows to replace NON-historic windows isn't historic “preservation”, so is outside their limited authority to compel. The HPO and HPC abuse that section of the historic preservation code by ignoring a critical clause. In so doing they make it seem the code applies to replacing historic and NON-historic windows in historic district houses. It doesn't, and the clause they ignore shows it doesn't. Ignoring a critical clause isn't just a mistake, it's willful abuse, and it ought to stop. I've bolded the critical clause they ignore: This reading of the code is fully consistent with the “preservation” purpose and language of the MLUL. “Restoring” only the beyond repair part and keeping all other parts of an existing historic window, to make the window fully operational, is “preservation.” Mandating such work is within the HPO and HPC's limited authority under the MLUL enabling “preservation” provisions. In contrast, activities that are not “preservation”, for example, requiring that owners replace NON-historic windows with new, fake, historic-looking windows are beyond the HPO and HPC's limited authority allowed by the MLUL. Reflecting this limitation the JC Historic Code is completely silent about the replacement of existing, NON-historic windows in historic buildings. There's not a word about that situation anywhere in the code. There can't be because municipal zoning codes can't demand things that aren't permitted by the MLUL. And clearly, when a law or code is silent about something it can't be read to compel the thing about which it is silent. limak116 From Hamilton Park sullyx wrote: limak116 wrote: K-Lo2 wrote: Hasn't Steve Nuding retired. Seems like it. I called the number I could find on google but got no answer. Left a voicemail a few days ago. If anyone knows who has "taken over" for him please let me know. SMFH maybe read Ryan Vincent's reply below?! Yes, I saw that. Was looking for confirmation. sullyx utterly deplorable You do need to follow the “rules”, which you can find in the JC code at 345-30 and 345-71. Since it's a part of “Zoning” other general provisions apply as well, found throughout the Code and State Laws. Although you must follow the rules, rest assured Dan and the HPC won't do the same. They'll ignore the bounds of their authority, which are limited to “historic preservation”. Instead they'll demand the sun, moon and stars and won't give you a permit till they get what they want. The devil in understanding all this is in the details, which are widely mis-understood and applied. Read on if you choose, and you might learn something about the way the HPC and HPO operate in Jersey City. First, you need to understand a little about the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL). The MLUL is the enabling legislation from which the City draws its limited authority to regulate “historic preservation.” “Preservation” is the key word used in the applicable sections of the MLUL . Why is the word “preservation” so important? Well, in matters of historic preservation the enabling MLUL limits the regulatory powers it grants municipalities to preservation and ONLY preservation. “Reconstruction”, “restoration” and other such activities are NOT mentioned in the MLUL, and are, therefore, EXCLUDED as activities the City has any authority to compel. So what about the word “preservation” in particular? Here we turn to the ordinary, obvious meaning of the word. It is plainly apparent it is only possible to “preserve” something that currently exists. The term “historic preservation” itself makes reference to something that is from history – that is, something that exists from the past. Conversely, if something does not exist, there is nothing to “preserve”. Put another way, if a historic feature no longer exists, then it can't be preserved. A fake, historic-appearing, replication of some non-existant feature or aspect of a building might be made by “reconstruction” or “recreation”, but those activities are not “preservation.” With all that as background now to the matter of window replacement. First, take a careful look at the wording of the City code. It's found at 345-71 L. 1. b. I'll reproduce here for ease of reference, and have added the bold for emphasis of a key clause: L. Additional Regulations for Alterations and Additions to Buildings and New Construction. 1. Windows. b. Replacement. i. If historic windows have deteriorated to a point precluding repair, rehabilitation or restoration, based on documentation submitted by the applicant, or a field inspection by the Historic Preservation Officer, replacement windows may be approved under a Certificate of No Effect if they match the historic windows in terms of configuration, operation, details, material and finish. Variations in details will be permitted if such variations do not significantly affect the visual characteristics of the historic window, including the shadow effect of muntins and sash on the glazing. In evaluating "significant" effect, other factors to be considered shall be the age of the building and its architectural quality, as well as the extent of reduction in the total glazed area of the proposed sash compared to the existing sash. For narrow wood windows (less than fifteen (15) inches wide), the reduction shall be limited to ten percent (10%); for wood windows, fifteen (15) inches or wider, the reduction shall be limited to six percent; for metal double-hung windows (of any size), the reduction shall be limited to ten percent (10%). ii. In buildings less than thirty (30) years old, the replacement windows need not match the historic window in terms of materials. The finish, however, must match the finish of the original windows. On secondary facades, windows which are visible from a public thoroughfare need only match the historic windows in terms of configuration and finish. iii. Proposals for replacement windows which do not meet these conditions will require a Certificate of Appropriateness You'll notice the words used are about historic windows that STILL EXIST, although perhaps in such a state of disrepair that it is no longer possible to make them serviceable through means of repair, rehabilitation or reconstruction. Please note that the word reconstruction is used here to in reference to something that still exists, and needs to be preserved. It is not referring to the construction of something completely new where nothing presently exists. This latter use of “reconstruction” has a technical definition found in the definitions section of the Code, and more clearly in the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Historic Preservation. So, if your historic windows still exist, they must be preserved (by means of repair, rehabilitation or reconstruction). If your historic windows can't be preserved you're going to have to replace them with essentially identical, fake “historic” copies. And those copies don't come cheap. $3,500 a piece for long, parlor-level windows last time I checked, and that was a couple of years ago. Now to “non-historic” windows in an old building. This situation is very frequent because many of the houses in the historic districts had the original wood windows removed and replaced, often by aluminum windows, at some past time. Obviously, the historic windows are no longer present, so they can't be preserved. It is notable that the Code is completely silent on the situation of replacement of a non-historic window in an old building. There isn't a word about it. But there is no mystery in that, it is exactly as you'd expect. City Codes can't include wording that is inconsistent with the City's limited power to regulate. The City does not have the legal authority to order or require the replacement of non-historic windows by historic windows in an old building, so words to that effect aren't in the Code. Recall the City can only regulate “preservation.” Ordering someone to replace a non-historic window with a fake-historic looking window would not be “preservation”, it would be “restoration” or “reconstruction” – and is therefore outside the City's authority to require. Nevertheless, if your existing windows are not historic, then this is where the “demand the sun, moon and stars” hits you – Dan and the HPC will try to have you believe they have the authority to demand that you replace those non-historic windows with “fake historic” ones. And worse, if you are unlucky enough to have had your long parlor-level windows bricked up sometime in the past, well then they'll try to make you restore those long window openings as well. More expense. These activities are not “preservation” of an existing historic feature. They are “restoration” of the building to its appearance from time time in the past. These kinds of demands by the HPC and HPO are beyond their legal authority to regulate “preservation.” All the definitions are in the Code. Again, better definitions are found in the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Historic preservation. The latter definitions are much clearer than the City's, particularly the one for '”restoration” which is so badly written in the JC Code as to fail the “understandable by a person of common intelligence” standard. As I've noted previously, the HPC and HPO get away with this abuse of their authority because many homeowners simply give in to the demands. It's expensive, time consuming and a hassle to take the HPC and HPO on. And you can't count on ANY support from our esteemed council persons. They're too busy doing the bidding of the Mayor. You can fight, but you'd need to hire an attorney intimately familiar with all the detailed requirements of zoning law. That's expensive, often more that the cost of the work and so the City gets its way. For owners who can't afford the expensive, extensive work demanded, well they often just sell, driven out of their neighborhoods by the heavy handed and abusive use of these zoning codes. That's how it goes down in JC – always has, probably always will..... So SAD, however TBT, keepin it REAL RyanVincent I'm new to JC List. Just figuring out how it works, but I wanted to get this info out there: My name is Tim Ryan, my company is Ryan Vincent LLC, and, yes, Steve Nuding did retire, but I bought the business from him, after working with him the last year. (I did this after a 30+ year career in NYC construction management). I have great references for anyone who would like them. My phone number is Steve's old one: 201 978 3609. So please call, text or email me at timryan33312@gmail.com. I'd be happy to help you all. And please pass the word! K-Lo2 From Jersey City Thank you very much. Stephen is the guy I keep hearing about. jcgurl From Harsimus Cove You didn't ask but here's the name of THE contractor for installation of windows in historic districts. He will file all the necessary permits, etc. and knows just what kind of windows you will need: https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/stephen-nuding HCResident From Harsuimus Cove No. You cannot assume you're ok. You have to go through the process. Even if you think you've found windows that are "close enough", they could force you to remove them if they don't deem them proper. That's even after you install them. It's best to just bite the bullet and do it the correct way from the start. It may seem like a hassle, but you'll likely create a larger hassle by not following the regulations. That's my two cents. window replacement - historic district I am interested in replacing the old inefficient windows in my unit that face the street. This is in Hamilton Park where there are obviously historic district rules regarding stuff that faces the public. As long as the windows are the same style as the others in the building I am assuming I am ok? Also, any recommended contractors that would specialize in these types of old buildings? Thanks -- Select a Forum -- [Jersey City, NJ] Main Forum Real Estate Restaurant & Bar Crime & Safety Politics & Government Art & Entertainment Contractors [Other than Jersey City, NJ] NOT Jersey City [Downtown Jersey City, NJ Neighborhood Discussion] Newport [Website suggestions and technical questions.] Suggestions and questions wanted! LicenseInformation \| AboutUs \| PrivacyPolicy \| Faq \| Contact JERSEY CITY LIST - News & Reviews - Jersey City, NJ - Copyright 2004 - 2017	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line218
__label__wiki	0.720735	0.720735	LANKALIBRARY FORUM LankaLibrary Forum is a meeting place for those who are interested in Sri Lanka and her people Login Forum Search FAQ Board index » Health & Lifestyle » Health Issues Onions cut heart disease risk Post subject: Onions cut heart disease risk Onions 'cut heart disease risk' Onions are a good source of quercetin Eating a meal rich in compounds called flavonoids reduces some early signs of heart disease, research shows. An Institute of Food Research team focused on one of the compounds, quercetin, which is found in tea, onions, apples and red wine. The Atherosclerosis study examined the effect of the compounds produced after quercetin is broken down by the body. They were shown to help prevent the chronic inflammation which can lead to thickening of the arteries. Previous research has shown quercetin is metabolised very quickly by the intestine and liver and is not actually found in human blood. So instead the researchers concentrated on the compounds that enter the bloodstream after quercetin is ingested, absorbed and metabolised. The compounds were used - in concentrations similar to those that would be produced following digestion - to treat cells taken from the lining of the blood vessels. Lower dose, bigger impact Lead researcher Dr Paul Kroon said: "We tested compounds that are actually found in the blood, rather than the flavonoid in food before it is eaten, as only these compounds will actually come into contact with human tissues and have an effect on arterial health. "The effect is more subtle than laboratory experiments using the parent compound. "But the metabolites still have an effect on the cells lining the blood vessels." The research found that, in the case of one inflammatory process, a lower dose of the compounds - achievable by eating 100g to 200g of onions - actually had a bigger impact. Bridget Aisbitt, a nutrition scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation, said: "Inflammation is an important process in the furring up of arteries that can lead to heart disease and stroke and this study gives us clues as to why a diet rich in fruit and vegetables appears to reduce the risk of these conditions. "In the UK we are only consuming about two portions of fruit and vegetables per day on average, so this study underlines the importance of getting your five a day to stay healthy throughout life." Jump to: Select a forum ------------------ General Topics Welcome Posting Guidelines Sri Lanka Latest News Offbeat News and Feature Articles Sri Lanka Photo Album Needs Information Classified & Announcements Public Forum Languages & Literature Languages & Literature Books and Book Reviews Arts, Poetry & Drama History & Archaeology Mahawamsa - Ancient History Kandyan Kingdom The Kingdom of Sitavaka Memoirs of Yesteryear Colonial History (1505 – 1948) HMS Highflyer Archaeology Buddhism , Science & Mysteries Buddhism Life after Death & Rebirth Myths & Mysteries Science Socio-Economic issues Socio-Economic issues - general Human Rights SRI LANKAN HOUSEMAIDS Sri lanka NGO Forum Tsunami Projects & Related News Frauds,Corruptions, scandals & Conspiracies Masters and Sinners : Sri Lanka Underworld Politics & Ethnic Conflict Loony Politics in Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers (LTTE) & Ethnic Conflict Political Assassinations Murders, Massacares & Victims of War Military Operations & Heroes of our time Health & Lifestyle Health Issues Alternative Medicine & Herbal Products Sri Lankan cuisine, fruits and spices Women, Fashion & Love Wild life, Fauna & Flora Sri Lankan Elephants National Parks, forests & ecosystems Sri Lankan Reptiles Sri Lanka's beautiful wildlife Bird Watch Butterflies, Dragonflies & Insects Trees & Plants Sri Lanka Heritage Historical Buddhist Shrines & Monesteries Great Cities and Historical Places Landmark buildings & Constructions Hindu Heritage of Sri Lanka Christian Heritage of Sri Lanka Travel & Tourism Hotels, Villas, Boutique Hotels & Restaurants of Sri Lanka Tourist Attractions Natural Resources & Precious Stones Arts & Entertainment Music Films & TV Humor Short Stories Sri Lanka Society & Culture Customs, Rituals & Traditions Arts & Crafts of Sri Lanka People, Ethnic groups & Personalities Lankan People & Ethnic groups Colorful Personalities & Extraordinary People of Lanka Money Matters Development Plans, Economy & Other	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line230
__label__cc	0.712126	0.287874	Tag Archives: PJ Fadoul South Tour April 1, 2016 Blogpostsflamarimba, flute, Lawler and Fadoul, marimba, music, Paul Fadoul, PJ Fadoul, Prelude Cocktail, Preludes, Zadie Lawler, Zara LawlerZara Our South Tour started with an intense Flamarimba Camp with LONG, and I do mean LONG, rehearsal days: Another full day at #flamarimba camp with @LawlerAndFadoul! pic.twitter.com/g0RR6toCrM — Zara Lawler (@FluteOnItsFeet) March 27, 2016 We didn’t just have a lot of music to practice…there were a lot of instruments: Not your average flute setup. #flamarimba camp strikes again. With @LawlerAndFadoul pic.twitter.com/wNYMUHJjAr And, though our real reason to be in North Carolina was to teach a class at the UNC School of the Arts, while we were there, I staged a little protest of their crazy discriminatory new bathroom law: Yes, I used it! #hb2 protest! pic.twitter.com/0RNpabKwg0 Then we were off: Next stop! pic.twitter.com/OXQnXrB0nj — Lawler + Fadoul (@LawlerAndFadoul) March 30, 2016 It was beautiful: Touring the south in the spring = redbuds! At Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music. W/ @LawlerAndFadoul @BurkartFlutes pic.twitter.com/gu4aotjVEH And sultry: @LawlerAndFadoul visits the flute section and things get sultry. See it for yourself tonight @TTUGoldenEagles pic.twitter.com/8lINT8we98 And fancy: Fancy poster with reflection of fancy lobby. Come hear fancy music @TTUGoldenEagles tonight! pic.twitter.com/tZhGuC3lnU And meta: Seen on I-40: a flatbed carrying a flatbed carrying a flatbed. #meta on tour with @LawlerAndFadoul pic.twitter.com/9juyN9Qmtz — Zara Lawler (@FluteOnItsFeet) April 1, 2016 And we spent a lot of time on I-40: Also seen on I-40: beauty. @LawlerAndFadoul heading home. pic.twitter.com/LvVwsmnILg Dead Composers Review Prelude Cocktail October 31, 2014 BlogpostsBach, Chopin, Debussy, flute, Lawler and Fadoul, marimba, music, Paul Fadoul, PJ Fadoul, Prelude Cocktail, Preludes, Shostakovich, Zadie Lawler, Zara LawlerZara Our debut CD Prelude Cocktail came out last fall, but the reviews are still coming in. Just in time for Halloween, we have these quotes from the latest edition of De-Composition Quarterly. They are, well, mixed: “I thought Stalin was bad, but Prelude Cocktail makes me feel truly repressed.” D. Shostakovich, staff writer “I’m skeptical of a flute made of gold…but the well-tempered clavier is amazing!” -J.S. Bach, editor-in-chief “Flute and Marimba?! It’s an abomination! Negative 4 stars.” -F. Chopin, staff writer “Sacrebleu! J’aime la flûte et le marimba! Lawler et Fadoul sont formidables!” -C. Debussy, staff writer. September 26, 2014 Blogpostsflamarimba, Lawler and Fadoul, parenthood, Paul Fadoul, PJ Fadoul, Zadie Lawler, Zara LawlerZara “Vacation” is in quotes because musicians never really take vacations. Even if we don’t have concerts coming up, we are always practicing and plotting our next projects. Lawler + Fadoul spent July getting down to some serious R+D on our next extravaganza. Tentatively called “Clickable,” the program is going to be a staged concert that focuses on music that is normally not heard on concert stages (jingles, TV theme songs, hold music, video games…) and yet has a distinct pull on our psyche, making us want to buy the product, watch the show, or click through to the next video. We spent our summer creative time talking about what kinds of music we might use, composers we want to commission, and elements we want to have in the show. Exciting though that was (and you will be hearing more about it in coming weeks), it was nothing compared to what I did in August! I became a parent! My wife, Aine, had a healthy impishly cute baby girl, Frances! Oh man, she’s adorable: Most of the month of August was spent on informal maternity leave…alternately gazing at the little cutie, changing diapers, catching naps whenever possible, and making up songs with such great titles as “Diaper Switcheroo” and “Floppy Head Baby Buddha.” Paul’s wife, PBS reporter Jenny Marder, wrote a really interesting article about lullabies , at least partly inspired by a conversation she and I had before Frances was born. I had been trying to learn some lullabies to get ready for parenthood, and somehow the best ones all turned out to be murder ballads! Anyway, now that I am a parent, I’m hoping Jenny will write an article about the impulse to create songs or rhythmic chants whenever a squirmy or fussy baby is in one’s arms. I’ve observed that phenomenon in myself and my wife, and virtually everyone who has come to meet Frances, even our non-musician friends. It’s like a biological imperative. Someone should study it! Speaking of Paul and his wife, did you know they became parents last November? Their healthy, impishly cute baby boy, Kai, was born (conveniently) right between our CD release house concerts and our November/December tour! Check out this cuteness: Lawler + Fadoul: The Next Generation has begun. Dos Conciertos June 6, 2014 Blogpostsflamarimba, flute, Gronica, Gronica Project, Lawler and Fadoul, Paul Fadoul, PJ Fadoul, Prelude Cocktail, Zadie Lawler, Zara LawlerPaul So I’ve been working on Spanish. There is a website where I can practice my writing and get crowdsourced corrections. I wrote a little note about our Carnegie Concert Series performance (and a concert my students put on Thursday). Here it is! Esta noche voy a ir a un concierto en el que mis estudiantes tocarán la percusión. Es el último concierto del año. Me divertí mucho con la mayoría de estos estudiantes. Dos tríos tocarán por la marimba y dos piezas más grandes, incluyendo “Mah-na mah-na”, de Los Muppets. Depués , me iré a Nueva York a tocar con un flautista. La música es muy dificil y espero estar listo. “¡Deséame suerte!” Whirlwind Weekend in Vancouver April 14, 2014 BlogpostsBCTC, flamarimba, flute, Lawler and Fadoul, marimba, music, Pacific Contact, Paul Fadoul, PJ Fadoul, Prelude Cocktail, Preludes, Vancouver, Zadie Lawler, Zara LawlerZara We spent last weekend in Vancouver for a quick tour with a house concert and a conference. We were pretty much in love with the whole city, and can’t wait to go back. On Friday night, Barbara Lyall and Kath Poole hosted us in a really fun house concert. Kath’s home is an architect-designed modern beauty that seemed to have been created with house concerts in mind. There was plenty of room for the marimba and the audience. Brent Alley, who really should be considered a third co-host, took this nice photo of the audience: We are so grateful to our hosts for introducing us to their friends, to their friends for coming to the concert, and to our super-fans (those would be my family members!) who came a long way to see us and to help out! Saturday was dedicated to British Columbia Touring Council’s Pacific Contact, their annual booking conference. We started out doing a mini-showcase (a “pitch/perform”) in the morning, compressing 300 years of preludes into five minutes. The rest of the day was spent getting to know lots of new people–artists, presenters, consultants, and the amazing staff of BCTC as well. It was the most friendly conference we’ve ever been to, and we hope to return to BC for more performances and yes, to go back to the conference too! The “app folks” at BCTC were running a photo contest as part of the conference…the conference app had a nifty feature that would take a picture and frame it with the Pacific Contact logo. When we returned from lunch to find my parents “guarding” the marimba for us, I took this photo: And guess what? The photo won! The prize was an iPad mini!!! Talk about an unforeseen benefit! I passed the mini on to my parents who really did deserve a prize for all their help ferrying us and the marimba all over town. I submitted this “post-script” photo of me teaching them to use it: What’s the deal with all these arrangements? Why not just commission new works if you are so hot to increase the repertoire for flute and marimba? March 3, 2014 Blogpostsflamarimba, flute, Gronica, Gronica Project, Lawler and Fadoul, marimba, music, Paul Fadoul, PJ Fadoul, Prelude Cocktail, Preludes, Zadie Lawler, Zara LawlerZara Leave a comment School Shows, Kid Comments January 31, 2014 Blogpostsflamarimba, flute, Kennedy Center, Lawler + Fadoul, Lawler and Fadoul, marimba, music for kids, national symphony orchestra, outreach, Paul Fadoul, PJ Fadoul, Zadie Lawler, Zara LawlerZara Lawler + Fadoul spent part of the first week of December doing a record-breaking 16 shows in three days as part of our outreach work on behalf of the National Symphony Orchestra. Our in-school concerts are highly interactive, and it’s always fun to hear what the kids have to say about the instruments and the music. Below we share some of the best quotes from this three-day marathon. From John Adams Elementary School where we performed Let’s Dance! for students in preschool, kindergarden and third grade: “It’s a miracle!” -kindergartner upon seeing the marimba for the first time “There’s so many contraptions on it.” -third grader upon seeing all the keys of the flute up close As part of Let’s Dance!, we play Name that Tune, to demonstrate the flute’s melodic role in music. We had two really fun answers at John Adams. One was from a kindergartner in the Spanish immersion class, who carefully answered, perhaps translating in her head, “Mary had a little…sheep?” A more surprising answer came when I played the Star Wars theme song, and one kindergartner called it “Angry Birds!” I guess he was more familiar with the game than the movie!! At Mosby Woods Elementary School, we did 10 performances of Can You Hear Me Now?, our interactive concert about preludes and fugues. At the beginning of each class, the music teacher asked the students what they thought of the instruments, and they had some interesting thoughts on the marimba: “It’s the grandfather of the bells.” “It’s like a giant xylophone.” And a question about the flute: “Is that flute made of bronze?” [actually, it’s gold!] And at the end of our 10 shows, the music teacher exclaimed in a triumphant tone: “This is the IT!” I think that it was a subconscious combination of “This is it” and “This is the end!” but something about “the IT!” struck me as fitting considering how many shows we packed into those three days. Why Prelude Cocktail? October 14, 2013 Blogposts, newsflamarimba, flute, Gronica, Gronica Project, Jeanne Velonis, Katherine Hoover, Lawler and Fadoul, marimba, music, Paul Fadoul, PJ Fadoul, Prelude Cocktail, recording, Zadie Lawler, Zara LawlerZara Preludes are musical cocktails: intriguing and intoxicating on their own, they also hold the promise of something more to come. You might share cocktails before a big meal, just as a prelude often introduces a more substantial fugue. Cocktails can be sweet (think of a Cosmo!), strong (gin martini), classic (Tom Collins, anyone?) or new and adventurous (what’s that one that is Red Bull and vodka?), and our selections from four centuries of preludes are equally eclectic. Prelude Cocktail includes two world premiere sets of preludes by American composers Katherine Hoover and Roshanne Etezady, as well as our own brand new arrangements of favorites of the genre by Debussy, Gershwin, Bach, Chopin, Shostakovich and Scriabin. Guest clarinetist, Christopher Grymes, joins us on two preludes and fugues by Shostakovich. Photo by Julie Lemberger What about the promise of a prelude? That there is more to come? If fugues by Bach and Shostakovich aren’t enough… Lawler + Fadoul’s debut CD, Prelude Cocktail is the first stage of our long-term project to expand the repertoire for flute and marimba, both by commissioning new works and by arranging favorites for other instruments. All works on the CD are world premiere recordings that herald the rich sonic and expressive potential of the combination of flute and marimba. Lawler moves from flute to piccolo and alto flute and back again, as Fadoul plays both marimba and vibraphone, in quick succession or at the same time. The addition of clarinet, beautifully played by guest artist Christopher Grymes, is a surprising and welcome ingredient. The transcriptions have allowed us to explore the range and richness of what the unique flute-marimba combination can achieve – we see it as a way of looking forward while looking back.” Interview with composer Katherine Hoover, Part 2 July 21, 2013 Blogpostscomposers life, flamarimba, flute, Gronica, Gronica Project, Katherine Hoover, Lawler and Fadoul, marimba, music, New York Flute Club, Paul Fadoul, PJ Fadoul, Prelude Cocktail, Preludes, Zadie Lawler, Zara LawlerZara This interview originally appeared in the May 2013 New York Flute Club Newsletter. © 2013 by The New York Flute Club, Inc. afternoon: BUSINESS If the morning is about getting ideas out of Katherine’s head and onto paper, the afternoon is about getting her music out of her apartment and onto music stands everywhere… ZL: So, you’ve composed until you’re done for the day, then what? KH: Well, I head for the computer: there are always things to answer, like somebody wants a lesson on Kokopeli, and that has to be scheduled. I go to the post office a reasonable amount. I’m very, very lucky that Papagena Press has been enough of a success that about five years ago Theodore Presser came to me and asked to be my distributor, and offered me a very nice deal. So I have to get stuff off to them, from time to time, and then there are a ton of other things, a lot of inquiries. So in the afternoon I handle things like inquiries, and the business level of it. ZL: Now that Presser is your distributor, what kind of work do you have to do for Papagena Press? KH: Well, there’s a lot! Getting pieces ready, which includes editing, proofing (ugh!) and designing the publication. And you’ll notice, I do design, very carefully, every cover. First of all, it’s fun for me. And I think it makes a real difference. ZL: And Papagena is just your works? KH: I tried once, many years ago, to put out someone else’s work. And my name did not sell anyone else’s work. And it was a lot of effort! So I said, “No more.” ZL: So your work is creating the product that Presser then reproduces and sells. You have to make it into a printable PDF or something for Presser? KH: No, for the printer. I pay for all of that, which is the reason they made me such a good deal! ZL: Oh, so you do literally everything except the distribution? KH: Correct. ZL: So if someone wants to buy your music, they order it through Presser, but basically what they are getting is a physical product that you, Katherine Hoover, have created. That’s very cool! Do you keep all of the music in stock, or did you, until it was distributed by Presser? KH: Yes… ZL: So before the days of Presser, if you ordered a piece of music from Katherine Hoover, it came directly from the hand of Katherine Hoover. Katherine Hoover took it to the post office, and mailed it to you. That’s freaking cool! [Both laugh.] I mean, it’s probably tiring for you, but it’s cool for the rest of us. “This stamp was licked by Katherine Hoover!” [More laughter.] ZL: Would you say that having your own publishing company, having that control and that vehicle for your work to get out into the world, has been successful? KH: Absolutely. It means two wonderful things: I really do have a say in where the page turns are, what it looks like, all of this…. And, the other one? It’s a big one: I can put out whatever the heck I please! ZL: Is it financially successful? KH: I make some money from it every year. I make enough that it helps. ZL: So your afternoon is Papagena, inquiries, website maintenance, that sort of thing. And you do that for three hours, five hours, twelve hours, until you’re done? KH: Well, two to three hours. Then if it’s Monday, as it is today, my son usually comes by for dinner. Which brings us to… evening: LIFE KH: I have a house to run and a family to take care of and that takes time too, but the days are very different, sometimes you work two, three, four hours, sometimes you work seven or eight hours, and one day will follow the next and it won’t be the same at all. But basically it’s writing, then tending to Papagena takes the next big chunk, and then practicing. Practicing voice and flute. ZL: So you do that at the end of the day? KH: No, I do that after I write, when I’m still reasonably fresh. ZL: So, to complete this “day in the life,” obviously you have a family life you maintain, and a personal life that you also maintain. You’re having dinner with your son. What are some of the other activities that might take up your personal time? KH: Well, I just had a daughter-in-law and granddaughter here for 10 days from Vienna. And, this is New York, we like to go to things. We don’t get to half the things we’d like to go to! One reasons this has worked so well for both of us [Katherine and her husband, Richard Goodwin, who is a guidance counselor at a South Bronx high school] is that I knew when I married Richard that he had the passion about what he does that I have about what I do, and so we would respect that for each other. He knows music is central to my life and that I wouldn’t be me without it, and I know he would not be himself without what he does, and his kids. ZL: Well, I think that’s really important. Both of your careers are so challenging, and require such an investment of your personality. It’s not like filling out forms at the bank all day! You have to be able to give each other that permission, at the very least, and support, hopefully at the best. At this point, Richard himself interrupted the interview to add another answer to the question of her non-composing activities, by showing me some of Katherine’s pottery. In fact, it turned out I was drinking coffee out of one of her pieces, and that the two spend time together every week, working at a pottery studio. The coffee mug I was using was an exception in Katherine’s work: KH: I was never terribly good at the wheel, so basically I’ve been making things lately for which there is absolutely no human use. And I’ve been enjoying the heck out of it! RICHARD: She’s in her “Dali” period, I would say… And so one day in the life of a composer flows, with writing, practicing, business and life, until it is time to start thinking about tomorrow’s writing session, when another day in the life of Katherine Hoover begins. June 21, 2013 Blogpostscomposers life, composing music, flamarimba, flute, Gronica, Gronica Project, Katherine Hoover, Lawler and Fadoul, marimba, music, New York Flute Club, Papagena Press, Paul Fadoul, PJ Fadoul, Prelude Cocktail, Preludes, Zadie Lawler, Zara LawlerZara KATHERINE HOOVER: A day in the life of a composer Interview by Zara Lawler The flute world knows Katherine Hoover (www.katherinehoover.com) as a groundbreaking composer of wonderful music for the flute. She began her life as a composer when it was very unusual for women to consider composing as a career. Equally boldly, she started a publishing company, Papagena Press, to get her music out into the world. I first met Katherine in the early ’90s when I was at Barnard College, working on both her Suite for two flutes and Kokopeli for my senior thesis project on women composers. She was one of the first “real” (that is, non-student) composers I had ever met, and I am so pleased that we have worked together quite a bit in the years since! For this profile, we got together last year at her Upper West Side apartment, and I used the opportunity to ask her all sorts of nosy questions about the nitty-gritty of her life as a composer, and how it compares to the life of a flutist. morning: WRITING Actually, it turns out that a day in the life of Katherine Hoover, composer, begins the night before! ZARA LAWLER: When you sit down to start your composing day, is there any sort of warm-up you do, any sort of mental preparation? KATHERINE HOOVER: As a matter of fact, I usually start by thinking about the piece the night before. I just sort of review things a little bit, and by the time I get up in the morning, it’s usually running through my head, and I’m into it. That’s the best, because life is so distracting. If the piece is any good at all, though, I’ll be in the middle of it. ZL: You’ve told me a couple of times when I’ve tried to schedule time with you that you can’t do anything in the morning, that’s when you write. I’d love to get a sense of what a day in the life of a composer is like. KH: Well… ZL: Maybe there’s not a typical day… KH: I think for many, many people there is not. When I started to write, I had a young child—who of course has his own kids now! And the only time I had to write, once I decided I really, really wanted to do this, was in the morning after I took him to preschool. I had a couple of hours and that was it. And then I was into making a living, and taking care of him, and everything else that goes with life. So I started out writing in the morning, sitting down at the piano the minute he was at preschool, and I got very tied to that, because I realized it was the only time I would ever have to write. I still write in the morning. Lately it’s been hard now that I have more time—I have to make an effort to be free enough with myself to go back in the afternoon and work on something I worked on that morning. ZL: Is there a time you set for yourself to get started? KH: Usually around 9, something like that. ZL: And when you spend your morning writing, do you take breaks? Do you work until you’re done? What’s the flow of the morning for you? KH: It really depends on how hard the piece is. There are times when you can go on for 30 to 40 bars, and other times when I’m happy to have 6 to 8 bars. ZL: How long does that take? KH: That depends on the same thing. Again, anywhere from 40 minutes, and I’m really unhappy if that’s all I get, to a couple of hours in the morning. Lately sometimes I’ve been able to come back in the afternoon and do another hour or two as well, and I like that. ZL: When I practice, I like to work in half-hour chunks, with breaks in between. Do you have a structure for yourself during the time you’re writing? KH: No, no, no…again it really depends on whether it’s flowing and what I’m thinking about, and actually I’ve been getting up in the middle of the night with ideas now, because I can. But no, it really depends on what kind of idea it is. Some ideas will go a long time before you can stop working with them. And my mind is also saying to me at certain times, “Hey! Write this down!” ZL: I think people would be interested to think about how the life of a composer compares to the life of a performer. Playing is so interesting because you have to be in shape both mentally and physically. What is that experience like for a composer? KH: Not nearly so well-rounded I can tell you! You sit on your duff at the piano, or wherever you sit, at a table or whatever, and you write. If I write for flute, of course I’m checking it out, but I write with the piano first. ZL: When we were working and talking about the piece for E Pluribus Flutum [Zara’s work for 8 to 100 dancing flutists, incorporating folk tunes, dances, and a Katherine Hoover finale—Ed.] that became Clowning Around, I was struck by a comment you made. You said “Well, you know, I’ll just throw some things out and see what comes back.” And I was wondering if you could talk a bit about what that process is, of throwing things out, and seeing what comes back. KH: That’s really interesting. One of the reasons I decided to do [Clowning Around] is because I hadn’t written anything light in quite a while, and that’s an important balance to me. It’s a balance that I don’t ever want to lose sight of because so much of contemporary music is sooo serious [said in a mock-serious voice]. ZL: Yes, I’ve noticed! [Both laugh.] KH: So, I didn’t know what would happen. I don’t do that kind of thing very often, so I just had to see what I would get, and that’s what I got. ZL: Another composer friend of mine said that a lot of his work is just making the conditions right for himself to have ideas. And basically he said, “I just pamper myself. I take care of myself, so that I can then have ideas.” Is there that aspect of it for you? KH: Yes there is, but it’s different for me. I’ll read something, I’ll go to a gallery, I’ll see all kinds of things, and then something will start giving me sound ideas, ideas in sound. I love to do this, because then the sounds it gives me are usually pretty different from other things. Somehow it triggers a kind of originality, and I don’t want to sound the same all the time. ZL: So you get your sound ideas from non-sound sources sometimes. KH: Correct. I have hundreds of years of sound sources in my head, and I want some different sounds if I can find them. ZL: The part of your job that is seeking inspiration, do you have to set aside time for that, or does life provide that for you? KH: Life provides that, as long as I get out, and start looking and thinking and reading and so forth. ZL: During composing time, I was wondering if there’s a balance between writing new material and editing or reworking material that you’ve already written, or does that all feel like one process for you? KH: It’s all part of one process. I learned this about my own process. A few times in a longer piece, I would think, “Well I want something here that’s totally different, I want to go in a different direction at this point… I want to go someplace else.” And I would! I would do something I thought was completely different in every way, and then, so help me, in the third or fourth rehearsal someone would say, “Well you got this thing from right there in the beginning didn’t you?” [Both laugh.] So I finally just said the heck with that, and accepted that even if I try and write something really, really different, it will probably be part of the same process and the same piece. I just count on it. ZL: I wish I had my camera out. You just did this gesture of shrugging your shoulders like “I don’t know how it happens,” and I just think that, well, it’s a mystery to me how composers compose, and it’s interesting to me that there’s an aspect of shrugging your shoulders for you too! KH: It’s a mystery to me, yeah. And for the guy who told you that he just has to pamper himself, get to the right mood somehow or other, that implies the same thing. ZL: So it’s not like “And now I will write the next five notes of this piece.” KH: Well, yes, we do do that, we just don’t know where they come from, that’s all. [Both laugh.] ZL: In the little bit of truly creative work that I’ve done— when I’m really starting with nothing and not just adding an interpretation—I really feel the difference. And for me, there’s a great deal of fear. I mean, what if what I come up with is stupid? or what do I do next? Is there any aspect of that for you? KH: Oh, absolutely… ZL: When you’re playing a piece, you work on matching yourself to the piece, and bringing out the best in the piece and bringing your best self to the piece, but when you’re with the blank page, is that fear something you face on a daily basis, or are you kind of over it? KH: No, not on a daily basis, and no, I’m not totally over it. I don’t think you’re ever totally over it. I’ve had some tremendous fears. I mean, obviously, I didn’t start writing until my 30s, when I should have been writing from the time I was a kid! I went to school in the ’50s, I mean, come on! For boys, and even more so for girls, in music school, there was a sense of “What are you doing, writing? Who do you think you are, Beethoven?” It was really not a good attitude. “All the good music has been written,” was basically it. And I was the only female in class, with six guys, all grad students. I was an undergrad, and I just sat there, and they never bothered to look at my work, and that’s the way it was. ZL: Wow. KH: So I did not write, and you can imagine, with all of this, when I finally did start writing, there was a tremendous amount of fear that it wouldn’t be any good. And the bigger the piece, the bigger the fear. And sometimes I still have some of that, but it’s a little different now. I’m not afraid of myself and other people at this point, but I am afraid of not doing it really well. ZL: How do you know when you’re finished for the day? KH: I just run dry! Or else the phone rings, and I just get so distracted…sometimes there’s just something I have to go and do. Usually I don’t schedule anything before 11:30, so sometimes it’s that I have to stop, but usually it’s like something says “That’s all for today!” I think, [in a kid’s voice] “Nah, I want to do more!” [Then in a grown-up voice] “Sorry, that’s it, that’s your allowance.” ZL: How about for a piece, how do you know when it’s finished, when it’s time to put it on the computer? KH: I get to a certain point in the piece, and I realize I have to pay attention to the piece’s form. So I’ll sort of sketch an idea of how long it should be, whatever ideas I have in terms of the piece. There’s a certain point when you’ve done enough of the piece that you have to plan out or begin thinking about the form or else it can be very chaotic. I guess that’s kind of a signal to myself in a way—it’s still subject to change as you go on, but basically you’ll have a sense that yes, this is coming to an end, and it has to be in a way that fits with the rest of the piece. I may go back and look and think it over, and sometimes I will ask myself, “What are some really strong ideas or ideas I really liked in this piece?” and you can bring them back to put it together. Because that’s how people will hear it: if you hear it as being strongest, people are going to hear it that way and that’s the way to bring it to an end. A lot of composers say endings are really really difficult. I used to think that wasn’t true, but it is. ZL: For a performer, you know you’re done practicing the piece because you had the performance, or the performance is tonight or tomorrow. And I guess for your pieces when you have a commission, there’s sometimes a deadline that will help create that for you, but for a piece you’re working on for yourself, is there ever a temptation to just keep tinkering with it until… KH: A lot of people do more of that than I do, I think. It has to do with the time constraints I had when I started writing. I tend to be done with it when I’m done. But lately, again, when I’ve finally got my life to a point where I can just relax and do what I want, the way I want, I’ve tried to open up in that way too. And I’m doing more rewriting than I used to. What does composer Katherine Hoover do in the afternoon and evening? Stay tuned for part 2…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line233
__label__wiki	0.80491	0.80491	CD1 / LP / Digital tracklisting 1. Exordium 2. Dusty Rainbow (feat. Charlotte Savary) 3. Like An Hourglass 4. Only Once (feat. Ali Harter) 5. Heart Stop (feat. Jennifer Charles) 6. Something Began To Glow 8. A Stop Motion Bloom 9. The Sound (feat. Mattic) 10. In The Mirror 11. Past, Present & Future (Rock ‘n’ Roll) 12. Not Alone 13. Down In Flames (feat. Sara Genn) 14. Time To Go (feat. Aloe Blacc) 15. Magic Numbers (feat. A.S.M & Mattic) 16. No Regret (feat. Shana Halligan) 17. Phonovisions 18. Into The Sky 19. My Window (feat. Elzhi & Akua) 20. From The Dark 21. Heart Stop (feat. Jennifer Charles) [Radio Edit] 22. Time To Go (feat. Aloe Blacc) [Radio Edit] CD2 Bonus Instrumental 1. Exordium (Instrumental) 2. Dusty Rainbow (Instrumental) 3. Like An Hourglass (Instrumental) 4. Only Once (Instrumental) 5. Heart Stop (Instrumental) 6. No (Instrumental) 7. A Stop Motion Bloom (Instrumental) 8. The Sound (Instrumental) 9. In The Mirror (Instrumental) 10. Past, Present & Future (Instrumental) 11. Not Alone (Instrumental) 12. Down In Flames (Instrumental) 13. Time To Go (Instrumental) 14. Magic Numbers (Instrumental) 15. No Regret (Instrumental) 16. Phonovisions (Instrumental) 17. Into The Sky (Instrumental) 18. My Window (Instrumental) 19. From The Dark (Instrumental) The CD is a Digisleeve with 2 CD’s, including the instrumental version of the album, while the LP is a gatefold 2xLP with printed inner sleeves. All formats come with an instand download 256kps MP3 version of the album. Media Choose an optionDigital FilesDouble CDDouble LP Clear Categories - CD , Digital File , Vinyl , Wax Tailor The idea behind this album came forth in 2006, while JC Le Saoût, the producer behind the Wax Tailor moniker, was putting the finishing touches on his second album. The concept was tinkered with during four years, and at the start of 2010, JC decided to give it form through a three step process: musical composition, writing the story and casting the album. For the composition, the key step was to go back to sampling. Having worked extensively with studio musicians for his last two albums, and touring with a symphonic orchestra for part of 2011, Wax Tailor made the decision to go back to his roots and work exclusively with samples to craft the music on this album. However, the method of sampling involved on Dusty Rainbows From The Dark is unique in that the goal was not to replicate loops, but rather to gather textures and rework them to create new instruments. Each texture found wandering the grooves of countless phonograms was then reworked to become an individual note. These notes where then programmed to give him a palette of various instruments, which are then used to compose melodies. Both vintage in it’s feel and very modern in it’s creative process, this first step took nine months. During the fall of 2011, Wax Tailor developed the musical score of his new album. He then relocated to New York to work with singer-songwriter Sara Genn, to pen the plot of the album. Using the music as inspiration, they would draft the story that runs throughout Dusty Rainbow From the Dark. At the start of 2012, the final production stage of the album began. The first order was to find a narrator, a role which was taken by the legendary voice of Don McCorkindale, best known for his work on the serialized radio version of The Avengers, on the BBC. Simultaneously, Wax Tailor casted the guests that would appear on the album, drawing from familiar collaborators such as Charlotte Savary or Mattic as well as new voices like Aloe Blacc or Jennifer Charles. Finally, reknowned children book Illustator Rebecca Dautremer came on board to create the art that would accompany the story and offer her vision of the main protagonist. Digital Files, Double CD, Double LP Be the first to review “Wax Tailor “Dusty Rainbow From The Dark”” Cancel reply Phonovisions / Specialty Items / Vinyl / Wax Tailor CD / Digital File / Wax Tailor Wax Tailor “Tales of The Forgotten Melodies”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line239
__label__wiki	0.647285	0.647285	Tales of the Reincarnated Lord - Chapter 368 The fifth release of the week is finally here! Hope you guys enjoy the read and cya next week! Duke Fisablen woke up really early in the morning. With the coming of old age, his need for sleep diminished. However, he never thought of himself as old despite being at the age of seventy. As a rank 3 blademaster, his body was as fit as a man in his fifties. He was still so healthy he could release his pent-up desires the night before on two maidservants in his palace. The reason he couldn't sleep was probably due to all his worries. I wonder what happened to Xanthi... She still hasn't returned. I heard from an informant in Shabaj she was hunting down that Norton child with two other blademasters, but she hasn't contacted me since the chase started. What was that child called again? I think he was the swordsmanship section of the knighthood tournament's champion. Poor Jinuindor... For such a rare talent to die at the hands of the Nortons like that... The duke felt his rage well up every time he thought about it. Xanthi should be fine. She's a rank 3 blademaster, after all. I sure was surprised when she broke through three years ago. I resolved myself to attack the greater and lesser golden creeks thanks to her breakthrough. The Hubet tribe there aren't people to mess with lightly... They have seven fighters on par with blademasters. Duke Fisablen had had to work together with Xanthi to kill six of the blademaster-level fighters to cause panic in the tribe before the military attack could be launched. They wiped the tribe out in one go and conquered the creeks. As a rank 3 blademaster, Xanthi should have nothing to fear when traveling across Grindia. All she had to be wary of were the old hidden masters. Even if she met other rank 3 blademasters she could still escape unscathed. She must just be having too much fun and forgetting to report back in time... Well, women are free spirited I suppose, thought the duke as he shook his head and stopped worrying about Xanthi. He never even dreamed that Lorist would deal with his lover and make her the second highness' captive. With his dominion peaceful, and Viscount Kristoph taking care of the golden creeks, he focused on the citadels and basic infrastructure at the golden creeks' construction. So far, House Fisablen had forcefully moved more than 200 thousand young men and women from Melein and settled them down at the creeks. They planned to move another 300 thousand citizens from Eastwild make the creeks the house's new headquarters over the rest of the year. As for the lack of manpower at Eastwild, Winston's citizens being moved there would have to suffice. Coupled with some of the domesticated barbarians, Eastwild's population could still be maintained at approximately 500 thousand. As Sylvia was put in charge of dealing with the development of Eastwild's irrigation infrastructure, he hoped the dominion's agricultural growth would make it self-sufficient within the next two years so they would no longer have to rely on importing large amounts of food from the salt merchant committee. While House Fisablen's dominion was not lacking in meats, it would be quite a waste to let the commoners feast on meat all the time. All they needed was a filled stomach. Currently, House Fisablen relied on their livestock to trade for resources with other nations. While the house had started to earn much more from mining gold following Goldcreek's occupation, the mining operations themselves cost quite a bit to set up. Gold could also be kept for times of need, while livestock was another story altogether. House Fisablen was provided with livestock by the grassland barbarian tribes annually, almost 100 thousand animals each time. It didn't come at any cost to the house either. They were able to exchange the livestock for lots of goods from the salt merchant committee, which was in turn used to trade for more livestock at a marked-up rate with the barbarian tribes. The trade netted the house quite a bit of profit. The moment he thought of Princess Sylvia, Duke Fisablen's expression darkened. Sylvia was so obedient and delightful when she was younger... Why did she grow into such a rebellious woman? She actually fell for that kid leading the Nortons... What's so good about him anyway? He doesn't even take a duke like me seriously. To be honest, he would make a decent husband, but he isn't on our side. In fact, the Nortons are secretly our enemies... The duke felt like he had been slapped in the face when Lorist refused his conditions for the marriage up front. Rumors were not to be believed so readily. It was widely said among the nobles that House Norton's new leader was someone who didn't have a shred of ambition and only knew how to turtle up in his dominion like a coward. He even formed the alliance of four houses for protection. If other noble houses had that kind of military power, they would've started a war by now. However, Duke Fisablen didn't share their opinions. When he analyzed Lorist's actions and predicted his moves, he couldn't help but be awed. Even though he didn't know of the saying, 'one can easily be king by erecting high walls and stockpiling food', he didn't look down on Lorist's plans in the slightest. The Northlands had been turned into a tank since House Norton consolidated the strength of their three allies. They were at a point where they could attack and retreat as they pleased. When word of Madras'conquest spread out, the duke was surprised, but not dumbfounded. The four houses did have the might required to end a nation. It's no wonder that kid dared refuse my conditions. He had that kind of confidence all along. When it comes to his personal strength and the might of his house, he's not the slightest bit inferior to House Fisablen. In fact, he's better in many respects... Duke Fisablen took a deep breath. And to think I tried to put a leash on him using Sylvia in hopes of being able to keep his house out of my way... It's a shame he's far too stubborn... Or, maybe he knew that was what I was going for all along and crudely refused my third request. There's no doubt House Norton is going to turn against us completely soon. The last batch of arms they sent over was just a ruse. The apology Count Kenmays sent last year said they would raise prices two or three-fold. It seems they want to bleed our newfound gold out of me. However, that wasn't the main thing that worried him. Even though the four houses knew the house wiped out Melein and established a trade route to the four central duchies, they still raised the price of goods. Weren't they worried the house would order what they needed from the duchies instead? The duchies had more than enough salt to go around. It all pointed at only one conclusion: the houses were trying to stretch their claws into Iblia. Perhaps, wiping out Madras had given them the confidence to ignore the house's existence. It was common knowledge that Iblia mainly relied on House Fisablen and declaring war on the kingdom was akin to challenging the duke himself. What he regretted most was taking too much time to deal with the kingdom's nobles. Fortunately, two of the four houses of The Northlands relocated their dominions at the same time. He believed they would only settle down this year. The soonest they would act was next year. Perhaps I should send out an envoy to prod the waters. Even if it'll cost me two million gold Fordes to strike up another deal with them, at least I get to buy a year of peace, thought he. Hopefully, my plans for Winston can be completed this year so we will be ready for them and can fight them over there. We're too tight on time. The three citadels must be completed this year. We still need to train the garrison legion to man them and move Winston's people away... There's too much to do! The two maidservants pleasured to unconsciousness by the duke finally woke up. Seeing the duke breathing heavily, clad in nothing but his night robe, they hurriedly brought over some warm water and shyly cleaned up his body while letting him cop a feel or two. The two were planning to give the duke some quick morning stimulation, but he refused their offer and left with his sword to train. By the time Lorist arrived at Rose Palace, Duke Fisablen had ended his training and was enjoying a hearty breakfast in his study after his bath. He looked over stacks of documents as he ate. Just as he was dealing with some of the kingdom's matters, a horn rang out. It did nothing but cause the duke to crease his brows, however. He thought it was just the soldiers gathering to train at the plaza causing trouble. It was to be expected, many of the soldiers were picked from the Southern noble's private forces. Many had already awakened their battleforce. Though they were mostly bronze or iron ranks, some might think it was a good time to cause trouble now that First Frontier Legion was away. No worries, I'll just take my personal guard and kill off a few of them later. I'm sure the rest will quiet down and become obedient. He always ruled with an iron fist. How would the rowdy grassland barbarians obey him otherwise? He employed the carrot and stick approach. If they obeyed orders, they would be rewarded; if they didn't, death was the way to go. But when the alarm bell signaling an enemy attack sounded, he finally lost his cool. This isn't just some disobedient soldiers... Who's attacking? Just when the duke was about to send the palace guard out to check the situation, a loud bam echoed through the castle as the main doors were kicked open. A familiar voice declared as arrogantly as possible, "Duke Fisablen! You have an honored guest! Aren't you gonna come over to receive me?!" "Who dares act so impudently?!" roared the duke. The moment he left his room, he saw Lorist fighting off a bunch of palace guards near the collapsed doors. With but a flash of the sword, a loyal palace guard's limbs fell all over as he tumbled to the ground and joined the 40 or so corpses already there. "Stand down!" yelled the duke. The guards were the house's elites. Following the knighthood tournament, he had taken a page out of Lorist's book and picked two thousand soldiers with awakened battleforce to serve in his personal guard. He was planning to have them train beside him for another three years before assigning them as squad leaders to his main force. It would not only increase the loyalty of his troops, but also the strength of his forces through an effective chain of command. "Hehe, Your Grace, Norton Lorist pays his respects!" greeted Lorist after he stopped chasing down the small fry. While the duke appeared calm on the surface, he was actually quite unnerved. Lorist? How did he come all the way here and bust down my door? He had been incredibly wary of Lorist ever since the latter killed a gold-ranked knight with one move during the duke's banquet ahead of the tournament. If he was armed, he wouldn't have any trouble taking out a gold-ranked knight instantly either, given his prowess as a rank 3 blademaster. But even he wasn't confident he could do the same unarmed like Lorist. "Yo-you... How did you get here?" asked he. As he spoke he secretly made a gesture with his left hand behind him. "Haha, Lord Duke, I came to visit with my forces, of course! Since Iblia no longer has a king, it's about time the kingdom goes with it. Our four houses have come to help it along. Come, Lord Duke. Let us discuss what lies ahead for the two of us." From how he was still holding his sword, it didn't appear he wanted to talk about anything though. "Dream on! I'll not permit Iblia to fall!" roared the duke. "Oh really?" Lorist snickered, "I'm afraid it's not up to you anymore. Pops, your First Frontier Legion has already been wiped out completely. Not one made it out alive. How'd you think we got here? Listen to the cheers outside. That's the sound of our victorious occupation of Windbury. It's over, pops. Drop your weapon and surrender. I'll give House Fisablen a chance for survival on behalf of Sylvia. You'd better be obedient though! Hahaha..." Lorist laughed heartily now that the duke was in front of him. There was no way he could escape now. As long as the duke was felled by his hands, all his troubles would be solved. "Bullshit!" the duke cried, "Norton brat, I'll never yield to the likes of you in the name of House Fisablen! You better forget about making me surrender. As long as I have a sword in my hand, I'll fight you to the end!" "Is that so?" Lorist said mockingly, "No worries. I'll fight you until you discard your sword and kneel before me. Let's see what kind of crap you can spout then! En garde!" Lorist dashed forward and launched a flurry of attacks. Clang-clang-clang! Three sword clashes saw Duke Fisablen knocked backwards three meters. "Not bad, pops. Your foundations are much stronger than that old hag. It seems I'll have to break a sweat to take you down," praised Lorist. "What do you mean?" asked the duke as he carefully circled Lorist, sword raised, as if he was trying to find an opening to attack. "Don't you get it? By old hag, I mean Blademaster Xanthi. She's a rank 3 too, right? She didn't even take ten hits. She's currently in a cell in the imperial capital." While Lorist appeared confident in being able to take down the duke, even engaging in small talk, he was still extremely cautious. If he failed because of too much gloating, he would become a huge joke. The duke had been a rank 3 blademaster for a long time already and might still have some tricks up his sleeves. "You're... you're lying!" Duke Fisablen messed up his footwork in a fit of slight panic. Lorist didn't take advantage of it, however. "Oh really? Do you think House Norton will let you beat us around as you wish? You knew Reidy was my disciple and even dared to chase him down yourself. Did you think I was someone you could afford to piss off? Don't mistake a resting tiger for a cat! You think our four houses wouldn't know what you're trying to do at Winston? How idealistic of you to think we would let you turn Winston into the stage for our battle. Dream on!" "You're going too far! I... I'll take you down here!" The duke's face flushed angrily as he prepared to leap at Lorist. "Well said!" replied Lorist as he made his preparation to receive the rain of attacks. He didn't think the duke would actually jump back instead after feinting and shout. "Fire!" The moment the order rang out, more than a hundred longbowmen hiding in the corners of the palace appeared and fired at Lorist all at once. "Sol!" cursed he. I didn't think he'd do something so shameless! He's a rank 3 blademaster, isn't he?! How dare he ambush others with hidden bowmen?! Lorist had to deal with the hundred longbowmen first. A good number were of the silver rank. The arrows they fired were quick, accurate and powerful. He had to leap about and deflect a good number of them before he managed to approach the archers. The moment he did, he launched into a bout of massacre. However, he lost track of the duke as a result. The loud neigh of a warhorse sounded from the outside. Lorist leaped up a beam on the main hall and saw the duke leaving Rose Palace with tens of guards towards the south gate. Before he rode away, the duke even gave Lorist a glance from afar. Darn it, that old pest is trying to escape! Lorist leaped down from the beam and headed for the gate as well. Support Ryogawa and his work Tales of the Reincarnated Lord	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line240
__label__cc	0.657488	0.342512	November road : a novel, Lou Berney The Resource November road : a novel, Lou Berney The item November road : a novel, Lou Berney represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boxford Town Library. Berney, Louis "Set against the assassination of JFK, a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desperate cat-and-mouse chase across 1960s America--a story of unexpected connections, daring possibilities, and the hope of second chances from the Edgar Award-winning author of The Long and Faraway Gone. Frank Guidry's luck has finally run out. A loyal street lieutenant to New Orleans' mob boss Carlos Marcello, Guidry has learned that everybody is expendable. But now it's his turn--he knows too much about the crime of the century: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Within hours of JFK's murder, everyone with ties to Marcello is turning up dead, and Guidry suspects he's next: he was in Dallas on an errand for the boss less than two weeks before the president was shot. With few good options, Guidry hits the road to Las Vegas, to see an old associate--a dangerous man who hates Marcello enough to help Guidry vanish. Guidry knows that the first rule of running is "don't stop," but when he sees a beautiful housewife on the side of the road with a broken-down car, two little daughters and a dog in the back seat, he sees the perfect disguise to cover his tracks from the hit men on his tail. Posing as an insurance man, Guidry offers to help Charlotte reach her destination, California. If she accompanies him to Vegas, he can help her get a new car. For her, it's more than a car-- it's an escape. She's on the run too, from a stifling existence in small-town Oklahoma and a kindly husband who's a hopeless drunk. It's an American story: two strangers meet to share the open road west, a dream, a hope--and find each other on the way. Charlotte sees that he's strong and kind; Guidry discovers that she's smart and funny. He learns that's she determined to give herself and her kids a new life; she can't know that he's desperate to leave his old one behind. Another rule--fugitives shouldn't fall in love, especially with each other. A road isn't just a road, it's a trail, and Guidry's ruthless and relentless hunters are closing in on him. But now Guidry doesn't want to just survive, he wants to really live, maybe for the first time. Everyone's expendable, or they should be, but now Guidry just can't throw away the woman he's come to love. And it might get them both killed."--provided by publisher New York, NY, William Morrow, 2018 November road : a novel November road Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination -- Fiction Organized crime -- Louisiana \| New Orleans -- Fiction Runaway wives -- Fiction United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction PS3552.E73125 Runaway wives Kennedy, John F. Boxford Town LibraryBorrow it 7A Spofford Road, Boxford, MA, 01921, US <div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.boxfordlibrary.org/portal/November-road--a-novel-Lou-Berney/iYxFxhDUybU/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.boxfordlibrary.org/portal/November-road--a-novel-Lou-Berney/iYxFxhDUybU/">November road : a novel, Lou Berney</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.boxfordlibrary.org/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.boxfordlibrary.org/">Boxford Town Library</a></span></span></span></span></div> Data Citation of the Item November road : a novel, Lou Berney	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line244
__label__wiki	0.571834	0.571834	Ask Sam: Can I be evicted for smoking pot? If your smoking is excessive, you could be putting yourself at risk of eviction. I sometimes smoke marijuana in my apartment, and recently, one of my neighbors complained to me about the smell. If they report me to the landlord, could I get evicted? Even though it’s less heavily enforced these days, possessing marijuana is still illegal in New York state, and if your smoking is creating a nuisance, you could have problems, says Sam Himmelstein, a lawyer who represents residential and commercial tenants and tenant associations. Smoking cigarettes at home, though, is a different matter. “When people smoke cigarettes in their apartments, there’s not much landlords can do about it, even if it permeates other apartments,” Himmelstein says. “There’s solid case law in both judicial districts of the city that have said that. It’s a matter of law that it can’t be a nuisance for someone to engage in a completely legal activity within their apartment.” There are exceptions, though, if your lease includes a clause stating that you can’t smoke in the apartment, or if your building has declared itself smoke-free. However, if the building goes smoke free after you move in and you are rent stabilized, you are protected, because landlords are not permitted to alter the terms of the original stabilized lease. But since smoking marijuana is technically an illegal activity, doing so in your apartment could be seen as a nuisance to your neighbors. (Hoarding, engaging in other illegal activities like assaulting or harassing neighbors, and vandalism also fall under the category of “nuisance,” and are possible grounds for eviction.) Himmelstein cites a case his firm tried several years ago, in which a tenant who smoked marijuana regularly, to the extent that neighboring units constantly smelled it, lost his eviction trial and appeal. “The neighbor who made the complaint was not necessarily against smoking pot—he just didn’t want the smell permeating his apartment,” Himmelstein says. The degree to which your smoking impacts others, then, could play a role in the likelihood that you get evicted. Himmelstein compares the issue to noise complaints. “In urban environments, there’s a certain amount of noise you’re expected to tolerate, like people playing instruments, or children running across the floor,” he says. “But you don’t have to put up with someone playing club music at 3 a.m.” Similarly, it’s reasonable to expect that you might have neighbors who smoke and that you’ll smell the odor occasionally, but not that your apartment will reek of marijuana at all hours. If you land in housing court over your smoking, a judge would likely grant you an opportunity to address the problem before giving you the boot. “If the landlord brought this case and won, the court would probably give a judgement but say that if the tenant cures the problem by stopping smoking, then they won’t be evicted,” Himmelstein says. Note that this should not apply to the use of legally procured medical marijuana, which is often consumed in forms that do not leave an odor. Moreover, should marijuana be legalized in New York state, these laws may change. Ask Sam: I left the gas on twice. How do I keep my landlord from giving me the boot? (sponsored) Ask Sam: How do I protect myself from a landlord's illegal eviction attempts? (sponsored) Ask Sam: Can I be evicted from accidentally flooding my neighbor's apartment? (sponsored) Ask Sam: What are the rules for evicting rent-stabilized tenants in NYC? (sponsored) Ask a Renters Rights Lawyer eviction landlords smoking tenants' rights I want to break my lease because of a noisy NYC neighbor. What are my options? A basic guide to NYC plumbing: How to keep your apartment's pipes flowing What’s better for resale: Stainless steel or custom panels on your kitchen appliances? Shutdown-related rent leniency, MTA delays fare hike vote, & more A modern mountain house in Killington, VT, to enjoy ski season, for $965,000 6 ways to fight dust in your NYC apartment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line254
__label__cc	0.641929	0.358071	Ask Sam: When can tenants legally withhold their rent? If your landlord is violating the Warranty of Habitability, you can withhold your rent. Austin Havens-Bowen for Brick Underground/Flickr If my landlord is not providing me with a livable apartment, can I withhold my rent payments? When is it legal for me to not to pay? There are three main scenarios in which tenants can withhold rent payments, a tactic that can be extremely effective at getting landlords to address problems in their buildings, says Sam Himmelstein, a lawyer at Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph, who represents residential, commercial tenants, and tenant associations. “Going on rent strike used to be the most effective way to get your building fixed up,” Himmelstein says. “You’d form a tenant association with dozens of people withholding their rent, which meant the landlord had to start multiple separate cases in housing court. It was a very powerful weapon.” Usually, landlords would end up settling with their tenants, to avoid going to trial for multiple cases, a lengthy and costly process. The beginning of the tenant blacklist—data collected by screening companies listing tenants who have gone to housing court, which gets passed on to landlords—put a damper on this. Tenants who are blacklisted often find that landlords refuse to rent apartments to them. “Tenants became afraid to withhold rent, because if they were named in a court case they’d be blacklisted,” Himmelstein says. “The new rent laws softened that. They now say you can’t be denied an apartment solely for being on the blacklist, so we’re hoping tenants will resume using rent strikes.” The blacklist hasn’t been eliminated completely, and being on it still comes with the risk of having difficulty renting an apartment, though if you suspect this is happening to you, you can file a complaint with the attorney general’s office. That said, withholding rent is still a good strategy for getting your landlord to act. Here are the instances in which you can legally use this tactic: You’re living under poor conditions “The main reason tenants withhold their rent deliberately (as opposed to not paying rent because they’re in financial distress) is to force a landlord to do repairs, and possibly get a rent abatement, because they’re dealing with bad living conditions,” Himmelstein says. “They have a right to do that because of the warranty of habitability.” This law guarantees renters the right to a safe and livable apartment. Conditions that violate this law include a lack of heat, gas, water, or electricity; a pest infestation; leaks; mold; lead paint; fire or smoke damage; and more. Under the Warranty of Habitability, tenants’ obligation to pay rent is dependent on their apartment being habitable, so if it isn’t, they can legally withhold their rent payments. When their landlord takes them to court for non-payment, tenants in this situation can then defend themselves on the grounds of a violation of the warranty of habitability, and generally obtain rent abatements and an agreement or court order that the repairs will be done and services restored. Your building has a C of O violation Another reason to withhold your rent is if your building’s certificate of occupancy is not up-to-date, or non-existent. Any building that was built after 1938—or has been renovated since that date—must have a valid C of O, which specifies the building’s legal use and occupancy. “If the landlord is violating the certificate of occupancy, or the building doesn’t have one when it should, the multiple dwelling law says that tenants don’t have to pay rent,” Himmelstein says. He cites one case in which a landlord illegally removed the fire escapes from several lines of apartments in a building, and therefore was unable to update the C of O. The tenants, who were represented by his firm, withheld their rent in response, and a trial court and two appellate courts have since ruled in their favor. As of now, the tenants have withheld over $1 million in rent, which the landlord will never be able to collect. You’re being overcharged on rent If you believe you’re being overcharged—which might mean you’re supposed to be rent-stabilized but aren’t, or you are rent-stabilized but the landlord raised your rent by an amount above the legal limit—you can withhold rent. “If you believe you’re being overcharged, you can challenge that by withholding rent. When the landlord sues, put in your defense that the rent is illegal, and make a counterclaim for rent overcharge,” Himmelstein says. When a landlord sues for nonpayment, they have to specify whether the apartment is rent-stabilized, rent-controlled, or market-rate, which gives tenants the opportunity to dispute that. These cases can be litigated in either housing court, the Supreme Court, or the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, and there are pros and cons to each option. “The advantage of housing court is that the judges know this stuff—it’s all they do,” Himmelstein says. “But in Supreme Court, you get broad pre-trial discovery, which means you can subpoena all relevant documents and depose your landlord and their contractor, if they’re claiming they did work to justify a rent increase, and you don’t need the permission of the court to do so.” You can file a motion for discovery in housing court, and although these motions are routinely granted in overcharge cases, there may be stricter limits on how much time you have to gather materials, the documents you can obtain, or who you can depose in the case. Himmelstein rarely recommends filing these cases at the DHCR since there is no discovery there, and the cases are usually decided on paper submissions alone, which allows for the landlord to submit fraudulent documents with no opportunity for questioning or cross examination. The sole advantage to filing at the DHCR is that if a tenant hires an attorney it is the least costly forum in which to pursue the claim. Whatever you decide, there’s strength in numbers, so you should consider forming a tenants association before you take action against your landlord. Good news: The new rent laws just made it easier to challenge your rent-stabilization status (sponsored) Ask Sam: What happens if my building doesn't have a certificate of occupancy? (sponsored) Ask Sam: How do I start a tenants' association? (sponsored) Ask Sam: What kind of problems qualify me for a rent abatement? 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__label__wiki	0.68799	0.68799	More info on Mumbai Suburban Railway Mumbai Suburban Railway: Map Categories: Mumbai Suburban Railway > 1857 establishments > Transport in Mumbai > Railway stations in Mumbai The Mumbai Suburban Railway ( ) system, part of the public transport system of Mumbai, is provided for by the state-run Indian Railways' two zonal Western Railways and Central Railways. The system carries more than 6.9 million commuters on a daily basis and constitutes more than half of the total daily passenger capacity of the Indian Railways itself. It has one of the highest passenger densities of any urban railway system in the world. The trains plying on its routes are commonly referred to as local trains or simply as locals by the general populace. The Mumbai Suburban Railway, as well as Indian Railways, are an offshoot of the first railway to be built by the British in India in April 1853. This was also the oldest railway system in Asia. The first train ran between Mumbai and Thane , a distance of 34 km. The Bombay Railway History Group has been striving to document railway heritage along this line. Given the geographical spread of the population and location of business areas, the rail network is the principal mode of mass transport in Mumbai. A metro system and a monorail system are under construction to ease the travelling conditions in the Suburban network. Spread over 464 route kilometres, The Suburban Railway system operates on 1500 V DC / 25000 V AC (Virar-Borivali & Kasara - Titwala) power supply from overhead catenary lines. The suburban services are run by electric multiple units (EMUs). 171 rakes (train sets) of 9-car & 12-car composition are utilised to run 2342 train services, carrying 6.94 million passengers per day. Zones and corridors Two zonal Railways, the Western Railway (WR) and the Central Railway (CR), operate the Mumbai Suburban Railway system. At present, the fast corridors on Central Railway as well as Western Railway are shared for long distance (main line) and freight trains. Western line Two corridors (one local and the other through) on Western Railway run northwards from Churchgate terminus parallel to the west coast up to Dahanu Road (120 km). These corridors are popularly referred to as 'Western Line' by the locals mainly because it is operated and owned by the Western Railways. Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) ply between Churchgate and Virar (64 km), while Mainline Electrical Multiple Units (MEMUs) service the section beyond Virar till Dahanu Road (60 km). MEMUs also operate between Dahanu Road and Panvel via a branch line from Vasai Road. There are EMU carsheds at Mumbai Central and Kandivali . A repair shop for EMUs is situated at Mahalaxmi. Western railway's EMU fleet consists of EMUs running on DC (1.5 kV) power as well as those running as dual-current i.e. AC (25 kV) and DC (1.5 KV) power. EMUs are 9 car, 12 car or 15 car formations and are differentiated as slow and fast locals. Slow trains halt at all stations, while fast ones halt at important stations only and are preferable over longer distances. Trains usually start from and terminate at important stations. Abbreviations used for these train sources/destinations are as follows (in alphabetical order): A Andheri B Bandra BC Mumbai Central BO Borivali BY Bhayandar BS Vasai Road C Churchgate D Dadar G Goregaon M Malad V Virar The Central Line in Mumbai consists of 3 major corridors, which bifurcate as they run into suburban satellite towns.Two corridors (one local and other through) on Central Railway run from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) to Kalyan (54 km), from where it bifurcates into two lines — one running up to Kasara (67 km) in the north-east and the other running up to Khopoli (61 km) in the south-east. These two corridors constitute the 'Main' Line. The Central main line shares two stations with the Western line at Parel and Dadar . They consist of a fleet of DC as well as dual-powered EMUs. The major car sheds on this line are at Kurla and Kalwa. There are fast and slow locals here for suburban service. Slow locals halt at every station, while fast locals halts vary between Byculla, Dadar, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Bhandup, Mulund, Thane, Dombivali and Kalyan. All services plying beyond Kalyan run slow. Top view of a Western Railway old rake. New trains on the Central line Trains usually start from and terminate at important stations. Abbreviations used for these train sources/destinations are as follows (in alphabetical order): A Ambernath AN Asangaon BL Badlapur C Kurla DI Dombivali G Ghatkopar K Kalyan KP Khopoli N Kasara S Karjat ST Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus T Thane TL Titwala Harbour line The Harbour line is part of the Central Railway, and runs a train corridor from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) to Andheri , Thane and Panvel . All harbour line services operate as slow services. The line operates from two separate platforms at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), and the tracks cross over the main line at Sandhurst Road, to head towards stations along Mumbai's eastern dock area. A branch line from Wadala Road joins the Western Railway Line at Mahim and continues towards Andheri. The harbour line shares a common station at Kurla with the main line, where it turns east towards Navi Mumbai. The Harbour line further bifurcates at Vashi into two lines — one rejoins the main lines at Thane, while the other continues to Panvel. A large section of the harbour line is elevated. AD Andheri CH Kurla CM Chembur M Mankhurd VA Vashi NU Nerul BR Belapur PL Panvel VD Vadala ST Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Due to its extensive reach across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, and its intensive use by the local urban population, overcrowding has grown to be a compelling problem (5,000 + passengers are packed into a 9-car rake during peak hours, as against the rated carrying capacity of 1,700). This has resulted in what is known as Super-Dense Crush Load of 14 to 16 standing passengers per square meter of floor space. Trains on the suburban line are on average more than 4 minutes apart, contributing to the problem of overcrowding. The impending introduction of new higher speed rakes may help address the issue. It has been advised for safety concerns for tourists to avoid the trains during weekdays, or at least during the morning and evening peak hours. Avoid travelling from north to south between 8 am and 11 am in the morning and from south to north between 6 pm and 9 pm at night. The best way to enjoy the trains is on Sundays when they are relatively empty. However, watch out for those Sundays when work is done on tracks as it could mean that trains are still crowded on a Sunday. During the work day, beware of getting on the express trains or 'fast trains' as they are called denoted on stations by 'F'), specially the ones to Virar. Yearly more than 3,500 people die on the Mumbai suburban railway track due to unsafe riding on trains or trespassing on railway tracks or as a result of suicide attempts. This is believed to be the highest number of fatalities per year on any urban or suburban railway system. Most of the deaths are of passengers crossing the tracks on foot, instead of using the footbridges provided for going from one platform to another, and are hit by passing trains. Some passengers die when they sit on train roofs to avoid the crowds and are electrocuted by the overhead electric wires, or hang from doors and window bars. Central and Western Railway was forced to release under the Right to Information Act that at least 20,706 people have died in the last five years; an average of 10 each day. The request was filed by Mumbai activist Chetan Kothari. The Mumbai Suburban Railway has suffered 8 blasts and around 318 people are believed to have died as a result. 14 March 2003 - Bomb goes off in a train in Mulund killing 10 11 July 2006 - Series of seven bombs go off in trains killing 207 The 2008 Mumbai Attacks - The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train terminus was also attacked during the The 2008 Mumbai Attacks killing at least 10 people. List of stations (Names in bold indicate that the station is a fast train stop.) Within Mumbai: Churchgate, Marine Lines , Charni Road , Grant Road , Mumbai Central , Mahalaxmi, Lower Parel, Elphinstone Road, Dadar , Matunga Road, Mahim Junction , Bandra , Khar Road, Santacruz , Vile Parle , Andheri , Jogeshwari , Goregaon , Malad , Kandivali , Borivali , Dahisar Outside Mumbai: Mira Road , Bhayandar, Naigaon, Vasai Road , Nala Sopara, Virar , Vaitarna, Saphale , Kelve Road, Palghar , Umroli, Boisar , Vangaon , Dahanu Road A new station between Goregaon and Jogeshwari, namely Oshiwara, will be functional soon. Central (Main) line Within Mumbai: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly, Boribandar Victoria Terminus (VT)), Masjid Bunder, Sandhurst Road, Byculla , Chinchpokli, Currey Road, Parel, Dadar , Matunga , Sion , Kurla, Vidyavihar, Ghatkopar , Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg , Bhandup , Nahur , Mulund Outside Mumbai: Thane , Kalwa, Mumbra , Diwa, Kopar, Dombivli , Thakurli , Kalyan Branch line 1 : Kalyan , Vitthalwadi, Ulhasnagar , Ambarnath , Badlapur , Vangani , Shelu , Neral , Bhivpuri Road , Karjat , Palasdari, Kelavli, Dolavli, Lowjee, Khopoli Branch line 2: Kalyan , Shahad , Ambivli , Titwala, Khadavli , Vasind, Asangaon, Atgaon , Khardi, Kasara Branch line 3: Vasai Road , Juchandra, Kaman Road, Kharbav, Bhiwandi , Kopar, Dativali, Nilaje, Taloja, Navade Road, Kalamboli , Panvel Within Mumbai: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus , Masjid, Sandhurst Road, Dockyard Road, Reay Road, Cotton Green, Sewri , Wadala road , Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar, Chunabhatti, Kurla, Tilak Nagar, Chembur , Govandi , Mankhurd Within Navi Mumbai:Vashi , Sanpada , Juinagar, Nerul , Seawoods-Darave, CBD Belapur , Kharghar, Mansarovar , Khandeshwar, Panvel Branch line 1: Wadala road , King's Circle , Mahim , Bandra , Khar Road, Santacruz , Vile Parle , Andheri Branch line 2: Vashi /Nerul , Sanpada /Juinagar, Turbhe, Kopar Khairane , Ghansoli , Rabale, Airoli , Thane The interior of new rakes A bulk of the current fleet of both the Western and Central railways features old rakes which are capable of a maximum speed of 85 km/h in regular service. Most of these rakes are built by Jessop (Kolkata) and ICF (Perambur). The recently introduced AC/DC rakes (more modern motors in the existing carriage designs) are capable of 100 km/h under low traffic conditions. The actual average speed of the rakes on the slow lines is about 35 km/h, while rakes on fast lines average about 45–50 km/h on a typical run. On November 12, 2007, 1st new technology rake of 174 new technology rakes with upgraded facilities was inducted into the fleet of the Western Railways under the MUTP project. The coaches are built of stainless steel, and have non-cushioned seats, emergency fluorescent lights, bigger windows with polycarbonate lookout glass, better suspension systems and a novel roof mounted forced ventilation system, station indicators in all coaches, GPS based Public information system in all coaches. These rakes have been procured under the project at a total cost of Rs 1,900 crore (Rs 19 billion) (USD 431.0 million). Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) To enable the Mumbai Suburban Railway to meet the demands of the ever-growing passenger traffic, the federal Government of India's Ministry of Railways and the state Government of Maharashtra have jointly envisioned the constitution of a separate corporate entity to operate the system. The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd (MRVC Ltd), a public sector unit of the Government of India under the Ministry of Railways, was incorporated under the (Indian) Companies Act, 1956 on July 12, 1999, with an equity capital of Rs 25 crores to implement the rail component of an integrated rail-cum-road urban transport project, called Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP). The cost of the rail component of the project is to be shared equally by Ministry of Railways and Government of Maharashtra. 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__label__wiki	0.583267	0.583267	Home » Catalogue » Massenet DVD Order for delivery by post$9.00 Buy Massenet DVD 40% discount ends 18 December. $9 for the DVD. His Life and Music. 55 minute documentary Richard Bonynge (Narrator) Rosamund Illing, Richard Bonynge and The Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra (Sound Track: Amoureuse) Composer(s): Massenet Catalogue Number: MR2000 "a cogent argument for Massenet's enduring popularity." Opera Now (UK) "The DVD production is excellent in every respect and has been compiled with no expense spared ... opera buffs can watch with pleasure." MusicWeb International (UK) " ... a seriously good-looking DVD, adding enormously to what is a well thought out programme. Michael DVD (Australia) "... masterly piece of film which establishes a standard for the future of music documentaries ... directorial ingenuities are striking ..." The Age (Australia) "... Bonynge has been championing Massenet's music for at least 30 years ... ' the most prolific and popular composer working in his time... The Age (Australia) Also available as VHS Narrated by Richard Bonynge, this 55 minute documentary on the life and music of Jules Massenet (1842-1912) the most successful and popular composer in Europe during his lifetime. It features Dame Joan Sutherland, Thomas Hampson, Rosamund Illing, Rodney Milnes and over a dozen interviews with world authorities on Massenet. It was filmed in London, Paris, Rome, Brussels, Montreux and Sydney. Interviewees: Richard Bonynge AO CBE, Jean Christophe Branger, John Cox, Hugues Cuenod, Dr Annegret Fauser, Thomas Hampson, Dr James Harding, Rosamund Illing, Graham Johnson, Noël Lee, Madame Anne Bessand-Massenet, Rodney Milnes, Andrew Porter, Janine Reiss, Manuel Rosenthal, Dame Joan Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE, Dr Roland van der Hoeven. Massenet's operas are so wonderfully crafted, the surface is so brilliant and so seductive that people don't actually bother to look what's underneath that surface to see the extraordinary psychological penetration in his portrayal of his characters. The documentary is rich in atmosphere, filmed in Massenet's chateau in Egreville, near Fontainebleau. We meet the composer's descendent, Anne Bessand-Massenet, and see his bedroom, the piano he composed on, and many hitherto unseen photos. We visit, in Montreux, the home of Dame Joan Sutherland and her husband, the great Massenet champion Richard Bonynge, who talk of their love for Massenet's music. The revered singer Hugues Cuenod, in Vevey, discusses his operas with their unfailing perfection of setting the French language. We visit Rome where Massenet studied, and London to meet the Massenet biographer Dr James Harding, and the Massenet specialist Rodney Milnes. Distinguished pianist Graham Johnson shares his insights into the music. 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Long ago, when they were little, I concocted a catch-phrase to rationalize (if only in my own mind) being the mom who back-burnered housekeeping and was tardy with permission-slips while staying up half the night to watch a movie, comfort a friend, coordinate a volunteer project, or write a book. “PAT THE BUNNY!” I’d intone, alluding to a charming New York Times essay I’d read about the woman who, 50 years earlier, had authored that warm and (literally) fuzzy children’s classic. Dorothy Kunhardt wasn’t one of those “normal, everyday” post-Depression-era housewives “who ran their home efficiently… and always had neat living rooms,” wrote her son Philip B. Kunhardt Jr., a former Life Magazine editor. “She was bad at all these normal functions and a thousand more… How could she possibly run a home with so many obsessions stirring around in her heart, so many interests whirring around in her head…” How I was buoyed by this affectionate paean to a perennially distracted mother! Would my three children remember me fondly someday, forgiving (the store-bought cupcakes) and forgetting (the unplayed board games) like Son of Pat the Bunny? The daughter of one Boomer literary icon recently did just that, surprising those who assumed that certain parental peccadilloes must be unforgivable (four marriages and scads of scandalous affairs) and unforgettable (chronicling them in graphic detail). In a much-discussed Wall Street Journal article, writer Molly Jong-Fast described her mother, Erica Jong, as having been “hippy dippy and career-obsessed,” but strongly credited her for being a supportive parent and trailblazing second-wave feminist who worked hard so third-wavers could have options (“to devote ourselves to work or be 1950s June Cleaver types”). Never mind that this essay ran as a sidebar to one in which her mother laced into the very mode of mothering embraced by many of Ms. Jong-Fast’s peers. 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Not long after, she discovered a poem her mother had written, characterizing motherhood as “a calamity.” They became fully estranged several years ago, after Alice Walker responded harshly to her daughter’s joyful announcement that she was expecting a baby at age 36, “culminating in [Alice] Walker sending a terse e-mail in which she resigned from ‘the job’ of being her mother, and told her that in any case their relationship had been ‘inconsequential’ for years.” Some have seized upon Rebecca Walker’s blistering indictment of her mother and modern feminism (for, among other things, “betraying an entire generation into childlessness”) as an example of how the movement failed the next generation. But others consider it a tragic mother-daughter conflict as old as time. “I wish that I could gentle these two women into repairing their breach,” wrote second-waver Phyllis Chesler in Salon.“ It is one that they will regret forever.” Former First Daughter Patti Davis is the last person one might expect to have wisdom on this topic, but she was apparently “gentled” from being Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s angry judge, to becoming their devoted advocate. For years, Ms. Davis, 58, famously rankled her conservative parents not only with her renegade behavior, but by blasting them in interviews and thinly-disguised fictions. Ultimately, Ultimately, though, she saw her father through the final stages of Alzheimer’s, and bonded with her mother, now 89. Ms. Davis told NPR that examining these volatile relationships from a middle-aged perspective in her latest book, The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us, was like “going to an art gallery and standing back from a painting so that you can see it better.” With age, she said, you realize “you can’t change your history,” but you can choose to “make the best of it and understand how you came to be the person who you are, in all of the good ways, either because of your mother or despite what your mother did…” Not unlike a head of state, every mother aspires to leave her mark, hoping that history will judge her kindly. What will be remembered, I wonder– the messy kitchen, the AWOL permission-slips, or our delicious laughter, our bootylicious dancing, our conversations rich and deep and never-ending? Will they see past my foibles and failings, and believe I loved them authentically, unconditionally? Will they perceive that I lived a life of value and integrity, even though I sometimes juggled its components ineptly? Will they look back mirthfully and admiringly, with the tenderness of a fluffy bunny, at the maelstrom that was their mother? Catchable fatal error: Argument 1 passed to Social_Twitter::comments_array() must be of the type array, null given in /var/www/mothering21/wp-content/plugins/social/social-twitter.php on line 47	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line274
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__label__wiki	0.647693	0.647693	Kelly Glover (37) missing from Ft Lauderdale, FL since 1/9/20 while on a work trip Thread: Kelly Glover (37) missing from Ft Lauderdale, FL since 1/9/20 while on a work trip raisedbywolves It was aliens https://www.foxnews.com/us/utah-woma...ajamas-busband A Utah woman who was on a work trip in Florida has gone missing, authorities say. Kelly Glover was last seen wearing a white shawl, with socks and no shoes, on hotel security footage heading to the exit stairs, her husband told reporters, adding there is no footage of her outside or leaving the hotel. Glover, 37, of Holladay, Utah, had been staying with a friend at the Westin Fort Lauderdale. She was in Florida on a trip related to her job, FOX 13 reported. ?Her friend went to bed early," Bremer said, according to Salt Lake City's KSL-TV. "My wife was still up and her friend woke up around 4 a.m., and my wife was nowhere to be found and the door was left open.? Bremer told reporters his wife left behind her phone and purse. "She left it in the room and that?s the last we?ve seen of her,? he said, according to Miami's WPLG-TV. Bremer said hotel security footage shows Glover in her pajamas and socks in a back stairwell headed for an exit around 2 a.m. Thursday. "As far as I know there is no evidence that she's left the hotel," her cousin, Ryan Glover, said, according to KSL. Bremer said he knew something was wrong when he hadn't heard from her in the morning. "She's pretty responsive," he said, KSL reported. "I usually get up before her and I send her the first message in the morning and not one morning has gone by where I haven't heard from her by 9 o'clock." ?I can confirm a report was made for the missing person, detectives are investigating and following up on any leads they get but have no other details other than she has not been recovered at this time," Fort Lauderdale Police Department Detective Tracy Figone said, according to KSL. Police dive teams searched a nearby body of water, and they've also used helicopters and dogs to try to find her, FOX 13 reported. Angiebla Save Bandit! She was seen by herself at 2 am near an exit? Could she have gone to smoke or something? "The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man" -Charles Darwin Originally Posted by bowieluva Chelsea, if you are a ghost and reading mds, I command you to walk into the light. https://www.ksl.com/article/46703090...da-family-says Kelly Glover, the Utah woman who went missing this week on a Florida business trip, was found dead Saturday, family members announced on Facebook. Glover, 37, was last seen on Wednesday night at her hotel after traveling to Florida on Tuesday. She had planned to stay there for the week. Ryan Glover told KSL Kelly was an "experienced traveler" and a "very independent person." More information about the finding and the circumstances of Glover's death was not immediately available. https://www.local10.com/news/local/2...thcc9dKEUpvRA8 A woman visiting South Florida from Salt Lake City, Utah, was found dead near the hotel where she was staying. Police were seen early Saturday afternoon removing a body from a large lake that is adjacent to the Fort Lauderdale Westin, located at 400 Corporate Drive. Authorities later confirmed that the deceased woman was Kelly Glover, who was in South Florida on business and staying at the Westin. Hotel surveillance footage shows Glover was barefoot, going down a stairwell at 2 a.m. on Thursday. Bremer said Glover doesn’t have a history of sleepwalking. Police had been searching the hotel’s surrounding area for Glover since Friday, but found nothing despite utilizing K-9 units, helicopters and eventually, divers. According to Fort Lauderdale police, detectives to not suspect foul play, but the exact cause of death has not yet been determined by medical examiners. An investigation is ongoing. Pidge Did she want to go for a swim? Or did she fall in, drunk? Originally Posted by Pidge I have seen some saying she took a sleeping pill (maybe Ambien). I am curious to see what the autopsy finds. nclexusgirl My first thought was she went for ice/snack machine and somebody caught her in the stairwell, but I'm sure they would've said if they saw anyone else on the camera I can be your ADDICTION if you wanna get hooked on something!! https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/ke...a-westin-hotel JANUARY 13, 2020, 4:15 PM ET Family Of Utah Woman Found Dead In Lake Behind Florida Hotel Believe Her Death Is An Accident Police haven?t yet released a cause of death for Kelly Glover ? but her family said she had been a sleepwalker since she was a little girl. BY DORIAN GEIGER Kelly Glover Fb Kelly Glover Photo: Facebook The body of a Utah woman was recovered by police from behind a Fort Lauderdale hotel on Jan. 11. Kelly Glover, a healthcare professional from Salt Lake City, had been reported missing just two days before her body was found submerged in a lake behind a Westin hotel around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Fort Lauderdale Police said in a statement to Oxygen.com. Officials are awaiting a medical examiner?s report regarding her cause of death. Although authorities haven?t released a cause of death, police don?t suspect she was murdered. Glover was reported missing on Jan. 9 and was apparently last seen trekking down a staircase with no shoes on around 2 a.m. on Thursday, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. She was in Florida on a business trip. The woman?s family suspects she accidentally drowned. ?Talking with the authorities, I don?t think she was suffering for very long,? Bryce Glover, the woman?s father, told Oxygen.com. The father called his daughter?s death a ?tragic accident.? While the woman?s family is baffled as to how she died, her father said she had a past history with sleepwalking, and said it?s possible that?s what led her to the body of water behind her hotel. ?Ever since she was a little girl she sleepwalked,? Glover added. ?I think that could be a big part of it; if that?s the answer, I don?t know.? However, Glover?s husband, Adam Bremer, previously told local media that he didn?t believe his wife was a sleepwalker, WPLG reported. Bremer, who said his wife was staying with a friend, said the friend awoke to find Glover missing around 4 a.m. on Thursday. ?My wife was nowhere to be found, and the door was left open,? he told the outlet. Glover?s phone and purse were found in the hotel room, her spouse said. ?She left it in the room and that?s the last we?ve seen of her,? Bremer said. ?We text each other every morning. I get up before her. I hadn?t heard from her by 9 a.m. I knew something was wrong, sent a few more. The second her friend called me, I already knew.? Pictures of the hotel?s pool area appears to show a small, metal fence separating a patio walkway at the rear of the property from the body of water where Glover?s body was found behind the Westin. The hotel?s management wasn?t immediately available to make a statement on Monday. Glover had only married her husband, Bremer, an Amazon employee in Salt Lake City, last November, the woman?s family said. The newlyweds were supposed to close a sale on a new house this week. The 37-year-old?s father said they were picking out appliances for the home prior to his daughter?s death. They?ve since halted the sale. ?Life was excellent [for them],? Bryce Glover said. ?Her and her husband were having a ball enjoying what they do.? The grieving father said the last time he saw his daughter was on Dec. 29 at a family party. He described her as ?driven.? ?She was a wonderful, wonderful person and we?re going to miss her big time,? he added in between sobs. ?No one was like her. She was filled with so much energy. If she had a goal she just went after it. She had no fear of accomplishing anything.? Glover worked as a project manager at CHG Healthcare in Salt Lake City. She had been with the company since 2008, a spokesperson for the company said. ?Our hearts are with Kelly?s family at this time,? Spencer Sutherland, a public relations director for the company, said in a statement to Oxygen.com. ?Kelly was a beloved member of the CHG family and was a true example of putting people first. She was a wonderful person who always thought of others and went out of her way to make people feel valued. She will be deeply missed by all of us here.? Glover?s family said she loved to sing and dance, enjoyed country music, had a ?natural talent? for golf, and lived to travel. She was the oldest of three sisters in the family. ?She really taught me how to be a woman and really taught me to grow up to be the person that I am,? Melissa Glover, 34, Kelly?s sister, told Oxygen.com. Roughly a dozen of Glover?s relatives, who made the trip to Florida, said they?re now preparing funeral arrangements for her in Utah. ?It?s just such an unexpected loss,? Danielle Glover, 31, Kelly?s other younger sister, said. ?She was such a good big sister to me and she always, always wanted to take care of me.... She loved life and she didn?t want it to end. And she would be so upset that this happened. She really had an adventurous spirit.? Anyone sleepwalk? Do you take a bottle of water with you? I've heard of people sleepwalking to their fridge. I suppose she could've grabbed a water bottle and walked outside. shrugs https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/na...?pid=195046718 Kelly Nicole Glover June 12, 1982 ~ Jan 9, 2020 Kelly Nicole Glover, born June 12th 1982, left this earth on January 9th 2020 due to a tragic accident. She is survived by her husband, Adam Bremer, her parents Bryce and Michelle, her sisters Melissa and Dani, her kitties Marchello and Bella, as well as dozens of aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends. Kelly was preceded in death by her grandparents Ike, Lucille and Grandma Lee, and her aunts Sharla and Kim. Kelly graduated a year early from Brighton High in 1999 and got her college degree from the University of Utah. Kelly was a beautiful and passionate woman, who craved new adventures and liked a challenge. She worked at CHG Healthcare for the last ten years, working her way up into project management in marketing. She set her sights on developing her skills and creating the life she wanted. She was an actress, model, real estate agent, singer, and surfer. She was involved with her LGBTQ community and loved to volunteer. She was an activist for causes near to her heart, and had aspirations to get into politics. She was known for her amazing ability to plan trips and navigate foreign countries. She always dreamed of living in Italy. Kelly loved watching the summer concerts at Red Butte with her sisters, cousins, and friends. She never missed an opportunity to go to the Glover cabin in Bear Lake. She adored country music and singing karaoke at her favorite spots. In the last two years of her life, Kelly reconnected with Adam. They were in the process of making a new home together, filled with all the treasures that Kelly had collected and refurbished. She was deeply in love and said he was the best thing that happened to her. We will miss her loving spirit, quick humor, stubborn confidence that she was always right, and her generosity and willingness to help her younger sisters. We thank her CHG family and friends, the strangers who showed up to search and shared our flyer, and all of our loved ones who rallied behind us with outpouring support and concern. Please join us on Saturday January 18th at 9880 S 3100 E at the LDS stake center in Sandy, Utah for a celebration of Kelly's life. She wouldn't want it any other way. Closed casket viewing will be held from 8:30-9:30 with funeral to follow. Flowers can be sent to the LDS Stake Center. Cheers, sweet Kelly. Quick Navigation Missing Persons Top	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line284
__label__wiki	0.724669	0.724669	Quest for Sustainable Nuclear Fusion takes A Step Forward Submitted by Chris Mokaba on Wed, 02/10/2016 - 11:58 This week, the quest for sustainable nuclear fusion took a remarkable step forward when a group of Chinese scientists reported that they have come up with plasma registering at a scorching 90 million degrees Fahrenheit, thrice hotter as compared to the core of the sun. Though the hotter temperatures have been achieved earlier by the Large Hadron Collider, the most enthralling part of the test was the fact that the trial maintained the balmy warmth for nearly 102 seconds. China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, or EAST, scientists carried out the experiment in Hefei in a donut-shaped reactor that uses a very powerful magnetic field. When in use, the magnetic field holds back the plasma into the shape of a torus or donut to prevent it coming in touch with the metallic sides of the reactor. Due to this, the sides of the reactor never really come in contact with the 90 million degree plasma, which is preferred to avoid the any catastrophic occurrence. China’s success in sustaining such a high temperature for more than a minute and a half is a very encouraging step forward. But, EAST would be required to continuously sustain an even hotter temperature for extensive periods of time for the successful creation of usable energy. The thing that makes such a successful trial especially appealing is that in case a reaction continuously sustains itself at high temperatures, it would really create a never-ending energy source as strong as the sun. During a scenario wherein the natural resources on Earth have been continuously dwindling, the vision of this achievement is absolutely fascinating. As per the Institute of Physical Science in Hefei, the scientists worked day and night to make the trial’s endurance perfect. Bigwig automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobile's magnificent Jeep-focused commercial -- titled 'Portraits' -- for Super Bowl 50 was named the best... Researchers determine 3.57 “degrees of separation” between any two people in the world More from Ubisoft Sheffield GP facility is inadequate, says inspectors A team of inspectors have said categorised a Sheffield GP surgery as inadequate and said that it... Experts urge for more steps to fight obesity in the UK Scientists create a new state of hydrogen Scientists have come up with a new state of hydrogen. Researchers have revealed what is probably... Study shows graphene can be used to clean nuclear waste UK junior doctors conclude first strike The junior doctors in the United Kingdom have concluded their first industrial action that went... TRI: ‘Turing Phone’ will run Jolla’s Sailfish OS, not Android In a recent email to customers who have pre-ordered the much-hyped, most-secure 'Turing Phone'... Google’s self-driving vehicles drive 3M simulated miles every day Google to roll out new tweak to Hangouts to improve call quality via P2P According to a VentureBeat report, the Google Hangouts messaging platform is being tweaked by... Microsoft rolls out update to Bing app for iOS and Android	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line292
__label__wiki	0.644663	0.644663	Well, yesterday the PPCC braved a torrential downpour, gushing sidewalks and a broken flip-flop to visit our trusty Uncle Everything DVD-wallah ji. Uncle E ji's really got almost everything, and he prides himself on being the premier supplier of Hindi DVDs in the country. (Very possible. He's certainly our premier supplier.) Anyway, after a huge disappointment when Uncle E ji's only Tamil films were Aaj Ka Boss (which, as the title implies, is not actually Tamil but Hindi) and an ancient, unsubtitled, black and white film from Singapore (?! again, not actually Tamil, but what do any of us know apparently), we requested our usual binge of Anil Kapoor films. At this point, assistant Nephew Everything had a brainwave and said, smiling, "I am thinking you are very keen on Anil Kapoor lately." The PPCC smiled with a distant look in our eyes. "Yeeeah. Gosh, he's dreeeamy." We felt a haze of affection coming on. 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The film would have been heaps better if we had just abandoned the stupid family reunion narrative altogether and followed Karan and Madhu on their courtship. Their scenes were the liveliest of the film, and, as usual, they were endearing and romantic. Blogger brimful made a good argument on their blog about the unfair double standard against which men and women's beauty is held: "According to these movies, if you look like Madhuri Dixit, you're lucky if you end up with Anil Kapoor." Ha! And yet, the more Anil/Madhuri films we watch, the cuter we find them as a couple - she, an empowered diva, and he, a big goof! It's so sweet. And then there's this old interview where Anil Kapoor discusses the magic with Madhuri: What do you have to say about Madhuri Dixit's marriage? Obviously, I felt bad initially (smiles). I said, 'Oh God, she is gone!' She is a friend and I felt happy for her. I think she has become more mysterious and exciting after she got married. When she was unmarried, it was impossible to get her. Now, it is next to impossible. I don't think in this life, I will be able to get close to her! But I was fortunate enough to come close to her in all my films -- I wooed her and got married. I fell in love with her and she reciprocated, on celluloid at least. Among all the heroines you've worked with, who do you think complements you the best? I think Madhuri. We made the best pair. Most totally! When's the comeback film?! Anyway, as this film's narrative got further bogged down with Rakhee's dementia and tiresome indignation, the Anil/Madhuri songs became the sole source of any fun. With music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, all of them were fab - from Madhu's initial Clockwork Orange-style nightmare about the predatory Karan and his Alex-like goons (hey, we'd be scared too!) in Bachke Tu to their adorable excursion to Holland (complete with baffled Dutch onlookers!) to - and this one was our favorite - the romantic and ridiculous Mil Gai. Jeevan Ek Sanghursh isn't a particularly good film - Rakhee makes sure of that - but it is memorable for the comedy and likable for Anil, Madhuri and Anil/Madhuri. Labels: 1990s, anil kapoor, anupam kher, bollywood, madhuri dixit, rakhee Poor Raakhee, she was so misused as a Ma. But I think I could tolerate this, if just for the cracktastic comedy scene. And I must say, that if I only go by the screen caps you shared, Rajkumar looks kind of like my sort of film! I might have to take a chance on it, although I generally trust you (it's me I don't trust). So I guess, next stop: Rajkumar? Enjoy the puffy shirts. Rum said... awwwwwwww i remember seeing this at 8, and laughing at how stoooopidly fun it was! jaaanbaaz is fun and has great music but anil said such sexual and rude dialogues like "you don't like cocks" and laughing leerily after banging dimple in the hay! its good for an experience though Filmi Girl said... Anil + Madhuri make up for so many filmi faults... I don't know if I could sit through this or not. Maybe somebody (bored students, I'm looking at you) can compile all the Anil/Mads bits into one half an hour clip! a ppcc representative said... Memsaab - Noooo! Rajkumar was only one of two movies that were so bad, I couldn't even write a review for them. It was just abysmal and dull. Amrita - If I may pull a Rakhee here, "NAHIIIIIIN!" Rum - I LOLed a lot during this film as well! Rum2 - And I LOLed at this comment! OMG sleazy double entendres, here I come. Filmi Girl - Yeah! Now THAT would be a good movie. And they're certainly distinct/detached enough from the whole reunion plot. eliza bennet said... Ok this one I'll stay away from but I really liked the review, thank you PPCC. Aww, thanks, eb!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line296
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__label__cc	0.744026	0.255974	Get our free Prayer App After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.” Jesus said to him, “Stand up, take your mat and walk.” At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, “It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” But he answered them, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’” They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take it up and walk’?” Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had disappeared in the crowd that was there. Later Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well! Do not sin any more, so that nothing worse happens to you.” The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the sabbath. New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989, by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. USCCB approved. Disrupting our lives Jesus, this passage of yours reminds me of St. Ignatius. Like the ill man, Ignatius spent years recovering from illness, and he had his life dramatically changed because of an encounter with you. And like you, Ignatius was persecuted by religious authorities for doing things that were outside of the norm. He was thrown into jail twice for his preaching of the Gospel, and one of those times was for 42 days. Jesus, you transformed both the ill man and Ignatius. Their lives weren’t the same after they met you. Nor has mine been the same. You have disrupted the original plans I had for my life Jesus, and how grateful I am that you did. Where can I let you disrupt my day today? —Nathan Krawetzke, SJ, is a Jesuit scholastic of the Midwest Province studying philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. Disturb us, Lord, when We are too well pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we have dreamed too little, When we arrived safely Because we sailed too close to the shore. With the abundance of things we possess We have lost our thirst For the waters of life; Having fallen in love with life, We have ceased to dream of eternity And in our efforts to build a new earth, We have allowed our vision Of the new Heaven to dim. Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, To venture on wider seas Where storms will show your mastery; Where losing sight of land, We shall find the stars. We ask You to push back The horizons of our hopes; And to push into the future In strength, courage, hope, and love. —Attributed to Sir Francis Drake Welcome to Pray.JesuitRetreat! We hope that the Scripture, reflections, and prayers will help you encounter Christ and be transformed as you live your retreat experience in your everyday life. JesuitRetreat.org Download a Prayer Card Signup for Daily Email Interested in an Ignatian Retreat? Home \| Subscribe to Daily Emails Ignatian reflections produced in partnership with the Midwest Jesuits and Spiritual Outreach through Leadership, LLC Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House, Inc. 420 West County Line Road, Barrington, Illinois 60010 847-381-1261 \| www.jesuitretreat.org Ignatian reflections produced in partnership with the Midwest Jesuits and Spiritual Outreach through Leadership, LLC	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line314
__label__cc	0.568119	0.431881	Celebrating Pre-Code Hollywood Cinema, 1930 – 1934 What is Pre-Code Hollywood? What is The Production Code? A Timeline of the Pre-Code Hollywood Era The Essential Pre-Codes List of Pre-Code Films Academy Award Nominees and Winners Review List and Site Index Highest Grossing Films Fox Films The Pre-Code Companion TCMFF traderhorn14 Leave a Reply! Cancel reply Previous PostPrevious Trader Horn (1931) Review, with Harry Carey and Edwina Booth This site was created to celebrate everything pre-Code Hollywood (1930 to 1934)! Learn more about what this exciting era of classic film was by clicking here. New reviews every Friday, with TCM schedules at the end of every month. Follow me on Twitter for more! This website is brought to you by readers like you. Unashamed (1932) Review, with Helen Twelvetrees Peg o’ My Heart (1933) Review, with Marion Davies Pre-Code Movies on TCM in January 2020 The Conquerors (1932) Review, with Richard Dix and Ann Harding Pre-Code Movies on TCM in December 2019 Passion Flower (1930) Review, with Kay Francis and Charles Bickford Hell’s House (1932) Review, with Bette Davis and Pat O’Brien Pre-Code Movies on TCM in November 2019 The World Changes (1933) Review, with Paul Muni, Aline MacMahon and Mary Astor Millie (1931) Review, with Helen Twelvetrees and Lilyan Tashman Categories Select Category All Reviews (589) Short Film Reviews (26) Film Topics (539) Abortion (7) Catfights (19) Crime Pays (71) Cross Dressing (15) Divorce (71) Drinking During Prohibition (146) Extramarital Sex (152) Farting (1) Glorifying Gangsters (34) Gold Digging (103) Homosexuality (48) Hookers with Hearts of Gold (52) Incest (Not Best) (8) Justifiable Homicide (80) Masturbation (1) Menage a Trois (7) Miscegenation (25) Mockery of Marriage (90) Mocking Religion (22) Mocking the Government (60) Murder Without Consequence (74) Naked Hinders (8) Narcotics (29) Nudity (19) Premarital Sex (171) Race and/or Blackface (87) Rape (30) Scantily Clad Women (217) Slapping Women Around (96) Speakeasies (53) Suggestive Dialogue (292) Suggestive Imagery (96) Suicide (45) Swearing (44) The Depression (65) The Horrors of War (34) Thrill Killing (31) Weiners (10) White Slavery (14) Women With Power (50) Fun Stuff (162) Blog-A-Thons (7) Book Reviews (11) Film Festivals and Screenings (8) Picture Posts (1) Pre-Code Companion (7) Pre-Code Retro (10) Real Life Stuff (16) TCM Schedules (74) TCMFF (32) Useful Info (1) Genres (552) Adventure (30) Cartoon (2) Comedy (256) Crime (38) Documentary (4) Drama (302) Horror (21) Message Movies (15) Musical (75) Mystery (26) Prison Flicks (2) Revue (1) Romance (22) Science Fiction (1) Two-Strip Techinicolor (4) War (21) Western (10) Lists (23) Academy Awards (18) Essentials (5) Rating (547) Dislike (97) Indifference (158) Like (292) Release Year (560) 1930 (75) 1931 (120) 1932 (132) 1933 (150) 1934 (83) Site News (10)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line315
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Exploiting genomics to improve the biological control potential of Pasteuria spp., an organisms with potential to control plant-parasitic nematodes Srivastava, A., Hall, A., Graeme-Cook, K. & Davies, K., Nov 2014, In : Aspects of Applied Biology. 127, p. 9-14 Extention Olona Cemetery Carta, S., 31 Oct 2013, In : A10: new European architecture. 53 Factory Renovation Feminists look at science Manthorpe, C., 7 Mar 1985, In : New Scientist. p. 29-31 Filtering out activity-related variations from radial velocities in a search for low-mass planets Jones, H. & Tuomi, M., 8 May 2014, (Submitted) In : ArXiv. Final report on the standardized data collection tool for the audit of acupuncture treatment for low back pain Cairns, M. C. & Oakes, H., 1 Apr 2014, In : Acupuncture in Physiotherapy. p. 65-70 Fitted law court offices, Venice. Carta, S., 2013, In : A10: new European architecture. 50, p. 18-20 3 p. Fluorescence in situ hybridization on early porcine embryos Foster, H. A., Sturmey, R. G., Stokes, P. J., Leese, H. J., Bridger, J. M. & Griffin, D. K., 2010, In : Methods in Molecular Biology. 659, p. 427-36 10 p. Food Policy in the UK: Reflections on Food 2030 before and after Lang, T. & Barling, D., 2010, In : Food Ethics . 5, 2, p. 4-7 Forma e concetto: il lavoro di Giuseppe Vultaggio Carta, S., 2010, In : ARCH'IT. Jamieson, C., Apr 2011, In : Journal-Royal Institute of British Architects. 118, 4, p. 20-22 2 p. From Terrain to Architecture: Two Vicente/Núñez projects Further developments in informed consent and information disclosure: the Supreme Court case of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board (Scotland) 2015 Carr, C., 2015, In : Student Law Review. 76, p. 49-51 Galaxy formation: When the wind blows Geach, J. E., 25 Mar 2015, In : Nature. 519, 7544, p. 423-424 2 p. Gastronomic Architecture: The Cafe and Beyond Parham, S., Oct 1996, In : Architecture Bulletin. October Gateway to the Community Saarinen, H., Mar 2014, In : C3. 355, p. 110-113 4 p. Genetic modification and food: the policy challenges Barling, D., Mar 1999, In : Public Health Forum. p. 6-7 Georgian Banking Blunders Murphy, A., Jan 2013, In : BBC History Magazine. January 2013, p. 42-43 2 p. Green-izing H I, CO and Near Infrared Observations of the BCD Galaxy Haro 2 Bravo-Alfaro, H., Coziol, R., Brinks, E., Baker, A. J., Walter, F. & Kunth, D., 2005, In : Baltic Astronomy. 14, p. 417-419 Pandya, P. & Farrington, K., 1 Jan 2003, In : Medicine. 31, 6, p. 66-69 4 p. Here comes everybody: Reframing the stakeholder concept when just about everyone can become your stakeholder Dalcher, D., Oct 2015, In : PM World Journal. 4, 10, 7 p. High resolution X-ray observation and monitoring of the x-ray jet and radio lobes of Centaurus A Kraft, R. P., Hardcastle, M. J., Forman, W. R., Jones, C., Murray, S. S. & Worrall, D. M., 2003, In : New Astronomy Reviews. 47, p. 625-628 History, Artefacts and Storytelling in the 2011 Primary Curriculum Bage, G., Apr 2010, In : Primary History. 54, p. 23-24 2 p., 5. Homing in on project performance: The long road towards continuous improvement Dalcher, D., 1 May 2017, In : PM World Journal. 6, 5, 7 p. House in context, Locarno. Housing - Elmas (IT) Carta, S., 18 Feb 2011, In : A10: new European architecture. Housing art, Bolzano. Carta, S., May 2013, In : A10: new European architecture. 51, p. 23-25 3 p. Identifying and Removing Gender Barriers in Open Learning Communities: The Programming Historian Crymble, A., 1 Sep 2016, In : Blended Learning in Practice. 2016, p. 49-60 11 p. Incorporating a Mediterranean diet in chronic disease management Hoffman, R., 2013, In : National Association of Primary Care Review. Winter 2013/14, p. 48-50 2 p. 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__label__cc	0.645216	0.354784	Conference article › Research › Not peer-reviewed Water, Territories, and the Duty to Compromise Lo Coco, L., Jun 2015, In : Territory and Justice: a research Network. Conference article › Research › Peer-reviewed A material model for anisotropic metals De Vuyst, T., Vignjevic, R., Mirkovic, J. & Campbell, J., 1 Sep 2003, In : Journal De Physique. IV : JP. 110, p. 21-26 6 p. A parametric study and simulations in quantifying human skin hyperelastic parameters Mahmud, J., Holt, C., Evans, S., Manan, N. F. A. & Chizari, M., 1 Jan 2012, In : Procedia Engineering. 41, p. 1580-1586 7 p. Absorptive capacity in service innovation: The role of IT capabilities Sabini, L. & Spagnoletti, P., 1 Dec 2010, In : CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 653, p. 33-36 4 p. Accuracy of measuring methods on the femoral head Athapattu, M., Saveh, A. H., Mahmud, J., Alrashidi, M., Wang, B. & Chizari, M., 1 Jan 2013, In : Procedia Engineering. 68, p. 83-87 5 p. 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__label__cc	0.578358	0.421642	Talent. Talent. Talent. Talent is at the heart of everything we do. We’ve put together a team of talented and passionate individuals from around the globe. Our best ideas come when we uncover the why behind a challenge. Our curiosity fuels creativity, drives innovation, and catalyzes continuous growth for our agency and our clients. CUSTOMER PASSION We’re obsessed with helping our customers succeed. Customers aren’t just the client partners who ask us to help solve their toughest challenges—they’re the shoppers who buy their products, the retailers critical to their success, and the Xers who facilitate great work every day. We are fearless in our work, the business, and with each other. We say it in the room. We use radical candor. We aren't afraid to take risks and fight for the work, share an opposing view, or bring an audacious solution. By celebrating the human element as the foundation of everything we do, we nurture big ideas, bring joy to collaboration, and build meaningful connections with each other, our partners, and clients. We make big ideas happen. We roll up our sleeves, find extraordinary solutions to challenges, and deliver best-in-class executions. When we rally to deliver with urgency, we realize nothing is impossible—and everybody wins. Extreme ownership means taking ultimate accountability for our work, our team, our results, and our agency. The decisions we make and how we lead should be made as if the business is our own—because it is. Life as an Xer That’s what we call ourselves: Xers. And it’s a name that means a lot. Here’s a little sampling of what life as an Xer is like: Hard Work. Serious Fun. When you have a bunch of people collaborating while doing what they love, work is part of the fun. We enjoy every minute of what we do and are rewarded for it through joy deposits, our annual company rager, and by almost winning the local kickball league. Being an Xer is like being a part of a big family, which is why we have events like our office-wide Thanksgiving week lunch. But we know you also have a family waiting for you at home. Part of the reason our retention rate shatters the industry average is because of our generous time-off package, four weeks paid leave for new parents, financial assistance if you decide to adopt, and most importantly, pets are always welcome. Joy Deposits Joy deposits AKA Random Acts of Cartwright (He’s our COO.) are just one of the things that make life as an Xer special. You may come into the agency on hump day and be greeted by a camel. On other days, you may be serenaded by a Gaelic band while you work, or you may even be called into a meeting in our theatre only to walk into a mid-summer snowball fight. It’s pretty special, and if you were wondering, the answer is yes. The camel did drop a number two right in front of our CEO’s door. Jessica Hendrix She’s been an Xer for 11+ years and in the retail and agency world for over 20. She also firmly believes that bacon is its own food group. Mauriahh Esquivel VP, Group Creative Director She started here as a designer and is now the global creative lead. She also loves talent competition shows. She gets too excited to fall asleep if she watches them too late. Lela Davidson VP, Account Leadership & Client Partnership She’s published books, founded media companies, and empties the lint tray after every load. Nicholas Sammer VP, Client Partnership & Brand Strategy He’s led big CPG brands, helped build a multi-million-dollar startup, and is a total sucker for the Golden Girls. Erin Campbell SVP, Strategy She once taught over 800 Walmart executives about the ways of the millennial generation. She always catches and releases spiders from her home before the cats can get them. Amanda Rogers SVP, Operations In her 17 years in the industry, she’s had roles from traffic to account leadership to operations. It’s all thanks to a Jennifer Aniston movie, which inspired her to change from an education major. Ellis Collins Sr. VP, Production Services 15 years ago, he was a production manager at Saatchi & Saatchi X. Today he’s leading the executional department. Melissa Newport VP, Finance She’s worked in finance for 30+ years. In that time, she’s seen more than 20 countries from every angle—including Egypt on a camel’s back and Kenya from a hot air balloon. Mick Suh EVP, Managing Director, Commerce & Business Development His fearlessness in the cockpit as an Army Aviation officer helped him lead a number of major CPG brands. On the flip side, he’s now afraid to play his teenaged daughter in tennis as he can no longer win. Become an Xer We’re always looking to add some special talent to our family. Take a look at our openings, and if you don’t see what you’re looking for reach out to our talent team. See all openings © 2019 Saatchi & Saatchi X	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line328
__label__cc	0.534652	0.465348	Persons Interested In Government Property Behind My Sentencing By Court –Runsewe admin 0 January 13, 2020 5:11 pm Director-General of National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Segun Runsewe, has stated that individuals interested in converting government property to personal use were behind his sentencing by a court. Justice Jude Okeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory had sentenced Runsewe to prison for allegedly refusing to obey a court order directing stay of proceedings in a suit bordering on the demolition of the Arts and Craft Village located in the Central Business District area of the FCT. The court held that the NCAC flouted the law and ordered the police to arrest Runsewe and hand him over to the Nigerian Correctional Service pending when he retraces his steps. But reacting to the court’s verdict while speaking with journalists in Abuja, Runsewe said that he acted to protect and defend government property owned by NCAC and He noted that some individuals with vested interest in the building wanted to acquire it for themselves, hence the reason they are trying to have him removed from office. Runsewe said, “The property has been turned into a drug den for hooligans and criminals, a depot for illegal arms and sundry criminal activities, which turned the place to security threat not only to Abuja residents but to foreigners who visit the area. “I wonder why some people are bent on converting government property to a haven of inappropriate engagement. That was why the police closed down the place. “The Art and Craft Village belongs to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it does not belong to me but to the Nigerian people. “I would be failing in my duties as a public officer and appointee of government if I cannot protect government property to which I was mandated to oversee.” Arts Legal News AddThis : Original Author : SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements : Unlawful Account Freeze: Court Orders Bank To Pay Lawyer N25m Accountant Bags 18-year Jail Term For Defrauding Church In Adamawa	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line332
__label__wiki	0.50529	0.50529	To strive. To seek. To find. 5000 Mayfield Road, Caledon, ON L7C0Z5 Counting On You Student-Focused Assessment Take your Parents to school day Team Roster (Fall) Team Roster (Spring) Team Roster (Winter) Mayfield Views Online Magazine Writing Handbook and Style Guide Student ServicesCurrently selected Co-op Resources Parent and Student Resources Teen Internet Issues Pathways Planning Regional Arts (RAP) Information Night On-line Application Form Private Busing Mayfield Secondary School > Student Services > Diploma Requirements The diploma requirements for students entering grade 9 are described below. Any changes to the diploma requirements will be communicated to schools as soon as they are made available by the Ministry of Education. The Credit System A credit is granted in recognition of the successful completion of a course that has been scheduled for a minimum of 110 hours. For the purpose of granting a credit, “scheduled time” is defined as the time during which students participate in planned learning activities (other than homework) designed to lead to the achievement of the curriculum expectations of a course. A credit is granted to a student by the principal of a secondary school on behalf of the minister of education. Requirements for Ontario Secondary School Diploma In order to earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), a student who entered grade 9 in the 1999-20 school year, or enters in subsequent years, must earn a minimum of 30 credits, including 18 compulsory credits and 12 optional credits. Students must also complete 40 hours of community involvement activities and must successfully complete the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). Effective September 2005, two co-operative education credits can be counted toward the 18 compulsory credits. Note: Successful completion of the OSSLT is not required as a diploma requirement for those students who entered grade 9 in September 1999. Refer to page 3 for conditions under which a student may take the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (OSSLC) in lieu of the test. Under special circumstances an adjudication process would be put in place. Eligibility is determined in consultation with schools. Credits required – 18 compulsory credits 4 credits English (1 credit per grade)* 3 credits Mathematics (1 credit in Grade 11 or 12) 2 credits Science 1 credits The Arts 1 credits Canadian Geography 1 credits Canadian History 1 credits French as a Second Language 1 credits Health & Physical Education ½ credits Civics ½ credits Career Studies An additional credit in one of: (Group 1) French as a Second Language Classical or International Language Canadian & World Studies Co-operative Education* Science (Grade 11 or 12) Technological Education * A maximum of 3 credits in English as a Second Language (ESL) or English Literacy Development (ELD) may be counted towards the 4 compulsory credits in English, but the fourth must be a credit earned for a Grade 12 compulsory English course. In Groups 1, 2, and 3, a maximum of 2 credits in French as a Second Language can count as compulsory credits, one from group 1 and one from either group 2 or group 3. A maximum of 2 credits in Co-operative Education can count as compulsory credits. 12 optional credits In addition to the 18 compulsory credits, students must earn 12 optional credits selected from the courses listed as available in the course calendar.† †The 12 optional credits may include up to 4 credits earned through approved dual credit courses. Additional Diploma Requirements 40-Hour Community Involvement The student is responsible for finding and completing 40 hours of volunteer work. The school will not be directly involved in finding volunteer placements for students or monitoring students while they are completing their volunteer work. Students are responsible for completing their 40 hours and submitting their completed form prior to the end of classes of their graduating year to ensure that their transcript is updated prior to the end of the school year. The parent is responsible for checking potential placements before the student begins volunteering. The school is responsible for advising students of the requirements and procedures for completing the 40-hour community involvement requirement. Students will receive information and appropriate forms from their guidance office. Students entering a Peel secondary school from outside of the province or country must complete the full 40 hours regardless of their grade of entry. More information can be found under "Community Service – 40 Hours" For students who entered secondary school in the 2000-2001 school year or later, successful completion of the test is a diploma requirement. The test measures whether students can successfully demonstrate reading and writing skills that apply in all subject areas in the provincial curriculum, up to the end of grade 9. The test is designed and marked by the Education Quality & Accountability Office (EQAO). The test is conducted once each year. Students receive results – either "complete" or "incomplete." Students who receive an incomplete will be sent detailed feedback. Students may re-take the test. No limits have been established regarding the number of re-takes allowed. Sample test materials are available at www.peelschools.org or www.eqao.com. Accommodations, deferral and exemption information are outlined in the Ministry of Education’s Programs/ Policy memorandum 127; Accommodations, Deferrals and Exemptions for the grade 10 Literacy Test. Any accommodations recommended by the school will be acceptable to EQAO, in accordance with Programs/Policy memorandum 127, and must be outlined in the individual student’s Individual Education Plan. Accommodation recommendations will be communicated by letter to parents/guardians in advance of the test. Deferrals will be considered in individual circumstances. The consideration for a deferral may be initiated by a parent or by the principal. The principal will make a decision in consultation with the student’s parents/guardians and appropriate school staff. A letter outlining the reason for the deferral will be sent home with the student for parent/guardian signature in advance of the test. A student who is deferred must still successfully complete the test in order to earn an OSSD. A student will only be exempted from the test if she is not working towards an OSSD. A student who has been eligible twice to write the OSSLT, and who has failed at least once, is eligible to take the grade 12 literacy course (OSSLC). If passed, this will count in lieu of the literacy test (OSSLT). A principal may decide, based on individual needs, to allow a student to take the OSSLC before he has had his second opportunity to write the OSSLT The Ontario Secondary School Certificate The Ontario Secondary School Certificate will be granted on request to students who leave school before earning an Ontario Secondary School Diploma provided they have earned a minimum of 14 credits distributed as follows: 2 credits in English 1 credits in Canadian Geography or Canadian History 1 credits in Mathematics 1 credits in Science 1 credits in Health & Physical Education 1 credits in The Arts or Technological Education or Computer Studies 7 optional credits 7 credits selected by the student from available courses Certificate of Accomplishment Students who leave school before fulfilling the requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma or the Ontario Secondary School Certificate may be granted a Certificate of Accomplishment. The Certificate of Accomplishment may be used to recognize achievement for students who plan to take certain vocational programs or other types of further training, or who plan to find employment after leaving school. Tracking of Credit Accumulation Ontario Student Record (OSR) This is the official record for a student. The OSR contains achievement results, credits earned, diploma requirements completed and other information important to the education of the student. Ontario Student Transcript (OST) The OST is an official and consistent summary of a student’s achievement in Ontario secondary school credit courses. A current, accurate and complete copy of the OST will be included in the Ontario Student Record. Substitutions for Compulsory Courses To meet individual student needs, the principal may replace up to three compulsory courses. The decision to make a substitution will be made only if the student’s educational interests are best served by such a substitution. Each substitution will be noted on the student’s Ontario Student Transcript.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line337
__label__cc	0.737443	0.262557	Anggrek bulan (moon orchid): WUaS February 11, 2017 monthly business meeting - News / Agenda, In conversation with the Swiss Alliance for Data-Intensive Services to develop WUaS's "front end" in HTML 5 first in Switzerland's languages of French, German, and Italian, and Romansh Dear Universitians and friends, Thank you for your generous contributions to World University and School! Please join us at our open (hour-long) World University and School monthly business meeting this Saturday, February 11, at 9 am Pacific Time, electronically by letting info@worlduniversityandschool.org know you'd like to participate. I've attached the WUaS January 2017 financial report. See, too: http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2017/02/wuas-february-11-2017-monthly-business.html News and Agenda World University and School is in conversation with the Swiss Alliance for Data-Intensive Services to develop WUaS's "front end" in HTML 5 first in Switzerland's languages of French, German, and Italian, and Romansh, and planning for A) all 7,097 living languages as wiki schools, B) all nation states/countries/territories/their governments as donors, C) voice & AI / machine learning / machine translation, D) security, E) bit coin and the block chain) and F) subsequent data developments (e.g. a realistic virtual earth with an universal translator). This would potentially include Swiss Alliance developing CC WUaS's "course catalog," planning for incorporating individual courses from CC MIT OCW in its 7 languages and CC Yale OYC, as well as begin developing the WUaS "You at WUaS" main page, planning for 11 billion people in 2100 - first in Switzerland's four official languages. As part of the wiki school development process, CC WUaS would like to work with SAfD-IS in collaboration with CC Wikidata, and its 358 languages (Wikipedia's too), in developing further WUaS languages and our WUaS wiki schools. (World University and School donated CC WUaS to CC Wikidata in October 2015). World University and School would like to become partners with the Swiss Alliance for Data-Intensive Services (SAfD-IS) - http://www.data-service-alliance.ch/ - at their membership rate of 4,000 Swiss Francs, which is about $3,992 US dollars at yesterday's exchange rate. Universitians: Thank you for joining the World University and School team. WUaS invites you to participate in our open, hour-long, monthly, business meeting on Saturday, February 11th, beginning at 9 a.m., Pacific Time / 12 noon ET. I'd like to invite you to WUaS's monthly business meeting this Saturday, February 11th at 9am PT (2nd Saturdays of the month, hour-long and electronically mediated) if you'd like to learn further how WUaS makes decisions, plans and works, and participate in this process. This month please join us at our open (hour-long) World University and School monthly business meeting electronically by letting info@worlduniversityandschool.org know you'd like to participate. - at 9am Pacific Time. The agenda for the upcoming Saturday, February 11th, 2017 WUaS, monthly, business meeting is here - http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2017/02/wuas-february-11-2017-monthly-business.html . World University and School is looking for a new, Board member, for example, to focus on fundraising, and to actually bring in significant monies for WUaS.org, the Non-Profit wing. The next, open, hour-long, WUaS, monthly business meeting is on Saturday, March 11th, 2017. And this month I'll continue to send out a second email after business meeting with WUaS Minutes. You'll also find some previous monthly business meetings (conducted electronically in the manner of F/friends) as examples in Google Hangouts here - http://scottmacleod.com/papers.htm. WUaS's active blog with past monthly business information is here - http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com. For people on the sporadic, somewhat frequent, WUaS, email list, or who wish to be, WUaS is posting actively to both the WUaS Google Group (world-university-and-school@googlegroups.com), and the WUaS Yahoo Group (worlduniversityandschool@yahoogroups.com), both of which allow for daily and weekly digests. Please join these groups for daily and weekly digests. Concerning this WUaS team email list, we'll generally send out business meeting emails twice a month. If you'd like to receive more frequent, sporadic, WUaS emails, please reply to this email telling me so. If you could, please REPLY with UNSUBSCRIBE, or an alternative email address, if you wish NOT to receive WUaS's emails, or receive them in a different email account, - and WUaS would be very grateful. World University and School is planning to become the MIT / Harvard / Yale / Stanford / Oxbridge of the Internet, and in all 7,097+ known living languages and ~200+ nation states/countries/territories, with online, Creative Commons' licensed MIT OCW-centric university degrees Bachelor - Ph.D., law and M.D., (as well as I.B. high school diplomas) - in large languages. 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__label__cc	0.728533	0.271467	Republic Not Empire Blog of Richard Duffee, Green Party candidate for Congress, Connecticut 4th District. Fwd: Obama acted on Day One From: Anthony D. Romero, ACLU <Executive_director@aclu.org> Date: Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:04 PM Subject: Obama acted on Day One To: richard.duffee@gmail.com Sign the ACLU's "Thank You" message, and urge President Obama to keep leading us towards an America we can proud of. Dear ACLU Supporter, Within hours of taking office, President Obama took the important first step to close Guantánamo: halting the unconstitutional military commissions by ordering the prosecution to seek a 120-day suspension. It's the first step in what we hope will be a series of bold measures to free America from the civil liberties outrages and human rights abuses of the Bush era. The pundits and political experts told the ACLU we should "hold our horses" -- that it wouldn't be right to expect swift action from Obama. You and half a million ACLU supporters didn't listen to them -- and neither did our new President! Let's match President Obama's first step forward with a powerful show of support and encouragement. Sign the ACLU's "Thanks for acting on Day One" message to President Obama. Tell President Obama how proud you are that he's already beginning to dismantle the Bush system of injustice -- and promise him your support as he keeps taking the actions you and the ACLU have been urging him to take to renew American freedom. Within the next 120 days, we trust that the President's team will be studying and finalizing plans and a timeline for permanently closing Guantánamo, shuttering the military commissions and ensuring justice is served in the best of American traditions. Barack Obama understood that it would be unconscionably wrong to let the shameful military commissions go on for a single day. And the ACLU isn't just waiting for additional concrete steps. We've provided the White House, Attorney General designate Eric Holder, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates -- among others -- with clear plans and proposals for renewing American freedom. Right from the start, President Obama has made it clear that he means business. Make sure he knows that ACLU members across the country appreciate this first major step and stand ready to help him accomplish more in the days ahead. Anthony D. Romero P.S. If rumors circulating in the media are true, an upcoming Barack Obama executive order closing Guantánamo Bay could soon result in another victory on a key ACLU priority. Thank you for all the work you have done and continue to do to set the stage for this remarkable beginning to the Obama presidency. © ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004 Unsubscribe from receiving email, or change your email preferences. Posted by Richard Duffee at 11:17 PM Fwd: Let Gaza Live! DC Action Needs YOU! If you want to go, please reply to Ardeshir Ommani ardeshiromm@optonline.net. If you want to get another bus or van, please let Ardeshir and me know so that we can inform other people of the existence of another vehicle. Richard Duffee 203-588-0161 From: Ardeshir Ommani <ardeshiromm@optonline.net> Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:44 PM Subject: Let Gaza Live! DC Action Needs YOU! To: Ardeshir Ommani <ardeshiromm@optonline.net> Dear Friends! Please consider joining us in our trip to Washington, DC, to march with the Arab-Muslim Community to oppose the assault by Israel on the Palestinian people in Gaza and Palestine. We have a 15 passenger van that will leave from the Westchester-White Plains, NY area and go to Washington. If you wish to be included, please RSVP IMMEDIATELY, as seats are filling fast. The van will make one stop in New Jersey, in the Fort Lee area, so if you want to be picked up there, let us know! The round-trip cost is $30.00, leaving NY at 6:00 AM Saturday, January 10th and returning Saturday evening, January 10th, around 8-9 PM. Regards, AIFC National March on Washington Assemble at the White House (north side) at 1:00 PM New Sponsors ~ Endorse ~ Organize Transportation A man carries his wounded child into a hospital in Gaza City. A doctor in Gaza's main hospital reported that children make up 30 percent of the casualties, among the dead and wounded, in the second day of the ground invasion. The time to act is now! Local marches have taken place all over the country. Now is the time to bring the outrage of the people right to the steps of the White House. We are sending a message to both Bush and the incoming Obama administration: This war of aggression must end immediately! People all over the world will be marching in their country's capital cities on Saturday, January 10. The people of this country will come together in Washington, D.C., to say NO to the government that speaks in their name and uses their tax dollars to fund Israel to the tune of over $15 million per day. Please see below for important updates on the Saturday, January 10 LET GAZA LIVE National March on Washington. Tens of thousands have marched across the country. Above: Chicago, January 2 The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), American Muslim Task Force (AMT), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), American Muslim Alliance (AMA), Muslimah Writers Alliance (MWA), Voters for Peace (VFP) and many others have become sponsoring organizations of the January 10 Let Gaza Live National March on Washington, along with the ANSWER Coalition, Muslim American Society Freedom (MASF), Free Palestine Alliance (FPA), National Council of Arab Americans (NCA), Al-Awda - International Palestine Right to Return Coalition, and hundreds of others. Become an Endorser Click here to add your individual or organizational endorsement. Organize Transportation to DC Buses are being organized to bring people to Washington, D.C., from across the East Coast, Midwest and South. Now is the time to stand together in DC in solidarity with the people of Gaza! If you are organizing transportation, fill click here to fill out the Transportation Form. This will allow others to find out about transportation options, and it will ensure that you receive important logistical information regarding the plans for Saturday. Plan for Saturday, January 10 The Saturday, January 10 LET GAZA LIVE National March in Washington, D.C., will gather at the White House (north side, Lafayette Park) at 1:00 PM. The protest will be located between the Bush White House and the Hay Adams Hotel, where President-Elect Obama is now residing, which is located on the north side of Lafayette Park. There will be coinciding West Coast demonstrations in San Francisco (11 am at Civic Center) , Los Angeles (12 noon at Westwood Federal Building), San Diego (details TBA) and elsewhere. Click here to view a flyer for the demonstration. It is a 8.5x11 inch PDF that you can view, print and reproduce. If you are in the Washington, D.C., area, you can pick up flyers from the ANSWER Coalition office at 1247 E St. SE. Please spread the word online through Facebook, Myspace, email, listserves, blogs and bulletin boards; and talk to your family, friends, co-workers, classmates and people you meet on the street! Calendar of Emergency Demonstrations Taking Place This Week Statements from the Free Palestine Alliance The Free Palestine Alliance, a member group of the ANSWER Coalition National Steering Committee, has been writing daily statements about the Gaza Strip Massacre. These are important statements of political orientation from the Palestinian-American community. Click here to read the statements issued by the Free Palestine Alliance. Send a letter to the State Department and Congress Join with people around the country and around the world who are demanding an end to U.S. aid to Israel. This is an urgent situation and we must all act now. You can send a letter with our easy click and send system demanding an end to U.S. aid to Israel. Without U.S. aid, the Israeli military attacks, siege and blockade of Gaza could not be continued. Click this link now to send a letter to the State Department and elected officials in Congress. Posted by Richard Duffee at 10:32 AM Richard Duffee Stamford, CT, United States Duffee for Congress website Archive of posts before March 2008 USA Green Party CT Green Party Fairfield County Green Party CT Impeachment Movement	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line344
__label__wiki	0.680432	0.680432	Mimeographed handbill for the 'LEMAR (Legalise Marijuana)' campaign, headed 'Free Marijuana Prisoners' Ed Saunders/Allen Ginsberg 'LEMAR (Legalise Marijuana) \| c/o Peace Eye Book Store \| 383 East 10th Street \| New York City, NY 10009'. Dated '1-10-65' [10 January 1965]. 8vo (A4) handbill, printed on one side. The heading 'FREE MARIJUANA PRISONERS' and part of the text reproduces handwriting (printed not cursive so to speak - see image on my website - Ginsberg's or Saunder's?) , the rest is typed. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged and creased paper. The part of the text reproducing manuscript reads 'Many New Yorkers are arrested each year for possession of the harmless herb marijuana. Woman prisoners are kept in the Women's House of Detention. NYC Lemar will demonstrate at the Women's House of Detention Greenwich Ave. & W. LEGALISE Signed portrait in ink by Brian Bagnall of 'Sir Harold Acton at a private view of Russell Foreman paintings Arts Club'. Brian Bagnall (1921-2004), cartoonist and illustrator, best-known for his work for the magazine Private Eye [Sir Harold Acton (1904-1994)] Dated by Bagnall 20 January 1982. On piece of good quality art paper, 15 x 19 cm. In good condition, in grey card frame. Shows a cheery Acton in profile, drawn in grey and black. Signed in ink on drawing 'b.g.b. \| 82', with 'Sir Harold Acton at the Arts Club 20.I.82' in pencil at foot. On the reverse of the drawing Bagnall has written 'Brian Bagnall \| Sir Harold Acton at a private view of Russell Forman paintings Arts Club 20.I.82'. Sabi Legend and Other Poems N.H.D. Spicer and John Spicer, with illustrations by D.J. Avery. Published by John Spicer, [Rhodesia, 1947 31pp., 12mo, illustrated blue wraps (a warrior), contents crudely joined to wraps with sellotape, wraps sl. chipped and worn, contents mainly good. No copy listed on COPAC; four copies listed on WorldCat (3 in South Africa, and Texas). Original finished coloured comic drawing, showing a large penguin [Jan Tschichold?] dragging a bearded man [Montague Shaw?] who clutches a set of letters spelling 'Fabers', signifying the man's move from the publishers Faber & Faber to Penguin Books. [Montague Shaw, production manager, Faber & Faber Ltd; Jan Tschichold, typographer for Penguin Books] [London.] 1966. Dimensions 29 x 12 cm. Pasteboard mount, 31 x 14.5 cm. In blue, black and white. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. In front of a background of ricketty railings, a jolly bespectacled penguin [with Tschichold's sprightly eyes], with a Penguin book under his left arm, and preceded by a letter P and followed by an n, drags a bespectacled, bearded man (looking a little like a young Michael Bentine) towards the right of the drawing. Corrected typescript of Scottish science-fiction writer John Keir Cross's unpublished BBC radio verse play 'The Balloon', with five Typed Letters Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed from Cross to the Faber production manager Montague Shaw. John Keir Cross (1911-1967), Scottish writer of science fiction and fantasy [BBC radio; Cedric Thorpe Davie (1913-1983), composer] Script of 'The Balloon', c. 1946. Letters dating from between 1948 and 1966; the first three from Muswell Hill, London; the last three from South Brent, Devon. Typescript of 'The Balloon': landscape 8vo, 24 pp. Text clear and complete. On aged paper. With pencil emendations (including the deletion of a number of passages) on practically every page. Described by Cross as a 'radio composition' and a 'fantasy for broadcasting', 'The Balloon' presents an absurd take on T. S. Eliot's verse plays. It was transmitted on the Scottish Home Service of the BBC in 1946, with music by Cedric Thorpe Davie (1913-1983). There is no record of it having been published. The five typed letters total seven 4to pages. The autograph letter is landscape 12mo, 1 p. Typescript of BBC radio programme 'Tomorrow's Doomsday. A biographical symposium to mark the centenary of the death of Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1803-1849' by John Keir Cross and Montague Shaw. John Keir Cross (1911-1967), Scottish writer of science fiction and fantasy; Montague Shaw, production manager at Faber & Faber Ltd [Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet] [Pencil note gives date of transmission on the BBC Third Programme as 29 January 1949.] Folio, [ii] + 16 pp. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged and spotted paper. First page headed in pencil 'Mr. John Keir Cross' and with the following, also in pencil, at foot: 'Transmission: Sat. 29th January, 1949. \| 7.45-8.25 p.m. Third Prog.' First two pages give details of the production, including the names of the producer Noel Iliff and of the seven 'Speakers': Alan Wheatley, Laidman Browne, Valentine Dyall, Patricia Jessel, Anthony Jacob, Robert Marsden and Raf de la Torre. Second page includes instructions regarding the characters of the 'Voices' and a 'Production Suggestion'. BEDDOES DEATH'S Christmas illustration by Quentin Blake, for his own personal use, with an autograph inscription signed by him ('Q'). Quentin Blake (born 1932), English children's book illustrator [Montague Shaw, Faber and Penguin] Undated [1970s?]; sent from his address 23 Gledhow Gardens, London SW5. Reproduction of black and white drawing in Blake's inimitable style. 4to (34 x 29.5 cm). Good, with a little light creasing. Reproduction of black and white drawing in Blake's inimitable style. Depicts anthropomorphic bear, pig, chicken, squirrel and hedgehog in a line from largest to smallest, all with party hats, smiles on their faces and forepaws and other front limbs aloft. Blake's address, as part of printed piece, written upwards along left-hand margin. [Printed pamphlet.] Shakespeare and the Stoicism of Seneca. (An Address read before the Shakespeare Association 18th March, 1927). By T. S. Eliot. T. S. Eliot [The Shakespeare Association, London] London: Published for the Shakespeare Association by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Square, E.C. 1927. 8vo, 17 + [i] pp. Stapled. In original grey wraps. Aged and worn copy of a scarce item. Autograph Letter Signed C. Patmore, with addressed envelope, to the Blackburn poet John Thomas Baron ('Jack O'Anns') Coventry Patmore (1823-96), poet Hastings, 5 Dec. 1881. One page, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks, good condition. Tamarton [sic for Tamerton] Church Tower & other Poems are now included in a volume called 'Amelia and other Poems.' It is published by Geo. Bell & Co. York Stret, Covent Garden. I do not know Mr Palgarve's address, but a letter to Macmillan & Co, his publisher would reach him. PASCHENDALE TEL-EL-KEBIR Autograph Letter Signed ('Edmund C. Stedman') from the American man of letters Edmund Clarence Stedman to the Blackburn poet John Thomas Baron ('Jack O'Anns') Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), American poet, critic and essayist [John Thomas Baron (1856-1922), Blackburn dialect poet, writing under the pseudonym 'Jack O'Anns'] 31 January 1883; on letterhead of 71 West 54th Street, New York. 12mo, 4 pp. Bifolium. Forty-eight lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper. Begins 'One must needs be a churl indeed to be a laggard in his response to a letter containing words of so sweet breath composed as yours!' He thanks Baron for his 'kind & encouraging letter', and considers that an author 'has no keener or more lawful pleasure than to find that the errors of his song or tale has [sic] lodged (as Longfellow says) in the heart of some far-off and unknown friend'. O'ANNS Corrected autograph draft of poem by E. L. Blanchard, entitled 'Phantasmagoria', signed by him 'ELB'. E. L. Blanchard [Edward Litt Laman Blanchard] (1820-1889), playwright and theatre producer, writer of pantomimes for Drury Lane Theatre over 37 years Dated by Blanchard to November 1862. 12mo, 1 p. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. Docketed by Blanchard in top left-hand corner: 'Sent to Sat. Autograph Letter Signed ('John Murray') from John Murray II to the Edinburgh publishers Bell & Bradfute, concerning his account with them for Thomas Thomson's 'System of Chemistry'. John Murray II (1778-1843), London publisher [Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh publishers] 11 July 1810; London. 4to, 1 p. Fourteen lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. He has been 'extremely unwell', and is sending '3 bills for the account of Thomsons Chemistry £1100'. 'I trust that you will not be dis-satisfied with this as I can assure you conscientiously that I could not afford to give them shorter.' Reference to Longmans, and to his anxiety, 'as you left the settlement to my own conscience'. BRADFUTE LONGMANS NATLIB Autograph Letter Signed from the Scottish novelist Catherine Sinclair to Lady Deas, wife of the judge Sir George Deas. Catherine Sinclair (1800-1864), Scottish novelist [Sarah, Lady Deas [born Sarah Outram], wife of Sir George Deas (1804-1887), Lord Deas, Scottish judge] 'Thursday' [April 1863]; place not stated. 12mo, 1 p. Mourning border. Twelve lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, with small scrap torn away from top right-hand corner. By that evening's post, they have received 'the sad intelligence that my sister in law, Lady Camilla Sinclair has died at Thurso Castle'. Her brother Sir George Sinclair and his family 'are in great grief', and she is 'under the melancholy necessity of sending an apology' for cancelling 'our engagement to you which we had anticipated with so much pleasure'. Autograph Letter Signed ('F Carruthers Gould') from the cartoonist Francis Carruthers Gould to Eliot P. J. Reed. Francis Carruthers Gould [F. Carruthers Gould] (1844-1925), British caricaturist and political cartoonist [Pall Mall Gazette; Westminster Gazette] 12 May 1902; on letterhead of the Westminster Gazette, Tudor Street, Whitefriars, EC. 12mo, 2 pp. Eighteen lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Addressed to 'My dear Reed'. He thanks him for his note and is glad he likes the cartoon on 'the Educational Model'. He had 'been hoping the Tories would tread on the Nonconformists' toes to shut them up and now they have done it.' He doubts whether his agent has sold the original drawing, and is writing to him 'to let you have an offer if possible'. CARRUTHERS Four Typed Letters Signed and two Autograph Cards Signed from the Hampstead poet Frederick Grubb (one in full, four 'Fredk G' and one 'Comrade G') to the critic Derek Stanford, including a virulent attack, and with two other items signed by Grubb. Fred Grubb [Frederick Grubb] (born 1930), English poet [Derek Stanford (1918-2008), English writer; 1960s Hampstead coterie] 1973 and 1974; most from 243 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead. All items clear and complete, on aged paper. Letters totaling: 4to, 1 p; landscape 8vo, 5 pp. The two cards carry long messages, written in red ink in Grubb's close, neat hand; one is standard size, the other 27 x 13.5 cm. Five envelopes are stapled to their letters. Grubb ('one of the last survivors of the famous 1960s Hampstead coterie of writers, actors and critics') writes entertainingly in an emphatic, energetic manner marvellously evocative of the 1970s London literary scene. COTERIE F.R. GRUBB LEAVIS MANUSCRIPS NINETEEN-SEVENTIES Autograph Letter Signed from Frederic William Madden ('F. W. Madden') to W. D. Jones Frederic William Madden (1839-1904), F.R.S., Chief Librarian, Brighton Public Library, numismatist and antiquary [son of Sir Frederic Madden (1801-1873), Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum] 29 February 1880; on letterhead of The College, Brighton. 12mo, 2 pp. Ten lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Jones's letter has been forwarded to him, but he cannot give him 'the information you are seeking', so he has sent to letter on to 'Mr. of the British Museum, asking him to reply to it'. Autograph Letter Signed from the editor of the Cornhill Magazine Leonard Huxley to the novelist 'Moray Dalton' [Katherine Mary Dalton Renoir]. Leonard Huxley (1860-1933), English author son of the zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley ['Moray Dalton', pseudonym of Katherine Mary Dalton Renoir (1882-1963), novelist] 8 August 1917; on letterhead of the Cornhill Magazine, 50A Albemarle Street, London. 4to, 2 pp. Sixteen lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He congratulates her on her 'success in the Saturday Westminster Essay Competition'. He is grateful to her for 'guessing that I should be interested in this work of yours after having plied my scalpel upon your novel "The Sword of Love".' He regrets that 'for many a long year' he has 'done no general reviewing outside the publisher's office. There the flood of MSS. that poured in furnished effectual occupation. [Printed Prospectus] The Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay ... Edited by her Niece. [Fanny Burney; Madame D'Arblay] Henry Colburn, [London, 1842] Four pages, 8vo, stabholes, edges grubby, mainly good. It advertises the contents of the first three volumes, Royal and Noble personages who appear, literary characters,followed by "Opinions of the Press" forming the main bulk of the Prospectus. D'ARBLAY Typed Letter Signed Michael Arlen, novelist, to Brunel, about Lily Christine. Michael Arlen, novelist [part headed] 4 Stanhope Place, W.2. [London], 5 Dec. 1930. One page, 12mo, good condition. It was very pleasant indeed to get your letter about 'Lily Christine', and of course it is always pleasant to hear of someone who has actually bought a book. \| But to talk of more urgent things, it is the fact that you have a son that fills me with envy. Maybe, almost any day now, I shall have one too. And then I shall start some pretty good swanking on my own ... He goes on to give his regards to Brunel's wife, complimenting her and giving further thanks for his appreciation of his book. He hopes to meet while he's in England. Typed Letter Signed Ambrose Grant, other pseud. James Hadley Chase, to Mrs Dribble, about More Deadly that the Male. [James Hadley Chase] Ambrose Grant, pseud. Rene Lodge Brabazon Raymond, crime novelist [Headed] The Camp, Little Kimble, Nr. Aylesbury, Bucks., 5 Feb. 1947. One page, 12mo, good condition. Thanks you very much for writing to me about my boo. It is always nice to hear from oone's readers and I am delighted to learn that both you and your husband found an hour's excitement in this otherwise rather dreary world. \| Your good wishes are appreciated. Norte: Apparently Raymond/Chase/Grant only published More Deadly than the Male under the pseudonym Ambrose Grant so letters signed so may well be scarce. Autograph Letter Signed "Herbert Read", writer on art, to [Hugh] Massingham, journalist and editor, about a commisssion to wriite an essay on Coventry Patmore's works.. Herbert Read (1893–1968), poet, literary critic, and writer on art. [Headed] 9 Tipperlin Road, Edinburgh, 2 June 1932. One page, 12mo, good condition. ( Iwill try my hand at [Coventry] patmore, & am rather glad it is Patmore instead of Thomson, because he has so much more positive values. And I will try & get the essay done by June 21, though your brother in his original letter said June 30, which is rather better. I agree to the rate of payment, & though I don't press it, should be glad of payment on acceptance because I have to put other work aside to do the essay." Autograph Nore Signed J. Middleton Murry, critic and editor, to [Hugh] Massingham, editor and author., about William Morris. J. Middleton Murry, critic and editor [Embossed] The Old Rectory, Larling, Nr. Norwich, 2 June 1932. One page, obl.12mo, fold marks, mainly good. ... It was king of you to write, and Iappreciate it. In candour, I ought to say that [William] Morris was a revelation to me also when I came to read him for the purposes of your brother's book [The Great Victorians pubd 1932, ed. Massingham and his brother]. He was one of the people I had taken as read. I was fairly overwhelmed by the profound insight of his later writings. \| I agree with you about Chesterton's 'Chaucer'. I liked it very much indeed. Four Autograph Letters Signed and three Typed Letters Signed to Hugh Massingham, journalist and writer, about articles commissioned, his past, his novels and method of working. William Gerhardie (1895–1977), Anglo-Russian novelist and playwright. Total 19pp., 16mo-8vo, fold marks, slightly crupled but text clear and complete. (5 March 1967) he suggests a poignant and dramatic article on the abdication of the last Tsar, or an eye-witness account of the Russian Revolution (50th Anniversary), saying that he was in the British Emabassy at Petrograd - which he should have gathered from his novel Futility, adding there can't be many eye-witnesses of both [underlined] Revolutions aive today. He expalins in a postscript his reversion to an earlier ancestral spelling of his name, with 'e' added as in Shakespeare, Dante, etc. Autograph Note Signed George Russell, writer and nationalist, to Mr Davey [an editor?] George William Russell [A.E. ], Irish nationalist, writer, editor, critic, poet, and painter 17 Rathgar Ave, Rathgar, Dublin, no date. One page, fold marks, good condition. Please let me know when [underlined] you want copy for your paper. I will give you something but would like to have as much time as possible. I could send something now but might be able to send something better later on. I hope your special number will be successful. Six Typed Letters Signed, one Autograph Letter Signed, four Typed Notes Signed and one Autograph Note Signed from Compton Mackenzie to the military historian Antony Brett-James. With one letter by Mackenzie's wife, and a collection of press cuttings. Sir Compton Mackenzie [Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie] (1883-1972), Scottish writer [Antony Brett-James (1920-1984), 5th Indian Division Royal Signals, military historian, Sandhurst lecturer] Written between 1948 and 1955. Most on Mackenzie's letterhead, 'Denchworth Manor, by Wantage, Berkshire'. All texts clear and complete. Autograph item with some creasing, otherwise in good condition on lightly-aged paper. Ten items signed 'Compton Mackenzie', and two ''. Eight of the items each one page of landscape 8vo; one 8vo, 1 p; another 12mo, 1 p; the autograph note 4to, 1 p; and the card 16mo, 1 p. The first item (4to, 1 p, in autograph) is dated 22 September 1948. Having met Brett-James he thanks him for sending the proofs of his war memoir 'Report My Signals' (London: Hennel Locke Ltd, 1948): 'I was much impressed by it, and supported it strongly for a Book Society Recommendation. BRETT-JAMES DENCHWORTH Typescript transcription of a 'Poem written by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone MP Christmas 1869 for contribution to The Coppice Courant which had however expired in January 1867.' [William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal prime minister; Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore (1810-1885), judge and Liberal MP] Undated transcription. The poem dated 'Christmas 1867.' Typescript (folio, 2 pp), with a couple of manuscript corrections. Fair, on aged paper, with light marks from a paperclip at head. Thirty-six line poem, in heroic couplets, with 'W E G. Christmas 1869' at end, beginning 'Happy the gamester, on whose earliest throw, \| Grim Fortune frowns, and cuts his treasure low; \| But hapless he, whom luck shall onward lure, \| She only means to make his ruin sure.' Made for Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, of the Courant, Henley on Thames, judge, Liberal MP and lifelong friend of Gladstone's. EWART PHILLIMORE Manuscript transcription by Lord Phillimore, of a 'Poem written by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone MP Christmas 1869 for contribution to "The Coppice Courant" which had however expired in January 1867.' With typescript. [William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal prime minister; Walter George Frank Phillimore (1845-1929), Baron Phillimore, Judge, ecclesiastical lawyer and international jurist] Transcription undated, on Phillimore's letterhead of The Coppice, Henley on Thames. Typescript undated. Phillimore's transcript: 12mo, 3 pp. On bifolium. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with mark from rusted paperclip at head. Thirty-six line poem, in heroic couplets, with 'W E G. Christmas 1869' at end. Typescript (folio, 2 pp), with a couple of manuscript corrections. Fair, on aged paper. Signed bromide print of photograph by Mark Gerson of the actress Jill Balcon with bust of Cecil Day-Lewis. Mark Gerson (b.1921), photographer [Jill Balcon [Jill Angela Henriette Balcon] (1925-2009), actress] 'London. Mark Gerson. AIBP/ARPS'. Circa 1961. Black and white matt bromide print photograph in card frame with covering flap. Dimensions of photograph 20 x 25 cm. Dimensions of frame 25.5 x 32 cm. A head and shoulders shot of Balcon, staring across the photograph from the right, left hand at right shoulder, with the bust of Day-Lewis facing her from the left. Inscription in pencil on frame beneath photograph: 'London. Mark Gerson. AIBP/ARPS'. Photograph and inscription in excellent condition; frame aged and worn. DAY-LEWIS Photographic studio portrait of the English novelist Stella Gibbons by the photographer Yvonne Gregory. Yvonne Gregory (1889-1970), photographer, wife of Bertram Park (1883-1972) [Stella Gibbons (1902-1989)] Without date [1940s?] or place. Printed label of Yvonne Gregory on reverse, giving the photograph's 'Reference File No.' as 'YG/A546/A.' Image roughly 7 x 9.5 cm, on piece of paper 8 x 10.5 cm, mounted on recto of second leaf of a cream card bifolium, with a window frame through first leaf. Printed label on reverse of second leaf reads: 'This photograph is copyright and mahy not be copied or reproduced in any way whatsoever. Legal proceedings may be taken against any infringement. \| YVONNE GREGORY.' In very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Head and shoulders three-quarters profile, from Gibbons' right, showing the novelist in a tailored jacket with padded shoulders. Autograph Letter Signed J S Fletcher, novelist, detective story writer, to E.H. Broad[b?] ridge [employee of literary agency?], about A Maker of Fortunes. [short story?] J.S. Fletcher [Joseph Smith Fletcher] (1863 - 1935) , British journalist and writer. [Partly headed] 7 St Mary's Terrace, Paddington, W. [London], 28 Sept. 1911 Two pages, 12mo, remnants of album page to which attached formerly, good condition. I will write to you definitely about teh serial early next week. Do you think you could either get me a cheque for 'A Maker of Fortunes' [not traced], or get Mr Colles [literary agent] to discount the sale to me on the usual terms? I should be much obliged if you could, for I have to find a good deal of money on Saturday & this would help. ...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line345
__label__wiki	0.565159	0.565159	River Ave. Blues » Sharif Othman Yankees lose Mike Ford, five others in 2017 Rule 5 Draft December 14, 2017 by Mike Leave a Comment Ford. (NY Times) The Winter Meetings came to a close this morning with the 2017 Rule 5 Draft, baseball’s mechanism for helping players stuck in the minors get a chance at the big leagues. As expected, the Yankees lost several players in the Rule 5 Draft. That’s usually what happens when you have a deep farm system. There aren’t enough 40-man roster spots for everyone. Here are the full Rule 5 Draft results. Here are the players the Yankees lost in the Major League phase: Braves: RHP Anyelo Gomez Mariners: 1B Mike Ford Orioles: LHP Nestor Cortes and RHP Jose Mesa Jr. I’m surprised Ford was picked, despite his strong minor league numbers. The 25-year-old hit .270/.404/.471 (144 wRC+) with 20 homers and way more walks (94) than strikeouts (72) this season, mostly at Double-A. Ford is only the fourth full-time first baseman picked in the Rule 5 Draft over the last two decades. I guess the Mariners will see whether he and Ryon Healy can be a productive first base platoon going forward. The three pitchers getting selected was not a surprise. Gomez is the most notable and best prospect of the bunch. The soon-to-be 25-year-old has an upper-90s fastball and a very good changeup, and this past season he broke out with a 1.92 ERA (2.19 FIP) and 31.0% strikeouts in 71 innings at four levels. Cortes has always posted great minor league numbers, though he’s a finesse southpaw who rarely cracks 90 mph with his heater. Joe Table II has okay stuff and started to put it together this year. RHP J.P. Feyereisen and RHP Cale Coshow were among those Rule 5 Draft eligible but not selected. As a reminder, players selected in the Rule 5 Draft must spend the entire 2018 season on their new team’s active 25-man roster, or be placed on waivers and offered back to their old team. Most Rule 5 Draft players are offered back, usually before the end of Spring Training. I think Gomez has by far the best chance of sticking among the four players the Yankees lost today. The O’s do have a history of riding it out with Rule 5 Draft players no matter how poorly they perform, however, so perhaps Cortes and/or Mesa will stick. In the minor league phase of the Rule 5 Draft, the Yankees lost depth C Sharif Othman (Marlins) and converted infielder RHP Yancarlos Baez (Twins). The Yankees selected OF Junior Soto from the Indians as well. The 20-year-old hit .172/.208/.408 (67 wRC+) in 52 Low-A games last season. Soto was a big deal as an international free agent years ago — he signed for $600,000 in 2013 — but things haven’t worked out. The Yankees are taking a flier because why not? The minor league phase of the Rule 5 Draft works differently than the Major League phase. Players lost in the minor league phase do not have to be offered back and there are no roster rules. They’re just gone. So, after all that, the Yankees lost six players (Ford, Gomez, Cortes, Mesa, Baez, Othman) and added one (Soto). The four Major League phase guys could all end up coming back at some point. Pretty much business as usual at the Rule 5 Draft. Filed Under: Transactions Tagged With: 2017 Winter Meetings, Anyelo Gomez, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Jose Mesa Jr., Junior Soto, Miami Marlins, Mike Ford, Minnesota Twins, Nestor Cortes, Rule 5 Draft, Seattle Mariners, Sharif Othman, Yancarlos Baez DotF: Austin heads to winter ball, Abreu dominates in AzFL October 29, 2017 by Mike Leave a Comment Last week SS Thairo Estrada finished third in the annual Arizona Fall League Hitting Challenge behind Twins 3B Chris Paul and Mets C Tomas Nido. During the Hitting Challenge players aim for targets on the field to accumulate points. It’s pretty neat. The video is above. Here are some minor league notes: SS Gleyber Torres has started hitting off a tee as he continues his rehab from Tommy John surgery, according to his Instagram feed. Good news. Seems everything is going well. Torres blew out his non-throwing elbow sliding into home plate in June and is expected to be ready in time for Spring Training. Both 3B Miguel Andujar and 1B Tyler Austin will play winter ball in the Dominican Republic this winter, according to MLB Pipeline. Austin missed a bunch of time with injuries this past season, and could be a 40-man roster casualty this winter. Andujar needs to work on his defense. The more reps, the better. LHP Justus Sheffield (No. 1) topped last week’s Prospect Hot Sheet following his dominant Arizona Fall League debut, then both RHP Albert Abreu (No. 2 ) and OF Estevan Florial (No. 7 ) made this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet. I can’t remember the last time the Yankees had this strong a group of prospects in the AzFL. Player development analyst Dan Greenlee has left the Yankees to join Gary Denbo with the Marlins, reports Joel Sherman. Greenlee will be Miami’s director of player personnel, which is quite the promotion. He’d been doing minor league analytical work for the Yankees. The Yankees have started interviewing internal candidates to replace Denbo, reports George King. Pro scouting director Kevin Reese, director of minor league operations Eric Schmitt, director of performance science John Kremer, and field coordinator Carlos Mendoza have interviewed so far. So long, 1B Ji-Man Choi. He elected free agency, reports Matt Eddy. We’ll always have those dingers. Also, the Yankees re-signed C Sharif Othman. The organizational depth catcher hit .223/.265/.345 (74 wRC+) in 72 games at three levels in 2017. SS Thairo Estrada: 10 G, 16-41, 9 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 1 BB, 9 K, 2 HBP, 2 SB (.390/.432/.512) OF Estevan Florial: 10 G, 12-38, 9 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 6 BB, 18 K, 1 HBP, 1 SB, 1 CS (.316/.422/.447) — Josh Norris said Florial got chewed up by breaking balls in one of the games he saw, which included six swings and misses on breaking stuff SS Kyle Holder: 6 G, 10-24, 3 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 CS (.417/.444/.625) — he’s on the taxi squad, so he only plays Wednesdays and Saturdays 1B/OF Billy McKinney: 9 G, 11-36, 5 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 17 RBI, 4 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP (.306/.372/.528) — so far he’s played five games at first base, three in left field, and one at DH … some AzFL parks are equipped with Statcast, and among the games recorded, McKinney had one of the ten hardest hit balls RHP Albert Abreu: 3 G, 3 GS, 15 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 15 K, 1 HR (1.20 ERA and 0.80 WHIP) RHP Cody Carroll: 5 G, 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 11 K (0.00 ERA and 0.86 WHIP) RHP Andrew Schwaab: 5 G, 4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HB (8.31 ERA and 1.85 WHIP) LHP Justus Sheffield: 4 G, 4 GS, 19 IP, 13 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 21 K, 1 WP (2.39 ERA and 0.79 WHIP) — Josh Norris has a write-up of Sheffield’s second AzFL start, and said his stuff was as good as his first start … “The 21-year-old sat between 94-97 mph with his fastball for most of his 4.1 inning out and touched 98 once. Just like he did on Tuesday, he also showed two potential plus offerings in his mid-80s slider and high-80s slider,” said the report. Filed Under: Down on the Farm Tagged With: Carlos Mendoza, Dan Greenlee, Eric Schmitt, Gleyber Torres, John Kremer, Kevin Reese, Sharif Othman DotF: Rutherford reaches base three times in Opening Day loss At long last, the 2017 minor league regular season has arrived. The Yankees have a loaded farm system and this should be a pretty fun year. Even after RHP James Kaprielian complained about pain in his elbow that will send him into various MRI tubes. Blah. Baseball can be such a jerk sometimes. Here are some notes before we get to the Opening Day games: High-A Tampa finally released their roster earlier today. RHP Dillon Tate is not listed on any of the four full season affiliate rosters and I’m not sure why. There’s been no word about an injury, so the Yankees probably held him back in Extended Spring Training. They’ve been working with Tate on all sorts of mechanical stuff since the trade last year, trying to get him back to his fourth overall pick form. We’ll see when he pops back up. OF Jake Cave (knee), 1B Chris Gittens (unknown), LHP Chaz Hebert (elbow), RHP Brody Koerner (unknown), RHP Branden Pinder (elbow), LHP James Reeves (elbow), RHP Nick Rumbelow (elbow), and LHP Stephen Tarpley (unknown) will all start the year on the DL, according to Donnie Collins and Nick Flammia. Hebert, Pinder, and Rumbelow are rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. LHP Miguel Sulbaran, who came over from the Twins in the Eduardo Nunez trade, has been suspended 25 games for violating the minor league drug program, MLB announced. The 25-game ban indicates he tested positive for a drug of abuse (in most cases the kid gets caught smoking pot), not a performance-enhancer. Sulbaran did not pitch last year due to injury. The Yankees have released 3B Drew Bridges, RHP Sean Carley, RHP Kyle Halbohn, RHP Cody Hamlin, RHP Tim Holmes, 1B Kane Sweeney, 2B Josh Gardiner, and OF Nathan Mikolas, according to Matt Eddy. There’s always a ton of cuts after Spring Training. The Yankees have also signed C Sharif Othman. Othman, 28, was with the Marlins from 2011-16. He hit .156/.208/.221 (23 wRC+) in 40 games between High-A and Double-A last season. MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo posted a feature on Yankees’ minor league camp as well an interview with OF Blake Rutherford, so make sure you check those out. Also, don’t miss Anthony Castrovince’s feature on LHP Justus Sheffield, who doesn’t get as much attention as he deserves for being a top pitching prospect. And finally, check out 20-80 Baseball’s massive Yankees organizational review. “They may not have the pitching to compete with a juggernaut Red Sox or a strong Toronto ball club in 2017, but don’t think that the rest of the American League doesn’t notice the stirring giant in the Bronx,” said the write-up. Triple-A Scranton‘s game was rained out. They’ve already postponed tomorrow’s game too. One of the games will be made up as part of a doubleheader Sunday. They haven’t announced a makeup date for the other game yet. RHP Johnny Barbato will start the season opener Saturday, according to Shane Hennigan. LHP Dietrich Enns will start the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader and RHP Luis Cessa will start the home opener Monday. The starter for the second game of the doubleheader is TBA. Might be a bullpen game. Double-A Trenton was also rained out. I’ll get the Prospect Watch up tomorrow since SS Gleyber Torres didn’t play tonight. This game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Sunday. Prior to the rainout, the rotation to start the season was going to be, in order, RHP Chance Adams, LHP Justin Sheffield, RHP Yefrey Ramirez, RHP Domingo German, and LHP Daniel Camarena, according to Matt Kardos. Not sure what the postponement and doubleheader do to the pitching plans. Filed Under: Down on the Farm Tagged With: Branden Pinder, Brody Koerner, Chaz Hebert, Chris Gittens, Cody Hamlin, Drew Bridges, James Reeves, Josh Gardiner, Kane Sweeney, Kyle Halbohn, Miguel Sulbaran, Nathan Mikolas, Nick Rumbelow, Sean Carley, Sharif Othman, Stephen Tarpley, Tim Holmes	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line348
__label__wiki	0.921082	0.921082	Shared Darkness A Communal Life in Film, Examined A socially agitative work that throws a light on a systematic American political failure, and the placement of private profit and special interests ahead of public health, Fed Up tackles the childhood obesity plague in a manner that roils the stomach and heart in equal measure. Narrated by Katie Couric, director Stephanie Soechtig’s documentary lays waste to the cruel, dismissive assessment that corpulence is simply a reflection of a lack of personal willpower, arguing that lethargy, eating to excess and other behaviors associated with being overweight are often the result of overwhelmed biochemistry, and not the root cause of obesity. One leaping-off reference point for Fed Up is the revelatory nonfiction offering Food, Inc., which did a solid $4.4 million in theaters in 2009, while also spawning a companion book of the same name. But the more apt comparisons may be the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth and 2004’s Super Size Me — films that got in the mainstream zeitgeist and seemed to alter perceptions on a fundamental level. Fed Up feels like it has the same potential, in that it elicits concern and personal reflection in similar portions. Soechtig’s film has the macro, analytical surveyor’s eye of the former film. It also has a pinch of the anecdotal pop (if not outrageousness) of the latter; its truths are self-evident and easy to grasp for a layperson, in other words. Its makers are smart enough, too, to know what criticisms are coming their way. Fed Up sizes up the pushback-playbook of anti-regulation free-marketers (with its attendant howls of “nanny state” overreach), and shrewdly assays the lack of scientific mooring in their arguments. The association the film ultimately draws, comparing food industry causality deniers to Big Tobacco CEOs paraded before Congress, lying through their teeth, isn’t necessarily kind. But neither does it seem inappropriate. For the full, original review, from Paste, click here. (TWC/Radius, unrated, 98 minutes) Charlize Theron Inks to Star In, Produce American Express Indie production American Express, which one presumes will either have to change its title or secure a most unusual sponsorship, has secured an attachment commitment from Charlize Theron, per the Wrap. Plot details for the film, to be helmed by The Square director Nash Edgerton, are still under wraps, but the filmmakers will be seeking funding at the forthcoming Cannes Film Festival. As High As the Sky A low-fi indie drama of sisterly reconnection that feels a bit like a cinematic cousin of early Miranda July, vacuumed free of any irony and collagist sensibilities, writer-director Nikki Braendlin’s As High As the Sky deserves credit for maximizing its resources and evoking a certain mood of hedged-in, wallflower protectionism — of tapping into the feeling of someone who’s withdrawn from life. In the end, though, it can’t overcome a general lack of gradation and the unconvincingly established deadpan affect of one of its central characters. For the full, original review, from ShockYa, click here. For more information on the film, which is presently available on DVD and will be available on Hulu, Amazon Instant and Cinema Libre on Demand beginning on June 6, click here to visit its website. (Aunt Kiki Productions, unrated, 93 minutes) Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return Hitching its wagon in hopeful fashion to any residual goodwill and interest from last spring’s $490-plus million surprise hit Oz the Great and Powerful, animated family musical Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return spins off a story that loosely picks up after the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz. Waves of indifference emanate from this meagerly imagined yarn, adapted from a non-canonical book by Roger Stanton Baum, the great-grandson of originating author L. Frank Baum. Wasting a voice cast populated with recognizable names, this attempt to cash in on nostalgia for its source material evokes more bewilderment and boredom than excitement or wistful reminiscence. For the full, original review, from Screen Daily, click here. (Clarius Entertainment, PG, 92 minutes) Amusements (356) Birthdays (183) Blu-ray/DVD Reviews (1,149) Box Office (65) Casting About (137) Irritations (219) Old Made New (60) Posterized! 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__label__wiki	0.840193	0.840193	Category Archives: Free Android Games 10 best new Android games from March 2019! Category : Android Games , Apps & Games , Best Apps , Free Android Games , Gaming , Google Play Games , Google Play Store Android gaming is getting bigger and better every month it seems and there is always a slew of new titles coming to Google Play. Whether you’re a casual gamer or you want something with a bit more meat on its bones, there’s usually a game coming out to suit everyone’s taste. Some months are better than others, but there is usually at least one great new game on mobile every month. Let’s take a look at the best new Android games from the last month! You can watch the videos on YouTube from previous months by clicking here! You can also check out our picks for the best new Android games for 2018 in the video above! Looking for more new stuff? Check out these recommended app lists!10 best new Android apps from March 2019!15 best Android games of 2019! AxE: Alliance vs EmpirePrice: FreemiumDOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAYAxE: Alliance vs Empie is an MMORPG with some decent graphics and a fun premise. You choose between two factions. Those two factions battle it out for domination. The game features various types of online PvP, co-op raid battles, a bunch of missions and quests, a large world to explore, and six total character classes. The game plays like a typical MMORPG. You learn a bunch of skills and go on a bunch of quests. The competitive nature and the freemium price tag leads to some mismatches in the PvP and that’s not cool. However, those who enjoy MMORPG mechanics may enjoy this one for a while. There is a lot of stuff to do.DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY Brown DustPrice: FreemiumDOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAYBrown Dust is a strategy RPG with anime styling. The game features over 300 characters, each with their own skills. In addition, the game features the usual assortment of PvP and co-op game play opportunities. The co-op stuff is mostly social, though. The game has a staggering 1,200 levels so you won’t finish this one over a long weekend. In addition, there are various ways to upgrade all of your various mercenaries. It’s not the best SRPG on the Play Store. However, those who like long games will certainly get a kick out of this one. It’s a freemium game with gacha elements. Those who don’t like those types of mobile RPGs should steer clear.DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY Era of LegendsPrice: FreemiumDOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAYEra of Legends is another newer MMORPG. It has the usual fantasy setting with dragons and such. The game also features an absolute ton of missions and quests along with online PvP, an open world to explore, tons of loot to collect, and a variety of social elements like clans. You can explore various dungeons or participate with other players in raid bosses. There is an auto battle and auto movement (auto path) system that sucks a bit of the joy out of the game early on. However, players praise the game’s story line and that’s a rarity for an MMORPG. It has freemium elements but you probably already guessed that.DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY LifeAfterPrice: FreemiumDOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAYLifeAfter is the latest game from Netease. It’s a post-apocalyptic style game with survival, simulation, and adventure elements. A virus wiped out most of humankind. You have to survive on whatever you can find. Players can encounter other survivors, build homes, and fend off the hordes of infected zombies. Some players criticize the controls and the game’s difficulty. However, a survival game should be pretty hard. Regardless, this is a surprisingly engaging game and it played well during our testing. The freemium elements also don’t get too much in the way of having a good time.DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY RBI Baseball 19Price: $6.99DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAYRBI Baseball 19 is the MLB’s official baseball game of 2019. It launches almost every year in March these days. The game features updated rosters, weekly roster updates, a franchise mode with simulation elements, and all 30 baseball parks. The graphics are decent and the controls are better than previous years, although they still take some time to get used to. In addition, players can collect over 165 MLB legends. The price is fairly reasonable at $6.99. However, those who enjoy a simpler, more arcade experience may balk at the more difficult, more granular controls and mechanics. The game has no additional in-app purchases or ads. DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY Do you not like in-app purchases or freemium games? Try these lists!15 best free Android games with no in app purchases15 best non-Freemium Android games RuneScapePrice: FreeDOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAYRuneScape is a mobile port of the actual RuneScape game. It features cross-platform play with the PC version along with basically all of the game play elements of the actual game. The graphics are definitely on par with the PC version and there exists no major differences aside from the touch screen controls. The game is in beta and it’s only available to current RuneScape players. Thus, we didn’t get to test the game ourselves. However, the developers keep a list of known bugs in the Google Play description and players have been posting about how good the port is for a beta release. You probably can’t get this right now, but keep it on your radar for when it officially launches. It’ll be one of the best MMORPGs on Android when it does along with OSRS.DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the NorthPrice: $5.99DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAYShieldwall Chronicles is a tactical RPG similar in scope to games like The Banner Saga, although we think The Banner Saga has better storytelling. Anyway, this game has you leading a group of heroes against a bunch of enemies. Your party is customizable with up to 16 different character classes. The combat is your standard turn-by-turn strategy RPG combat, but this one includes a morale system for a bit of extra complexity. The developers boast over 40 hours of total game play. It’s not bad for a $5.99 game with no freemium elements to get in the way.DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY Skylanders Ring of HeroesPrice: FreemiumDOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAYSkylanders Ring of Heroes is the latest game from Com2uS, developers of the popular Summoners War. We mention that because this is a very similar game. You can collect over 80 different characters across ten different elements. The elements all have weaknesses and strengths to help out in certain battles. The game has a story mode, a PvP arena, and a fairly complex character development system. We’re not big fans of the energy. You can run through it very quickly and it takes forever to fill up again. It’s good for quick plays over a long period of time, but those who like to spend time with their games will be annoyed at how little you can actually play this game per session. DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY Stardew ValleyPrice: $7.99DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAYStardew Valley is a farming simulator. It had a very successful launch on PC some time ago and the mobile version hopes to continue that trend. There is a metric ton of things to do. That includes grow crops, go fishing, engage in social events with the NPCs, and there are even some exploration and adventure elements. This feels like a full gaming experience. Plus, the developers added multiple control schemes for some customization there along with auto-saving. There is even external controller support. It’s easily one of the best games of 2019 so far and it’s not a freemium game. We like that. Of course, those who don’t like sims or farming probably won’t like this one either.DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY World of LegendsPrice: FreemiumDOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAYMarch 2019 had a lot of MMORPG releases and we finish off our list with one more. World of Legends is an open world MMORPG with a non-linear story line. That means you can do basically whatever you want whenever you want. The game lets you recruit various sidekicks to help with various missions. You can also play with friends and join guilds. Of course, you get mainstays in the genre like PvP combat as well. It’s definitely something a little bit different. The graphics and controls give it a more arcade feel and that’s not a bad thing. The developers even have a dedicated Discord server for players to chat, deliver feedback, and play the game together. We like that kind of forward thinking in a video game.DOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAY Thank you for reading! Here are some final game lists for you to check out!15 best free Android games of 2019!15 best arcade games for Android If we missed any great new Android games, tell us about them in the comments! You can also click here to check out our latest Android apps and games lists!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line358
__label__wiki	0.696204	0.696204	Smart Justice topics Community options People You Know Be active in your community Find out about events Link to the Smart Justice movement Contributors to the website You are here: Home / News / Recompense for solitary… Recompense for solitary… April 6, 2019 By Michael Maher Toronto Star – Editorial (April 1, 2019) Ottawa now has even more reasons to fix solitary confinement The Star comments on the latest court ruling that limits the Correctional Services to a max of 15 days. But the Court of Appeal in Ontario, saying that the practice “outrages standards of decency and amounts to cruel and unusual treatment” now also has imposed a remedy in giving inmates compensation for the treatment. “The government needs to overhaul Bill C-83, its attempt at reform which is now before the Senate. That bill felt short of what was needed before this ruling, and it’s even worse now.” https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/04/01/ottawa-now-has-even-more-reasons-to-fix-solitary-confinement.html Global Government Forum – Natalie Leal UK probation outsourcing ‘irredeemably flawed’, says inspector So far, the UK has only partially outsourced its probation services but what it has done is, according to the system’s Chief Inspector of Probation Dame Glenys Stacey, is flawed to the point at which the services should return to public ownership. Under contract to private groups since 2013, Says Stacy: The supervision provided under contracts is “substandard,” with much of it “demonstrably poor…Probation contracts treat it largely as a transactional business… Consequently, there has been a deplorable diminution of the probation profession and a widespread move away from good probation practice.” Most of the current contracts will expire in 2010. https://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/uk-probation-outsourcing-irredeemably-flawed-says-inspector/?utm_source=Canada+Public+Service&utm_campaign=c6cb0cc928-Canada+Wider+email+newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4eb3df799b-c6cb0cc928-193712085 The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) – Grace Toohey Could Louisiana slash prison population in half by 2025? It could happen, ACLU says; here’s how The obvious problem with mass incarceration is that there are too many people in jail. The American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU) is offering a way to reduce the jail population by one half over the next six years. The prescription is contained in a report called Blueprint for Smart Justice Louisiana: reduce over-reliance on incarceration, reduce sentences for non-violent offenses, use alternatives to prison. The goal, including confronting the racial prejudice of the system around who goes to jail, is to save $800 million and reduce the state prison population to 20,000 from the 35,000 in prison in 2017. Alanah Odoms Hebert, the ACLU of Louisiana executive director, is getting push back from District Attorneys but insists that the report is a blueprint whose directions will need time to make a difference. https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_217d9548-56fb-11e9-bc00-6f54c9193827.html Blueprint for Smart Justice Louisiana (A 24 page downloadable pdf) https://50stateblueprint.aclu.org/assets/reports/SJ-Blueprint-LA.pdf CBC News – Dan Taekema Critics say sticker shock at cannabis prices will push customers back to the black market By the time all the stake holders get their cut, it appears that pricing of the legitimate sales of medical and recreational marijuana is encouraging the black market sales where the prices are lower and customers have fewer hoops to jump through: 9.70 for cannabis compared to $6.51 on the black market. Most don’t think that quality control in the product will be an acceptable justification for the considerable price differential and the already established black market sources. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/critics-say-sticker-shock-at-cannabis-prices-will-push-customers-back-to-the-black-market-1.5083679 Related article: Toronto Star / Wall Street Journal – Jessica Menton (WSJ) Legalization in Canada sparks rally in marijuana stocks https://www.thestar.com/wsj/markets/2019/04/05/legalization-in-canada-sparks-rally-in-marijuana-stocks.html Toronto Star – Wendy Gillis What’s changing in Ford’s new police oversight law — and why it matters After vociferous criticism of the Liberal revision of the Ontario Police act (Bill 175 The Safer Ontario Act, Ford’s government have surfaced a 300 page further revision that simple repeats its antecedent except for five major changes the Ford Tories want: 1. When police will have to notify the Special Investigations Unit (SIU); 2. Suspension of a police officer without pay; 3. SIU transparency requirements; 4: Public complaints about the police; 5. SIU power to charge civilians. Gillis provides a comparison with current practice and an analysis of why the change matters. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/02/22/whats-changing-in-fords-new-police-oversight-law-and-why-it-matters.html Related article: Toronto Star – Wendy Gillis Cop watchdog agency fears ‘severe’ financial cuts https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/05/ontario-to-cut-police-watchdogs-budget-by-30-per-cent.html Toronto Star – Nicholas Keung ‘This is not what we came to this country for, to live and work like animals’: Migrant workers say they endured modern-day slavery in Simcoe County The sex slavery among Canadians and immigrants is known but this article puts a new twist on the scene. These immigrants are recruited into labour within the service industry of hotels, paid a low wage, and get stripped of what little they have by temporary placement agencies under contract to the hotels. Despite raids by police in February, no changes have yet been laid in a scheme involving the slave labour of 43 people aged 20-46. “Human trafficking has exploded in Canada: Between 2010 and 2016, the annual number of cases has increased 11 fold, according to a parliamentary report published in December. The majority of incidents — 66 per cent — happened in Ontario, with 14 per cent in Quebec, 8 per cent in Alberta, and the rest spread across Canada.” https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/05/migrant-workers-lured-to-canada-with-promise-of-good-jobs-instead-endured-modern-day-slavery.html Related article: Toronto Star – Wendy Gillis Toronto police investigating racist, anti-immigrant Twitter account that appears to belong to officer https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/04/toronto-police-investigating-racist-anti-immigrant-twitter-account-that-appears-to-belong-to-officer.html Toronto Star – Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press 25 years after Rwanda genocide, survivors forgive killers “A quarter century after the 1994 genocide that killed 75% of the country’s ethnic Tutsis, Rwanda has six “reconciliation villages” like Mbyo, where genocide survivors and perpetrators live alongside each other. Convicted killers re-integrate into society by publicly apologizing for their crimes. Survivors profess forgiveness. The villages are showpieces of President Paul Kagame’s policy of ethnic reconciliation, although some critics say the communities are forced and the reconciliation is artificial.” Said one victim: “I found I could not live with anger forever.” https://www.thestar.com/news/world/africa/2019/04/06/25-years-after-rwanda-genocide-survivors-forgive-killers.html Ottawa Citizen – Blair Crawford Jail guards ‘failed miserably’ to save suicidal Ottawa inmate, mother says ahead of inquest The link offers a 3 minute video of the mother of Justin St. Amour who hanged himself in the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre in November of 2016. She described in upsetting clarity and detail repeated efforts to get mental health attention for her son. A coroner’s inquest into the death begins Monday. “Our mentally ill children should not be in jail. They should be in a hospital receiving help that they need,” said Laureen St. Amour who plans to be at the inquest every day and wants to work to change the system. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/jail-guards-failed-miserably-to-save-suicidal-inmate-mother-says-ahead-of-inquest Filed Under: News Tagged With: compensation, genocide, human trafficking, inmate suicide, mandatory minimums, marijuana, mass incarceration, nental health, parole, policing, probation, re-entry, RJ, SIU, solitary Latest SJNC posts A deliberate policy… January 21, 2020 By Michael Maher Still delays… January 3, 2020 By Michael Maher Copyright © 2020 · Site by Media Ignite	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line360
__label__cc	0.506863	0.493137	Phantom Limb theatre, writing 2021 Performance (UK) & Theatre Gargantua (Canada) Phantom Limb explores the impact of loss and separation in our lives and probes why what is lost is never truly gone. The story is that of an artist/writer, John Mackie, whose poetic work “Phantom Limb” overtook his life. Six friends of his conjure up the missing John from memory and photographs, slowly revealing who he was and how his life influenced each of theirs. Integrating text, choreography, live and recorded music, and video projection, the co-production between 2021 Performance (UK) and Theatre Gargantua (Canada) premiered as part of a month long tour of England and Wales featuring stops in Manchester, Liverpool and a week-long engagement at London’s Riverside Studios. It made its Canadian Premiere at Artword Theatre in Toronto. Created and performed by: Erica Buss, Michael Spence, Diane Niec, Spencer Hazel, Cait Davis, Geoff McBride and Jacquie P.A. Thomas; Text by Spencer Hazel, with contributions by Jane Siberry and Michael Timmins; Directed by Jacquie P.A. Thomas; Movement, Spencer Hazel; movement consultant, Christine Devaney; Set design by Michael Spence; Music by Erica Buss, Spencer Hazel & The Ensemble; Costume Design: Erika Connor “…this is a work full of affection and also some pain, with the anguish of loss humorously offset by memories of physical pain, through a recurring motif of broken limbs.” Manchester Evening News “…a strong and extremely watchable cast… exhilarating dance moves… expressed superbly in dance and song… A fantastic musical accompaniment… enticing performance…” Manchester on Stage “…great performances from the ensemble and a chance to see something oddly moving that is not available anywhere else.” The British Theatre Guide “L’auteur, qui est aussi choreographe, eclairagiste et comedien, a un talent fou qu’il communique a toute I’equipe qui se hausse a son niveau pour faite la piece un des plus beaux spectacles multi-medias de la saison.” L’Express ← scratch Chalking Crosses →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line361
__label__cc	0.50818	0.49182	I'm thankful for family and friends and all the loyal readers/pimps who actually read this blog without killing themselves. You should be rewarded for such dedication. Most of all I'm thankful this man is finally in jail yet he still remains the face of USC Football... The blog will be taking a hiatus for a few days as I travel to San Francisco with my wonderful wife to take in Charlie Weis's farewell game in Stanford. (leave jokes in comment section) Make sure you get stuffed today with some good food and "friends"... And most importantly don't forget to bast the turkey.... GOBBLE GOBBLE PICTURES COURTESTY OF HOLY TACO THIS KID COULD START FOR NOTRE DAME RIGHT NOW Seriously. Besides Manti Te'o their other linebackers have looked average at best. This kid could compete. BRADY QUINN IS DATING OLYMPIC GYMNAST ALICIA SACRAMONE Gee, I wonder why? MATTHEW STAFFORD IS NOW A MAN...MAN...MANLY MAN You can pretty much put anything with South Park music and I will post it. This could have been highlights of Adam Lambert sucking off some guy and as long as it had this badass song to it you can pretty much guarantee your sweet ass I'm posting it. Via WithLeather PETA CAN LICK MY BALLS If you though PETA pissed you off before well then listen to this bullshit they are suggesting to Georgia Bulldogs athletic director Damon Evans... People for Ethical Treatment of Animals has a suggestion for the University of Georgia, which is looking for a replacement for Uga VII, the Georgia Bulldog mascot who died last Thursday in Savannah: PETA says the University should use what it calls an “animatronic dog,” or use a person in a costume. PETA has sent its suggestion via e-mail to University of Georgia Athletic Director Damon Evans. The PETA e-mail follows… In the wake of the untimely death of the University of Georgia’s (UGA) bulldog mascot, Uga VII, PETA has asked the school’s athletic director, Damon M. Evans, to replace the mascot with an animatronic dog–or to rely solely on a costumed mascot–instead of using another real bulldog. Bulldogs are prone to breathing difficulties, hip dysplasia, heart disorders, and other congenital ailments, and acquiring a dog from a breeder perpetuates the animal overpopulation crisis while causing another dog waiting in an animal shelter to be condemned to death. Replace UGA with a robotic dog? Are you fucking kidding me? What do these people smoke? I really wish we could lock up those crazy PETA bastards and feed them to Michael Vick's pitbulls. BREAKING NEWS: JIMMY CLAUSEN PUTS ANOTHER BLACK EYE ON THE NOTRE DAME PROGRAM No it's not breaking news and no he isn't literally putting a black eye on the Notre Dame football program. I just wanted to write the headline for shits and giggles. I actually feel bad for Jimmy Clausen. People shit on him for the way he committed to Notre Dame at the College Football Hall of Fame but ever since then he has gone out of his way to prove he is worth the hype. The only person who didn't live up to their enormous overrated hype was Charlie Weis. It baffles me with the amount of elite talent that Notre Dame possesses on the offensive side of the ball that the Fighting Irish rank 45th in scoring offense. Absolutely fucking ridiculous. Clausen has had a Heisman like year in terms of stats and comeback wins and yet if he loses this week at Stanford he will have a 16-18 record at Notre Dame as the starting quarterback. And to think Charlie Weis thinks Jimmy "may be the greatest player in Notre Dame history" according to John Walters and you can see why Weis is mostly talk with little substance. It wasn't Jimmy's fault that Weis made all these promises and didn't deliver. Maybe the fan was just sending a message to Weis through Clausen. Shameful to say the least. I'm going to be in Stanford this Saturday for the game. I will be cheering my ass off one final time for head coach Charlie Weis and the boys like I always do but I can honestly say that I can not wait to see Weis and Clausen in the NFL next year. It's time for their era to end and a new coach with a plan to bring optimism back into the program. BRETT FAVRE LOVES HIS TINY WRANGLER JEANS It takes balls of steel to wear tiny jeans like Brett Favre does. That is why he is a Hall of Famer and we are just witnesses. URBAN MEYER NOT COMING TO NOTRE DAME...FOR NOW For the delusional fans like myself who think Urban Meyer might leave Florida and return to Notre Dame to help them return to respectability, well, sorry, Urban stomped and crapped on that scenario today... GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida coach Urban Meyer says he plans to coach the Gators "as long as they'll have me." With rumors swirling about Charlie Weis' future at Notre Dame, Meyer squashed any potential speculation about leaving Gainesville for South Bend. Meyer's news conference Monday was his most emotional in five seasons at Florida, with the coach having to pause and compose himself several times while talking about quarterback Tim Tebow and other seniors' final home game Saturday against rival Florida State. Meyer also said he believes Tebow could coach Florida down the road. I've contacted a few of my ND contacts, so called "insiders" you could say whose family members have buildings named after them on Notre Dame campus and whom had some direct knowledge when Charlie Weis was hired and when his contract was renegotiated in 2005. They have absolutely no idea what is going on right now with the coaching search. ND Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick is keeping everything to himself right now. He isn't leaking shit. So anybody other than Swarbrick that goes on a message board or proclaims they know who the next coach is going to be is full of shit. Only Swarbrick knows which coaches he is going to contact and try to bring in and right now he will not let it become a media fiasco like former AD/dipshit Kevin White did with the Ty Willingham hire and fire. Listen, I want Urban Meyer as much as anybody. He is the perfect coach for Notre Dame. He is a proven winner but he isn't coming right now. He has it made in Gainesville and his family is extremely comfortable there. Would you want to leave Florida right now on the verge of competing for a third National Title in 4 years to go to Northern Indiana? I didn't think so. If I had to place my money on a guy who will get the job it is Brian Kelly. Kelly is interested and don't believe all the BS about past transgressions that won't let him get the offer at a school like Notre Dame. Hopefully Swarbrick gets him signed and delivered by the middle of next week. But then again the only person who really knows who the best pick for head football coach at Notre Dame is Swarbrick. ANOTHER REASON TO FEEL BAD FOR DEREK JETER: MINKA KELLY Seriously, I feel bad for the guy. First he has to deal with winning his 5th World Series ring and now he has to lay out in the sun with his girlfriend Minka Kelly ("Friday Night Lights" actress) while vacationing in St. Barts. Tough life for Jeter. I feel for him. /wipes tears away with old Baltimore Orioles hat CARMEN ELECTRA WANTS YOUR ATTENTION Granted she gets the attention all the time but why no nudity Carmen? She has already done Playboy. This PR video should help put her back into shitty Hollywood films. She should just go full out and start doing porn and stop wasting our time. STONERS UNITE: THE FREAK WINS ANOTHER CY YOUNG And who said marijuana was a gateway drug? Gateway to back-to-back Cy Youngs, money out of your ass, and your pick of any female fan you want a night with sounds like a hell of a drug to me. Congratulations go out to Tim "The Freak" Lincecum for winning yet another Cy Young. He deserved it. And to think the Baltimore Orioles passed on him in the 2006 MLB Draft because they had questions about his size and work ethic for fucking Billy Rowell whom has proved to be nothing more than a lazy pothead of wasted baseball talent. Brilliant move by the front office there. RIP UGA VII At the ripe age of 4 years old UGA VII went down with a heart attack yesterday. The famous English bulldog might be laid to rest tomorrow during the Kentucky game. Let's hope for Georgia's sake Willie Martinez joins UGA in not roaming the sidelines anymore. At least UGA could lick his balls correctly. RIP UGA VII. Also our condolences go out to Chris Spielman and his family and friends. Yesterday his wife Stefanie lost her long battle with breast cancer. If you feel like contributing to her fund please click here which goes straight to breast cancer research. Hopefully someday we can beat this awful disease and any little contribution can help. RIP Stefanie, you will not be forgotten. ERIN DREWES SHOWS OFF HER GATOR PRIDE TOTALPROSPORTS has pictures of Florida Gators alum Erin Drewes (aka Tebow internet girl) whose picture with Tebow exploded all over the internet. She was presumably his girlfriend but that was never the case according to Erin... We are acquaintances through mutual friends and we would see each other here and there. We were standing together talking at a party at U of F and that’s when the now-infamous picture was taken. I was never dating Tim Tebow, nor was I ever his girlfriend! I’m convinced the picture must have been photoshopped—my breasts certainly are not that big! Don't you worry about that Erin, we will be the judge of that. BETWEEN TWO FERNS WITH ZACH GALIFIANAKIS Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns "Does anyone ever tell you, you seem like you are the black Byron Allen?" TERRY BRADSHAW KNOWS HIS FOOTBALL Extra Mustard points out this video from Sunday of FOX blowhard Terry Bradshaw making one of his useless predictions while everybody laughs for no apparent reason. Seriously, how do people watch these pregame shows? It's like trying to watch Dane Cook attempting to be funny. Fucking brutal. But not nearly as brutal as that shitfest called Monday Night Football last night. That was some of the worst NFL football I have ever seen. The Cleveland Browns should just move again. That franchise is so ass backwards it's not even funny anymore. Eric Mangini is a fucking moron. You want to know why their offense can't score it's not just on the QB (although I will admit Brady Quinn looked pretty bad last night) it's because you don't stick with one guy. You have Cribbs lining up at QB. You have all these bullshit motions trying to fool the defense. You really think you are going to fool a defense led by Ray Lewis? GTF out of here. The Ravens looked like complete shit too. I thought before the season started that they had a legit shot of going to the Super Bowl. They look horrible right now and beating Cleveland doesn't put roses on their pooh pooh performance. From watching Notre Dame tank another season to seeing Michael Turner go down with a high ankle strain and Matty Ice throw yet another crucial INT to the Ravens looking like the Bengal's bitches it has been a tough football season for myself. If you would have told me Notre Dame, the Atlanta Falcons and the Baltimore Ravens would all have mediocre to bad seasons before the season started I would have called you Terry Bradshaw. Fuck it. At least the Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers are playing inspired ball/puck. COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S MOST ELECTRIFYING PLAYER: GOLDEN TATE My mancrush for Golden grows every time he touches the ball. Notre Dame hasn't had a player with his speed and balance since Rocket was torching defenses. Golden will be missed big time when he leaves early for the NFL Draft. Whoever gets him is getting the next Steve Smith/Hines Ward. He would look great in an Atlanta Falcons uniform. HAVE YOU SEEN SARAH JESSICA PARKER'S NEW FLICK? I'm sorry but she is just not aging well at all. Look at those fucking hands. Creepy ya know. YOU CAN CROSS JON GRUDEN OFF THE ND LIST FROM THE BIG LEAD comes this statement from ESPN PR: “Jon Gruden has agreed to an exclusive multi-year agreement with the company. In addition to his MNF role alongside play-by-play commentator Mike Tirico and analyst Ron Jaworski, Gruden will appear on ESPN’s NFL Draft and Super Bowl week coverage, among other platforms, and he will call the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl in South Florida on January 31, 2010. Gruden will serve as an analyst for ESPN Radio’s 2010 Rose Bowl and BCS title game broadcasts.” Honestly I'm kind of happy this happened now. I'm not convinced Gruden would be a great college coach. What this should tell Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick is he needs to make a move immediately. Everyone knows that Charlie Weis days at Notre Dame are over. Why leave it up in the air? If I were him I would fire him immediately and start looking for a new coach. Make Corwin Brown the interim head coach and burn up the phone lines while Notre Dame finishes the season beating UCONN then getting trounced by Stanford. Your first three calls go to Urban Meyer's agent. You see if there is any interest and you offer him the world. Highest paid salary. Bonuses galore for him and his assistants. Essentially you open a door and offer him this... JUCO transfers are now allowed. An endless support for what Urban thinks is right including letting in some kids that wouldn't normally be allowed in. The support structure is so great at Notre Dame when it comes to academics with their student-athletes that it shouldn't be too big of a risk allowing players in who don't have the greatest GPA in the world. If Urban refuses the job then you call Brian Kelly's agent. Offer him the same incentive package. Kelly is basically Urban Meyer 2.0. I have a hard time believing Kelly would refuse the job. But the point is you need to move fast Swarbrick. No waiting like ND did with Ty Willingham and letting him finish the season before looking for a new coach. You snooze you lose. JAMAR WALL KNOCKS OUT ZAC ROBINSON This is why your parents didn't want you to play football when you were little. Oklahoma State's QB Zac Robinson is absolutely leveled to China on this hit by Texas Tech's Jamar Wall. The result: a fumble and two concussions. Vegetative state in their late 50's outlook just went up tremendously. DAN MARINO SAYS NAUGHTY WORD NOT QUALIFIED TO COMMENT has this excellent half time analysis video by Hall of Famer Dan Marino on CBS yesterday. He drops the S word by accident. It must have been those shitty Isotoner gloves he was trying to get off. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND FOLKS! Can you play golf in a bikini? by diggy20 Clearly I was thinking of my loyal readers when I posted this Asian bikini girl absolutely stroking the ball so I wanted to send you in this weekend with a bang. Literal. This week has been a personal roller coaster for my family since our cat went missing. Spare me the gay jokes with the cat, I'm a dog person but it doesn't mean I can't miss Wiley. Plus now I think a law firm out of Oak Brook, Illinois is trying to extort money from me. I will let you know how that goes since they obviously fucked with the wrong person. Email me if you have any questions or if you are a lawyer, would love to get some insight. Go Irish! Go Jackets! Go Dawgs! And most importantly: Go Beer! Video courtesy of WithLeather DWAYNE WADE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW HIS NUTS TASTE Because after this facial Cleveland's Anderson Varejao knows full well how salty they are... STOP "BUST"ING MY BALLS Her name is Ewa Sonnet and apparently she is some kind of model. Model is code word for hooker by the way. I'm positive each one of her boobs has it's own area code. WET BEAVER Video HT: HotClicks COST OF PEST REMOVAL IS EXPENSIVE THESE DAYS The one and only Spencer Hall from Everydayshouldbesaturday.com came up with this chart. Bravo. OH SHIT NOW THEY ARE MAKING EXCUSES FOR LOSING TO NAVY Via UHND with video courtesy of IrishIllustrated Notre Dame assistant head coach Corwin Brown meant to cause little harm with his comments in regards to Navy's head coach Ken Niumatalolo comments to the media following their win over Notre Dame but I'm afraid this is just the beginning of the end for this coaching staff. It kind of tells you how low the Notre Dame football program has gotten when they start making excuses for losing to Navy. The fact is that Navy did outscheme and out coach the Notre Dame defense. This isn't even up for discussion. The had over 400 yards of offense while rushing for over 350 yards. Their whole team is made up of players who would never have the chance to put on the pads at Notre Dame. So please Corwin, I know you are pissed because of the cut blocking and all the shit that comes with it (injuries, hurt feelings, etc.) but why didn't you have your players fight back during the game? I think one of the main reasons why Notre Dame keeps losing under Charlie Weis is they play the respect factor too much with their opponents. They talk about respecting the kids who fight for our country and blah blah blah. How about fighting for a fucking win like Navy did on Saturday? Expect the media to have a field day with this video too. Just another feather in the cap for excuses made as to why Notre Dame can't succeed even with a roster full of talent. REAL WOMEN OF GENIUS In today's REAL WOMEN OF GENIUS we have Miss America's Carrie Prejean acting "inappropriately" to a pretty fair question from Larry King courtesy of Hot Clicks... Sarah Palin is her hero? Not surprising coming from a beauty queen I suppose. The second edition of REAL WOMEN OF GENIUS comes this fantastic reenactment of "Risky Business"... Bravo Ladies, Bravo. OFFICIAL CONFESSION OF LAZINESS Courtesy of the HolyTaco comes this list of laziness which about half I checked off on... TONY GONZALEZ AND WIFE GO NUDE FOR PETA Come on Tony, for PETA? It must have been the old lady's idea. No self respecting tight end would pose nude for those liberal assclowns. I don't even get the ad because the last time I saw somebody wear a fur coat was back in the 80's. SPORTSCRACK TOP 10 Above image courtesy of HOTSECPOON.COM 1. FLORIDA GATORS-Urban Meyer's troops are getting stronger along with their defense. In handling Vandy 27-3 last week they move just a step closer to their 3rd National Title in 4 seasons. 2. TEXAS LONGHORNS-I'm convinced now that Texas is going undefeated till their bowl game which will be the BCS Championship. Colt McCoy passed for a career record of 470 yards while his roommate Jordan Shipley set a Texas record with 273 yards receiving. 3. ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE-BAMA won the SEC West and a future date with Florida in the SEC Championship game by beating LSU 24-15. If the Tide can win out against Miss State, Chattanooga, and Auburn then whoever wins the SEC Title game will play for the BCS Title. By the way, I have looked into getting tickets for the SEC Championship since it's here in Atlanta and I have yet to go to one. Tickets start at $700 a piece in a shitty economy. Looks like HDTV will be my friend that day. 4. TCU HORNED FROGS-TCU gets College Gameday this week with Utah visiting. The campus should be electric and if the Horned Frogs can win out at the minimum they should get a BCS Bowl game. If 2 of the top 3 slip up then I think TCU should be playing for a BCS Championship if they win out because I think their defense is one of the best in the nation. 5. CINCINNATI BEARCATS-Brian Kelly still has them undefeated at 9-0. He is setting himself up perfectly for another BCS Bowl game. In order to do so they must beat West Virginia this week. They should. 6. BOISE STATE BRONCOS-Still undefeated so I have to put them up here. They won't play anybody the rest of the season which will hurt their BCS rankings but they can still make a BCS Bowl game considering at least 1 if not 2 or 3 teams ranked ahead of them will lose before the season is over. 7. GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS-The Jackets survived on Saturday against Wake Forest thanks to the cajones of Paul Johnson. In overtime, instead of kicking the field goal on 4th and short to send it to another overtime Johnson decided to go for it. The Jackets won. They travel to Duke this week in what should be a blowout. 8. IOWA HAWKEYES-Their luck finally ran out but they still have a chance to win the Big Ten by winning their next two games. They travel to the Horseshoe this Saturday. If they had a half way decent QB they would still be undefeated. 9. PITTSBURGH PANTHERS-I have a gut feeling they will blow out Notre Dame this weekend and get a lot more publicity for being a top 10 team. Wanny has Pitt playing excellent ball and should have little trouble with Charlie Weis this Saturday. 10. LSU TIGERS-Their only two losses have come at the hands of Florida and Alabama. Both of those games could have been won too. It's too bad they won't be playing in a BCS game this year. ON THE OUTSIDE: Oregon, Utah, USC, Ohio State, Miami CLEMSON ROWING TEAM WANTS YOU TO READ THEIR LIPS Deadspin was the first to introduce the world to the Clemson Tigers rowing team which sometimes goes by the nickname of the Cameltoes. I feel kind of bad for these 9 women. Too much labia in college sports can be detrimental to future endeavors such as employment so I won't publish their names. Trust me, my labia has gotten me ridiculed for years. THE SOLUTION FOR SWEATY BALLS: FRESH BALLS How did it take this long to get antiperspirant for your manbags? We got people to the fucking moon 40 years ago but we are just now coming up with a product to get rid of sweaty balls. Our priorities are so whacked these days. Living in Hotlanta means I could use FreshBalls a solid 9 months of the year. My suffering is now over and so can yours. Sweaty Balls are a thing of the past. God bless. Video HT: HolyTaco JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT FINALLY GOES FOR THE POLE JLH has been playing the sweet, innocent girl for too long. It's time for her to grow up. It looks like she has finally grasped what it takes to make it "big" time in Hollywood: pole dancing. She needs to bring out her inner-Halle Berry and realize she isn't going to be nailing big movie roles without nailing some top notch producers and/or showing a little more skin. Berry took it all off for "Monster Ball" and won an Academy Award. Hewitt is now pole dancing on her show the "Ghost Whisperer" which is just a step to full frontal and an eventual sex tape. Do it for all the kids out there aka middle aged men. Video HT: TheDailyFix AFROS - AMERICA'S FINEST RECEIVERS ON SATURDAY SHIRT Buy one or two right now. It will make you feel better. Trust me. Chances of you getting laid are greatly improved while sporting the AFROS. SPORTSCRACK STORE PAGE KELLY BROOK DOESN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT NOTRE DAME Which really means I don't want to talk about it because honestly it hurts too much. She also doesn't want to hear from all the Charlie Weis apologists. Just look at her and enjoy your day... Picture HT: WWTDD RICHMOND ANNOUNCER GOES OFF Fast forward to the :37 second mark. His sentiments were how I felt watching the Notre Dame-Navy game this weekend. "What a bum!" THIS GUY HAD MONEY ON HIS TEAM LOSING RIGHT? Kick Return Fail - watch more funny videos I will let you know Pete Rose never did something this malicious against his teams while he was coaching. DEANGELO HALL IS A PUNK What is it with the Falcons and Virginia Tech head cases? DeAngelo Hall might be as dumb as Michael Vick. Shut your mouth and play the game the right way. You got cut because you suck balls. It wasn't personal. You sucked then and you still suck now. Your suckiness is all knowing. Hell, the Raiders thought you sucked and released you. You play on the Deadskins now. I'm so happy the Falcons don't have players like DeAngelo on their team anymore. The result is an actual team with winners. SAMMY SOSA IS THE NEW KING OF POP This is a recent photograph of former MLB slugger/roid user Sammy Sosa and his new look: white. He has become the new King of Pop. ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC 2 home losses to Navy the last 3 years will get you canned. I have officially ran out of excuses for Charlie Weis. I've always been a fan of the "give coaches five years to turn around a program" but it's clear as day that Notre Dame Football is just as mediocre as the day Weis took over for Ty Willingham. From now on ND's athletic director Jack Swarbrick better be burning up the phone lines looking for replacements as soon as the Stanford games final whistle blows. Personally I think the best man for the job is Urban Meyer. Do I think it is realistic to get him? No, not really. He has a great job right now at Florida and will probably win his 3rd National Title in 4 years thus turning the Gators into a dynasty. Why would he want to leave? He wouldn't. So if you can't get the best you have to settle for one of the rest. Any of these coaches would be better than Charlie Weis: Gary Patterson (TCU head coach), Brian Kelly (Cincinnati head coach), Jon Gruden (Super Bowl winning HEAD coach and current MNF announcer), Mark Richt (yes, I said it, he would be a great representative for ND and he can recruit), or Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech head coach). I've always wanted Weis to succeed because I think he is a good man and I know he busts his ass 24/7 to make Notre Dame football competitive. It's just simply not working. When you have elite Heisman caliber players on your roster (Jimmy Clausen, Golden Tate, and Michael Floyd) and you are still struggling to put points on the board against teams like Navy then you are what you are: over your head. A coach is always measured with wins or losses whether it is right or wrong. And right now the Fighting Irish are 16-20 in their last 3 seasons. Absolutely pathetic. Thanks for the memories Charlie. It's time to bring in a proven winner. Finally. MUST SEE TV: THE LEAGUE ON FX The League on FX - Exclusive Clip - The Birthday Song - The most popular videos are here I watched the series premiere last night of "The League" on FX Channel and I admit I haven't laughed so hard since I watched the latest "Curb Your Enthusiasm" on Monday night. "The League" is hysterical and worth the time. It comes on tonight on the FX Channel at 10:30, right after "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." The show follows the lives of friends who are in a fantasy football league together. The cast is great and the writing as far as the pilot goes was outstanding. If you are a fan of Curb or Kenny Powers then I'm pretty sure you will enjoy "The League." Give it a shot tonight. If you don't enjoy it then clearly you are a communist who can't enjoy humor of any kind. 27 TITLES RETURN TO GLORY SHIRT Our newest Sportscrack t-shirt is called "27 Titles Return To Glory" with the "Putting the Nasty Back in Dynasty" on the back. Please note how the 27 and DYNASTY are in pinstripes. We are taking preorders now, shirts will start shipping starting next week. 27 RETURN TO GLORY SHIRT NUMERO UNO REASON TO WATCH THE HILLS Audrina Patridge is on the show. At least I think she is. Honestly I have no fucking clue. I stopped watching MTV when "Beavis and Butthead" was canceled. Any network dumb enough to cancel that show doesn't deserve my attention. Patridge on the other hand does deserve it... Image HT: WWTDD PICKING UP CHICKS WITH TOP GUN LINES Holy Taco went to the Bahamas and boarded the Bud Light Party Cruise with one goal: to pick up girls with lines from the movie "Top Gun." The results varied... EMBED-Hot Chicks Love the Top Gun Song - Watch more free videos So this is what I have been doing wrong all these years. I always tend to use lines from "Silence of the Lambs." For some reason girls don't dig the line "it puts the lotion on it's skin or it gets the hose again!" I mean come on, it makes perfect sense ladies. You are on the beach getting sunburned. I'm offering you protection from the harmful UV rays. So just go ahead and get in my windowless van. CONGRATS TO THE NEW YORK YANKEES ON TITLE #27 The long suffering is over for you Yankees fans out there. Now you can know that when A-Roid makes out with himself in front of the mirror he is doing it as a World Champion. Actually the only two players I feel some what happy for is Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada. Both are homegrown products who never left the Yankees (unlike Andy Pettitte) and remained loyal to Mr. Steinbrenner despite the fact that they brought in douchebags like Mark Teixeira and A-Hole. All is right in the baseball world today. The Yankees bought themselves another World Series. And here I was laughing when they spent over $430 million during the offseason while moving into a $1.3 billion stadium and thought to myself "God I hope they fail miserably again like 2008!" I guess the joke is on me. Mark this down as another win for Wal-Mart. JUST ANOTHER REASON TO ROOT FOR THE PHILLIES: CHASE UTLEY'S WIFE Her name is Jennifer Cooper Utley and she met Chase at UCLA where they were both attending. Let's just say Chase aka The Greaser hit a home run with this Megan Fox look alike... SEXUAL HARRASSMENT VIDEO "Smells like vagina in here! Smells like fresh vagina in here." Sounds like something Pete Carroll would say to his team before charging the field. In all seriousness I think I watched one of these videos in high school before starting my job as Photo Technician at Eckerd's Drug Store. It basically said sexual harrassment is if an ugly person hits on someone out of their league. No worries for me mate. Working in the photo lab was one of the greatest jobs. I could see everybody's pictures and blow them up to 8x10 if I felt like blackmailing people. We would get naughty pictures of couples, spring break pictures of girls making out, and of course the always entertaining drunk prank pictures. Those were the days back in my beat up Nissan 200SX, making $7 a hour, and not worrying about bills, mortgages, lawyers, STD's. The world was much simpler back then. The Yankees still sucked at baseball and Notre Dame was just starting to suck at football thanks to the transition to Satan, I mean Bob Davie. But forget about all that. This should cheer us all up right guys?... REEBOK COMMERCIAL LOVES THE BUTT This is actually a brilliant commercial for Reebok on so many levels. The first level is appealing to men of course. We like to look at asses, it's in our DNA. The second level is it appeals to women because no matter what they say all women are jealous of other women with nice rears. It's on par with guys being jealous of Peter North or John Holmes. The third level is as a marketing tool for Reebok. In our ultra conservative minds this type of commercial can be seen as extremely sexual or controversial. Anything that is sexy or controversial usually sells. With that being said they should have picked Kim Kardashian as the model. Seriously. Everybody in the free world would know what a Reebok Easytone is by now if her rump was selling them. Via WithLeather via HotClicks GREATEST NEWSPAPER COVER EVER? Daddy likey? The New York Post wins the prize for most original cover for this Pedro Martinez as a baby photoshop. I didn't have rooting interest in this game tonight but after seeing this I really hope the Phillies and Pedro stick it to the Yankees tonight. It's too bad the game is on tonight since I'm going to have to miss at least an inning with Modern Family on ABC. No worries since World Series games on FOX take about 5 hours to complete. NY FANS VS PHILLY FANS FROM THE DAILY SHOW Clash of the Cretins Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis I don't think I could have said it any better myself. The world will be a better place once the Fall Classic is over and we can all forget about it. Video HT: BarstoolSports 1. FLORIDA GATORS-These eye gouging assholes stay at #1 till somebody comes up and beats their ass. It hasn't happened since September 2008 to Ole Miss and I can't see it happening anytime soon unless Bama plays one hell of a game in Atlanta. 2. TEXAS LONGHORNS-Texas proved me wrong last week by destroying Okie State in Stillwater. They are the real deal and it looks like they will be playing in the BCS Championship if Colt McCoy stays healthy. 3. ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE-They got lucky against Tennessee but had last week off to get their shit together and prepare for LSU this week. It wouldn't shock me if LSU pulled the upset. 4. TCU HORNED FROGS-I am going to suck on their proverbial tit till they lose one. I think of all the teams who are undefeated they could hang best with the top 3. Their defense is outstanding and if they go undefeated I would have no problem seeing them in the BCS Championship game. 5. CINCINNATI BEARCATS-They keep winning. Even without QB Tony Pike their backup, Zach Collaros, has done an excellent job with 7 TD passes and 2 rushing TDs. The path to 12-0 isn't far off especially considering they play in the worst BCS conference but I have this feeling they are going to slip up somewhere whether it be West Virginia or Pitt. 6. IOWA HAWKEYES-The Hawkeyes know how to win some ugly games. They are sitting at 9-0 for the first time ever and have games remaining with Northwestern, Ohio State, and Minnesota. All are very winnable but I have a feeling they will lose in Columbus. 7. BOISE STATE BRONCOS-Remember people that they beat Oregon. They won, not Oregon. How anybody has Oregon ranked ahead of the Broncos needs to have their heads checked. I know Boise State's schedule is about as tough as Georgia's defense but they should not be dropped below the Ducks unless they lose. 8. OREGON DUCKS-I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the Mighty Ducks beat the living piss out of the Trojans and Pete Carroll Saturday night. The Ducks now sit in the driver's seat for the PAC-10 title and Rose Bowl berth. But watch out for a trip to Stanford this week. Could be a huge letdown game. 9. GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS-Nesbitt and Dwyer are running fools and they will not let the Yellow Jackets lose another ACC game against Wake Forest and Duke. You can pencil them in for the ACC Championship. The question is can they win out and make a BCS Bowl for the first time? My eight ball says "outlook good." 10. PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS-If the JoePa's beat Ohio State this weekend then they have a great chance of winning out and at the very least making a BCS Bowl game at-large. Whoever wins this week will get the invite to the Fiesta Bowl in my opinion. ON THE OUTSIDE: LSU Tigers, Pittsburgh Panthers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, USC Trojans, Ohio State Buckeyes, Miami Hurricanes KIM KARDASHIAN WINS THE BEST HALLOWEEN OUTFIT I don't care what anybody else says and yes I know she is currently with Reggie Bush but if I was single I would lick every single layer of Kim Kardashian. And yes, I mean "layers!" If you say you wouldn't you are either mentally challenged or fucking gay in every sense of the word. Her Princess Jasmine outfit screams "Fuck me now mister!" I hate Reggie Bush because A)he received over $200,000 in college without a slap on the wrist, B)The Bush Push, and C)he bangs Kim whenever and wherever he wants. KELLY BROOK LOOKS DELICIOUS Ladies, take note, this is what your Halloween costume should look like next year. Oh, and 32E boobs would help tremendously as Kelly Brook displays. I'm here to inspire. Image HT: DailyMail Now excuse me while I dream about sleeping on those funbags on the beach... QUACK BITCHES LSUfreek's stuff never gets old. BRANDON SPIKES LIKES IT DIRTY Check out Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes get a little pokey with Georgia tailback Washaun Ealey. I'm not sure what he was trying to do other than change out his contacts... Video HT: TheBigLead Yes it was a dirty play but this kind of shit happens all the time. He's lucky he didn't try to speed bag his nuts. I've seen it happen in a pile. Where does Georgia go from here? Right now they sit at 4-4 and for the first time in Mark Richt's coaching tenure in Athens there are serious questions about where the program is headed. Just last season they were the preseason #1 team in the country and looked poise to win their second National Championship ever with Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno back. But they failed miserably getting blown out by Alabama and Florida last year and then letting Georgia Tech run all over them. This year it looks like their cycle appears to be on the downward side again and yet they don't even belong on the same field as the Florida's and Alabama's of the world anymore. Right now you look at Georgia and you have to say that those teams are clearly better than them and only getting better along with rivals Tennessee and Georgia Tech. If I were a betting man for 2010 I would say both Florida and Tennessee will be ranked ahead of Richt's Dawgs in the SEC East and LSU and Alabama will obviously be better too. This leaves Georgia middle of the pack in the SEC. With the amount of top flight recruits Georgia and Richt bring in year after year this is unacceptable and it falls on the coaches to get these kids ready. Coordinators Willie Martinez and Mike Bobo should both be let go this offseason. If Richt wants to keep his job in Athens he needs to be the hammer and knock out these crooked nails. It amazes me that Martinez didn't get fired after last season. Georgia's defense has regressed every season since Martinez took over after Brian VanGorder left and yet he still collects a hefty paycheck every two weeks. I'm interested to hear what Georgia fans and outside observers think of the Bulldogs. Am I being too overly critical of the Dawgs? Right now I think Georgia Tech would run rough shot all over their rival and if you would have told me this two years ago I would have said you are crazy. Is Georgia turning into the new Florida State? Tons of athletes who are undisciplined and get crushed by more prepared teams who are led by superior coaches? BRADY QUINN IS DATING OLYMPIC GYMNAST ALICIA SACRA... BREAKING NEWS: JIMMY CLAUSEN PUTS ANOTHER BLACK EY... ANOTHER REASON TO FEEL BAD FOR DEREK JETER: MINKA ... COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S MOST ELECTRIFYING PLAYER: GOLD... OH SHIT NOW THEY ARE MAKING EXCUSES FOR LOSING TO ... AFROS - AMERICA'S FINEST RECEIVERS ON SATURDAY SHI... JUST ANOTHER REASON TO ROOT FOR THE PHILLIES: CHAS...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line362
__label__wiki	0.911004	0.911004	Don’t link dignified return of refugees to political solutions BEIRUT (CNS): “We appeal to the international community to shoulder its responsibility and strive to put an end to the ongoing conflicts and wars and to ensure the dignified return of the Palestinian refugees and displaced Syrians, Iraqis and others to their country,” Bechara Cardinal Rai, patriarch of Antoich and head of the Maronite Church said, as Lebanon’s Christian and Muslim religious leaders, met with the president of Switzerland, Alain Berset. Previous: Spanish and Latin American bishops rebuke pope’s attackers Next: Church in Italy steps up to help migrants Niwano Peace Prize awarded to Lebanese interreligious foundation BEIRUT (CNS): Adyan, a Lebanese foundation for interreligious studies and spiritual solidarity, is the recipient of the 35th Niwano Peace Prize. Announcing the international award in Beirut, Lebanon, on February 19, Maronite Father Fadi Daou, president of Adyan Foundation, said that the country had moved “a firm step further toward its recognition as a world centre for dialogue between cultures and religions.” Previous: New Philippine tax law triggers protest Next: Rights group warns Philippines on Kuwait ban Adyan Foundation Niwano Peace Prize Mideast patriarchs express hope in the midst of uncertainty BEIRUT (CNS): In their Christmas messages, the Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East—with hope, despite uncertainty in the region—called for peace, security, prayer and solidarity. From Baghdad, Iraq, Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako, expressed his hope for a new phase for the country and that the recent triumph over the Islamic State, along with the termination of terrorist control of Mosul and other cities, will marked a step toward security and stability. Previous: Christmas Mass celebrated in a liberated Mosul Next: Fruit of war pope’s message for World Day of Peace Maronite World Youth Day BEIRUT (AsiaNews): The World Maronite Youth Day kicked off in Lebanon on July 13 to offer young Maronites born outside the country an immersion experience in an Antiochian-Syriac cultural and human environment out of which the culture of their rite grew. Organised by the Patriarchate Youth Pastoral Office along the model of World Youth Day, the 10-day international gathering of young Maronite Catholics has attracted some 450 overseas enrollments from across the five continents. Previous: Japanese warrior for refugees mourned Next: The state of the president address	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line366
__label__cc	0.614968	0.385032	Vow Mad Libs! Thanks to this handy vow writing crib sheet, I created a fun Bridal Mad Lib! You know, to BEAT THE STRESS!!! It was easy; I just filled in the blanks! Enjoy! What did you think when you first saw him/her? Start from the beginning -- you didn't want to go out and now you’re grateful your friends dragged you out? How to use: "When we met at the mall, I knew you also liked the mall.” Where do you see yourselves in 10 years? 20 years? 40 years? Go deeper than "Happily married in a big house." What are your long-term hopes, dreams, and goals? How to use: "I look forward to drinking, laughing and drinking as we drink at our forthcoming wedding reception.” Is there a line from a movie, song, or poem that says it all? It's okay to borrow, as long as it's not too much of a cliche (we’re sorry, but "You complete me" is suffering from overuse). Instead modify something familiar to personalize. How to use: Subtly. "I watch you complete me, and I think to myself, what a wonderful world." Can you think of a funny or touching experience that put your partner in a new light? The way he played with your little cousin or helped your grandmother up the stairs showed you that under his macho exterior is a wittle, bitty bunny wabbit and you love him for it. How to use: "When you pulled out the handcuffs, I saw you for the freak-nasty person you are. And that made me want to blow a wad in your face." What do you have now that you didn't have before you met? Focus on the heart and head, not material possessions. Has she taught you to appreciate beauty differently? Has he helped you learn to savor creating a home-cooked meal? How to use: "Before I met you, I liked badminton. Now I continue to enjoy badminton, with the added challenge of an opponent." What about him/her inspires you? What is it about your fiance that you'd like to improve in yourself? What do you most respect about your partner? How to use: "Your lawyer has shown me how to cheat on my taxes." What metaphor (or simile) would capture your love? Think of something that describes or defines your love: Is it strong like a castle? Peaceful like a mountain stream? How to use: "Our love is like a strong feeling of emotion between two people because it is the noun we’ve employed most often to describe our mutual sentiment." Why are you entering the bond of marriage? Think about why marrying your fiance is so special. You may be surprised how the answer leads you to the perfect words. How to use: "To me, marriage is hell. With you, it's double-hell.” What will keep your marriage strong? Find the bedrock of your relationship. What makes your relationship tick? Is it your resilience? Your shared sense of humor? How to use: "Even when we enter trial separation, we will have a legal obligation to each other that will prove very time-consuming and costly to terminate." Posted by erin at 12:41 PM 1 comment: you are whatever shit you want There are six kinds of couples, at least for the purposes of theknot.com and Macy's new wedding registry venture...oh, pardon me, LIFESTYLE REGISTRY venture. There, you can take a 7-question quiz about what kinds of expensive vacations and expensive cocktails you like, and then it spits out not only who you are but, even more conveniently, which expensive shit is right for you! How fucking fabulous is that?!?! After completing the gruelling questionnaire (for blogo-research purposes only), I discovered that my better half and I are "Happy Hipsters," which apparently means: You prove that adulthood doesn't have to mean being too serious. Think last-minute road trips, one-pot meals that are somehow to die for, and date nights in. You love to entertain without a lot of pretense or labored preparation -- as long as there's enough food and drink, you trust the rest will fall into place. That relaxed vibe rubs off on your guests, who all feel comfortable in your nest. Registering for multipurpose, sure-to-be used pieces will make your life even cozier. It then suggests we register for Kate Spade china and a Kitchen-Aid 5 qt. standing mixer. How does that reflect a "relaxed vibe," let alone "hipster"-ishness? Nowhere does it recommend instructing our loved ones to buy us black skinny jeans or sleeve tattoos or condos in Williamsburg. Sure, the Kate Spade china has a picture of a bug on it, but...hipster? Come on, Macy's, how do you connect those dots? The five other species of couples that could possibly exist are as follows: Jet Setters, True Romantics, Independent Spirits, All-American Dreamers, and Connoisseurs. Just for contrasting shits and giggles, I clicked on the "Independent Spirits" list, and found out that this second-person archetypi-couple has a "creative lifestyle [which] means you're always discovering the next best kept secret" and should use the registry to "make [your home] as fascinating and creative as you are." This boundless creativity is expertly matched with Mikasa dinnerware and Waterford bedding: "The Glengarrif Bedding collection helps you create a truly royal suite. Rich, regal shades of reds and golds, elegantly embroidered sheets and indulgently-detailed accessories create a luxurious look and opulent feel." Indie-licious! My betrothed and I attempted to start a registry a couple of weeks ago. So far we've gotten as far as a couple of quality kitchen knives and a Playstation 3. Who's the independent spirit now? Be-otch. worst bride ever blogs again Planning a wedding is boring because you do all this stuff and then you just sit around and wait and everybody says "how's the wedding planning going" and you're like it's fine I guess except I haven't really done anything in a few weeks because we already reserved the venue and picked out some dress stuff and found bartending companies and started to register and there's fourteen whole months left before the big day so what the fuck else can I do, go and pick flowers or some shit? Well I don't think that would be very good because all the flowers I pick now will be long since dead and turned to dust by the time my wedding rolls around in fourteen whole effing mothereffing months, okay? Okay??? And then everybody feels sorry that they asked. Posted by erin at 10:56 AM No comments:	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line374
__label__cc	0.519176	0.480824	THE TALE OF BRIN & BENT AND MINNO MARYLEBONE - What does it all mean? Part III When you're fast-moving forwards with new projects, you can sometimes forget your projects of the past... and the fact that they're never really past projects at all. Projects you have built in the past stay with you forever. They're the things that have built you. They're the foundations we're constantly laying.... And so it is with The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone. So much has happened since this, my first graphic novel, was published in July last year: so many projects, pathways, people.... But The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone remains as compelling and controversial as it always was. I wrote a couple of posts, a while back, talking about the things that people take from stories, and looking at the ways in which The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone have been interpreted by readers, both with and without the knowledge that it was based on a real-life event that happened to me. Those posts are here and here. Having thought about the various reactions to the book, I realised that providing more autobiographical context to the readers actually helped them break through the barrier of book’s grotesquery to the beauty within. Next week sees the release of The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone in America, where it's being published by Soft Skull Press. This has allowed for more autobiographical context to be included by way of new edits. I’m genuinely interested to see whether this will affect the reader’s reactions to my work. However I never wanted The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone to be an ‘issue’ story or a victim’s tale. I just wanted my writing to stand on its own merit. So I chatted to Soft Skull editor Liz Parker and we thought very carefully about the edits we wanted to make. In the end we amended the foreword contained in the book to read as follows: ‘There was a time when something bad happened to me. I was twenty-one; he was brutal. I was rendered powerless and made to feel as helpless as child. The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone is about that happening, and the fallout that occurred as a result. It’s a psychological tale, and metaphorical in every sense. Except for the blood. The blood was real.’ At least this answers some of the questions raised by the story, and perhaps allows the reader to enter into its dark world with a little less unease. I’m grateful to Soft Skull for taking the book on, and especially to Liz for her sensitive handling of the story’s origins. Being published across the pond is very exciting indeed! THE LAKES INTERNATIONAL COMIC ART FESTIVAL - Architects, gardeners and the cross-media writer One of the events I attended last weekend in Kendal was The Write Comic Stuff, with Ed Brubaker and Kurt Busiek, two of the USA’s best known comic writers talking about their craft. UK comic connoisseur Paul Gravett was the host, and with the combined, immense knowledge of all three men the talk provided a fascinating insight into the different processes of scriptwriting for this wonderfully malleable medium. Something Ed Brubaker said about his writing really got me thinking about my own. Ed said that a writer is either an architect or a gardener (with he himself being a gardener); defining an architect as the writer who plots out the story as a whole, and a gardener as the writer who lets the story unfold and grow as they go along. I thought about this and wondered: how does that apply to a cross-media writer like me? I often describe my writing as architectural. I talk about shape and structure in my scripts as being paramount for their strength and honesty. If you don’t have the structure right, then you can’t dress that structure properly – with emotion, drama, intrigue, or whatever it is that the narrative requires. But just as important in my method is the ‘space’ I write into my scripts that gives the artist I’m writing for the room to play. And whilst the creation of those spaces might sound like an architectural act, it’s actually a very organic process: and necessarily so. I say necessarily, because these spaces are very tricky places to get right. They have to balance direction with freedom in order to support the process of true artistic collaboration. They have to be able to flex and react and accommodate. They have to unfold and grow…. So I’m not quite sure what kind of writer this makes me? Perhaps I make window boxes :) THE INAUGURAL LAKES INTERNATIONAL COMIC ART FESTIVAL - First of several? Oh I do hope so! What a wonderful time we’ve all had! So I was part of a panel event called Rocking with Horror: talking about horror in comics alongside Hannah Berry, Ian Culbard and David Hine; featuring HOAX composer Minute Taker; and chaired by Alex Fitch. It really was great fun! Alex had me up first, so I spoke about how, for me, the worst horror is in the real. I referenced some of the many horror artworks that are based on real events (The Girl Next Door, The Blob, The Shining…), how they range from the very graphic, the fantastical, the psychological, through to biographical and auto-biographical. And I talked about my own comic works (The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone and HOAX) as being somewhere in the midst of all of those elements. HOAX composer Minute Taker then performed two of the songs from the musical HOAX: My Lonely Heart. It was an amazing demonstration of how he’s using loop-pedal layering to develop soundscapes that can convey the horror of schizophrenia. David then talked about his preference for looking into the dark corners of a horror story and showing head-on, in their full glory, the monsters he found there. Ian questioned that, and asked whether psychological suggestion was the more effective way. And Hannah talked about her methods of employing subtlety to lead the reader unaware towards the horror: such that the innocuous can become very suddenly ‘nocuous!’ We had a short but interesting debate on these different approaches, then were far-too-soon out of time as the festival roared on with its incredibly rich programme of events. It was a brilliant festival in every single aspect. Superbly put together with a fantastic array of talent and interest. I feel certain we’ll be seeing it raise its fine, old-stone Kendal head again next year, and many more years to come after that. THE LAKES INTERNATIONAL COMIC ART FESTIVAL - On our way (almost) Today is the first day of the first ever LAKES INTERNATIONAL COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL. I'm speaking there tomorrow, along with HOAX composer Minute Taker, on the Rocking With Horror panel, and so am heading up to Kendal today, along with the Beau, the Daughter and Friend-of-Daughter-Noah. Ordinarily I'd be a little more organised for something like this than I am, however, with work and recent events, I'm running a little behind. As I hastily gather together my notes, clothes and waterproofs (Lake District + October = good chance of rain), I marvel over how amazingly well the founders and supporters have pulled this inaugural event together. The programme, the guests, the arrangements... all incredible. And the way the local community is involved is nothing short of inspiring. They've even created a beer! "Staveley-based Hawkshead Brewery has teamed up with The Lakes International Comic Art Festival to produce a limited-edition beer for the event. The label design is by American cartoonist Gilbert Shelton, creator of Fat Freddy, and named after Fat Freddy’s beer of choice – Tall Toad." It's going to be a great event for comics, graphic novels, writing and art. But it's also going to be a great event for real people to meet real people - and that's what I'm looking forward to most :) http://www.comicartfestival.com/ http://www.comicartfestival.com/rocking-with-horror/ NESTA PHILIPS - Little Tiger Press Tucked away in a corner, somewhere between Fulham and Parson's Green, are the vibrant offices of independent children's books publisher Little Tiger Press. Having been sent a couple of my picture-book texts by Agent Alice, the team there were interested in talking voice and characterisation with me. So last week I headed off to London to say hello. I met with publisher Jude Evans and senior editor Ellie Farmer, and maybe it's part of the job description but I was struck once again by just how incredibly lovely the people behind children's book publishing are! High in a well-windowed penthouse, the light streaming in peacefully from all sides, we sat and chatted about strength and structure, language and shape, the rhythm of waves, falling stars and big bottoms.... It was delightful. And exciting. A charming, gentle, delightful kind of exciting. My favourite kind of exciting. We talked about ideas and exploring them, and I left with a head full of creatures and possibilities. As I settle down now to dream up a brand new world, I mull carefully these notions of voice and characterisation, and what it is to find the magic in a story that means children not only see and hear a picture book, but feel it too. Ellie and Jude were both thoughtful and inspiring. They've worked very hard to create an environment that feels effortlessly nurturing to their writers and illustrators, and I appreciate that a great deal. I look forward very much to working within that environment, and have no doubt at all that somewhere along the way magic will indeed be found. www.littletiger.co.uk TALKING NESTA PHILIPS Freshly returned from a trip to Oxford, and feeling very lucky today. Why? Because my reason for being in amongst the dreaming spires was a meeting with Oxford University Press' children’s book editors, Liz Cross and Pete Marley. And these two, wonderfully charming individuals have made me feel lucky. It’s not that we were discussing huge deals or big prizes - we were simply talking stories. Engaging, exciting, beautifully crafted stories. I hope this would be enough to make anyone feel lucky – but more than just talking about them, we were exploring their creation…. - Structure, pace, humour, morals, messages and more: all the intricate facets of storytelling; - Looking at these in relation to some of my own ideas; - And also thinking about new and more integrated approaches to writing for children. There was a true sense of collaboration. This isn’t always the case with authors and their publishers. But here there really was. It was genuine and invigorating. And that’s why I’m feeling very lucky today. NESTA PHILIPS - Take Hold of My Hand So you thought the front cover was good? CHECK OUT THE BACK! After posting the front cover of my first-ever published picture-book yesterday (due out next March), and because I can't stop cooing and clucking like a proud mother hen, I asked Picture Book Pete (my lovely editor at OUP) if I was allowed to show you the back cover as well. Bless the man - he said yes! Of course, you might wonder why I'd want to? You might think that surely this would be an anti-climax? Ah, but no.... The back cover is just as adorable as the front! I chatted a little with Pete about the book's design. He said: 'The aim was to come up with something that felt nostalgic but engaging and surprising.' Personally, I think they've got it spot on. Thank you Pete, thank you wonderful Marion, and thank you all at OUP :) Things have been busy for my alter ego NESTA PHILIPS of late. Nesta Philips is the penname I use when I write for children, formed from combining my grandparents’ maiden names. I do love wearing my Nesta Philips hat. It allows me to lose myself in charm, morals and manners; whilst also being bold and brightly formative. Old school meets new world, I suppose. Oxford University Press are publishing my first children’s book next year: the picture book TAKE HOLD OF MY HAND, illustrated by Marion Lindsay. I’ve just seen the finished cover and it’s absolutely gorgeous! It makes me feel SO HAPPY to see it, and I can’t wait to share it with you… very, very soon! Recently I’ve been working on a number of new texts. Some to go to OUP, some to go to other publishers, some to be offered free or in competitions, and others to be part of the secret ‘little cross-media somethings’ I’m quietly working away on…. So the next few months will see me firing up the Nesta Philips website proper, going live on Facebook with a Nesta Philips profile, and setting up shop! Busy! But a whole lot of fun :)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line376
__label__wiki	0.836233	0.836233	Feds Announce $19 Million for Chicago Justice Programs Marie Dennis News, Rebel Pundit Senator Dick Durbin announced on October 1, that the state will be receiving $19 million in federal funds for justice programs. BND. com reports programs receiving funds are targeted toward crime victims, reducing recidivism, and a school safety programs. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says the Department of Justice has set aside $19 million for various justice-system programs in Illinois, including one providing assistance to crime victims and to reduce recidivism rates. The Illinois Democrat announced the grants on Tuesday. Among those who will get a cut of the federal grant money is the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. It’ll get nearly $5 million to help victims of sexual assault throughout the state. The city of Chicago and the University of Chicago Crime Lab will get just over $2 million to launch a new school safety program that’s designed to address gang-related violence at and around schools. Less than 16% of the funds will be spent on increasing police presence in America’s “murder capitol,” Chicago. No funds were allocated to Governor Quinn’s Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, which is under investigation. Governor Quinn was subpeonaed in April 2014 by prosecutors asking for over 1000 documents. Since the program was started in 2010, there have been allegations of mismanagement of taxpayer funds and using money as a “political slush fund.” aidgovernmentillinoisjusticeneighborhood recoveryquinnslush fund Black Louisiana State Senator Destroys Mary Landrieu in this Video New Media Leads the Way in Chicago Crime Stat Reporting Illinois Considering Law to Expand Eavesdropping by Police Consent Decrees and the Federalization of Local Police Rob Hustle Morris "Moe" Szyslak October 7, 2014 “… various justice-system programs in Illinois, including one … to reduce recidivism rates.” There’s a rich vein of Democrat bashing comedy there, but I’ll leave it to others today. I have a bar to run. Jesse October 8, 2014 Where did the money come from ? My social security or my medicare ?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line377
__label__wiki	0.505456	0.505456	Masturbation And Marriage By Dr. David Ley: Married people do masturbate. Let’s just get that out of the way at the front. The idea that marriage fulfills all sexual needs, and that married people have no need to masturbate, has been pretty thoroughly destroyed by modern society. Married people do, in general, end up having more sex than single people, on average. And numerous studies do show that being single or newly divorced often predicts an increase in both porn-watching and masturbation (mostly in men). But, being married isn’t a “cure” for masturbation. Historically, masturbation by married people was seen as taking something away from marriage (here, it’s called “The secret that ruins great sex”), and often was seen as an indication that something was wrong in the relationship, especially if it involves fantasy about people other than one’s partner. Either the wife was not giving her husband what he “needed” or the husband’s desires were out of proportion for the marriage. People masturbate for a variety of reasons, including desire for sexual pleasure, stress release, and to experience private, self-focused sensations without the distraction of a partner. But when people masturbate within the context of an intimate relationship, it can be valuable to understand the motivations behind it. Private Prison Demands Small US Town Give It 300 More Male Prisoners Or It Will Close Down By Anti-Media: A small community in New Mexico is learning firsthand the consequences of relying on corporate industry to fuel your economy. In the case of Torrance County, it’s the private prison industry. From a July 25 article by the Santa Fe New Mexican: “The company that has operated a private prison in Estancia for nearly three decades has announced it will close the Torrance County Detention Facility and lay off more than 200 employees unless it can find 300 state or federal inmates to fill empty beds within the next 60 days, according to a statement issued Tuesday by county officials.” The closure of the prison would mean a loss of about $700,000 in annual taxes and utility payments for the town of Estancia, which has a population of 1,500. Surrounding Torrance County would see a loss of around $300,000. Incidentally, the county has no jail of its own, meaning the sheriff’s department would have to find new housing for the 50 to 75 people it arrests each month. News: Sexist Sex-Object Sex + Feminist Utopia Turd Flinging Monkey: News is sexy again. UK PV Perpetrator Programmes - Part 2 “Any country that has tried to create a political solution to human problems [JSIL aka Israel, Jewish controlled Soviet Russia & modern USA?*] has ended up with concentration camps and gulags” Erin Pizzey By MRA-UK: Introduction In Part 1 of this post I reviewed briefly the statistics on partner abuse from the Crime Survey for England & Wales and the compendious reviews by Fiebert and the PASK Project, followed by a critical examination of the practice and underlying philosophy of almost all PV perpetrator programmes in the UK (see Part 1 for links). It was clear that the two things were in conflict, the latter being firmly based on the patriarchal ‘power and control’ theory of partner abuse, and hence overwhelmingly male-on-female abuse, whereas the former, the actual data, did not support such a perspective. Here I review some research which has a direct bearing on the credibility of the male-specific ‘power and control’ theory, concentrating on recent research within the UK. If the patriarchal ‘power and control’ theory was correct, the proof of the pudding would be the effectiveness of Duluth-style perpetration programmes. They aren’t, as we shall see. Bitcoin Drama Max and Stacy encounter Peter Schiff in the halls of the convention center and challenge him on bitcoin. Max continues his interview with bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem to discuss the latest drama and innovation in the cryptocurrency space. The Police Don't Work For You johntheother: Gentlemen, you will be left with no help, and no defense. When you are targeted, the law will not protected you. Desperate Bride Marries Wedding Guest Instead Of Groom By Mike Buchanan: You wait weeks for a crazy bride story, then two arrive at once. We’ve just posted the first, about a bride who pointed a gun at her husband’s head on their wedding day, here’s the second – a piece from India, which starts: A cold-hearted bride made sure her Hindu wedding went ahead when her groom fell ill – by marrying a guest instead. Why US Congress Hates Russia "Sanction Israel and AIPAC for their attacks on our democracy. ...America is a Jewish country!" Said Ex-Jew Nathanael. Brianna Wu Uses Her Rich Privilege To Crush Poor Trump Supporters Raging Golden Eagle: And to top it off, performs some actual harassment / bullying. Then she brags about her high rank in a pay to win game! You can't make this shit up! Private Prison Demands Small US Town Give It 300 M... Desperate Bride Marries Wedding Guest Instead Of G... Brianna Wu Uses Her Rich Privilege To Crush Poor T...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line380
__label__cc	0.527372	0.472628	http://tangodreamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/14-Milonga-sentmental.mp3 Watching Dolores in class, in the low-lit practicas, and especially in the Hotel Fakir tango salon, as she waltzed spellbound across the mirrored parquet in the arms of one tanguero after another, Max sensed that deeper communion with Dolores would entail technical expertise and natural ease in fulfilling Tango’s imperative: to please Dolores. Narcissus was never a tanguero. Group classes were merely an introduction, a revealing glimpse of complexities that required focused study. Formal lessons were inevitable, and he would eventually need to find a committed partner, the dicey variable in the two-to-Tango equation. One evening, breathing the intoxicating scents of tropical flowers on the bar, Max reached for his glass with one hand and for his phone with the other, and called Florida Takashi to arrange a private lesson. Florida’s thumbnail image was prominently posted on a local Tango Facebook page. She was businesslike on the phone, fielded Max’s questions fully, including a tactless query about her familiarity with the male lead, and fixed an appointment for three days later. Contrite, he bought on an impulse a basket of plump Florida strawberries as he navigated the richly-landscaped suburban maw north of the city. When he got to her second floor apartment, the door opened before he could knock. He stood aside deferentially as two little girls came out, serious in pink tutus. Florida greeted him politely, touching her auburn hair and smoothing an embroidered serpentine kimono. She was surprised when he brought out the strawberries. Prompted by the bold PADI logo on the otherwise effeminate bag that held his tango shoes, Florida asked about his scuba diving, then disappeared into the kitchen, saying the strawberries needed refrigeration, and asking Max to remind her afterwards. Max slipped on his soft-soled dance shoes, and took in the polished hardwood floor flooded with light from a picture window overlooking a pond. A Muscovy duck, a pair of Canada geese, and three downy goslings waddled serenely by the water’s edge. The room was redolent with wisps of Satya Super Hit incense drifting from a stick balanced over a carved wooden tray by the window. Florida reappeared, a svelte hourglass in a black leotard, and waved her iPod towards a JamBox on the window ledge. A lilting Francisco Canaro milonga filled the room. Florida drew Max into an embrace, her eyes engaged, her arm draped lightly over his shoulder, her thigh grazing his, and asked how he’d like to start. The formal intimacy of her embrace took Max by surprise, accustomed as he was to lone viewing of tango videos. Osvaldo Zotto had taught him a simple eight-step sequence, and the rudiments of front and back ochos. Tentatively, Max led Florida through his budding repertoire. As Florida settled into connection with Max, and the arc of his arm lightly touched her breast, his first faltering steps gained energy and intent, and her murmured directions charged his movements with a transcendent thrill. In no time at all, his time was up. Max retrieved from his little bag a plain white envelope addressed to Ms. Takashi, which he placed on the window ledge where Francisco Canaro was winding up with “El Portenito”. Florida smiled at this formality. “They say you’re ready for a milonga after a year of class,” she said, “but the best way to learn is to dive right in. Can you come Saturday night?” Max frowned, said he’d have to check, and gathered his things. The doorbell chimed as they shook hands. Max stepped aside to admit a man in loosely bunched dreadlocks, black jeans and a soft grey blouse, carrying an effeminate tote not unlike his own, and exuding a faint aroma of fine Sensimilla. Florida smiled gamely, but offered no introduction. Too late, not until Max had pulled out of the parking lot, braking momentarily to avoid the Muscovy duck, did he remember the strawberries. Previous PostHead Over HeelsNext PostSultry Sorrows	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line393
__label__wiki	0.709856	0.709856	Do You Divekick? 04/02/2013 \|Amanda "AJ" Lange\|Impressions7 Home » Home » Impressions » Do You Divekick? The Twitch TV stream from PAX East this year included some coverage of a little-known fighting game. The game is called Divekick. It looks like a joke. It kind of is a joke. It kind of isn’t. Divekick. Dive, Kick. Dive dive dive kick kick, kick dive, Divekick. Kick, dive. I chat with the developers on the floor. “Everyone says this is either the most ridiculous game they’ve ever seen, or the most brilliant.” Thirty minutes later I’m siding with “brilliant.” Dive dive kick. I told them: this should be the final round of the Omegathon. After Indiecade East I felt compelled to write about Hokra. My feeling is that while Hokra is simple and it’s great, it’s got accessibility problems that will prevent much wide exposure. Divekick feels like a solution. Like the Sportsfriends games, it is designed for local multiplayer. The game, on release will be available, on PC, PS3, or Playstation Vita. That’s two players using a single computer or (perhaps absurdly) a single Vita. Divekick isn’t entirely unique. It takes the form of a fighting game. I’ve played a lot of fighting games myself because I love the bold character designs and crazy moves. But I’ve never really played at a high level. Earlier on the same day I walked up to a Darkstalkers booth and was rightly schooled by someone with more experience. But I’m passing good at Divekick because there’s so little to know and learn. What one must learn is mostly in the minds of the opponent. Each character in Divekick has a health bar, but it doesn’t matter. Get kicked once, and get knocked out. The game is first to five KOs. Rounds are short and brutal. There are a couple of other, small mechanics – kick your opponent in the head, and they’ll be dizzy next round which makes them slower. Win four rounds in a row, and a “fraud detector” kicks in that handicaps you slightly. There’s a meter to fill, and if you fill the meter divekicking is a little faster. All of this is just a way to divekick the other guy before he divekicks you. Divekick has only two buttons: Dive, and Kick. There is no D-pad: that’s important. With a D-pad there might be some pressure to do a half-circle on the D-pad to unleash some kind of special attack, or a 360 for a super-throw, or to push forward in order to parry or back in order to block. So, no. In Divekick there is only Dive and Kick. Press Dive to jump; press Kick to Kick. Press kick before diving and you can jump backward. The main characters of the game are seriously named Dive and Kick. There’s a few other characters, parodies of characters from other fighting games. A familiar-looking young lady named Kung Pao. A literal wolverine. The main reason the game hasn’t been released yet is the team is adding and balancing other unannounced characters. I’m “a gamer,” so I don’t know for sure if the concept of a fighting game is immediately intuitive to non-gamers. But, I really suspect that it is. It’s just two characters, fighting each other, and it’s not hard to tell who is who. The only thing that might initially confuse a spectator is how to see who has won the most rounds, since the health bar in Divekick has no actual purpose. Aside from that it’s pretty easy to understand the impact when someone is kicked. It’s a silly game, really; it’s stupid, it’s simple, and it’s tense and it’s fun. It’s like Paper, Rock, Scissors, in a way. But all fighting games are “Paper, Rock, Scissors in a way.” Lots of people like the idea of fighting games, but don’t have the time or patience to memorize sixteen different variations of rock to counter eighteen different variant scissors. Fighting games get better and bigger all the time and more gonzo, but with that depth accessibility fades. So One True Game Studios appeared, and, in the name of just kidding around, they made a very accessible fighting game. And that’s no joke. Email the author of this post at aj@tap-repeatedly.com. 04/02/2013 Amanda "AJ" Lange Amanda "AJ" Lange Amanda Lange is a lifelong gamer, game designer, 3D artist, and engineer. She likes RPGs, horror, action, fighting games, and anything pleasantly quirky. Also, she enjoys writing at great length about same, often posting articles to her personal blog at http://secondtruth.com. In the past, she has worked on educational titles, and taught game design and art in Detroit, MI. She is currently living in the Philadelphia PA area where she works with Microsoft. AJ’s 2019 Video Game Roundup 01/10/2020 The Rise of Skywalker 12/21/2019 Side by Side: Disobedient Sheep 12/19/2019 ← Revisited: Alan Wake Review: Retro City Rampage → 7 Responses to Do You Divekick? Andrew G 04/02/2013 Hi, I’m the guy referenced from the Darkstalkers booth. Glad you enjoyed Divekick a lot! I think it’s really, fun but don’t be fooled by it being simple execution and RPS. The game will separate the good players from bad, and you need to put in the work to truly get good. Also of note is that the game will have online play using the GGPO system, which is the favorite among a majority of fighting game fans since it uses a system where input lag can be put to a minimum, or not at all. I really hope the simplicity of execution gets people into this game. It’s really fun for all skill levels, both for the gameplay and the jokes. I’ll be running events for it in New York as well. Thanks again for the publicity! Amanda "AJ" Lange 04/02/2013 Hi, glad to see you here! 😀 Thanks for the butt-kicking by the way. And I agree that there’s real depth in Divekick… but the fact that it requires almost no learning curve to pick up and start playing is exciting to me. No doubt. I loved all the attention it was getting at PAX and was doing my best to hype it up as well (to the point people thought I worked for Iron Galaxy…). Hopefully people can laugh when the game calls them a fraud though ^_^. Din A3 04/04/2013 Wow. This is the most obvious step towards Idiocracy I’ve ever seen. We’re getting there! Woohoo! @Din – I think the game is silly but good anyway. Your point of view intrigues me because on “steps to Idiocracy” I’d rank this particular game very low. Was ‘Go’ a step toward Idiocracy just because it only has one move (laying down a stone)? Is Canabalt, because it only has one button? I’ve never heard about Canabalt until just now, so i won’t comment. But obviously Go can’t be compared to this game here. Go is all about strategy. The gameplay is anecdotic. In Kickdown’s case the strategy is anecdotic, and it’s all about twitchy gameplay. You can argue there’s a strategy to the timing of the dives and kicks, but the success of the kick is mostly blind luck. As you said, it’s rock-paper-scissors. But you already know this. The thing that makes it a step closer to Idiocracy is the praise it’s getting: it’s not a step forward in fighting games, it’s a dumb down of fighting games. I have a suggestion for their next game: Punch! Well, the good news if you like complex fighting games is, the existence of a very simple one won’t make them go away. I personally am a fan of anything that makes games more accessible. So, think of it as like… a fighting game gateway drug. 🙂 Impressions: Endless Space 07/08/2012 \|By: Dix\|Posted in: Impressions4 Comments The Dissent, Part 1 – S:S&S EP 12/02/2012 \|By: Gregg B\|Posted in: Editorials, Impressions13 Comments I Play Fighting Games for the Story 06/22/2017 \|By: Amanda "AJ" Lange\|Posted in: Editorials10 Comments Review – Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor 10/13/2009 \|By: Matt "Steerpike" Sakey\|Posted in: Reviews10 Comments Culture Clash: A Zero-Sum Game	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line395
__label__cc	0.586568	0.413432	Electoral Politics Gov. Bobby Jindal considering elimination of taxes on oil and gas extraction by Michael Bastasch, The Daily Caller \| published on January 17, 2013 Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal is weighing the elimination of taxes on oil and gas extraction as part of a larger plan to end all personal income and corporate taxes while raising the state’s sales tax to offset the lost revenues. NOLA.com reports that no decision has been made on whether or not any final version of the plan will include repealing taxes on oil and gas extraction — so-called severance taxes — but that all other taxes, except property taxes are on the table. “These revenue streams are currently under review and will remain so for the immediate future,” said Louisiana Department of Revenue spokesman Doug Baker. However, the taxpayer advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform has come out in support of Jindal’s broader tax plan, saying it will be the most pro-growth tax reform to happen in decades. “Gov. Bobby Jindal’s announcement that he will seek to eliminate personal and corporate income taxes in Louisiana, puts the Pelican State at the front of the tax reform wave sweeping state capitols across the country this year,” Patrick Gleason, director of state affairs at ATR, said in an email. “No income tax states outperform high income tax states in economic growth, job growth, population growth, and even revenue growth,” Gleason added. “Gov. Jindal’s proposal would greatly improve his state’s business tax climate and could very well set the gold standard for state tax reform when it is all said and done.” Read the full article: http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/15/gov-bobby-jindal-considering-elimination-of-taxes-on-oil-and-gas-extraction/ Categories U. S. News \| Tags: Bobby Jindal, Gas Extraction, Lousiana, Oil Extraction, Taxes Get your daily dose of news & info from The New Liberty Movement Sign up to The New Liberty Movement for FREE and receive our daily emails. Each day you will receive our newsletter in your email box -- breaking news that could make a dramatic impact on your life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. MOST POPULAR ON NLM › The Gorsuch Tally: Where senators stand on court nominee › Unwarranted intrusions on civil liberties › The Battle Of The Narrative: How Ordinary Americans Can Fight ObamaCare › Nokia Releases Files for 3-D Printing Your Own Phone Case › HOUSE REPUBLICANS CIRCULATE PLAN TO OUST BOEHNER FROM SPEAKERSHIP Follow @NewLibertyMove Video Archives » › Ron Paul › Tea Party › Gold Standard › Monetary Policy › Civil Liberties › Rand Paul Nearly $3.2 million in legal weed was sold in Illinois on the first day of sales, marking one of the strongest showings in the history of marijuana legalization Customers spent almost $3.2 million on legal weed… READ MORE Assault weapons ban picks up steam in Congress An assault weapons ban is picking up steam… READ MORE NLM RECOMMENDS Gun rights officials: Find Holder in contempt; vote Obama out of office On Thursday, a vote by members of the… READ MORE A lot at stake for U.S. gun lobby in contempt vote WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Even before President Barack Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder formally… READ MORE TOP PICKS ON NLM Copyright © 2020 by The New Liberty Movement. All text, graphics, audio files, java applets and scripts, downloadable software, and other works on the web site are the copyrighted works of The New Liberty Movement. All Rights Reserved. Any unauthorized redistribution or reproduction of any copyrighted materials on the web site is strictly prohibited. Do you Love your country but hate your government? Join your fellow Libertarians who seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others. Join over 500,000 Americans who get their daily dose of minimal government and maximum freedom with The New Liberty Movement. We know how important your privacy is and your information is SAFE with us. We’ll never sell your email address and you can unsubscribe at any time directly from your inbox. View our full privacy policy.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line401
__label__cc	0.706433	0.293567	The Permaculture Life Permaculture Education, Events, & Resources for Everyone About Derren Ohanian Permaculture: Geoff Lawton Derren Ohanian Basic Videos, Video basiscs, permaculture 311 Geoff Lawton is an internationally – renowned permaculture educator, consultant and practitioner. He emigrated from England to Australia and later studied permaculture with Bill Mollison in Tasmania. He established the Permaculture Research Institute at Tagari Farm in New South Wales, Australia, a 147 acre farmstead previously developed by Mollison. PRI was eventually moved to Zaytuna Farm, in The Channon, where it continues today. Since 1985, Geoff has designed and implemented permaculture projects in 30 countries for private individuals and groups, communities, governments, aid organizations, & multinational corporations. He has taught the Permaculture Design Certificate course and designed permaculture projects in 30 countries. The Permaculture Research Institute supports the establishments of Permaculture Master Plan sites worldwide as demonstration sites and education centers that network their research information through. www.permacultureglobal.com. The Power Of Permaculture Derren Ohanian Basic Videos, Video basics, Design, permaculture 286 Ryan Harb shares his experience creating the first Public University Permaculture Garden in the nation and explains how we can use permaculture to empower ourselves and make a difference in our community and the world. Ryan Harb is a certified permaculture designer, community organizer and was the first person in the nation to receive a Master of Science degree in Green Building. In 2010, Harb created a job for himself as Sustainability Manager for UMass Amherst Dining Services. He then began developing one of the first university permaculture gardens in the nation that supplies locally grown produce and hands-on sustainability education to the campus and local community. Within 18 months, “The UMass Permaculture Initiative” went viral and was featured in over 100 media publications including the New York Times, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, and on MTV. The project has engaged over 3,500 volunteers and won 8 national awards. In 2012, Harb was invited to the White House to meet and speak alongside President Barack Obama. He was named a “White House Campus Champion of Change”, and UMass Permaculture was voted the top university program in the country that’s changing the world for the better. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. The Foundations of Permaculture Design Derren Ohanian Basic Videos, Video basics, Design, foundation, permaculture 341 The structure and pieces of the Permaculture design system are discussed. The Permaculture Principles Derren Ohanian Basic Videos, Video Design, permaculture, principles 232 The Permaculture Principles guide our design decisions and formulate the structure of our Permaculture system. We are using David Holmgren’s 12 principle version which are used to help guide every Permaculture design. Zones In The Matrix Derren Ohanian Basic Videos, Video Design, matrix, permaculture, zones 2,090 We previously looked at how understanding topography and sectors are important to creating a design. Let’s now move into the next element of the matrix, understanding the zones. Permaculture Zones Derren Ohanian Basic Videos, Video Design, permaculture, zones 230 A permaculture site is divided into zones. Understanding the five zones allows for a design that considers the most effective placement of components and how they relate to each other. Each zone has a different requirement for maintenance and function. Zones 1 and 2, or areas needing the most attention, are placed closer to the home and heavy traffic areas while zones 3, 4, and 5 radiate out from heavy traffic areas as upkeep needs become less intensive. Derren Ohanian Basic Videos, Video course, Design, permaculture 900 Javan Bernakevitch, from British Columbia Permaculture, helps to wrap up Oregon State University’s free Permaculture course (http://open.oregonstate.edu/courses/p…) and he provides some direction about how to take this information and do something useful with it. Permaculture Decision Making Matrix Derren Ohanian Basic Videos, Video Design, matrix, permaculture 247 The four parts to the Permaculture Decision Making Matrix are discussed: Topography, Sectors, Zones, and Principles. Energy Systems Permaculture Derren Ohanian Basic Videos, Video basics, energy, permaculture, systems 240 Energy systems in a Permaculture design are small scale and decentralized, using renewable sources. This video gives a very brief glance at types of renewable energy systems commonly employed in Permaculture. Permaculture Design for Water Derren Ohanian Basic Videos, Video basics, Design, permaculture, water 233 Design for water is the bones of any Permaculture system and often times the way the layout works with water determines the basic shape of things. The Permaculture principles, which tell us to Observe and Interact and Design from Patterns to Details, need to be followed and developed in order for us to design for water on our sites. Termperate, Tropical, and Dryland climates each pose unique opportunities while designing for water. « Older Entries Newer Entries » Basic Videos Check Out Companion Planting, Biodiversrity, and Permaculture Guilds Permaculture Guilds with Toby Hemenway – Lesson 15 – Full course at Organic Life Guru Miracle Farms, a 5-acre commercial permaculture orchard in Southern Quebec, Canada @permacultureapp	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line402
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__label__cc	0.716545	0.283455	"I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting." - The Apostle's Creed 1. Bill - 12/27/2015 8:17 am CST commenting on Her Majesty's A Pretty Nice Girl . . . We've thought about a plastic Ono band follow up, but that idea seems to have died on the vine :-) 2. walter grumpius - 12/26/2015 3:05 am CST The fools! The fools! What color is it? It is Gatorade-colored, of course. But the initial quarrel did make for an extremely funny thread. Now which of you is going to start up the blog equivalent of Plastic Ono Band? 3. DLE - 09/15/2015 9:19 am CDT commenting on The End So many of those original Godblogs and Godbloggers that started about the same time as I did with mine have ridden off into the sunset. Feels lonesome. Happy trails, Thinklings! 5. Lauren (Bjorman) Mulford - 02/26/2015 8:43 pm CST I don't know why only part of my name appeared above. Sorry. 6. Bjorman) Mulford - 02/26/2015 8:42 pm CST I've only popped in every few months in the past few years (marriage, kids, career) but I always liked the idea that you guys would be here. I don't even know how I found you. I think it really was the color of Gatorade post and then I was like "thinklings sounds like inklings. Maybe these guys are cool." so I guess find me on facebook. I'll start updating my blog again. Baby 4 is due Sept 23. I love you guys as much as someone can love Internet strangers. I came here today to look for the old thread. I came across another color puzzler. Thoughts? http://www.buzzfeed.com/catesish/help-am-i-going-insane-its-definitely-blue?bffb&utm_term=4ldqpgp#.duRMx1bv0 That Gatorade is yellow. 8. Raindream - 02/14/2015 1:24 pm CST You know, a Thinklings podcast could be a winner. Thirty minutes of good conversation occasionally--mini-Moot like. What do you think? 9. Tom - 02/10/2015 3:19 pm CST Thanks for the fun, guys. I'll miss it. 10. Manders - 02/07/2015 6:49 pm CST The end of an era! Thank you for a good long run, gentlemen. 11. Milly - 02/04/2015 5:52 pm CST 12. Ugo - 02/02/2015 9:09 am CST This was the first blog I ever visited (I first commented on the 'Let's Talk About Protestantism and Catholicism' thread) and I have visited the blog frequently over the years for the owners' conservative yet astute insight into things. Thinklings.org was the one place I was certain of getting Protestant arguments that contained well seasoned with reason and no fundamentalism, where a Catholic like myself could enjoy an honest, respectable debate. It was real fun while it lasted. 13. NHE - 01/29/2015 10:01 am CST Are we back?....yay! 14. Milly - 01/26/2015 10:28 pm CST Yepper 15. Ugo - 01/24/2015 3:06 pm CST It's over ten years, and you've resurrected this debate again? 16. Daniel Ross - 01/19/2015 8:34 am CST I love you guys! Thanks for the memories. It was a lot of fun over the years. Salguod! You are only half right, right. Wow! Bird is still soooooo wrong after all these years! 19. Bird - 01/15/2015 8:57 am CST Green. Of course. Green. GREEN! It's mellow yellow. Not green like a bean 21. salguod - 01/12/2015 5:36 pm CST The left side is green, the right side is yellow. But if I've got to pick one (and I know I do), it's absolutely green. The yellow is simply a trick of lighting. 22. Karl - 01/12/2015 4:31 pm CST Light green, lime green or what have you. But whatever it is, it is a shade of green. So if the choices are only yellow or green, it is green. 23. G. Frederick - 01/12/2015 3:18 pm CST GREEN!!!! Without doubt, so says the guy who wears one black and one navy blue sock on occasion. Hey!!! Back at ya! I called and emailed the company, it is yellow. 26. Neo - 01/10/2015 9:27 pm CST Some good stuff here. Hope your future plans go well. Removing from RSS. 27. Flyaway - 01/10/2015 12:01 am CST chartreuse! 28. Bill - 01/09/2015 11:20 pm CST Hey Milly! Hey Mrs. Ellen! Good to hear from you. By the way, I looked up the color. It's #00FF00. Otherwise known as Green. YELLOW! She would say "Milly is right, I am yellow-green" 31. MzEllen (Newly of California and now Mrs - 01/09/2015 6:13 pm CST I think that would be close to #D5DD40 - "bitter lemon," in the green hues 32. Bill - 01/09/2015 4:17 pm CST InklingStar - she'd actually most likely say it's yellow, because she's a chick. BIF - Well said, correctly said, expertly said, succinctly said! 33. Brian in Fresno - 01/09/2015 3:56 pm CST It's green. 34. Brian (Inklingstar) - 01/09/2015 3:51 pm CST But she doesn't have a lot to say. If she did, she would say it is the perfect balance of yellow and green. 36. Bill - 01/09/2015 6:03 am CST Milly, thank you for your comment. But the low-level employee you spoke with is obviously wrong. I didn't need to call the company, I just looked at the bottle. It's green. Completely freaking green. Yellow green, I called and emailed the company. 38. Flyaway - 01/08/2015 2:19 pm CST Greenish yellow! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6myoqzN75A 39. Bird - 01/08/2015 1:53 pm CST 40. David Axberg - 01/07/2015 2:10 pm CST Thank you and keep writing in other places. God Bless Now! View Posts From Our Blogroll About The Thinklings Thinklings History Voices of Moot Mootumentaries Thinklings Chess Rodcasts! Our Solo Blogs Bloo Development Blog Gospel-Driven Church Out of the Bloo Thinklings Recommend Alien Soil Amiculus Avoiding Awkward Boar's Head Tavern Challies.com fingerpost GospelDrivenLife In A Field Of Daisies In the Clearing Jollyblogger Lintefiniel Musing Manders's Living Room Mere Reflections MzEllen & Co. 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__label__cc	0.653126	0.346874	Trams in France 24/02/2014 New line T2 in Valenciennes! 16/11/2013 New line T7 in Paris! 31/08/2013 New tramway system in Tours! 12/12/2012 New tramway system in Le Havre! 08/12/2012 New line T2 in Dijon! 17/11/2012 New line T5 in Lyon! 04/11/2007 First launch of www.trams-in-france.net After World War II, nearly all of the urban tramway systems in France disappeared completely, leaving only three network torsos in Lille, Marseille and Saint-Étienne. But then, the tramway came back, beginning with Nantes in 1985, followed by Grenoble in 1987, Paris in 1992, Strasbourg and Rouen in 1994, Montpellier, Orléans and Lyon in 2000, Bordeaux in 2003, Mulhouse and Valenciennes in 2006 and finally Le Mans and Nice in 2007. More systems will open in the next few years. In this way, France boasts about a quarter of all new tramway systems built worldwide since the eighties. Nearly every French agglomeration will have a guided mass-transit system in a few years. Together with the implementation of the new tramway systems, general strategies for the urban transport planning in France have changed completely during the last twenty years. New structures for organisation and financing of urban public transport were created. The construction of new French tramway routes went in nearly all cases hand in hand with revitalisation processes of urban structures – new pedestrian areas were created, public spaces and buildings were renovated, and the tramway alignments were inserted very sensitively to make a great visual impact on the surroundings. In this way, the tramway, once regarded as an anachronism, could become a matchless success in France – not only regarding the significant increase in the use of public transportation, but also as a motor for urban environment and revitalisation. This website would like to give you a survey of the fast-growing tramway landscape in France. And as well it will show you some “best practise” in tramway architecture. Enjoy Trams in France! Direct Access \| Angers - Aubagne - Avignon - Besancon - Bordeaux - Brest - Caen - Clermont-Frd. - Dijon - Grenoble - Laon - Le Havre - Le Mans - Lille - Lyon - Marseille - Montpellier - Mulhouse - Nancy - Nantes - Nice - Orléans - Paris - Reims - Rennes - Rouen - Saint-Étienne - Strasbourg - Toulon - Toulouse - Tours - Valenciennes \| About - Books	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line410
__label__wiki	0.50445	0.50445	December 3, 2019 by trenth123 HINDMAN: The Gut Check Luckily, it’s been one of the busiest summers on record for me personally, both on and off the track, and I’ve been loving every second of it. The good, the bad, the ugly; all of it. There’s been a pretty strong mix of everything, hence why it’s a gut check. Watkins Glen was really the start of the “summer swing” as we in IMSA have all come to know and love, and that was the highest of highs with a win at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen in the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo. More recently, the lowest of lows became reality when the Park Place Motorsports/VOLT team put me in a phenomenal position to win the Michelin Pilot Challenge race at VIR, only for me to squander the opportunity and experience the most disappointing victory lap of my life. It’s a grueling sport in so many ways, but there’s always good to come out of all these various situations. Arguably even more so in the less than ideal scenarios. The very same weekend at VIR, I went from the ”outhouse to the penthouse” with Meyer Shank Racing, although in this case we were improving every step of the way. Case in point; Friday practice at VIR was looking somewhat alright but nether Mario, the MSR team, or myself really knew where we stood. It wasn’t until Practice 3 Saturday morning in the rain did we realize how we were… Five seconds off. This was all about three hours before qualifying, no less. Now at this point, we were feeling pretty desperate. We always want to have a shot at victory, but knowing a championship is on the line if we didn’t get this turned around added a level of pressure that is incomprehensible. But this is where a clear perspective switch can help, and it’s down to our engineering team at MSR. While Mario and I were gravely concerned, our team immediately knew the problem, its solution, and got right to work. That is why this team is in a position to win a championship. Going from being P-Last in Practice 3 to being disappointed about missing out on a fourth pole position of the year by noon in the same day showed our tremendous improvement. It speaks volumes about what the occasional “gut check” can do for a solid reset, refocus, and attacking from a different angle. In essence, sometimes the occasional ass-whooping is necessary. The No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing team would go on to finish second come race day and score some very much needed championship points heading to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The opportunity to not only exercise some of these lessons learned, but also continue the never-ending process of improving the craft came this past weekend in Watkins Glen with the Park Place/VOLT team and Alan Brynjolfsson. I find for me that a large majority of these lessons that I normally learn myself, the hard way, sink even deeper when professing it to someone else. So any opportunity I get to share a new idea with Alan, it helps both him and me at the same time. Solid set-up work with the VOLT Cayman GT4, a good lesson in tire management, and getting back to base on driving disciplined races were all positives to come out of running this weekend. I also really can’t think of a better way of spending Labor Day Weekend racing cars with a team whom I’ve grown very close with throughout the year. Looking ahead to the final week of preparation until WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, it’s no secret that the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing team finds themselves in a favorable championship position. Every single member of Meyer Shank Racing has performed flawlessly time and time again under intense pressure and I look forward to nothing more than getting back to work in that very same environment, chasing another win. It’s a fun and addicting prospect. In no circumstance will this team cruise and take the easy road (if there ever is one?). All year, both the VOLT/Park Place team and MSR have shown promise. I look forward to working towards getting both teams their second wins of the year at the penultimate round of the season. in Trent Hindman Racing News 0 comments WEBSITE CREATED BY: HINDMAN: Dropping the Hammer HINDMAN: Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner HINDMAN: Mud-Ohio HINDMAN: March Madness Tweets by @TrentHindman © Copyright Trent Hindman Official Site	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line411
__label__wiki	0.903559	0.903559	HMLT Need You By Ryan B. Patrick Toronto collective HMLT — pronounced "Hamlet" — have been on their slow, steady grind for a few years now. The group — fronted by brother producer-vocalist duo Corey and Taylor Wong — arrived at their name in honour of their late father, and the rhythmic teachings and mindset he bestowed upon them. Their sound is one of organic electronics rooted in jazz, R&B and pop; Need You is an eight-track project that builds off the singles and artist collaboration and production HMLT have been behind over the years. It's a solidly created and composed blend of instrumentation and sonics featuring emerging artists Joyia, Kei-Li, M.I. Blue and Desiire. The vibe is jazzy, soulful and intimate love and longing: "Down Down Down," featuring M.I. Blue, comports itself with a silky, smoky sass; Joyia holds down the breathy afterglow of "Bedroom"; and "Aware" is a chill instrumental underscored with its classic soul sounds by way of saxophone. The standout is "Stay," which sees the group firmly in their live jazz-soul pocket, speaking of a complex but necessary love through the vocals of Kei-li and Joyia. The overall proceedings, as produced by Corey Wong, reveal a controlled yet freewheeling energy, one that revolves around a love of soul-oriented sounds and lyricism. The flavour of Need You reflects the diversity of intent and approach in the Canadian music scene, and hints at the future potential of HMLT as a collective and curator of the groove-oriented vibe. (Urbnet) SOUL, FUNK & WORLD More HMLT Daniel Caesar "Chevalier" (HMLT edit) (James Vincent McMorrow cover) Last fall, Toronto R&B artist Daniel Caesar served up a smooth cover of James Vincent McMorrow's Post Tropical single "Chevalier" on his own...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0119.json.gz/line414
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