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Going trayless, going green
When Darren Achtzehn, the director of food services, first announced the cafeteria was going tray-less on April 2nd, Seton Hill University (SHU) students buzzed, voicing their confusions and frustrations.
By Bethany Merryman
A&E Editor
I will admit that I was annoyed. I’m not proud of this fact because I like to think I’m environmentally friendly, but it made getting meals inconvenient. After seeing the figures and listening to fellow students, I have rethought my lazy attitude and hope the school continues to work towards a green community.
“I think [going green on campus] is an absolutely necessary thing,” said senior Laura Fratangelo, “I think students at Seton Hill are wasteful and the higher ups are helping us realize that through taking steps like eliminating trays.”
According to the figures Jaime Steel, the assistant dean of students, sent out to faculty and staff through an email, “In the month of March, wet trash was weighed [by Aramark] Monday through Friday during the weeks that classes were in session.” Wet trash is defined as left over food and does not include napkins, disposable cups, straws, etc.
“Personally I always got a tray, but I realized it didn’t matter if I had one. If I am hungry, I will get more food instead of wasting food,” said Fratangelo.
At first, I thought SHU’s process of going green seemed ineffective. I figured it wouldn’t make a difference if we eliminated such an insignificant item as the trays. I had faith that students would still get too much food and SHU’s attempts in going green would be shattered.
The results were shocking. “During this time, 6,152 pounds of wet trash were collected,” Steel stated in her email. The email also explained that the cost of disposing the trash would cost “$5,529 per month. That’s about $47,000 during the school year. This doesn’t include the water, energy, and soap used to wash the trays or the labor.”
Not only are we wasting three tons of food every month, but we are also wasting thousands of dollars that SHU could be utilizing to improve our campus.
“Students should know that we’re not doing this for just other people, but for ourselves. So that you can live in a clean world,” said Fratangelo.
Achtzehn explained that going tray-less “has had a significant impact on waste.” In March, 6,152 pounds of waste were created, but from April 2nd through the 24th, SHU has produced only 793 pounds.
Financially, this means SHU is only spending about $674 on waste this month rather than the $5,229 spent in March. SHU is off to a fantastic start in going green. The fact that a change so small can have such a huge effect gives hope to SHU’s efforts to better the environment and the campus.
“I still think Seton Hill has a long way to go. Today [April 22nd] is Earth Day, and the cafeteria used paper plates. That tells me we have a long way to go, because nobody even thought about the paper waste,” said Fratangelo.
May 2, 2009 in Lifestyle & Entertainment. Tags: Bethany Merryman
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A talk with the British Ambassador, Alisdair Walker, and his Family
Written by Asmait Futsumbrhan |
Articles - Q & A
Today we talk to His Excellency the British Ambassador to the State of Eritrea, Alisdair Walker. After being in Eritrea for over six month, the Ambassador and his family surely have something to say about the country. Welcoming us into their lovely home, the Walker family shares about their time in Eritrea which they are impressed by; the diverse cultural ethnicity, architectures, bio-diversity and most of all the hospitality of the Eritrean people they were able to be part of.
“Winners don’t cheat. Cheaters don’t win” An Account of the Eritrean National Anti-Doping Organization
Written by Billion Temesghen |
Eritrea has produced many athletes over the years. Many names have shined in continental and global arenas. These young sportsmen and women have shined, of course, thanks to their athletic vigor and discipline, a principle that promotes glory earned through hard work. The Eritrean National Anti-Doping Organization works to endorse athletes in their activities while protecting their rights. We talk today to Doping Control Officer and pharmacist Mr. Asmerom Beraki as he presents an overview of his work alongside the Eritrean National Anti-Doping Organization.
Eritrean manuscript: A rich written patri¬mony, says Pro Bausi
Professor Alessandro Bausi is a professor at the Asien-Afrika-Institut and Director of the Hiob Ludolf Centre at the University of Hamburg, Germany. He started his journey in Italy and then moved to Hamburg where he is currently working in different capacities. He and his team were here in Eritrea in the last week of August to give a workshop that focused on the importance of preserving and cataloging Geez manuscripts. The workshop was conducted in the premises of the Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church and was attended by 25 experts from the Adi- Keih College of Business and Social Science, the newly established Debre Sina Theology College, the Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewhdo Church as well as from the Research and Development Centre. Ancient manuscripts are found abundantly in Eritrean monasteries. The well-kept heritages have been attracting great attention from inside and outside of the country. We spoke to Prof. Bausi during the workshop’s concluding ceremony. Here follows our talk.
Passion + Confidence = A dream come true
Her name is Rahel Zekarias. She is an electrician. Fascinated by electricity and everything related to it, young Rahel was someone her neighbours would come to if they wanted to have their electrical gadgets fixed. With the big passion she had and her confidence, she did, indeed, give “first aid” treatment to the gadgets. Her passion for electricity didn’t just get lost as she was growing up. It grew bigger and when she finally went to Sawa she joined the electricity department and came back with a lifelong career. As an electrician, Rahel has won many awards for her innovations in traditional ovens.
We present you a short interview she had with the monthly Tigrinya magazine, Mene’sey.
The U-15 Eritrean National Team at the CECAFA Peace & Development Cup 2019
The CECAFA U-15 Development Cup 2019 ended yesterday, and for the past two weeks Asmara Stadium has been busy.
“I am proud to see Eritrea host the CECAFA U-15 tournament”
Written by Natnael Yebio W. |
Ulrich Mathiot is the current technical director of the Seychelles Football Federation. More importantly, he is a FIFA instructor who works on the grassroots and youth development programs. Mr. Mathiot has been to Eritrea on numerous occasions. In 2012 he helped kick start the grass roots program in Eritrea. Last week, Q&A spoke to him about the development of football.
Bringing mushroom cultivation to household level, with Tedros’s research
Written by Kesete Ghebrehiwet |
Meet Tedros Gebrezgiabhier, a microbiologist currently working as a lecturer at the Eritrean College of Sciences. After earning his bachelor’s degree in applied biology, he did an MSc in micro biology. He served in Sawa and EIT as a graduate assistant and is now paying attention to his research. With his project, Tedros wishes to make mushroom cultivation familiar among small farmers and families; a contribution that’ll definitely significantly influence the national plan of food security.
Endorsing Peace through Soccer: Eritrea hosting the CECAFA U-15 games, first of its kind in Africa
“Our genuine and concept-driven movies embrace the ancient history as background, making a big impact on screen” Mahlet Ogbe, sound engineer and film maker.
Fashion: who is to say what is and what isn’t right?
Labelling Eritrea for basketball; a shared vision of professionals in and out of the country
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Halle O'Neal: Word Embodied: Entangled Icons in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Art
My project on the Japanese jeweled pagoda mandalas reveals the entangled realms of relics, reliquaries, and Buddhist scripture engendered through intricate interactions of word and image. The twelfth- and thirteenth-century mandalas use precisely choreographed characters from sutras rather than architectural line to compose the central icon of a pagoda. Surrounding this textual image, narrative vignettes pictorialize the content of the scriptures. This talk delves into the materiality of the objects and the dynamic viewing encouraged by such rich surfaces by using a digital animation to map how the textual characters construct the pagoda. Doing so uncovers alternative functions for written word that has jettisoned its exegetical purpose as well as the performative engagement that the paintings require of the viewer. These movements dictated by the surface encourage viewers to experientially constitute the resolution and dissolution of the various instantiations of Buddha body into one. Such a performance enables the concepts of sutra, relic, dharma, body, and pagoda to exist in a fluid and constantly interchanging visual relationship. This examination of the mandalas, therefore, recovers crucial underlying dynamics of Japanese Buddhist art, including invisibility, performative viewing, and the spectacular visualizations of embodiment.
Halle O’Neal is a specialist in Japanese Buddhist visual and material culture in the University of Edinburgh’s History of Art department, where she is an assistant professor and director of research. She has published on the subject of word/image interactions, performative viewing, and relics and reliquaries in Word Embodied, a monograph with Harvard University Press, and articles in The Art Bulletin, Artibus Asiae, and Journal of Oriental Studies. From 2017-2019, she is working on a new book project on medieval reuse and recycling in Buddhist palimpsests with the support of a grant from the British Academy.
Thursday, May 30, 2019. 05:30 PM
Levinthal Hall
Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford, Stanford Humanities Center
650.721.6609, tanya@stanford.edu
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Copenhagen Oceans Day highlights need for business support in Coral Triangle (15 Dec. 2009)
Businesses in the Coral Triangle must support national strategies to protect underwater environments or risk losing the precious marine resources that underpin the region’s economies, WWF said last December 15, 2009 at the close of Oceans Day at Copenhagen.
Oceans Day provided an opportunity for Parties and Observer States, as well as non-government organisations and the general public, to address the implications of the emerging Copenhagen agreement for oceans, coasts, and coastal communities around the globe.
It highlighted the direct link between climate change, the health of the oceans and human wellbeing, as well as the need for the private sector to support bold adaptation actions that will minimise climate change impacts on coastal communities and marine resources.
“Nowhere is the need for global action on climate change more obvious than in the Coral Triangle, where more than 100 million people depend on the health of the sea for their income and sustenance,” said the head of WWF’s Coral Triangle Programme Dr Lida Pet-Soede.
“This is a part of the world where we have strong political will to protect underwater environments and coastal communities but this can only bear fruit with the support of hundreds of seafood businesses and fishing operators, tourism companies, airlines, and other enterprises that rely the region’s marine resources for their business.”
The Coral Triangle is scientifically described as a region covering the marine areas of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Timor Leste.
All six Coral Triangle governments committed to a plan of action at the World Ocean Conference to ensure the sustainability of their shared coastal and marine resources, and to take their concerns to the world stage at Copenhagen.
A report launched by WWF at the World Ocean Conference earlier this year found that in the Coral Triangle under the current climate change path there would be 50 per cent less protein available from the sea by 2050 and 80 per cent less by the end of the century.
Business leaders in the Coral Triangle will come together with Asia Pacific policy makers next month in Manila on January 19 and 20 to discuss the role of the private sector in protecting marine environments in the Coral Triangle.
The Coral Triangle Business Summit will be hosted by the Philippines in collaboration with WWF and will be aimed at establishing new partnerships between the private sector, policy makers and organisations interested in sustainable business opportunities.
WWF (World Wildlife Fund for Nature) Media Release
Charlie Stevens, WWF Coral Triangle Media Office, +61 (0)424 649 689;
Gregg Yan, WWF-Philippines Communications Manager, +63 (2) 920-7931 / +63 917-833-4734.
Marikina Climate Change Mural Espouses Hope (15 Dec. 2009)
Marikina Climate Change Mural Espouses Hope
Even as the historic Copenhagen climate talks were in full swing, Filipino artists and environmental advocates crafted a stunning climate change-themed mural in one of the country’s most climate-afflicted cities, Marikina. A vibrant 100-square meter mural now adorns the Marikina Riverbanks.
The Green Strokes climate mural now adorns the Marikina Riverbanks complex to remind people that simple innovations and a positive attitude can surmount climate effects such as typhoons, floods and droughts.
Says WWF-Vice Chair and CEO Lory Tan, “This mural is about empowerment and hope. “Ondoy taught us a painful and very expensive lesson. With climate change, no one is ever exempt. Its impacts are dynamic and non-linear. Coastal zones and flood prone areas along riverbanks and lake shores will of course get hit. But less vulnerable areas and sectors are affected as well. Are we prepared to adapt to this nebulous, aggressive future? Clearly not. But it is never too late to work pro-actively.”
As part of the Global Day of Action on Climate Change held last 12 December, the Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA) conducted a series of events – kicked off by the climate mural painting event and capped off by a climate-themed concert.
Individual Actions Key to Mitigation
Earth’s second-largest archipelago, the 7150 emerald isles of the Philippines host some of the most productive coasts and forests in Asia. Sadly, the country is also amongst those least-prepared to adapt to changing climates – as the lessons of Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng have shown. Millions of people may have to migrate from coastal regions to less-vulnerable inland areas and the ability of the country’s natural resources to provide food and livelihood might greatly diminish as more destructive climate shifts continue to assail the archipelago.
World leaders are now meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the United Nations Climate Conference to craft a successor to the Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012. The conference will run for two weeks and will in all probability, decide the fate of many archipelagic nations.
Painted by a cadre of volunteer artists, the mural highlights the importance of individual acts to mitigate climate effects. Says Tan, “Start with your own home. Or office. Reflect on the danger and disruption that came into your lives with the last storm or flood, and take the steps needed to make sure that this does not happen again to the people or activities closest to you."
WWF (World Wildlife Fund for Nature) Release
(Reposted with permission, from http://www.wwf.org.ph/newsfacts.php?pg=det&id=175)
Liesl Lim
Climate Consultant, WWF-Philippines
llim@wwf.org.ph
Gregg Yan
Communications Specialist, WWF-Philippines
920-7923/26/31
gyan@wwf.org.ph
El Nido Environmental Enforcement Team Honoured (27 Nov. 2009)
Five civilians were honoured for taking part in a daring night-time raid which netted seven poachers and 13 endangered sea turtles off El Nido in northern Palawan last April.
Honoured last 19 November were Edward Lorenzo, Jacques Arzaga, Zosimo Dangan, Ronald Tonacao and WWF Administrative Assistant Christopher Zata. The awards were presented during the 8th anniversary of Joint Task force Malampaya (JTFM), a composite team from the different units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines which protects northern Palawan from poachers and illegal fishers.
The awards were presented by JTFM Commander Col. Esteban Castro. Other military awardees are Cdr. Michael Ordono, LCdr. Romeo Requilman, TSgt. Ludevico Rovillos, Qtr Master 3rd Class Aranan Jalaludin, Second Man Class Electronics Technician Denmark Torres, Sgt Renato Apiado and Sgt. Michael Violante.
Aside from the main duty of securing the Malampaya Gas to Power Project, the task force has for years seen action against foreign poachers, often illegally hunting for sea turtles – the shells of which are used for tortoiseshell – a material used as far back as the ancient Greek and Roman eras to fashion jewellery, combs and brushes. Dried and mounted turtle shells are also sold as curio items across Southeast Asia.
Apprehended last 7 April near El Nido’s Cawayan Isle was a speedboat with seven Chinese nationals and 13 dead green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). The poachers have been charged with the violation of Sec 87 or ‘poaching in the Philippine waters’ of RA 8550 or the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998.
On 29 August 2008, 101 dead hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) were recovered from Vietnamese fishing vessel Q.ng 91234-TS five nautical miles east of Cabaluan Isle in El Nido.
On 6 July 2008, four Vietnamese aboard vessel Q.ng 95986 were arrested for alleged poaching off Guntao Isle, again in El Nido. Four other fishing boats, believed to be Vietnamese, escaped.
Foreign turtle poachers are no strangers to El Nido’s rich waters, dubbed as the ‘Poacher’s Paradise’ for the frequency of foreign intrusions.
Adds WWF Project Manager RJ de la Calzada, “Our message is clear – El Nido does not tolerate poaching in any form. Hand in hand with Task Force Malampaya and our allies, we shall continue our vigilance in protecting northern Palawan’s rich marine sanctuaries.”(30)
RJ dela Calzada
El Nido Project Manager, WWF-Philippines
rjdelacalzada@wwf.org.ph
WWF Tops List of NGOs Which are Best for Business Support (24 Nov. 2009)
WWF and Forum For The Future lead the growing numbers of NGOs advising top UK firms on environmental issues, according to a new report from industry analyst Verdantix.
The report placed WWF as the top NGO for business advice, hailing its breadth of resources and its practice of using strict environmental criteria to only work with selected firms - a move that ensures its credibility as a green charity is not tarnished.
Forum For The Future took the silver medal, with the report arguing that it boasts a strong awareness of the realities of running a business, and as a result provides businesses with commercially and financially viable advice.
A number of NGOs were also praised by the report for offering strong specialist advice, with the Carbon Disclosure Project singled out for its guidance on carbon management, the Green Alliance highlighted as one of the best sources of policy advice, Tomorrow's Company hailed for its best practice sharing, and Fauna & Flora International and the Forest Stewardship Council recommended for advice on bio-diversity and forestry issues respectively.
The study found that 50 per cent more CSR directors plan to work with an NGO on water scarcity in 2010 compared with 2009, while 57 per cent of respondents intend to launch NGO-related activities on climate change adaptation in 2010 compared to just 40 per cent in 2009.
Report author Rodolphe d'Arjuzon said NGOs could expect to see increased demand from businesses in a number of new areas from next year, with "running a sustainable business, water management and climate change adaptation topping the list".
The study evaluated offerings from 12 environmental NGOs and interviewed 30 CSR directors at FTSE 100 companies. They said the primary business benefit from working with NGOs is their ability to validate and challenge sustainability strategies.
Respondents also warned that while having an understanding of business is important, NGOs should not dilute their value to businesses by stifling criticism or working too closely with firms.
"They must not get seduced into believing they must always be aligned with business, and should maintain a carrot and stick approach," observed one CSR officer at a major retailer. (30)
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What (was) at Stake in Copenhagen?
The Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, where world leaders decided on the fate of humanity just recently concluded. What happens to the Philippines if the outcome is less-than-favorable? Read on to find out.
Earth’s second-largest archipelago, the 7150 isles of the Philippines form the apex of the Coral Triangle, the world’s most productive undersea food factory – able to annually generate 40 tonnes of seafood per square kilometer – more than enough to provide food for every Filipino.
Sadly, the country is amongst those least-prepared to adapt to changing climates – as the lessons of Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng have demonstrated. Millions of people may have to migrate from coastal regions to less-vulnerable inland areas and the ability of the country’s natural resources to provide food and livelihood might greatly diminish as more destructive climate shifts continue to assail the archipelago.
The Future Begins in Copenhagen
From 7 to 18 this December, environmental ministers and officials met in Copenhagen for the United Nations Climate Conference to craft a successor to the Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012. The conference ran for two weeks and will in all probability, decide the fate of many archipelagic nations.
COP15 is the official name of the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit — the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The COP is the highest body of the UNFCCC and is made up of environment ministers who meet yearly to discuss and facilitate climate-related developments. Over 15,000 officials, advisers, diplomats, campaigners and journalists are expected to attend COP15, to be graced by heads of state from almost 200 nations. The most significant outputs from COP15 should be the following:
1. Significant reduction of greenhouse gases for industrialized countries.
2. Specific emissions caps for developing countries.
3. Financing for climate adaptation measures, especially in developing countries.
The Decisions Will Affect Millions
WWF, the world’s largest and most respected conservation organization, is calling for the continuation of the Kyoto protocol in industrialized countries as well as a decisive protocol in Copenhagen – which should legally bind all major emitters. Should talks break down, then more frequent and destructive climate events will surely assail climate-vulnerable countries – especially the Philippine Isles.
The recent floods brought about by Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng serve as grim testaments to remind the Copenhagen delegates that what they are discussing are not only piles of papers but documents which will decide the fate of millions of people. The US, considered the highest carbon emitter in history, must set an example for other countries in committing to substantial reductions in carbon emissions and to set up a global fund for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
As the world’s leading environmental solutions provider, WWF sent Copenhagen representatives to ensure that the right decisions are made. For what’s at stake is not land, nor money, nor power. At stake is the survival of our people.
Yeb Saño
Climate Change and Energy Programme Director, WWF-Philippines
920-7923/26/31, 0917-807-9089
nmsano@wwf.org.ph
Information, Education and Communications Officer, WWF-Philippines
Archive: 10 Steps For Success in Copenhagen (6 Nov. 2009)
10 Steps For Success in Copenhagen
WWF has defined 10 elements of substance which need to be dealt with in the final outcome of the Copenhagen process. These elements must be covered by clear decisions in the Copenhagen climate deal.
1. A legally binding outcome building on the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol and their ultimate objectives and principles which include all Parties to the Convention, based on a system of five-year commitment periods with emergency review clauses to enable the accommodation of new scientific knowledge. The preferable form of the Copenhagen outcome will be an amended Kyoto Protocol, which is closely linked to a new Copenhagen Protocol. These 'sister protocols' should include the elements described below;
2. A Shared Vision to secure the survival of countries, cultures and ecosystems to establish low-carbon development worldwide and to guarantee equity. Recognition that achieving this means that global temperature rise must be kept far below 2* C compared to pre-industrial levels, recognizing that even 1.5* C warming poses great risks. And recognition that global emissions will have to peak and then start declining in the 2013 - 2017 period;
3. Agreed emission reductions targets for Annex 1 countries for the 2013 - 17 commitment period, leading them towards reduction as a group to 40% below-1990 emissions levels by 2020, and a provision that Annex 1 countries develop Zero Carbon Action Plans as the framework for their emissions reductions pathway towards decarbonization by 2050;
4. A framework for UNFCCC recognition of developing country actions, unilateral and supported, adding up to an aim by developing countries as a group to reduce emissions by at least - 30% compared to business-as-usual. The framework would recognize nationally-appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs), and would provide for these to be included in comprehensive and visionary 2050 low carbon action plans (LCAPs);
5. A mechanism under the UNFCCC for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) by at least -75% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels. This must respect the rights of local communities, indigenous peoples and protect biodiversity;
6. An adaptation action framework that in particular seeks to protect the most vulnerable countries and communities as well as ecosystems. This should include the creation of an international insurance mechanism, including just compensation;
7. A public financing framework for mitigation and adaptation under the UNFCCC which includes guaranteed provision of sufficient, measurable, reportable, verifiable public finance by industrialized countries for (a) mitigation action by developing countries to enable a low-carbon development, and for (b) adaptation action by developing countries. Such finance is to be additional to current official development assistance, must not consist of carbon market finance and should be in the order of 160 US$ Billion per year for the period 2013 - 17 on the basis of assessed contributions, raised in particular through the auctioning of emission allowances for industrialized countries and through emission allowances for the global aviation and shipping sectors;
8. A technology mechanism which supports technology cooperation to secure research, development and dissemination of low-carbon technologies, including a technology-fund financed by developed countries to secure technology transfer for developing countries. The technology mechanism should work through technology action programs, driven by technology development objectives. It should coordinate with existing international, regional and bilateral technology efforts;
9. An institutional framework with new and increased institutional capacity under the guidance and authority of the UNFCCC to secure the needed coordination, support and implementation capacity for the mitigation, technology, adaptation and REDD commitments & incentive mechanisms, based on a democratic governance system representing developing and developed countries fairly. Actual implementation could happen through existing institutions outside of the UNFCCC, provided these reported to the UNFCCC through the coordination mechanism;
10. An agreement on standards or rules for a number of foundational areas, including inventories, LULUCF treatment in developed countries, carbon markets, MRV for both developed and developing countries and compliance procedures. International shipping and aviation must be part of the overall mitigation effort and policies to reduce emissions should also generate climate finance.
WWF will be working around-the-clock to ensure that decision makers in Copenhagen come up with responsible and no-nonsense solutions to the global climate crisis. The stakes are simply too high to ignore.
WWF is the world’s largest and most experienced conservation organization. Help us come up with practical environmental solutions by visiting wwf.org.ph/howhelp.php or calling 895-6294. Together, we shall face environmental adversity - to leave our children a living planet.
Lack of Accountability Threatened Copenhagen Climate Talks ( 21 October 2009)
Lack of Accountability (Threatened) Copenhagen Climate Talks
Gland, Switzerland: conservation organization WWF today issued a warning to the world that a lack of political nerve could divert the world from achieving a climate deal in Copenhagen.
“The world doesn’t want Copenhagen to come to mean another Doha,” says Kim Carstensen, Leader of WWF’s Global Climate Initiative.
“Kite flying in the media and diplomatic manoeuvres behind the scenes are a reflection of the industrialized countries trying to lower expectations as they continue to dodge the hard decisions on slashing their emissions and funding the transition to a low carbon economy. The world is looking for leadership, but instead the leaders are starting to hand out their excuses in advance.”
WWF has been tracking the growing diplomatic whisper campaign, noting references to another plan on climate which excludes a binding legal agreement in Copenhagen.
WWF says that a legally binding deal is the only format that will give the world a chance to avoid increasing predictions of climate catastrophe.
“There is only Plan A or Plan F and plan F stands for failure,” says Carstensen.
“Climate won’t wait on ministers` political and diplomatic manoeuvres. Leaders must not avoid difficult decisions now because the fact is that these decisions are only going to get harder.
“Many countries in the developing world have already acted and are signaling that they can move further, but they also need the legal certainty and confidence that industrialized countries will meet their commitments.
“Substantial sectors of business and labour also are gearing up to move, but they are calling for the sort of certainty that comes from a legally binding global agreement. Investors and markets need confidence in order to really kick start the low carbon economy,” says Carstensen.
Carstensen says it was no coincidence that the upsurge in suggestions a deal was off appeared in the run-up to negotiating teams going into the final preparatory meeting in Barcelona in just over a week.
“This is a dangerous game because it could distract the negotiations before Barcelona next week and cause significant failure in Copenhagen,” Carstensen says.
“Every ingredient bar one to make a deal is in place. Governments have had two years of negotiating times and space, they have all the science they need, all the text options and words they need and all the arguments they need to be convinced that now is the time and place to do the deal. The only missing ingredient is political will.”
"The US Senate must pass a bill in time for December, as their leadership has promised; but we certainly don’t want to see other industrialized countries hiding behind what they think the US Senate will do.”
WWF is calling for the retention of the Kyoto protocol for industrialized countries together with a new protocol in Copenhagen that is legally binding for all major emitters.
The deal should include - amongst others - ambitious emission reduction targets from industrialized countries, recognition and support for developing country actions, commitment to scaled up climate finance especially for adaptation, and a new institutional and governance arrangement under the guidance of the UN.
Martin Hiller, Head of Communications Global Climate initiative +41 79 347 2256 mhiller@wwfint.org
Phil Dickie, WWF International News Editor, +41 79 703 1952, pdickie@wwfint.org
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Big mistake EDITORIAL 08/11/2011
Noynoy Aquino is placing the Philippines in great peril by forging a peace accord with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, and obviously on their terms and conditions, which are, among others, the creation of a Moro substate with awesome state powers and an expanded territory while granting the rebels a national identity of BangsaMoro nation, said to be composed of not just Muslims, but Lumads and Christians who reside in the substate.
Christians and Lumads, neither of whom are Muslims, are to be known as BangsaMoro nationals under the rule of the MILF even in Christian settlements, such as Zamboanga Sibugay?
The MILF claims that secession is out of the picture as its people will remain Filipinos, but demands a substate with state powers, including having a BangsaMoro police force under its control and command, and expects a peace accord to be finalized in two years time.
Noynoy is apparently swallowing this MILF line, as already he is talking about the grant of greater autonomy for the MILF through a plebiscite, as though such a move would finally bring peace to Mindanao, assuming the high court will rule such an accord as constitutional..... MORE
More than meets the eye FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 08/11/2011
There is more than meets the eye about the meeting between Noynoy and China’s foreign minister, accompanied by the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines in Malacañang.
The Chinese officials were Ambassador Liu Jianchao and Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin, who went to the Palace to deliver a message from Chinese Premier Hu Jintao.
Prior to the meeting, Noynoy told reporters he would be meeting with the Chinese officials who are handing him a letter from the Chinese premier.
“They (Chinese officials) asked for the meeting. I understand there’s a message from Premier Hu Jintao. They did not tell me exactly what the message was. So, I’ll be meeting them around two o’clock,” Noynoy said prior to the meeting..... MORE
Syria to snub international pressure — for now ANALYSIS 08/11/2011
Syria to snub international pressure — for now
BEIRUT — Though its days are seen as numbered, Syria’s regime is likely to press on with its ferocious crackdown on dissent, despite fellow Arab states and allies joining international condemnation, analysts say.
That was underscored when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under growing pressure from abroad, stood his ground on Tuesday and said he would pursue a relentless war against the “terrorist groups” he says are behind the unrest.
“We will not waver in our pursuit of terrorist groups,” Assad told visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
Rami Khouri, head of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, said “the regime has been fiercely resistant to international pressure and the moves by the Saudis, the Gulf.... MORE
Selling out the Philippines INSIDE CONGRESS Charlie Manalo 08/11/2011
Selling out the Philippines
INSIDE CONGRESS
Charlie Manalo
Contrary to claims by militant fisherfolk group, Pamalakaya, that President Noynoy Aquino has no concrete plans to shield the country from another round of global recession and that he appears just as if he is waiting for the grand massacre of the Philippine economy as global markets collapsed due to the first ever US credit rating downgrade and falling European economies presided by festering debt woes, Noy indeed is making the necessary contingency plan. That is to prepare the Philippine economy for the “grand massacre” by selling the Philippines via amendments to the economic provisions.
The other day, a staunch ally of Aquino, presented the administration’s grand design to sell the Philippines by opening up vital industries and natural resources to foreign investors and that include the education and media industry.
With global economists warning that the US economy is heading back into recession which could be more painful compared to the December 2007 recession, Aquino is virtually inviting investors from that part of the world to invade our country and dump to the trash bins local capitalists.
And that is not without basis as Pamalakaya, quoting international wires, claimed that the world stocks racked up more losses on Monday based on rising worries about a double-dip global recession, deep-rooted jitters over the current downgrading of US credit rating and the growing debt problems across Europe..... MORE
Asia faces tougher battle in new world slowdown focus 08/11/2011
Asia faces tougher battle in new world slowdown
SINGAPORE — Asian economies still scarred by the 2008 world recession are likely to have a harder time grappling with a new round of turmoil than they did three years ago, regional analysts said.
Fears of a new global meltdown are growing after the United States received a credit downgrade for the first time and markets tumbled on expectations that Italy and Spain could join other European countries in seeking a bailout.
“Back in 2008, rotten debt in the banks was the problem,” Singapore’s DBS Bank said in reference to global financial rescue measures that helped bring economic growth back on track.
“Governments took the debt off the banks — and spent a lot of money propping up economies — and now they themselves are in trouble. That’s why the situation may be worse than before: there’s no one left to turn to.”.... MORE
Sick and sickening VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 08/11/2011
Sick and sickening
An image of Jesus Christ with an attached wooden replica of a male genital protruding directly over His face. The genital is draped with a Holy Rosary, hanging by the base and the tip of the replica. Is this art?
A Crucifix and Cross draped with a pink stretched condom. Is this art?
To a Crucifix is attached a red male organ. Is this art?
“Yes, oh yes!” So says in substance a group of so-called “artists” exhibiting the above consummate sacrilege! So essentially implies nothing less than the “Pontifical” and “Royal” University of “Santo Tomas” indulging the group whose products they are and who engage in the big blasphemy! So basically claims the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is displaying the radical vulgarity instead at nurturing and promoting Filipino positive cultural values as defined by its Mission Statement..... MORE
Noy-MILF secret deal: Reframing MoA-AD By Mario J. Mallari 08/11/2011
UMBRA KATO, MURAD’S REBELS CLASH, LEAVE 8 DEAD
Noy-MILF secret deal: Reframing MoA-AD
There was a secret deal forged between President Aquino and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chieftain Al Haj Murad during the secret meeting held in Tokyo last Thursday, after all.
MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal made a freudian slip yesterday when he let out that the agreement reached between the two parties was for the MILF to “reframe” the discredited Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2008.
Part of the deal involving the “reframed MoA-AD,” which Iqbal hinted to which Aquino during the secret meeting did not object, is that provinces under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and adjacent
areas of North Cotabato, Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Sultan Kudarat and the municipalities of Balabac and Batarasa in Palawan province, will be placed under the control of the Bangsamoro state which will be sharing powers with the national government..... MORE
FM is a hero fit for burial in Libingan ng mga Bayani—Imelda By Gerry Baldo and Mario J. Mallari 08/11/2011
FM is a hero fit for burial in Libingan ng mga Bayani—Imelda
By Gerry Baldo and Mario J. Mallari 08/11/2011
Former First Lady and incumbent Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos yesterday said former President Ferdinand Marcos is a hero who deserves to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Mrs. Marcos, reacting to news reports that her family had agreed to bury the former President in Ilocos Norte, said she and Vice President Jejomar Binay have not agreed on the burial site of the former President.
She said she and Binay, who went to Ilocos Norte a few days back, had talked about housing programs and not about the burial of the former President.
Vice President Binay yesterday maintained there is nothing definite about the controversial burial of the late President, stressing that his job on the issue is purely recommendatory and that Malacañang has the final say on the matter..... MORE
2 missing in sea crash; oil slick unleashed 08/11/2011
2 missing in sea crash; oil slick unleashed
Two cargo vessels have collided off the coast of the southern Philippines, leaving two persons missing and unleashing a small oil slick, the Coast Guard said yesterday.
Two crew members of a locally-registered bulk carrier are missing after it was in collision late Tuesday with the Monrovia-registered container vessel HS Puccini off the southernmost tip of the southern island of Mindanao, it said.
The much-larger Puccini rescued 16 crew from the smaller vessel while the another five swam to shore and safety, a coastguard statement said.
The Puccini is sailing to the nearby port of General Santos as scheduled with the rescued crew members, it said, while the exact status of the other vessel was not specified..... MORE
Gov’t has no moral ground to question NDF’s sincerity on peace talks — CPP By Mario J. Mallari 08/11/2011
Gov’t has no moral ground to question NDF’s sincerity on peace talks — CPP
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) scored President Aquino for questioning the sincerity of its political arm, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), in the ongoing peace negotiations.
“The Philippine government does not have the moral high ground to question the sincerity of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in the peace talks,” the CPP said.
“How can Aquino question the sincerity of the NDFP when it has been his government that has failed to show good faith in peace talks after carrying out the arrest earlier this year of at least two key NDFP peace consultants and failing to fulfill its obligations to effect the release of at least 17 peace talks consultants of the NDFP,” CPP pointed out.
The CPP-NDFP is clamoring for the release of the consultants, including New People’s Army (NPA) leader Tirso “Ka Bart” Alcantara and CPP Central Committee member Alan Jazmines..... MORE
Noy won’t sack CCP board over ‘Kulo’ row By Virgilio J. Bugaoisan 08/11/2011
Noy won’t sack CCP board over ‘Kulo’ row
By Virgilio J. Bugaoisan 08/11/2011
Despite their bad artistic taste, President Aquino is not firing the members of the board of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
At a press briefing yesterday, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said that President Aquino is not inclined to heed growing clamor for the purging of the CCP board which allowed the “Kulo” exhibit and even publicly defending it, without due regard to religious sensitivities.
“There is no action on our part, in the Palace, to do that,” Lacierda said when asked if the President would sack the CCP board, or ask for their resignation, for their oversight in allowing the exhibit of so-called art pieces which practically desecrated the image of Jesus Christ.
Lacierda said that it is already enough that the CCP management has decided to finally close down the exhibit although the reason for doing so is about safety issues and not about impropriety of the “Kulo” exhibit. The CCP board even appeared remorseless and maintained that these so-called artworks were part of an artist’s freedom of expression..... MORE
DoE chief warns oil firms: Roll back prices or face raps By Gerry Baldo 08/11/2011
DoE chief warns oil firms: Roll back prices or face raps
The Department of Energy (DoE) yesterday warned oil companies they could be sued if they do not roll back their prices by at least P2 per liter.
Secretary Jose Almendras, who was at the House of Representatives to defend the DoE’s P8.8-billion budget, said the roll back should be implemented between now and Monday next week.
“We are expecting a P2 rollback on their oil products until Monday. If not, we will ask them to explain and the Department of Justice will take over for investigation for possible action,” Almendras said yesterday in answer to Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño’s query on whether the people could expect a price rollback given the huge drop in the world market price.
Oil prices dropped from $120 last month to only $77 this month..... MORE
DoH hit for allowing hospital to engage in ‘pawnshop operations’ 08/11/2011
DoH hit for allowing hospital to engage in ‘pawnshop operations’
Lawmakers yesterday lambasted the Department of Health (DoH) for allowing the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) to collect personal items from their patients in exchange for discharge slips.
According to Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño, the practice at the PCMC has been going on since 2009 as shown by a memorandum number 45 issued by PCMC Director Dr. Julius Lecciones.
Casino said he will file a resolution to investigate the hospital and the DoH for allowing such practice even as he showed Health Secretary Enrique Ona copies of the memorandum circulars issued by Lecciones during yesterday budget hearing on the DoH. Lecciones is an appointee of former President Arroyo.
“This practice of public hospitals engaging in pawnshop operations is very deplorable and we expect Secretary Ona to immediately stop this. He should know what is happening in government hospitals and the desperate practices they engage in just to shore up their budgets. One way to stop this is to restore the budgets of our public hospitals as contained in their original proposals. This means raising the DoH budget by at least P20 billion,” Casiño said..... MORE
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Charlotte and Julie Bonaventura about the final decision of the WCh-final
photo: Tamas Csonka
The French Handball Federation asked Charlotte and Julie Bonaventura , the referees who whistled the final between Spain and Netherlands at the IHF World Championship in Kumamoto , Japan, last weekend, about their decision made in the last 7 seconds at the game.
The result was 29-29 and at 59’53 ‘‘ Spain lost the ball by Cabral Barbosa shooting precipitated, Tess Wester saved the ball and had the intention to start a fastbreak. At this moment Spanish Ainoha Hernandez blocked the Dutch goalkeeper in her throw-out and the ball could not leave the 6-meter area before the blocking hand stopped it.
The French referees whistled immediately and the Netherlands got a 7-meter penalty right after Hernandez had to leave the court with a red card. Lois Abbingh scored on 7-meter and the Netherlands become World Champions.
photo: screenshot caption from internet
Charlotte and Julie Bonaventura about the situation and the decision:
“Our role is to apply the regulations (The rules applied: 12:1, 12:2 and 8:10 -the last 30 seconds rule – by editor ). At the time of decision-making, we have zero doubt. I was positioned right next to the action (Julie) and I had the best view. At the time of the block, the ball had not completely crossed the goal area. It happened in the last 30 seconds, so it resulted in a red card and a 7m throw. The reserve referees, positioned in the center, also saw the same thing. They confirmed it to us after the match. At this point in the game, you need to have enough mental freshness to analyze the situation and decide calmly. This may be challenging but there was no use of video on this World Cup. The decision was logical and an official statement from the IHF was not needed. ( Spanish Ramon Gallego, from IHF made a statement about referee activity at the tournament later after the final)
“In this world championship, before the final, there had been no situation in the last 30 seconds, this proves that the life of a referee is not easy and quiet. It makes people talk and it shows, if it were still necessary, that arbitration is not simple. You have to know the rules in all their finesse. Watching handball matches on tv on Wednesdays is not enough to become an expert, whether player, coach or referee.
source: ffhandball.fr, ihf.info
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8,000 people die in the UK every year due to what is being called "Fuel Poverty". Fuel Poverty is a trendy term for those who can't afford to heat their home because all the solar panels and windmills, the coal bans and the wars on fracking have made it too expensive for people not to freeze to death..
The left, which never misses a chance to blame profiteering for the failure of its policies, is staging "Die-Ins" outside energy companies to protect the real "Die-Ins" that they caused. But the real "Die-Ins" don't involve bored university students lying down on the concrete and posting the results to Tumblr. They end with the generation that saved Europe from Hitler dying in their own homes.
Rising fuel prices can in no small part be attributed to environmental mania. Energy companies are not run by saints, but neither do they have an interest in pricing their product out of the reach of ordinary people. It's hard to sell home heat to the dead or the destitute. On the other hand environmentalists do indeed want to make it hard for ordinary to be able to afford to heat their homes. That's not a conspiracy theory. It's their policy.
Talk of using carbon credits for "super-energy efficiency" is an admission that a movement using dead seniors as a prop is actually pushing to make energy use as expensive as possible and to reduce its use as much as possible. The "Die In" crowd isn't for lowering energy prices, it's for adding more taxes that will benefit their own parasitic clean energy experts.
Say what you will about energy companies, but their business plan involves selling a product. The anti-energy environmentalists want to make it as expensive as possible. The costs of their policies are not just a talking point, but a grim reality.
The family that has to choose between feeding their children or being able to drive to work and heat their home is not a talking point; they are the new Kulaks, the victims of an ideological activist policy that is killing innocent people for the Green greater good of the environment.
Stalin killed millions to industrialize the Soviet Union, the Green Left is preparing to kill millions to deindustrialize North America, Europe and Australia. It's already doing it. While its activists are trying to peg the blame for fuel poverty fatalities on a government which is badly out of cash, it need look no further than its own activists and celebrities who preach the green life from their mansions.
Clear energy has become the new Communism, an ideological program that can never be achieved, but for which we must all strive no matter how many die all along the way. In Scotland, the perennially deranged Scottish National Party called for generating 100 percent of the country's electricity from wind, wave and tidal power by 2020.
This plan would add 900 pounds to the average fuel bill. And that is how fuel poverty gets started.
Wales, which has the highest fuel poverty rate in the UK, is working on one of Europe's largest wind farms and has a plan for total clean energy by 2025, if anyone is still alive and hasn't frozen to death. Wind farms don't tend to do too well in the cold and human beings don't do too well without heat.
The current "green" policies will see higher prices for two out of three homes in the UK by the end of the decade. It's not energy companies, but government policies that are responsible, especially when companies and homeowners get saddled with the cost of wind farms and various voodoo measures to fight global warming that mainly end up putting money in the pockets of well-connected Greenies.
Americans complaining about high gas and oil prices can buckle up because that is only a taste of what is coming this way. Two years ago UK petrol prices hit 6 pounds per gallon. That's nearly 10 dollars, though for the imperial gallon which is higher than the US gallon. If you think it costs a lot to fill up a tank now, consider that the UK has a better ratio of production to population than we do. The high prices aren't an accident, they're part of the green program.
The Obama agenda isn't to make energy prices affordable, it's to make them so horribly impossible to afford that we'll use less energy.
Fuel poverty is the agenda here and we know that's so because he told us so.
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times and then just expect that other countries are going to say ok," he said. And, "If somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted. That will also generate billions of dollars that we can invest in solar, wind, biodiesel and other alternative energy approaches."
That doesn't mean Obama can't heat the White House at 72 degrees or Hawaii level temperatures. It means that you can't do it. That's what fuel poverty really means. It means you have to freeze and if you die, then the community organizers of tomorrow will use your corpse as a prop in their ghoulish protests outside energy companies which have to not only cover all the clean energy boondoggles, but also take the blame for passing on the costs.
Every clean energy program comes with a rider for ending fuel poverty by 2015 or 2025 or 2255, which would be at least slightly more realistic, but it's the clean energy that's causing the fuel poverty. A program to create fuel poverty cannot be expected to prevent fuel poverty. A plan that makes energy use more expensive will not end fuel poverty, even with any amount of government subsidies.
The only thing that can end fuel poverty is cheap energy and that is what the left is dead set against.
Yet oddly enough there was a time when people were able to heat their homes and drive their cars, when they were even able to carry shopping bags, minus Wales' tax on shopping bags, and afford to eat. That brief golden period was stomped out by the friends of the working class, who knew how urgent it was to make life harsh and miserable and who are busy finding ways to make it even worse.
All this is for the greater good. Someone's greater good anyway.
Clean energy is supposed to make for energy independence, but since going green the UK has become a net energy importer. Scotland risks going the same way. Enough ideological investment in not-ready for prime time technologies leads to people freezing to death and purchases of energy from outside to cover the shortfall.
When all else fails, fake the figures. Promise impossible energy savings from energy efficiency. Obama's original stimulus plan focused heavily on energy efficiency in order to save money and create jobs. It accomplished neither goal, but the right people in the right companies got paid, which is how it always works.
Green is too big to fail, even when people are turning blue. The left from Prince Charlie to the Caliph of Chicago keep telling us that we have to make do with less and part of making do with less is shivering in homes without heat or the planet will be destroyed.
You can't make an energy efficient omelet without killing 8,000 or so people a year.
Progress doesn't just mean unsightly factories and people putting on suits and going to work in corporations and all the other things that the left despises. It means the technological progress to keep large numbers of people from dying.
If the US or the UK are to embrace the living standards of Africa as Prince Charles would like us to, they will also embrace its mortality rates. A reduction in the standard of living at this scale and on such a comprehensive level amounts to mass murder.
The Soviet Union killed millions for its ideology. The Western left has only begun and the day will come when a few thousand pensioners dead in their homes will be weighed as the smallest part of their toll.
The socialist French prefer to fry their elderly, what was the number from that heat wave a few years ago? Think it close to twenty thousand but that was just a one off. Well Daniel it is the Marxist way, get rid of the no longer useful using the elements. The cold is cheap and easy, with no smell afterwards.
Gnostic mass movements in various species such as Marxism, greenism always seem to attract the same type of altruistic sociopaths. Their method of purification inevitably demands the lives of others for sacrifice, why not ask a zealot why they want Africans to eat food cooked with excrement. When I ask the enthusiastic WWF kids in Toronto handing out pamphlets that question and use a more profane term well the smiles come off in a hurry.
They no longer want chaos capitalism or have much use for it since most of the heavy lifting has already been done, as the winners an losers can't be pre-determined. No what they want is the good old reliable poverty of authoritarianism, where they can sit on top and order the game. Having a scientific basis for it is the just the killer app of our time, the new koranic truth.
Pascal said...
"The Soviet Union killed millions for its ideology. The Western left has only begun and the day will come when a few thousand pensioners dead in their homes will be weighed as the smallest part of their toll. "
Welcome to my understanding of sustainability nuts Daniel.
A few years ago I dubbed the over 100 million murders and billions living in fear during the 20th Century as the Prog's Pilot Program.
What will you do to effectively monkey wrench their full scale project?
Daniel: I'm afraid that it is even worse than that. Not only are they rabid ideologues but incomptent ones at that. You have to really take a good long look at all of them to see who is the monkey and who is the organ grinder.
Drow Ranger said...
They want to pull this crap on us in Canada too. Just look at Ontario.
Organic foods is the latest rage with affluent fools, together with Vuitton bags - and a clever ruse to make a lot of money from a plot of land not big enough to farm
As a UK pensioner household we now only have a room temp of 60 F in our home. We cant afford to pay for a higher temperature but are constantly bombarded with leaflets on how to improve our energy efficiency. We have had loft insulation but like most UK homes built before WW2 have solid walls meaning we cannot use cavity wall insulation. The Government kindly offer us a 'low interest loan' to put on cladding on the walls & to replace our doors & windows with new double glazing. They inform us that they would 'pay for themselves' in under 20 years. We'll be lucky to live that long seeing that we can't afford to pay our energy bills let alone the initial outlay for this loan. Yes, we're victims of the AGW /green is good scam!
mindRider said...
See how the greens slap two flies with one whisk with their wind/solar/bunk energy: the more people at the bottom die prematurely from cold or heath, lowering life expectancy and the more it makes care acts affordable....
Edward Cline said...
The end game for the whole "green" movement is the extinction of man from the planet. Whether or not the fools who promote "green energy" realize it or ever admit it, that is the only scenario the Greens will accept. They, however, wish to stick around to make sure man is extinct and doesn't appear again, although how they propose to do that and not "spoil" the planet, is a conundrum they can't explain.
FrankS said...
Eco lunacy is also behind the current floods here in England, caused by a deliberate decision to stop dredging rivers and let them revert to their natural state. Mention fluffy words like wildlife and nature and people will think anything is a good idea… until it all goes pear shaped. Only now are politicians starting to think it might be a good idea to resume dredging, and Marxist Muppet Ed Milliband has seized on the deluge to bang the AGW drum. Many still believe that the best defence against floods is to make sacrifices to the Great Green Goddess Gaia – and what sacrifice could better placate the pitiless harridan than that of human lives.
@MotherGoos3 said...
@anonymous "why not ask a zealot why they want Africans to eat food cooked with excrement" What a great line. I'm stealing it for use on twitter.
The Bear said...
Actually Edward Cline, the LEADERS of the global elites (of all stripes really) is not the EXTINCTION of all humans. While there are eco-activists that view that in the manner of a religious crusade, that is not the real goal.
No, the goal of the elites is the reduction of humanity down to a breeding population of only those numbers of slaves needed to maintain their global Plantation system. This number is somewhere between 500 million and 1 billion people in order to maintain a technological society sufficient for the wants and needs of the elites and the sustenance of their slaves.
They are convinced they only have a few decades to achieve their goal before sufficient resource depletion combines with too critical a mass of somewhat empowered peasants for them be able to successfully exterminate the excess of peasantry without the resulting conflict destroying the planet.
"Energy companies are not run by saints, but neither do they have an interest in pricing their product out of the reach of ordinary people. It's hard to sell home heat to the dead or the destitute. On the other hand environmentalists do indeed want to make it hard for ordinary to be able to afford to heat their homes. That's not a conspiracy theory. It's their policy"
Yep. Screw the poor, we knew you couldn't afford any of this and we've priced it that way. Virtually every chirpy little TV blurb about solar energy features a home in the boondocks, a new build, that must have cost well over $1 million to build, let alone add all the eco crap,
Keliata
Green energy policies broke the Spanish economy. That reality is taboo for the MSM.
Their (state) contract wholesale rate paid for solar juice boggles the mind: $ 0.50 per kW-Hr!
Madrid turned down, flat, the opportunity to import French juice at one-fifth the price -- which, BTW, would've been available 24/7. They 'knew better' than to import 'costly' atomic energy from the boys up north.
An astonishing amount of Madrid's debt revolves ENTIRELY around this solar mania.
Now that the bloom is gone, the largest German solar manufacturers have abandoned the business of PV arrays -- taking monster write downs. (Siemens, et. al.)
The fact is that Greens toss environmental sugar all over the countryside -- making the whole land diabetic.
This is what happens when you put superannuated teenagers in charge.
Perfectionism is the enemy of the good -- and of the living.
The Bear, you could have been reading my blog and gotten that, because I've written about it for years. But more than likely you came upon the same thing yourself. Everything you laid out -- like the half billion to one billion remnant -- can be found from many sources.
The thing is, once the mayhem has begun, good luck limiting it. And good luck avoiding a dark age darker than 600-1000AD.
See, the power-mad Progs and the Sustainability Progs have had mostly silent backing of misanthropic Progs who understand what those lesser nuts do not. Ruthlessness. Nihilism is not just for moronic schoolboys. Their hatred of humanity is of Biblical proportions and their motivation can be understood by understanding that the envy of God's power is what makes them this way. Since they cannot be God, they will all they can to obliterate His highest creation. Someone like Daniel here may understand this instinctively, but for any number of reasons unknown to us has not addressed it directly. As a young boy at Purim, he probably cranked his grogger energetically. Today: not so much.
Wombat said...
Great article. Of course I have little sympathy for anyone who lived through the post war boom and who now has trouble heating their house. Terrible luck notwithstanding it didn't take a lot of effort to achieve financial safety over that time period. They voted for massive national debts to sustain the economy while they worked and when they retired they voted for eco-fascism "for our grandchildren".
Screw mum and dad, right? I mean, as long as that pension they voted for keeps coming in, having pissed their saving away and retired early regardless.
What poverty they endure before they pass is but a small portion of the suffering they owe.
Yes, yes it is like that Daniel. I worked for three years in the UK's "Energy Saving Trust", a quango funded by the laughable Department for Energy and Climate Change. I started off agnostic on the climate change debate, but left after all that time working in the "belly of the beast", convinced the whole green energy agenda it is a mendacious abuse of taxpayers and energy bill payers money, perpetuated by leftist ideologues.
ericcs said...
What used to amaze me (but does so no longer because I'm now numb to it all) is the continual ignorance by the progs of a little thing called the Second Law of Thermodynamics, including the associated concepts of entropy and energy density. All these things are part of reality, which the progs deliberately ignore in their narrative-driven fantasyland where they overturn and replace God.
The Second Law unequivocally allows us to calculate with utter certainty that green energy can never replace oil, gas, coal, and nuclear forms, other than by some tiny percent. To try to do otherwise, especially by force, will mean a return both literally and figuratively to the dark ages, including massive suffering by most of the population.
Anyone who attempts to tell you otherwise, regardless of their background or apparent motivation, is simply peddling a monstrous lie.
For those who think this is about ideology, you may be too kind. Back at the beginning of our long nightmare, I remember reading that Valjar and others in her cartel wanted to open a carbon credit exchange, modeled after Wall St, in Chicago. Maybe the scam was too obvious, even for the O's, as far as I know, it never happened. The day I read that article was the day I knew climate change was just another fraud. Since then, Al Gore has proved it.
Wombat, I am a Boomer, trust me the 'post war boom' had many ups and downs for most of us. If you were a member of a national union, maybe, but a lot of us were not. What most of us had was a pretty solid work ethic and a belief in America.
'Stealing from our children' was not on the agenda, indulging them was the far more widespread practice. You sound like one of those children. Every generation gets big things wrong, yours will too, starting with saddling the rest of us with the 'gift' of Obama. Anyone even slightly dry behind the ears saw right through him.
Besides, blaming one's elders' for current problems is a loser attitude, they didn't get a perfect world either. They got The Bomb, the Iron Curtain, along with the iron lung for polio, and mumps, measles and sundry other horrors, like Viet Nam and the Draft..
Sorry to sound rude, but I was there, and I don't think you were.
@ Sophie: + 1
LFMayor said...
I for one plan on rendering progs and their useful fools for their fat, which i will then transform into candles and lamp oils. The residual patchouli oil found upon them will also be harvested and re-sold to help fund efforts.
Are you all really just going to sit around and whine on the internet and wait for them to kill you slow? Organize. Arm. Prepare. Win.
Or don't. They will have their Social Darwinism, all costs be damned. Fine, these terms will simply have to be considered acceptable. I intend to show them that sometimes you really get what you've asked for.
Sophie, I'm not blaming anyone for my world. I'm making do with what I've got, and yes, you obviously can't tar everyone with the same brush, but that doesn't mean I've got to extend sympathy to the plight of the poor pensioner.
The term "they made their bed" springs to mind.
Me and mine are destined to live through what will be remembered as the darkest winter in the history of humanity, so a few freezing boomers who have lived a long and fruitful life invokes no pity in me at all.
Oh Wombat, It's a shame that reading history has become superfluous. "The darkest winter," etc.. Surely you jest.
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Chapter One – Arrivals
Anya Collins looked up at the large and stately looking building in front of her. The worn bricks conveyed a sense of age rather than dilapidation, helped in no small part by the ivy climbing the walls that looked as if it had been growing up the walls of the manor for years, which, Anya thought, it probably had.
When Super’s had first made themselves know to the public in America, countries all over the world were taken by surprise at the news. China, Russia and Japan all began scrambling to set up their own responses to the news. Great Britain, whilst publically just as surprised as everyone else, was privately less shocked as opposed to annoyed. The DFH, the Department for Heroes, had already been in existence at that point in time for over 100 years, a fact not publically known.
Indeed whilst the manor Anya now stood before had been acting as a school for Super’s for years, as far as the public were aware, St Mary’s school for gifted women, had been, publically, until that point nothing more than a boarding school for girls. With the revelation made by the American Supers however, the DFH slowly began the process of ‘officially’ transforming St Mary’s into the facility it had always been.
Anya smiled as she remembered the first time her grandmother had told her the story, how the ‘upstart’ yanks had gone and blown the whistle on Super’s everywhere causing the British government to speed up their own plans for revealing Supers to the general populace. Grabbing her bags, Anya made her way around the old building towards the more modern looking dormitories. Hopefully her dorm mate would be someone she’d be able to get along with, maybe even a possible training partner. The loss of her three best friends had hit her harder than she’d expected. Even though St Mary’s and Brashmoore shared certain classes and were only a few miles apart, they were for all intents and purposes different schools. For the next five years (if she made it all the way) Anya would rarely see her friends outside those classes and the holidays.
Reaching the front of the dormitories, Anya put one of her bags on the ground and presented her hand to the plate affixed to the wall. Within a few seconds the scanner bleeped twice before turning green and allowing Anya to push the door open. In keeping with the modern exterior, the insides of the dorm were spacious and modern, with large comfortable looking sofas dotting the communal area, and signs of a well equipped kitchen off to her left.
Anya, having already toured the dorms with her mother, made her way upstairs to her room. She noted that the door was already open and music was drifting from the room.
“Hello?” Anya called slowly making her way into the two person room and glancing around. One side of the room was completely bare except for the basic furniture. The other side was a riot of colour with posters covering every inch of the walls and a bed spread of neon colours practically glowing from where it lay crumpled on the bed.
“Well howdy!” Came a twangy response, closely followed by a girl whose appearance matched her side of the room’s colour scheme. Her hair appeared to be multiple shades of purple, ranging from dark, almost black layers, to bright violet highlights. Her eyes were two different colours, the left one a moderately normal looking blue, the other a metallic silver.
“I’m Karissa, but you can call me Kris! It’s super to meetcha!”
“Hello Karissa, my name’s Anya. It’s a pleasure to meet you too. Am I right in assuming you’re not from the UK?” “That’s right Anya, I’m originally from the states, but grandma insisted I attend a British HCP. Gotta say you Brits really do things differently here. American HCP’s don’t begin ’til college, yet here I am at 16 and already getting started!”
Anya groaned internally as she realised what kind of person she would be stuck with all year. Whilst America produced many respectable and powerful Heroes, this Karissa seemed to be the typically ray of sunshine that Anya really did not want to be dealing with on a regular basis. What had Madam Reynard been thinking!
“Yes, well since British schooling means University courses only last 3 years, the government and DFH decided it would be better to combine both university and sixth form into one five year Hero Certification Programme.”
“Oh yeah,” Karissa bubbled. “I totally got it once I read up on the school system, but it’s still super weird. Get it? Super weird?!” The girl then began chuckling at her own joke.
Anya gave her best forced smile and made her way over to her bed, dumping her bags on to the bed. She prayed that it would only be her bed temporarily. Surely she could persuade Madam Reynard to see what a huge mistake it had been to pair her with this purple piece of bubble gum.
“This televised thing is also super weird. In the US, you get kicked from the programme if you get caught outside of training using you’re powers. Here you guys televise the whole thing. What’s up with that by the way?”
Rolling her eyes, Anya almost wasn’t surprised to hear that the girl didn’t even know one of the basic premises that differentiated the UK HCP’s to the US’s. Yes whilst most HCP’s used the SI system to boot its students from the programme, the UK controversially used a very different system.
“We televise a lot of what happens because the HCPs here don’t receive nearly as much government funding as other programmes get. We televise the training so we can fund the schools. Whilst I admit that the betting system is a bit crude, it does provide us with enough revenue that any student that gets into the programme essentially receives a free education.”
“But what about other countries stealing your training secrets?” Karissa looked confused at the idea that secrecy wouldn’t be a part of HCP training. “And what about students that don’t want to be televised in their matches and stuff? And don’t you guys worry your families will get targeted? How are you supposed to live normally?”
Anya sighed, sorely tempted to turn her glare on the uninformed girl but decided against it. No sense in antagonising a potential ally. Or threat.
“I’m sure they’ll explain it all in our first assembly. I’ve got to unpack, why don’t you see what time we need to be ready for dinner Karissa?” Anya already knew of course, she’d memorised her schedule weeks ago, but she hoped her suggestion would deflect the girl for a little while.
“Please call me Kris, and sure I’ll go find out!” And without any further preamble the girl dashed from the room.
Letting out another sigh, this time of relief, Anya turned back to her bed and began to sort out her things. This was going to be a long first year.
Ash looked around his dorm room and sighed contentedly. It had taken the better part of the morning and a fair chunk of the lunch hour, but he and Derek had finally managed to put everything away and moved the boxes out back where with the bins. Whilst he’d been disappointed not to be paired up with one of his two best friends, he wasn’t really surprised and his new roommate seemed to be a good enough guy.
“Yo Ash!” Ash looked back towards the doorway to see Derek re-enter the room. The tanned blonde Australian was carrying two cans of coke, the proper kind, not the diet crap Anya always insisted on drinking.
“Thanks man, moving all my stuff took way more effort than I realised.” Ash reached over and took his can from Derek.
“It’s probably the custom computer and stereo system that was the problem there mate,” his Australian roommate probably had a point, but Ash had been loathed to part himself from his electronics, though looking at Derek’s side of the room, he had his own expensive looking computer system as well as multiple game systems.
“Hey did you manage to find out what time we had to get down to the assembly hall?” Ash asked, scanning the room once more for the elusive piece of paper that he’d received in his acceptance letter that should the first day’s schedule.
“We’ve got another forty minutes until the whole things supposed to kick off. We’ve got plenty of time to wander down and grab a seat. So come on, we’re roommates, I think it’s time to spill the beans.”
“You know,” Derek said, conspiratorially, “What’s your power?”
“Dude, you know we’ll have our ranking matches and assessments soon enough, don’t you want to wait ’til then?”
“Nah, come on! Look I’ll even go first. You obviously play a lot of computer games right?”
Ash nodded, “Yeah sure, what’s that got to do with your powers?”
“I’m getting to that. So you know about classes and character builds right?”
“What you mean like pilot or engineer type classes?”
“Ah, a CoD man? No, I mean more World of Warcraft type classes, you know warriors, mages, and rogues.”
Ash nodded again thinking back to the few times he’d tried fantasy RPGs. They were ok, and some of them had really decent graphics, but living in a world where people could actually perform feats on a scale with those types of characters had left him feeling like the games were more for the humans who dreamed of having powers. He preferred shoot ‘em up style games, beating on alien foes.
“Well that’s my power!”
“You’re really good at World of Warcraft?”
“No! I mean I can become one of those characters! Well I mean, I can sort of become them. I’ve not yet managed to do anything with magic but my power lets me become like a warrior class character!”
Ash was starting to feel rather confused and a little bit concerned now. He’d heard of Supers whose powers were just different enough from a normal set that they tried to rationalise them by saying they really had powers stemming from pop fiction, like a strong man saying he could fly like superman because he could jump really far, or a telekinetic saying they moved things with the force.
Derek looked at Ash’s bewildered expression and his face fell.
“I’m not crazy dude, I can prove it! It’s not just becoming the character, I summon them too!”
Derek closed his eyes and a look of concentration covered his face.
“O warrior of light, heed my call. I summon thee forth!”
There was a pause as nothing happened. Ash looked at his new friend who was still squeezing his eyes together.
“Umm… look Derek maybe-“Ash was cut off as a blaze of light filled the small space of their dorm room and a four foot tall knight in shining armour appeared before him.
“Behold!” Cried Derek. “Look in awe at the might that is Sir Braveheart, mighty warrior and knight!”
The small knight looked up at his summoner and pushed back the piece of armour that covered his face. Ash could see a rather handsome face looking up at Derek, a look of exasperation clear on its small features.
“Derek, we’ve talked about this.” The knight’s voice, despite what its small visage suggested, came across in a deep baritone. “You don’t need to say anything to summon us. And you have got to stop using the World of Warcraft reference. It just makes people think you’re crazy. Ask Ash if you don’t believe me.”
Derek scowled at the knight before looking over at Ash who was frozen on his bed. He knew some summons could talk, some had a semblance of intelligence that helped them fight independently of their masters’ orders, but this knight was a whole other level. It wasn’t just intelligent, it was actively berating and correcting the guy who should have complete control over him.
“Ash,” the knight said, a look of rye sympathy on his face. “What Derek tried and failed to tell you is that he is a summoner whose summoned creatures are rather more intelligent than most. We also all bear a striking resemblance to the stereotypical classes used in fantasy RPGs.”
“You don’t bare a resemblance Sir Braveheart, you are the epitome of a warrior knight!” Derek glared at the knight who held his ground, his own expression a more mature and rather less petulant mirror to his summoner’s.
“I’ve told you time and again Derek, I will answer to that ridiculous title on the battlefield, but I insist you call me by my proper name off of it. It is Marvin. Not Sir Braveheart” At saying the knightly title, Marvin made a face that spoke chapters on how much he disliked the name. “How about we just continue to agree to disagree about the true nature of your power Derek. Anyway, I believe you were trying to explain to Ash how your power worked?”
Ash was mildly grateful to the small knight for moving the topic away from what Ash suspected was a long standing argument between Derek and his summons.
As Derek opened his mouth to continue explain what exactly it was his powers let him do, a short boy raced around the corner and into the room. His expression was one of panic as he glanced at the two boys and knight.
“Guys, we are in so much shit right now!”
Ash and Derek exchanged glances in case either of the other knew what the new guy meant.
“What do you mean young man? Is there some kind of emergency? A fire perhaps?” It was Marvin who addressed the panicked boy, puzzlement in his voice that matched what the boys felt.
“I wish. The Assembly’s starting in thirty minutes!”
“We know,” Said Ash. “It can’t take too long to work out where it is though?”
“Didn’t you check the schedule? It’s not here, its being held on the girl’s campus!”
Ash felt the blood drain from his face as the new boy’s words hit home. He leapt up from the bed and began to frantically grab his bag and shoes.
“Wait, why is that a problem? Isn’t the girls campus supposed to be really close by or something?” Derek asked confusedly.
“Yeah it is, but you’re forgetting one crucial thing.” Ash began tying his shoelaces at what could only be described as a break neck pace.
“What’s that?” Derek asked, worry beginning to cloud his face.
“The girls and boys campuses are over 10 miles long. Each!”
Finally panic washed over Derek’s features and he began grabbing his own stuff.
“Shit.” Sighed Marvin, and all three boys echoed the sentiment wholeheartedly as they ran for the stairs.
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Diane May 10, 2016 at 2:21 pm
I was confused at first, I didn’t realize there was a boys and girls campus, maybe I missed it in the Prologue. Here is this chapter’s typos:
Within a few seconds the scanner bleep twice
Within a few seconds the scanner bleeped twice
American HCP’s don’t begin till university
American HCP’s don’t begin ’til university
(’til is short for until, till is either the verb for working up the soil for a garden, or (noun) a cash register)
You used it several times, I’d do a search and replace to fix it (but not a replace all, it’ll change every “still” to “s’til”)
Whilst America produce many respectable and powerful Heroes
Whilst America produced many respectable and powerful Heroes (or)
Whilst America produces many respectable and powerful Heroes
“But what about other countries stealing you’re training secrets?”
“But what about other countries stealing your training secrets?”
towards the doorway to see Derek renter the room.
towards the doorway to see Derek re-enter the room.
“What’s you’re power?”
“What’s your power?”
He’d heard of Supers whose powers we’re just different enough
He knew some summons could talk, some had a semblance of intelligence that helped them fight independently of their masters orders,
“We know,” Said Ash. “Can’t too long to work out where it is though?”
Something’s wrong with this exchange, I’m not sure what you wanted to say. I think you might want a “take” between “Can’t” and “too”, but I’m not sure.
BeamMeUpScotty May 19, 2016 at 6:57 am
Great chapter. I liked how you explained the differences in the story setting between US and UK.
One suggestion though. Its a colloquial thing. In the scene where Kris and Anya are talking Kris says “American HCPs don’t begin ’til university”. I would change “university” to “college”. Americana don’t say they go to university. They say they go to college, even if they are attending a university;but I think for the purpose of you scene “college” Americanizes it more which I think is your goal. Pretty sure Americanizes isn’t a word but you get my drift.
BunnyLover Post author May 19, 2016 at 9:19 am
I’ve been worrying about emphasising the language differences between Brits, Americans and Australians. College over here is where you go before University, but I think you’re right about changing that. Any other pointers would be welcome!
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Defense for a Free Society
Column by Jim Davies, posted on April 28, 2004
The Iraq fiasco is providing a powerful validation of our Libertarian theory about how a free society would best be defended.
That's not of course to say that Iraq is in any sense a free society. Nor it is to disrespect the hundreds of Americans who have been killed there, nor to pass judgment on who, there, are the good guys and bad guys--an extraordinarily difficult task. Nor in particular does it suggest that the Iraqi resistors who are killing in the hope of becoming rulers (whether remnants of Saddam's National Socialist regime or members of some power-hungry Islamic group) are in any way to be compared to "freedom fighters"--except one. That one is, that they are giving the occupying army one helluva lot of trouble.
Statist Theory conventional doctrine holds that even if a government is needed for little else, there must be one for defense. America's founders certainly held that view. This statist notion holds that collectivism works for this most fundamental need of a society--despite its total failure to work for other needs such as food, water, clothing, shelter, transportation, education or the distribution of wealth. And every bloody page of the history books records how badly collectivism works for defense too. We knew that in theory before March 2003--and could have supported the view with plenty of evidence.
But now, we have a whole new chapter of confirmation. The Iraqi government provided a classic example of collective defense. A tight chain of command, run by strong-man Saddam; a large army, equipped by an impressive array of modern arms and technology. Yet in 1991 it was whipped in 100 hours, and in 2003 it was overrun in three weeks. Bush has been ridiculed for announcing "Mission Accomplished" last May--but he was not wrong: The mission of removing that vicious government had, indeed, been accomplished. The job was done even faster than Hitler was able to demolish the French one in 1940.
So collectivized defense does not work; or at the very least, it is fatally unreliable--it works no more than 50% of the time. And in the fall of Saddam, we have added proof. In its place we now see a living if highly imperfect example of Libertarian Theory--that is, of resistance to an occupying force by a large number of disparate groups operating from within a civilian population. In libertarian theory, that is very close to how a free society would be defended--with entirely different motives, of course. Much more: That theory holds (for example here under "Defense") that all potential aggressors, seeing the way that most members in their target, free society are well armed and determined not to be ruled, will count the cost of invasion too large relative to any loot that victory might yield, and seek a softer target. That therefore, there would never be any actual need to shoot his occupying soldiers in the back, sabotage their convoys or bring down his helicopters.
Now, prior to the Bush invasion of Iraq such resistance was not expected. The published view was that the invading soldiers would be greeted by flowers. Perhaps the Bushies knew a bit better than that, but it seems very unlikely that they would have invaded with full expectation that resistance would increase through the critical pre-election months of 2004. Not surprising; Saddam did not advertise that he would fold up and distribute his machine guns, land mines and RPGs to any fanatic who cared to take them home.
But a free society would advertise, in advance, exactly that kind of intention to resist. Just as the collapse of collectivized Iraqi defense mocks conventional theory, so the success of the highly decentralized resistance has confirmed the effectiveness of the "hedgehog" or anarchist alternative, regardless of the eventual outcome. Will it succeed overall? We have yet to see, of course, but it's clearly possible that the cost of occupation will continue to increase and that US voters will replace Bush with Kerry who, to win office, will promise to extract US forces from an unwinnable war. That will hardly benefit the longsuffering people of Iraq, who want only to enjoy life and raise their families and earn a living, for as noted the alternative to US rule is rule by either resurgent Nazis or by religious bigots stuck in the 14th Century; but it would add yet further proof to my point.
My own best guess is that the resistance will fail, because the invasion was not merely a Republican adventure but a combined Rep-Dem decision, to extend the American Empire, to de-fund and crush Islamic resistance, to secure a stable flow of mid-East oil, and to make safe and permanent the State of Israel (and just possibly, to set Saint George W on a white horse in triumph at Armageddon; as if he, too, has a mind stuck in the 14th Century.) Even if elected Kerry will not, IMHO, be allowed to disrupt that grand strategic plan. What that will mean in terms of ongoing conflict, life and morale in the US military, and ongoing terror attacks in the homeland, may be the story of the rest of this decade and perhaps beyond.
Columns on STR: 243
Jim Davies is a retired businessman in New Hampshire who led the development of an on-line school of liberty in 2006, and who wrote A Vision of Liberty" , "Transition to Liberty" and, in 2010, "Denial of Liberty" and "To FREEDOM from Fascism, America!" He started The Zero Government Blog in the same year.
In 2012 Jim launched http://TinyURL.com/QuitGov , to help lead government workers to an honest life.
In 2013 he wrote his fifth book, a concise and rational introduction to the Christian religion called "Which Church (if any)?" and in 2016, an unraveling of the great paradox of "income tax law" with "How Government Silenced Irwin Schiff."
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[FTL RP, WE'RE BACK, REBOOTED!] The Rogue Cadets
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Re: [FTL RP, WE'RE BACK, REBOOTED!] The Rogue Cadets
Postby Jumbocarrot0 » Fri Jul 06, 2018 12:31 am
The voice of a teenage girl ran through the halls, talking about the Lanius. “Hang on.” Sediment muttered. He walked passed the Lanius and saw Kyrie and Lux. “Oh, hello. I did not notice you two.” He then noticed Jake with a rebel and a creature. Sediment wondered what the rebel was doing on this ship, and what this creature was. He stayed silent while Jake and the creature explained themselves.
King decided to ditch the communicator, decided there was no point in waiting for working signals while these creatures could get him. The engi wandered around for a while, before stumbling into the helm. “Hello?” King called out, hoping for a reply. None. He walked up to the captain’s chair he turned it around, only to find Kira slumped on the chair. She was very dim, unlike what any zoltan should look. “Kira?” King worringly said. The zoltan moaned, clearly unable to move. The communicator in the helm picked up a frequency.
“Death to all demons that roam our space.” The strange voice echoed throuh the comms. King was terrified.
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Postby Chickengames » Fri Jul 06, 2018 5:40 pm
Hearing the broadcast of impending doom from the speaker wasn’t doing much to improve Kyrie’s opinion of the new creatures. “It sounds like communications are working again. Can you just tell your friends that we’re not demons?”
Postby Jumbocarrot0 » Sat Jul 07, 2018 8:24 am
“So now the remnants of a whole Civilization think we’re demons and are trying to kill us, with no way to call them off?” He then turned towards the Lanius quivering in the halls, still muttering about rebels, being captured and the such. He turned back to the rebel cadet. “Hey, umm, weird question here. Have the rebelion ever taken any Lanius for whatever reason? It seems that we have a lanius intruder in our midst that is saying he has been captured by the Rebelion over and over again.”
Meanwhile, in the Mutare’s medbay
“Hold on!” One of the creatures called out. “We can’t trust this demon, its trying to trick us!”
“He has a point.” Another creature agreed.
“I’m not a demom. I am friendly.” Grom reassured.
“You’re just tricking us into believing you’re not a demon.” Grom sighed, clearly these creatures were a bit stubborn.
“Look, what evidence is there that I am a demon?”
“You destroyed our home!” One creature responded.
“That was not intentional!” Grom reassured again.
“LIAR!” One creature shouted. “Get the demon!”
Grom ran out as fast as she could (which for a rockman is not fast enough.) She quickly ran into Luxanna, Kyrie and the others. “Those creatures are coming, and they think we’re demons!” Grom warned, the creatures mere moments behind her.
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Postby Whiskey » Sat Jul 07, 2018 8:09 pm
Dahl was startled as the Rockman ran past and then the creatures. (Dahl is sitting close to the door where Grom ran through) The two creatures saw Dahl first, but before they could do anything else Dahl suddenly had a panicked reaction, flash freezing one of the creatures solid and freezing one of the other ones hand. The creature cried out in pain and ran off into the hallway where they had come from, the other one was a figure in solid ice. Dahl held his weapon in one hand and rested the other one on his knee, he had a look of shock on his face. (As shocked as a lanius could look)
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Postby stylesrj » Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:06 am
"To be fair Kyrie, it'd be very hard to stop a war if you're just a soldier on the frontline" Lux said to her friend just as a Rockman moved quickly into the area with a speed that made her think the room was on fire.
Seeing the creatures behind the Rock though made her raise her blaster although it was probably a futile gesture considering their speed.
They're probably going to think we've captured their fellow soldier, she thought to herself.
Eden suddenly found her ship's bridge even more crowded as another creature burst through the doors. It looked different to the slime monster she was currently facing.
The newcomer looked at the beast and cried out in horror, immediately lunging at it and passing right through its gelatinous body. "What is this thing?" the beast cried out as he recovered and lunged again, slamming into the wall next to Eden.
"I take it's not a friend of yours either?" the pirate asked, pointing her blaster at the beast.
"So you demons didn't create it then?" it replied, leaping back up.
It could be a hologram, Eden mused to herself, but even a blaster can disrupt those...
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Postby Jumbocarrot0 » Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:39 am
The creatures were frightened at the sight of one of their own being frozen at the shot of a blaster.
"The demons are armed!" One of them exclaimed, "We can't take them on like this, fall back!" The creatures ran away. Grom was relieved, until she turned around and saw another one with Jake.
"There's another one!" The rockman stated. The creature calmly explained how it was friendly and knew that the universe wasn't overrun with demons. This calmed Grom down. "Okay, good. Do you think you'll be able to explain that to your friends." Grom looked back to sight the frozen creature, a look of terror on its face, and the Lanius who fired the gun, with a similar look on his face.
Meanwhile, on a rebel ship...
"You... tricking me." The creature was unconvinced by the rebel general's claim.
The General tried again to convince it, "I am not tricking you. The rebellion aims to bring happiness to all."
"You... war?"
"We are at war, against the vile United Federation. They are evil and corrupt, and want nothing but money."
"... You good... government bad?" The creature summed up what the general said. The general smirked at he saw the potential for a new ally to the rebellion.
Postby Chickengames » Wed Jul 18, 2018 1:16 am
Grom had run around the corner followed by several of the aliens, one of which was quickly frozen. Kyrie turned urgently to the others: "Jake, I don't think we have much time to stand around and talk anymore. They're going to come back with more, and probably armed. We need to either get out of here or prepare to fight."
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Postby JakeCollins » Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:04 pm
Jake turned to the wounded creature before him.
"Is there any way we can make peace with you and your people?"
"You destroyed our entire universe. I doubt there is anything you could do."
Jake heard the wet thuds of creatures approaching. "Wait!" He screeched into the darkness from where the sound was coming from. "We'll give you a ship. There are only a few hundred of you. A fleet of ships will suffice. We can go our separate ways. I can't begin to understand having my home destroyed... but maybe looking forward is the next best thing! Maybe, you can find your own corner of the galaxy. No one will bother you. It's going to be hard, but maybe... maybe it's better. If you kill us, you get three ships and maybe some rebel ones. If you don't we can negotiate to get you hundreds of ships."
The approaching footsteps stopped. They were thinking.
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Re: [FTL RP, WE'RE BACK, REBOOTED!] The Rogue Cadet
Postby Jumbocarrot0 » Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:42 am
“Take it from me.” Sediment added, “As someone who has believed the lies of my superiors, and has believed for the majority of my life that these people, now my friends, were world-destroying, war-mongering racists bent on destroying my people, we are negotiable, reasonable, and have no intention of destroying you.
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Talk:Chidley Row Fire Crew
1 Hi!
2 Mornington Barricade Policy
3 OBR Alliance
4 Are We Active?
5 GSGM 2010
6 Rose District NT
7 GSGM 10 No.2
9 Great Suburb Group Massacre 2013
Awesome work getting started, really like the pic; Capt'n Midnight doesn't have his own sig, so now you know who I really am...LOL. Hope you don't mind if I did a little code tweaking & added some info, Thanks--Capt'n Midnight 20:02, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
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Mornington Barricade Policy
It seems there is an issue with barricades in Mornington. Please discuss barricade levels with all of the groups in the area so a friendly consensus can be reached and we can all work to maintain barricades at levels we all agree upon. --Maverick Talk - OBR 404 07:53, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
OBR Alliance
Caught your broadcast on the district radio frequency over the last few days and you folks seem geniunely interesting in hanging around and helping out, so wondering if you would like an official alliance with the Order of the Black Rose. You may respond here or on our talk page and we'll get the message. --Maverick Talk - OBR 404 07:40, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! I'll let Armen & Abel know...I don't foresee any objection, I don't have any. Further, I think it would be a good idea--Capt'n Midnight 08:47, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
Confirmed. The Chidley Row Fire Crew now has a Non-Aggression Pact with the Order of the Black Rose. If you folks are still going strong in a few months, we can talk about moving you up to a Support Accord. See you around! --Maverick Talk - OBR 404 21:30, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Maverick asked me to contact you all and see if there was anything you'd like to see changed in the burb. Let me know here or come on over to our forums, at http://orderoftheblackroseud.freeforums.org/index.php DianaWarrenUD 07:08, 21 October 2010 (BST)
Are We Active?
Yes!!--Capt'n Midnight00:21, 25 September 2012 (BST)
GSGM 2010
Group Confirmed.
This group was confirmed active. Thank you for your reply.
Seems strange putting this here considering the above header... --Maverick Talk - OBR 404 07:56, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Damn Skippy! Yes, we are active. --Capt'n Midnight 12:41, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Good to hear! --Maverick Talk - OBR 404 08:42, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
We WILL remain active! We may give an inch here and there. But we ENDURE! And ALWAYS take back "WHAT BELONGS TO US!" --Armen Hammer 09:34, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Rose District NT
Got your message. Last I knew, the Merson NT was up and running (for now), as is the NT in Molebank on the border with Reganbank to your north. Easiest way to check the status of things like that is by using the OBR Watch List--all that info in one handy place, sorted by suburb. We also updated our alliance listings and promoted you folks to a "Support Accord", so you might want to check that out as well. --Maverick Talk - OBR 404 10:12, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
GSGM 10 No.2
Group Inactive?
No reply has been recieved as to whether this group is still active. The 14 days have passed and as such the groups link has been removed from suburb listings. If the group is again active please feel free to revert these changes
-Dezonus- (talk) (DI:MD) (Like me to become a Sysop?) 04:06, 19 September 2010 (BST)
No Reply recieved, Removing from the list -Dezonus- (talk) (DI:MD) (Like me to become a Sysop?) 04:06, 3 October 2010 (BST)
-- Spiderzed▋ 23:17, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
No reply within 14 days. -- Spiderzed▋ 14:09, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Have been back up and running for quite a while now--Capt'n Midnight 14:10, 18 August 2011 (BST)
Great Suburb Group Massacre 2013
G'day! I'm a volunteer helping to do some janitorial work on the suburb pages of the wiki. As part of that, we're double-checking in which suburbs each group is active. Currently, you're listed as being in Morington. If you would like to continue being listed, then please respond within the next month with a list of every suburb where you are currently active. If we don't hear back from you or we can't get the information we need, we'll be removing you from the lists, but you're welcome to re-add yourself later. If you have any questions, feel free to visit our informational page. Thanks. -- ! 21:24, 21 October 2013 (BST)
Because your group hasn't responded within a month, your suburb and radio listings have been removed. Feel free to relist your group. Bob Moncrief EBD•W! 01:49, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
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He is also Fount of Honour to the [[Peerage of Auresia | aristocracy]], and master of the [[Government of Auresia | Imperial Curia]] and the [[Military of Auresia | Imperial Armed Forces]].
In formal address, or in formal print, the Emperor's full style is ''His Most Excellent and Discerning Sovereign Imperial Majesty Cephorus IV of the House of Alexandros, by the Grace of Vind the Highest, Sixty-Fifth Dynast Sovereign of the Auresians and their Colonies and Dominions, [[Wayfinder | Wayfinder of the Great Plan]], [[Nine Shrines of Auresia | Custodian of the Nine Sacred Shrines]], Principal of the Auresian Congregations, Custodian of the Nine Sacred Shrines, High King of Arginium, Father of the Nation, Fount of Law and Justice, and Protector of the People.''
In formal address, or in formal print, the Emperor's full style is ''His Most Excellent and Discerning Sovereign Imperial Majesty Cephorus IV of the House of Alexandros, by the Grace of Vind the Highest, Sixty-Fifth Dynast Sovereign of the Auresians and their Colonies and Dominions, [[Wayfinder | Wayfinder of the Great Plan]], [[Nine Shrines of Auresia | Custodian of the Nine Sacred Shrines]], Principal of the Auresian Congregations, High King of Arginium, Father of the Nation, Fount of Law and Justice, and Protector of the People.''
When signing his name, the Dynast Emperor maintains the ancient tradition of his predecessors. As such, any document bearing his signature reads "''Cephorus R & I''", which means "''Cephorus Rex et Imperatore''" or "Cephorus, King and Emperor".
Dynast Emperor of the Auresians
High King of Arginium
Photograph, 7579
Dynast Sovereign LXV
Tenure 18 April 7567 - present
Born 4 March 7537
Epoxague Palace, Epoxague, Auresia
Spouse HIM Empress Orosea (m. 7555)
Issue Faykan Constantino (s)
Elrood Cosimo (s)
Calo Amadeus (s)(twin)
Galdo Gianpetro (s)(twin)
Octa Supernia (d)
Vala Pellicia (d)
Full Name Cephorus Maximiliano Rex Alexandros
House Alexandros
Father HIH PI Margani Cosandrus
Mother HIH PI Eddara Lenora
Religion Lazarian Orkanan
Cephorus IV - properly Cephorus Maximiliano Rex Lord Alexandros LL.M. or Cephorus R & I - is the reigning Dynast Emperor of the Auresians since the death of his grandfather Emshandar III, in April 7567. He is the Sixty-Fifth Dynast Sovereign, and a member of the House of Alexandros, the VI Dynasty of the Imperial House. He is similarly the leader of the Imperial House.
As Dynast Emperor, he is the master of three chivalrous orders, four service orders, and three military orders. He is also Fount of Honour to the aristocracy, and master of the Imperial Curia and the Imperial Armed Forces.
In formal address, or in formal print, the Emperor's full style is His Most Excellent and Discerning Sovereign Imperial Majesty Cephorus IV of the House of Alexandros, by the Grace of Vind the Highest, Sixty-Fifth Dynast Sovereign of the Auresians and their Colonies and Dominions, Wayfinder of the Great Plan, Custodian of the Nine Sacred Shrines, Principal of the Auresian Congregations, High King of Arginium, Father of the Nation, Fount of Law and Justice, and Protector of the People.
When signing his name, the Dynast Emperor maintains the ancient tradition of his predecessors. As such, any document bearing his signature reads "Cephorus R & I", which means "Cephorus Rex et Imperatore" or "Cephorus, King and Emperor".
1.2 Education
1.3 Military Service
1.4 Succession
2 Dynast Emperor LXV
3 Public Image
4 Private Life
5 Modes of Address
6 Awards & Decorations
6.1 Civilian
6.2 Military
7 Memberships
Cephorus Maximiliano Alexandros, to become the fourth Emperor so named, was born at precisely 0117 hours on 4 March 7537. His father is Prince Imperial Margani Cosandrus, third of the five children of then-Emperor Emshandar III. His mother is Princess Imperial Eddara Lenora, neé Sardi, the youngest daughter of Filipe Sardi, a respected provincial noble. Cephorus inherited his lithe, wiry build and looks, and his intense brown eyes from his father and grandfather, and his raven hair from his mother.
Upon reaching the age of five, Cephorus entered the Veneratio Scientia where he would take up the training of a young aristocrat being molded for the Imperial throne. For the next ten years, he would study elocution, music, deportment, jurisprudence, literature, equitation, poetry, history, geography, constitutional law, theology, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics and philosophy, to name a few courses. He also studied the advanced disciplines of inheritance science, and other topics from the Eldritch Masters. He was marked virtually from birth to be the next Emperor, and thus studied anything and everything an Emperor would need.
Cephorus received "O" levels in his final examinations and graduated with the highest grade point of his class. He earned a coveted Scarlet Letter for his performance in philosophy and legal theory. He was present in 7550 for the wedding of his elder cousin Avrona Lassinia to the Prince Marius of Anisora. He was 13 at the time.
After departure from the Veneratio, Cephorus attended Graziani College at the University of Gaaze in 7554 and 7555. His focus was law, specifically criminal law. He achieved an associate certification in law in August 7555. During his time here, he took his final form of training in Via Vesica - Way of the Blade - a blade-fighting tradition exclusive to the aristocrats of Auresia. He continued working on his law degree in the latter part of 7555, completing additional studies in August 7557 and earning his baccalaureus degree. He was admitted to the bar in November of the same year. He would again seek to further his law studies after departure from military service, and would ultimately earn his Professor of Laws (LL.M.) in early 7568.
Cephorus joined the Imperial Armed Forces in September of 7555 and completed his general training in November 7555. He immediately thereafter attended the Imperial War College in Bellucente and completed courses in operations, leadership, weapons & tactics, intelligence and numerous other interests required of Imperial officers between December of 7555 and December 7556.
The future Emperor would serve as an officer between September 7555 and October 7565. He would see action in numerous engagements during the final years of the Returner War, in which he would earn the scars and accolades that would help propel him onto the Imperial throne. He led troops in numerous major engagements, most notably in the last massive assault on the Lavean Union in the Battle of Orensus Mons. His most serious injuries came at Orensus Mons, where he was being severely wounded by an explosive device. The blast and shrapnel inflicted a concussion and countless shrapnel wounds, and he had both legs badly broken from the force of being knocked by the blast and lost a great deal of blood. He would end up requiring three surgeries and nearly four months of recovery before being cleared for field duty once more. He would spend part of the last year of the war in rehabilitation for his injuries, but would go on to further service afterward. He last major command before departing service was to lead troops in the suppression of the Rundeen pirates that had set their plundering sights on Port Nerezenti, the port for the colony of Tang Mo.
He departed active duty with the rank of field marshal.
In mid-7565, a young Prince Imperial Cephorus Alexandros was summoned home by his grandfather after the Rundeen were crushed. He would return to learn his uncle Aulus, the eldest of Emshandar’s children and heir apparent, taken a turn for the worst health-wise. What had originally been a minor bout of pneumonia had worsened and threatened to claim his life. The surgeons assured the Emperor they would do their best, and that with rest and care, he may make a full recovery. The prognosis of the surgeons was tragically optimistic, however, as Cephorus' uncle died in November of 7565 at the age of 57.
The issue of succession in the face of Aulus' death was further complicated when his father, Prince Imperial Margani, suffered a heart attack less than a month before the death of Emshandar himself. The prince imperial was still in hospital when Emshandar died, and he felt that given his tenuous condition, he could not discharge the duties of the Crown. While by law and tradition the next in line to succeed, Margani did not wish to unintentionally cause a potential constitutional crisis by ascending the throne during a period of ill health and uncertainty with regard to his own well-being. Thus, acting on the advice of his surgeon and the counsel of then-First Minister Vittorio Todesco, Margani formally abdicated his position as heir apparent on 12 April 7567, in favor of his eldest son. He communicated his intent to abdicate to the Privy Council via letter that morning. Cephorus himself was notified of this in private by his father that same afternoon, and formally the next morning by a personal visit from Lord Paramount Talon Durla. Cephorus’ status as crown prince is said to have been the shortest such tenure in Auresian history, lasting only five days. He was at Epoxague when his grandfather passed away, and it was there the following day - 11 April - that the ministers of the Curia, as well as the top military commanders, came to kiss hands.
Ultimately, another six months would pass before Margani was released by his surgeon, though he was released from hospital in time to see his son's coronation. When asked, in passing, on one occasion upon the celebration of his son's tenth year on the Golden Lion Throne, if he regretted his decision, Margani was quoted as saying, "Absolutely not. Yes, I know my opportunity has gone, but I see in my son's youth and energy a confidence that the Scarlet Dynasty will endure for many years yet to come. He has already proven he is a firm and stable leader, and the Empire does well under his guidance. And I couldn't be prouder of him."
Dynast Emperor LXV
"A Jendo'a without war is like an airship without sky..."
Speech discussing his Janessari heritage, Imperial Institute, 7571.
After becoming the Sixty-Fifth Dynast Emperor of Auresia, Cephorus IV was initially described as "a young soldier-statesman who will face considerable opportunities, and considerable challenges - not just for the Empire, and not just Anaria, but around the world wherever Auresia has interests."
In spite of his traditional distance from all but his inner circle of advisors and friends, he has built a reputation for being amicable and approachable by those who do so with respect but without hesitation. Alternatively, however, he is known for being a man who is not to be pushed, and will not tolerate open insolence or gross negligence and incompetence. He is said to be hard-willed and gifted of an unnerving calm that will belie even his anger, often to the detriment of those he is angry with. Similarly, his tolerance for people standing up to him only goes so far, and he can act harshly if and when he feels the need to do so without preamble. He prefers those who think and act decisively and his Council reflects this.
Legendary among his earliest statements on his expectations for efficiency and thoroughness was the quote, "If I let everyone I thought was an idiot die, there wouldn't be many people left...".
Cephorus is a towering 6'7" (2.006 m) tall, with a wiry and hard muscled build. His raven black hair and piercing deep brown eyes are the hallmarks of his lineage, as is his sleek and aquiline figure. Year-round he maintains his beard, though he keeps it clean and short. He is always clean cut and dresses in double-breasted suits, in either slate gray, pale gray or black, made by Rielle Brothers of Cedephia. The trademark of his wardrobe are his ties and handkerchiefs, made of fine watered silk from Iconium, which are vibrant red, orange, yellow, green or even pink. He has a deep, cultured and very calm voice, described as a subtle purr in its soft sibilance. The tone may lilt slightly to a cat-like nuance of bemusement, a throaty purr of sinister but restrained anger, or a low growl of simmering rage. Those who are around him regularly warn their subordinates to watch his voice tones, as they are often the only real hint of what he is thinking or feeling of a situation. He can, however, hide even this nuance if he chooses. He's known for being unusually difficult to ruffle or raise to anger, is quiet and thoughtful, and demonstrates an impish streak of good humor frequently.
Known to be intensely driven, immensely patient and deeply rooted in an intellectualism long considered a hallmark of being an Alexandros, he is a man who is just as at home surrounded by the books of his study as he is with his family and close friends. Those who he considers his friends speak of his deep abiding affection and loyalty, and his willingness to stand up to people who speak ill of them. While he restrains most of his emotional displays, he will not hesitate to hug or offer a kiss to his wife or children, nor will he hesitate to embrace or clasp hands with his friends. He is a patron of classical Auresian opera and the classic masters of Auresian symphony and chamber musics, and is likewise a lover of the arts. He also enjoys big game hunting and goes on several trips annually. He enjoys the finest Auresian wines, but doesn't drink to excess and looks down on those who do. He does not smoke or partake of tobacco, but does not judge those who do so, only maintaining an unspoken rule that those who do don't make a mess.
The Dynast Emperor is known as a soldier-statesman, whose tough and practical military command style has translated to his dry, somewhat wry sense of humor and firm authority. He will become curt and cold with those who push his patience too far, and tolerates no disrespect or insolence, but he commonly will slide his snide jabs at those he is unhappy with in to whatever he is saying, and his manner is such he seldom has to call anyone out more than once for such an issue. There are very few people who are allowed to speak freely at all times with him, but those who are know and all others maintain restraint.
TECH - When imagining Emperor Cephorus speaking, use the voice of Agent Kallus, a character on the TV show Star Wars Rebels.
Cephorus has been married since 9 May 7555 to Orosea Florenzi, the eldest daughter of a respected Imperial diplomat who later served his grandfather as a Delegate General. They have four sons - Faykan Constantino, Elrood Cosimo, twins Calo Amadeus and Galdo Gianpietro; and two daughters, Octa Supernia and Vala Pellicia. Cephorus himself is the eldest of four children, with three brothers younger than him.
His eldest younger sibling - Prince Imperial Emthoro Oreyn, is formally the Duke of Ascoranto, a traditional holding of the Imperial Family and always granted to the eldest junior sibling of the reigning monarch. He is also currently a field marshal and member of the General Staff of Military High Command.
His next younger brother, Prince Imperial Jerec Halaster, is the Duke of Galona, another hereditary holding of the Imperial Family. He is an admiral of the fleet and member of the General Staff of Military High Command.
His youngest brother, and youngest sibling, Prince Imperial Soontir Marcai , is the Duke of Casolerno, the third hereditary holding of the Imperial Family. He holds the rank of field marshal in the Military and is Chief of the Defence Intelligence Service.
Cephorus also has three grandchildren, all boys - Torian Luciano, born 15 February 7578; and Cassus Bartolomeo, born 6 April 7579, by his son Faykan and daughter-in-law Juliana; and Garon Federico, born 10 May 7579, by his son Elrood and daughter-in-law Sofia Gabriella.
His paternal grandmother Aquiala Alexandros, widow of the late Emshandar III, is Dowager Empress of Auresia. She resides at Veneziano Palace in Cedelphia, and also maintains a set of rooms at Cephorus' private estate at Epoxague. She is a regular fixture in the Court of Elestis. She continues to be highly active with numerous philanthropic interests, and is leading the international humanitarian organization supported by the Imperial Curia known as SAFE.
Family of Cephorus IV
Aquiala Lucrezia, Dowager Empress (paternal grandmother)
Margani Cosandrus, Prince Imperial (father)
Eddara Lenora, Princess Imperial (mother)
Emthoro Oreyn, Prince Imperial (brother)
Jerec Halaster, Prince Imperial (brother)
Soontir Marcai, Prince Imperial (brother)
Orosea Eshiala, Empress Consort (wife)
Faykan Constantino, Prince Imperial (son)
Elrood Cosimo, Prince Imperial (son)
Calo Amadeus, Prince Imperial (son)
Galdo Gianpetro, Prince Imperial (son)
Octa Supernia, Princess Imperial (daughter)
Vala Pellicia, Princess Imperial (daughter)
Modes of Address
There are several accepted forms of address when in conversation with the Emperor. As Emperor, he and his wife are the only two royalty in Auresia who can be referred to as "Your Majesty", with the only exception being his grandmother, Dowager Empress Aquiala.
Your Sovereign Majesty
Your Imperial Majesty
Your Grace
To any of Janessari blood and according rank - a close friend, trusted associate or Dynast accorded the requisite permission, he can be addressed as Jende'ade - literally "Lord Jendo" as the leader of that sub-culture of the Imperial nobility. To any other Janessari, he is Jende'alor.
In address to him personally, any Auresian can address him as Pater Patriae - Father of the Nation - as representative of his place as Dynast Sovereign.
Any bureaucratic official or member of his personal staff - i.e. the Privy Secretariat - addresses him simply as Pater - Father - as is representative of his supremacy over the government and the Emperor's tradition of being the "father" who watches and guides the nation's leadership.
Any military officer can address him as Imperatore - Supreme Commander - as representative of his authority over all military entities within the Realm.
Legum Magister - Professor of Law, Graziani College, University of Gaaze
Scarlet Letter, Veneratio Scientia
Valedictorian, Veneratio Scientia
Extra Knight, Order of the Fauglia (Anisora)
Master, Order of Exemplar Depellorrion (Anisora)
Order of the Golden Legion
Order of the Templar's Cross
Order of the Scarlet Sash
Phalera I (3x)
Phalera II (2x)
Phalera III (1x)
Phalera IV (1x)
Master Marksman Badge
Weapons Master's Badge
Ten Year Service Badge
Auresian Bar Association
Auresian Veterans League
Knights of Lumini
He stands 6' 7" tall. He is three inches taller than his father and all of his younger brothers. He is one foot, four inches taller than both his wife and his mother.
His blood type is O+.
Many of his family call him "Seffie", and his brothers like to call him "Grande Gatto" - "Big Cat".
He learned to play the piano as a boy, and makes a point to play at least two or three times a week.
His preferred hobbies are chess, reading books, enjoying Classical music, hunting, writing, and researching various topics that interest him.
He can fluently speak, read and write nine languages.
Of the fifty-two Dynast Sovereigns it would have applied to, he is one of only seven to ever rise to the rank of field marshal.
He is a member of the Janessari elite known as the Death Watch.
History & Traditions HM The Dynast Emperor, List of Dynast Sovereigns, The Doom Bell
Living Members HM TDE Cephorus IV, HIH PI Emthoro, HIH PI Jerec, HIH PI Soontir, HIH PI Faykan, HIH PI Elrood, HIH PI Margani, HIH PI Eddara, HM ED Aquiala
Deceased Members Cephorus Maximus, Wensicia Maxima, Emthoro IV, Willem II, Emshandar III
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An Immigration Opportunity Lost: USCIS Stiffens on Job Flexibility
by Angelo Paparelli, Past ABIL President
[Blogger’s Note: This post is submitted as a necessarily-lengthy formal comment to the November 20, 2015 draft guidance of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, PM-602-0122, interpreting the phrase, “the same or [a] similar occupational classification” as used in the “increased job flexibility” provisions of Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) §§ 204(j) and 212(a)(5)(A)(iv). This comment incorporates by reference the content of all hyperlinked words and phrases below. [By email: ope.feedback@uscis.dhs.gov
[Attention: Hon. León Rodriguez, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[SUBJECT: Comment of Angelo A. Paparelli to Draft Policy Memorandum PM-602-0122, “Determining Whether a New Job is in ‘the Same or a Similar Occupational Classification’ for Purposes of Job Portability, Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) §§ 204(j) and 212(a)(5)(A)(iv), ” as provided in Public Law 106-313, the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act (AC21).]
An Immigration Opportunity Lost:
USCIS Stiffens on Job Flexibility
A frisson of fear coursed through me when I learned that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would issue new policy guidance on “job flexibility” — the statutory right of some long-patient green card applicants to change jobs or careers within the same or a similar occupational classification. Congress introduced this limber possibility in the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act (AC21), S.2045 , at a time when the legacy agency, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), still held sway over immigration-benefits decisions.
The better way — APA Notice-and-Comment Rulemaking. In lieu of USCIS policy guidance, my strong preference would have been that the successor immigration agency pursue notice-and-comment rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). I worried that the more relaxed exercise of issuing draft policy guidance and inviting public comments would become yet another sad episode in the continuing manifestation, particularly in the last ten years, of America’s new form of extra-constitutional government, the Administrative State. Increasingly, the Administrative State — a form of government by bureaucracy “under which [federal] administrative agencies are able to push policy toward their preferences rather than being wholly faithful to their legislative principals” — has become the unwelcome default mode of lawmaking and governance in this era of Congressional impasse.
The Road to Good Intentions. As USCIS forecasted in November 2014 (Item 4 in its list), the forthcoming interpretation would “[p]rovide clarity on adjustment [of status] portability [in order] to remove unnecessary restrictions on natural career progression and general job mobility [and] provide relief to workers facing lengthy adjustment delays.” (Emphasis added.) Despite these soothing words, I foresaw that an admittedly informal “flexibility” practice that had worked reasonably well under a generally relaxed interpretation announced in a series of five agency advisories, e.g., here and here, would ossify in the hands of the current crop of policy formulators at USCIS’s headquarters. Unfortunately, these fears have come home to roost. As this blog post and comment will show, the November 20, 2015 draft guidance, PM-602-0122, is as stiff and lacking in vitality as a corpse in rigor mortis.
The Pre-AC21 Status Quo. When Congress enacted AC21, it added two provisions promoting “job flexibility” for long-delayed adjustment of status (green card) applicants. In doing so, the House and Senate tipped their hats to Buddha’s fundamental Law of Impermanence, the precept that, over time, stuff happens. In other words, as William Gladstone, the noted British statesman, reportedly said, “justice delayed is justice denied.”
Congress knew when it passed AC21 that INS decisions on employment-based applications for adjustment of status, the benefit of gaining green card status while in the U.S., were taking far too long. In a predecessor bill to AC21, the “Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2000” (S. 2586), Senator Dianne Feinstein, its lead author, along with several other senators, acknowledged what immigration stakeholders of the era had long known:
[Section 2](a) Findings.–Congress makes the following findings:
(3) The processing times in the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s other immigration benefits [cases, i.e., other than naturalization applications] have been unacceptably long. Applicants for family- and employment-based visas are waiting as long as 3 to 4 years to obtain a visa or an adjustment to lawful permanent resident status.
(4) In California, the delays in processing adjustment of status applications have averaged 52 months. In Texas, the delays have averaged 69 months. Residents of New York have had to wait up to 28 months; in Florida, 26 months; in Illinois, 37 months; in Oregon, 31 months; and in Arizona, 49 months. Most other States have experienced unacceptably long processing and adjudication delays. (Emphasis added.)
Clearly, Congress recognized when including in AC21 a “Title II” (also entitled, the “Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2000”) that agency processing delays were forcing indentured adjustment applicants to wait years longer than the targeted 180-day period in the new law’s job-portability provisions:
[Sec. 202](b) POLICY.--It is the sense of Congress that the processing of an immigration benefit application should be completed not later than 180 days after the initial filing of the application, . . .
SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) BACKLOG.—The term ‘‘backlog’’ means, with respect to an immigration benefit application, the period of time in excess of 180 days that such application has been pending before the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(2) IMMIGRATION BENEFIT APPLICATION.—The term ‘‘immigration benefit application” [includes] any application . . . to . . . adjust . . . status . . . under the Immigration and Nationality Act. (Emphasis added.)
Thus, the 106th Congress that enacted AC21 clearly knew about inordinate green card delays when it provided “job flexibility” relief to beneficiaries whose adjustment of status applications had been “long pending” — meaning those remaining unadjudicated for more than 180 days. Thus, it allowed a worker (sponsored for a green card in any one of four employment-based immigrant visa preference categories) to change jobs or employers after the adjustment application had been pending more than six months. The only AC21 condition imposed, however, is that the new position must be in the “same or [a] similar occupational classification” as the one described in the employer’s labor certification application or immigrant visa petition.
Need for a Regulation. Undoubtedly, publishing a proposed USCIS regulation and allowing formal comment from stakeholders before finalizing the rule would be a welcome approach. To be sure, prior agency guidance left a few lingering ambiguities requiring clarification and did not establish procedures which could and should be formalized in the rulemaking process. For example, some adjustment applicants probably remained tethered unhappily to Employer #1 because they feared that USCIS might disagree about job similarity and refuse the long-awaited green card. Moreover, as I proposed in “‘Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow’: Musings on Adjustment of Status Portability” (Musings), Employer #2 gets a windfall, the hiring of an incipient permanent resident already granted open-market authorization pending the adjudication of the adjustment application. But Employer #2 might still lose if costly training which it provided is wasted or its project engagements are impaired by an adverse USCIS adjudication on the same-or-similar-job issue. Even worse, Employer #1 — the firm that did the heavy trudging through the red tape and suffered the time required to traverse trap-laden Department of Labor (DOL) and USCIS rules, incurring legal fees and other costs en route — becomes collateral damage in the war for talent as it loses the services of the the porting worker.
The Equitable Solution — Cell Mitosis. APA rulemaking could thus provide necessary equitable relief to all three deserving parties (the adjustment applicant and Employer #1 on the one hand, and Employer # 2 on the other) by adopting some variant of the “cell mitosis” theory I proposed in Musings.
Just as cells dividing through mitosis inherit cellular DNA, pipeline immigration benefits could likewise be “inherited.” If mitosis principles were to be applied, the porting employee and Employer #2 would win because their cellular “inheritance” endows green card status, and in an increasingly overheated labor market, the employment of an in-demand worker. But Employer #2 should not lose everything, given that the DOL’s test of U.S. worker unavailability for the position in question had already been passed. Instead, Employer #2 could “inherit” (a) the earlier “priority date,” the place in the immigrant visa waiting line, which Employer #1 had reserved for the departing worker, and (b) the right to petition for a comparably qualified non-citizen candidate to fill the same, now-vacant job and to help the new hire and his or her immediate relatives gain green cards through adjustment of status. Thus, subject to any waiting period in the green-card queue and the same numerical limits of the immigrant visa quota, the porting employee, his or her equally qualified substitute, and Employers #1 and #2, would ultimately gain salutary immigration benefits. Why? Because they earned them under AC21 and a flexible, job-flexibility final regulation — a rule well within USCIS’s regulatory authority to prescribe.
To those at USCIS or elsewhere who might argue that Employer #2’s “inheritance,” as I’ve described it, would contravene the DOL regulation, 20 CFR § 656.12(a), prohibiting the “offer [of an approved labor certification] for sale, barter or purchase by individuals or entities,” this blogging promoter of applying mitosis principles in the immigration ecosphere would respond that that horse has already left the barn. In practical effect, AC21’s portability provisions already refute the DOL notion, also espoused in § 656.12(a), that an approved labor certification is not “an article of commerce.” The statutory and commercially-valuable right of adjustment portability effectively permits Employer #2 to “purchase” (though a “same or similar” job offer accepted by the porting worker) the intangible proprietary right to employ the individual as long as s/he has secured the interim adjustment benefit of a USCIS-issued Employment Authorization Card or another form of work permit.
The Need for Transparency. An APA-compliant proposed rule would also make all stakeholder comments publicly accessible on Regulations.gov, and USCIS would be required to elucidate in writing its rationale for accepting some suggestions and eschewing others. This transparency is unlike the current USCIS practice which provides no access to public comments and no explanation of why stakeholder proposals to change draft guidance were accepted or rejected in the final policy. Regrettably, this behind-the-walls process of willful obscurantism is likely to apply to the finalized USCIS adjustment-portability policy once the comment period for the November 20, 2015 draft guidance (the Draft) expires on January 4, 2016.
What’s Wrong with the USCIS Draft Memorandum? As a partial remedy to the agency’s opaqueness in declining to publish stakeholder comments on job-flexibility, this blog lists several objections and suggest improvements to the Draft:
1. The Draft ignores AC-21’s legislative history of abhorrence to immigration case backlogs and the resulting need for job flexibility. As noted above, Congress clearly saw and tried to mitigate the interrelated problems of bureaucratic delays and the likelihood of changed circumstances. Delays in adjustment processing had grown unreasonably — up to as long as 69 months. To lessen the foreseeable risk that changed job circumstances would cause the loss of green-card eligibility, Congress enacted a law which — in the words of USCIS quoted above — would ” [(1)] provide clarity on adjustment [of status] portability[,] [(2)] remove unnecessary restrictions on natural career progression and general job mobility, [and] . . . [(3)] provide relief to workers facing lengthy adjustment delays.”
2. The Draft cherry-picks an especially strict definition of the word, “similar,” which AC21 left undefined. Although the USCIS cites Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd., 132 S. Ct. 1997, 2002-03 (2012), for the principle that “when a term goes undefined in a statute, an agency ordinarily should ‘give the term its ordinary meaning,'” its proffered Draft violates the “ordinary meaning” principle. The Draft opts for the online version of a British dictionary, the Oxford English Dictionary (OEM), publicly inaccessible except by paid subscription, which apparently defines “similar” as “having a marked resemblance or likeness.” USCIS also cites the second definition of “similar” in the American online dictionary, Merriam-Webster.com (MW), to mean “alike in substance or essentials” — a definition clearly less restrictive than the OEM‘s “marked resemblance” formulation. The Draft does not explain, however, why it omitted MW‘s first definition of “similar,” to wit, “having characteristics in common : strictly comparable [emphasis added].” Perhaps the omission is an example of the Administrative State where agencies “push policy toward their preferences.” This stricter definition, however, would contravene the Supreme Court more recent application of the rules of statutory construction, Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, a 2014 decision which restricted administrative-agency interpretations of statutes in the following words:
Under Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., . . . we presume that when an agency-administered statute is ambiguous with respect to what it prescribes, Congress has empowered the agency to resolve the ambiguity. The question for a reviewing court is whether in doing so the agency has acted reasonably and thus has “stayed within the bounds of its statutory authority.” . . . .
Even under Chevron‘s deferential framework, agencies must operate “within the bounds of reasonable interpretation.” And reasonable statutory interpretation must account for both “the specific context in which … language is used” and “the broader context of the statute as a whole.” Robinson v. Shell Oil Co. A statutory “provision that may seem ambiguous in isolation is often clarified by the remainder of the statutory scheme … because only one of the permissible meanings produces a substantive effect that is compatible with the rest of the law.” Thus, an agency interpretation that is “[inconsistent] with the design and structure of the statute as a whole,” does not merit deference. (Citations omitted; emphasis added.)
Instead of requiring the stricter showing of “marked resemblance,” USCIS should give the phrase, the “same or similar occupational classification,” its ordinary meaning, namely that a job would be “similar” to another if the subject matter expertise required in each of the two jobs, or the stated duties, skills and qualifications, are fairly “comparable.” Thus, the Shakespearean comparison (“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”) would not withstand a reasonable “comparability” analysis, but an engineer employed in a huge multinational enterprise who morphs in today’s gig economy into a self-employed engineering consultant or a professor of engineering seeking multiple teaching assignments, in most cases should (not the permissive “may” in the Draft) be accorded AC21 job-flexibility benefits.
3. The Draft misapplies and gives undue probative weight to the DOL’s Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system — a complicated, arbitrary and abbreviated composite of occupational classifications not developed for the legislative purpose of AC21 job-flexibility analysis. Rather the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) intended the SOC to permit statistical analyses for use by “Federal statistical agencies to classify workers . . . for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data.” As the BLS explains the SOC system, however, its shortcomings for immigration adjustment job-flexibility analysis becomes apparent:
All workers are classified into one of 840 detailed occupations according to their occupational definition. To facilitate classification, detailed occupations are combined to form 461 broad occupations, 97 minor groups, and 23 major groups. Detailed occupations in the SOC with similar job duties, and in some cases skills, education, and/or training, are grouped together.
Although the Draft treats the SOC like a veritable Code of Hammurabi, or revered totem (“this memorandum instructs [Immigration Services Officers] on how they may use the [DOL’s] . . .SOC . . . codes”), USCIS should not prescribe it as the exclusive source of job-similarity comparisons.
4. The Draft fails to offer reasonable alternatives to the SOC. USCIS should offer a variety of alternative ways in which job-similarity, with the SOC listed as merely one of other acceptable measure of comparability, can be established by the “preponderance of the evidence” standard of proof. For example, given that USCIS views the DOL as authoritative in the evaluation of job comparisons, then the AC21 flexibility analysis should also allow use of the Labor Department’s easily applied “substantially comparable” job or position test used in 20 CFR § 656.17(i)(5)(ii) of its PERM labor certification regulation:
A “substantially comparable” job or position means a job or position requiring performance of the same job duties more than 50 percent of the time. This requirement can be documented by furnishing position descriptions, the percentage of time spent on the various duties, organization charts, and payroll records.
The application of a “substantially comparable” or the equivalent “more than 50%” rule is already familiar to Immigration Service Officers who must routinely apply this test in many other visa categories. Consider the L-1A nonimmigrant and EB-1(3) tests for intracompany or multinational managers or executives whose employer must show that the foreign candidate has been and will be “primarily” engaged in managerial duties or executive responsibilities. Similarly, treaty-based E-1 visa applicants must show that the treaty national or entity is “principally”engaged in trade of goods or services between the treaty country and the United States. USCIS interprets the adverbs, “primarily” and “principally,” as requiring a greater than 50% bright-line test. Indeed, the “preponderance of the evidence” test applicable in virtually all immigration-benefits decisions is itself a “more than 50%” test. Furthermore, the “substantially comparable” test is much more easily and quickly decided than the abstruse SOC system. As 20 CFR § 656.17(i)(5)(ii) notes, the “substantially comparable” measure “can be documented by furnishing position descriptions, the percentage of time spent on the various duties, organization charts, and payroll records.”
5. The Draft expressly supersedes all job-flexibility discussions in five prior INS and USCIS advisories. By revoking prior guidance, the Draft makes it uncertain whether earlier pronouncements allowing self-employment as an approved basis for adjustment portability, holding that multinational managers or executives can port and/or disregarding as irrelevant any issue of whether Employer #2 can satisfy the otherwise applicable standard of “ability to pay” the wage stated in the labor certification or immigrant visa petition will reappear in the final job-flexibility policy guidance.
6. The Draft offers no explanation of procedures to tee-up the granting of a request for adjustment of status job-flexibility benefits. Given the Draft’s revocation of the prior adjustment portability policy memos, USCIS fails to say whether the usual way to invoke adjustment portability — the adjustment applicant’s submission, after having ported, of a letter from Employer #2 demonstrating job similarity — will continue to be required. The Draft also offers no clue whether USCIS will establish, before a porting occurs, a form-based process for the adjudication of a prospective change of job or employer. Clearly, USCIS should obviate the need for the current bet-the-green-card procedure whereby the adjudication of job similarity is only available after a change of job or employer has already occurred. Hence, the Draft’s lacunae of guidance on procedures and its dubious over-reliance on the SOC makes job moves by the adjustment applicant still the risky business it has always been.
President Obama and USCIS deserve praise for their desire to help adjustment applicants change jobs or employers more freely. Unfortunately, however, the agency’s chosen vehicle of movement — an unduly cramped interpretation of AC21’s job flexibility provisions, coupled with its unwarranted fixation on the SOC — will freeze in place AC21’s intended beneficiaries and thereby impair the virtuous economic goal of enhanced worker mobility. The USCIS should scrap the Draft and publish a proposed job flexibility regulation.
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Here’s How to Make Your Tweets Stand Out
Twitter is an interesting tool. It is undeniably powerful and effective. But one thing remains complicated with Tweets – the amount of buzz coming from it every single second.
Because it is such a large tool with so many members, you have to really make your tweets stand out if you want to drive traffic and interactions to your site. This comes down to content and optimizing your overall Twitter strategy.
How can you do this, when so many others are trying to do the same?
The good news is that you are competing for attention within a specific niche pool, which increases your likelihood of being seen, getting a click-through to your site (in the case of share links), and having others follow your account, and re-tweet or favorite your content. The tips below will help you boost your tweets, so they really stand out against the crowd.
How to be Seen on Twitter:
Use Actual Quotes From The Content
You need more than a snappy title to catch the interest of your potential followers. Rather than copy/pasting the title of a link, try pulling a quote from the text to get people interested in what you have to say.
For example, @Clientsfh will tweet a sentence from within their stories, as their posts don’t have actual titles. They are careful not to give away the punchline, instead enticing people to click through using an engaging segment likely to resonate with freelancers:
3 Ways Businesses Should Be Writing Content
Blogging for businesses, private clients and people other than yourself is an upward climb. Not only do you have to take on the persona of someone else, it is up to you to write good content, topics and results.
For the everyday business blog, an enthused writer is the most dangerous person in your marketing department.
This is because few eyes actually care what the writer produces and hardly anyone checks her work. But with a bit of direction and long-term planning, business bloggers are able to reinvigorate their blog and social media content.
The Ask-Answer Approach
People use the Internet to find information. Googlers will informally query, “Contractors in New Jersey.” Or, perhaps, “How do I get a better mortgage?” Whether you are a contractor or mortgage broker, it helps to have answers to these questions.
Content helps sites rank higher on SERPs, especially if it matches keywords and search queries. However, it isn’t recommended that amateur or non-technical business writers blog with SEO and other keyword strategies in mind. Well intentioned keyword plugs can quickly become disastrous for the quality of a post and your overall rankings. Keywords often get in the way of flow and overuse of a certain keyword is considered a manipulative, black-hat SEO tactic.
What is the Meaning of MEMES?
“This is what happens when you take the addictive power of an LOLcat and apply it in a ceonsorship state,” says An Xiao Mina, a writer, technologist and researcher who studies Chinese memes. On the TEDGlobal 2013 stage, she shares the moment that led her to this unusual specialty.
Chinese Legacy of Memes
Two years ago, China’s government imposed a severe crackdown in which many human rights activists were rounded up. In April 2011, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei disappeared for 81 days after being detained at the Beijing airport. During that time, many of his associates were brought in for questioning, others went missing and still others became the subject of wiretaps. Meanwhile, anyone who posted Weiwei’s name or initials online in Chinese social media found their message deleted and, sometimes, their account gone. It was then that Mina noticed an interesting thing pop up on social media — sunflower seeds.
Sunflower seeds may be a popular nosh in China, but these seeds weren’t simply a snack — they referenced Weiwei’s installation of one million porcelain sunflower seeds, hand-painted by 1,600 Chinese artisans, at the Tate Modern in 2010. Posting a sunflower seed was an un-censorable way to show support for Weiwei. As Mina explains, it would be like censors in the United States trying to follow and suppress references to potato chips.
This is what internet memes in China do — they use visual motifs, leverage puns and dream up new words in order to get out a message while avoiding censorship or retribution. “It turns out that internet culture — a culture of rapid remixing and sharing of memes, or cultural units — is a compelling force against censorship,” Mina says. “A peek behind the curtain of the world’s most censored internet has so many corners of creativity as people find new ways to speak out.” (Check out this TED Blog piece looking at 8 examples of Chinese memes, written with Mina’s help last year.)
The Life of a Tweet
Tweets have rapidly become a mainstay in most forms of entertainment. From sports broadcasts showing athletes’ tweets to news channels like CNN implementing live tweets from viewers, Twitter has been infused into society to the point where even technological illiterates know what it is. The primary form of content on Twitter is tweets — 140 characters at most. But what is the life-span of these concise messages? Let’s travel with a tweet in real-time to find out:
The first step in a tweet’s journey comes from a Twitter user’s brain, onto their keyboard and into the Twitter-sphere. Once they click ‘Tweet’, the message is there for the world to see, along with any hashtags or links they choose to include.
Five to 30 Minutes Later
For the next 30 minutes or so, the tweet will be very visible to Twitter users who follow the account from which the tweet was submitted. Unless one is following thousands of accounts, most tweets on their home page will have been submitted less than 30 minutes ago. The tweet is still visible at this point, but views will drop significantly shortly.
Philoselfie: Science Behind Selfie-Expression
The science of the selfie explained.
Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year is also one of the most fascinating movements in social is that of the selfie. Part vanity, part communication, part fun, and part absurdity, selfies represent a new generation of #selfieexpression cum egotistical emoticons…but not necessarily in a bad way. Nevertheless, the psychology and science behind selfies are strangely fascinating and therefore I continue to study and report on its evolution.
Selfiecity, a new research project, studies Instagram data from five cities around the world including Bangkok, Berlin, Moscow, New York, and Sao Paulo. Wired initially reported on Selfiecity’s initial findings. I didn’t want to be selfie’ish with the information so, I’m sharing the highlights with you here.
Right now, there are more than 79 million pictures on Instagram with the hashtag #selfie. You can add another 7 million for #selfies and 1 million for #selfienation. Not counted though, are the number of selfies that don’t include a meta reference beyond the visual that you are indeed looking at a selfie.
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Title Fight Announces Fall Tour Dates
Kingston, PA four-piece Title Fight have announced fall North American tour dates. The band will be hitting the road in support of their third full length album and Anti- Records debut Hyperview, which was released earlier this year. The tour will begin October 22nd in Columbus, OH and wrap November ...
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NPR First Listen Premieres New Title Fight Album
Title Fight's new album Hyperview is streaming now at NPR First Listen. Hyperview is out February 3 on Anti- and is available for pre-order digitally at iTunes; with CD and vinyl copies available at the Anti Store. Title Fight is a four-piece from Kingston, PA. The band formed in ...
Title Fight Premiere "Rose Of Sharon" Video
Title Fight released a new video today for the song "Rose of Sharon". Watch the video at href="http://pitchfork.com/news/58023-title-fight-share-rose-of-sharon-video/">Pitchfork> now. "Rose of Sharon" is featured on Title Fight's new album Hyperview out February 3 on Anti-. Hyperview is the third album release from Kingston, PA-based band and their inaugural with ...
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Title Fight's New Album "Hyperview" Out Today
Title Fight's third full length album Hyperview is out today via Anti-. Digital LPs are available at iTunes, CD and vinyl copies are available in stores now and at http://found.ee/tfhyperview. Having formed in 2003 while its members (bassist/vocalist Ned Russin, guitarist/vocalist Jamie Rhoden, guitarist ...
Vogue Premieres Title Fight Track
VOGUE has premiered "Your Pain is Mine Now", a song from the new Title Fight album, Hyperview. Visit href="http://www.vogue.com/8286273/title-fight-hyperview-song/">VOGUE> to hear the song. Hyperview is out February 3 on Anti- and is available for pre-order digitally at iTunes; CD and vinyl copies available at http://found.ee/tfhyperview. Title Fight ...
Monday, December 1st, 2014
Title Fight Announces New Album, Shares Video At The Fader
Title Fight will release a new album called Hyperview on February 3, 2015 on Anti-. Watch the video for a new song "Chlorine" at href="http://www.thefader.com/2014/12/01/watch-the-video-for-title-fights-dreamy-smeared-chlorine">THE FADER now. Title Fight is a band from Kingston, Pa, comprised of bassist/vocalist Ned Russin, guitarist/vocalist Jamie Rhoden, guitarist Shane Moran, and drummer ...
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I've had many discussions with religious people and they seem to be very fond of
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I've had many discussions with religious people and they seem to be very fond of some kind of ''optimistic'' reinterpretation. For example, they will use the morals, knowledge and science of today to argue the veracity of their scriptures, when it seems likely that the morals, knowledge and science of today were, I presume, alien to the people who lived back then. They will try to make ''modern'' common sense compatible with their scriptures, when these scriptures seem static and fixed in time. A never ending series of reinterpretations. I think it resembles Popper's so-called ''immunizing stratagems''. Is this a real phenomenon? Does it have a (philosophical) name?
You might have already
Charles Taliaferro
February 12, 2016 (changed February 12, 2016 ) Permalink
You might have already identified the term you are looking for: a theory or position that is immune to falsification might simply be referred to as unfalsifiable. There is an informal term that is sometimes used to refer to a philosophy that does not allow for any (conceivable) challenge: all the wells are poisoned. In other words, there is no access to untainted counter-evidence or arguments. I suggest that a plausible case of this is the thesis that all human action is self-interested (directly or indirectly). This position is sometimes advanced with a definition of "self-interest" that makes it virtually impossible to describe a counter-example (people sacrificing their lives for others that seem profoundly non-self-interested can be readily re-described as even selfish).
On sacred scripture, however, I think we are exploring a somewhat different matter. First, in most world religions that have sacred scripture, their meaning is often understood as living (this is the term Christians use) and dynamic as opposed to static and fixed in time. So, for most (but not all) Christians today, reading Genesis one and two is taken as allegory and metaphor, reflecting an abiding commitment to belief in the Creator (and Redeeming) God, but not reflecting a quasi-scientific portrait of cosmology. In fact, there are key elements in the text itself which strongly imply this should be the reading of the text (Adam speaks of having a father and mother, whereas in the narrative he has neither, the son of Adam and Eve finds a mate --where did she come from?). So, this would be a case of when the Edenic (after "Eden") narrative was probably originally intended by the believing community as a hymnic celebration of creation and then a hymnic, poetic portrait of an aboriginal turning against the Creator, but it came to be believed to be quasi-scientific (young earth people). But more importantly, there might be different times in different places when elements of scripture may be re-conceived in ways in keeping with a living religious tradition, e.g. in the 19th century, for example, the story of Eve being formed from the side of Adam was interpreted as teaching us that women are equal to men, whereas this teaching was not drawn on in, say, the 13th century. Within Christian tradition, some (but by not means all) Protestants who believed in "sola scripture" (scripture alone)were and are committed to a more fixed interpretation of scripture that does not admit of progressive stages of interpretation. Anglicans, however, usually think of divine revelation as a matter of three factors: scripture, reason, and experience. You can find a similar breadth of interpretation in Judaism, Islam, and theistic Hinduism. Probably Buddhism, as well, but the texts of Buddhism are usually not thought of as divine revelation that might be either fixed in time or dynamic and evolving (but this is because Buddhism is, for the most part, non-theistic as well as not focussed on a non-theistic concept of God as in Brahman).
Back to your observation about morals, knowledge, and science, and the interpretation of ancient texts, I suggest that in many texts (whether sacred or what we might refer to as "secular" or a bit of both) we seek to identify what is the enduring core of some text and not reject it out of hand because the ancients did not share all our moral values or know what we know scientifically, etc. This is true of Homeric texts, Virgil, Dante, and so on. It might also be true of our contemporary literature (sacred or secular). People in the future may have advanced ethics, hyper-knowledge and super-science and yet be able to enjoy Tolkien or JRR Rowling or Thoreau....
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JTG Management told “we are worth more”
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Making some progress at BoysTown
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Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen
by Brian Masters Jan 22, 2020 423 Comments
Killing for Company The Case of Dennis Nilsen On February th Dennis Nilsen was arrested at his Muswell Hill home after human remains had been identified as the cause of blocked drains Within days he had confessed to fifteen gruesome murder
Title: Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen
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On February 9th 1983 Dennis Nilsen was arrested at his Muswell Hill home, after human remains had been identified as the cause of blocked drains Within days he had confessed to fifteen gruesome murders over a period of four years His victims, all young homosexual men, had never been reported missing Brian Masters, with Nilsen s full cooperation, has produced a unique stOn February 9th 1983 Dennis Nilsen was arrested at his Muswell Hill home, after human remains had been identified as the cause of blocked drains Within days he had confessed to fifteen gruesome murders over a period of four years His victims, all young homosexual men, had never been reported missing Brian Masters, with Nilsen s full cooperation, has produced a unique study of a serial killer s mind, revealing the disturbing psychology of a mass murderer.
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About Brian Masters
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Brian Masters is a British writer best known for his biographies of mass murderers, including Killing for Company, on Dennis Nilsen The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer She Must Have Known, on Rosemary West and The Evil That Men Do He has also written about the British aristocracy and worked as a translator.
423 Replys to “Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen”
This is not a novel. It is the story of Dennis Nilsson and his murders, which took place in London at the time of Margaret Thatcher's rise to power. The title of the book is shockingly brilliant. In all but one of the cases it seems to sum up his motive for snuffing out the lives of more young men than he could remember. Here truth is much stranger than fiction and many words which we probably over-use and take for granted seem to lose their meaning; words such as good, evil, moralWas a seed sow [...]
Paul Bryant says:
I remember I read this one - I feel a moral obligation to read about the British ones, we don't have too many, fortunately. This guy Nielson appears to be a slightly less insane version of Jeffrey Dahmer. He picked up young men & took them back to his flat & then in a fit of absentmindedness (there doesn't seem to have been any real malice involved) he strangled them when they'd nodded off. Then he kept the bodies around and dressed them up and made them up and talked to them. Didn't try [...]
Mizuki says:
A well written, detailed case study about British serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who murdered 15 young men within four years.It's a story about crime, it's also a story filled with rejection and failed relationships. It's also a loner's long journey into absolute darkness. What Nilsen had done is selfish and horrible in every way, but when reading his life story and his crime, I kind of got overwhelmed by a heavy sense of loneliness. Then I came to realize people may actually do what Dennis Nilsen [...]
Aiden Wylie says:
90% of the reviewers here manifestly didn't understand this book. For one thing, it is not a true crime thriller. Nor is it about a sick man. What it is, is a psychoanalytical evaluation of a likeable and intelligent man, who turned to murder in part to find company. The oxymoronic title is deliberate, a point missed by every review I've seen so far. This book features little by way of action - the crimes and arrest take up a single chapter. What it focuses on is the apparent contradiction betwe [...]
♥ Marlene♥ says:
Alas I did not write a review back then but I did gave it 5 stars and I remember that I liked it.---------------------------------------------------------------------ETA Checked and I gave it 9 out of 10 so not really 5 stars.Decided to re read and finished reading yesterday. Now after having read true crime books for 15 years I think I am more experienced now then when I first started reading about about this subject.That being said I would not give this book 5 stars again. Yes this book is fil [...]
ej cullen says:
I don't know how you can make this grizzly story boring, but the author managed it.
"The corpse is the dirty platter after the feast." Or how Nilsen vehemently denies he ever engaged in necrophilia or cannibalism. Dennis Nilsen is a less intense version of Jeffery Dahmer. He murdered 15 young men over the span of four years, and he doesn't express remorse and doesn't even really know why he murdered these men. He isn't an insane men. He is articulate, intelligent, and introverted. His love for death started as a child and escalated into cold blooded murder. This is a short litt [...]
Daphne Austin says:
I read this because I a) love biographies of interesting people b) love stories, true or false, about horrible people (or people in general who do horrible things) and c) I very lowkey had a serial killer interest when I was a late teenager. My interest then (which is NOT being rekindled, I just have had this book for so long I figured I should go ahead and read it while I'm not suicidal lol) was fueled mainly by my broader fascination with dying. I'm suddenly v v v conscious of my tendency to o [...]
Caroline Barker says:
This book looks into the mind of an infamous murderer and the author had first hand meetings with Dennis Nilsen himself. There is a great deal of detail in this book which would certainly not be for any reader, however I am sceptical on the reasonings behind the killings and to believe whether or not Nilsen had an abnormality of mind during the killings. It appears that he was fully aware of the law, knew the difference between right and wrong and did appear at times quite humane. There were tim [...]
Killing for Company is an influential pillar of the true crime genre; it is also a masterfully sensitive character study of murderer Dennis Nilsen. The close relationship between author and subject is evident throughout the book, as is Mr. Masters' familiarity with Nilsen's own writings, many of which are reproduced in Killing for Company. I would read this book again and again, and would recommend it to readers who enjoy books about true crime, journalism, psychology, and death-worship. This bo [...]
Gill Jepson says:
Really deep and graphic exploration of the journey Nilsen made to become a serial killer. The author gave a well defined character study of this notorious killer and came somewhere near to explaining why these crimes happened. Naturally a little gruesome but if you can reach past that it is a fascinating psychological look at this man. Uncomfortable but interesting reading
Fishface says:
Wonderful, close study of Dennis Nilsen, a London-based serial killer. Goes pretty deeply into Nilsen's thought process without ever excusing his actions or treating him as the victim in the case. Excellent level of respect for the victims, too.
Karen Metcalfe says:
Must be good, I've read it at least 5 times!
Paul Brown says:
Brian Masters' "The Shrine of Jeffery Dahmer" is the best true crime book I have ever read so I have had "Killing For Company" on my reading list for quite some time now. This book essentially is the blueprint for Masters' Dahmer book nearly a decade later in the sense it starts with the arrest; works chronological from childhood to the trial and concluded with a psychological analysis. Its a formula that works for me; this book succeeds in been an edge of your seat page turner while simultaneou [...]
Paul Kitching says:
WellAll I can say is that I've spent many a night laying in bed reading about the dismemberment of bodies on the kitchen floor, rigor mortis (which I didn't know what it was until reading this, fascinating), conversing with dead bodies sat on the living room chair and KFC shoved down the drains to mislead police detectives into thinking there are no body parts here.I found the last quarter of this book really boring (Chapters: Trial and Answers). I felt like it was an attempt to fill the emptine [...]
Helen Carolan says:
This made for fascinating but grim reading. Masters sets Nilsen's life out for us, but allows us to make up our own minds as to whether he is the monster of tabloid depiction. Wonderful read but not for the faint hearted.
Olivia Andrews says:
Interesting, insightful, gruesome and almost poetic at times, it is sometimes easy to forget both his actions and his humanity. The last quarter of the book waffled too much for my liking but the rest will stay with me for a very long time.
Lauren White says:
This was a great book to anyone interested in forensic psychology or the minds of murderers. It did get a bit lengthy for my liking.
Dee brown says:
Weird, just weird.
Simon Zohhadi says:
I read this book just after it was published back in the early 1990s so I am writing this review from memory. It was a very good account of the murders carried out by Dennis Nilsen but more specifically the psychology of the man and what made him become a serial killer. Brian Masters suggested it stemmed from the death of his beloved grandfather and the effect the sighting of his corpse had on him. The title of the book explains in three words the reason why the author believes Nilsen killed and [...]
3.5-4.Brian Masters' account of serial killer Dennis Nilsen bears a lot of similarities to his work on Dahmer. There's his usual unglamorized retelling of events, his detailed exploration into the subject's psychology, and his multilayered interpretations of a side of human nature that few of us want to think about. However, I think his later work on Jeffrey Dahmer was much stronger. This was Masters' first attempt at a true crime nonfiction book, and his inexperience shows. Rather than tighteni [...]
Excellent and detailed account of serial killer Nilsen. Divided into chapters covering discrete stages of his life, Origins, Childhood, Army etc right through to Trial and a subsequent and final chapter entitled Answers. The tone of the book is balanced and fairly objective. Due to the level of detail, particularly that concerning his childhood, the young Nilsen elicits some sympathy but the older one ultimately defies any understanding. Ostensibly, Nilsen killed (according to himself) in order [...]
Dennis Nilsen murdered 15 men over a period of four years. This was truly a chilling account of a very sick human being. He reminded me somewhat of the more recently infamous Jeffrey Dahmer.From the back cover:"In an unremarkable apartment house on an almost too placid suburban London street, tenants reported a blockage in the plumbing. Workers were shocked to discover its source: a dense accumulation of human flesh. This horrifying revelation quickly led to the unmasking of one of the most mons [...]
Lucynell says:
A so so account of the case of Dennis Nilsen. The author had access to the serial murderer, the only one I think who did, and this works both ways. The backstory is pretty detailed and I think offers a lot towards understanding Nilsen. But as the book progresses the author steers off to numerous theories and a sort of micro-analyzation that often contradicts itself and sometimes even leads up to nothing. True, even the identity of some of the horribly unlucky men to have their way in Nilsen's fl [...]
🌿Debbie 🌿 says:
Interessante libro che non si limita solo a raccontare i fatti ma che cerca anche di analizzare la psiche di questo assassino seriale.
This was a scary read in the way that it leads you through Nilssens life in a way that makes you actually understand why he did what he did. He does not come out of the book seeming monster-like in the way that for example Ian Brady does who also had a pretty grim childhood. Indeed he comes across as a slightly pathetic character whose attempts to cure his own lonliness just took a tragic and horrendous line. Ulitmately quite sad.
Lisa Bennett says:
A sad read, of a lonely desolate man who feared rejection and lonliness, so he killed the men that stayed the night, so they would never leave him, or would leave him when HE was ready for them to do so. A seriously sick man indeed. Let's hope he never gets released, so the gay male population can sleep soundly in their beds from this cruel mentally unstable monster! Worthy of a read, a briliant book, very insightful, and one of my favourite reads.
Sophie Stokes says:
A fantastic read!This book was given to my by a forensic psychiatrist who challenged me with diagnosing Daniel Nilsen. Brian Masters gives an amazingly detailed account of Nilsen's life and crimes without judgement; he gives only the facts and draws some logical conclusions.A brilliant insight into the uncertainties of the human psyche.
Welzki says:
Striking, frightful and shocking.or's style was brilliant, scary page after page after pagee morally repugnant behavior of the main character was described in such a way that will keep you horrified for a number of daysa good read if you want to know what's inside a killer's mind.
Lara K says:
Fascinating read. Masters does an incredible job at piecing together the damaged personality of Nilsen- he does this with curiosity, compassion and insight. He humanises Nilsen but never excuses or minimises the monstrocity of his actions. Highly recommended.
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Carrig House Amenities
Carrig House is situated perfectly to explore from. Some of the attractions are: Hook Head and Hook Lighthouse, Loftus Hall (Irelands Oldest Haunted House), The Dunbrody Famine Ship can be seen in New Ross, Dunbrody Abbey and The Maze, Ballyhack, Tintern Abbey, Duncannon Fort and the numerous activities that take place on the beach, Kilmore Quay, Johnstown Castle, Wexford Town, Coast Drive from Wexford Town to Courtown – and there is so much more!
We are more than happy to provide details of any other activities that might interest our guests – simply ask!
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Loftus Hall - The world famous haunted mansion.
Loftus Hall:
Come and experience the haunting beauty of the Hook Peninsula provides the backdrop for Loftus Hall… the most haunted house in Ireland. Visit Loftus Hall and take our 45 minute interactive guided tour through the ground floor of this abandoned haunted mansion. Hear all about the grim, and often gruesome, history; and get the chance to experience “The Legend of Loftus Hall”. Facilities at Loftus Hall include: Parking Cafe Gift Shop Wheelchair Accessible Toilets Free WiFi Private Beach Fairy Door Trail within the walled gardens Courtyard (Please see website www.loftushall.ie for specific tour time information.)
Wells House & Garden
Wells House & Gardens
Waiting to be explored is Wells House & Gardens, a Great Victorian House and Gardens in the heart of Wexford. Wells House has something for all generations to enjoy and share! This Daniel Robertson designed house boasts a history of over 300 years built in the late 1600s and remodelled in the 1830s by Robertson, Wells House & Gardens offers something for all generations to enjoy! With a woodland walk, living house tour, caft courtyard, terrace gardens, archery, clay pigeon shooting, falconry, adventure playground, restaurant and Irish Wildlife Santctuary, we offer a complete day out along with our jam packed diary of events – visit our website for more details! Wells House & Gardens – A great house & garden, a grand adventure for all. Wells House & Gardens is only 70 minutes from Waterford and Kilkenny Cities.
Dunbrody Famine Ship
The Dunbrody Famine Ship:
The Dunbrody Famine Ship Experience is a spectacular feature of the New Ross quayside. Moored on the bank of the River Barrow this award winning and world unique tourist attraction allows visitors to take a trip with a difference by travelling in time. From the moment of departing on a tour the visitor is transported back to the 1840s and given a personal sense of the sadness and excitement felt by the famine emigrants setting sail for a new life and leaving behind poverty and despair. Explore the spectacular Dunbrody Famine Ship above and below deck, step back in time as costumed performers set the scene for a journey that transformed the lives of thousands and be immersed in the sights and sounds of a real life famine ship. The glass fronted exhibition centre houses a restaurant and café which offers panoramic river views and overlooks the Dunbrody Famine Ship. The Dunbrody Famine Ship is just a 25 minute drive from Waterford City and is less than 45 minutes from Kilkenny City.
Dunbrody Famine Ship is open 7 days a week 9.00 to 6.00pm, Last tour 5pm (Summer Opening Hours).
Telephone: +353 (0)51 425239 Fax: +353 (0)51 425240 Email: info@dunbrody.com
Dunbrody Famine Ship, New Ross, Co. Wexford, Ireland.
Hook Head Light House & Visitor Centre
Hook Head Lighthouse and Visitor Centre:
Hook Lighthouse is at the tip of the Hook Peninsula, Lonely Planet describes it as one of the top 14 attractions in Ireland. The centre offers guided tours of the lighthouse tower, one of the oldest operational lighthouses in the world. The lighthouse is a 13th Century Norman structure, built by the Earl of Pembroke as part of the development of his Lordship of Leinster, culminating with the spectacular view from the balcony. Relax by the sea and keep an eye out for seals, dolphins and even whales.
In clear weather, you can see for miles, and in a storm the spray often reaches the top of the lighthouse!
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey:
A Cistercian abbey founded by William the Earl Marshall in 1200 and named after Tintern in Wales. The remains consist of nave, chancel, tower, chapel and cloister. It was partly converted into living quarters after 1541, and further adapted over the centuries. The Abbey was occupied by the Colclough family from the 16th Century until the 1960’s.
JFK Homestead
JFK Homestead:
About The Kennedy Homestead
The Kennedy Homestead, birthplace of President John F. Kennedy’s great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy, celebrates the story of five generations of the Kennedy dynasty and is still today farmed by his descendants.
The Kennedy Homestead, a unique cultural museum is dedicated to “the Kennedys who went away and the Kennedys who stayed behind” and plays a vital part in the continued preservation of the Kennedy legacy in Ireland.
Patrick GrennanThe curators of the Kennedy Homestead Visitor Centre, using the Kennedy Library archival collection in Boston, have created a state of the art interpretative exhibit which explores the circumstances of Patrick Kennedy’s departure from Ireland in1848 and pieces together the story of the most famous Irish–American family through the 20th century to the present day.
The Kennedy family legacy is an integral part of daily life in Co. Wexford. Facilities at the Homestead include a unique collection of Kennedy memorabilia, audio-visual display, souvenir shop, picnic area, wheelchair access and extensive car and coach parking facilities.
Adults: €7.50
Seniors: €6.50
Students: €5.00
Family (2 adults plus 3 Children): €20.00
Group rate: on request
We will be available for tours by appointment during this time, just call us on 051 425239
JFK Arboretum
JFK Arboretum:
John F. Kennedy Arboretum is dedicated to the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th president of the United States of America until his assassination on 22nd November 1963. It consists of 622 acres including 4,500 types of trees and shrubs, 200 forest plots, rhododendrons and dwarf conifers. We offer exhibitions, guided tours, signposted walks, lake, cafe & miniature railway (seasonal), pony & trap service, there is also a playground and picnic area.
New Ross, Co. Wexford
jfkarboretum@opw.ie
www.heritageireland.ie
Bill Hurley (Manager), Louise O’Brien, Mairead Cairbre
October – March: 10.00 – 17.00;
April: 10.00 – 18.30;
May – August: 10.00 – 20.00;
September: 10.00 – 18.30.
Ross Tapestry
Ross Tapestry:
Initiated in 1998, the tapestries will have taken ten years to complete before being installed in a suitable setting where they will remain on permanent public display.
The appeal of embroidery has always been it’s beguiling attention to detail. This is at the heart of the making of the Ros Tapestry. The embroiderers, the workers of magic, sit at a long frame and stitch the details of landscape – distant hills, rippling water and rough foregrounds using French and bullion knots, satin and chain stitch. Folds of dress fabric are done in couching skilfully adapted to effect the complicated pleats. Faces are done in smooth long and short stitch.
Teams of embroiderers gather throughout the county of Wexford and nearby Kilkenny to interpret the fifteen cartoons researched in depth and painted by Ann Griffin Bernstorff.
Where possible the panels are embroidered at venues which are associated with the historical content of the cartoon. For example, “The Siege of Wexford” was stitched at the Irish National Heritage Centre, at Ferrycarrig just outside Wexford Town.
The hours of stitching fit into the lives of people who farm, nurse, teach and look after families amongst other professions. Their contribution to the craft skills of the country and to contemporary visual culture is enormous.
The Quay, New Ross, Co. Wexford, directly across from The John F Kennedy Memorial Statue.
Telephone;
therostapestry@yahoo.ie
http://www.rostapestry.com
On the Quay opposite Dunbrody Emigrant Ship in the direction of Wexford
Open Times:
May – Sep: 10.00 – 17.00 Daily
Oct – Apr: 10.00 – 17.00 Mon – Sat
Guided Tours available in English. Duration: 45 minutes. Capacity: 35
Booking Contact:
Mary Keenan
Average Visit Length:
Entrance Fees:
Adult: €6, Student/Child: €4, Senior: €5, Family: €16
Group Rates: Adult/Senior: €4.50, Student/Child: €3
Audio Visual:
Yes; Duration: 30 minutes. Capacity: 30, Languages: English
Permanent display of fifteen magnificent hand-embroidered tapestry panels in exclusive exhibition space. Live demonstration of panel under production
Picnic Area:
Information Guide:
Yes, available in English, Irish & 9 other languages. Please inquire on location
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Johnstown Castle
Johnstown Castle:
The grounds at Johnstown Castle Gardens contain a wide variety of trees and shrubs representing the best aspects of a formal and wild garden.
The grounds are greatly enhanced by two lakes with folly towers and are populated with a range of waterfowl. Pleasant pathways meander through the pleasure grounds they are superbly presented to the visitor.
Frequently there are glimpses of the castle shimmering in the waters of the lake from extensive walks in tranquil, tree dotted, pleasure grounds.
In the old world former farmyard is the extensive and well laid out Irish Agricultural Museum.
In July and August a small café here provides teas. The grounds also have a large and well-equipped picnic area.
Is a member of the Wexford Garden Trail : An exploration of Wexford’s beautiful and historic gardens – follow the trail. Our larger public gardens provide an ideal outing for all the family; our smaller private gardens will give visitors an enjoyable and relaxing afternoon. Our Award winning Garden Centres will provide for all your garden needs.
Direction : The Johnstown Castle estate is 4 miles (6km) south west of Wexford town. When coming from Dublin (via N11), Cork (N25) or Rosslare, take the Wexford-Rosslare bypass (N25) to the T-Junction signposted with major signs for Johnstown Castle.
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Первые сообщения о результатах экуменического совещания православных и католиков в Вене: вопрос о воссоединении Церквей открыт?
22 сентября 2010 года в Вене начала работу XII сессия Смешанной богословской комиссии по диалогу между Римско-Католической Церковью и Православными Церквами. Сопредседателями комиссии являются митрополит Пергамский Иоанн (Константинопольский Патриархат) и председатель Папского совета по содействию христианскому единству архиепископ Курт Кох. В работе комиссии принимают участие по два представителя от каждой Поместной Православной Церкви.
За два дня до окончания XII сессии Смешанной богословской комиссии по православно-католическому диалогу появились первые сообщения об успехах по заключению объединения (that unity) между Православными Церквами и Ватиканом. Как сообщает агентство Reuter, «римско-католические и православные богословы сообщают о многообещающем прогрессе, сделанном в пятницу в ходе совещания по преодолению Великой схизмы 1054 года и возвращению двух крупнейших христианских конфессий к полному общению. Эксперты, встретившиеся в Вене на этой неделе, согласились, что, в конечном счете, эти две Церкви должны стать "Церквами-сестрами", которые признают за Римским Папой титул главы, но при этом сохранят многочисленные особенности церковного устройства, литургии и обычаев, сложившиеся за минувшее тысячелетие».
Том Хинеган (Tom Heneghan of Reuters FaithWorld) сообщает о вчерашней пресс-конференции в Вене участников переговоров: митрополита Иоанна Пергамского Зизиуласа и нового главы папского совета по христианскому единству архиепископа Курта Коха. Предлагаем полный текст агентства Reuters от 24 сентября.
Catholics and Orthodox report promising progress in latest round of unity talks
Roman Catholic and Orthodox theologians reported promising progress on Friday in talks on overcoming their Great Schism of 1054 and bringing the two largest denominations in Christianity back to full communion. Experts meeting in Vienna this week agreed the two could eventually become “sister churches” that recognize the Roman pope as their titular head but retain many church structures, liturgy and customs that developed over the past millennium.
The delegation heads for the international commission for Catholic-Orthodox dialogue stressed that unity was still far off, but their upbeat report reflected growing cooperation between Rome and the Orthodox churches traditionally centred in Russia, Greece, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
“There are no clouds of mistrust between our two churches,” Orthodox Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergamon told a news conference. “If we continue like that, God will find a way to overcome all the difficulties that remain.” Archbishop Kurt Koch, the top Vatican official for Christian unity, said the joint dialogue must continue “intensively” so that “we see each other fully as sister churches.”
The rapprochement of the Catholic and Orthodox churches must be the slowest “big story” on the religion beat. About 30 theologians meet in a joint Catholic-Orthodox commission about once every year or so to see how far they have come in reassessing Christian history so that the Great Schism can be laid to rest and the two churches can move forward to full communion. These talks produced their first joint declaration back in 1982 and have had ups and downs since then. The push towards unity has clearly gained momentum since Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill took office on February, 2009. The goal is still far off – hey, they have 1,000 years of division to get over — but they’re getting close enough now that an agreement now looks increasingly possible.
Kirill and Pope Benedict are both conservative theologians keen to work together to have Christianity’s voice heard in Europe, a continent they both think should return to its Christian roots. They’ve met in the past, including when Kirill visited Benedict at the Vatican in his former role as “foreign minister” of the Russian church. They haven’t yet held a summit meeting, so to speak, but religion reporters in Europe keep waiting for signs they will finally set a date for their first top-level talks. The Russians aren’t the only Orthodox in the game, but their size gives them a kind of veto power that has to be considered in this equation. The Vatican has good relations with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul and the new Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej has invited the pope to Belgrade.
Given the long-term importance of these talks for Christianity’s two largest denominations, our busy Vienna bureau chief Boris Groendahl agreed to trek out to the city’s suburbs to cover a news conference with the two delegation leaders and Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schönborn. You can read his full report on the news conference here.
Boris sent me such long verbatim excerpts from the news conference that I wanted to post them here to give an idea of how the Catholic and Orthodox theologians imagine that this long process towards unity might develop. There’s no guarantee, of course, that they will eventually reach full communion. But the two sides already broke the ice back in 2007 when their meeting in Ravenna, Italy produced an agreement in which both sides recognised the Bishop of Rome as the traditionally most senior bishop in Christianity. They made further progress last year in Cyprus. The intensity of the work involved and the upbeat tone of the delegation heads’ comments today says even this slowest of religion stories is moving ahead in interesting ways.
Here are excerpts from what Archbishop Kurt Koch, head of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, and Orthodox Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergamon had to say. Koch spoke in German (my translation here) and John spoke in English.
Metropolitan John of Pergamon: “There are no clouds of mistrust between our two churches. Our predecessors and especially the leaders of our churches both on the Catholic and the Orthodox side have prepared a way for a friendly and brotherly discussion. I must assure you that this spirit prevailed in our discussions. And therefore I wish to assure that if we continue like that, God will find a way to overcome all the difficulties that remain, and bring our two churches – the most ancient churches, the churches that share the same ecumenical past, the same traditions, the same sense of the church — to bring us to full community.”
Archbishop Karl Koch quoted Pope John Paul’s comment about the two churches being the two lungs of Christianity and said they had to practise breathing together. “This is a difficult but necessary theme because we lived together in diversity but also in unity in the first millennium, but a second millennium in which we grew apart lies between us.
“Pope Benedict XVI already said in his famous lecture in Graz in 1976 that we cannot expect more from the Orthodox than what was practised in the first millennium. So the basic discussion is about how these churches lived in the first millennium and how we can find a new (common) path today. This discussion needs the necessary free space (‘Freiraum’) and it needs patience. .. I know some people can be impatient but patience is an expression of love. People know from personal experience what it means when two people in a marriage drift apart — we have 1,000 years to work through. We must and we want to take new paths because Jesus gave us the mission to live together.”
In the Q&A session, Koch said: “I think there is certainly a recognition that in the early days of the church, there was a practice or an order of things in which Rome had a special role, a primary role. We still have to speak about what that meant and implied. Ravenna was the great recognition that there must be a protos, a first one, at all levels — at the level of the local church, of the region and on the universal level. Now we are at the universal level and we’re looking more closely what this protos at this level looked like at that time. This is something new.
Metropolitan John: “We are still studying the first millennium, we have not reached a conclusion yet. But the main and most important thing we have discovered in the discussions is that what we decided in Ravenna seems to be confirmed by the history of the first millennium.”
“In other words there in the first millennium there was a recognition of the special role that the Bishop of Rome played in the church. There was also the fact that the Bishop of Rome did not operate without consultation with other bishops in his own area as well as universal. So we are discovering that in history and this is an important aspect.
“The Church of Russia was absent from Ravenna for reasons that had nothing to do with our dialogue. That didn’t leave Ravenna because of the dialogue. What we decided in Ravenna was already prepared by previous meetings in which the Russian Church participated also. Therefore essentially there is no problem … On the whole the basic ideas of Ravenna are accepted by all the orthodox churches.
Asked which model of unity the talks used, Archbishop Koch said: “That will be the big question for the future. First we started with each church describing its vision on unity. The Catholic and the Orthodox visions probably won’t be the same. We saw the questions we will have to discuss — papal primacy and synodality. The Catholic Church has a strong primacy (of the pope) but probably has not developed synodality as much as the Orthodox Church. The strength of the Orthodox Church is its synodality, but the doctrine of primacy is not that strong. We will be able to enrich each other. The basic principle of ecumenism is the exchange of gifts. The first step is to tell each other individually how we imagine unity would look like. For the Catholic Church, of course, unity without the Bishop of Rome is unimaginable. That’s because the issue of the Bishop of Rome is not just an organisational question, but also a theological one. The dialogue about just how this unity should be shaped must be continued intensively. Unity means that we see each other fully as sister churches. Just like the (Catholic) church in Vienna is the sister church of the church in Basel, the Orthodox Church will be a sister church for us.
“I think the pope himself in thinking in this direction. He’s said to the Anglicans who want to come back that they would be able to keep their tradition and celebrate their liturgy. So he’s said himself that there should be diversity. That will be the second step. It’s far too early (‘Zukunftsmusik’) to ask each other how we can do this together.”
Metropolitan John: “I’m in full agreement with what Archbishop Koch said. The model will emerge in the future. We don’t operate with a preconceived model. It will be the result of a certain … I would say — I won’t call it reformation , that is too strong — but adaptation from both sides. What the Orthodox must strengthen is their universal unity and also their conception of primacy. And perhaps the Catholic side must strengthen more the dimension of synodality. If those two things happen the result will come close to a conception of a church which is united in its basic structure in the right way.
“Of course we have to be united in faith too. There are certain fundamental things which have to be clarified in maters of faith. The rest can be left to diversity. There are customs, liturgical customs and other customs, that can be left to each church freely to arrange. As far as the Orthdox council is concerned we recognize that autocephaly is a problem, especially when it is associated with nationalistic aspects. But I am glad to say that we’re making good progress towards a pan-Orthodox council and we hope that very soon we will be able to invoke such a council…
“The next meeting will depend on the progress we make on this subject that we are discussing now. It looks as if we are going to have a slight change of our subject, namely to make the historical material focus on theological questions more. This will require another period of preparation by subcomittees and debate — that is probably a period of one year. We hope that in two years’ time we can convene again as a plenary commission. But this will depend on the progress we make.”
Archbishop Koch: “Today and tomorrow we will continue discussing our future work. This dialogue can be fruitful for the reality of living together. The more we recognise each other as sister churches and live in unity, the more that surely will have its effect on daily life. With the Orthodox churches, we share almost everything in terms of faith but we have a different culture because of the division we experienced in the past millennium. With the churches of the Reformation, we don’t have that much in common in faith matters but we have the same culture. Cultural differences can play a role that don’t exist on the theological level. Here’s where we need to meet each other directly. We used to have a strange feeling about Russians because we never sat down with one and drank a glass of vodka. Learning depends on meeting each other.”
A journalist asked if there would be a joint “Vienna document” like there was a joint statement after the 2007 Ravenna meeting. “I think that’s unrealistic,” Archbishop Koch said. “The right time will come. There will certainly be a communique, but paper is patient.”
The theologians planned two church services to end their week, a Catholic Mass in St. Stephen’s Cathedral on Saturday evening and a Divine Liturgy in the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity on Sunday.
Перевод на русский язык см. «Сибирская католическая газета».
От редакции: Болгарский Патриархат отказался от участия в заседаниях в Вене Смешанной комиссии по богословскому диалогу между католиками и православными. В Болгарской Православной Церкви существует сильное антиэкуменическое движение и иерархия не может с ним не считаться.
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Gianluca Ventrella, Thierry Grandjean, Lucie Thévenet, Dion de Pruse dit Dion Chrysostome. Œuvres. Discours olympique, ou sur la conception première de la divinité (or. XII): À Athènes, sur sa fuite (or. XIII). Collection des universités de France. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2017. Pp. 774. ISBN 9782251006161. €75,00 (pb).
Reviewed by Katarzyna Jazdzewska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (kjazdzewska@gmail.com)
This is the second volume of Dio Chrysotom's works to have appeared in Collection Budé's Série grecque—following the publication in 2011 of Or. 33-36, edited by C. Bost-Pouderon 1—and it will be greeted warmly by scholars of Dio and imperial period Greek prose. It contains two famous speeches: the Olympian Oration (Or. 12), focusing on the human conception and comprehension of god, and In Athens, About Exile (Or. 13), which opens with an autobiographical account of how Dio embraced his banishment and ends with a speech of advice directed to Romans, exhorting them to reconsider their education. The critical edition of the Greek text, introduction, and commentary are by Gianluca Ventrella, while the French translation was produced by Thierry Grandjean and Lucie Thévenet.
This is a hefty volume, slightly short of 800 pages, of which about 60 (double numbered) are filled with the Greek text and a French translation; the rest is dedicated to introductions (p. 1-87 and 497-555) and extensive commentaries to the two speeches (p. 137-493 and 577-697), followed by a bibliography, index of personal and ethnic names mentioned in the Greek text, and an index of passages quoted by Dio. Ventrella has published several articles on Dio over the last few years, in particular on the Olympian Oration, including contributions on textual problems, chronology, and genre, and much of this work has been incorporated into the book. Since a general introduction to Dio and his corpus by Eugenio Amato is due to appear in the Collection Budé in a separate volume, Ventrella's introductory sections are limited to questions pertaining to the two speeches: their dating, circumstances of delivery, genre, structure, style, philosophical and literary influences and inspirations, and manuscript tradition. The dating of neither speech is obvious. For Or. 12, Ventrella opts for the summer of 97 CE, shortly after Domitian's death, as the probable date, as he believes that Dio's criticism of Roman imperialism and his sympathetic portrayal of Getae must predate Trajan and his Dacian Wars. This is one of several dates that have been proposed by scholars (others include 85, 101, and 105 CE), and as there is no uncontested evidence and each date raises its own difficulties, this discussion will certainly continue. Much attention is dedicated to the question of the genre of the speech, which, as Ventrella proposes, partakes of the rhetorical traditions of the panegyric, prose hymn, and declamation, which are incorporated within a philosophically-toned whole; in his view, this philosophical intonation constitutes a unifying feature. As he rightly emphasizes, Dio partakes of the rhetorical tradition while at the same time underscoring his status as a philosopher, which allows him to bend the rules of sophistic and rhetorical performance. I found somewhat problematic Ventrella's insistence on the "diatribic" character of the speech, as it is not clear how Ventrella understands "diatribe". While on p. 21 he appears to follow Fuentes González (who argued that the term should be redefined and used in reference to texts that partake of the pedagogical tradition, the key feature of which is the existence of a master-disciple relationship 2), later on in his identification of the "diatribic" features of Or. 12 he relies on the understanding of diatribe of, e.g. Hirzel (1895) (p. 23, n. 4: poetic quotations as a typical feature of diatribe) and Weber (1895) (p. 225, n. 4: ethical interpretation of Homer as a characteristic feature of diatribe). In n. 1, p. 22, Ventrella notes that "La nature diatribique de l'Olympique a été saisie aussi par Schmid 1903, col. 870-871"; but Schmid called all Dio's extant writings Diatriben except his city speeches (Or. 31-36, 38-51) and consolations (28-30). 3 All this is quite confusing, as is Ventrella's statement, p. 20, that "C'est donc Dion lui-même qui (…) définit son discours comme une 'diatribe philosophique'" (referring to Dio's ἅτε ἐν φιλοσόφῳ διατριβῇ in 12.26), as it suggests that Dio himself characterized his text as a diatribe in the sense (whatever that sense may be) the term has in modern scholarship (nota bene the French translation renders the phrase as "dans un cours de philosophie"). In his thorough examination of the philosophical inspirations of Dio's discussion of the human ἔννοια θεῶν, Ventrella emphasizes the influences of the Stoa (humans' intuitive conception of the gods and the theologia tripartita) and of the Middle Academy (a parallel between an artist and a demiurge and Dio's claim that the concept that an artist fashions his work after τὴν εἰκόνα ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, "the image in the soul"); he also discusses the potential provenance of Dio's theory of art and the preeminence he gives to Pheidias in the history of sculpture. Ventrella concludes that it is difficult to state with certainty whether this philosophical synthesis, combined with an endorsement of popular forms of devotion and piety, is to be attributed to Dio himself—many of the concepts he peruses were "in the air" at the time—or come from a philosopher of the Middle Stoa, such as Panaitios or Poseidonios, though the latter seems to him more probable.
In the introduction to Or. 13, Ventrella admits that there is not enough evidence to date this post-exilic speech precisely. He considers Dio's return to Prusa from exile and the Bithynian proconsulate of Varenus Rufus as the terminus ante quem—if one believes that Dio visited Athens and delivered the speech there on his way home; but he also rightly points out the lack of evidence, aside from the title, that the discourse was delivered in Athens—moreover, some of its features undermine the case for its Athenian delivery (e.g. the fact that the Athenians are always talked about in the third person). In his discussion of the speech's generic affiliation, he notes elements which distinguish it from exilic consolation literature and proposes to consider the discourse as an example of a lalia, a format described by Menander Rhetor in the late 3rd c. CE. Menander Rhetor's passage provides a valuable context for Dio's speech, though perhaps his statement "les recommandations de Ménandre … semblent en partie ignores par Dion" (p. 512) is unfortunate, not only because Menander postdates Dio, but also because the format (as Ventrella notes, p. 514) appears not yet to have crystallized. The remainder of the introduction examines parallels between Or. 13 and the (pseudo?-)Platonic Clitomachus and other Socratic literature (e.g. Plato's Euthydemus, Xenophon's Memorabilia); overall, Ventrella tends to see a variety of inspirations behind Or. 13 rather than the predominant influence of Antisthenes, which has been proclaimed by many scholars. There is a separate section discussing the nature of Dio's exile, where Ventrella argues, as in his 2009 article, that Dio was never formally exiled, but was adnotatus requirendus. 4
Ventrella's critical edition of the two speeches was produced on the basis of a fresh reconsideration of the manuscript tradition. The essential divergence from von Arnim's text 5 is its different assessment of the manuscripts' authority (preference is given to codex M and marginal/interlinear corrections in codices R and G), discussed methodically in the preface. One of the real strengths of Ventrella's edition is his thorough familiarity with and careful examination of abundant previous scholarship, including an 1810 edition of Dukas and Emper's commentary, preserved in manuscript, 6 which allows him to benefit from the cumulative effort of past generations. Ventrella also makes an admirable effort to understand the text as it was transmitted before suggesting interpolation or considering conjecture; as a result, his use of square brackets is much sparser than von Arnim's, and on multiple occasions he retains the lectio of the manuscripts where von Arnim thought that conjecture was necessary. His choices are amply and persuasively discussed in the commentary, though as one would expect, some are more convincing than others (I have doubts, for instance, about keeping λόγος in Or. 12.11: οὐ γὰρ μόνον πλούτῳ φασὶν ἀρετὴν καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ λόγος ἀρετῇ συνέπεται ἐξ ἀνάγκης, where von Arnim proposes πλοῦτος). He considers thoroughly previous editions and critical discussions of individual passages, and proposes several new conjectures, taking into account the potential palaeographical mechanisms of corruptions (to note just a few of Ventrella' new propositions: Or. 12.19: ἀμμιλλοτέρους: von Arnim μετεώρους; 12.28: τὸ τορὸν: von Arnim τὸ γαῦρον; 12.36: δαίμονα ὀκνηρὰν καὶ ἄλυπον: von Arnim δαίμονα πονηρὰν καὶ ἄλυπον; 12.57: μηχανὴν: von Arnim ἱκανὴν).
Ventrella's edition not only provides scholars with a thoroughly reconsidered Greek text, but also with a wealth of material discussed in the commentary, in which difficult passages and various attempts to improve them are meticulously discussed; this is an invaluable resource for any scholar working on the two speeches. The commentary also contains an abundance of explanatory and interpretative material, discussing issues of an historical and linguistic nature, providing ample background for Dio's philosophically-charged passages, and pointing out overlaps and parallels between Dio's other texts and those of other authors, all in dialogue with previous scholarship. The wealth of material gathered and discussed here is extraordinary; it is a testimony to the author's immense scholarly labor and dedicated effort.
Ventrella's work is a significant contribution to Dionian scholarship. We are offered a thoughtful, thoroughly reconsidered, meticulously annotated edition of two of the most important of Dio's speeches, with a comprehensive overview of previous scholarship. The accompanying French translation appears faithful and accurate as well as readable.
Some spelling mistakes and omissions noticed in passing include: p. 10, n. 5 should read "Alcock" instead of "Alcok" p. 31 "Schmid 1887-1897" instead of "Schmid 1897-1897"; on p. 84 and 555 von Arnim's edition is given without a publication date; p. 85 and 752 in the title of Russell 1992 should be "Chrysostom" instead of "Chrysotom"; p. 514-5 n. 2 should read "Ventrella 2016a" instead of "Ventrella 2016"; p. 669 DL 2.25 instead of 2.55; p. 703 in the title of Anderson 1989, "pepaideumenos" instead of "pepaideuomenos"; p. 763 Ventrella's own 2014 article appears to be quoted under the wrong title. In the first line of the footnotes on p. 516, the reference to n. 64 and n. 66 is enigmatic. There are also slips in the index locorum, e.g. p. 771, the quotation of Herodotus is in Or. XIII 7, 18-20 (not 12-20), and the quotation of Homer's Iliad IV 443 is in Or. XII 72, 1 (not 19).
1. Dion de Pruse dit Dion Chrysostome, Œuvres. Premier discours à Tarse (Or. XXXIII), Second discours à Tarse (Or. XXXIV), Discours à Célènes de Phrygie (Or. XXXV), Discours Borysthénitique (Or. XXXVI), texte établi et traduit par Cécile Bost-Pouderon, Paris 2011.
2. P.P. Fuentes González, Les diatribes de Télès, Paris 1998, 50-56.
3. W. Schmid, "Dion (18)", RE V.1, col. 848-877.
4. G. Ventrella, "Dione di Prusa fu realmente esiliato? L'orazione tredicesima tra idealizzazione letteraria e ricostruzione storico-giuridica (con un'appendice di E. Amato)", Emerita 77 (2009) 33–56.
5. H. von Arnim, Dionis Prusaensis quem vocant Chrysostomum quae extant omnia, vol. I-II, Berlin 1893-6. In recent years, new critical editions of Or. 12 and 13 were published by Italian scholars: L. Torraca, A. Rotunno, R. Scannapieco, Dione di Prusa. Olimpico (or. XII), Napoli 2005 and A. Verrengia, Dione di Prusa. In Atene, sull'esilio (or. XIII), Napoli 2000; both are taken into account by Ventrella.
6. The part of the commentary that deals with Or. 12 was published by Ventrella, "Il commentario inedito di Adolf Emperius (ms. Leid. BPG 89, ff. 213r-267r) all'Olimpico di Dione di Prusa", Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft 15 (2012) 1-60.
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Pennsylvania Tree Trimmer Dies in Electrocution Accident
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Issue #295 — Jan. 16, 2020
Every Tiny Tooth and Claw (or: Letters from the First Month of the New Directorate)
Marissa Lingen
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The Candle Queen
Ephiny Gale
The Candle Queen must always carry the sacred candles on her head; otherwise the world will end.
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Years after their friendship had ended, Ser Maerwynn heard tales of the evil Queen Loreen: her curse of silence on the centaurs; her demand that each stone used to build the townspeople’s homes be paid for in daily drops of blood; and finally, the murder of her husband, William the Well-Read, who had grown to love her as much as Ser Maerwynn had loved her.
Ser Maerwynn—Wynn—had left the Land of Mu for the edge of the Beyond for many reasons, only one of which she had told to the then-Lady Loreen, not yet a queen but the daughter, still, of her hated king father. None of those reasons were because Wynn no longer loved Loreen. Even later, as Wynn lay with her half-evil wife in her stone hut in the Silent Woods, she dreamt of her friend, the only woman who had ever truly broken her heart.
Wynn’s father lost his life not to the beast he slayed but to the bandits’ ambush on the returning carriages as they weaved celebratorily through the winter-bare banyo trees. Half the king’s men murdered in one evening; for years the banyo trees whispered of the bloodbath each night evening when the first beams of moonlight coaxed the trees’ mouths to open in their trunks. In her awkward childhood, Wynn once snuck to the edge of the forest at sundown. This was before her friendship with Lady Loreen; before her lack of grace and classroom skill convinced the king’s leftover knights to train her in the way of the sword. That childhood night Wynn stepped one foot over the invisible line that separated the civilized Mu from the wild woods.
“We saw your father’s death,” a banyo whispered. “When those bandits sliced open his belly, nothing there but empty space.”
“Come closer, little girl,” another said. “Place a finger on our tongue and we’ll tell you if that man was truly your father or if chivalry forced him to care for an ugly child that no one else wanted.”
Wynn turned and ran until she reached the palace, where the entrance guards hurried her through and placated her with a sour candy they’d hidden in their armor. They were the youngest of the King’s Order, unskilled at child care. A year into her adolescence, during her training, they taught her to funnel her rage through the memory of the banyos’ taunting words.
On Wynn’s thirteenth birthday, the king granted her knighthood before tossing her into his labyrinth, where she confronted the hot breath of death in the form of the king’s ugliest beast: a bear twice her size with black holes for eyes. She imagined the red of her father’s blood—never blue—as she killed the thing with her bare hands and dragged the carcass before the king father’s throne. He begged to know how she’d done it.
“Thing’s blind,” she said.
As punishment the king father assigned her to guard his only daughter, the difficult Loreen. The first night Ser Maerwynn stood guard at the Lady Loreen’s door, she caught her sneaking out the her window, climbing down a banyo that had grown up to the second floor. Wynn watched her go; Loreen saw her seeing her. Neither said a word, not even in the morning when Wynn let the Lady Loreen’s handmaiden in to serve her breakfast in bed, not even when her king father asked Ser Wynn how her first night of duty had gone. He bristled when she refused to admit that Lady Loreen had misbehaved.
For this small courtesy, Loreen slipped leftover biscuits into Ser Wynn’s clutched fingers as they made their way back up the tower stairs after breakfast. Ser Wynn was not fed at the noble’s table with the noble people; unlike the best of the king father’s knights, she was forced to slurp sludgy pudding in her brief rests. Three times a day the kitchen granted her a goblet of water. Each evening one of the sneakier servants offered her one thimbleful of wine. The biscuit that Loreen slipped her as reward for her silence flaked on her tongue, a cloud of sugar and flour and butter.
She did not thank the Lady Loreen. Instead she asked her where she went at night.
“Around,” Loreen said.
“How do you get away with it?” Wynn asked.
“I’m the king’s daughter,” she said. “I get away with anything.”
On one of her rests, Wynn checked the banyo tree; Loreen had taken an ax to its mouth, destroying its ability to tattle on her evening disappearances. It was then that Wynn knew that the Lady Loreen held inside her a rage like that she herself had experienced in her fight with the king father’s bear. The kind of rage that she knew would burn her up if she let it.
By Lady Loreen’s marrying age, Ser Maerwynn and she spent every spare moment with one another. They shared everything: dresses Wynn snuck into in the privacy in Loreen’s bedroom (though they stretched against her broad body), the secret desire to accomplish more than their roles allowed (for Loreen, an eventual marriage to a bore of a noble man and for Wynn, forever-service under the King who had disliked her from birth), and the thunderstorm-colored crow that began to follow them wherever they went.
They had heard the legend: crows attached themselves to people or pairs of people, traveling from one unlucky soul’s shoulder to the other. The crows instilled a sense of certain gloom in whomever their claws touched; their presence brought forth an obsessive worry about what moment that touch might come. Loreen and Wynn’s crow hovered silent in their room most of the time, but as legend predicted, its presence invited a tight expectancy into the girls’ chests. When the crow rested on Loreen’s window, she and Wynn were sometimes able to ignore it, to gossip and laugh as though they were still children. But when it hovered unignorably in the air, they dwelled, thoughts circling in them, on their pre-written lives: lady and knight, lady and knight, lady and knight.
On rare nights, when the crow shrieked and darted from one of them to the next, touching down on their shoulders, their arms, the tops of their heads—whatever bare skin it could find—they could do nothing more than curl into balls or hide beneath the bed until the shrieking ceased. The crow left no marks, but Loreen dug her own fingernails into her skin. “It should hurt more,” she repeated to herself. Though Wynn’s steel armor protected her from the crow’s touch, she removed her helmet during the crow’s fits in order to divert its attention from Loreen. After one of these fits, Wynn tried to kill the crow with her blade. The metal bounced off its body.
Lady Loreen was sure the king father had sent the crow. But Wynn knew better: the birds followed no orders, no logic, but their own. No one in the palace, even the knights who had half-raised Ser Wynn, mentioned the crow’s existence when the girls were around; it was easier to ignore than to ask if there was anything they could do to help, or to ask if they had helped, unknowingly or otherwise, to call it there.
Because of the crow, the girls appreciated more the light they found in one another. They snuck together into the field across from the palace and ran late-nights through moon-blooming lion’s-head flowers, named for their furry golden petals. They dared the crow to keep up with them as they dove naked of armor and finery in the river that ran at the poor edge of town. They dared one another to pluck its feathers. While Wynn winced each time she pulled at the crow, Loreen yanked its feathers with a gleeful abandon. She smiled with her mouth full of black, like ink. She held the flame of her candle to them and screamed when they did not light. These actions had no effect on the crow; it never seemed balder or weaker in any way.
Some nights the crow followed Lady Loreen into her bed. On those nights Ser Wynn abandoned her door-post and guarded instead Lady Loreen’s prone body, upon which the crow slept. Ser Wynn knew the nightmares that came with this heaviness; she felt them herself when the crow followed her to sleep instead, down in her basement bed: a layer of straw covered with leftover cloth from the royal tailors.
The king father never learned of these, the Lady Loreen’s indiscretions, but Wynn often practiced what she would say to him should he discover that she stayed some nights so close to his daughter; she would tell him that not all the evils of this world entered through the door, that not all the threats to his daughter could be fought with shield and sword. But Wynn did wonder: what, if anything, would kill the crow? Because they were tired, Ser Wynn and Lady Loreen.
Wynn received her answer at a dinner ceremony one stormy evening; outside, wind bells warned of devastation. The king father did not halt his announcement for the weather’s sake. His guests, a smattering of lords and widowed kings from all the Lands, were served at long tables made from the wood of banyo trunks strung together—mouths wide-open and facing upwards for goblets to set inside—and scarfed down a seemingly endless supply of river fish and rabbit, peas and long green beans on beds of lettuce. Some of the men were bearded and brawny; others were as thin as the garden poles used to stake the very peas they ate. None of them would appeal to Lady Loreen, who sat at the high table, yet Wynn had the sneaking suspicion that’s why they were gathered there. Wynn stood beyond the table, hands resting on her sword hilt.
Halfway through dinner the king father stood and rang his own bell; Wynn strained to hear him over the wind’s howling.
“I have asked you all here, as you may have suspected, because my daughter, the beautiful Lady Loreen, has come of marrying age.”
Lady Loreen rolled her eyes at Wynn, allowing the rabbit meat she chewed to hang down her chin.
“You may also have noticed that my beautiful daughter does not come without her...beasts.”
A small murmur moved through the crowd. The crow hovered above Lady Loreen; the king’s words confirmed what had long been mere rumor: the sole Lady of the Kingdom of Mu was afflicted.
“I have been told by some that this creature, this terrible bird, is impossible to kill. Those who told me as much, I have let free from my castle. I have searched the Land of Mu right up to the Beyond, to find some way to rid her of its presence,” the king father said. Wynn raised her eyebrows at Loreen; they had known nothing of this search. “I have heard of only one solution. At the farthest reaches of the woods, guarded by the Mother Bird herself, is a knife, forged by purest light, kept in purest dark. This blade is the only thing in all the world capable of killing this beast.” The king father paused and raised his goblet. “I will grant the hand of my fair daughter to the man who fetches this for me. I will drink this beast’s blood at their wedding.” He drained the goblet dry.
Wynn expected her rage, her king father-related fire, to erupt outwardly, for her to take the knife from her plate and plunge it into her father’s hand. But Lady Loreen held her composure.
After the dinner Ser Wynn escorted the Lady Loreen back to her quarters. Wynn grabbed her arm as she tried to disappear silent through the door. “Wait, don’t you want to talk?”
The crow flew up the hall toward them, sluggish in the well-fed air. It tried to land on Wynn’s shoulder, but she hit it away and shoved herself into Loreen’s bedroom, slamming the door behind her. The crow would find its way in, but for now they were alone.
“What is there to talk about?” Loreen’s eyes flashed. “My king father will sell me to the bravest bidder. That’s always been my fate, hasn’t it? At least I’ll be rid of this crow.”
“But there has to be some other way,” Wynn said. Loreen shrugged her dress from her shoulders and let it float into a pile on the floor. She crawled naked underneath her blankets. Wynn was used to her friend’s nudity; fearless Loreen, whose lithe body made Wynn’s stomach flip with jealousy. Wynn stepped, armor clanking, over the dress and stood beside Loreen’s bedside. “Isn’t there another way?”
Loreen ran her fingers along the edge of her blanket. “We could kill him,” she said. “My father. Take a knife to his throat in the night.”
Wynn frowned. “But he’s your—”
Loreen laughed. “I’m joking.” She reached out to touch Wynn’s hand. “Of course, there’s one other way.”
“Me?” Ser Wynn said. She thought about it; it made sense. “Yes, I could go. I could find the knife. I could—”
“Win my hand?” Lady Loreen said.
“No,” Wynn said. “Of course not. We talked about that.”
Indeed they had, during one of their first years together, two unsure girls years away from their first romantic experiences. Lady Loreen handed Ser Wynn a bracelet she’d braided from blades of grass. She helped Wynn remove her gauntlet and let her hand linger too long on Wynn’s bared wrist as she tied the bracelet in place. I know what kind of woman you will be, Loreen said. I am not that kind of woman. But I will keep this secret, the one you don’t even know yet.
Wynn had known, from the moment Lady Loreen had touched her wrist. But the focused feeling, extinguished as soon as it ignited, did not linger in her. She let that distant possibility free. She needed this friendship more.
“Can you imagine what your father would say?” Wynn grinned. “No, I could go. I could find the blade, fight the Mother Bird, kill our crow. Declare the king father’s contest unfair to you and ask instead for your freedom, whatever way you want it.”
“I want to be queen without marriage,” Lady Loreen said.
“I would demand it of him,” Wynn said. “Your freedom.”
“Instead of taking my hand, you could be my hand. My own best knight.” Lady Loreen sat up in bed. “Let’s toast to it.”
Ser Wynn located a half-drunk bottle of champagne Lady Loreen had stowed beneath her bed and filled two dirtied flutes full.
They clinked their glasses. “To the Queen Loreen and her best knight!” Lady Loreen said. Ser Wynn nodded. They giggled as the bubbles traveled down their throats. Loreen helped Wynn out of her armor until she wore only her gambeson. They lay side by side; the moment Loreen’s head hit the pillow she was out. Wynn laughed to see her sleep so easily. They woke before morning’s first light to a sinking feeling in their guts; the crow had found its way inside and perched at their feet.
“If you go now,” Loreen said, “you’ll have a head start.”
“I don’t want to leave you,” Wynn said. “You’re my only friend.”
“What do you think the crow will do when we separate?” Loreen said.
“Follow one of us,” Wynn said. “It’ll be too far for it to travel back-and-forth.”
“Which one of us?” Loreen said.
Wynn did not respond.
Lady Loreen helped Ser Wynn back into her formal armor, packed a knapsack for her long journey, and snuck her down into the palace yard. The winds had done their damage; several carts had toppled in the night, and the banyo tree below Lady Loreen’s tower was now bent into the shape of a lady mid-curtsy. In a fenced-in pasture outside the palace gates, Loreen bribed a centaur into letting Wynn ride him. Wynn bade Loreen goodbye, knowing full-well that she would not see her for a very long time.
Wynn stopped at the beginning of the first banyo forest and crawled off the centaur.
“What a long and arduous journey you’ve got ahead of you,” the centaur said. “Are you aching to join your father in the death-place?”
“Don’t talk about my father,” Wynn said. She tightened the muscles of her belly for the banyo insults ahead.
While Loreen had intended for Wynn to ride the centaur through the forest, Wynn would travel by foot. She hadn’t had the heart to tell Loreen that she intended to play by the king father’s rules. As he’d told the other suitors, the journey must not be taken by mount. Wynn shooed the centaur away and toed the forest line as she had as a child. The sun would rise in an hour; moonlight still sifted down through the leaves.
“The great knight is here,” a banyo said. “Look at her in her fancy armor, as though all that steel will make up for bad blood.”
“Be quiet,” Wynn said as she crossed into the woods. “Or I’ll cut off your mouths, like Loreen did to your palace friend.”
The banyo trees quieted, as they always did, once the sun rose and their mouths closed. In the light they looked like any other trees. Wynn was grateful for the silence.
The crow followed her the whole first day, circling her head. She swatted the crow. Black feathers floated to form a trail behind them. Wynn imagined Loreen following it, following her, imagined them running away into the woods where the king father would not command either of them. A few times Wynn tricked herself into believing that she heard footsteps, that she saw a flash of someone hiding when she turned to face the way she had come. But the crow’s continual presence on her shoulder told the truth: Loreen was safe in the palace. If the crow would follow Wynn forever, Loreen was better off without her.
At nightfall she pitched her tent in the middle of a circle of banyos. They would tease her mercilessly once they woke, but what choice did she have? She took off her armor—a lengthy process despite that she left on her breastplate—and lay waiting for sleep to take her. She expected to hear the trees’ whispers. When she was met only with stunning silence and the flap of the crow’s wings as it beat against the top of the tent, she shivered. It was more troubling, this quiet. What game were the trees playing? Or was it fear that kept them from speaking?
She did not dare to ask. Eventually sleep dragged her into an abyss filled with nightmares of her father: fighting dragons, fighting bandits. Wynn’s mother had fled after Wynn’s birth, having assisted in the breaking of Wynn’s father’s knight vow of celibacy. It was good that her mother had done so, for her mother’s own sake. On Loreen’s fifteenth birthday, Wynn had broken down while watching Loreen’s mother litter Loreen’s bed with gifts and bring them both juice and spicy sausage and the sweetest jam on the softest bread. Once her mother had left the room, Loreen explained that Wynn’s mother would have had no choice but to flee the kingdom: the king father killed the lovers of his knights, strung them up by their necks in the courtyard. When Loreen was ten, she’d walked right into one of the bodies.
“What did you do?” Wynn asked, stomach clenching.
“I moved it out of my way,” Loreen said.
Then, six months later, with Lady Loreen’s own mother sentenced to death, whereupon she too fled, they gained that in common: missing mothers, and fathers who failed them in their ways too brave or cruel.
In the banyo forest Ser Wynn woke covered in sweat, though a breeze blew through the trees and into the open flaps of her tent. She searched for the crow, expecting to see it darting erratically, but it slept still beside her. She rolled over and hugged herself, comforted by the familiar shape of its sleeping form, head nestled into the feathers of its chest.
“I’d be alone without you, crow,” she whispered, low enough not to wake it.
Still, her stomach sank when it did not reply.
When morning finally reared its subtle head, the sun lighting shadows on the dirt-worn path, Wynn rolled up her blanket and folded her tent and shoved them into the pack. The pack itself was an old, common magic: not bottomless but larger than it looked to outside eyes. Wynn breakfasted on dried sausage and plum. The taste left an emptiness in her chest, made her want to laugh though there was no one but the crow to laugh with. It perched on a tree and watched as she gathered herself and rose to begin again on her journey.
She wasn’t two steps beyond outside sight of her camping area when she stumbled on the paralyzed man.
The man was completely undistinguished, coiled in as best a circle a person could make, his floppy mat of brown hair covering his eyes. She pressed her fingers to his wrist then his neck. His pulse beat, though it was weak. She looked about to see if the man had a crow of his own that might be keeping him from moving, but she saw nothing around them but the silent banyo trees. She heard nothing but the rustle of leaves blown on the ground.
“Are you awake?” she said to him. She did not call him Sir; she would never call a man Sir unless she had to, unless he was a knight like herself and her Code of Honor required it. Unless the king father was watching.
He did not open his eyes, but he groaned through his lips. She leaned closer.
“Berries,” he whispered. “Berries.”
She knew enough to know that this was what he needed to be well again; either that, or his last request before he succumbed to whatever poison coursed in his blood. She rushed into the wood in search of a berry bush. She found no bushes, but she did spot a few berries scattered throughout the fallen leaves: two kinds, blue and black. She brought them both to the man.
“Blue or black?” she said.
“Black,” he groaned. “Black.”
She slipped one between his lips and massaged his throat until he swallowed. He lay still for a time, then finally his eyes opened and he moved his lips with greater range. “More,” he said. “I need more berries.”
She gathered more and fed them to him one by one. With each berry his condition improved, until he could move his arms, his legs. He sat unspeaking as he regained control of his lungs. Once he breathed easier, he thanked her.
“What happened to you?” she said.
“I’ve been living in these woods,” he said. “I’m in exile from Mu. I’ve been surviving off these berries for some time, the blue ones. I have this book—it was in my pack, but the pack was stolen by some rather unhelpful bandits—and it hadn’t yet led me wrong. But the blue berries look almost identical to the black berries in a certain light, and if you eat a black berry without the blue in your system it paralyzes you...”
“But I fed you the black ones,” Wynn said, panic rising in her chest. The crow swooped closer.
“Yes, and I owe you my life. See, it’s all very confusing, but one black berry will paralyze, another ten or so will de-paralyze you. It’s a tricky plant, one of the trickiest there is. They don’t grow here, either. The birds carry them in from miles away.”
“The birds?” Wynn looked around, but the only bird she saw was her own. “I haven’t seen many birds.”
“And you won’t.” He felt around him on the ground with both hands. He moved some leaves aside. There underneath them were several shards of broken glass and a twisted wire frame. He groaned, this time more audibly, and placed the broken spectacles as best he could on his face.
“And why not?” Wynn said. “Why won’t we see any birds?”
“She captures them,” he said. He poked his finger through the glassless frames. “She who lives at the edge of this wood.”
“Who?” Wynn said, but he wasn’t listening. His shoulders had slumped, and he sighed heavily as he struggled to stand. He reached out to steady himself on a tree but missed.
“I’m so sorry,” he said. “But I am blind without these. Do you have any spectacles in that pack of yours?”
“I’m afraid not.”
“Well, I hate to ask this, since I already owe you so much, but can you escort me wherever you are going? I cannot go back to Mu, and I need to find someone who can make me another pair.”
Wynn frowned. “Where I’m going won’t be much help, I’m afraid.” She told him of her mission; he did not seem a threat, despite his banishment from Mu.
“Well, that’s perfect,” he said. “You’re looking for the bird-woman. I know these woods by memory. I can tell you which way to go, if you’ll make sure I don’t run into every tree along the way. There are several outliers who live out there. One of them will surely be able to help me.”
Ser Wynn considered it; it was not in her to leave a man to die for no good reason. Besides, she did not think she could handle days of traveling on her own.
“Which is the best way to go?” she said. He held out his hand. She held it, though she had held no one’s hand in her life but her father’s and Lady Loreen’s. His skin was clammy against hers; the tops of his hands winter rough. But she held on regardless as he navigated them vocally through the woods.
“Last night the banyo trees did not speak,” she said as they walked the path. “Why is that?”
The man, he said his name was William, shrugged. “Deeper into the forest, the trees are different. The Silent Wood. Perhaps the trees are trying to fool those who venture here. Perhaps the bird-woman has bewitched them into silence to fool them herself. After all, it is to her benefit to dissuade people from finding her.”
“And why is that?” Wynn said.
“Wouldn’t you hide away if the only people who sought you desired something from you?”
“I’ve worked my whole life to protect the Lady Loreen,” Wynn said. “The only people in my life are the people who want something from me.”
“Well, I’m sorry to be another of those people,” he said.
Wynn squeezed his hand; she didn’t know what else to do. “Don’t apologize. I’m happy to help.”
They walked along the path, the crow never far from Wynn’s shoulder, then ventured off the path, earlier than Wynn had thought they would, at William’s behest—a shortcut, and not the kind that would get you killed, he promised. Wynn thought about what it would mean to hide herself away in the woods; what it would mean to leave the company of those who loved her only as much as she could help them. Her whole life Loreen had been the only exception. But there was also a nagging thought: Lady Loreen could have begged her king father to release Ser Wynn from service. It had not been part of their discussions; those had always been about her serving beside Lady Loreen from queenship to deathbed. Out in the woods, it seemed clearer that forever-service, no matter whom she served, wasn’t the freedom she sought.
Then again she had not asked for freedom. She shook her head and continued on until the sun dipped below the horizon and they stopped to make camp for the night.
William was no help with the tent. He leaned against a trunk as Wynn smoothed the thick leather sides over the triangle frame. When she finished, she led him inside. The crow swooped in with them and perched at the top.
As Wynn made fire from her ever-burning log, William napped. She woke him once she’d warmed the dried sausage and bread. He scarfed his down. She watched him dust the crumbs off his trousers pants.
“We may run out of food,” she said. “I didn’t bring enough for two.”
“We could catch and cook your crow,” William said.
Wynn’s breath caught; she hadn’t been sure William had noticed the crow, with his broken vision. “You’re welcome to try. We’ve tried time and time again.”
William leaned in toward the fire, warming his hands. “Then I’m right? That’s Lady Loreen’s crow? The one you’re searching for the blade to kill?”
Wynn pressed her lips together.
“I’ve read something about these crows,” William said. “They sometimes attach themselves to people in pairs, yes? But this one’s followed you, instead of sticking to her. What do you think that means?”
Wynn’s stomach churned; she’d eaten too quickly. She pressed on her belly with both hands. Inside the tent the crow let out one long shriek. Wynn concentrated on her heart’s beating; it quickened a step, an uneven dancer.
“I haven’t a clue,” she said.
William yawned and lifted his hands above his head. His back cracked. “I don’t know how much more of this walking I can stand.” He removed one shoe; underneath the leather his skin was bloodied, raw. He massaged around the wounds. Wynn studied his feet. Thin skin for a man who has been living out here a long while. William rose and bid her goodnight then disappeared into the tent.
Wynn waited by the fire until it burned down, then waited again until she heard William’s deep-sleep snoring. The bird, too, had fallen into itself. She lay as far away from William as she could manage without pressing herself too far into the side of the tent. His snores were a background white noise to block out the wind. She fell asleep to them, thinking how strange life becomes, how like a family this scene might seem to someone from the outside, someone who might happen upon us in the night.
She dreamt of that person: a woman with twigs for hair that fell to her broad shoulders. The woman sliced zipped open the tent with long claw-like nails and peered upon them through her mask made of leaves, the shape of a bird with a long beak for a nose. “I can take care of that for you,” she whispered. What? Ser Wynn said in her sleep, though she did not open her eyes. “Your bird.” The crow woke, then, and flew straight to the woman’s hair, where it nestled in her branches. “All I ask—”
Wynn woke with a start; the banyo trees were shrieking. She jumped out of her sleeping bag bedroll and pulled her helmet over her head—she’d slept in her breastplate but no more steel than that, and it would not be enough to fend off any real threat—and stumbled into the dark, sword outstretched.
William stood before three women covered head-to-toe in thick brown leather. They carried curved staffs each topped with a single claw. Ser Wynn towered over them, but at the edge of Mu people were rarely what they seemed at first glance—her father had told her that; bedtime stories meant to keep her within the town border—so Wynn did not attack.
“Are these the bandits who robbed you?” she whispered to William.
“Don’t know,” he whispered back. “Can’t see.”
“Ser Maerwynn, it can be no other.” The woman in the middle stepped forward. “We don’t want to fight you.”
“I don’t want to fight you either,” Wynn said.
“If you come with us, we will not kill you.”
“Where will you take me?” Wynn said.
“She has heard that you are looking for her. She would very much like to meet you.” The woman in the middle held out a beckoning hand.
Wynn shivered. “What choice do I have?” she said. “Leave William out of it and we’ll call it a bargain deal.”
The woman waved her hand. “We have no interest in fools on murder errands from the mortal king.”
Wynn glared at William, her anger redirected. “A murder errand?”
“Wait, let me explain.” William reached out for her arm, but she jerked it away. “I couldn’t do it. He sent a messenger. If I brought him both your head and the blade, he’d let me back in. But I couldn’t—”
“You tricked me,” Wynn said. This, then, was one of the things her father had warned her about: a stranger in the woods was never just a stranger. She understood the forest now. But then she was part of the forest too, here on the border of Mu and the Beyond; she would be one of these puzzles: not what she seemed at first glance.
Wynn stepped toward the women, leaving her pack, her tent, her crow to catch up later. Two of them took hold of her arms while the third led the way. They walked her, like a prisoner, through the trees. Then, when they were far enough away that William could no longer see them—not even if he had been lying, too, about his vision—they veered left into the thickening woods. Their bodies melted into the dirt, three pools of blood and brown feathers. Their staffs clattered to the ground. New bodies rose from the muck until three giant birds—not crows but some type that Wynn had never seen—stood before her. Wynn tried to run, but they hooked their claws around her arms and legs and lifted her through the trees and into the air. They flew her right to the bird-woman’s stone door.
The bird-woman was just as Wynn’s dream had showed her to be: a nest of wiry bark-colored hair, tangled so heavily that Wynn would not have been surprised had a few birds made it their home. She did not wear a mask, but her nose was long and thin. She ushered Wynn inside but instructed the other birds to remain on the other side of the door.
Wynn’s crow had followed her there, but the bird-woman locked her front door and closed all the windows. The crow crashed against the glass, giving Wynn a splitting headache, until the bird-woman leaned over and stared into its black eyes through the glass. It quieted on the window ledge.
The bird-woman handed Wynn a glass of tea already-steeped. The steam rose up and tickled Wynn’s chin.
“For your headache,” the bird-woman said.
Wynn sipped the tea; it tasted like freshly-upturned dirt. She did not dare spit it out.
“You must be wondering how I knew you were coming,” the bird-woman said, sprawling into her chair. She draped her arms across its back. “They always wonder that.”
Wynn shrugged. “Of course,” she said, because it seemed to be what the bird-woman wanted to hear.
When the bird-woman laughed, it was like wind bells firing. “But I can’t reveal all my secrets!”
Wynn shrugged again.
“Be careful.” The bird-woman sat up stiff in her chair. “Your shoulders will stick like that.” For a moment Wynn felt as though she could indeed not move the muscles in her shoulders, but the feeling subsided quickly. “Anyway, you’re here for a certain blade. Word travels quickly when the carriers of it are not relegated to the ground.”
Outside Wynn heard the flapping of the three messengers’ wings. She wondered where the bird-woman got her nickname. From the look of her? Her sway over the feathered?
“You think you want to help your friend, the Lady Loreen, but I can’t help but notice that the bird followed you instead of sticking with her. You must know what that means. It must kill you to know you’re the weaker party.”
Wynn stood, knocking the tea to the ground. The liquid flowed over the stone, into the cracks between.
“I am no such thing,” she said, no strength to the words.
“Is it a duel to the death for your honor, then?” The bird-woman moved her hand through the air; a mild wind blew through the hut and cracked the window open. The crow hopped inside, but it did not come to Wynn’s shoulders.
Wynn steadied her breath and sat again. “Of course not,” she said.
“What a well-trained soldier you are. Weakness is an opportunity, Maerwynn, to become strong.”
“You’re wrong,” she said. “I’m not weak.”
The bird-woman shook her head. “I’m right. But you don’t have to be weak anymore.”
The bird-woman leaned forward, and in her eyes kindness shone through. Wynn relaxed her shoulders and breathed in once, twice, three times. It would be nice to be strong, to be free from the crushing weight of the crow.
“Show me,” she said. For Maerwynn had her own plan: she would earn the bird-woman’s trust. Then, when the bird-woman showed her the blade that would kill the crow, Maerwynn would betray that trust.
The bird-woman agreed to teach Wynn everything she knew about strength: how to let go of the past and the lingering ache of parental shortcomings, how to control the birds, how to make demands of them and of yourself.
“I keep my crow hidden here.” She touched the lid of a woven basket. “When others come, I take care of them too.”
Wynn leaned over the basket, squinting in an attempt to see through the tiny weave holes. The bird-woman pulled the basket closer.
“We’ll work on yours.” She gestured to the crow at the window. Here in the bird-woman’s hut, the crow spent most of its time at the window. Wynn wondered if it liked the feel of the forest air.
“Sing to it,” the bird-woman said.
Wynn cleared her throat and started a bawdy chant the leftover knights had taught her.
The bird-woman covered her ears. “A song, girl, a song!”
Wynn shook her head. “I don’t know any songs.”
The bird-woman taught her one. Her voice moved across her lips in a cloud that sounded like Wynn’s first biscuit had tasted: sugar and butter and flour. Wynn licked her own lips and remembered her father’s singing voice, his surprising falsetto. She remembered the soft of the hands that had held her: her father’s, Loreen’s, William’s in the woods as she led him. She did not care, with the bird-woman’s melody filling her belly full, that all three of those people were not perfect.
When the bird-woman stopped, the hut settled back around Wynn.
“Now you try,” the bird-woman said.
Though Wynn’s voice was not as trained, she succeeded in commanding the crow’s attention for one brief moment when her performance met the gilded memory of the bird-woman’s note. When she finished the song, she tried again, to no avail.
That night, sleeping in the pantry, she heard a different song in her dream. This one reminded her of the good dreams she’d had as a child, before she understood the implications of her father’s death, before she dreamed only nightmares. She rose from the pallet the bird-woman had made for her on the floor of the hut and found her crow wide-awake at the window. She bent to meet it at its level. She sang the dream-song, a memory of good things.
The bird’s head lolled against its chest.
Wynn sang of loss; she sang of recalling those she had cared about without letting them pull her with them into their graves or their own Silent Woods. She sang of missing Loreen.
Her voice cracked. The crow’s head shot up, and its eyes shot open. It shrieked once, twice. Wynn’s heart hammered.
“Sing something else,” the bird-woman said from her bed.
The crow hopped from foot to foot, looking as though it might at any moment spring at Wynn, claws extended, in one of the fits that Wynn had not experienced since leaving the palace.
“Do it,” the bird-woman said. “Something else, anything else.”
Wynn’s mouth was dry. Her body ached, finally remembering the long trip she’d taken, two days of walking and a rough voyage through the air in the claws of beast-birds. Wynn opened her mouth and sang, not the song the bird-woman had tried to teach her the day before but the chant, only she made it melodic; that rhyme of women and wine and winning a princess’ heart.
The crow quieted. Wynn sank to the floor and held her throbbing head in her hands. She didn’t budge until the bird-woman nudged a cup of tea against her arm.
“Some song.” The bird-woman laughed until Wynn couldn’t help but do the same.
Over that afternoon, Wynn succeeded twice more in getting her own crow to sleep, then to rise from sleep, then to sing. She spent the four days afterward learning different bird-songs, repeating affirmations that would bring her closer to the self her father might have hoped she’d become: the kind of woman who demanded of the world rather than accepting the world’s demands.
When she woke on the seventh morning, Wynn did not feel the crow’s presence, though when she looked out the window she saw it perched on the branch of a nearby tree. Wynn waited for the bird-woman to wake.
“I want to thank you,” she said from the foot of the bird-woman’s bed.
The bird-woman rubbed the sleep from her eyes and shook her head. “Not yet,” she said. “There is so much more you must learn. This peace? It is temporary. You will need to know what to do when the darkness returns. That crow? You will never be rid of it, not even if you outshine your friend, not even if you learn all my tricks and then some.”
“The blade—” Wynn said without thinking.
“I have a blade.” The bird-woman wrapped her down blanket around her shoulders as she stood before Wynn like royalty in a bright white cape. “It will not kill the crow who follows you. I’m sorry, Wynn, but there is no cure.”
“But the Lady Loreen,” Wynn said. “You knew that’s why I was coming here. You said you knew.”
“And I did.” The bird-woman pressed her hands against Wynn’s shoulders. Wynn shrugged her off. “That doesn’t mean your mission was a good one. You want to help your Lady Loreen? Stay here in the woods. I have dreamt of terrible things in Mu. I have dreamt of many paths.”
“What things? What paths?” Wynn backed into the stone wall. “Is Loreen all right?”
“She is.” The bird-woman rubbed her head. “She will be if you stay. No man will win the king’s contest. This bird will no longer plague her. She will not marry. She will not become the Queen of Mu. Her cousin will take the throne.”
“Being queen is all she’s ever wanted.”
“If she becomes queen, married or unmarried, Mu will fall.”
“But she is my friend,” Wynn said. “She is my dearest friend.”
“Let her stay your friend,” she said. “If you return, you will betray her, sooner or later. Her anger is a fire and your betrayal will be fuel.”
Wynn looked around the hut she had made a temporary home. Her stomach turned. The woods had worked their magic on her once again, tricking her into trusting its inhabitants.
“I don’t believe you. I would never betray her. I need that blade. And that is all I need.”
The bird-woman pursed her lips. “I cannot give you that.”
“Then you cannot help me.” Wynn drew her sword, but before she had a chance to threaten the bird-woman, the woman whistled her lilting tune. Birds burst through the cracked windows and covered Wynn’s body. They dug their claws into her skin. They cawed in her ears until her ears rang with silence. She struggled to move her arms. The claws dug in further. Blood wept down her body. She collapsed onto the floor. She closed her eyes. If this is death, she thought, it is worse than I have ever imagined.
In the morning Wynn opened her eyes like any other morning. Her surroundings were less than ordinary. Instead of the palace, instead of the woods, instead of the bird-woman’s stone hut, she lay on a dirt floor in a straw-roofed dwelling with no windows and no door. All around her were wicker baskets with closed lids. Her skin ached and itched. When she examined her body, she saw hundreds of cuts, marks of bird claw and bird beak.
She rose as best as she was able and tried to find an exit in the clay wall, each movement of her fingers stretching the cuts on her hands. She was stuck in here, as caught as the bird in the wicker basket. Her crow was nowhere to be found. Wynn missed the familiar sight of it. But it was a blessing as well as a discomfort, for she did not feel the normal sinking feeling in her gut, that normal tightness in her chest. Instead she felt a desperate urge to get out of the hut, out of the forest, to return home to Lady Loreen
She opened one of the baskets’ lids. Inside, a dark mass. She reached in and grabbed what she could; when she pulled her hand out again, she held a sleeping bird in her palm. It did not wake or move but its lungs, their soft breath barely visible upon the feathers of its chest.
She dropped the bird back into the basket, part out of shock, part out of the memory of claws and beaks, claws and beaks. She closed the lid and held her weight against it. After she calmed, after she realized the bird was not going to attack her, she checked the others. All birds. So this, then, was where the birds of the forest had gone. Captured. Kept in baskets like root vegetables, like unliving things to be contained. What would the bird-woman do with her? Was she meant for a basketcontainer too? Or did the bird-woman possess some darker power. Wynn recalled the women who had fetched her. She had not heard or seen them since.
She had to get out of there.
The bird-woman brought Wynn nuts and seeds and water. She entered the hut through a door that appeared then disappeared into the clay.
“You will have to give in sooner or later,” the bird-woman said. “I could use a woman like you around here, Ser Maerwynn.” The bird-woman smoothed salve onto Wynn’s wounds. “I’m sorry for how harsh I was. I have my own insistent birds, you know. More than one. I took the first one down, imprisoned it, tamed it. But they keep coming. That’s the secret. You can’t kill them. You can’t scare them away. You can only bewitch them into submission. Savor the brief freedom.”
Freedom. The word tasted sweet on Wynn’s tongue as she repeated it to herself. “Let me go,” Wynn said. “Let me go back to Lady Loreen.”
“I cannot.” The bird-woman frowned. “I loved Mu, once upon a time. I will not see it reduced to dust.”
“I won’t betray her.” The salve stung as it seeped into Wynn’s blood. “Please.”
“You may not think of it as betrayal,” she said. “But she will. I cannot let you go back.” The bird-woman rose and left through that door of her own creation.
The bird-woman’s future appearances left Wynn with no idea of the time of day save whatever she saw out the brief door: a tiny slip of sun. Morning or afternoon, then. Her visits ran on a cycle. Wynn studied them for six days. She practiced the bird-woman’s waking-song, from the time she woke to the time she slept. On the seventh day, when the bird-woman opened her door, Wynn sang the birds to rise. She did not have to command them to attack; they rushed the bird-woman as she stepped in, cawing their terrible insistent noises. The bird-woman covered her ears and crouched as low to the ground as she was able, belting the calming songs in her shaking voice. Wynn ran through the dark cloud and into the light.
But the blade. If she did not leave now, the bird-woman might find her and imprison her once more. She would have to leave the blade. She cursed circumstance and ran from the bird-woman’s hut, back into the woods, her crow rising from the trees where it had hidden and trailing her like a shadow.
Wynn ran without thinking, without looking but at the path that unfolded beneath her. She collided head-first with the scrawniest of trees.
“You’re alive!” the tree said. But it was no tree; as Wynn gathered herself and regained control of her dizzied legs, she saw that it was William she had run into. He’d gained a sword since she’d last seen him.
Rage turned her stomach, but she had no time for rage. She pushed past him and continued on the trail. William followed behind, able to keep pace with her due only to the new limp in her step.
“Stop following me,” she said, breathless.
“I want to apologize,” he said.
“You’re a liar,” she said.
“You’re right.” William, to his credit, spoke steadily despite their quickening pace. “You shouldn’t have trusted me. I ate a banyo leaf, whose paralysis wears off in an hour’s time, knowing that you would soon come up the trail.”
“And your spectacles, I see, are still gone.”
“I have not needed spectacles to see since I was a boy, when I learned the spell to fix my eyesight.”
“Were you coming to kill me with that sword?”
“I was coming to save you.”
Wynn laughed so hard she had to stop. “You were coming to save me?” She wiped at the humor-tears that had formed in the corners of her eyes. “Even if I believed you—you, going to save me?”
William furrowed his brow. “I’m not without my strengths.”
“And the bandits you met before me? The ones who robbed you? How well did you defend yourself from them?”
“You met the same and only bandits I have ever encountered here. They stole nothing from me. It was another part of my ruse. Those women have wreaked havoc on these woods for over twenty years. And they are under the bird-woman’s command. There is nothing they do that she has not asked them to do.”
Wynn’s chest ached. “Then the bird-woman killed my father?” She thought of how she’d left the bird-woman covered in her shrieking birds. She did not feel sorry for what she had done. “She told me the blade would not kill the crow.” As though it understood, the crow cawed shrilly from above. “I guess this forest is full of liars.”
William pursed his lips. “From now on I want to be honest with you, Ser Wynn.” From his pocket he pulled another blade, this one smaller and shining and silver and covered in runes, the handle shaped at its end like the head of a vulture.
Wynn grabbed the blade and studied it under the sunlight. “This is the one?” Wynn had thought she would feel something inside her when she finally found it; heroes always spoke of how right their prizes felt once they finally touched them, as though these objects had been waiting on them all along. But Wynn felt the same. Her ankle hurt. Her skin burned. She was tired and wanted only for a warm bed in which to sleep for weeks.
“It’s yours,” William said. “But listen: I used to be the librarian at the Great Library. The king asked me to find a way to kill his daughter’s crow. I searched and searched but found only this old legend about a blade in the woods. This legend—it was disproven. It was tested long ago, before the blade was under the bird-woman’s care. Several experiments. It will not kill these birds. I told the king as much. He banished me for what he called my lies and hired a librarian more willing to overlook the truth. The bird-woman was right. There is no way to kill the crow.”
Wynn sang a song to call the crow into her open palm. Once it nestled there, she placed the crow into the dirt at her feet. She sang a calming song. She did not hesitate; if she hesitated, she knew, she would never be able to kill her closest companion, closer to her even than Lady Loreen. She plunged the knife at the bird as she had done with other blades several times before.
The knife glanced off its feathers and sent Wynn falling into the dirt. She sprawled there as the crow woke with a cry and soared above her, still half-stunned from Wynn’s songs.
William knelt beside her. “If you take this blade to Mu, if you present it to the king, he will have you killed, just as he originally intended.”
“Then not all I have heard in these woods was a lie.” Wynn lowered her head as far as it would fall upon her chest, her arms bent at her sides like folded wings.
William placed a hand upon her back. “If you want to save your friend and yourself,” he said, “stay in these woods. The crow is fondest of you. It will remain yours.”
“Because I’m weak.”
“No.” William removed his hand from her. “Because you’re strong. These crows are attracted to the strongest of us. Because you provide a worthy adversary. Because you will put up a fight.”
Wynn wanted to scream, to pound the ground in front of her. “That’s centaur shit,” she said. “I don’t want to leave my only friend. I don’t want this stupid bird following me.” She picked up a rock from the ground and hurled it at the crow, who dodged the projectile and darted at Wynn’s head. Wynn waved her hands around, the memory of the flock bursting through her, the scars still stinging, but the crow was quicker than her. Finally she re-folded herself and dry-heaved, losing then coming back to her breath.
When she could once more breathe, she rose. The crow stilled in the trees above her, satisfied with its tantrum, with the pain it had caused Wynn.
“You didn’t help me,” Wynn said. She stomped her foot. “What if this had been the time it killed me? Why has no one ever helped me when it attacks?”
William knitted his eyebrows. “No one can help you, Wynn. The same goes for Lady Loreen. It was wrong of her to ask you to come here.”
“But I wanted to help.”
“Then she didn’t need to ask, did she?”
Wynn frowned. Her head throbbed. She massaged her temples and tried to banish her confusion like the king father had banished this man.
“There’s no time for this,” she said at last, the edge returned to her voice. “I told her I’d return to her. And that’s what I’ll do. Don’t worry about me.”
William unsheathed his sword and presented that too to her.
“You’ll want this, too,” he said. “What’s a knight without her weapon?”
And it was her weapon, the very same that she had carried out into these woods. He must have stolen it when he stole the blade. Wynn had been so distracted that she hadn’t recognized her own blade.
She took the sword, heavy in her grip.
William led her back to Mu. At the edge of the city, the centaur that Lady Loreen had stolen for her waited. It had eaten a border line in the grass; green rimmed its mouth. When Wynn and William emerged from the Silent Wood, the centaur spit its mouthful of grass at their feet.
“I thought I was in the clear,” the centaur said. “Forever free. Thought for sure you’d die in there. But I see you might be worth the breath you steal from the air.” The creature bowed to Ser Wynn, inviting her to climb astride. Once upon the great beast’s back, she allowed herself to slump forward. William did not follow.
Back at the palace, the leftover knights guarding the entrance tried to talk her back into the woods.
“I know what I’m doing,” she said. “Let me through.”
They agreed to sneak her in as long as she did not let herself be seen by the king. But Wynn went right to the king father. She presented him with the blade.
“I see William failed once more in his duties,” the king father said.
The crow landed on Wynn’s shoulder. She spoke through the fear.
“This blade will not kill this crow.” She cupped the bird into her palm. She pushed the blade’s tip into the crow’s chest, cooing a sleeping song all the while. The crow dozed as the blade failed to enter its skin.
The king father eyed the crow. “I see.” He breathed heavy on his throne. “I think I know what the problem is. It’s been you all along, hasn’t it?”
“Yes and no,” Ser Wynn said. “You cannot kill me. If you kill me, the crow will stay with your daughter, forever. But I can take this particular crow with me. I can leave, never to return.” Here Wynn understood that she held the power; she could give the king father what he wanted. She could ask for something in return.
She had thought, all through her journey home, that she would ask for Lady Loreen to be made queen, without marriage, without the guidance of any man. But standing before the king father, the bird-woman’s warning returned to her. The bird-woman had lied to Wynn, but not everything she’d said had proved untrue. And Wynn knew Loreen better than anyone else in the world. When Wynn had heard the prophecy, she had not balked at Loreen’s evil but at the prediction that Wynn would betray her.
Wynn swallowed hard. “But there may be other crows who come for her. Bigger crows. More insistent crows. Crows that cling to you as well. My going will not stop them. But there is someone who knows a thing or two. And what he does not know he can find more quickly than anyone else would be able to. That man is William. He helped me find this blade. In exchange for my service, in exchange for my leaving, I ask only that you allow him once more to enter Mu. Allow him to take his old post back.”
“For this you will leave?” The king father gripped the armrest of his throne. “You’ll take that crow with you?”
The king father waved his hand. “William the Well-Read’s banishment is no longer to be enforced. Instead, Ser Maerwynn will take his place. She is to be led from the city of Mu and left in the woods, an exchange.” The king father smirked.
“May I say goodbye?” Wynn asked, bowing before the king father. “To Lady Loreen, I mean.”
“I suppose that would be acceptable.” The king father ordered two leftover knights to escort Wynn to Lady Loreen’s room—and then out of Mu forevermore.
Lady Loreen lay propped sick in her bed. When Ser Wynn broke the news to her that she would be leaving, Loreen hurled the plates left on her bedside table at the wall. The clay shattered around Wynn’s feet.
“I’ll kill him,” Loreen said.
“Don’t be angry.” Wynn walked across the room and leaned over Lady Loreen. Wynn held Loreen’s cheek in her hand. “It’s the only way. He would have killed me.”
Lady Loreen grabbed Wynn’s wrist. Panic entered her eyes. “Please, Wynn.”
Wynn’s chest ached. But this ache could be temporary, the way of every difficult journey.
“I have to go,” Wynn said. “Let me go.”
Loreen did not let her go. Wynn pried Loreen’s insistent fingers from her wrist, where she’d dug the nails in, drawing blood. Finally Loreen pulled back her hand and held it over her mouth. “I’m sorry,” she said. “I don’t know what came over me.”
Wynn knew. She’d known since she first saw that tree with its mouth hacked off. Loreen had so much anger in her and did not wish to let it go, to banish her own misery.
“Stay a little while,” Loreen said. “A night or two.”
Wynn nodded. “I’ll stay a little while.”
Loreen relaxed at this news and burrowed into her blankets. Wynn climbed in beside her. Loreen rested her head on Wynn’s chest and breathed steadier as she stole Wynn’s warmth.
“What will I do without you?” Loreen said.
Wynn waited until Loreen’s breath deepened before readjusting her. She crawled from the bed and padded as lightly as she was able across Lady Loreen’s bedroom, the bedroom that had been the only private space Wynn had ever known—and even then she had only shared it. Despite the cuts scabbing all over her body, she thought of that hut in the woods in which she had been trapped, how the quiet that greeted her each morning was total and in its totality brought Wynn peace.
She thought of her final untied thread: revenge for her father’s death. She was owed that hut; the spoils of murder.
She wandered from the castle despite her heavy heart. At the border of Mu, Wynn told William the Well-Read of Loreen’s hatred for her father. “Together, I think you two could see him gone from Mu.” She thought only a moment of that terrible way he might one day leave—I’ll kill him, Loreen had said—but she did not think William would let that happen. For how little she knew him, she trusted him.
As he started his journey back to Mu, Wynn walked away from it, back into the woods, her silent crow trailing her all the way to the bird-woman’s hut.
Wynn heard the hut before she saw it, a cacophony of bird shrieks. Hand at her hilt, Wynn knocked at the bird-woman’s door. The bird-woman did not answer. Wynn turned the knob and peered inside; the blankets the bird-woman had arranged for her still lay upon the floor. Birds nested in every cranny, singing their terrible songs. Beneath a lump of sheets on the bed, the bird-woman whimpered in her sleep.
Wynn’s chest ached for her. This was no way to die. Every woman deserved dignity, murderer or not.
Wynn scared the birds away using the bird-woman’s own tricks. It took a day’s work and then some to rid all the birds from the hut. She took quarterly breaks to heat then pour warm broth down the bird-woman’s throat. For herself, she ate bowls of berries and dried meat the bird-woman had cured. She took her meals outside, beneath a canopy of flapping wings. They did not bother her. Her own crow dozed in its own tree. It did not bother her much either.
When finally she’d cleared the hut, Ser Wynn knelt at the bird-woman’s bedside. She placed cool rags on her forehead and sung healing songs, songs that her father had sung to her. When the bird-woman could finally talk, she looked up and smiled to see Ser Wynn.
“Don’t smile at me,” Wynn said. “I’m only healing you so that the fight is fair.”
“You came all the way back to fight?” the bird-woman said.
Wynn wiped the sweat from the bird-woman’s forehead and exchanged the now-warm rag she’d set there with a fresh cool one from a bowl of water. “You ordered the bandits to kill my father,” Wynn said. “Do you remember that?”
The bird-woman placed a shaking hand on Wynn’s at her forehead. “No,” she said. “That’s all wrong.”
Wynn had experienced enough of forest-truth: to never know which words were lies. No easy answers like in the palace, where each assignment came with a script. Wasn’t that what she had chosen when she fled back into the woods?
“Those bandits robbed your father, it’s true,” the bird-woman said. “And I punished them for that. They had been robbers before, but they’d never taken lives. They’d never killed the king’s own men. I couldn’t have such lawlessness in my forest. I couldn’t have murderers living next door. I turned them into birds, enchanted them to do my bidding.” Her eyes fluttered closed. “But I had nothing to do with your father’s death.”
Wynn looked at the woman, her hair like twigs, her body broken. The rage in Wynn’s belly had gone without her willing it to go. She did not know if the bird-woman told the truth, but she believed that she did, and that was somehow more important.
“I believe you.” Wynn’s aching chest calmed. Her father had died a long time ago. There was nothing she could do about that.
“Will you stay and learn from me?” the bird-woman said. She let go of Wynn’s hand.
“If you will learn from me as well,” Wynn said. “You cannot lock me up because I disagree with what you think is best. You cannot lock me up for any reason.”
The bird-woman nodded, slow and steady. Wynn thought of the truths the bird-woman had told. Wynn told of her own truth: she had returned to Lady Loreen. If the bird-woman’s visions were correct, then the future for Mu she’d feared would come to pass.
“I know,” the bird-woman said. “We cannot change what we see out here. But that doesn’t stop me from trying.”
“Have you seen anything of me?” Wynn asked, though was not sure she wanted to know.
“I have seen you with my eyes,” the bird-woman said, drifting again into sleep. “That’s enough to know who you’ll become to me.”
Nothing in the Silent Woods was immediate: Wynn’s full grasp of her lessons, the control she gained over her crow and all the birds who came after, her love for the bird-woman or the bird-woman’s love for her.
The word from Mu: Lady Loreen had married William the Well-Read. They had grown close as he taught her how to control her latest affliction: a small crow that brought tears instead of fear. Using the library map collection, William had located a wealth of treasure. He’d bought the king father’s retirement and his own place on the throne, which he gifted to his rightful Queen Loreen. The queen issued her decree: all banished from Mu would now be allowed to return. Ser Wynn did not return.
Wynn thought at first that these events were not too bad. But then came more news, the picture of the future Wynn had influenced snapping into place. Loreen had finally learned how Wynn had bargained for William to be allowed back into Mu. Though she had nearly gained what she had always wanted—a lone place on her throne, even if it had required a husband—her anger erupted. Not only had Wynn not returned to Mu once her banishment was lifted, but she had asked for the pardoning of a strange man instead of what she had promised: her best friend’s queenship. Lady Loreen stole the centaurs’ voices and hid them in her palace. She demanded a blood tax of her citizens; each morning they would leave a drop in a bowl on their door. She murdered King William and changed his moniker in the history books: the Well-Read no longer; the Liar forevermore.
This news hurt. Some days, when her original crow slipped into a rare fit, Wynn found it difficult to rise from bed, to tend the garden she kept with the bird-woman—Queen of the Birds and the Silent Woods, no longer silent, no longer fearful of its most-feared inhabitant. But after a while she returned to herself long enough to sing the songs of the bird-woman, of her father, of her own creation. The calming songs of the people she had cared most for in her lifetime, and these songs pierced through Wynn’s dark clouds like the strongest blade.
© Copyright 2018 Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
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Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam's fiction and poetry has appeared in over fifty magazines and anthologies both literary and speculative including Clarkesworld, Fairy Tale Review, Lightspeed, and numerous times in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. She has been a finalist for the Nebula Award and for Selected Shorts' Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Award. Her audio fiction-jazz collaborative album, Strange Monsters, explored the theme of women living unconventional lives. She's been reprinted in French and Polish, for numerous podcasts, and on io9. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast Program and created and curates the annual Art & Words Collaborative Show in Fort Worth, Texas. She is active on Twitter @BonnieJoStuffle and on her website www.bonniejostufflebeam.com.
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HyDeploy, a new ground-breaking green energy trial at Keele University, Staffordshire, has been developed to help Britain cut its carbon emissions and open the door to a low-carbon hydrogen economy.
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Part of the Malaysian shooting contingent in London, Nur Suryani Mohamad Taibi is due in September.
One of the first events of the London Olympics on 28 July is the 10-metre women's air rifle competition.
Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi, a shooter from Malaysia, will compete at the Royal Artillery Barracks while eight months pregnant.
At least three expectant mothers have competed at the Olympics before, but Suryani will be the most pregnant athlete to have taken part.
The BBC's Jonah Fisher reports.
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Come on, cat.
Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area
Crazy guy walks in to see his new psychiatrist wearing only cellophane pants. The doc looks up from his desk and says "Sir, I can clearly see yer nuts".
Why don't women have brains?
They don't have penises to keep them in.
What's brown and sticky?
A stick.
Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.
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lobber of scimitars
Location: Phila Burbs
Jesse Jackson is visiting a primary school and he visits one of the classes. They are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks the Reverend Jackson if he would like to lead the discussion of the word "tragedy". So the illustrious leader asks the class for an example of a "tragedy".
One little boy stands up and offers, "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy."
"No," says the great Jesse Jackson," that would be an accident."
A little girl raises her hand, "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explains the exalted spiritual leader. "That's what we would call a great loss."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. Rev. Jackson searches the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally at the back of the room a little Johnny raises his hand. In a quiet voice he says: "If a jet carrying the Reverend Jackson were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaims Jackson, "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be tragedy?"
Well," says the boy, "because it sure as hell wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be an accident either."
wolf eht htiw og
"Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island
High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis
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xoxoxoBruce
A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgery. As she lay her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest.
After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm so sorry, Cuddles has passed away."
The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure?
"Yes, I am sure. The duck is dead," he replied.
"How can you be so sure," she protested. "I mean, you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
The vet rolled his eyes , turned around and left the room, and returned a few moments later with a black Labrador Retriever.
As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.
The vet patted the dog and took it out, and returned a few moments later with a beautiful cat.
The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed delicately at the bird. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."
Then the vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill which he handed to the woman.
The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill.
"$150!", she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead?!!"
The vet shrugged. "I'm sorry. If you'd taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but what with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan ....."
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plthijinx
Master Dwellar
texas quarters
WASHINGTON,D.C. -- Hang on to any of the new State of Texas quarters.
If you have them, they may be worth much more than 25 cents.
The U.S. Treasury announced today that it is recalling all of the Texas quarters that are part of its program featuring quarters from each state. "We are recalling all the new Texas quarters that were recently issued," Treasury Undersecretary Jack shackleford said Monday. "This action is being taken after numerous reports that new quarters will not work in parking
meters, toll booths, vending machines, pay phones, or other coin-operated devices."
The quarters were issued in the order in which the various states joined the U.S. and have been a tremendous success among coin collectors worldwide. "The problem lies in the unique design of the Texas quarter, which was created by a Texas A&M graduate," Shackleford said. "Apparently, the duct tape holding the two dimes and the nickel together keeps jamming the coin-operated devices."
For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.
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Elionwyr
Coronation Incarnate
How many computer programers does it take to change a light bulb?
None... "Um yah, thats a, uh, hardware problem."
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sixfeet
Expectorant Inspector
Location: 3rd rock from the sun...lol..South Carolina
As I was reading Plthijinx's Texas quarters to my hubby he started going through his change so in the middle of the story I picked on him if he was that intrested he better get to Wal-mart and get one trying to keep a straight face I finished the story by the last word I could have sworn he was going to throw his change at me...lol thank you Plthijinx That was well worth it.
I know nothing, I am only the messenger.....
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Originally posted by sixfeet
LOL! that made it worth the post!!!
Bill Clinton dies and is on his way to Hell.
At Hell's gates he meets Satan. Satan tells Clinton that Hell is full, but that Clinton will be replacing one of the current inhabitants. Clinton will be given the choice of who he will replace forever in Hell. Three doors appear before Clinton.
The first door opens. Behind it is Newt Gingrich. He's being forced to pound big rocks into little rocks. Upon seeing Newt in this predicament Clinton cringes and says, "That looks painful. I don't think this is for me!"
The second door opens. Behind it is Ted Kennedy. He is bobbing for automobile parts in a large pool of dirty water.
Grimacing at the filthy scene, Clinton says, "I don't think so." The third door opens and behind it is Ken Starr. He's naked and bound hand and foot. Kneeling before Ken is Monica Lewinsky, doing what she does best.
"I can handle that!" Clinton proclaims enthusiastically.
"Very well," says Satan. "Monica, you may go."
Constitutional Scholar
Location: Ocala, FL
A married couple is trying to do the bills and they realize after the husband's layoff they won't be able to pay them. They're afraid of losing their house and try to think of a way to pay the bills. Desperate, the wife says, "I guess I could become a prostitute."
The husband says, "That's horrible, we can't do that." But after some careful consideration they figure it's the only way so they decide to do it. The wife gets dressed up and they go to a corner.
A man pulls up in a car and she gets in. The man asks, "How much for sex?". The woman never went over prices with her husband so she says, "Wait a minute, I'll be right back" and she gets out of the car goes up to her husband and asks, "What do I charge for sex?" The husband replies, "I don't know, how about a hundred dollars?"
The woman gets back in the car and says, "That's a hundred dollars" and the customer says, "That's too much. How much for a blowjob?" She get's out of the car and asks her husband how much to charge for a blowjob. He says, "40 dollars".
So the woman gets back into the car and says, "40 dollars". The man says, "That's too much too. How much for a handjob?" She gets out of the car, asks her husband and he says, "20 bucks".
She gets back in the car and says, "It's 20 bucks". The John says, "Ok, it's a deal." He gives her $20, unzips his fly and pulls out the biggest dick she's ever seen. The guy is huge. She says, "Hold on a minute" gets out of the car, walks up to her husband and says, "Honey, can I borrow a hundred dollars?"
"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
- George Carlin
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SteveDallas
Your Bartender
Location: Philly Burbs, PA
Originally posted by Elionwyr
Q: How is computer programming like sex?
A: If you make one mistake, you support it for the rest of your life
A distinguished professor of mathematics came into his office at the university one morning and found a pile of paper burning. Next to the fire was a bucket of water. He picked up the bucket, put out the fire with the water, and sat down to work.
A week later, when he came to work, he saw there was another fire. There was also a bucket of water in the far corner of his office. He picked up the bucket, carried it over, sat it next to the fire, and sat down to work.
After all, he had reduced the problem to one which was known to be solvable.
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I think this line's mostly filler.
While we're on the software kick...
There are only two industries which refer to their customers as users.
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dar512
dar512 is now Pete Zicato
Location: Chicago suburb
A university comes up with a way to help students decide between a mathematics major or an engineering major.
They line the candidates up along one side of the gym. On the other side they line up attractive members of the opposite sex. Then they are given the following instructions: Every ten seconds you may walk half way to your partner on the opposite side. When you reach your partner you may kiss him or her as the case may be.
Some of the candidates leave and become mathematicians. The others stay and become engineers.
Because the mathematicians know that it is impossible to reach the other side given the directions.
But the engineers know they will get close enough for practical purposes.
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Owed to the Spell Checker
Eye halve a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marcs four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
Eye am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew.
being a pilot, i just had to post this one!
This should be in every pilot's manual..................
Why Airplanes are Easier to Live with than Women:
Airplanes usually kill you quickly, a woman takes her time.
Airplanes can be turned on by a flick of a switch.
Airplanes don't get mad if you do a "touch and go".
Airplanes don't object to a pre-flight inspection.
Airplanes come with manuals to explain their operation.
Airplanes have strict weight and balance limitations.
Airplanes can be flown any time of the month.
Airplanes don't come with in-laws.
Airplanes don't care about how many other airplanes
you've flown before.
Airplanes and pilots both arrive at the same time.
Airplanes don't mind if you look at other airplanes.
Airplanes don't mind if you buy airplane magazines.
Airplanes expect to be tied down.
Airplanes don't comment on your piloting skills.
Airplanes don't whine unless something is really wrong.
However, when airplanes go quiet, just like women,
it's usually not good.
Undertoad
Location: Cottage of Prussia
And the thing you pray for the most is that they don't go down on you...?
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Taliban attack 2nd Afghan city as US says peace deal close
The Taliban attacked a second Afghan city in as many days on Sunday and killed several members of security forces, officials said, even as Washington’s peace envoy said the U.S. and the militant group are “at the threshold of an agreement” to end America’s longest war.
The attack on the capital of Baghlan province came hours after U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said he warned the Taliban during talks in Qatar that “violence like this must stop.” But he appeared determined to move forward on a deal that plans the withdrawal of some 14,000 remaining U.S. troops in exchange for Taliban guarantees that Afghanistan will not be used as a launch pad for global attacks.
Khalilzad was visiting Kabul on Sunday to brief the Afghan government on a deal that is not yet final. Both he and the Taliban confirmed the latest round of talks had ended.
The attacks are seen as strengthening the negotiating position of the Taliban, who control or hold sway over roughly half of Afghanistan and are at their strongest since their 2001 defeat by a U.S.-led invasion. Some critics warn that the Taliban are merely waiting out the U.S. and that another U.S. goal in the talks, a cease-fire, likely will not happen as foreign troops leave.
In Baghlan the spokesman for the provincial police chief, Jawed Basharat, said gunbattles continued on the outskirts of its capital, Puli Khumri.
Provincial council member Mabobullah Ghafari told The Associated Press that he had seen the bodies of at least six members of the security forces and that the situation was worsening by the hour. If reinforcements don’t arrive from the central government the city could fall, he said.
“People are fleeing their houses and properties trying to escape from the city,” Ghafari said, adding that the Taliban had occupied some checkpoints with no resistance from security forces.
“We hear the sound of blasts. The people are so worried,” said the provincial council chief, Safdar Mohsini. “The Taliban are in residential areas fighting with Afghan security forces. We need reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible.”
If the Taliban enter the city, they will be very difficult to repel, Mohsini added. The city of more than 220,000 people is about 140 miles (230 kilometers) north of Kabul.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a Twitter post asserted that fighters were inside Puli Khumri and that the governor’s house was under siege.
The assault came a day after the Taliban attacked Kunduz, one of Afghanistan’s largest cities, in the province to the north and killed at least 16 people and wounded nearly 100. The interior ministry on Sunday said the Taliban had been cleared from that city but some fighters had fled to Baghlan.
Few details have emerged from this latest round of peace talks. The Taliban spokesman in Qatar, Suhail Shaheen, said technical issues would be discussed on Sunday.
The approaching agreement with the Taliban “will reduce violence and open the door for Afghans to sit together to negotiate an honorable & sustainable peace and a unified, sovereign Afghanistan that does not threaten the United States, its allies, or any other country,” the Afghan-born Khalilzad said on Twitter.
A U.S. official with the negotiation team said Khalilzad would meet with a wide range of Afghans in Kabul, including the government leadership.
“We can tell you that any potential peace deal will not be based on blind trust, but will instead contain clear commitments that are subject to our monitoring and verification,” the official said. “Any potential deal would bring together all sides for negotiation, enable the withdrawal of American forces and ensure the security of the American homeland.”
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter with the media.
The official said that “if and when we are able to announce an agreement, the process will pivot to intra-Afghan negotiations where the Taliban will sit with other Afghans and together they will commit to a permanent and comprehensive cease-fire.”
That reference to “other Afghans” instead of the Afghan government is another reminder of the challenges in any intra-Afghan talks ahead. The Taliban have refused to negotiate with the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, calling it a puppet of the United States.
The remaining U.S. troops train and support Afghan forces but also come to their aid with airstrikes and counterterror operations. About 20,000 U.S. and NATO troops are still in the country.
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We Are Nature:
The Surreal, Dreamlike Photographs of Christoffer Relander
BY JUSTIN FAERMAN
Finnish Artist and Photographer Christoffer Relander’s We Are Nature series blurs the line between the natural world and the human form to such a degree that it is impossible
to tell where one ends and the other begins. In doing so, he has not only produced a set of stunning visual images, but also a reminder of the very real universal truth that indeed everything is connected at the deepest of levels.
His work is the result of equal parts passion, love, curiosity and experimentation interacting with the wonder and stunning natural beauty of the southern Finnish countryside, where he was born and raised. After studying graphic design and visual art in Porvoo, he began his mandatory military service, where he began to explore the similarities between drawing and photography, quickly becoming ‘obsessed’ (in his own words) with the new medium.
“Every individual has their own interpretation of what they see in my work.”
Not one to back down from a challenge, Christoffer began experimenting with in-camera photography techniques, shying away from the norm of heavy image post-processing with powerful computer software. And the results were stunning. In 2012, Relander released his We Are Nature series to the public, which received wide international critical acclaim.
Relander’s work is produced through a technique known as double exposure, where two juxtaposing images are superimposed over each other with stunning effect. To put it in simple terms, the resulting photograph is a composite of the two original images.
“When I’m working on the series I mainly think of shapes and emotions that I want to capture,” Christoffer says of his process. “I begin with taking the portrait image and I focus on visualizing how the shapes will overlay and blend together with the nature image.”
When asked about the message behind his work, Christoffer is quick to state: “I think every individual has their own interpretation of what they see in my work, and I think it’s good to keep my personal thoughts behind it for myself. I don’t want my work to be about me or the models, I want it to be about the viewer.”
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Responsible financial reform in safekeeping of the unknown
Ali Ahmed Al-Baghli Former Minister of Oil
IN my opinion, the November election did not produce members who have responsible financial agenda. Majority of the candidates won votes through manipulation of the populace mood by vowing that their income will not be touched regardless of its size.
This phenomenon has been common for the people of Kuwait since the discovery of oil and luxury became a norm in the country, followed by the fraudulent naturalization of people being uncovered day after day.
All of these people are brought together financially in Kuwait based on the principle: “Are you full?” And they reply, “Are there more?” This is supported by some members of the National Assembly who presumably erred when they stood in favor of the recent rationalization and financial reform measures which led to the fuel price hike.
It is unfortunate that the government — both the one which resigned and the new one — does not encourage rationalization and financial reforms because it looks at returns from the fuel price hike estimated at KD150 million on one hand, and on the other hand, it spends hundreds of millions on loans and grants for foreign countries which is a controversial issue.
Many of the countries that were lucky to acquire loan or grant from Kuwait stood against the latter at a time it needed their support during the catastrophe which befell this country — when Saddam Hussein and Iraq’s military forces occupied Kuwait in August 1990 and wiped it out of the political map.
The positions taken by such countries and some organizations baffled Kuwait up to a point they were named ‘countries against …,’ in addition to government spending on funds and organizations invented by some in a bid to please relatives and friends. This is where millions of dinars are spent without returns or benefits.
Add to this the bonuses and allowances given to government employees and its foreign advisors, among many other examples which indicate inability of the government, represented by the finance minister, to propose and execute financial reforms.
Moreover, hundreds are spent on crippled development projects without any return, or holding anyone accountable for violation of contract. With the contractor being above the law, some government employees, who received bribes, allow the value of contracts to exceed millions just for kickbacks which are ‘haram’. Nevertheless, the issue is that those people misbehave because they know nothing will be done to them.
The opinion on government’s inability to take reasonable measures with regard to financial reforms is supported by Fitch Ratings. A newly elected member of the Parliament criticized the ratings and asked Fitch not to interfere in Kuwait’s internal affairs because, according to him, “The people of Kuwait know best about their issues,” vowing to vote against the financial and economic reform document.
I believe the government with its ‘new-old, repeated’ formation will retreat and retract its promises. With its own hands, it will drop the financial and economic reform document. This is why we declare that responsible financial reform measures are now in the safekeeping of the unknown.
By Ali Ahmed Al-Baghli
Former Minister of Oil
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Photo by Frank Yang
While I’m the last person to look a gift stat holiday in the mouth, I don’t think I’m such a fan of those that drop in the middle of the week. Having Canada Day fall on a Tuesday this year not only eliminated the conventional long weekend (it would have cost me a vacation day to get the four days off), but made Wednesday feel like Monday when it should have been Sunday since Tuesday felt a lot like Saturday. And it’s to this topsy-turvy week that I attribute the relatively light turnout to the annual Canada Day festivities at Harbourfront Centre.
I’d like to think that it wasn’t the quality of the acts on the bill that kept people away – though relatively new to me, Martha Wainwright is a fairly big name both nationally and abroad and her just-released sophomore effort I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too is getting its share of glowing accolades and as anyone who’s been visiting here for at least the past year, I think the undercard, Ms Basia Bulat, is as good as a basket of kittens. In other words, there was serious talent on display, and for free.
None of this is to say there wasn’t a very healthy crowd Tuesday night – there definitely was when Bulat took the stage to an almost comically botched introduction (every name that could possibly be mispronounced was, and Oh My Darling has not been shortlisted for the Polaris Prize… yet). Though she’d performed earlier in the day in Ottawa, Basia showed no sign of tiredness from the jet-setting, leading her band through an effervescent set of material old and new. While this certainly wasn’t the largest crowd she’d played in front of – if nothing else, that day’s Parliament Hill show surely had a larger head count – it was probably the largest crowd I’d seen her play in front of and, consequently, the loudest applause I’ve heard her get, and deservedly so. A basket of kittens, I’m telling you.
As stated above, I’m a newcomer to Martha Wainwright having missed out on her self-titled debut and only hearing her for the first time with the new album. My net impression is a positive one, though not without caveats. One the plus side, she does have a marvelous voice and a sharp songwriting pen. In the cons column, she does have a tendency to over-sing where some restraint might serve better and the eclecticism of musical styles on offer can sound as unfocused as they do bold. But the shining moments – which generally happen to be the bigger pop numbers and a terrific Eurythmics cover – more than compensate for the weaker ones.
And in the pro column, you can add an undeniable live charisma and a penchant for amusing if perhaps family-inappropriate banter (which I won’t repeat here). Though she claimed to have jet lag, having just played at Glastonbury the preceding weekend, she didn’t seem at all off her game. If anything, her voice is more powerful live than on record, though the aforementioned flaws in her material were also more amplified – the middle section of the set where her band left her to play solo allowed her to indulge her most diva-like qualities. I’m sure it’s impressive to some, but vocal acrobatics have never done as much for me as a restrained but emotive delivery. But like the record, the positives of the show outweighed the negatives and she sealed the deal with an encore of a French operatic piece that I couldn’t possibly identify, but was dazzled by nonetheless.
With the release of her new record, much ink has been given to Martha Wainwright. The Mirror talked to the Glastonbury veteran about her tips for surviving the fest, Canadian Press discusses her famous family, The Independent inquires about being sexy (I’d call her more striking than sexy though you can’t argue with the legs on display on her latest album cover), Get Reading catches up with her on tour, Black Book and ClickMusic go for general Q&As while CD Times and The National Post offer longer features.
Photos: Martha Wainwright, Basia Bulat @ Harbourfront Centre – July 1, 2008
MP3: Martha Wainwright – “Bloody Mother Fuckin Asshole”
MP3: Basia Bulat – “In The Night”
MP3: Basia Bulat – “Snakes & Ladders”
Video: Martha Wainwright – “When The Day Is Short”
Video: Basia Bulat – “In The Night”
MySpace: Martha Wainwright
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I was a touch surprised to see a familiar face on stage in Wainwright’s band – Thomas Bartlett, aka Doveman. Bartlett has just released a new album available for download free on his website – a cover of the entire soundtrack to the Kevin Bacon star-maker, Footloose. But before you chalk this up as an indulgence in ’80s irony, check out the very real and touching dedication for the collection (also on the site). It’s all there, rendered in Doveman’s distinctive rasp and slow-motion keyboards, from the Kenny Loggins theme song through the rather over the top “Holding Out For A Hero” by Bonnie Tyler to the for-the-ages duet between Heart’s Ann Wilson and Loverboy’s Mike Reno. Oh man. I’m actually very familiar with the soundtrack as it was part of my brother’s cassette collection when I was a kid and for good or for ill, was probably very formative in my musical development and it’s a little unsettling just how well I still know the songs. Doveman will be on tour with Nico Muhly in August and be in town at the Danforth Music Hall on August 27 along with Final Fantasy.
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And the hits just keep on coming at Aquarium Drunkard – next up, an interview with Will Johnson of Centro-Matic.
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Stepan HORECHYI
I am an optimist by nature.
No matter how hard it has been, I have never lost hope…
Stepan Horechyi was born on July 4th 1929 in Rava-Ruska (now Zhovkva district, Lviv region). Anastasiya and Mykhailo Horechyi had three children, Stepan was the youngest. His father worked as an assistant engineer, mother took care of the house. Both parents were active members of the “Prosvita” society, mother Anastasiya was also a member of a women’s organization “The Ukrainian Women’s Union”. From 1936 to 1939 Horechyi attended a Polish elementary school. 1939 – 1941 – went to a Soviet middle school. In 1943 was taking private classes with Pavlo Bilyk. Then he got back to middle school and graduated in 1947.
The same year he was working as a cashier at a train station, where he has got involved with the staff supporting underground activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). In 1948 he became head of a district executive committee and worked closely with OUN distributing underground papers and “bofony” (insurgent money). On April 23, 1949 Horechyi was arrested and kept in Lviv prisons on Sadova and Horodotska (“Brygidky”) Streets. On July 28, 1949 he was sentenced to 25 years in prison under the Article 20, 54-1“a” (“aiding and abetting OUN”, “treason”) of the USSR Criminal Code. In October 1949 Horechyi was convoyed from Lviv Transit Prison #25 to GULAG camps. He served the sentence in corrective labor camps of Kengir, Spaska, Aktas, Karabas, Sarana (now Kazakhstan), Norylsk (now Russia), and was repeatedly put into a punitive solitary confinement and camp prisons. In 1953 he participated in the Norylsk uprising and was kept in corrective labor camps “Yuvileynyi” and “Kholodnyi” (now Magadan region, Russia).
On March 22, 1955 Horechyi was released and returned to Rava-Ruska. In 1956 he married Zynoviya-Ivanna Otchak and together they moved to Zhydachiv. They had two children: Maria and Yuri. From 1956 to 1984 Horechyi worked as an electrician, then as a chief supervisor at Zhydachiv paperboard factory. From 1958 to 1967 he studied part-time at Lviv Polytechnic Institute, gaining the qualification of an electrical engineer. In 1984 the family moved to Lviv where Horechyi worked as an engineer at “Lviv city electrical networks”.
In 1998 he became head of the “Prosvita” society for the Halytskyi district of Lviv and remained in the position till 2013. He was also an active member of following societies and organizations: The Union of Political Prisoners of Ukraine, The Brotherhood of OUN-UPA. Now Horechyi lives in Lviv.
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Danny Lim's "dangerous" documentary, 18?
A few of you might have read from the news recently about the veto-ing of Danny Lim's 2004 documentary 18? at the Seoul Film Festival. If you haven't, here's an excerpt from The Sun's article:
AWARD-WINNING FILM PULLED FROM SEOUL FESTIVAL
By Llew-Ann Phang
The Sun. 14 July 2006.
PETALING JAYA: What’s behind the documentary “18?” that it had to be vetoed by the Malaysian Embassy in Seoul from being screened at the EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF) there?
Festival organizers Korea Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) had to close the curtains on the award-winning documentary by Danny Lim after the embassy rejected it for featuring “an anti-government political activist.”
The embassy’s choice for the festival‘s Five Nations Fair, being held from Wednesday to tomorrow, is Hisham Abdullah’s 45-minute “Songs of Change”, which tells the story of Kelantanese dikir barat activist and tukang karut Halim Yazid.
Lim, who is a senior writer with Off the Edge, said the festival director informed him of the embassy’s rejection late last week.
Lim said that even though former exiled activist and Internal Security Act detainee Hishamuddin Rais appeared in the documentary, he did not make any political statements.
And an excerpt from The Star's article.
Filmmaker baffled by decision to axe 18?
KUALA LUMPUR: Independent filmmaker Danny Lim, whose documentary 18? was reportedly vetoed by the Malaysian embassy in South Korea from being screened at a festival there, said he did not think his film would court any controversy.
Made in 2004, the documentary examines the sudden appearance of socio-political graffiti around the city. Most of the graffiti feature the number 18, while others were caricatures of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and also cartoons about the National Service and human rights.
The Korea Educational Broadcasting System (EBS), organiser of the EBS International Documentary Festival, had to pull the film from the festival line-up after the embassy rejected it for featuring an “anti-government political activist.”
Lim: His 2004 documentary has won several awards
But the embassy has since denied that it had any power to veto the inclusion of Lim's documentary and had only recommended some other documentaries for the festival.
Lim said he was confused about the situation pertaining to his film.
The senior writer with an English magazine said the only political activist who appeared in his film was former ISA detainee Hishamuddin Rais.
“And he only talked about the origins of graffiti, such as cave paintings,” he said. “He also talked about whether graffiti was an art form. What if I made a documentary about the breeding habits of dugong, and I interviewed a political activist who happened to be an expert in that field? Would that be approved?”
I first read about this on a post from the malaysian-cinema mailing list (which I've just joined two days ago) So far, the only person (that I know of) who has blogged about this issue is Howsy who suggested that this may be a repeat of Amir Muhammad's Lelaki Komunis Incident? (Amir's involved in the production of this film and was the one who recommended it to the fest)
The film was vetoed by the Malaysian embassy in South Korea from being shown in the film festival because it features an 'anti-government political activist' - former ISA detainee Hishamuddin Rais. The embassy later denied this and said that they don't really have the power to veto the film and all they did was recommend some other films.
So be it. I am sure they are very supportive when it comes to matters like this.
Here's some info about 18?:
"What is 18? This mysterious number is but one of a prominent crop of graffiti that has popped up around the streets of Kuala Lumpur.
Sprayed at strategic urban spaces and applied with a seemingly socio-political agenda, the 18? graffiti and its like (eg "Legalize ganja", "Ada apa dengan National Service?", "Pertahankan Hak Asasi", etc) brazenly takes its place alongside advertising banners and billboards in our urban sightlines.
What does it mean? What is it selling? Why? Who did it? 18? - the documentary - attempts to uncover the mystery behind the graffiti."
The film had won the Gold Prize in the Short Film: Documentary category of the 2005 Malaysian Video Awards, and was also the runner-up in the amateur category at the 2005 Freedom Film Festival. It was screened at the Singapore International Film Festival last year, and at the Jakarta Film Festival in 2004.
It is available for download at Danny Lim's website (50MB). Or you can even watch the thing via Youtube below:
The Malaysian independent film industry is said by many to be undergoing a movement of sorts that is referred to as 'a new wave'. Many works from this country are being shown in festival circuits, garnering accolades from foreign countries that are unfortunately not noticed by our own countrymen due to the lack of media coverage.
If allowed to grow unhindered, I think, and I want to believe, that there will be a bright future for Malaysian films, and that we can establish ourselves as, in Yasmin Ahmad's words, a filmmaking hub (of sorts) that will be noticed internationally. But once again, maybe I am immature and naive, thus I believe so much in the future of Malaysian filmmaking, that viral marketing will play a major role in expanding and causing the maturation of Malaysian cinema in an international stage.
Therefore, awareness has to be raised for works that are deserving, appreciation has to be given when necessary, criticism has to be given as a necessity. I wish more people can watch 18? not because I am so blown away by its greatness that I want to share this with everyone, I have my complaints, not with the content, but more with presentation, so pampered by the (seemingly) slick production values attempted by film students in my own Murdoch University that when I first watched this documentary hours ago, I was slightly disconcerted. To me, it is not a perfect film, many stylistic choices chosen by the filmmaker is not something I agree with, I didn't like the sound mixing, I didn't like some of the framing (I couldn't see some faces clearly because of the light, and angles), and the amount of talking heads used might be too boring for those who are not used to something of such languid pacing.
Even so, despite the rawness of its production values, I don't disagree with an artist's personal expression being silenced like this. So, watch the documentary above, if you think it's worth sharing. Please share it.
Related Links (constantly updated. Last update: 26/7/2006):
The Sensintrovert: Not Another LKT-like casualty: Danny Lim's 18? Axed From Seoul Film Festival
Howsy's entry has excerpts of the news articles from The Sun detailing this incident.
I hate to sugar-coat my words for you: This might just be about patriotism... or not.
Alynna's the first person to reply to my meme. (thanks) She chooses not to tag anyone because she believes in free will and that anyone who wants to participate in this noble cause will do so without being tagged. I hope she's right.
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Wong Teck Jung's Chinese entry shows the honesty of his opinions about the documentary and he also muses about the graffiti drawn.
The Laments of a Broken Hearted Silhouette: 18?
Kyels gives an impassioned essay about the Malaysian political system and the culture that may have been brought forth from this system, resulting in what was recorded in the documentary.
CIJ: Local film withdrawn from Korean festival due to embassy's objection
CIJ executive director Sonia Randhawa: "This is a blatant example of censorship, following closely after the banning of Amir Muhammad's semi-musical documentary The Last Communist, we urge the festival to accept submissions based on quality and commitment, rather than succumbing to political pressure." (via Kian Keat)
Han is good: 18?
Fellow filmmaker Soo Han voices his dissatisfaction with the axing of the documentary and some factors that may be detrimental to the struggling indie film scene.
reduced and recycled: 18? eighteen? 0011000100111000?
Xpyred points out that the axe-ing of the documentary is a very ironic thing to happen. Someone has fallen into a well-laid trap... but who? Click to find out!
The MovieBuff: What is 18?
The MovieBuff explains the controversy that surrounds this short film.
D'Blog: 18?
Dabido has much to say about the film and this issue, providing numerous of his interpretations and thoughts on what this film was about, what the graffiti was about, and the ramifications of this film getting axed.
Little Girl In A Reverie: Danny Lim's 2004 Documentary 18? Meme
Jolene/ Jayelle tries to keep the meme alive despite her confusion regarding the whole issue, and for that, I am grateful.
Tags: malaysia, malaysian, film, movie, independent, indie, filmmaking, filmmaker, documentary, 18, danny lim, seoul film festival, meme, viral marketing
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News March 13, 2014 Elisabetta Cipriani
L’ArcoBaleno “Selected Jewels from Paris…” 6-15 February 2014
Elisabetta Cipriani- Jewellery by Artists is delighted to announce the new projects Sospeso by Giorgio Vigna in collaboration with the gallery on Thursday 13th of March from 6-8pm.
Giorgio Vigna’s unique jewellery is the essence of natural elements in their most primitive and primordial state. He treads the unusual ground between the real world and the imaginary one, and his creations have the fascination of objects that live in dreams, both familiar and strange.
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between the full and the empty.
Inspired by the large sculpture displayed in the Fortuny Palace in Venice for the ‘TRA’ exhibition and the bronze installation for the ‘Stati Naturali’ exhibition at Palazzo Vecchio in Verona, Giorgio Vigna’s geodes become wearable micro sculptures, fragments of the cosmos to be leant on the body, adorn the fingers and be held in the palm of a hand.
Sospeso is a series of five unique pieces each in a limited edition of five, in the form of pendants or rings, which evoke both the day and the night: the oxidized silver darkness is illuminated by precious bright stars, the radiant light of the gold segments the daily passage of time. Inside the mass of dark matter hides voices animated by movement. A game between the full and the empty, that tells stories from elsewhere.
In another space of the gallery the series Segmenti will be presented, a collection of unique pieces among which necklaces, pendants, rings, brooches and bracelets. The segments are made in gold or oxidized silver, connected by a 18kt yellow gold soldering surrounding precious stones like diamonds and rubys.
Giorgio Vigna
Giorgio Vigna’s (Verona, 1955) work is constantly developing along an imaginary line between the various fields of art and design, His work, sensibile to tribal evocations and to ethnic memories of which he is passionate connoisseur and collector, matter and form are always in close relation with the body and its gestures.
Vigna’s work is displayed in mayor public collections worldwide including:
The State Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, Russia. MAD, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA. Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneve, Switzerland. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze, Italy. Miaao, Museo Internazionale delle Arti Applicate Oggi, Turin, Italy.
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Ray Fisher Cast As Cyborg In BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN
April 24, 2014 William Gatevackes Comics And Film, Movie News
It looks like the Justice League might be making an appearance in one form or another in Batman vs. Superman, as a member of the current comic book version of the team has been cast in the film.
Variety is reporting that New York theater actor Ray Fisher has been cast as the character Cyborg in the Zack Snyder sequel. Fisher is perhaps best known for playing Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali the the New York Theater Workshop production of Fetch Clay, Make Man last year. He was also rumored to be in the running for a role in Star Wars, Episode VII.
Cyborg is a character who was created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez for their revamp of the Teen Titans in 1980. He is Victor Stone, who had most of his body replaced by his scientist father after suffering severe damage at the hands of an lab experiment gone wrong.
The character has become one of DC Comics’ most prominent African-American character over the years. He has appeared on television as far back as 1985, appearing on screen in The Super Friends: Galactic Guardians Saturday morning cartoon. The character also made a number appearances on Smallville and as a team member of various Teen Titans animated programs.
As of 2011’s DC Comics reboot of their comic book line, Cyborg has become a founding member of the Justice League. So his inclusion in this film, in addition to a number of other rumored appearances by known DC Characters, lends credence to the rumor that the team will make their first appearance on screen in Batman vs. Superman. I’m sure we’ll find out for sure as more casting notices come out.
Batman vs. Superman is tentatively set to be released on May 6, 2016.
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Tom O'Neill and Kris Tapley Discuss the Oscar Race
Matthew Lucas December 06, 2007 American Gangster , Atonement 0 Comments
The Envelope's Tom O'Neill interviewed InContention/Red Carpet District's Kris Tapley at the Sweeney Todd premiere last night to discuss the current state of the Best Picture race, and they made some pretty spot-on observations.
I still think that the Academy is going to nominate The Kite Runner, because it is the kind of uplifting, socially relevant prestige film that everyone can get behind and isn't particularly challenging from an artistic standpoint, like say, I'm Not There which I think is a major longshot.
O'Neill seems to think it opened too late, but I don't think that will hinder it much. However, I do think that will hinder There Will Be Blood, which doesn't go into limited release until December 26, and has no wide release date set as of yet. I have rethought my prediction of it being nominated for Best Picture, as I'm starting to get the vibe that it is this year's Children of Men - a critically revered masterpiece that is just too bleak and heady for the Academy. I think No Country for Old Men and Sweeney Todd will probably be all the bleak they can handle in one year.
I agree about Michael Clayton not being a slam dunk. I just don't see it happening, but I could be wrong. And I'm quickly losing faith in American Gangster, which I was never 100% behind in the first place. I just don't see it occupying very many #1 and #2 spots on Academy ballots, which is what it needs to score a nomination. People respect it, but they don't seem to love it. It's not The Departed. Ridley Scott might sneak in the Best Director race though.
So where does that leave us? No Country for Old Men is a solid bet at this point. Ditto Atonement, which is the kind of sweeping period romance that the Academy eats up, and has been pretty much the consensus from the get-go. Sweeney Todd is surging ahead on a wave of strong reviews, as is Juno, which probably has the most momentum right now of any of the contenders, and will fill the Academy's need for a lighthearted film. Call it this year's Little Miss Sunshine, even though Tapley says it is better. So that's 4...who is number 5? I'm going with The Kite Runner. It just seems right...and my gut is telling me that the Academy is going to love it. It has all the right ingredients, the strongest of which is its social relevance which is always attractive to them. I'll be looking forward to hearing reports from the Academy screenings...if it makes them cry, then it's in.
So as of right now, I'm predicting the final five to be Atonement, Juno, The Kite Runner, No Country for Old Men, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
If I were advocating here and not prognosticating I would be shouting Into the Wild from the rooftops. But I'm not. Awards prognosticating is a job for the head and the gut...not the heart. Despite the fact that voters tend to vote from the heart, which is ironic. This job is to get inside the heads and hearts of voters and predict what you think THEY will like the most...not what YOU like the most. A lot of people tend to forget that this time of year. Into the Wild may be the horse I am backing in this year's race, but it just doesn't seem to have the heat right now to carry it into the final 5. I hope I'm wrong...but I'm pretty sure I'm right on that point at least.
We'll see how it fares in the coming weeks as critics groups begin announcing their awards in the lead-up to the Golden Globe announcements on the 13th.
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Savage Streets (1984)
Danny Steinmann
Linda Blair - Brenda
Linnea Quigley - Heather
John Vernon - Principal Underwood
Robert Dryer - Jake
Johnny Venocur - Vince
Sal Landi - Fargo
Scott Mayer - Red
Lisa Freeman - Francine
Luisa Leschin - Maria
Genre - Action/Exploitation/Rape/Vigilante
Running Time - 93 Minutes
Score - 4 Howls Outta 4
Living in New York City automatically makes you tough. I've seen a lot of things that most people would be shocked to see. I've seen drug dealing. I've been caught in a crossfire. I've seen assholes beat up on an innocent blind person. These things don't happen every day thankfully, but when they do, they open up your eyes and make you realize that the world isn't always a safe and innocent place.
Brenda and her friends in SAVAGE STREETS know this first hand, as they have to deal with a demented gang who sexually harass them, abuse them both verbally and physically, as well as forcing themselves on a helpless deaf-mute girl out of revenge. I've never had that problem personally, but then again I was never possessed by a demon more than once or had to share a prison shower with Sybil Danning either. When you mess with a chick like that, you-know-what hits the fan, ya hear? And I wouldn't have it any other way, since SAVAGE STREETS is an awesome vigilante B-movie that'll shoot Cinema Cupid's arrow straight to your heart - or your leg. Whichever comes first, I guess.
Badass Brenda (Linda Blair) and her equally badass friends enjoy roaming the tough nights of Los Angeles. While these girls may look and act like a group of hot bitches, they're more concerned about male genitalia and taking care of Brenda's deaf-mute little sister, Heather (Linnea Quigley). The concern intensifies when a gang of thugs called The Scars, led by creep-o Jake (Robert Dryer), almost runs Heather down with their car. Brenda, not taking shit like this likely, decides to get back at them by stealing this very car and joy riding it until they crash into some garbage. The Scars are not very happy about them and plot their revenge over this harmless prank.
The next day, The Scars go to Brenda's high school to initiate their revenge. While Brenda is preoccupied by some snobby blonde cheerleader named Cindy (Rebecca Perle) - who has her name on her outfit just in case you forget it...or she does - in the girl's locker room [SHOWER FIGHT!], Jake and The Scars corner Heather in the gymnasium while she waits for Brenda. They beat Heather up and drag her into the boy's bathroom, where Heather gets raped mercilessly. Brenda and her friends find Heather pretty much left for dead, making Brenda feel guilty for not being there to stop this. When The Scars take it up a level by murdering Brenda's best friend, Francine (Lisa Freeman), things then start getting really bad. Having enough, Brenda decides to take matters in her own hands and deliver hard justice to those who messed with her family. Once she starts doing that spider walk, you know you're fucked!!
SAVAGE STREETS is a film I had never seen before until now and I'm really ashamed by that because it r ocked my socks off. Obviously a DEATH WISH ripoff, SAVAGE STREETS is perfect 80s exploitation, with nudity, over-the-top acting and dialogue, and plot elements that aren't subtle and are quite disturbing on paper. This is the kind of film that a lot of stuck up people would probably turn their nose at because it looks and sounds like trash. Well SAVAGE STREETS is trash - GREAT trash that's fun to watch from beginning to end, knowing exactly what it is and using everything in its disposal so you don't forget it.
The story for SAVAGE STREETS isn't complicated at all.
Brenda pulls a prank on The Scars.
The Scars take revenge by killing Brenda's best friend and raping her sister.
Brenda goes to a weapons store, buys a bunch of arrows and crossbow, and plays William Tell with The Scars.
Not so hard to understand, right? And that's why the film works so well. We don't get some bullshit romantic subplot [besides the fake one between Heather and Scars member, Fargo - which leads into the rape]. We don't get some message that what these people are doing is wrong. We get Point A, which leads to Point B, which concludes with Point C without something added in the way to complicate this vigilante story. With a B-movie like this, that's all you want.
Danny Steinmann and Norman Yonemoto also take a thin plot and really deepen it with character development one wouldn't expect from a film like this. I really understand each character completely and I actually had genuine feelings towards all of them. I hated The Scars characters, not because they annoyed me, but because they were a bunch of assholes who treated women like shit and raped a girl who couldn't hear or express herself verbally so someone could help her. That's some really low crap right there. And I wanted these guys to get hurt for that for all the right reasons. It also helped that each member of The Scars had a different personality you can sort of relate to, making your hate for them more justified. And Brenda and her friends were also very different and you can understand why they were the way they were and why Brenda had to do what she had to do to The Scars. This kind of "just enough" character development may sound easy, but a lot of films either don't bother or don't balance it out as well as it should have been. SAVAGE STREETS gets it right and you care about these people, hero or villain.
And the dialogue is good for this type of film. It's mostly cheeseball and funny, but I wasn't expecting anything less. There are some classic quotes here that I still remember after a week of watching this. Here are some examples:
Principal Underwood: "Go fuck an iceberg!"
Who in the hell says that!? It's so stupid, yet brilliantly hilarious!
Principal Underwood: "Now I'm sorry about your sister, Brenda. The police are doing everything they can. But she shouldn't have been there in the first place."
Brenda: "Fuck you!"
Principal Underwood: "You're a tough little bitch, aren't you? I like that. But I don't give second warnings. So consider yourself suspended."
A principal calling a student a "tough little bitch"...classy.
Fargo: "The game's over, bitch. This time you're dead for sure. First I'm gonna fuck you. Then I'm gonna slice you into little pieces."
Brenda: "Sounds nice and kinky to me. Too bad you're not double jointed."
Fargo: "Why?"
Brenda: "Because if you were, you'd be able to bend over and kiss your ass goodbye!"
I love that one. And there are so many others that will stick in your head for days. When you can quote lines from any movie, you know the screenwriters did something right.
The most memorable scene in the film has to be the rape scene. It could have been executed in a really sleazy way, but Steinmann instead treats it tastefully. It's never treated as an erotic act [and it shouldn't be treated as such] and it's actually quite ugly and disturbing to watch. I think the scene really works for a number of reasons. One, it has a very tense build up. You know it's gonna go down but the leading up to it really cements the horrific act. The Scars taunt Heather and pretty much take advantage of the fact that she can't hear or speak, which mak es the rape more foul than it already is. Another reason why it works is because Steinmann doesn't focus totally on the rape. While this act happens, Brenda is fighting with cheerleader Cindy in the showers over a misunderstanding. Not only does the viewer get time to digest the whole rape situation so they're not totally turned off, but the commentary between the two scenes is clear: violence has power, but sound has more. The power of words trumps the power of physicality, showing how vulnerable and weak Heather is compared to everyone around her.
Speaking of Steinmann, he really does a great job behind the camera. A former porn director who would later direct FRIDAY THE 13TH PART V: A NEW BEGINNING [ugh], Steinmann really put his heart and soul into this picture. He wasn't even the first director chosen for this project [Tom DeSimone was] and he pretty much rewrote the entire script every day throughout the film shoot, never really satisfied with the narrative. And it pays off because Steinmann really lets the characters shine through and uses the camera to explore the emotional states of each of them. The scene where Brenda sits in her bathtub, exposing her breasts, is visually exploitative. But if you read between the lines, this moment [which takes place after the rape and Francine's death] reveals alot about Brenda. She has nothing left to lose and doesn't care about being judged for what she has planned. She's comfortable in her own skin and she knows exactly what she has to do. Steinmann also insisted that the actors improvise, which really helped craft their individual characters. That's great directing right there. Steinmann also uses the setting as a character as well, creating a really gritty and dangerous atmosphere where anything goes. We also get stylish shots that definitely reflect the 1980s. We get the slo-mo shot when Heather dances in the gym. We also get a few montages with a soundtrack in the background that will pump you up and get you ready for the next act. And we can't forget the 80s style, with neon colors, big hair, and overall cheesiness. Just a great directorial job here - probably a lot better than a film of this ilk deserves.
The acting in SAVAGE STREETS is actually very good. Linda Blair does an incredible job as Brenda. In fact, I think this may be her finest work as an actress. It took me a while to be convinced that she could be this tough broad getting revenge on gang members, bu t I bought it. I also bought her vulnerability, her pain, and her struggle to do the "right" thing even when her friends thought otherwise. Plus she got to say "bitch", "cunt", and a whole bunch of stuff that made me laugh. Blair, I have always felt, is an underrated actress who was unfortunately typecast due to her work in THE EXORCIST. But Blair carries this film on her back and really makes it work better than it should have. Her performance is a real guilty pleasure.
Linnea Quigley as Heather doesn't do a whole lot for much of the film. But I'm sure playing a mute helped with her performance because let's be honest - Quigley isn't the greatest actress in the world. But she's convincing as a teenager in this film and she's quite endearing as a deaf-mute girl. It's weird seeing her dressed like she's from the 1950s though. John Vernon has a cameo-ish appearance as the sleazy Principal Underwood. Besides the "iceberg" comment, Vernon pretty much flirts with Blair the entire time he's on-screen. Not much of a part but memorable nonetheless. And Robert Dryer as Scars leader, Jake, looks older than one should be in High School. But he brings the creepiness and the sleaziness down to a tee. I really hated the character, but that's because Dryer played him so well. It's not the best acting performances in the world but hell, SAVAGE STREETS benefited from them anyway. Fun, fun, fun times for all.
And I gotta mention the awesome pop-metal soundtrack. It's so 80s that I can't help but love it. I need to find this soundtrack STAT!
THINGS I'VE LEARNED WHILE PRACTICING MY AIM ON THE ARCHERY BOARD
- Back in the 1980s, you were allowed to drive while drinking beer. Lindsay Lohan was definitely born a bit too late for her type of DUI fun.
- "Anything over 10 inches is a waste." Well, I don't have that problem. I mean...hell...if she can't handle my foot long, screw that bitch! Yeah, now where's my Extenze pills?
- Today's gym class exercise: "Lift those knees. Suck in that gut. Tuck in those butts under." Funny, I heard that's the same exercise Richard Simmons uses in his personal time. Burn those calories and sweat to them oldies!!
- Jake had a razor blade as an earring. Talk about looking sharp!
- Principal Underwood told The Scars to "Go fuck an iceberg." Not a good idea. You may think you're big and strong going in there. But once you're inside, you'll sink and your heart will [not] go on!
- Some jock named Wes liked to get the ladies' attention by "seducing them" with his jeans zipper down, revealing his tucked in shirt. That's pretty [open] fly for a white guy!
- Don't rape Linnea Quigley. She'll have Linda Blair on your ass, ready to kill you. Or worse yet, she'll turn into a zombie and eat your brains. Or perhaps you want a piece of lipstick shoved in places it doesn't belong. Either way, leave Linnea alone!!
- After she got raped, the girls took Heather to Doctor's Hospital. Gee, I'm glad they took her there because this hospital obviously has doctors working there, unlike the other hospitals in town! (rolls eyes)
- Brenda gave up believing in God after her father died. That explains the pea soup vomit, the head spinning, and telling people that their mothers suck cock in Hell. Or maybe it was just her time of the month. Menstrual cycles...demonic possessions...same thing, right?
- The Scars liked to grope each other and kiss on the lips every chance they could get. I had no idea The Village People were trying a new edgier and gayer image back in the 1980s.
- The English teacher actually gave her students permission to discuss the act of "giving head". Isn't this subject what got Mary Kay Letourneau in big trouble to begin with?
- The Scars threw Francine over a bridge, killing her and her unborn baby. While this is a horrific crime, at least the troll will appreciate the human sacrifice as a toll.
- The Scars wanted to play "Hide the Salami" with Brenda. Let's hope there's no "cream cheese" around her "buns" region...
SAVAGE STREETS wasn't made to please everyone. It's trash. It's exploitative. It's a DEATH WISH wannabe in the greatest B-movie sense. And that's what makes the film so great, because it doesn't hide what it really is. Great performances, a skillfull directorial job by Danny Steinmann, and much better script that any film like this deserves - SAVAGE STREETS deserves a watch, a rental, and a buy because it's that damn great. And if you don't believe me, then you better kiss your ass goodbye. And I hope you're double jointed.
Posted by Fred [The Wolf] at 4:18 PM
Labels: 4 Howls, action, exploitation, revenge
the sneering (homo-phobic) snob August 7, 2009 at 5:49 PM
A vulernable Linda Blair is perfect but a tough Linda Blair is much more difficult for me to deal with. In the fantasys i have about her she`s always totally compliant, submissive, and appreciative (the way all chicks always should be) as that incredible little darlin` lets me bugger her senseless.
Mr. Xploit, Esquire May 30, 2011 at 1:07 AM
I hate this movie. It's so fucking over-the-top like a a Charles Bronson movie and what the shit is with Lina Blair's hair? I think Linda Blair was possessed again.. by a circus clown.
Fred [The Wolf] May 31, 2011 at 3:12 PM
It's supposed to be over-the-top since it's an exploitation film. I doubt this was supposed to be a very serious, dramatic film. It's meant to entertain, which this film does. As for the hair, it was the 80s. Everything was bigger in the 80s. I respect your feelings on the film though and I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it more.
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Medical instrument with tampon-like section
A medical instrument (1) comprises a tampon-like section (2) for introduction into a body cavity. The section (2) has an inner part (3), a first cuff (4) surrounding the inner part (3) and a second cuff (5) surrounding at least parts of the first cuff (4) which is permeable for application medium. A medical instrument was produced to stop body fluids from discharge, to stop bleeding and administer application media.
Roche, Bruno (AU/ZH, CH)
Legrand, Raymond C. (Blonay, CH)
Laubscher, Max R. (Reinach, CH)
ROCHE BRUNO
LEGRAND RAYMOND C.
LAUBSCHER MAX R.
606/196, 606/199
A61M31/00; (IPC1-7): A61M31/00
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SIRMONS, KEVIN C
WALTER A. HACKLER, Ph.D. (LAW OFFICES SUITE B 2372 S.E. BRISTOL, NEWPORT BEACH, CA, 92660-0755, US)
1. Medical instrument (1) comprising a tampon-like section (2) for introduction into a body cavity, wherein the section (2) has an inner part (3), a first cuff (4) surrounding the inner part (3) and a second cuff (5) surrounding at least parts of the first cuff (4) which is permeable for application media.
2. Medical instrument according to claim 1, characterized in that the second cuff (5) is produced from a material which is permeable for application medium.
3. Medical instrument according to claim 1, characterized in that the second cuff (5) has openings (8) for the application medium.
4. Medical instrument according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner part (3) is produced from an elastic and/or rigid material.
5. Medical instrument according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner part (3) has longitudinal grooves (12).
6. Medical instrument according to claim 1, characterized in that the first cuff (4) can be activated substantially in the region of the body-cavity-side end of the tampon-like section (2).
7. Medical instrument according to claim 1, characterized in that the end of the tampon-like section (2) facing away from the body has a stopper (11).
[0001] The invention concerns a medical instrument with a section for introducing into body cavities to prevent body fluids from discharge, stop bleeding or permit precise use of application media. This may be suitable e.g. in the rectal field, in the region of the nose, in the vaginal region, in the tracheal or esophageal region.
[0002] The invention is based on the object of producing a medical instrument to facilitate the above-mentioned applications.
[0003] This object is achieved by a medical instrument comprising a tampon-like section for introduction into a body cavity wherein the section comprises an inner part, a first cuff which surrounds the inner part and a second cuff which surrounds at least parts of the first cuff and is permeable for application media.
[0004] The first close-fitting or preformed cuff permits anchoring of the tampon-like section in the body cavity and obtains precise stationary location. The second cuff permits precise discharge of an application medium from the second cuff in this region. The inner part has a reinforcing function and ensures that the cuffs close-fitting to the inner part can be easily and safely introduced into the body cavity.
[0005] To realize discharge from the second cuff, the invention proposes to produce either the second cuff of a material which is permeable for the application medium or to provide the second cuff with openings for the application medium.
[0006] Close-fitting of the tampon-like section to the body cavity is improved when the inner part is produced from an elastic material. The inner part can be compressed e.g. before introduction, be inserted in this form and automatically expand again when introduced, due to its material property (elasticity).
[0007] In a preferred embodiment, longitudinal grooves may be formed on the inner part and produce a non-bulky flat close-fitting of the cuffs on the inner part which further facilitates introduction of the tampon-like section.
[0008] For anchoring the tampon-like section in the body cavity, it is advantageous when the first cuff can be activated substantially in the region of the body cavity side end of the tampon-like section. A type of abutment may form.
[0009] An additional end support can be produced in that the end of the tampon-like section facing away from the body comprises a stopper. This stopper abuts the outer region of the body cavity and prevents the tampon-like section from being drawn into the body cavity.
[0010] The drawing schematically shows a preferred embodiment of the invention which is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings.
[0011] FIG. 1 shows a side view of a medical instrument comprising a tampon-like section for introduction into a body cavity;
[0012] FIG. 2 shows a perspective illustration of an inner part of the tampon-like section of FIG. 1;
[0013] FIG. 3 shows a side view of the medical instrument of FIG. 1 when the cuff of the tampon-like section has been activated.
[0014] FIG. 1 shows the design of a medical instrument 1 comprising a tampon-like section 2. The tampon-like section 2 can be inserted into a body cavity and has an inner part 3 formed by a foamed core. The inner part 3 is again coated by a sleeve which is formed by a first 4 and a second cuff 5. The first cuff 4 which can be activated extends over the entire length L1 of the tampon-like section 2 while the second cuff 5 extends merely over approximately two thirds of this length, i.e. a length L2, and is disposed above the first cuff 4.
[0015] The first cuff 4 can be activated, i.e. filled and pressurized via a feed line 6 and a control balloon 7. A return valve is located within the ventilating line such that the first cuff 4 can be easily evacuated (deactivation) e.g. by means of a syringe or another aid, or be filled (activation).
[0016] The second cuff 5 has openings 8 which are shown on an enlarged scale in the drawing. Instead of providing the openings 8, the material of the cuffs 5 may be permeable. The openings 8 serve for applying gases, liquids, fluids or substances (haemostatic solutions, antibiotics, narcotics, analgesic solutions, lubricants and moisturizing solutions etc.) via an application feed line 9. The second cuff 5 is connected with the application feed line 9 and a reservoir which can be connected via the connector 10.
[0017] The foamed core 3 or the cuffs 4 and 5 can be drawn onto a hollow cylinder. The cuffs 4 and 5 can be produced from an elastomer, from silicon or another suitable material such as e.g. PVC, and have a round, square, star-shaped, crossed or other contour which prevents slipping out. The contour can adjust to the anatomy of a body cavity into which the tampon-like section 2 with the two cuffs 4 and 5 can be inserted.
[0018] A stopper 11 meets the function of an abutment to prevent the introduced tampon-like section 2 from slipping into the body cavity.
[0019] In accordance with FIG. 2, the outer contour of the inner part 3 is formed by longitudinal grooves 12 or grooves extending in the longitudinal direction of the inner part 3. This design permits very tight contraction of the cuffs 4, 5 during evacuating since the cuffs 4, 5 can be inserted into the longitudinal grooves 12. As shown in FIG. 1, the evacuated cuffs 4, 5 enlarge the front tampon-like section 2 only slightly compared to the inner part 3.
[0020] FIG. 3 shows application of the invention in more detail. This application can refer to the stoppage of bleeding in body openings and application of medication in body openings. This can be suitable e.g. in the rectal region, in the region of the nose, in the vaginal region, in the region of the trachea or the esophagus.
[0021] To insert and withdraw the cuffs 4, 5 into and from a body cavity, the cuffs 4, 5 are evacuated and are pressed to the inner part 3. The soft design of the inner part 3 from deformable material permits compression of the inner part 3. On the other hand, the inner part 3 has sufficient rigidity to reinforce the tampon-like part of the medical instrument which facilitates insertion. The radial expansion of the compressed introduced inner part after insertion due to the elasticity (inherent pressure) of the inner part permits stoppage of slight bleeding already. Moreover, medication can be administered via the second cuff 5 as indicated by the flow arrows 13. This could also be sliding agents which facilitate later removal of the tampon-like section.
[0022] Regular evacuation which is repeated in intervals prevents gluing of the outer surfaces of the cuff 4, 5 on a wound which is further supported in that the outer surfaces are as smooth as possible.
[0023] FIG. 3 shows clearly that the cuff 4 expands through ventilation primarily in the front region of the tampon-like section 2 thereby providing an anchorage in the body cavity in cooperation with the stopper 11 which permits precise application of medication via the openings 8 in the region between the expanded cuff 4 and the stopper 11. The second cuff 5, a type of “excessive balloon” can coat the first cuff 4 either completely or partially and can be filled with solutions. The permeable balloon wall of the cuff 5 permits diffusion of medication. The permeability of the “excessive balloon” 5 can be selected to suit the most different applications and solutions. The “excessive balloon” 5 is provided with the application line 9 which preferably has a Luer lock connection 10 to connect a syringe. The application line 9 can be closed either with a cap or a wedge.
[0024] In a preferred application, the shown instrument 1 is used as rectal tampon. The second cuff 5 (“excessive balloon”) covers only two thirds of the first cuff 4 (“balloon”). This produces a pear shape when the first cuff 4 is activated which further prevents sliding out of the rectum.
[0025] The inner part may have different foamed material shapes such as round, oval or the crossed shape shown. The different cuff shapes (balloon shapes) are also included in the inventive concept.
LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS
[0026] 1 medical instrument
[0027] 2 tampon-like section
[0028] 3 inner part
[0029] 4 first cuff
[0030] 5 second cuff
[0031] 6 ventilation feed line
[0032] 7 control balloon
[0033] 8 opening
[0034] 9 application feed line
[0035] 10 connector
[0036] 11 stopper
[0037] 12 longitudinal groove
[0038] 13 flow direction
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MEET "CHEF"!
A Culinary Genius, Entrepreneur, & The Man with the "Stash"...
European born and raised, owner and executive chef Pascal Coudouy brings a lot to the table. Previously as the executive chef of Park Hyatt Beaver Creek’s award-winning 8100 Mountainside Bar and Grill, Pascal has set his sites on making GRB a truly great place. Shifting from fine dining to brew-pub fare with a twist!
PASCAL COUDOUY - GRB OWNER & CHEF
Coudouy brings many years of experience, 17+ years in fact, that all began in the south of France. His experience there is tempered with five years in midtown Manhattan that elevated the renowned Le Perigord Restaurant to one of Zagats' "Top Fifty Restaurants in New York" garnering attention and accolades from magazine's such as Forbes, The Wine Spectator, and Gourmet.
In years prior Chef Coudouy was specializing in Parisien bourgeois cooking at the Chez Pauline restaurant in Paris, France. Again in New York from 1987 - 1994, his dishes were presented to presidents and statesmen at the United Nations Plaza Hotel in New York. He also served as Executive Chef at the West Park Winery and as Executive Chef/Owner of the Gascogne restaurant in the heart of New York City. He began his career in 1976, first as a butcher at Boucheire Coudouy, in Laruns, France, a family owned butcher shop, and then as Commis Tournant at the Chez Pierre in Paris, France and Executive Sous Chef at La Belle Epoque in Nice, France.
Raised in a ski resort in the French Pyrenees, Chef Coudouy was at the top of the list of culinary school graduates in the entire country of France. He was the youngest chef at a Michelin two-star restaurant where from 1984-87 he trained in Gascon cooking under Hotel du France world renowned chef Andre Daguin.
Now, as the head chef and owner of the long time locals' favorite Gore Range Brewery, Pascal has his sites set on offering fun and exciting dishes paired with GRB's very own handcrafted ales, lagers, and IPA's. If you haven't yet visited Gore Range Brewery now is the time!
"CHEF" FACTOIDS
Opened VUE rated top new restaurant in Colorado in 2005
Opened 8100 voted 15 top restaurants not to miss in Esquire magazine in 2008
James Beard Foundation 4 time honoree
Purchased Gore Range Brewery in May 2011 changing the quality and standard menu options to a new culinary level
Happy stress-free work environment, a great change from the corporate world
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After the Satan One lost in 2016, some days favor the Fake One in 2020
Warren Draws Crowd of 15,000 in Seattle...
Courting Dem Establishment...
RISING POLLS...
3-Way Lead as Dem 2020 Picture Shifts
Monday, Aug. 26, 2019
Sanders and Warren rise; Biden drops
West Long Branch, NJ – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and former Vice President Joe Biden are currently bunched together in the national Democratic presidential preference contest. Movement in the latest Monmouth University Poll – positive for Warren and Sanders, negative for Biden – suggests the 2020 presidential nomination process may be entering a volatile stage. The poll results also suggest that liberal voters are starting to take a closer look at a wider range of candidates, while moderates are focusing on those with the highest name recognition. Another key finding that could contribute to growing volatility in the race is confusion over “Medicare for All.” Most say support for this policy is an important factor in choosing a Democratic nominee, but voters actually prefer a public option over a single payer plan.
The poll finds a virtual three-way tie among Sanders (20%), Warren (20%), and Biden (19%) in the presidential nomination preferences of registered Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters across the country. Compared to Monmouth’s June poll, these results represent an increase in support for both Sanders (up from 14%) and Warren (up from 15%), and a significant drop for Biden (down from 32%).
... Most of Biden’s lost support in these groups shifted almost equally toward Sanders and Warren.
Bernie vows moratoriumon mergers of media giants...
Op-Ed: My plan for better journalism...
2020 DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT by state primary schedule *
EARLY STATES OTHER STATES
Aug‘19 Jun‘19 May‘19 Aug‘19 Jun‘19 May‘19
Elizabeth Warren 20% 15% 9% 20% 16% 11%
Joe Biden 20% 26% 26% 17% 38% 38%
Bernie Sanders 16% 15% 14% 23% 13% 16%
Kamala Harris 12% 11% 14% 5% 5% 8%
Cory Booker 2% 3% <1% 5% 1% 1%
Pete Buttigieg 4% 4% 6% 4% 6% 6%
Andrew Yang 5% 3% 2% 2% 1% 0%
Warren has seen her personal ratings improve steadily over the past few months. She currently earns a 65% favorable and 13% unfavorable rating, up from 60%-14% in May, the last time Monmouth tracked the 2020 candidate ratings. At the same, time Biden has seen his ratings drop to 66% favorable and 25% unfavorable, from 74%-17% three months ago. The ratings for Sanders have been comparatively more stable at 64% favorable and 24% unfavorable compared with 65%-21% in Monmouth’s May poll.
> https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_082619/
SHOCK POLL: Every major Dem beats Trump by at least 9...
WARREN CROWDS WOW...
TOP SHRINK: BIDEN 'NOT SO PERFECT'...
Stutters, stammers, gets lost during campaign event...
Debate Dems have waited for: Joe vs. Elizabeth...
Bernie hit self in face with punching bag...
Beto Campaign Backtracks After Saying Reporter Ejected to Keep Black Students Safe...
TOXIC Femininity: GOVERNMENT is THE Answer
(they want to use it to grab resources from men.)
Pocahontas’s Fix for Government Corruption — Turn All Power Over to Government
Communist Front Group ‘Working Families Party’ Endorses Pocahontas
POLL: WARREN SURGES...
NBC/WSJ poll: Biden leads Dem 2020 field, Warren's support grows
While Biden dominates among more moderate Democrats and black voters, Warren overperforms among whites and liberals.
Before huge crowd, touts self as heir to female pioneers...
Competing versions of populism could define campaign...
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Fact Check: Elizabeth Warren Exaggerates Crowd Sizes for the Third Time
CLAIM: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) “didn’t have 20,000 people” at her rally in Manhattan on Monday night, according to President Donald Trump.
VERDICT: Likely true. The maximum capacity of Washington Square Park is 10,000.
As Trump suggested Tuesday, Warren appears to have exaggerated the size of her rally crowd in Washington Square on Monday night — apparently the third time she has done so in recent weeks.
Warren’s campaign claimed that 20,000 people had shown up for the event. However, as Breitbart News reported, New York City Parks said that the park did not hold more than 10,000 — the maximum permitted for the event.
Last month, in Minnesota, the Warren campaign claimed that she had drawn a crowd of 12,000 to the campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. But college officials told Breitbart News that the field only had capacity for 3,000, with some “spillover.” Given that the event had been moved outdoors out of concern that the largest indoor hall, at a capacity of 4,000, would be too small, a generous estimate would have put the crowd at 6,000. Nevertheless, many media outlets reported the 12,000 figure, though the only source for that claim was the Warren campaign, and there was no official count from local police, campus officials, or fire marshals.
THE WAR against Men > led by an ANGRY Woman (warren)
POLL: Warren leads primary field by 8 points in CA...
TOPS NH...
Rides chants of '2 cents' at rallies...
Biden Attacks: 'She's Going to Raise People's Taxes'...
Bernie tries to outdo with 'extreme wealth tax'...
Bezos would pay $9 billion a year!
"she villifies wealthy people"
Some Wall Street Dem donors warn the party they won't back Warren
POKING Back ... at Pocahantas
Zuckerberg Calls Pocahontas an ‘Existential’ Threat to Facebook in Leaked Audio
Pocahontas Backs Ocrazio-Cortex’s Welfare Plan for Illegal Foreigners
Bernie Benched (too) - by Heart condition?
BERNIE HEART SCARE!
ALL EVENTS CANCELED... Warren passes Biden in another national poll...
Silicon Valley billionaires' strange new respect...
WITCH MATERIAL? Another Liar wants to be a Democratic president
BUSTED AGAIN! County Records Show Pocahontas Claim That She Was Fired Over Pregnancy is Yet Another LIE
LYING LIZ is leading
Elizabeth Warren Overtakes Joe Biden in Real Clear Politics Average
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has surpassed Joe Biden (D) in the current Real Clear Politics average, marking the first time Biden has lost his lead since announcing his presidential bid.
The current Real Clear Politics average shows Warren narrowly edging out Biden with 26.6 percent support to Biden’s 26.4 percent support. The change follows weeks of Warren slowly gaining on Biden in both national and early primary state polls. Both candidates hold a double-digit lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who is currently averaging 14.6 percent.
The RCP average also reflects Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D-CA) continued fall, showing Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) taking her formerly held fourth place position with 5.6 percent support to the California senator’s 4.4 percent.
The average shows Andrew Yang (D) in sixth place with 2.8 percent support, followed by Beto O’Rourke (D) with two percent support. The remaining candidates are averaging less than two percent:
Twelve candidates will participate in the Democrat debate in Westerville, Ohio, on October 15.
Yet MORE INSANITY from Mz Warren
Elizabeth Warren’s Workers Plan Will Provide Back Pay to Illegal Aliens
JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a leading 2020 Democrat presidential primary candidate, is vowing to “fight” for back pay for illegal aliens.
As part of Warren’s “Empowering American Workers and Raising Wages” plan, illegal aliens who have worked illegally in the United States — sometimes by stealing Americans’ identities and Social Security numbers — would become eligible to receive back pay for their previous work by amending the National Labor Relations Act.
The friend of Fake victims (who vote)... but not Tax payers
Not Aunt Bee: Pocahontas, The Most Dangerous Candidate For President Ever
Last week we warned readers that if President Donald Trump is removed from office before the 2020 elections, they should say hello to President Elizabeth Warren. This week we feel the need to warn remind readers just how damaging a Warren administration would be.
Unlike Sen. Bernie Sanders and Eugene Debs, Warren is not an admitted socialist. But she is a greater threat than Debs ever was because she has a chance. In five runs for the White House, Debs never had more than 6% of the popular vote. Warren, however, now leads all Democrats in the RealClearPolitics average of polls, having passed the fading Joe Biden for the top spot.
She will also have the legacy media 100% behind her, an advantage not only in the election but it ramming policies through Congress. She could not possibly propose anything so radical that the Democrats with keyboards, cameras, and microphones would question it.
Though Sanders has the socialist history and the credentials, Warren, not so long ago a Republican, is more closely aligned to Marxism than the Vermont senator.
For evidence, we need go back no further than last year, when she released her Accountable Capitalism Act. Under this law, companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenue would have to “obtain a federal charter from a newly formed Office of United States Corporations at the Department of Commerce.” This Washington-issued permission slip “obligates company directors to consider the interests of all corporate stakeholders – including employees, customers, shareholders, and the communities in which the company operates.”
It would, as well, prohibit businesses from making political donations without approval from 75% of their directors and shareholders, and requires them to “ensure that no fewer than 40% of its directors are selected by the corporation’s employees.”
Maybe Karl Marx himself could explain the benefits of those limitations because we just don’t see them. However, we do see a system in which Washington takes over the means of production.
. . . Now we come to Warren’s wealth tax, a Sanders-like scheme that would impose a 2% annual tax on individuals with more than $50 million in wealth and a 3% tax on those worth more than $1 billion, seizing more than $3 trillion in private property over a decade. She doesn’t care that most of the European nations that enacted wealth taxes repealed them — nine of the 12 since 1990 — because they were unworkable; that a wealth tax encourages avoidance, evasion, and capital flight; that it is “toxic,” and will “put a bullseye on those” too poor to be taxed under the plan. Warren simply wishes to dictate the wealthy pay their “fair share.” Her tyrannical urges don’t lie far below the surface.
Pocahontas Reportedly Looking At Failed Governor Candidate Andrew Gillum As VP Running Mate
Pocahontas Flip-Flops, Now Supports Taxpayer-Funded ‘Gender Affirming’ Surgery for Tranny Inmates
Jogging into the Lead
Elizabeth Warren, 70, flaunts her fitness as Democratic candidates’ health becomes a debate issue
By Janet Hook Los Angeles Times (TNS)
WASHINGTON — As hundreds of people gathered for a recent Elizabeth Warren rally in Rock Hill, S.C., the heat built so much that one woman in the crowd passed out before the event started.
The 90-degree day did not appear to slow Warren: She bounded up the steps to the stage and gave a kinetic, full-body wave to the crowd.
Without saying a word, the 70-year-old presidential candidate sent a message: Her physical stamina belies her age.
The age of the leading candidates has become the great, albeit often unspoken, issue of the Democratic presidential campaign. As they prepare for their next debate on Tuesday, Warren’s chief rivals and fellow septuagenarians, Sen. Bernie Sanders, 78, and former Vice President Joe Biden, 76, are both facing questions about whether they are too old to run.
Sen. Warren (D-Mass.) is taking every opportunity to flaunt her fitness.
In the now-famous selfie-photo lines that are the capstone of her campaign rallies, Warren stays on her feet for hours greeting voters individually. Opening her rallies, she typically jogs to the podium. When she raced to the stage at the sweltering Rock Hill rally, she astonished a woman who was decades younger.
“I was just amazed that when you first came out here, Sen. Warren, that you ran up those steps the way that you did, and all this energy and stamina that you have,” said Nikita Jackson, a local city councilwoman who joined her on the stage.
Warren never mentions the contrast with her rivals. She doesn’t have to.
For now, Warren’s energetic style of speaking — pacing the stage, flailing her arms, punching the air — helps to give many voters the impression she is younger than she is.
It sometimes seems a bit stagey, but associates say she is an energizer bunny in private too. Fueled by a high metabolism, she tends to snack and eat small meals throughout the day, yet remains rail thin. Even after a full day of campaigning she walks — in a hotel atrium or parking lot if need be.
Warren running — not for president, but literally running — has become an internet meme. Her supporters have posted videos of her running to the podium or stage at her rallies; running in a Pride parade; running through Penn Station in New York to catch a train.
Nothing spells stamina quite like her photo lines. At every rally she offers to take selfies — actually, they are phone photos taken by her staff — to everyone who wants one. Her one concession to comfort is that she typically dons sneakers before beginning the process. Even at the steamy rally in Rock Hill, hundreds lined up.
> https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/elizabeth-warren-flaunts-her-fitness-as-democratic-candidates-health-becomes/article_fe634e1c-fda3-538a-ae23-57845ea7f63b.html
Liz Warren Will Be A Terrible Nominee. And She’ll Probably Be The Nominee
About 90 minutes into Thursday’s forum on LGBTQ issues in Los Angeles, a gay rights leader posed a question to Sen. Elizabeth Warren: How would she respond if a voter approached her and said, “I’m old-fashioned, and my faith teaches me that marriage is between one man and one woman?”
Warren (D-Mass.) responded with a theatrical seriousness. “Well, I’m going to assume it’s a guy who said that,” she deadpanned, pausing a beat for the audience to catch the joke. Then she added, “And I’m going to say, ‘Then just marry one woman — I’m cool with that.’ ”
She finished with a zinger: “‘Assuming you can find one.’ ”
How dare she assume his gender. But there’s also this...
The glitterati gushed. “The single greatest response to this question, in or outside politics,” wrote actress Minnie Driver. “Made my day,” added actress Alyssa Milano. Javier Muñoz, who recently played the title role in the smash musical “Hamilton,” posted seven emoji of clapping hands.
But Republicans and some Democrats warned that the quip at the CNN-sponsored forum would play poorly among a big swath of voters.
“It’s about telling people who don’t agree with you that they are backward by definition,” said Hank Sheinkopf, a Democratic strategist who advised Bill Clinton’s presidential reelection campaign. The line was a “stab” to those who don’t agree with her, he said, and “it is a battle cry for men to turn out against Elizabeth Warren.”
. . . Plus: “Still, one issue for Warren could be how such comments play with black voters, some of whom are socially conservative. Warren probably will need to appeal to African Americans to secure the Democratic nomination and win the White House, but has so far made few inroads with the black community.”
Hail to the Chief!
Fake Indian Commemorates ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’
WARREN’S RISE ATTRACTS ATTACKS
Sen. Elizabeth Warren found Tuesday that her rise in the polls may come with a steep cost. She’s now a clear target for attacks, particularly from more moderate challengers, and her many plans are now being subjected to much sharper scrutiny.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg slammed her for not acknowledging, as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has, that middle-class taxes would increase under the single-payer health plan she and Sanders favor.
“At least Bernie’s being honest with this,” Klobuchar said.
“I don’t think the American people are wrong when they say what they want is a choice,” Buttigieg told Warren. His plan maintains private insurance but would allow people to buy into Medicare.
Candidates also pounced on Warren’s suggestion that only she and Sanders want to take on billionaires while the rest of the field wants to protect them. Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke told Warren it didn’t seem as though she wanted to lift people up and she is “more focused on being punitive.”
Post-Debate MSNBC Knocks ‘Annoyed,’ ‘Petulant’ Pocahontas, Gushes Sodomite Pete Buttplug as 2020’s Obama
HAH! Pocahontas Quietly Deletes Tweet Where She Brags About Being a Native American
By: orraz
WATCH: Buttigieg Goes After Warren For Dodging Questions On Her Health Insurance Plan: She’s More ‘Forthcoming About The Number Of Selfies She’s Taken’
By: neha1985
She's the Tranny's Choice
Ann Coulter: Elizabeth Warren Will Ditch Economic Populism and ‘Be Pedal to the Metal on Transgenders’ if Elected
Ann Coulter warned during an appearance on Breitbart News Tonight that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will go full woke if she becomes president, throwing her promises to take on Wall Street out the window and instead going “pedal to the metal on transgenders.”
Coulter spoke with Breitbart News Tonight host and Senior Editor-at-Large Rebecca Mansour on Monday about the Democrat primary candidates, noting their embrace of the ultra-left:
Faux Pas: Fake Indian Deletes DNA Test Results
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Album Review of Humanization by Mário Raposo
Born in the beautiful Azores of the mid-Atlantic Ocean, electronic music composer Mário Raposo has released several albums over the past decade. Comprised of nine compositions spanning approximately fifty-three minutes, his latest album (aptly-titled Humanization) unfolds like a sci-fi sonic adventure, on which Raposo incorporates both vintage and modern electronic music elements into his stellar compositions. The opening title track is an enticingly dreamy and rhythmically flowing piece that reminds me somewhat of mid-to-late 80’s Tangerine Dream, with its undulating sequencers and symphonic-electronic attributes conveying an exploratory, upbeat mood. The next piece, “Transmission from Nibiru”, is comparatively more laid-back and likewise one of my favorites, with its title giving an overt nod to the fabled “planet x” of extraterrestrial folklore. Other notable pieces such as “A Love Affair Lost in Space” and “Omnispaced” are mysteriously whimsical and symphonically arranged, while “Future City Downtown” brings spacey elements into a modern urban setting with its glitchy timbres, steady groove and loungy piano chords that underscore the piece. Listening to this album easily conjures up an array of retro-futuristic images such as robots, microchips and space travel. And yet, despite its inherent allusions to advanced technology and cyberpunk culture, the music herein is not only melodically beautiful, but feels warmly engaging and personal. Although distinctive on its own, some of this artist’s work also pleasantly reminds me of Mark Dwane’s with regards to both the musical style and themes explored. On par with if not better than Raposo’s preceding Futurology album, Humanization is a mesmerizingly transportive offering that perfectly alternates between brighter and darker moments along its fascinating course! ~Candice Michelle
For more information please visit the artist's website. This album is also available at Bandcamp, Amazon, iTunes and CD Baby.
I love this album and his others. Something about his style really moves me. This is why I love Journeyscapes so much. Because you introduce me to so many wonderful musicians. Thank you Candice!
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What does Essex sound like?
By Sarah-Joy Maddeaux, Stuart Bowditch
What does Essex sound like? How have its soundscapes changed? What do its soundscapes reveal about Essex society and culture? In 2015, the Essex Sound and Video Archive at the Essex Record Office gained a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to run the project, You Are Hear: sound and a sense of place. One output was an online audio map of past and present sounds of Essex, aiming to showcase the county’s diversity through its soundscapes, and to encourage comparisons of historic and present-day recordings. This article will describe the processes behind the development of the audio map, then give a flavour of the types of soundscapes we captured. Finally, the paper will question what the map reveals about the soundscapes of this oft-maligned British county, and what function the map can serve in developing a sense of place for the county’s inhabitants.
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DARACON ENGINEERING PTY LTD - NEWCASTLE BHP STEELWORKS ENTERPRISE CONSENT AWARD
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1. Delete the third paragraph of clause 5, Period of Operation, of the award published 31 May 2002 (333 I.G. 1012), and insert in lieu thereof the following:
The changes made to the award pursuant to the Award Review under section 19(6) of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 and Principle 26 of the Principles for Review of Awards made by the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales on 28 April 1999 (310 I.G. 359) take effect on and from 15 July 2004.
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Koh and Choi: Lactic acidosis associated with the usual theophylline dose in a patient with asthma
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine 2002;17(2):147-149.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2002.17.2.147
Lactic acidosis associated with the usual theophylline dose in a patient with asthma
Youngil I Koh, Inseon S Choi
Division of Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University College of Medicine and Research Institute of Medical Science, Kwangju, Korea
Address reprint requests to: Inseon S. Choi, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, 8 Hak-dong, Dong-ku, Kwangju, 501-757, Korea
Metabolic and electrolyte abnormalities, including hypokalemia, hyperglycemia and lactic acidosis, are associated with theophylline overdose. However, we report an unusual case of sinus tachycardia, lactic acidosis, hypokalemia and hyperglycemia associated with the usual theophylline dose in a patient with asthma. The theophylline dose was 200 mg orally twice daily. Three hours after administration of the third dose, the patient experienced palpitation. An electrocardiogram showed a sinus tachycardia. Arterial blood gas analysis revealed a mixed metabolic acidosis and respiratory alkalosis. Serum lactate level was 51 mmol/L (normal 0.7–2.1 mmol/L). Biochemistry results were sodium 136 m Eq/L, chloride 99 m Eq/L, potassium 1.9 m Eq/L and glucose 204 mg/dL. Our case suggests that a possibility of theophylline-associated metabolic abnormalities should be considered when an asthmatic patient given the usual theophylline dose presents with lactic acidosis, hypokalemia and hyperglycemia of unknown etiology.
Keywords: Asthma; Hyperglycemia; Hypokalemia; Acidosis; Lactic; Theophylline
Metabolic and electrolyte abnormalities, including hypokalemia, hyperglycemia and lactic acidosis, are associated with theophylline overdose1–3). We herein report the first case, to our knowledge, of sinus tachycardia, lactic acidosis, hypokalemia and hyperglycemia associated with the usual theophylline dose in a patient with asthma.
A 30-year-old woman presented to our emergency room with chest palpitation. Two days before, she was diagnosed with mild persistent asthma for the first time in our Allergy Clinic. At that time, biochemistry results were sodium 138 mEq/L, potassium 4.8 mEq/L, chloride 108 mEq/L and glucose 103 mEq/L and an electrocardiogram (ECG) showed normal sinus rhythm at 80 beats/min. She was a non-smoker and weighed 50 kg. She did not have acute and chronic hepatic dysfunction, cardiac decompensation, cor pulmonale and febrile illness. She began to take asthma medications, including sustained-release theophylline (200 mg twice a day), pranlukast hydrate (112.5 mg twice a day), salmeterol xinafoate inhaler (25 mg twice a day) and fluticasone propionate (250 mg twice a day). She and her family denied taking any other medications. She took a total of three doses of the medication before her visit to the emergency room. Three hours after taking the third dose, she experienced the palpitation. Two hours later, she inhaled 5 consecutive puffs of salbutamol, a short acting β2-agonist, regarding the palpitation as one of asthma symptoms and the palpitation continued for 3 hr before presentation. On physical examination, she was awake and alert, although restless. There was no cyanosis or dehydration and she appeared clinically well perfused. Blood pressure was 120/80 mmHg, pulse was regular at 126 beats/min, respirations were 20/min and temperature was 36.7°C. ECG showed a sinus tachycardia. Forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in one second were 3.59 L (108% of predicted value) and 3.23 L (111%), respectively. Arterial blood gas analysis on room air revealed a mixed metabolic acidosis and respiratory alkalosis with a pH of 7.46, Pco2 of 19.3 mmHg, Po2 of 96.7 mmHg and bicarbonate of 13.4 mmol/L and biochemistry results were sodium 136 mEq/L, chloride 99 mEq/L, potassium 1.9 mEq/L and glucose 204 mg/dL. Serum lactate level measured at 5 hr after admission was 51 mmol/L (normal 0.7–2.1 mmol/L). Serum theophylline concentration measured at 13 hr after admission was 8.64 mg/mL. Intravenous administration of normal saline with potassium replacement was done. The rate of potassium infusion was 1.8 mEq/hr and the potassium deficit was corrected rapidly after 5 hr. Thereafter, only normal saline was administered. Heart rates on ECG monitoring were gradually decreased and returned to normal at approximately 10 hr after admission. The glucose level returned to normal 5 hr after admission. The abnormal bicarbonate, Pco2 and serum lactate levels returned to near normal 5 days after admission. Blood and urine tests for pheochromocytoma were negative.
Although the serum theophylline level was within therapeutic range, a possibility of theophylline-associated sinus tachycardia, lactic acidosis, hypokalemia and hyperglycemia was considered. Because she was afraid of the possible symptoms, she refused a challenge test with theophylline. Instead, after getting approval from the institutional review board and her informed consent, the same asthma medications as before, except theophylline, were given again at 6 days after admission. No palpitation occurred for 5 days after the medications. Measurements for arterial blood gas, serum electrolytes and serum lactate at 5 days after the medications showed no abnormal findings. At two months after discharge, her asthma has been well controlled with regular medications, including pranlukast hydrate (112.5 mg twice a day), salmeterol xinafoate inhaler (25 mg twice a day) and fluticasone propionate (250 mg twice a day), without adverse effects.
In our case, it is most likely that theophylline was the culprit for our patient’s sinus tachycardia, lactic acidosis, hypokalemia and hyperglycemia, in view of the time course of events and absence of occurrence of these metabolic abnormalities after taking the other asthma medications, except theophylline. Our patient showed no clinical evidence of tissue hypoxia. Possible concurrent drug ingestion contributing to the acidosis was excluded by the scrupulous history taking, although not demonstrated by negative toxicology screen.
It is known that toxic ingestions of theophylline cause elevated blood levels of the catecholamines, epinephrine and norepinephrine4). This may lead to lactic acidosis, as has been described in pheochromocytoma5), hyperglycemia4) and hypokalemia6). On the other hand, studies on normal volunteers given therapeutic doses of theophylline have shown concentration-related changes in plasma glucose, free fatty acids and insulin7) and increases in plasma catecholamines7, 8). It is possible that our patient’s sinus tachycardia and metabolic abnormalities associated with the usual theophylline dose may be mediated in part by stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system. Also, the short acting β2-agonist, misused for palpitation control in our case, may aggravate the abnormalities.
Unfortunately, the serum theophylline concentration was measured at an inappropriate time because we did not expect the theophylline-associated tachycardia and metabolic disturbances. An earlier measurement of the concentration might have revealed a higher level. It is likely that the serum theophylline level was beyond the therapeutic range, although our patient took the usual dose of theophylline. On the other hand, a possibility of theophylline drug intolerance might be considered if the earlier measurement showed that the serum theophylline level was within therapeutic range.
This unusual case suggests that a possibility of theophylline-associated metabolic abnormalities be considered when an asthmatic patient, given the usual dose of theophylline, presents with lactic acidosis, hypokalemia and hyperglycemia of unknown etiology.
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The Cheatcakes
You won't go to prison if you eat these.
The Cheatcakes are a specialty food The Cheat originally invented for Strong Bad as a substitute for Grumblecakes, which he had previously been swindled out of by a collaborative effort of Kevin Grumbles and Homestar Runner. Strong Bad did not appreciate the substitute, despite the efforts of The Cheat to add even more steam and sugar than the Grumblecakes.
Strong Bad eventually had a change of heart in the email do over. In retrospect he wished he could have tried one, because they did look "a-pretty good". However, like his other "do-overs", this backfired when Homestar came up with a cheap variation. Homestar, dressed as The Cheat, almost gave him a bag of "Moldy Bread, Guys".
The Cheatcakes have their own "jingle" which encourages people not to eat Grumblecakes. The lyrics are as follows: "Only liars and thieves eat Grumblecakes, and those people go to prison. Just ask The Cheat." This is followed by The Cheat stating, in his language, "Those people go to prison!"
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BOOK XII. CONTAINING THE SAME INDIVIDUAL TIME WITH THE FORMER. 13. Chapter xiii. A dialogue between Jones and Partridge.
A dialogue between Jones and Partridge.
The honest lovers of liberty will, we doubt not, pardon that long digression into which we were led at the close of the last chapter, to prevent our history from being applied to the use of the most pernicious doctrine which priestcraft had ever the wickedness or the impudence to preach.
We will now proceed with Mr Jones, who, when the storm was over, took leave of his Egyptian majesty, after many thanks for his courteous behaviour and kind entertainment, and set out for Coventry; to which place (for it was still dark) a gypsy was ordered to conduct him.
Jones having, by reason of his deviation, travelled eleven miles instead of six, and most of those through very execrable roads, where no expedition could have been made in quest of a midwife, did not arrive at Coventry till near twelve. Nor could he possibly get again into the saddle till past two; for post-horses were now not easy to get; nor were the hostler or post-boy in half so great a hurry as himself, but chose rather to imitate the tranquil disposition of Partridge; who, being denied the nourishment of sleep, took all opportunities to supply its place with every other kind of nourishment, and was never better pleased than when he arrived at an inn, nor ever more dissatisfied than when he was again forced to leave it.
Jones now travelled post; we will follow him, therefore, according to our custom, and to the rules of Longinus, in the same manner. From Coventry he arrived at Daventry, from Daventry at Stratford, and from Stratford at Dunstable, whither he came the next day a little after noon, and within a few hours after Sophia had left it; and though he was obliged to stay here longer than he wished, while a smith, with great deliberation, shoed the post-horse he was to ride, he doubted not but to overtake his Sophia before she should set out from St Albans; at which place he concluded, and very reasonably, that his lordship would stop and dine.
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05:36, September 2, 2015
An Irish ex-nanny is being deported a day after Massachusetts prosecutors dropped a murder charge against her in the death of a 1-year-old girl.
Aisling Brady McCarthy, 37, surrendered Tuesday at the Burlington, Mass. office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, spokesman Shawn Neudauer confirmed.
She's been arrested and placed in federal custody, pending her deportation to her native Ireland.
McCarthy had been charged in the 2013 death of Rehma Sabir, of Cambridge. On Monday, prosecutors dropped the charge after the medical examiner's office revised its original homicide ruling.
The office determined Rehma had a possibly undiagnosed condition that made her prone to bleeding and may have contributed to her death.
McCarthy's deportation is being expedited at her request and her departure is "imminent," Neudauer said.
McCarthy had purchased a plane ticket to return to Ireland and hoped to voluntarily leave the country Tuesday evening.
But Neudauer stressed that McCarthy is a "significant visa violator" and will be formally deported, meaning she will likely face a minimum ban of 10 years before she can ever return to the U.S.
McCarthy's husband and some of her immediate family reside in the Boston area.
She entered the country in 2002 on a tourist visa that only allowed her to stay 90 days. She doesn't have the right to a federal immigration hearing on her case because Ireland participates in the U.S.'s Visa Waiver Program, Neudauer said.
McCarthy's lawyers, who helped coordinate her surrender, didn't immediately comment.
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Damian Lewis grows mustache to spread men’s cancer awareness
Homeland star Damian Lewis is growing a mustache to raise money for prostate cancer research and also to prepare for his role in Werner Herzog’s upcoming film Queen of the Desert.
The actor is using his new look to support the Movember movement, during which men all over the world are encouraged not to shave their upper lip for a month.
“I’m actually going to do a film with Werner Herzog just after Christmas, and with Nicole Kidman, and he (his character) is an Edwardian German. Takes place in the First World War and he has an amazing, kind of handlebar mustache… so I started early to try just to try and get there,” Lewis explained.
But even though it’s for a good cause, Damian’s new image is not appealing to his wife. “My wife does not like it. She’s being polite and saying she does,” he added.
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Damian looks cool with moustache to my eyes. Though, I think he will change his look after the Queen of the Desert filming is done. I can understand hat it has to food with the prostate cancer and how this can help, but I support all sorts of movements and charities for the authorities and people with money to pay attention to the existing problem and help. Maybe I should grow moustache too I have two weeks of November left, not sure how much will grow on my face during this period, though.
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Re: On the Radio#580276
By Kreuzberger
- Sun Jul 07, 2019 10:07 pm #580276
Nurse, nurse, the pigeon is playing chess again!
Jack believed in the inherent goodness of humanity, and felt a deep social responsibility to protect that. Through us all, Jack marches on.
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Location: Dirty XBerg 36
By Winegums
The O'Brien defenders have logged on.
e: the Blairite one and the racist one.
“Let me make my position clear: I wouldn’t want to win on an old-fashioned leftist platform. Even if I thought it was the route to victory, I wouldn’t take it. ”
-Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Winegums
By Andy McDandy
- Mon Jul 08, 2019 7:18 am #580283
Thing is, he's right. They are all cults.
"It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail." - Gore Vidal.
"I proved that you're wrong. And if you're wrong, I'm right." - Aaron Eckhart.
Andy McDandy
- Mon Jul 08, 2019 4:23 pm #580330
"All these people are cults" I scream as I tattoo #FBPE onto my arm.
By crabcakes_windermere
- Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:53 am #580748
Winegums wrote: ↑
Health - fully supports NHS. Wants greater investment in NHS, removal of obstructions such as internal market, PFI.
Housing - supports significant council house building projects. Supports legislation limiting # of homes anyone can own (no more professional landlords). Supports better legislation protecting tenants
Jobs - Wants to improve employee rights and strengthen trade unionism
Education - close gap between wealthy and poor. End creeping privatisation of schooling
Justice - ensure timely access to legal system and justice for the accused and victims. Have community policing fully integrated to communities. Destroy the London Met and salt the earth so that nothing can ever grow there again.
Defense - Stop Western imperialism.
I'm for all of those things (though a question mark over the last one - stopping Western imperialism isn't synonymous with defence. You can stop needless adventures for oil without giving Putin free rein to do what the fuck he wants, for example).
Thus, I'm left wing by any reasonable definition of left wing - something I'm sure Winegums would find laughable, but then we're all well versed on how the only people Corbyn fans consider 'proper' leftwingers are themselves. But regardless I also think Corbyn is awful and wouldn't deliver a lot of these even if in power as he'd be too distracted by (for want of a better phrase) 'socialist vanity projects' that chew up time and energy and capital. For example renationalisation of everything, even if it's a sector doing well.
It's that simplistic black-and-white absolutism that still sees him clinging to lexit, because the EU is vaguely capitalist and so *must* be the worse option. It's incomprehensible it couldn't be. It's also what's doing for him on antisemitism - Israel is bad, therefore all criticism *must* be allowed, even if it's clumsy or badly worded, and the most generous, optimistic take *must* be made every time because these people just want a free Palestine, so how could they *possibly* be bigoted? How could Jeremy be a bad person, look at all these good things he has done? And so on.
I also think there are plenty of examples of his behaviour matching Johnson in awfulness, in no small part due to this absolutism. Sure, he protested against apartheid (and through his arrogance and need to be seen doing 'the right thing', famously made things worse, of course:
But he also turned a blind eye to atrocities if his chum in Moscow was involved (https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comme ... pocritical) because it was against the hated USA, so how could he be wrong?
So sure, you could make a sound case he's not as big a dangerous, arrogant wanker as Johnson - but he's still a dangerous, arrogant wanker, and not fit to be PM.
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By Tubby Isaacs
- Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:52 pm #580881
The internal NHS market has been abolished in Wales and Scotland. How much difference does it actually make? Isn't a lot of that sort of stuff going to be done as management accounting anyway?
Tubby Isaacs
We need a political heavyweight to get on the case.
https://fullfact.org/health/cost-creati ... arket-nhs/
“The internal market that was originally created by the Conservatives, I think back in the late 1980s is currently costing in the order of £10 billion a year.”
Chris Williamson MP, 25 January 2018
The NHS internal market, created in the 1990s, costs around £10 billion a year.
There’s no evidence to prove this. Research that arrives at this figure just estimates increases in admin costs over time, rather than trying to single out what impact the internal market has had.
This claim has been circulating for years, and there’s no good evidence we’ve seen that supports it.
None of the research that has been used to reach this figure actually tries to estimate the cost of the ‘internal market’ in England that was introduced to the NHS in 1991.
The figures behind it are estimates of the changing cost of administration to the NHS in England. The sources of those figures are either untraceable, subject to a lot of uncertainty, or no longer relevant to the way the NHS works today.
We don’t know the answer to this question, whether it turns out to be £10 billion or something very different.
By youngian
Before 2016 I was OK with a few slippery figures bolstering your cause if it helps you win (illustrative figures as Rory Stewart calls them). But no never again.
youngian
By Boiler
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:47 pm #581476
Just listening to British Troll Farm on BBC Sounds; "a new sitcom set in a secret British military unit dedicated to fighting the social media cyberwar. Badly."
If nothing else, it features my favourite actress from Derry Girls - Nicola Coughlan.
I know I ain't common 'cause I got class I ain't never used yet.
By Abernathy
- Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:45 am #584088
The Kindle reader edition of James O'Brien's book How to be Right (In a World Gone Wrong) is available on Amazon - apparently today only for just 99p.
If you'e not read it, it's well worth a quid of your cash.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Be-Right-w ... e_0&sr=8-1
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"The opportunity to serve our country. That is all we ask." John Smith, Leader of the Labour Party, 10 May 1994.
Location: Up my own arse.
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:48 pm #584295
Listening to The Reunion (partly) on Radio 4 whilst driving into town today: it concerned the fallout around the broadcast of Death On The Rock.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007wrv
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By oboogie
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 9:27 pm #584302
Boiler wrote: ↑
I heard a little of that too, I've made a mental note to listen to it properly on iplayer.
That subtle admixture of the absurd and the surreally plausible...
oboogie
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:59 am #584497
LBC are running an ad/trailer for a podcast by Floella Benjamin, the lass notable, as far as I can tell, only for once having been a kids TV presenter on Playschool. h
It opens with La Benjamin herself, intoning "Hello. I'm Baroness Floella Benjamin..."
Now, maybe it's only me that thinks this, but when I hear that sort of pish I immediately think "How up her own arse is she ? Yes, she was elevated to the Lords by the Lib Dems, but really? Introducing yourself in that way doesn't make me, at least, want to hear what she has to say in a podcast (I just might have done if she'd just said "I'm Floella Benjamin") is a "yuck" moment for me.
Got me thinking and I realise that I know personally one member of the house of lords, and one bloke with a knighthood.
They never EVER refer to themselves as "sir" or "lord" - they're just Phil and Albert - as I've known them as for several years.
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:33 pm #584506
I had a neighbour who was in the House of Lords. It was Floella Benjamin who could be seen out leafleting for the Streatham Hill Lib Dems. I think she’s worked in educational charity type stuff for years.
You mean Baroness Floella Benjamin ?
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ASIC's new era of regulation – the bottom line
ASIC Chairman James Shipton recently addressed the Australian Financial Review Banking and Wealth Summit and the ASIC Annual Forum in Sydney last week about "fairness" in the financial services industry and ASIC's new regulatory approaches, including enforcement and supervisory initiatives.
New ASIC Deputy Chair Daniel Crennan QC, tasked with leading the new Office of Enforcement, has also spoken about ASIC's new "why not litigate" stance.
So, what does ASIC's new strategic direction really mean and how will the "efficiently, honestly and fairly" standard influence its "why not litigate" approach? Special counsel Selina Nutley takes an in depth look at what this means for stakeholders in the funds management and financial services sectors and explains the bottom line.
The fairness imperative
We have previously written in Financial Services Thinking about the "efficiently, honestly and fairly" standard required of financial services licensees. What "efficiently, honestly and fairly" looks like could well differ depending on the nature of your financial services business, particularly for businesses with wholesale rather than retail customers.
Mr Shipton explained ASIC's end goal is to build real trust and confidence in a financial system that is fair, strong and efficient, and to ensure fairness is embedded in every aspect of a financial services business. The Hayne Royal Commission also highlighted the fairness imperative.
Both Mr Shipton and Mr Crennan QC have spoken about "efficiently, honestly and fairly" as not being a difficult concept to understand. They say the community clearly understood that the types of conduct revealed by the Royal Commission were unfair. ASIC's view is "fairness" is a concept we can all readily understand. That is, people recognise unfair outcomes. Fairness means doing what is right, it is the quality of being reasonable and just, and incorporates concepts such as competence and professionalism.
In our view, the concept of fairness is a little more difficult to apply when the investor is not a retail client who has lost their entire superannuation fund but is instead a sophisticated high net worth individual who may disagree with the way a trustee has exercised its powers.
ASIC's recent success against Westpac and BT Funds Management (which is currently being appealed by Westpac and BT Funds Management) was founded on Westpac's breach of the "efficiently, honestly and fairly" standard. The primary basis of the case was the breach of the personal advice provisions, although that argument was ultimately unsuccessful. The Federal Court said Westpac had not breached the personal advice provisions but had breached the "efficiently, honestly and fairly" standard. Our earlier article explaining this case can be found here.
What's the bottom line?
We can be somewhat comforted that ASIC's eye is not necessarily fixed on the wholesale market due to the sheer volume of activity and issues in the retail sector and the resources required to investigate and prosecute breaches. However, the new "why not litigate" philosophy does need some key cases involving wholesale fund managers, but only so the courts will have the opportunity to provide their views about whether those businesses have been run efficiently, honestly and fairly after a fair trial with submissions from both sides.
In the meantime, the "why not litigate" strategy means once ASIC is satisfied a breach of the law is more likely than not and the pursuit of the matter would be in the public interest, ASIC will simply ask "why not litigate?"
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Tuesday, 24 July 2007 By Chant Wagner
Trésor Concreta, Trésor Elixir by Lancôme {New Perfume}
Lancôme has launched a variation on the modern classic Trésor originally created by Sophia Grojsman, which is called Trésor Elixir. It is described as being both sweeter and more full-bodied with woodsy accents that are almost leather-like, together with...
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New Wardrobe of Perfumes: Scent Systems: Rose, Jasmine, Wild Violet, Tuberose, Oeillet {New Fragrances}
Scent Systems is a UK-based perfume brand that was founded in 2003 by Hiram Green. He, together with perfumer George Dodd, have now created what they like to term their first ready-to-wear wardrobe of scents, which is wholly dedicated...
Friday, 20 July 2007 By Chant Wagner
Rose Kashmirie by Les Parfums de Rosine {New Fragrance}
Les Parfums de Rosine will introduce a new fragrance this fall called Rose Kashmirie. The perfume, described as a warm, soft, luminous and spicy rose concoction, is inspired by the colors, aromas and mythology of India. One of its...
More on Infusion d'Iris by Prada {New Fragrance}
Prada Infusion d'Iris will debut in September of 2007 and is planned to be a major launch for the brand. The eau de parfum was composed by Daniela Andrier from Givaudan and is described as a very modern take...
Thursday, 19 July 2007 By Chant Wagner
Andy Warhol's Silver Factory by Bond no9 {New Perfume}
Bond no 9 will launch a new fragrance in December of 2007 called Andy Warhol's Silver Factory that will illustrate a novel concept for the perfume house. It will be the first perfume in a series of Andy Warhol...
Arabia Felix Collection by Agallocha: Muthhela Man, Muthhela Woman, Tedallal Man, Tedallal Woman {New Fragrances}
Agallocha (Update April 12, 2010: the site has moved to a new address, Arabia Felix) is a new perfume house based in Paris, France which wants to draw its inspiration from world cultures. The brand is named after the...
Coty Prestige Inked a Deal with Ewan McGregor {Fragrance News} {New Perfume}
Coty Prestige has announced today that they have signed a deal with actor Ewan McGregor to become the face for the new upcoming Davidoff men's perfume that will debut at the beginning of 2008........
3121 by Prince: When Too Much Might be Just Right {Perfume Short (Review)} {New Perfume} {Celebrity Perfume}
3121 by Prince is a big va-va-voom of an exotic floral scent. If it were not for that sense of calculated excess and amplified decibels where the floral notes and sexual indoles are concerned, it would be a plain...
Esperys by E. Coudray {New Fragrance}
E. Coudray is one of the oldest perfumeries still in existence. It was established in 1822 by chemist-doctor Edmond Coudray under the reign of Louis XVIII, 6 years before Guerlain. In September of 2007, E. Coudray will launch a...
News in Brief: Coty Signs Licensing Agreement with Karl Lagerfeld, D Luciano Soprani {New Perfumes}
Coty has announced that it has signed a licensing deal with Karl Lagerfeld to develop a line of signature fragrances. It will continue to distribute the existing Karl Lagerfeld perfumes. Fashion label Luciano Soprani will launch a women's fragrance...
Saturday, 14 July 2007 By Chant Wagner
Visa by Robert Piguet {New Perfume}
As announced earlier, Robert Piguet is preparing to re-launch one of the classic fragrances from its catalogue called Visa, a perfume which debuted in 1945 and was created by celebrated perfumer Germaine Cellier. The jus "has been rebalanced to...
Cravache by Robert Piguet {New Perfume}
As announced earlier, Robert Piguet's classic fragrance from 1963, Cravache (Riding Crop), will be re-launched in October of 2007 having been reportedly rebalanced to better suit modern tastes while respecting the heritage of the house. It follows the recent...
By Kilian L'Oeuvre Noire: Love, Beyond Love, Liaisons Dangereuses, Cruel Intentions, A Taste of Heaven, Straight to Heaven {New Fragrances}
This fall Kilian Hennessy will introduce a brand new collection of six perfumes regrouped in a line called L'Oeuvre Noire (The Black Work) under the general label By Kilian, which apparently will be subdivized into other smaller ones such...
News in Brief: Perfume Launches This Summer & Fall {New Fragrances}
Women's Wear Daily has published a comprehensive list of the upcoming scents in the next six months. Without reproducing the whole catalogue, we are calling your attention to a number of them that were mentioned either briefly or not...
Rose by Paul Smith {New Fragrance}
British fashion designer Paul Smith launched his latest perfume simply called Rose. The jus centers of a new rose breed that was specially and lovingly cultivated for him by his wife Pauline as a birthday present and baptized "Sir Paul...
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BIO: WRITING 2019
Arts & Music Blogger & Photographer - About
Music Unites Us
My Musicfootnotes blog is about art and music but I also occasionally post letters about politics and social concerns. I was thinking of the issues around Scottish Independence and about what is ‘Britishness’? This then led me to thinking how music offers one voice and brings us together.
As the debate heats up around Scottish Independence, it led me to wondering what ‘Britishness’ means for me. English people, or rather those in London, should realise Scottish people don’t support the English teams at sporting events – why? Well the great rivalry is as strong as ever. However Scottish independence would offer many mutual benefits, a better partnership and renewed respect I feel.
There are globalization fears as gigantic business conglomerates attempt to take over control.
(Europe tried this one size fits all Euro which I always wondered seemed a half baked idea.)
I’m not enthused by a ‘one size fits all’ homogenised, faceless worldwide culture – where every city has its corner Big Mac and Nike trainers on display no matter where I travel,
While I do believe in freedom of thought and speech – in One Young World and in voices of truth such as the Dalai Lama…and I don’t believe in tribalism or religious divides. People have advised that we shouldn’t speak of religious or political thoughts, this seems a terrible thing and I believe in good, healthy and informed debate…I believe in democracy whatever that means in today's world?
It is more important than ever to keep our divergent heritages alive. I believe strongly that Scotland needs to move on now and to feel a renewed sense of confidence over it’s own 'identity' and not to feel 'dependent' on the decisions of a few in London. London is interested in its financial institutions, civil servants, media and more – and it is not interested in business opportunities elsewhere.
Today more than ever the individual voice matters. I believe in de-centralized government above all as I saw first hand in America - where each State runs its own affairs and the federal government runs the roads and military. Scotland has its own education system and Scots Law.
Scottish independence is a ‘positive’ debate and it is not about ‘divides’ or about old rivalries, but about a healthy and respectful ‘partnership’ in which Scotland no longer feels second-rate but able to stand on its own two feet as many other small countries do.
When I wandered abroad many years sometimes I would hear the pipes of Scotland call me back home. So I include a haunting Gaelic song that finished with those pipes - '' Crucan na bpaiste' and the 'Drummers of England'. I was born in England to Irish parents and grew up in Scotland - so yes I believe in Irish and English heritage too! I had a songbook of National songs and we sang Irish and Welsh songs too. That's why I love the Celtic festival here in Glasgow - it is one big melting pot that celebrates many cultures through the medium of music.Celtic celebrates our differences while the music also brings us together.
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This blog has become also about music!
Even In our world of mass communications it is harder and harder to get heard amid all the large corporate controls. Therefore it is important to maintain our heritage even more than it ever was.
We must never believe that our voice cannot be heard.
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AFC's Vultures, Brosh, Win Liberty Bowl
Stephen Brosh drafted QB Patrick Mahomes in the 10th round and complemented him with a strong ground game, led by Adrian Peterson and Dalvin Cook, and deep WR corps. His Vultures upset the defending champions and second-seeded Cocks before defeating the now three-time runner-up Doughboys in the Thunder Bowl. In the Liberty Bowl, he faced two teams with higher OPRs, but he slayed them as well. The Vultures manager will now receive a bevy of prizes: the Killman Memorial Trophy; a custom team jersey; the Tenequer Memorial Trophy; and a custom team mini-helmet. Congratulations, Brosh.
The Vultures finished with a record of 12-4. They scored 143.28 points per game and an OPR of 1.034 (16th). Over the season, they made 19 transactions, ended the season with 10 drafted players remaining on their roster, and finished on a 10-game winning streak (including the Liberty Bowl).
'Dirty Hippies', NFC Win Liberty Bowl; 2016 Wrap-up
By OIL Commissioner Justin C. Cliburn
Congratulations to Christopher Trovillo, whose Dirty Hippies won the 2016 Liberty Bowl. He will hold the Tenequer Memorial Trophy in trust until a new champion is crowned. He also earned a custom mini-helmet with the win, and the Commissioner awaits his instructions regarding said helmet.
As far as Lance Zerger goes, his Redlegs fell short in their quest to win their first week 17 championship. But the season was a monstrous success regardless. The Redlegs set a record for most points in single season, won 12 games, and won the AFC's Thunder Bowl. He will have his name engraved on the Killman Memorial Trophy and his custom jersey has been ordered.
Well, that's it for the 2016 OIL season. Congratulations to the three conference champions: Buehre, Trovillo, and Zerger. The 2017 draft order will be posted soon, and I'll get started on the 2016 edition of the Book of OIL. Be prepared for lots of emails soliciting your feedback on the 2016 draft party, trades, rivalry week, season, and playoffs.
Zerger has plans to coordinate an OIL March Madness pool, and we'll be finding ways to raise money for the 2017 draft weekend, which will again occur at the Roberts Retreat Lodge north of Ada. Our deposit has been paid, and we need to pay $3,100 by August to keep the rental (and not lose the $780 deposit). Anyone who was at the 2016 draft can vouch for how amazing the venue is: 5,000 square-foot cabin; private lake; ATV trails; shooting range; ping pong table; big screen TVs; huge wrap-around porch; and the company of your SECFOR brothers.
If you'd like to make your donation now, the link is here. You can view photos, videos, and audio clips of the 2016 draft weekend here. If you encounter a password prompt, the password is oklahoma*** with the *** being the number of our military unit.
Happy New Year, brothers. Something tells me we'll keep in touch all offseason using the GroupMe chat (thanks to Zerger for suggesting that). For all of those who didn't win a championship in 2016 (including me), the new year provides new hope. In the meantime, check out the championship banners hung at the top of each champion's manager page:
2016 Liberty Bowl Preview
The two highest-scoring champions in week 16 were the NFC's Dirty Hippies and the AFC's Redlegs. They'll now play for the right to the Tenequer Memorial Trophy and a custom team mini-helmet. Each squad is dealing with several starters resting in week 17, so these lineups are subject to change and are not final until the noon games kickoff on Sunday.
Click to access Liberty Bowl spreadsheet
War Pony, AFC Win Liberty Bowl
War Pony manager Jimmy Venable made his second trip to the Liberty Bowl count. He represented the AFC well and defeated the PFC and their champion, the Boomtown Brawlers. Each conference champion (Venable, Brake, and Bruesch) will receive a custom championship jersey and Venable will receive a custom mini-helmet. Photos will be posted once they've arrived.
Gentlemen, Here's What You're Playing For
'Dirty Hippies' Show Off Trophies, Jersey, Helmet, Number One Fan
2014 NFC and overall OIL champion Christopher Trovillo received his championship jersey this week. Here he is showing off the Harrington Trophy, the Tenequer Memorial Trophy, his Dirty Hippies jersey, his Dirty Hippies mini-helmet, and his son.
Unveiling the Tenequer Memorial Trophy
The week 17 Liberty Bowl now has its own trophy. The Tenequer Memorial Trophy arrived this week. Overall OIL champion Christopher Trovillo will keep it until a new champion is crowned.
2014 Liberty Bowl: 'War Pony' vs. 'Dirty Hippies'
War Pony
Dirty Hippies
Philip Rivers
Matt Asiata
Steve Smith, Sr.
Brandon LaFell
Nick Novak
8.75 QB 16.25
36.00 WR 36.50
8.10 WR 8.10
2.70 RB 16.00
14.35 RB 19.40
10.70 TE 0.0
17.00 W/T 13.95
12.30 W/R 15.85
1.00 K 8.00
17.00 DEF -1.00
144.00 Total 149.45
Odell Beckham, Jr.
Roddy White
Marcedes Lewis*
Justin Tucker
*Rob Gronkowski was inactive
Welcome to the first Liberty Bowl. It pits the champions of the OklahomIraqis League's AFC (Jimmy Venable's War Pony) against the champions of the NFC (Christopher Trovillo's Dirty Hippies). The champion receives the Tenequer Memorial Trophy.
Because the Dirty Hippies scored more points in the regular season (and in their championship game), they will be the home team and wear their home, tie-dyed jerseys. War Pony will wear his white-on-white away uniforms for the first time during the 2014 playoffs (as he was the higher seed in every previous matchup). The managers of these two teams have until Saturday at 2000 CST to email their Liberty Bowl lineup to Cliburn. Each manager may tweak their lineup via email or text any time before 1200 CST Sunday.
Here is how each team got here, beginning with the AFC champions:
Good luck to both teams. It's been an amazing season. Each team has already won their respective conference's traveling trophy (the Killman and the Harrington) and a championship jersey to keep forever.
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Omar Faruk Tekbilek's Official Website
Omar Faruk Tekbilek's Official Website: listen to audio streams, check out photos, purchase cds, and latest concerts
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Süleyman the Magnificent is the soundtrack for the film of the same name which focuses on the life of the great Sultan of the Ottoman empire. Sultan Süleyman reigned from 1520-1566 and was renowned as a consummate reformer of law and administration. His was a golden age of art and architecture. Brian Keane’s soundtrack embodies this historic sense of greatness and splendor. The music is at once exciting and profound. Keane has brilliantly scored traditional Turkish melodies and his own original melodies from a combination of authentic Turkish instruments. These instruments include the tanbur (long necked lute), daire (drum), kanun (plucked boxed zither), and kaval (rim-blown flute—a pastoral instrument associated with shepherds and nomads). The film aired on the PBS network and was a winner of the American Film Festival and the Ohio State Film Festival awards. It was produced in conjunction with the opening of an art exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. for which major funding for the film was provided by the Republic of Turkey.
Suleyman The Magnificent Full Album Download, Scenes of Istanbul, Seven Spheres of Heaven, Aegean Sailor, Saint Sophia, Ussak Semai- Piece in 10/8, Modal Fantasy, Northern Village, Garden at Topkapi, Prelude in Rast Mode, The Story of Suleyman, Goat Jumper, Whirling Dervishes, Prelude in Segah Mode, Improvisation in Hicaz Mode, Prelude in Segah Mode, Gates of Heaven, Scenes of Istanbul (Reprise)
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76 medical colleges seek exemption from NEET
Even as all medical colleges, both government and private, are preparing to admit students in MBBS courses through a National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test ( NEET) for the academic year 2013-14, several medical colleges have moved the Supreme Court seeking exemption from it on the ground that they are minority institutions.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justices S S Nijjar and J Chelameswar on Tuesday started hearing on the petitions filed by 76 colleges, which claimed that they being either religious or linguistic minority colleges, were entitled autonomy in administration of their educational institutions under Article 30 of the Constitution.
In the lead case relating to Christian Medical College, Vellore, the court had on October 10 allowed the institution to receive applications for its own entrance examination for filling MBBS seats. But after hearing Medical Council of India counsel Nidesh Gupta, the court had put a caveat saying this "will not entitle the respondent institution to claim any equity on the basis thereof".
This means, if the colleges lose the legal battle in the apex court, then they cannot claim a right to hold separate examination on the ground that they have already received applications from candidates.
This interim order allowing minority education institutions to receive applications from candidates for an individual entrance test for filling their respective under-graduate medical seats was extended to all colleges which approached the apex court invoking Article 30.
In the days to come, the apex court will witness an interesting constitutional battle as private institutions have engaged renowned lawyers like K K Venugopal, Harish Salve, Rajeev Dhavan and P P Rao.
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1981, Marquee Studios, Soho, Central London
After the shock of being asked to leave Original Mirrors (and it was a shock at the time) I bumbled about for a few months, doing casual work in betting shops for money, playing, hanging out and getting stoned with my mates The Dirty Strangers, remaining on the look out for something worthwhile to pursue in the music business. I remember once meeting a young (very young 20 I think!!!) Guy Pratt down at Hammersmith Rehearsal Studios at this time and us both being unemployed and musing over getting decent music careers. The next time I saw him, less than three years later, he was playing with Icehouse and I was playing with Mike Oldfield ... not bad progress for both of us!!!
Anyway ... through my connection with The Boys, a band that the Bernie Torme Band had supported in 1978 and who were signed to Safari Records, my name came up for consideration for the new Toyah band which had recently shed three members. Having been part of Original Mirrors was apparently a big plus on my minimal CV. I went up to meet Toyah and her band partner Joel Bogen in Rob Lyons' (Joel's best mate) flat in Mountfield Road North Finchley for a chat to see what it was all about. I loved the quirky nature of the material Toyah and Joel had been writing to date and their style really opened the door for me to become seriously experimental with my playing. I had to learn a lot of the previously recorded material for our first gigs together and I'd never really listened to anything like it let alone even THOUGHT of playing stuff like this. It was, I think, quite unique and there lay the attraction for me AND apart from my obvious musical ability and enthusiasm, I also proved to THEM that I could smoke pot for England!!!
I got on well with them both and related to their 'vision' of the band moving forward so I was IN!!! I remember leaving to get the bus home (yes ... the number 13 bus from Finchley to Baker Street!!!) and Toyah asking if I was alright ... that's the one thing I recall about that evening because I thought that was very sweet of her. To me it was perfectly normal to get that stoned; I was already a dependent addict. Whilst I didn't suffer too much physically (you can take a hell of a battering at 23), there was something 'mind altering' in my body the whole time.
We first got together as a band in December 1980 to record the 'It's A Mystery' EP with Nick Tauber producing, Toyah and Joel, myself, Nigel Glockler on drums and Adrian Lee on keyboards at the Marquee Studios, behind the Marquee Club in Soho. The EP released in January 1981, as it was, was a success so we did our first college and university tour to support the record in early 1981 (including a show at The Rainbow, Finsbury Park!!!) and then the Anthem album sessions were scheduled. We started to rehearse and arrange the music at JBL in Victoria, gathering for breakfast every morning round the corner before (for me anyway) the obligatory joint smoking started. I think the joke was ' ... no skinning up before ten ... ten in the morning!!!'.
These early times with Toyah were, for me, the happiest. I think this album is a good reflection of the creative abilities and energies of this particular band although there's a proliferation of machine-type stuff on it much due to the advent, at the time, of MIDI of which Adrian would have considered himself a pioneering expert. He WAS a wizard with technology and had a lot of influence in the studio BUT we were, in essence, another rock band. Nigel got me listening to the band Japan and I got obsessed with having a 'chorused' bass sound as a result. We also listened to Rush (thanks Nige!!!) and The Moody Blues' 'Long Distance Voyager' quite a bit on the tour bus. That's what I remember anyway.
The subsequent tour to support this album was a fantastic time for all of us as we were players in and part of a genuine 'pop phenomenon'. In a relatively short space of time this band became more and more successful, sold more records, got more publicity, got more money and, inevitably, there were more drugs around. It was usual for us to have cocaine delivered to the studio which helped to feed egos and paranoia and propagate a feeling of gravity and high tension. So we could be incredibly high and happy one minute and having a blazing row the next. For me, having more money than I'd ever had in my life, it was now normal to snort coke, smoke pot and drink booze all day everyday and certainly all night. To be fair to Toyah she never got too involved in the drug taking, rows or disagreements openly ... she was, as always, incredibly busy working at her career and she did work very, very hard.
I don't really listen to the MIDI driven stuff on this album; I think it feels a bit flat and dated thirty years on. I love the rocking tracks particularly 'I Want To Be Free' which is still one of my favourite bass lines I've ever come up with. I never get tired of playing that line ... I think it's genius!!! The obvious influence to me there is Phil Lynott. Everything I ever learned, absorbed or copied from him is in the bass line in that song ... it's early period Thin Lizzy through and through. 'Jungles of Jupiter' was my take on The Police and probably should have been the third single from this album whilst 'Marionette' had one of Joel's excellent repetitive chord structures around which I could really play the bass my way. Of course Toyah sang her wonderful fantasy lyrics over everything ... I don't think she has ever sung as well as she did during the two years or so she, Joel and I were together and I think that was because we really PUSHED each other in a healthy, competitive way. Over to Nigel Glockler...
"I totally agree with Phil in that we were really a rock band in in disguise! - I remember listening to Rush' s Moving Pictures album endlessly in Phil's flat on his auratone speakers whilst downing endless cups of tea and smoking Marlboro's like there was no tomorrow! - God, we loved the Lee/Peart interplay!! I also remember showing Joel the Eddie Van Halen tapping technique in the studio one day. But we were perceived as, I guess, a New Wave band, so there were boundaries musically, although we were quite experimental in places.
In the beginning we grew very close but, as time went on, I felt it all became a bit fractured - did the drugs help cause this? - who knows? - I just started to find it unbearable - we inadvertantly divided into two camps - Adrian and I in one, Phil and Joel in the other. It almost became a competition as regards the songwriting which, even now I think is not a healthy atmosphere in any band - jealousies arise etc - my big regret is that we were all a bit immature/naive regarding this - everyone worked so damn hard to turn peoples' very basic ideas into musical platforms for Toyah's amazing vocal excursions - there were no passengers!
It was this worsening atmosphere that caused me to quit and join Saxon, otherwise I know I would have stayed. Looking back we should have had it out - who knows what might have been!
I'd love to re-record all that stuff as a proper rock band - we're all so much more proficient as musicans now, and more mature! When I think what we could do to all that material my brain goes into overdrive - the cross-pollination of everyones' influences would be so exciting! And I think Toyah's singing better than ever - sorry to disagree Phil!!"
The good thing is that Phil and I are close mates again, and I'm so glad of that! - and I'm fucking proud of what we achieved!
Thank you Nigel for your input. It's important that I get an objective opinion from somebody who was intimately involved in this process at the time.
There WAS a strong, loving and unspoken about bond between us that has sadly eroded over time ... I suppose people grow up, drift apart and move on. None of this helped latterly by my ultimate descent into chronic addiction when I became a singularly unloveable person to say the least ... Having said all that Joel and I are still close friends to this day but I had to clean up and start learning how to BE a friend ...
Anyway by the time the next Toyah album was made, 'The Changeling' , we'd shed more members and become moodier, darker and a lot more serious having been through a lot more mayhem and madness ... hahahaha ... read on ...
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Piccola Accademia’s facilities, collection, master classes and performances cost more to develop and present than we can recover through fees and ticket sales, requiring us to find an additional € 60,000 annually. An initial “spring board” of private financial support has enabled us to launch Piccola Accademia, but the ongoing development of our collection, the support of our students and the extension of our teaching and recording programmes critically depends on finding a group of people who understand and appreciate our vision and work and who are willing to help us to continue our progress and maintain a solid operational footing. We operate as a non-profit organisation and in Italy are a registered ONLUS foundation, in the UK, an English Registered Charity and in the U.S.A. a non-profit 501(c)3, which allows us to tax efficiently receive sponsorship and support for our work.
Gifts can be made in Euros, UK Sterling or US Dollars.
For further information on making donations to the Piccola Accademia please contact:
Piccola Accademia di Montisi
Email: piccolaaccademia@mac.com
Laurel Powers-Freeling
British Friends of the Piccola Accademia
Email: laurel@powers-freeling.com
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Assembly Commission/
Minutes/
Session: Session currently unavailable
Meeting Venue: Room 30, Parliament Buildings
Meeting date: Monday 5 March 2018
Meeting Time: 2.00pm
Commission Members:
Mr Jim Wells MLA
Mr Alex Maskey MLA
Mr Alex Attwood
Mr Robin Swann MLA
Mr Stewart Dickson MLA
Officials present:
Mrs Lesley Hogg, Ms Tara Caul, Dr Gareth McGrath, Mr Richard Stewart, Mr Robin Ramsey, Ms Frances Leneghan and Mrs Janet Hughes
Others in attendance:
Mr Derek Martin, Secretariat Audit and Risk Committee (SARC) Deputy Chairperson
The meeting commenced at 2.09pm.
1. APOLOGIES
No apologies were received.
2. DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
There were no declarations of interest.
3. MINUTES OF MEETING – 31 JANUARY 2018
The minutes from the last Commission meeting on 31 January 2018 were approved for publication.
4. COMMISSION ACTIONS
Lesley Hogg, Clerk/CE provided Members with an update on actions from the previous Commission meeting.
5.1 The Commission noted a letter received by the Speaker from Kellie Armstrong MLA on the issue of the use of the term ‘Cross Community’, particularly in relation to the Commission’s Events Policy.
Agreement was sought from Members, that officials prepare advice to inform a more detailed discussion on the issue raised, at the next Commission meeting.
Agreed: Members were content for officials to prepare advice for discussion at the next Commission meeting and for a letter to issue to Ms Armstrong, informing her of the Commission’s course of action in relation to the matter raised.
Action: Gareth McGrath, Director of Parliamentary Services, to prepare a paper for discussion at the next Commission meeting regarding Ms Armstrong’s proposed amendments to the Commission’s Events Policy.
Action: Speaker to issue a reply to Ms Armstrong’s letter of 27 February 2018, informing her of the course of action agreed by the Commission in relation to the matter raised.
5.2 The Commission noted correspondence between Chris Lyttle MLA and the Speaker, regarding a proposed Youth Assembly for Northern Ireland.
The Speaker advised Members that Gareth McGrath, Director of Parliamentary Services, would present a paper on the ‘Development of a Youth Assembly’ later in the meeting.
6. CLERK/CHIEF EXECUTIVE KEY UPDATE REPORT
Mrs Hogg provided Members with an update on the key issues which had arisen since the last Commission meeting, namely:
Commission Approach to Staffing Issues
Mrs Hogg updated Members on the number of staff members continuing to carry out Commission activities and those engaged in work in support of other public sector entities both within and outside Parliament Buildings.
Mrs Hogg reminded Members of the planning assumptions that underpin the approach to the current Retaining Readiness principle which were reaffirmed by the Commission at its meeting in January 2018.
Members were content to maintain these assumptions in light of the ongoing political uncertainty.
Mrs Hogg referred Members to the Management Accounts for January 2018 which forecast the full year’s under-spend at just under £190k.
Financial Assistance for Political Parties Scheme 2016
Mrs Hogg confirmed that in advance of the audit of expenditure which will be carried out by independent external auditors for 2017/18, parties would again be asked to confirm that all expenditure has been incurred solely for the purpose of assisting members of the Assembly who are connected with that party to perform their Assembly duties.
Members’ Salaries
Mrs Hogg informed Members that in line with the Assembly Members (Salaries and Expenses) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2016, MLAs’ salaries are due to increase by £500 from 1 April 2018.
Members expressed their views on this increase. Mr Wells MLA said that he had not had the opportunity to consult with his party on the matter but noted that the issue was not within the Commission’s discretion. It was agreed that a letter should issue to the Secretary of State (SoS), stating the Commission’s view, that in light of the current political circumstances, it would be appropriate for the SoS to take action to ensure that this increase is not made.
Action: Speaker to write to the SoS expressing the Commission’s view in relation to the £500 pay increase due to MLAs on 1 April 2018.
Draft Corporate Strategy 2018 - 2023
Members noted that officials have continued with the development of a new Corporate Strategy in readiness for a return to normal business. Mrs Hogg advised Members that a draft strategy had been agreed by the Secretariat Management Group (SMG) and that staff consultation sessions were currently taking place.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Telephony Project
Mrs Hogg provided Members with an update on the status of this project since discussion at the Commission meeting on 22 November 2017.
Mrs Hogg confirmed that an invitation to view items belonging to the Commission which are currently held in storage had issued to MLAs on 23 February. An invitation will issue to the media once the level of interest amongst MLAs is established.
Members were advised of a further request from an MLA to view other items owned by the Commission which are on loan or are not publically displayed within Parliament Buildings. Mrs Hogg advised Members that it was not problematic to make those items in Parliament Buildings that are not on public display available for viewing, however, as the other items which are currently out on loan were subject to formal loan agreements, Mrs Hogg did not propose requesting their return.
Members were content that items on loan under a formal loan agreement were not returned to Parliament Buildings for viewing.
Action: Building Services Manager to advise the MLA in question, that the Commission has no plans to request the return of items subject to formal loan agreements to Parliament Buildings for viewing.
7. PAY CLAIM 2017 DECISION
Richard Stewart, Director of Corporate Services, presented this paper seeking the Commission’s decision on the final element of the 2017 pay award in relation to the percentage uplift for staff salaries.
Alex Maskey MLA proposed a 2% uplift. Jim Wells MLA suggested a maximum uplift on salaries of 1%. Alex Attwood highlighted various options to increase the uplift above 2% and encouraged a multi-year award. Other Members supported an uplift of 2%.
Members were asked to vote on the proposal from Mr Maskey MLA of a 2% uplift on staff salaries.
Alex Maskey MLA 27 votes
Alex Attwood 12 votes
Robin Swann MLA 10 votes
Stewart Dickson MLA 8 votes
Total: 57 votes
Against:
Jim Wells MLA 27 votes
The proposal was carried.
Action: Richard Stewart to inform TUS of the Commission’s agreed position on the percentage uplift for staff salaries with effect from 1 August 2017.
Alex Attwood suggested that the Commission needed to think about staff retention and that it should consider reintroduction of an Assembly allowance.
Members requested that officials prepare a paper on the introduction of an Assembly allowance for consideration at the next Commission meeting.
Action: Richard Stewart to prepare a paper for the next Commission meeting on the possible reintroduction of an Assembly allowance.
8. PORTRAITS UPDATE
Robin Ramsey, Adviser to the Speaker/Head of Corporate Support, provided Members with an update on the progress made regarding portraits of former office holders since the last Commission meeting on 31 January 2018.
Mr Ramsey advised Members that the portrait of the former deputy First Minister would be unveiled at an event hosted by the Speaker on 22 March 2018, with invitations issuing shortly.
Members noted that the competition launched in conjunction with the Ulster University School of Photography and Video to commission a student or recent graduate to photograph former Speakers Hay and McLaughlin was progressing, with a launch date to be agreed with the subjects at a future date.
Mr Ramsey also advised Members that initial discussions had taken place regarding the portrait of the former First Minister Peter Robinson but that this would not be progressed until a later date.
The location of portraits currently displayed and those yet to be displayed in Parliament Buildings was discussed. Mr Ramsey proposed displaying all portraits in one area, i.e. in the corridor at the top of the Great Hall staircase and the left and right balcony corridors. Mr Ramsey stated that this area would provide an effective gallery space to display the portraits, with suitable panels and good light from the Great Hall. Mr Ramsey also highlighted that since the introduction of public dining in the Members’ Dining Room there is greater public footfall in this area and that the public tours could be extended to incorporate a visit to the first floor to view this artwork as part of the visitor experience.
Members were content with the progress made in relation to the portraits of former office holders and with the proposed new display location.
9. DEVELOPMENT OF A YOUTH ASSEMBLY
Gareth McGrath presented this paper advising Members that the development of a youth assembly had been a matter under consideration by various Commissions since at least 2009, with a number of challenges being encountered.
Dr McGrath informed Members that, in recognition of the difficulties and disappointment in not introducing the youth assembly over this time, the Commission had pursued a range of other activities in order to engage young people with the business of the Assembly.
Whilst it had been intended to make progress to resolve the issue of a youth assembly this had been impacted by the difficult political environment.
In light of recent interest from MLAs and youth organisations, regarding the development of a youth assembly, Dr McGrath sought agreement from Members to allow officials to work on preparing an options paper regarding the development of a youth assembly, for consideration by the new Commission.
The Commission was content for officials to prepare an options paper for consideration by the new Commission.
Action: Gareth McGrath to prepare an options paper for consideration by the new Commission in due course.
Action: Speaker to issue a further response to Mr Lyttle MLA, updating him on the Commission’s position regarding the development of a youth assembly.
10. CLEARED BY CORRESPONDENCE
Assembly Commission consideration of consultancy expenditure for a comprehensive pay review.
11. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting is planned for 30 May 2018.
The meeting concluded at 3.03pm.
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The Dark Wind - A film about the Iraqi Yazidi women's suffering after capture by jihadis
Still from The Dark Wind by Hussein Hassan DR
Text by: Rosslyn Hyams in Vesoul
An Iraqi-Kurdish film about the effects of the attacks on the Yazidi community by the Islamic State Group in 2014 in Sinjar screens on Thursday at the International Festival of Asian Cinema, Fica. Reseba (The Dark Wind), directed by Husssein Hassan, is one of nine films competing for main feature film award.
Reka and Pero are in love and their parents have agreed to their marriage.
But the jihadist Islamic State (IS) armed group kidnaps Pero along with other young women in the Yazidi community and sells them as slaves.
They suffer all kinds of abuse and humiliation, including rape.
Pero’s family and her fiancé try to help her get over her trauma with their love and care. Some other members of the community repudiate her.
Iraqi-Kurdish director Hussein Hassan and cowriter Mehmet Aktas build their story from witness accounts.
Changed plans after meeting refugees
Aktas says they stopped work on another film when they encountered people fleeing. They had a sense of urgency. They decided against making a documentary, however, because the girls could not be identified for fear of causing harm to their families.
“We met several Yezidi girls who had been victims of IS group," he says. "The actress who plays Pero, Diman Zandi, went to a womens’ refuge and they spoke to her more easily. Every day she went there and came back to explain to us what they told her had happened to them and their psychological situation. We were still writing the script when we were shooting the film.”
Filmed in Iraq
The film, a psychological drama, is filmed in real UNHCR refugee tents in Iraq with displaced people and refugees as extras.
The five-month siege on the Yazidi community by IS in the Sinjar mountains near the Iraq-Syrian border lasted five months from August to December 2014. They were saved by local Kurdish and Iraqi forces backed by US airstrikes. So the news reports are relatively fresh in people’s minds.
The Dark Wind had its première in 2016 at the Duhok Film Festival in the autonomous Kurdish territory in Iraq.
Selected for several festivals
During the first screening, some Yazidis protested, claiming that the film portrays them in a negative light. Since then the film has been chosen for showing at several international film festivals, including as the closing film in the flag-bearer of Asian cinema festivals, Busan in Seoul, South Korea.
The film connects audiences to the traumatising effects of war.
It describes women's vulnerability and strengths, family bonds and traditions that can help heal as well as judgemental attitudes that can destroy.
It’s a committed and tender love story that almost softens the blow from the harsh experiences upon which it is based.
Asian film festival in France honours two women film personalities from Iran and Sri Lanka
Culture in France
Four cities star in Indian Express, a film programme with urban pull at Paris's Forum des Images
FRANCE - IRAq
Hollande predicts year of victories against terror on Iraq visit
Louvre reopens after pension reform strikers block entry
French director of 'Amelie' signs up for project with Netflix
Son of J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings creator, dies in France
Spike Lee to head jury at 2020 Cannes Film Festival
Australian singer-songwriter Francesca de Valence surfs musical wave in Paris
Paris mayor and David Bowie fan to name street after the music icon
Reggae singer Clinton Fearon marks 50 years of career with 'purpose' [Video]
Life after death: the lasting legacy of Albert Camus
Court to rule in Michelin restaurant bible cheddergate row
French-African fusion cuisine breaking down cultural barriers
Fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro dies in Paris aged 86
France leads successful UNESCO bid to have Alpinism recognised as cultural heritage
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WHAT IF THE WORLD ENDED AND NOBODY SHOWED UP?
There is such a thing as a theory of the Higgs Boson, which particle may be indirectly observed in LHC experiments. But, the physics surrounding this particle, and the Higgs field or ocean that is supposed to exist, are not well-known at all. No one can observe Planck-sized particles directly today, if ever. I hope and trust that the physicists diddling with these objects have some rational idea of what their super-collisions will produce.
Ed: In the esoteric reaches of modern science, just how does one apply "common sense?" Just how do we identify who to believe? Which expert, by name, is right? A long string of degrees is absolutely no guarantee that we will get a valid opinion. You raise an issue, and there will be those who take either side--go, or no go--and they will have plausable reasons for their position. The poor citizen has no practical way to exercise his presumed responsibility, in my opinion. It is a crap shoot, and the dice are loaded by idiot savants.
Common sense might dictate halting every program that has the slightest chance of destroying us, even unto a probability of .00001, given that the theory behind the experiment is sufficiently settled to provide such a probability number, and that we could understand the risk that the theory is wrong. In which case, our current world would possibly miss any number of worthwhile scientific results.
Is this what we want?
Confused!
Your thesis is that we the public bear responsibility, together with the scientific community, for their experimental programs, primarily because we pay taxes that are used in part to pay for the programs.
Now what? My knowledge of particle theory, black holes, colliders, and the possibilities of destroying the earth is rather superficial. Many citizens get a glazed look if you bring up superstring theory, or M-theory, or The Theory of Everything.
So how do we exercise our responsibility? Voting is good, but it is not well-adapted to this purpose. Write-in campaigns to Congress are sometimes effective, but are also not timely or easily organized.
I do not have the time to search out copies of planned programs for every scientific endeavor, and then to understand them sufficiently to say yea or nay.
As to scientific authorities, we know how the eugenics program faired in the 20s and 30s, and that terrible effort was signed off on by most major scientists and many political leaders.
It is not very simple to determine just who we can listen to in the community. Who has a unbiased view? Who has an axe to grind? Who are the mad scientists today? There are massive competitions in the scientific community, fueled by superegos, super minds, and super pride. It is not unusual for a major scientist to be exiled for many years for a heretical view about, say multidimensional systems.
So, I humbly ask what I should do to perform my responsibility?
I think, as with many issues we don't have the expertise or knowledge to judge for ourselves, that we listen and evaluate what experts say. In this case, I am not referring to the two "Luddites" who are suing CERN. But there are other responsible voices as the Times article brought out who recognize the concerns and are prepared to make sure the experiment is safe.
Common sense helps a lot as well.
HOWARD KURTZ IS A GOOSE
The question is, how similar is Obama's deep down mindset?
>> Beyond that, Wright is an anti-white, anti-Semitic, conspiracy mongering, race baiting, unity destroying anti-American, Christian preacher.
RETHINKING "THE SPEECH"
Rethinking: Someone tell me why we need to have Obama in the White House along with his mentor Wright always near? Do we really want to be subjected for four or eight years to such overly nuanced black issues as seen by Obama, and the "undernuanced" diatribes of Wright popping in whenever it suits, followed by the usual apologia from Obama that tries to make us accept these poisonous rants? I think not. Do we not have any sense of the integrity, decorum, and balance that should be shown from this national pulpit? Or, will we hear "God Damn America" over and over again? I cannot imagine why we should!
OBAMA'S SPEECH A CALL FOR A VICTIMHOOD COALITION
When a scion of the Black Hate America crowd cleans up his act to run for president, yet will not detach himself from the hip of the Rev. Wright, he has sent us a clear message. His cleanup was purely cosmetic. It is all there, boiling just under that placid surface and smooth delivery.
When he avoids telling us which of Wright's nastiness he rejects (he leaves it up to us to identify the exact statements)and which he actually agrees with, one must conclude that he retains much of the thrust of Wright and Co. and reserves the right to bring Wright back to the party at his pleasure at any time.
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I think there is a moral component to every major decision made by the government, and tacitly or directly so by the people, and which extends to the resulting actions from those decisions.
That includes starting a war, continuing a war, stopping a war, and post-war actions, too. Other factors include: political; social; econimic; religious; military, geographical; historical; humanitarian; and, legal, each of which also has a moral component.
1. Civil War: From a Southern viewpoint, both the States and the people believed they were morally right to defend their territory, their citizens and their way of life against Northern aggression.
2. WWII: The US went into the war to prevent Nazi Germany and Japan from carrying out their avowed objective of conquering the world, first Europe (which was done), then Russia, then the Middle East, North Africa, Far East (well on the way) and eventually North/South America.
This was a morally defensive position, and we could not wait around for further developments. Few think that we could have stayed out of it.
3. Iraq: There were 22 morally valid reasons to go into Iraq in a preemptive strike. So one of them didn't pan out fully(the 500 chemical shells seem not to count as
WMD, but they were, in fact). Not the least of which is the necessity for fighting to quell, yes, Islamic aggression.
Thus, one should say that there are valid reasons-- good, sound moral reasons-- to go to war, to continue a war, and to end a war.
Or else, to go dig a hole somewhere and shiver with fear and cowardice.
Please disregard the fragment.
>>>There are arguments against any and every war – good, sound moral arguments.
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Making smart ticketing schemes work together
Source: Rail Technology Magazine Feb/March 2015
Jenni Borg, Department for Transport head of smart and integrated ticketing, discusses recent progress.
One of the highlights at Transport Ticketing Global 2015 was Jenni Borg, who has been head of smart and integrated ticketing at the Department for Transport for nearly five years. She spoke about the difficulties of working in a privatised rail industry and getting train operating companies to work together to improve things for the passenger.
A great example of the potential difficulties, and also how to overcome them, was the South East Flexible Ticketing programme, the largest such scheme in the country.
Borg told the packed conference room: “When we got the funding for the scheme, I thought that was the hard bit over – but that wasn’t true, as we discovered. Because it’s quite challenging working with 12 train operators who are competing with each other, not only on a day-to-day basis but are competing with each other as franchises are re-let.”
Some of the biggest difficulties she faced involved convincing operators that their best ideas should be used for the scheme and therefore shared among their competitors. “It doesn’t always go down all that brilliantly,” Borg added with a smile.
Another issue she pointed to was working with TfL. “Transport for London is critical because that is centre of the map and the destination for many of the passengers that we’re going to see. Whatever we’re going to do here has to be acceptable to TfL, and has to work with the TfL system.”
She added that it sometimes “feels nothing short of amazing, the progress we’ve already made”, before citing some of the proudest achievements of the scheme; Southern launching almost a full range of products on ‘the key’, and c2c going live with its Smartcard (more on page 20), which is already proving popular.
One of the challenges the DfT has not yet conquered is getting operators to work together to have a single back office, preferably with real data. “We’d like to see real data, we’d like a single back office for real data, but again not all operators are super keen on the idea. A single back office, at the moment, I would say, is not something that any of our stakeholders want – unless it is their back office. There are at least five or six who would love me to say that we are going to have their back office as the single back office for the nation.”
Borg moved on to look at the north and the schemes going on there. A big success for the department was the recent launch of a smart option for one of Merseyside’s most popular ticket products.
“The biggest success of the last few months has been the Saveaway product, the most popular product in Merseytravel. In September last year it’s fair to say there was considerable distance between major operators and the transport authority as to whether that product ever should go smart, how it should go smart, when it should go smart. That’s now been unlocked, it’s already gone live and almost half of the purchases in Wirral where it’s been launched are now on smart, and it’s ramping up every day,” she said.
Next up for the DfT is the Smart in the North programme. “This is something I would describe as having dual heritage,” Borg told the conference. “South East Flexible Ticketing was really about how we can get train operators to work with a very mature smart ticketing scheme in London. The challenge for Smart in the North is that it needs to work with six schemes in six cities that are already in development.”
These include Merseytravel’s Walrus, Transport for Greater Manchester’s ‘get me there’, South and West Yorkshire’s Yorcard, and the Nexus Popcard.
She added that having learned lessons from previous schemes the collaborating city-regions and the DfT are focusing on trying to get the design, scope, and order of the scheme planned out before getting the budget.
“Who knows, it might just work,” she joked.
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RealEstateRama Mayor Bowser Breaks Ground on Ward 1 Short-Term Family Housing
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Mayor Bowser Breaks Ground on Ward 1 Short-Term Family Housing
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(Washington, DC) – (RealEstateRama) – Mayor Bowser broke ground on the Ward 1 Short-Term Family Housing, the final building in the Mayor’s plan to replace the DC General Family Shelter with dignified, service-enriched programs across DC. Programs in Wards 4, 7, and 8 opened in Fall 2018, programs in Wards 5 and 6 will open in Fall 2019, and Ward 3’s program is scheduled to open in 2020.
“When our neighbors experience a housing crisis, we’re going to be there for them with programs in all eight wards that are safe, service-enriched, and support a quick return to permanent housing,” said Mayor Bowser. “Closing DC General was only the first step. We’re also investing in resources and supports to ensure fewer families in our city ever experience homelessness in the first place. When they do, though, we will have the shelter and programming in place to help them get back on their feet quickly.”
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Establishing an effective crisis response system, including the development of smaller, community-based short-term family housing programs, is one part of Mayor Bowser’s strategic plan to end homelessness in the District. Short-term family housing buildings provide a safe, clean, and private place for up to 50 families while they work to obtain permanent housing. Each building is equipped with places for children of all ages to play and do homework and will include services to help families quickly stabilize and exit shelter. The Ward 1 site will include 35 apartment-style emergency shelter units for families and 15 permanent supportive housing apartments for senior women.
“Being able to deliver these services in a space that shows our families that we care about them is part of building trust and enabling better outcomes for families,” said Department of Human Services Director Laura Zeilinger. “One example of this is that we are seeing a families exit shelter and regain permanent housing more quickly. We are extremely grateful to Mayor Bowser, the DGS team and all of the other amazing partners who have helped us design this beautiful building.”
Since the implementation of Homeward DC, the District has seen a nearly 22% decrease in homelessness, driven by a 45% reduction in homelessness among family households, and chronic homelessness is the lowest it has been in 15 years. The Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget invested $37 million in new funds to continue the implementation of Homeward DC to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring, including over $20 million to support the new short-term family housing programs and help residents transition into permanent housing.
“Emergency shelter is a critical component of any homeless service system,” said DC Interagency Council on Homelessness Director Kristy Greenwalt. “Ensuring that we have facilities that are of a more appropriate scale and quality is an essential part of the Homeward DC plan.”
The Mayor was joined at the groundbreaking by Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau, administration officials, members of the Ward 1 Short-Term Family Housing Advisory Team, and community members.
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Forget about 3G, here comes 4G (LTE)
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The LTE hits just keep coming: Chunghwa Telecom said this week that it plans to start testing LTE with Ericsson gear, in northern Taiwan. Meanwhile, in Japan, Ericsson customer NTT DoCoMo has started its 4G upgrade. It plans to launch commercially in 2010.
Along with Cisco's recently approved purchase of Starent Networks, these are the latest moves in a market that is rapidly heating up, putting a spotlight on the opportunities for infrastructure vendors. Ericsson has been in the spotlight all week, since Swedish incumbent TeliaSonera launched the first commercial LTE network on Monday, using equipment from Ericsson as well as Huawei.
It’s likely that an infrastructure vendor battle will soon heat up as more trials get underway. Huawei is looking like a big threat to the Tier 1 vendors; it’s signed on to 25 trials and deployments worldwide, it says, including plans to integrate Belgium incumbent Belgacom’s GSM, HSPA and future LTE networks in a converged radio access network and all-IP core. The Chinese vendor will also replace Belgacom’s existing RAN supplier, which happens to be Nokia Siemens Networks.
Also, Telecom Italia said it is working with Huawei for an LTE trial in Turin.
That said, NSN and Alcatel-Lucent are determined to also be a part of the LTE story. NSN recently announced that global operator Telefónica will run a six-month 4G trial in the Czech Republic on NSN’s end-to-end LTE solution. Meanwhile, it also has been tackling the voice-over-LTE goal, and completed successful IMS-compliant voice calls and SMS messaging using 3GPP-standardized LTE equipment, and says it will also soon conduct VoLTE test calls with a fully implemented IMS system.
Not to be outdone, Alcatel-Lucent said that it too has called and texted across standard LTE equipment, but using the interim standard from the 3GPP known as VoLGA.
The first carriers out of the gate after TeliaSonera with the 4G broadband technology – which promises 20mbps to 40mbps in throughput, initially – will likely be Verizon Wireless and NTT DoCoMo. Regional carriers MetroPCS and U.S. Cellular also have plans to deploy LTE next year, along with KDDI in Japan, and Tele2 and Telenor in Europe. AT&T and China Mobile are planning LTE rollouts for 2011. Most incumbents have LTE on their to-do list at some point, making for a rich new vein for infrastructure vendors to mine.
Some markets will be richer than others. "Spectrum availability is the primary factor impacting deployment plans," said senior ABI analyst Nadine Manjaro. "In countries where telecommunications regulators are making appropriate spectrum available, many operators have announced plans to launch LTE. These include the U.S., Sweden, China and others. Where no such spectrum allocations exist, operators are postponing LTE plans." The United Kingdom, surprise surprise, will likely be slower to roll out LTE because of spectrum availability.
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Executive Council passes resolution against deforestation and land-grabbing
Submitted by Executive Council on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 17:20
The faculty union's Executive Council signed on to a Friends of the Earth petition on March 7, standing in solidarity with environmental activists who are raising questions about TIAA investments that fund deforestation, land grabbing, and human rights violations.
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Executive Council Resolution in Solidarity with Standing Rock Protecting Water and Sacred Burial Grounds
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Members of the faculty union's Executive Council voted to pass this resolution standing with the Native Americans and allies who are defending water and burial grounds against the Dakota Access Pipeline
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Executive Council Passes Resolution about TA-GA Professional Development Fund
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Statement in Solidarity with Locked-out LIUFF Colleagues
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Rutgers AAUP-AFT EC Passes Resolution Calling for a Rollback in Student Fees and Tuition
On April 13, 2016, the Executive Council passed a resolution in support of a reduction in student fees and tuition for 2016-2017 academic year.
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In Defense of Professor Jasbir Puar's Academic Freedom
In response to threats to Dr. Puar, the Executive Council reaffirms that academic freedom protects all scholarly research and communication, including criticism of the actions and morality of any government or non-state actor. The Union offers advice, training, and legal protection to any faculty member facing similar attacks from within or outside Rutgers University.
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Executive Council Resolution: Speaking Up for Freedom of Assembly in Turkey
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The Executive Council of Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters, AAUP-AFT, passed unanimously a resolution on October 13, 2015 supporting the right to free assembly in Turkey.
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Executive Council Resolution: Regarding the Allegations Against Coach Kyle Flood
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Executive Council Resolution: Full-Time Faculty Can Show Support for Part-Time Lecturers
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Resolution in support of the 50th Anniversary March on Washington
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Executive Council resolution in support of 50th Anniversary March on Washington. Endorsement of the August 24 March on Washington and pledge to mobilize as many Rutgers AAUP-AFT members as possible to participate.
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The life science industry’s commercial model has transformed significantly over the past decade. The growth of specialty drugs to treat complex diseases means biopharmaceutical companies are delivering more information to healthcare professionals (HCPs) to prescribe drugs and treatments to patients. Today, there are greater expectations among HCPs for engagement with life science companies to be digital. For companies, there is significant potential to leverage digital technologies to reach more HCPs.
Despite the rise of digital in the life science industry, the ability to provide the right information to doctors quickly and effectively remains a challenge. This is partly due to complex and siloed processes that exist across internal commercial and medical organisations for educating and informing doctors. In addition, each life science company provides digital information differently, across many portals and channels. This creates a significant burden for HCPs.
Digital has also created higher expectations among HCPs for data to be at their fingertips. They simply do not have the time to wade through a sea of websites and portals to get critical product information. This friction consequently lowers providers’ digital consumption from life science companies.
Studies have shown that when doctors need information about a medication, they often go to Google, Wikipedia or other second-hand sources before turning to the actual life science company responsible for creating the product. In fact, a 2014 report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics (now IQVIA) revealed that both doctors and patients use Wikipedia as their top source for healthcare information, with 50% of physicians saying they use the community-edited online encyclopaedia - especially for information on specific conditions.
To address this growing challenge, the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies have come together to form an industry-standards group called Align Biopharma. The goal of Align Biopharma is to make it faster and easier for HCPs to connect with life science companies using universal technology standards that will simplify access to information. Ultimately, it is the patient who will benefit.
“Our goal is to improve the overall customer experience for healthcare providers,” said Scott Cenci, vice president of global therapeutic operations IT at Biogen, one of Align Biopharma’s founding members. Other founding members include Allergan, AstraZeneca, Biogen, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Pfizer. “We are partnering with this group to architect industry standards, which will help us to achieve that vision,” added Cenci.
Align Biopharma will define standards that are open and global to streamline digital interactions with HCPs. Initially, the group is focusing on two new standards to facilitate seamless digital engagement and simplify the HCP experience: identity management, and consent and communication preferences. The first standard was released in October and will make it easier for HCPs to access online content across life science companies by enabling single sign-on.
Streamlining identity management
As it is a highly regulated industry, most life science companies maintain rigorous registration processes for access to their branded sites and portals. As such, a physician may need a dozen different registration identifiers (IDs) with a single company. As the number of sites, portals, webinars and other channels grows, so does the number of access points, making it acutely difficult for providers to quickly access what they need. Multiply this across all the various drug manufacturers with which an HCP engages, and the problem grows from a minor inconvenience to a significant burden.
This complexity often causes HCPs to use spreadsheets to track user IDs and passwords, or avoid these sites altogether and turn to other sources. “It’s difficult keeping track of all the username and password combinations required to access information from biopharma companies,” said David S Wernsing, MD, FACS, bariatric surgeon at Penn Medicine. “Having a fast and convenient way to log on to various digital sites and applications will dramatically simplify how I connect with the life science industry and deliver care to patients.”
A standardised process to deliver the right information to life science companies’ common customers will remove current roadblocks for HCPs. To start, Align Biopharma recently finalised and introduced an identification and authentication standard to enable single sign-on for HCPs to access online content through many different channels across companies. This new standard will improve how life science companies interact with their customers, and help to streamline HCP access to the drug and treatment information required to facilitate patient engagement.
The standard represents a major step forward for the life science industry, and a watershed moment for collaboration. It will allow biopharma and technology companies to align around a common way to provide HCPs with easy access to online content, and validate that the right licensed providers are getting what they need quickly. Put simply, it will replace dozens of passwords with only one.
“The industry, working together, can harmonise digital engagement and information access and create a better experience for our shared customers,” explained Patrick Retif, vice president of IT, Global Commercial at Allergan.
Managing consent and communication preferences
Due to industry regulations, managing consent and preferences can be one of the most difficult aspects of digital communication with HCPs. The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is scheduled to come into force in 2018, requiring life science companies to develop models for HCP consent and preference management. Violations of the GDPR can be costly, reaching as high as 4% of revenue.
A forthcoming standard from Align Biopharma will create a common definition for consent and preference management, and help drive consistency in how HCPs specify communication preferences with each life science company. This will also provide clarity to what it means for HCPs to opt into or out of receiving information, so HCPs can get the drug information they need, in the format they want. For example, one HCP may want to receive information via email from a life science company, but not a phone call. Align Biopharma will greatly simplify this.
Industry collaborations are picking up steam
Collaboration in the life science industry is not new. TransCelerate Biopharma and the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) are examples of successful industry collaborations.
On the other hand, Align Biopharma is tackling long-standing challenges in the commercialisation of drugs and treatments, and how HCPs engage with life science companies. And companies are coming together to solve these challenges because they recognise that the industry has a common goal to make things easier for their shared customers.
“Technology standards will solve a significant business problem across the industry by helping to get information to stakeholders when and where they need it,” said Ed Kloskowski, VP, head of commercial IT at Shire. “At Shire, we are focused on meeting the needs of underserved patient communities. Joining forces in Align Biopharma to work together to harmonise digital engagement in a way that will ultimately help patients is one more path to serving our patient community.”
Initially formed with six founding companies, Align Biopharma’s membership currently stands at 23, including 14 leading biopharma companies, plus technology and service providers. And regardless of whether a company is an Align Biopharma member or not, everyone will have access to standards published by the group, including all pharma companies, service providers and technology vendors.
“Align Biopharma represents the industry coming together to put the customer first and transform the HCP experience,” said Henry Levy, president of Align Biopharma. “With our first standard now available, our goal is to deepen collaboration to build technology solutions and encourage their broad adoption in the life science industry so we can better connect companies and HCPs.”
As digital transformation charges forward in the life science industry, companies will find new and innovative ways to continue to collaborate and improve engagement with HCPs. Face-to-face interaction will remain important, but the transition to digital is happening fast - and common standards will be key to enabling a transformation for all life science companies.
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BBC1 1965-66
This was the successor to 'Not So Much A Programme...' with a similar mixture of songs, sketches and newsy satire and humour. Main presenters were Robert Robinson, Lynda Baron and John Bird, assisted by Denis Norden, Patrick Campbell, Alan Bennett, Malcolm Muggeridge, Leonard Rossiter, Bill Oddie, Roy Dotrice and John Fortune. The series was produced and directed by Ned Sherrin. A one-off 'special' called 'My Father Knew Lloyd George' was made by the same team and transmitted 18/12/65 featuring an imaginary news scandal at the turn of the century
Goodson-Todman-Cactus-Sentinel Cult U.S. cavalry western series starring Chuck Connors as Jason McCord, a cavalryman who is wrongly court-martialled for an act of cowardice and has to put up with the taunts and jibes as he attempts to clear his name. The opening title sequence of the court martial where his buttons are cut off and his cavalry sabre is broken are quite poignant. Good title song and music. 48 x 30 min episodes
Call My Bluff
Very witty and enjoyable panel game in which two teams tried to guess the correct definition of an obscure word from the Oxford English dictionary from three options provided by the opposing side - 2 bogus and one real. The unscripted witty banter of this programme was incredibly funny at times. Chairmen of the series have been Robin Ray, Peter Wheeler and Robert Robinson. The original two team captains, each accompanied by two guests each week, were Robert Morley and Frank Muir
ATV 1965
Drama series with 'crime in war' as its subject matter. The two military lawyers were American and were played by Bradford Dillman and Peter Graves, in an attempt to break into the U.S. export market
BBC1 1965
136 x 50min episodes saw Ray Barrett starring as Peter Thornton, an Australian field agent for the multinational oil company of the title, headed by Geoffrey Keen ( Brian Stead). After the first series of 13 episodes, the show's title became The Troubleshooters (BBC, 1966-72), although it kept the title Mogul when shown in other countries. The opening titles went all out to create a tense mood for the show, with shots of oil gushing forth, things exploding, planes taking off, racing cars, Barrett in a speedboat and Keen coming out of a Rolls. The theme tune was written by Tom Springfield (brother of Dusty) and the series was created by John Elliott
My Favourite Martian
CBS 1963-66 Very enjoyable U.S. comedy series starring Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara, a journalist who rescues a Martian ( Ray Walston ) when his spaceship crashes. He allows the alien to stay at his place while carrying out repairs to his ship and the series chronicles his trials and tribulations in trying to keep the martian's existence a secret from government officials and nosy neighbours by passing him off as his 'Uncle Martin', a task not helped by the Martian's predilection for demonstrating his powers such as telekinesis. !07 x 30 min episodes were made
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BBC2 1965-66 and 1970
Satirical, cynical, occasionally downright rude and always absolutely hilarious series which featured the brilliant comedy pairing of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore as the raincoated proletarian debaters 'Pete and Dud'. The series also featured many fine performances on the piano by the multi-talented Moore. Two additional 30 minute episodes were filmed in Australia with Barry Humphries and shown in 1971
Superb science fiction anthology series originally produced by Irene Shubik and later, Alan Bromly. 49 x 50 and 60 minute shows were made featuring the works of sci-fi greats such as Wyndham, Asimov, Bradbury, Brunner, Kneale, Pohl, Ballard, Sheckley and Simak. The shows were of an excellent standard despite being restricted by a comparatively low production budget
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GRANADA 1965-66
Harry Driver produced 39 x 30 minute episodes of this spin-off sit-com derived from soap opera Coronation Street which featured Arthur Lowe as Leonard Swindley,assistant manager of a branch of national chain department store Dobson and Hawks. Other characters were played by Joy Stewart, Robert Dorning, Betty Driver and Paul Dawkins as store manager Walter Hunt. Their bumbling ineptitude in the retail trade ended up with their dismissal from the store at the end of the series. Script writers included Vince Powell and Jack Rosenthal
CBS An extremely successful U.S. comedy series which ran for 222 x 30 min episodes, 148 of which were made in colour. The action centred around the Shady Rest Hotel, in the one-horse town of Hooterville, and the lifeblood of the 'town' the Cannonball train which ran straight past it and the gorgeous females who ran the place. Mother, Kate Bradley (Bea Benaderet ) had three beautiful daughters, Billie Jo, Betty Jo and Bobby Jo played by various actresses over the years, who were assisted by repairman Uncle Joe Carson ( Edgar Buchanan ) and town storekeeper Sam Drucker ( Frank Cady ). The engineers on the Cannonball were Charlie and Floyd
Peyton Place
ITV 1965-70
All-time classic American soap opera based on the novel by Grace Metalious featuring the convoluted relationships in a New England township. The original main characters were played by Dorothy Malone, Mia Farrow, Ed Nelson, Warner Anderson, Christopher Connelly, Ryan O'Neil and the gorgeous Barbara Parkins. The original 514 episode series ran for five years with a 500 episode spin-off sequel called 'Return to Peyton Place' which was made in the mid-70s
Play Of The Month
BBC1 1965-79 1982-83
Long running collection of 90 minute + cultural dramas, some adapted and some written specially for television. Cast lists and playwrights are a 'who's who' of British drama and entertainment. The first presentation was on 19/10/65 featuring Geoffrey Bayldon, Alec McCowen and Patrick Magee directed by Alan Cook in John Osborne's 'Luther'
ABC 1965-68 THAMES 1969
87 x 60 minute episodes were made of this classic private eye series starring Alfred Burke as the down-market detective Frank Marker. He was jailed after the initial run of 41 shows for ABC but 'released by Thames in 1969 for a further 46 episodes
ABC 1965-66
A docu-drama about the Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch starred John Thaw in 26 x 55 minute episodes which, although 'located' all over the world, were actually entirely made in the studio. The show ran for 8months from October 1964 on ABC Midlands before being transmitted on the London network from 20 May 1965. The show was produced by John Bryce from an original idea by Jack Bell
Riviera Police
REDIFFUSION 1965
A South of France bikini-packed police action drama which has achieved 'cult' status despite ( or because? ) only 13 x 60 minute episodes being made. The series featured four main characters, played by Noel Trevarthen, Frank Lieberman, Geoffrey Frederick and Brian Spink, who were only rarely seen together in the same episode
BBC1 20/2/1965 to 8/5/1965
Douglas Wilmer and Nigel Stock reprised the roles of Holmes and Watson who they originally portrayed in 'The Speckled Band', an episode of the 'Detective' anthology series, in 1964. Based on the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and produced by David Goddard, 12 x 50 minute episodes were made featuring Peter Madden as Inspector Lestrade and Derek Francis as Holmes' brother Mycroft. The second series in 1968 saw Peter Cushing take over the role of Holmes
The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe
Franco-London Films ( 1964 ) Superb narrated version of Defoe's classic novel written for television by Jean-Paul Carriere, Pierre Revmal and Jacques Somet, directed by Jean Sacha and starring Robert Hoffman as the castaway. The enduring memory of the 13 x 30 minute episode series is the incredibly beautiful and haunting theme tune written by Robert Mellin and Gian-Pero Reverbi
The Airbase
A comedy series that only lasted a single season, featuring the Bilko-like activities at R.A.F. Wittlethorpe, populated by American airme. David Kelsey starred as the luckless Squadron Leader Terence Heatherton whose job it was to act as liaison officer between the local yokels andthe Yanks, and to protect them from the various capers and schemes that formed the basis for the story lines. Other characters included Staff Sgt Miller ( David Healy ), Colonel Hoggart Alan Gifford ) and Airman Randy 'Little Wonder' Ricks ( Eddie Matthews ). Series writer was John Briley
The Man In Room 17
Drama series about the Intelligence Service and their intellectual adventures concerning national security problems. The series starred Michael Aldridge and Richard Vernon
The Newcomers
A soap opera devised by Colin Morris set on a new housing estate in the fictional rural town of Angleton. 430 x 30 minute episodes, shown twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays, featured the joys and problems of the Cooper family ( and later the Robertsons ) in their attempts to adjust to country life after moving out of London. The four producers during the life of the programme were Verity Lambert, Morris Barry, Ronald Travers and Bill Sellars. The main 'Cooper' characters were played by Gladys Henson, Raymond Hunt, Maggie Fitzgibbon, Judy Geeson, Alan Browning and Jeremy Bulloch. Wendy Richards played the part of their neighbour. The Robertsons ( introduced in January 1968 ) included Jack Watling, Deborah Watling, Robert Bartlett, Paul Bartlett and Mary Kenton
The Walrus and The Carpenter
A 30 minute comedy series about two old men, ex-seaman Luther Flannery ( Hugh Griffith ) and ex-schoolteacher Gascoigne Quilt ( Felix Aylmer ) who do their best to live it up in a second childhood. The series was written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman, developed from a 1963 episode of the Comedy Playhouse series
The Wednesday Thriller
Highly suspenseful drama series of 8 plays produced by Bernard Hepton which included 'The Cellar' ( starring Ursula Howells and Scott Forbes ), 'The BabySitter' ( starring Kenneth Griffith and Yootha Joyce ). The first production was 'The House' starring Denholm Elliott, Nancie Jackson, Terence Alexander and Anabel Littledale 4/8/65
ATV 1965-70
Superb under-rated sitcom written by Lewis Schwarz and Charlie Drake, featuring Drake's incomparable pathos and slapstick humour as a willing but unemployable individual who haunted the local labour exchange, plaguing the life of the incumbent, Mr Pugh ( Mr Poo ) played by Henry McGee. I loved this series
The World of Wooster
A gentle comedy series adapted for television by Richard Waring and Michael Mills from the stories by P.G.Wodehouse. Ian Carmichael played the title role as an incompetent aristocrat of the 1920s, totally dependent on his snobbish and supercilious manservant Jeeves ( Dennis Price ). Derek Nimmo also appeared in the later shows as 'silly-ass' Bingo Little. The master tapes for all but two of the twenty episodes made were 'wiped' in the early 1970s
AP Films Production / ITC Probably the greatest of Gerry Anderson's puppet-based sci-fi action adventure series which is still being shown today. Jeff Tracey and his five sons form the main team of International rescue, carrying out mercy missions anywhere on ( or under ) Earth to outer space in their fantastic Thunderbird rescue vehicles. 26 a 50 minute shows were made in the first series followed by a further 6 episodes in 1966 and two spin-off feature films in 1966 and 1968. Superb title theme music
BBC1 1965 -
A long running half-hour earlyevening programme originally presented by Raymond Baxter who introduced us to all the latest technology and inventions, particularly featuring household and common-usage items, as well as some weird and wonderful objects never destined to hit the high street. Studio and location-filmed, original programme producers were Peter R.Smith and Peter Bruce
Undermind
A strange, cerebral science fantasy series of 11 x 60 minute episodes which featured the efforts of Jeremy Wilkin and Rosemary Nicols in their ( ultimately successful ) mission to expose and destroy an attempt by aliens via an Earth-based 'Sixth Column' to subvert the structure of society and government by brainwashing its leaders. Created by Robert Banks Stewart and produced by Michael Chapman, the series also featured 'guest' appearances by stars such as George Baker
United!
BBC Midlands were responsible for the 147 x 30 minute episodes of this football-based soap opera created by Brian Hayles which attempted to mix on-field sporting drama with the off-field social issues of the players and staff of Brentwich F.C., a fictitious struggling second division soccer club. Stoke City provided the facilities wherein manager David Lodge and trainer Harold Goodwin tried to get the best out of their players who included George Layton, Bryan Marshall and Stephen Yardley. Technical advisor was Jimmy Hill
A British television institution bringing us four and a half hours of sporting variety every Saturday afternoon. The original presenter was Eamonn Andrews assisted by his team of John Rickman ( horse racing ), Peter Lorenzo ( football results ), Ian Wooldridge ( cricket ) along with Freddie Trueman, Martin Locke and Jimmy Hill. Kent Walton commentated on the late afternoon British wrestling slot. The show was later fronted by Dickie Davis who was also part of the original team
Some Other 1965 Television Shows Which You May Have Seen ....
Blackmail - Rediffusion (65/66) - A series of dramas based on blackmail, produced by Stella Richman
Blood and Thunder - Granada - Drama based on two Jacobean plays by Thomas Middleton - 2 x 80mins
Deckie Learner - Granada - Documentary about a young lad's first trip aboard a Grimsby trawler - 40mins
For Whom The Bell Tolls - BBC2 - Dramatised version of Hemingway's Spanish civil war story - 4 x 45mins
Jury Room - BBC2 - Series of plays from the pointn of view of juries at famous trials - 12 x 50mins
Naked Island - BBC2 - a 'Thursday Theatre' production about POWs in Changi Jail - 80mins
199 Park Lane - BBC1 - Twice weekly serial about the London jet-set - 18 x 30mins
Six Shades of Black - Granada - A series of plays in which the hero of one became the villain in the next - 6 x 60mins
The Wars of The Roses - BBC1 - Three historical plays by The RSC - 165mins, 175mins, 145mins
The Big Valley - Four Star / Margate - 112 x 60 mins U.S. western series starring Barbara Stanwyck
Wild Wild West - 104 x 60 mins U.S. comedy western series starring Robert Conrad
A Man Called Shenandoah - MGM / Bronze - U.S. western series starring Robert Horton
Laredo - MCA / Universal - 56 x 60 mins U.S. western series starring Neville Brand
The Edwardians - Granada - Similar to the 1963 'Victorians' drama series
Laughter From The Whitehall - BBC - another Brian Rix farce series
Orlando - Rediffusion - Children's adventure series, a spin-off from Crane, 1963, starring Sam Kydd
Five O'Clock Funfair - A-R - Children's Television presented by Marjorie Sigley
The Power Game - ATV - Patrick Wymark in a superb politically-based sequel series to 'The Plane Makers'
A Man Called Harry Brent - BBC2 - 6 episode Francis Durbridge drama series
Billy Cotton's Music Hall - BBC1 1965-68 - Musical variety show featuring the big band sound
'F' Troop - Warner Bros - Hugely funny U.S. comedy western series 65 x 30 mins, 31only in colour
24 Hours - BBC 1965-72 - News report and analysis of current events programme
Going For A Song - BBC - Antiques-based celebrity panel game introduced by Arthur Negus
Front Page Story - ATV - Drama series set in a newspaper office
Blood And Thunder - Granada - Two lusty Jacobean plays, one starring the gorgeous Diana Rigg
Golden Drama - ATV - 2-hour production in which 30 actors, including Peter O'Toole, presented dramatic excerpts
Storytime - ATV - David Kossoff in a Sunday series reading stories to children from the Old Testament
First Impressions - BBC1 - celebrity panel game where regulars tried to identify well-known personalities
... and what you didn't see were...
The War Game - a curiosity of 1965 - this was a 50 minute documentary drama production made by the BBC
about the horrors of nuclear war. It was so controversial that it was not actually screened until 31.7.1985
Cigarette adverts - which were banned from commercial breaks
1965 Television Ratings ( millions of homes )
The Royal Variety Show
Double Your Money
Emergency Ward 10
Steptoe and Son
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
It's Tarbuck
Here Comes The Pops
Professional Boxing - Billy Walker v Charlie Powell
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The Guardian asks: what is the role of art in sustainability?
May 30, 2013 Culture FuturesAnimal Portraits, Business World, Decision Making, Driven Approach, Ecological Age, Emotional Engagement, Extrapolation, Futures, Guardian, International Collaboration, Jig, Minor Tweaks, Necessary Transition, Novelists, Rational Data, Recycled Material, Spreadsheets, sustainability, Sustainable Future, Zammit
“So, what is the role of art in sustainability?,” asks the editor of The Guardian’s environment section, as the British newspaper highlights a collection of animal portraits by Joseph Zammit-Lucia, and the accompanying article where Zammit-Lucia argues that for a truly sustainable future, we need more artists, novelists and musicians in the business world.
Rational, data-driven decision-making is largely ineffective when it comes to sustainability, argues Joseph Zammit-Lucia. First of all, because data is by definition about the past:
“The rational, data-driven approach tends to keep us stuck in the past and the present, reducing sustainability to mere extrapolation. We reduce the amount of packaging around a product and call it sustainable. We make something out of recycled material and we call it sustainable. We jig our supply chain around and call it sustainable. Yet none of this will be sufficient to deliver a sustainable future. It will simply prolong very slightly the time it takes to hit the wall.
The businesses that will lead the way in sustainability will move away from rationally pursuing sustainability as an extension, with minor tweaks, of our unsustainable culture and lifestyle. They will start reimagining a future that is unknown, currently unimaginable and truly sustainable. How can this be achieved?”
Read the article:
The Guardian – 24 May 2013:
The art of sustainability: imagination, not spreadsheets will create change
A rational, data-driven approach won’t be sufficient to drive a sustainable future. We need more emotional engagement. By Joseph Zammit-Lucia
Eight UK museums set out to ‘make carbon history’
May 23, 2013 Culture FuturesArt And Culture, Arts Council England, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Challenges, Climate Change, Energy Demand, Facility Management, Futures, Initiative, Measures, Museum Audiences, Practical Solutions, Regeneration, Sarah Carr, sustainability, Sustainable Future, Target, Uk Government, Uk Museums
Eight museums in the Tyne and Wear in the north east of the United Kingdom are taking action to address climate change. In April 2013, they launched a new initiative called ‘Make Carbon History’. The first goal is to reduce their carbon footprint by 12 percent within the next two years.
With the UK Government committing to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050, museums across the north east of the country, in a region called Tyne and Wear, have decided they want to play their part in helping to achieve this target.
Led by Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums (TWAM) through the Museum Development Programme funded by Arts Council England, ‘Make Carbon History’ is a two-year programme of support that will enable museums to reduce their carbon footprint by 12 percent by 2015, whilst helping reduce their carbon footprint and become more sustainable. And not only that, they also want to help create a sustainable future for communities across the region.
“Art and culture has played a huge role in Tyne and Wear’s regeneration, however, the sector faces significant challenges ahead,” explains Sarah Carr, Senior Museum Development Officer at TWAM. According to her, the initiative is about creating a sustainable future for the region’s museums and in this way to ensure that they can continue to have a positive impact on the surrounding communities: “The purpose of museums is to inspire and educate, and I hope that the action we are taking to address climate change, will also influence museum audiences to look at how they can implement sustainability and reduce their own carbon footprint.”
The not-for-profit low-carbon consultancy CO2Sense will work with the eight museums to identify and implement practical solutions to minimise their carbon emissions through reduced grid energy demand and sustainable facility management. These measures will allow the museums to reduce their energy bills, whilst also creating a more comfortable environment for visitors, staff and volunteers.
Tyne and Wear Museums is a grouping of 11 museums and galleries in the north east of England, administered by a joint board of local authorities. The group writes on its home page that its commitment is to provide “a world-class service that is sustainable and which aims to minimise the environmental impacts of our operations. We are committed to continually improving our green policies and will work to reduce our consumption of gas, electricity, water and other materials.”
“The Director is fully committed to supporting the green campaign and champions green issues including setting a corporate objective in the organisation’s operational plan, chairing the TWAM Energy Reduction Group and ring-fencing an allocation of capital resources for sustainable ‘invest to save’ initiatives.
The Senior Management Team takes the lead on environmental performance, awareness and engagement activities for TWAM. Managers throughout the organisation are committed to improving the physical infrastructure and environmental management of their individual venues, and minimising the environmental impact of services they provide.
Staff are encouraged to participate in green polices and are kept up to date with green initiatives and activities through:
• Staff newsletter
• Quick tip emails to staff on energy saving and recycling
• Minutes of the Energy Reduction Group
TWAM has achieved the Julie’s Bicycle certification programme standard, Industry Green, which acknowledges its environmentally responsible business practices, and its commitment to ongoing improvement.
The Industry Green (IG) Standard is the environmental certification scheme managed by Julie’s Bicycle which provides an audit report of environmental performance covering energy, waste, water and travel.
The four core Industry Green criteria are:
• Commitment
• Understanding
• Improvement
The museums across Tyne and Wear who are currently engaged in the programme are: Bebe’s World, Heugh Gun Batterty, Killhope Lead Mining Museum, Woodhorn Museum, Oriental Museum, Durham Light Infantry, Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art, and Hexham Old Gaol.
For more information on how CO2Sense work with museums, you can contact Kristina Lomas on e-mail: Kristina [DOT] Lomas [AT] co2sense [DOT] co [DOT] uk or visit their home page:co2sense.co.uk
dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/news
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Art, Environment, Sustainability – Call for articles
April 29, 2013 Cultura21, Open CallsAcademic Essays, Ambiguities, Antennae, Art Environment, Climate Change, Destroyer, Economic Structures, Environmental Activism, Extinction Of Species, Gmail, Human Relationship, Kagan, Maximum Length, Modern Environmentalism, Modernity, Sacha, Societal Questions, Submission Deadline, Sustainability Debate, Sustainable Future
For an upcoming issue of Antennae
Submission Deadline: 1st of September 2013
“At the forefront of today’s social issues are questions related to the human relationship to nature and the environment, the meaning of a sustainable future and the relationship of environmentalism to modernity and today’s economic structures. While the sciences have, until recently, dominated the debate, the arts are making an increasingly important contribution. Antennae is seeking submissions to an issue focused on Art, Environment, Sustainability. We are seeking contributions that go further than being a mere rehashing of the narrative of environmental activism (the human as destroyer of nature; the dangers of climate change; extinction of species; etc, etc.) to address more fundamental meanings, explore ambiguities and engage with the complex societal questions that arise from the environmental and sustainability debate – and the role of the arts in that debate. We encourage potential contributors to be bold and creative in generating and exploring perspectives that move beyond the apocalyptic and often “preachy” culture of modern environmentalism.”
Academic essays = length 6000-10000 words
Artists’ portfolio = 5/6 images along with 500 words max statement/commentary
Interviews = maximum length 8000 words
Fiction = maximum length 8000 words
www.antennae.org.uk – antennaeproject [at] gmail [dot] com
ANTENNAE CFP: Art, Environment, Sustainability
December 15, 2012 Open CallsAcademic Essays, Ambiguities, Antennae, Art Environment, Climate Change, Destroyer, Economic Structures, Environmental Activism, Extinction Of Species, Forefront, Gmail, Human Relationship, Maximum Length, Modern Environmentalism, Modernity, Social Issues, Societal Questions, Submission Deadline, Sustainability Debate, Sustainable Future
ANTENNAE CFP
Art, Environment, Sustainability
www.antennae.org.uk
antennaeproject@gmail.com
Sustainia100 – 100 sustainable solutions
August 7, 2012 Cultura21Berlin Germany, Collaborative Effort, Collaborative Platform, Consortium, Copenhagen Denmark, Cozzolino, Environmental Sustainability, Food Fashion, Francesca, Global Companies, Kagan, Kajsa, Koefoed, Leading Companies, Mexico City, Monday Morning, Oleg, Paris France, Practice Knowledge, Px, Rana, Sacha, Scandinavian, Six Continents, Smart Buildings, Solar Cooling, Solar Power, Solution Benefits, Sustainable Fashion, Sustainable Future, Sustainable Solutions, Venture Capitalist, Vitality, Water Cooling
Sustainia is a consortium of partners representing civil society, businesses and experts. The concept of “Sustainia” is developed by the Scandinavian think tank Monday Morning in a collaborative effort with global companies and foundations.
It is a concept for communicating a sustainable future based on concrete and tangible know-how and technologies – a global collaborative platform for building a model and vision for a sustainable future. The model of Sustainia represents best practice, knowledge and technologies that already exist. It is inspired and designed by world leading companies, institutions and experts.
Sustainia100 was launched at Rio+20, in the first edition, they guide you through solutions from 56 countries on six continents. From solar power in Sudan, to sustainable fashion in Switzerland; from water-cooling in Canada to solar-cooling in Singapore; from buses in Brazil, to smart buildings in Sydney.
The solutions they present have been organized into sections for the citizen; the CEO; the advocate; the engineer; the venture capitalist; and the politician. They also clearly say which sector (buildings, food, fashion, etc.) each solution impacts, and how each solution benefits economic, social, and environmental sustainability.
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Atmospheres of Protest
April 20, 2012 Cultura21Art Central, Art Institutions, Atmospheres, Berlin Germany, Bucharest, Budapest Hungary, Byck, Copenhagen Denmark, Corporate Strategy, Cozzolino, Curators, Defiance, Dowling, Ebb And Flow, Environmental Science, Fowkes, Francesca, Global Solidarity, Kagan, Kajsa, Koefoed, Mexico City, New York Art, Oleg, Paris France, Pasquinelli, Popular Movements, Private Space, Protest Movement, Protest Movements, Radical Concept, Rana, Sacha, Social Activism, Sustainable Future
Symposium on Sustainability and Contemporary Art
Central European University Budapest (Hungary) – 11 May 2012
The upsurge of new popular movements from Egypt to Greece and Bucharest to New York has engendered an atmosphere of defiance and social creativity that has captured the global imagination. Beyond the ebb and flow of individual protest movements, this symposium asks whether global solidarity has really taken hold this time and considers the variety of ways in which contemporary art is embroiled through practices of dialogue and collaboration in the emergence of a common horizon and the imagining of a sustainable future. Providing a trans-disciplinary forum for discussion of the vital issues bridging the fields of art and environmental thought, the symposium sheds light on our understanding of the multifarious notion of sustainability, which appears by turns as a radical concept in global ecological thinking, can be recruited as a corporate strategy for green capitalism, and may act as a spur to new forms of social activism.
Speakers include artist-activists Noah Fischer and Maria Byck, who are members of the Occupy Museums Collective that protests against the domination of the interests of the 1% in the running of New York art institutions, as well as Berlin and Amsterdam-based urbanibalists Matteo Pasquinelli and Wietske Maas, who will present a radical gastro-manifesto that seeks to recover the spontaneous living matter of the city. Activist and writer on affective labour Emma Dowling will reflect on the sustainability of the protest movement in the light of the spread of locally-organised occupations of public and private space, while Tomas Rafa’s video archive of marches and counter-demonstrations illuminates the spectrum of contemporary protest.
The symposium is organised by curators Maja and Reuben Fowkes (Translocal.org) in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Science and Policy and the Centre for Arts and Culture at Central European University (CEU).
Attendance is free, advance reservation is recommended. For more information see the symposium website: www.translocal.org
Wales’ Volcano Theater Releases Free Resource for Creative Industries to tackle Climate Change
November 18, 2011 AnnouncementsBritish Council, Climate Change, Council Wales, Creative Companies, Creative Industries, Creative Practitioners, Cynnal, Daunting Task, Emergence, Environmental Impact, Free Resource, Fundamental Role, Impetus, Invaluable Resource, Page Document, Political Agenda, Practical Solutions, Sustainable Future, Sustainable Practice, Sustainable Society
Free resource to help creative industries tackle climate change and understand their role in creating a more sustainable society now available online
Creative industries can play a fundamental role in developing a sustainable future for the planet, both by addressing the direct impact on the environment from their own practice, and through the influential impact their work could have within society.
But for many working in the arts, addressing these complex issues can be a daunting task. A new initiative based in Wales is encouraging creative practitioners to take direct action to develop a sustainable future for the planet, and by bringing together scientists and artists, the project is helping drive the issue of sustainable practice within the arts to the forefront of the political agenda within Wales.
The project, entitled ‘Emergence’, began as a collaboration between Swansea based theatre company Volcano and Cynnal Cymru-Sustain Wales, supported by Arts Council Wales and The British Council. In 2010/11 The arts community in Wales attended three major events to raise issues, discuss alternatives, and suggest practical solutions for a more sustainable future.
The series of conferences focused on creating an impetus for change within the arts, challenging practices and motivating artists and creative companies to discuss and develop practical solutions to reduce their environmental impact. In addition, the project encouraged artists to consider the role of the arts in influencing behaviour, and how they can begin to inspire change within society through their work.
The project has recently published a conference report in an engaging and informative 30 page document. This ‘Emergence’ document is now openly available as a free download, both in English and Welsh, and provides an invaluable resource for all those working in the arts, and anyone interested in the development of sustainable practice within this field.
The document can be downloaded online through the Volcano website here:
http://www.volcanotheatre.co.uk/398/news/emergence-the-document.html#/image.php?id=321
The Emergence document collates inspiring and educative transcripts from expert speakers on the subject of climate change, fair resource use, well being and the transition towards a more connected sustainable society.
From scientist Jean Boulton to the artistic director of National Theatre Wales, John McGrath, the pioneering talks documented within ‘Emergence’ provide inspiration, information and practical ideas for artistic practitioners, venues and companies alike.
The value of the project and the report has been widely applauded, Louise Wright from British Council Wales says ‘Emergence has worked from the ground up…it has been a creative catalyst’.
The conferences have already kick started investigations into current practice – a study by Cardiff University measuring the environmental impact of ‘Night Out’, an Arts Council Touring Scheme, was initiated by Arts Council Wales following the conference. During the launch event major key players such as The Wales Millennium Centre and Welsh National Opera agreed on the creation of a focus group to look at sustainable practise within these flagship organisations, actively supported by the Theatres Trust and Julies Bicycle. In addition many individual delegates have changed behaviour and implemented new strategies to reduce their environmental impact, as the project continues to gather focus and momentum within Wales and beyond.
NEW MONEY: Business Models for a Sustainable Future
September 26, 2011 Announcements, news30 November, Amani, Business Models, Conscious Products, Ecoist, Environmental Aesthetics, Environmental Justice, Exit Art, Eye Clinic, Foster Cooperation, Humanitarianism, Kiva, Microplace, Money Business, New Money, Social Consciousness, Sustainable Future, Transparent Manner, Yamaguchi, York Exit
a project of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics)
September 30-November 23, 2011
Opening Friday September 30, 2011/7-9pm
141 Eyewear, Jiasian, Taiwan Eye Clinic, Photo courtesy of Kyle Yamaguchi and 141 Eyewear
NEW YORK – Exit Art is pleased to announce NEW MONEY: Business Models for a Sustainable Future, a project of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics). This exhibition of videos, photographs, and socially conscious products highlights more than a dozen companies with business models that have environmental and social consciousness at their core, emphasizing sustainability and social responsibility. The companies and organizations included in the exhibit approach markets in new and innovative ways that foster cooperation, awareness, social and environmental justice, sustainability, philanthropy, stewardship, and humanitarianism.
BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDED IN EXHIBITION:
141 Eyewear; a.d.o.; Ahkun; Amani; Ecoigo; Ecoist; Ecovative; Interface; Kiva; Microplace; Mr. Ellie Pooh; MYC4; Of Rags; Our Goods; Out of Print; Playback; Raise India; UniquEco; WeWood; Zambikes
The One for One business model is as simple as it sounds: for each good purchased, a good is donated to those in need. With this “buy one, give one” philosophy, businesses enable their consumers to give something back in a transparent manner. Unlike other charity concepts, the One for One idea incorporates a form of philanthropy directly into its business model, proving that profitability and charity don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Though this concept may seem economically risky, many One for One businesses have been successful in pinning their hopes on the consumer’s conscience and willingness to pay more for their product in order to support a cause.
Building on human rights, Fair Trade businesses aim to ensure fair wages for producers in developing countries, which enable them to cover the basics of food, shelter, clothing, education, and medical care. By doing so, Fair Trade businesses directly counter poverty, the exploitation of workers, and “race to the bottom” practices. The Fair Trade model not only fosters direct person-to-person connections between businesses and producers but also intends to strengthen communities involved in the production of their goods. Many Fair Trade businesses support cooperative systems, in which producers hold shares in the business, enjoy equal returns from the market, and contribute to the decision making process. Often, revenues are reinvested into community development projects and education and empowerment programs.
Bartering networks enable individuals to offer their own resources in exchange for things or services they need. Instead of isolated competition, this business model strengthens the power of sharing and fosters a respect for skills and service. It also establishes a system for the reuse of goods based not on their monetary value but on the individual’s appreciation and need for the product. Mutual respect and trust are therefore key elements in the bartering system. While the monetary system has made exchange infinitely easier than the difficult task of matching one person’s needs with another’s resources in a small community, the rise of the Internet has enabled bartering networks to create larger markets where it is much simpler to match trading partners.
The impact of enormous economic and population growth, urbanization, and rapid consumption have led to climate change, ozone depletion, the fouling of natural resources, and the loss of biodiversity. Businesses built around the concept of sustainability make an enduring commitment to ecological principles in order to stop this environmental exploitation. By incorporating environmentally friendly practices into their production processes, these “green” enterprises strive to have little or no negative impact on the global or local environment. Instead the aim is to establish a balanced and non-exploitative relationship with the ecosphere, in which waste is properly disposed of and harmful emissions are reduced.
The majority of formal banks provide few financial services to low-income individuals. In some countries, more than 80 percent of the population has no access to financial services, making it difficult to start a business, buy a home, or attend school. Microfinancing attempts to fill that gap, by offering a way for individuals to lend money to impoverished people in order to help with sudden needs. Average people who want to support a specific project provide micro-loans; the microfinancing organization serves as an intermediary between recipient and lender and provides accountability and transparency for the transactions. By supporting an emerging low-income business, the lender receives his or her money back with an interest rate.
Social Economy Networks are development projects that form the missing link between different types of sustainable businesses. Committed to establishing an alternative economy, these networks aim to strengthen the relationships between bartering networks, fair trade shops and socially just businesses. Whereas some Social Economy Networks function as platforms for partnerships, others share their expertise and develop business models that serve as inspiration for other enterprises. Through education programs, lectures, or trade shows, they also raise awareness about sustainable business practices and demonstrate that a social and sustainable economy is possible.
NEW MONEY: Business Models for a Sustainable Future was conceived by Wilson Duggan and organized by Lauren Rosati and Verena Straub.
ABOUT EXIT ART
Exit Art is an independent vision of contemporary culture. We are prepared toreact immediately to important issues that affect our lives. We do experimental, historical and unique presentations of aesthetic, social, political and environmental issues. We absorb cultural differences that become prototype exhibitions. We are a center for multiple disciplines. Exit Art is a 29-year-old cultural center in New York City founded by Directors Jeanette Ingberman and artist Papo Colo, that has grown from a pioneering alternative art space, into a model artistic center for the 21st century committed to supporting artists whose quality of work reflects the transformations of our culture. Exit Art is internationally recognized for its unmatched spirit of inventiveness and consistent ability to anticipate the newest trends in the culture. With a substantial reputation for curatorial innovation and depth of programming in diverse media, Exit Art is always changing.
ABOUT SEA (Social-Environmental Aesthetics)
SEA is a diverse multimedia exhibition program that addresses social and environmental concerns. It assembles artists, activists, scientists and scholars through presentations of visual art, performances, panels and lecture series that communicate international activities concerning environmental and social activism. It provides a vehicle through which the public can be made aware of socially- and environmentally-engaged work, and a forum for collaboration among artists, scientists, activists, scholars and the public. SEA functions as an initiative where individuals can join together in dialogue about issues that affect our daily lives. Conceived by Exit Art Co-Founder / Artistic Director Papo Colo.
General exhibition support provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Bloomberg LP; Jerome Foundation; Lambent Foundation; Pollock-Krasner Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn; and public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
EXIT ART 475 Tenth Ave at 36th St NYC / 212-966-7745 / www.exitart.org
Open Tu–Th, 10am–6pm; Fr, 10am–8pm; Sa, 12–6pm. $5 suggested donation.
Designers Accord “Town Hall’ Brighton UK
March 6, 2011 newsActivists, Architects, Brighton Group, Brighton Uk, Business Product, Communication Business, Economists, Eventbrite, Fashion Textiles, Food Wine, Graphic Communication, Interior Landscape, Learners, Manifestations, Methodologies, Peers, Social Issues, Sustainable Future, Town Hall, Would Like Further Information
What actions can we take to design a more sustainable future?’
We are educators, learners, architects, economists, ecologists, activists, filmmakers, photographers, graphic, communication, business, product, fashion, textiles, interior, landscape, systems and thinking designers.
Come and join us to discuss how we can all take actions to design a more sustainable future together.
The evening will start with a selection of short presentations. Followed by food, wine and discussion in small break out groups. Finishing with feedback and action to be taken forward!
Places are limited, please only register for a ticket if you can make the event, or if circumstances change please let us know asap.
The Designers Accord provides a participatory platform with online and offline manifestations so that members have access to a community of peers who share methodologies, resources, and experiences around environmental and social issues in design.
If you would like to know any more about the Designers Accord please click here or if you would like further information about the Brighton Group please feel free to contact us at the address below.
designersaccord.brighton@gmail.com
via Designers Accord “Town Hall’ Brighton UK – Eventbrite.
Connecting culture and agriculture – The Artful Manager
November 14, 2010 newsAdvisory Committee, Artist Residency, Connect The Dots, Farmers, Full Disclosure, Governor Jim Doyle, Governors, Jim Doyle, Organic Farm, Public Space, Reedsburg Wisconsin, Roadside Culture, Smithsonian Exhibit, Sponsoring Organization, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Future, Wisconsin Foundation, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, Woolen Mill, Wormfarm
Recently Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle celebrated the 2010 recipients of the Governors Awards in Support of the Arts. It was another great batch of recipients full disclosure, Im on the Advisory Committee for the sponsoring organization, the Wisconsin Foundation for the Arts. Links to videos about each recipient are included below.
A particular favorite, for a while now, is The Wormfarm Institute, a combination of organic farm, artist residency, and cultural connector in rural Reedsburg, Wisconsin, working to build a sustainable future for agriculture and the arts by fostering vital links between people and the land. Artists in residency work 15 hours a week tending to the farm, and helping things grow. Artists also enhance the life and work of local farmers through the very cool Roadside Culture Stands project. The Woolen Mill Gallery provides a public space to connect the dots, as well as in the current Smithsonian exhibit there.
via Connecting culture and agriculture – The Artful Manager.
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International cast performs MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS in Washington State
Seattle-area Kent-Meridian High School students produced MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS three times during their recent Drama Fest and I was privileged to attend! Director Jimmy Aung selected the play from THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2009 book (published by Smith & Kraus, available on the Store page). He and two of the cast members are in the IB (International Baccalaureate) program for international students.
Congrats to Jimmy (Myanmar) and the cast for a job well done: Michelle Martinez (Guatemala) as MICHELLE, Sabrina Madamba (Philippines) as JULIE, and Darwin Robin (Philippines) as STEWART.
Photo: Left to right, Director Jimmy Aung, Sabrina Madamba, Michelle Martinez, Darwin Robin, and yours truly.
MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS is also available in a musical version. Songs from MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS: The Musical can be purchased on Amazon, iTunes and CD Baby (click here).
A Personal Note from Stephanie
The creative life is, at the same time, full of the heights of joy and the depths of solitude. Please read my blog, subscribe by RSS feed and enjoy!
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Giraffe Hunting in Worcester
by stoppingattwo · October 2, 2018
I love the trend in statue hunts around towns, cities and tourist attractions across the country. I think it is a great way to get children walking, and explore new places. Even a trail around a familiar area, can lead to new discoveries. This summer Worcester hosted a public art trail called “Worcester Stands Tall”, consisting of 57 giraffe sculptures. Giraffes are Freyja’s favourite animal, so we thought it would be a great way to re-discover Worcester.
There were 30 large giraffe sculptures and 27 smaller giraffe calves. These were dotted around within a 1 mile radius of the city centre. However, as the trail from giraffe to giraffe was approximate 6 miles in total, and taking about 4 hours to complete, we were doubtful as to whether would would see all the giraffe sculptures.
Things started well. It was a lovely sunny day, and the girls were keen to spot giraffes. I downloaded the map of the sculptures and the app on my phone, and we planned our route.
In the Crowngate Shopping Centre we also found some BookBenches which had been produced as part of a competition run last year.
Despite our great start, things started going downhill. We discovered there was an EDL march and counter demonstration in the city centre that afternoon. Rich and I changed our planned route in order to avoid any trouble. Emily decided she was tired of walking and didn’t want to do the trail any more. This made Freyja cross because she wanted to see all the giraffes. As a result, the two girls refused to be in any photographs together.
For the next part of our trail, the girls were happy enough provided that they didn’t have to have their photograph taken with a giraffe at the same time.
They both calmed down enough to even get a coupld more photographs together.
The calmer mood didn’t last long as they then wanted to have Daddy in the photograph with them. I am sure this was their way of winding the other up. Emily shooed Freyja away, and then got upset as Freyja grinned when she got a turn.
Rich and I did the only thing we know that is guarenteed to sort out such problems. We went to find somewhere to get a coffee for us and an ice cream for the girls. It definitely worked.
Having had a break and some refreshment, we planned a route back towards our car, taking in a few more of the giraffes. We avoided the city centre and walked down the river, taking a ride on a little ferry boat in order to get across.
Obviously the girls had featured in the majority of photos with the giraffes, so we decided to have a family selfie with one of the giraffes. You may just be able to spot the giraffe in the photo!
Once we had crossed the river, the girls started to tire again and were getting agitated with each other and us. So we decided to call it a day.
The trail was on for 10 weeks, so we decided to return to Worcester to see if we could finish finding all the giraffes. The girls had had their “back-to-school” haircuts, there were no marches or protests on in the city centre, and it was another lovely day. The girls also bought some of their money with them so we visited the Worcester Stands Tall shop soon after we arrived. Both of them bought cuddly giraffes. These would now feature in the rest of the photos.
This time, we did manage to get round to all the remaining giraffes. We even saw one that had had to be removed due to damage and had missed on our first visit.
We revisited a few of the giraffes we had seen previously. What was nice, was to see features that we had missed before. For example, Girafficorn in the Crowngate Shopping Centre, had a little squirrel hiding on the statue we which hadn’t spotted last time.
We were particularly interested in The Dreaming Giraffe, found at The Hopmarket. This was produced by Petr Horacek. The girls own a few of his books and we looked at the style he had decorated this giraffe and how it was so similar to the style in his books.
Our final giraffe was the one which was furthest away, by Diglis Bridge. We were worried as to whether the girls would cope walking that far, but we made it! Emily was tired by the end of our epic walk, so she rested whilst Freyja had a look at the statues. These are four metal cut-outs featuring Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist, Ernest Payne, founder of the British Medical Association, Sir Charles Hastings, and soldiers from the Civil War. If it hadn’t been for the trail, we would never have seen these.
The giraffes have now been removed from the city centre. They will be at their Farewell Event at Worcester Cathedral for the rest of this week before being auctioned off on the 11th October to raise money for St Richard’s Hospice. The Worcester Stands Tall trail has reminded me about what a great city Worcester is, so we do need to go back again soon, but it will be sad not to see the giraffes dotted around the place.
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Martin Ryle
Title: Martin Ryle
Subject: Radio astronomy, List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation, Cambridge Interferometer, Long Michelson Interferometer, Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
Collection: 1918 Births, 1984 Deaths, 20Th-Century Astronomers, Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, Astronomers Royal, British Nobel Laureates, English Astronomers, English Nobel Laureates, English Physicists, Fellows of the Royal Society, Knights Bachelor, National Academy of Sciences Laureates, Nobel Laureates in Physics, People Educated at Bradfield College, People from Brighton, Radio Astronomers, Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Medal Winners, Spectroscopists
Brighton, England
14 October 1984(1984-10-14) (aged 66)
J. A. Ratcliffe
Radio astronomy
Hughes Medal (1954)
RAS Gold Medal (1964)
Henry Draper Medal (1965)
Faraday Medal (1971)
Royal Medal (1973)
Bruce Medal (1974)
Sir Martin Ryle FRS[1] (27 September 1918 – 14 October 1984) was an English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems (see e.g. aperture synthesis) and used them for accurate location and imaging of weak radio sources. In 1946 Ryle and Vonberg were the first people to publish interferometric astronomical measurements at radio wavelengths, Joseph Pawsey from the University of Sydney claimed to have actually made interferometric measurements earlier in the same year. With improved equipment, Ryle observed the most distant known galaxies in the universe at that time. He was the first Professor of Radio Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, and founding director of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. He was Astronomer Royal from 1972 to 1982.
Ryle and Antony Hewish shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974, the first Nobel prize awarded in recognition of astronomical research.
Astronomy 2
Honours and awards 3
Lectures 3.1
Martin Ryle was born in Brighton, the son of Professor John Alfred Ryle and Miriam (née Scully) Ryle. He was the nephew of Oxford University Professor of Philosophy Gilbert Ryle.
After studying at Bradfield College, Ryle earned a physics degree at the University of Oxford. In 1939, Ryle worked with the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) on the design of antennas for airborne radar equipment during World War II. After the war he received a fellowship at the Cavendish Laboratory.
The focus of Ryle's early work in Cambridge was on radio waves from the Sun. His interest quickly shifted to other areas, however, and he decided early on that the Cambridge group should develop new observing techniques. As a result, Ryle was the driving force in the creation and improvement of astronomical interferometry and aperture synthesis, which paved the way for massive upgrades in the quality of radio astronomical data. In 1946 Ryle built the first multi-element astronomical radio interferometer.
Ryle guided the Cambridge radio astronomy group in the production of several important radio source catalogues. One such catalogue, the Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources (3C) in 1959 helped lead to the discovery of the first quasi-stellar object (quasar).
While serving as university lecturer in physics at Cambridge from 1948 to 1959, Ryle became director of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory in 1957 and professor of radio astronomy in 1959. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1952,[1] was knighted in 1966, and succeeded Sir Richard Woolley as Astronomer Royal from 1972–1982. Ryle and Antony Hewish shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974, the first Nobel prize awarded in recognition of astronomical research. In 1968 Ryle served as professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London.
Ryle died on 14 October 1984, in Cambridge. He had married Rowena Palmer in 1947.
Ryle was sometimes considered difficult to work with – he often worked in an office at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory to avoid disturbances from other members of the Cavendish Laboratory and to avoid getting into heated arguments, as Ryle had a hot temper. Ryle worried that Cambridge would lose its standing in the radio astronomy community as other radio astronomy groups had much better funding, so he encouraged a certain amount of secrecy about his aperture synthesis methods in order to keep an advantage for the Cambridge group.
Ryle had heated arguments with Fred Hoyle of the Institute of Astronomy about Hoyle's Steady State Universe, which restricted collaboration between the Cavendish Radio Astronomy Group and the Institute of Astronomy during the 1960s.
Ryle authored two short books on nuclear proliferation ('Politics of Nuclear Disarmament') where he argued that the only way to save the planet Earth from complete nuclear annihilation was to ban the use of any nuclear devices indefinitely.
Ryle was an amateur radio operator[2] and held the GB-Callsign G3CY.
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1964)[3]
Henry Draper Medal of the National Academy of Sciences (1965)[4]
Albert A. Michelson Medal of the Franklin Institute (1971)[5]
Ryle Telescope at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
In 1965 Ryle was invited to co-deliver the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture on Exploration of the Universe.
Gresham Professor of Astronomy
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
^ http://www.bath.ac.uk/ncuacs/AHRC%20pdf/Ryle.pdf
^ "Winners of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
^ "Henry Draper Medal". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
^ "Franklin Laureate Database – Albert A. Michelson Medal Laureates".
^ "Past Winners of the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal". Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
Ryle, M.; Vonberg, D. D. (1946). "Solar Radiation on 175 Mc./s". Nature 158 (4010): 339. – Observations from the first multi-element astronomical radio interferometer
About Sir Martin Ryle
Press release about Martin Ryle's Nobel Prize.
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The Papers of Martin Ryle have been catalogued by the NCUACS in 2009 and are deposited with the Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge.
Astronomers Royal
John Flamsteed (1675)
Edmond Halley (1720)
James Bradley (1742)
Nathaniel Bliss (1762)
Nevil Maskelyne (1765)
John Pond (1811)
George Biddell Airy (1835)
William Christie (1881)
Frank Watson Dyson (1910)
Harold Spencer Jones (1933)
Richard van der Riet Woolley (1956)
Martin Ryle (1972)
Francis Graham-Smith (1982)
Arnold Wolfendale (1991)
Martin Rees (1995)
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Laureates of the Nobel Prize in Physics
1903 Becquerel / P. Curie / M. Curie
1906 J. J. Thomson
1909 Marconi / Braun
1915 W. L. Bragg / W. H. Bragg
1933 Schrödinger / Dirac
1936 Hess / C. D. Anderson
1937 G. P. Thomson
1955 Lamb / Kusch
1956 Shockley / Bardeen / Brattain
1957 C. N. Yang / T. D. Lee
1958 Cherenkov / Frank / Tamm
1959 Segrè / Chamberlain
1963 Wigner / Goeppert-Mayer / Jensen
1964 Townes / Basov / Prokhorov
1965 Tomonaga / Schwinger / Feynman
1974 Ryle / Hewish
1977 P. W. Anderson / Mott / Van Vleck
1986 Ruska / Binnig / Rohrer
1989 Dehmelt / Paul
2000 Alferov / Kroemer / Kilby
2002 Davis / Koshiba / Giacconi
2006 Smoot
2008 Nambu / Kobayashi / Maskawa
2010 Geim / Novoselov
2012 Wineland / Haroche
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Astronomical interferometer (History)
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)
Radio telescope (Radio window)
Astronomical radio source
Units (Watts or Jansky)
Notable radio
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Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico, USA)
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO, USA)
Effelsberg Telescope (Germany)
Large Millimeter Telescope (Mexico)
Yevpatoria RT-70 (Ukraine)
Galenki RT-70 (Russia)
Suffa RT-70 (Uzbekistan)
Green Bank Telescope (West Virginia, USA)
Lovell Telescope (UK)
Ooty Telescope (India)
UTR-2 decameter radio telescope (Ukraine)
Sardinia Radio Telescope (Italy)
HartRAO (South Africa)
Parkes Observatory (Australia)
Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory (NZ)
Allen Telescope Array (ATA, California, USA)
Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA, Chile)
Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA, Australia)
Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA, California, USA)
European VLBI Network (Europe)
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT, India)
Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR, Netherlands)
Murchison Widefield Array (MWA, Australia)
Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN, UK)
Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST, Australia)
Northern Cross Radio Telescope (Italy)
One-Mile Telescope (UK)
Submillimeter Array (SMA, USA)
Very Large Array (VLA, New Mexico, USA)
Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA, USA)
Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT, Netherlands)
500m Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST, China)
Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP, Australia)
MeerKAT (South Africa)
Northern Extended Millimeter Array (France)
Large Latin American Millimeter Array (LLAMA, Argentina/Brazil)
Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME, Canada)
Primeval Structure Telescope (PaST, China)
Square Kilometre Array (SKA, Australia, South Africa)
Algonquin Radio Observatory (Canada)
Haystack Observatory (USA)
Jodrell Bank Observatory (UK)
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (UK)
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (USA)
Onsala Space Observatory (Sweden)
Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science (SAORAS, Russia)
Southern Hemisphere : Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory
PARL (Canada)
DRAO (Canada)
ESA New Norica (Australia)
Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory
Edward George Bowen
Arthur Covington
Karl Guthe Jansky (Unit : Jansky)
Bernard Lovell
Jan Oort
Joseph Lade Pawsey
Ruby Payne-Scott
Govind Swarup
Grote Reber
Paul Wild
Aperture synthesis
Wow! signal
Pulsar timing array
Optical astronomy
Submillimetre astronomy
Infrared astronomy
High-energy astronomy
Gravitational-wave astronomy
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Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
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British Nobel laureates
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Fellows of the Royal Society
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Radio astronomers
English Nobel laureates
Spectroscopists
United Kingdom, Angles, Cornwall, Isle of Man, English language
Nobel Prize in Physics
Nobel Prize in Literature, Physics, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Peace Prize
Solar System, Physical cosmology, Star, Dark matter, Mars
Astronomy, Aperture synthesis, Jupiter, Milky Way, X-ray astronomy
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List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation
Albert Einstein, Amartya Sen, T. S. Eliot, Milton Friedman, Mario Vargas Llosa
Cambridge Interferometer
University of Cambridge, Martin Ryle, Antony Hewish, Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory
Long Michelson Interferometer
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Title: Víctor Fernández
Subject: Javier Irureta, Domènec Balmanya, Fernando Vázquez, Héctor Cúper, Leo Beenhakker
For the footballer, see Víctor Fernández Maza.
Fernández in 2014
Víctor Fernández Braulio
(1960-11-28) 28 November 1960
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Stadium Casablanca
Senior career*
Team Apps† (Gls)†
Stadium Casablanca (youth)
Zaragoza (assistant)
Zaragoza B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (goals)
Víctor Fernández Braulio (born 28 November 1960) is a Spanish football coach.
Football career 1
Football career
Fernández was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. Late into the 1990–91 season, aged only 30, he was promoted to hometown Real Zaragoza's first team,[1] eventually leading it to the 17th league position and avoiding La Liga relegation in the playoffs against Real Murcia; at the time of his beginnings, he was the second youngest manager to ever coach in the category, after Xabier Azkargorta.
In the following years Fernández helped Zaragoza consolidate in the top division, notably reconverting Gustavo Poyet from forward to attacking midfielder and winning the Copa del Rey in 1994 and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the next season.[2] He was relieved of his duties on 8 November 1996,[3] meeting the same fate the following year with his next club, CD Tenerife.[4]
For four complete seasons in the late 90s/early 2000s, Fernández was in charge of Celta de Vigo, helping the Galicians qualify three times for the UEFA Cup during his spell while playing highly attractive football.[5] From 2002–04 he worked with fellow top flight team Real Betis, respectively finishing eighth and ninth in his two years.[6]
In the 2004 summer, Fernández moved abroad and joined Portuguese club FC Porto.[7] He started his tenure with the conquest of the Intercontinental Cup, but was abruptly fired in February of the following year following a 1–3 home loss against S.C. Braga.[8]
Fernández returned to his beloved Zaragoza for the 2006–07 campaign,[9] qualifying the side for the UEFA Cup in his first year but being sacked midway through his second,[10] as the season eventually ended in relegation. In another return he joined Betis in late January 2010, replacing fired Antonio Tapia;[11][12] during his spell the Verdiblancos were the team in the league with the most points, but they could not eventually promote from Segunda División, after finishing with the same points as the third-placed club.
On 9 January 2013, Fernández moved for his second experience abroad, signing a contract with Belgium's K.A.A. Gent.[13] He was sacked on 30 September 2013, due to poor results.[14]
Fernández was appointed as the new manager of Deportivo de La Coruña on 10 July 2014, succeeding Fernando Vázquez.[15] He was relieved of his duties on 9 April of the following year, with the team eventually narrowly escaping relegation.[16]
In the 2015 summer Fernández signed for Real Madrid, as youth system coordinator.[17]
Copa del Rey: 1993–94
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1994–95
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000
Intercontinental Cup: 2004
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2004
UEFA Super Cup: Runner-up 2004
^ "Fernández empezó a trabajar" [Fernández started working] (PDF) (in Spanish).
^ "1994/95: Nayim's bolt from the blue sinks Arsenal". UEFA.com. 1 June 1995. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^ "Víctor y Brzic, cesados" [Víctor and Brzic, sacked] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 8 November 1996. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^ "El Celta acaba con Víctor" [Celta finishes Víctor] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 10 November 1997. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^ project is enticing"]celeste" [Víctor: "The ""Víctor: "El proyecto celeste es apasionante (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 30 May 1998. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^ "Lopera confirma a Víctor Fernández como nuevo técnico" [Lopera confirms Víctor Fernández as new coach] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^ "El mejor equipo de mi carrera" [Best team of my career] (in Spanish).
^ "Toyota Cup 2004". FIFA.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ "Un emocionado Víctor Fernández regresa al equipo tras diez años" [Teary Víctor Fernández returns to team after ten years] (in Spanish). Diario de León. 30 May 1998. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ "Víctor, destituido" [Víctor, fired] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 14 January 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ "Víctor Fernández, nuevo entrenador del Betis" [Víctor Fernández, new Betis manager] (in Spanish). El País. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ "Official: Victor Fernandez appointed new Real Betis coach". Goal.com. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
^ "Victor Fernandez is de nieuwe coach van Gent" [Víctor Fernández is the new Gent manager] (in Dutch). Sporza. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
^ "AA Gent neemt afscheid van coach Fernandez" [AA Gent says goodbye to coach Fernandez] (in Dutch). Sporza. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
^ "Deportivo name Fernandez as coach".
^ "Deportivo sack Victor Fernández".
^ "Víctor Fernández recoge una cantera blanca fracasada" [Víctor Fernández takes the helm of washed out white youth system] (in Spanish).
BDFutbol profile
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning managers
1961: Hidegkuti
1962: Villalonga
1963: Nicholson
1964: Fernandez
1965: Greenwood
1966: Multhaup
1967: Čajkovski
1968: Rocco
1969: Vičan
1970: Mercer
1971: Sexton
1972: Waddell
1974: Krügel
1975: Lobanovskyi
1976: Croon
1977: Klötzer
1978: Goethals
1979: Rifé
1980: Di Stéfano
1981: Akhalkatsi
1982: Lattek
1983: Ferguson
1984: Trapattoni
1985: Kendall
1987: Cruyff
1988: de Mos
1990: Boškov
1992: Rehhagel
1993: Scala
1995: V. Fernández
1996: L. Fernández
1997: Robson
1998: Vialli
1999: Eriksson
La Liga Coach of the Year – Don Balón Award
1976: Miljanić
1977: Aragonés
1978: Molowny
1981: Ormaetxea
1985: Venables
1988: Beenhakker
1989: Toshack
1993: Iglesias
1994: Fernández
1996: Antić
1997: Cantatore
1998: Irureta
1999: Cúper
2001: Mané
2002: Benítez
2003: Denoueix
2005: Rijkaard
2007: Ramos
2008: Manzano
2009: Guardiola
Víctor Fernández managerial positions
Real Zaragoza – managers
Sauca (1932)
Dos Santos (1932–34)
González (1934–35)
Planas (1935)
Olivares (1935–36)
Arnanz (1939–41)
Gamborena (1941)
Uritarte & Ostalé (1941)
Quincoces (1941–43)
Caicedo (1943–45)
Arnanz (1945)
Juanito (1945–46)
Sorribas (1947–48)
Soladrero (1948)
Macheda (1948)
Bru (1948–49)
Oceja (1949)
Urquiri (1950–51)
Juanito (1951)
Berkessy (1951–52)
Balmanya (1952–53)
Eguiluz (1953–54)
Mundo (1954–56)
Casariego (1958)
Ochoantesana (1958–59)
Hernández (1960)
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Title: Apocalyptic literature
Subject: Bible, Historicism (Christianity), Book of Zechariah, New Testament, Gospel of John
Apocalyptic literature is a genre of prophetical writing that developed in post-Exilic Jewish culture and was popular among millennialist early Christians.
"Apocalypse" (ἀποκάλυψις) is a Greek word meaning "revelation", "an unveiling or unfolding of things not previously known and which could not be known apart from the unveiling."[1] As a genre, apocalyptic literature details the authors' visions of the end times as revealed by a heavenly messenger or Angel.[2] The apocalyptic literature of Judaism and Christianity embraces a considerable period, from the centuries following the exile down to the close of the middle ages.
1 Origins
1.1 Unfulfilled prophecy
1.2 Traditions
2 Object and contents
3 Comparison to prophecy
3.1 Message
3.2 Dualistic theology
3.3 Pseudonymous authorship
3.4 Conception of history
4 Old Testament
4.1 Characteristics of Old Testament Apocalyptic Literature
4.2 Canonical
4.2.1 Proto-apocalyptic
4.2.2 Apocalyptic
4.3 Non-canonical
5 New Testament
Apocalyptical elements (αποκαλυπτειν, to reveal something hidden) can be detected in the prophetical books of Joel and Zechariah, while Isaiah chapters 24–27 and 33 present well-developed apocalypses. The Book of Daniel offers a fully matured and classic example of this genre of literature.
Unfulfilled prophecy
The non-fulfillment of prophecies served to popularize the methods of apocalyptic in comparison with the non-fulfillment of the advent of the Messianic kingdom. Thus, though Jeremiah had promised that after seventy years[3] Israel should be restored to their own land,[4] and then enjoy the blessings of the Messianic kingdom under the Messianic king,[5] this period passed by and things remained as of old. Some believe that the Messianic kingdom was not necessarily predicted to occur at the end of the seventy years of the Babylonian exile, but at some unspecified time in the future. The only thing for certain that was predicted is the return of the Jews to their land, which occurred when Cyrus the Persian conquered Babylon in c.539 BC. Thus, the fulfillment of the Messianic kingdom remained in the future for the Jews.
Haggai and Zechariah explained the delay by the failure of Judah to rebuild the temple, and so hope of the kingdom persisted, till in the first half of the 2nd century the delay is explained in the Books of Daniel and Enoch as not because of man's shortcomings but to the counsels of God. Regarding the 70 years of exile predicted in Jeremiah 29:10, the Jews were first exiled in the year 605 BCE in the reign of king Jehoiakim and were allowed to return to their land in c. 536 BCE when King Cyrus conquered Babylon. This time period was approximately 70 years, as prophesied by Jeremiah. But some people believe that the 70 years of Jeremiah were later interpreted by the angel in Daniel 9 as 70 weeks of years, of which 69½ have already expired, while Enoch 85 interprets the 70 years of Jeremiah as the 70 successive reigns of the 70 angelic patrons of the nations, which are to come to a close in his own generation. The Book of Enoch, however, was not considered as inspired Scripture by the Jews, so that any failed prophecy in it is of no consequence to the Jewish faith.
The Greek empire of the East was overthrown by Rome, and in due course called forth a new interpretation of Daniel. The fourth and last empire was declared to be Roman by the Apocalypse of Baruch chapters 36–40 and 4 Ezra 10:60–12:35. (Again, these two books were not considered as inspired Scripture by the Jews, and thus were not authoritative on matters of prophecy). In addition, earlier in Daniel chapter 7 (and also in chapter 2), the fourth and final world empire is considered to be Rome since Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome were world empires which all clearly arrived in succession. (After Babylon fell, Media and Persia merged in a joint empire known as the Medo-Persian or Achaemenid Empire). Thus, it appears that Daniel is saying here that Rome would be the last world power before the kingdom of God.
Such ideas as those of "the day of Yahweh" and the "new heavens and a new earth" were re-edited by the Jewish people with fresh nuances in conformity with their new settings. Thus the inner development of Jewish apocalyptic was conditioned by the historical experiences of the nation. But the prophecies found in Jewish Scriptures, which have not changed over time, await their fulfillment.
Another source of apocalyptic thought was primitive mythological and cosmological traditions, in which the eye of the seer could see the secrets of the future. Thus the six days of the world's creation, followed by a seventh of rest, were regarded as at once a history of the past and a forecasting of the future. As the world was made in six days its history would be accomplished in six thousand years, since each day with God was as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day; and as the six days of creation were followed by one of rest, so the six thousand years of the world's history would be followed by a rest of a thousand years.[6]
Object and contents
The object of this literature in general was to solve the difficulties connected with the righteousness of God and the suffering condition of His righteous servants on earth. Early Old Testament prophecy taught the need of personal and national righteousness, and foretold the ultimate blessedness of the righteous nation on the present earth. Later prophecy incorporated an idea of future vindication of present evils, often including the idea of an afterlife. Apocalyptic prophets sketched in outline the history of the world and mankind, the origin of evil and its course, and the final consummation of all things. The righteous as a nation should yet possess the earth, either via an eternal Messianic kingdom on earth, or else in temporary blessedness here and eternal blessedness hereafter. Though the individual might perish amid the disorders of this world, apocalyptic prophets taught that the righteous person would not fail to attain through resurrection the recompense that was due in the Messianic kingdom or in heaven itself.
Comparison to prophecy
Some may distinguish between the messages of the prophets and the messages of proto-apocalyptic and apocalyptic literature by saying that the message of the prophets was primarily a preaching of repentance and righteousness if the nation would escape judgment; the message of the apocalyptic writers was of patience and trust for that deliverance and reward were sure to come. Neither the prophets nor the apocalyptic authors are without conflict between their messages, however, and there are significant similarities between prophecy and apocalyptic writings.
Apocalyptic literature shares with prophecy revelation through visions and dreams, and these often combine reality and fantasy. In both cases, a heavenly interpreter is often provided to the receiver so that he may understand the many complexities of what he has seen. Looking at the oracles in Amos, Hosea, First Isaiah, and Jeremiah gives a clear sense of how messages of imminent punishment develop into the later proto-apocalyptic literature, and eventually into the thoroughly apocalyptic literature of Daniel 7–12. The fully apocalyptic visions in Daniel 7–12, as well as those in the New Testament’s Revelation, can trace their roots to the pre-exilic latter biblical prophets; the sixth century BCE prophets Ezekiel, Isaiah 40–55 and 56–66, Haggai 2, and Zechariah 1–8 show a transition phase between prophecy and apocalyptic literature.[7]
Dualistic theology
Prophecy believes that this world is God's world and that in this world His goodness and truth will yet be vindicated. Hence the prophet prophesies of a definite future arising out of and organically connected with the present. The apocalyptic writer despairs of the present and directs his hopes to the future, to a new world standing in essential opposition to the present.[8] This becomes a dualistic principle, which, though it can largely be accounted for by the interaction of certain inner tendencies and outward sorrowful experience on the part of Judaism, may ultimately be derived from Mazdean influences. This principle, which shows itself in the conception that the various nations are under angelic rulers, who are in a greater or less degree in rebellion against God, as in Daniel and Enoch, grows in strength with each succeeding age, till at last Satan is conceived as "the ruler of this world"[9] or "the god of this age."[10]
Pseudonymous authorship
The prophet stood in direct relations with his people; his prophecy was first spoken and afterwards written. The apocalyptic writer could obtain no hearing from his contemporaries, who held that, though God spoke in the past, "there was no more any prophet." This pessimism limited and defined the form in which religious enthusiasm should manifest itself, and prescribed as a condition of successful effort the adoption of pseudonymous authorship. The apocalyptic writer, therefore, professedly addressed his book to future generations. Generally directions as to the hiding and sealing of the book[11] were given in the text in order to explain its publication so long after the date of its professed period. There was a sense in which such books were not wholly pseudonymous. Their writers were students of ancient prophecy and apocalyptical tradition, and though they might recast and reinterpret them, they could not regard them as their own inventions.
Conception of history
Apocalyptic writing took a wider view of the world's history than prophecy. Thus, whereas prophecy had to deal with governments of other nations, apocalyptic writings arose at a time when Israel had been subject for generations to the sway of one or other of the great world-powers. Hence to harmonize such difficulties with belief in God's righteousness, it had to take account of the role of such empires in the counsels of God, the rise, duration and downfall of each in turn, till finally the lordship of the world passed into the hands of Israel, or the final judgment arrived. These events belonged in the main to the past, but the writer represented them as still in the future, arranged under certain artificial categories of time definitely determined from the beginning in the counsels of God and revealed by Him to His servants the prophets. Determinism thus became a leading characteristic of Jewish apocalyptic, and its conception of history became mechanical.
Prophetic Judaism 800–500 BCE
Apocalyptic Judaism 300–100 BCE
Rabbinic mysticism c. 0–130s CE
Merkabah-Hekhalot 100 BCE – 1000 CE
Proto-Kabbalah 200–600 CE
Chassidei Ashkenaz c. 1150-1250 CE
Medieval Kabbalah
Meditative-Prophetic
Practical Kabbalah
c. 1175–1570 CE
Safed Kabbalah 1500s CE
Lurianic Kabbalah 1570 CE–today
Sabbatean movements 1665–c. 1800 CE
Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic schools
1730s CE–today
Neo-Hasidism/Kabbalah c. 1900s–today
Mystical Zionism c. 1910s–today
Academic study c. 1920s–today
Characteristics of Old Testament Apocalyptic Literature
The revelations from heavenly messengers about the end times may come from angels, or from people who have been taken up to heaven and are returning to earth with messages. The descriptions not only tell of the end times, but also describe both past and present events and their significance, often in heavily coded language. When speaking of the end times, apocalyptic literature generally includes chronologies of events that will occur and frequently places them in the near future, which gives a sense of urgency to the prophet’s larger message. Though the understanding of the present is bleak, the vision of the future are far more positive, and include divine victory and a complete reformation of absolutely everything. Many visions of these end times mirror creation mythologies, invoking triumph of God over the primordial forces of chaos, and clear distinctions between light and dark, good and evil. The imagery in apocalyptic literature is not realistic or reflective of the physical world as it was, but is rather surreal and fantastic, invoking a sense of wonder at the complete newness of the new order to come.[12]
Proto-apocalyptic
Isaiah 24–27; 33; 34–35
Jeremiah 33:14–26
Ezekiel 38–39
Joel 3:9–17
Zechariah 12–14
Some are possibly pseudepigraphic except the passages from Ezekiel and Joel. Of the remaining passages and books, some consider large sections of Daniel attributable to the Maccabean period, with the rest possibly to the same period. Some consider Isaiah 33 to be written about 163 BCE;[13] Zechariah 12–14 about 160 BCE; Isaiah 24–27 about 128 BCE; and Isaiah 34–35 sometime in the reign of John Hyrcanus. Jeremiah 33:14–26 is assigned by Marti to Maccabean times, but this is disputed.
Non-canonical
Apocalypse of Abraham
Apocalypse of Adam
Apocalypse of Baruch (Greek)
Apocalypse of Baruch (Syriac)
Apocalypse of Daniel
Apocalypse of Daniel (Greek)
Apocalypse of Elijah
Apocalypse of Ezra (Greek)
Gabriel's Revelation
Apocalypse of Lamech
Apocalypse of Metatron
Apocalypse of Moses
Apocalypse of Sedrach
Apocalypse of Zephaniah
Apocalypse of Zerubbabel
Aramaic Apocalypse
In the transition from Jewish literature to that of early Christianity, there is a continuation of the tradition of apocalyptic prophecy. Christianity preserved the Jewish apocalyptic tradition, as Judaism developed into Rabbinism and gave it a Christian character either by a forcible exegesis or by a systematic process of interpolation. Christianity cultivated this form of literature and made it the vehicle of its own ideas. Christianity saw itself as the spiritual representative of what was true in prophecy and apocalyptic.
The Sheep and the Goats
Book of Revelation
Apocalypse of James (First)
Apocalypse of James (Second)
Apocalypse of Golias
Apocalypse of Methodius
Apocalypse of Paul
Apocalypse of Paul (Coptic)
Apocalypse of Peter
Apocalypse of Peter (Gnostic)
Apocalypse of Samuel of Kalamoun
Apocalypse of Stephen
Apocalypse of Thomas
Apocalypse of the Seven Heavens[14]
Apocalypse (disambiguation)
Apocalypticism
Christian Eschatology
Millennialism
Pseudepigraphy
Summary of Christian eschatological differences
Acts of the Apostles (genre)
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction
List of Gospels
List of New Testament papyri
^ Goswiller 1987 p.3
^ Coogan 2009 p 424
^ Jeremiah 25:11, 29:10
^ Jeremiah 29:5,6
^ 2 Enoch 32:2–33:2
^ Coogan p.354
^ 4 Ezra 7:50
^ John 12:31
^ 2 Corinthians 4:4
^ Daniel 12:4, 9; 1 Enoch 1:2; Assumption of Moses 1:16–18
^ Duhm and Marti.
^ See More Christian Apocrpyha,James R. Davila, University of St. Andrews, U.K.
Goswiller, Richard, Revelation, Pacific Study Series, Melbourne, (1987).
Frye, Northrop, 1957. Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays.
Reddish, Mitchell G. Apocalyptic Literature: A Reader
Collins, John Joseph The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (The Biblical Resource Series)
Cook, David, Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature (Religion and Politics)
Cook, Stephen L., The Apocalyptic Literature: Interpreting Biblical Texts
Charlesworth, James H. ed., The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments (Anchor Bible)
L. Michael White, "Apocalyptic literature in Judaeism and early Christianity" Thorough historical introduction.
(Archived 2009-10-25) Concise introduction to the genre.
Principal divisions
(Protocanon)
1–2 Samuel
1–2 Kings
1–2 Chronicles
Deuterocanon
and Apocrypha
Additions to Esther
Sirach
Baruch / Letter of Jeremiah
Additions to Daniel (Susanna
Song of the Three Children
Bel and the Dragon)
Orthodox only
Odes
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1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan
Paralipomena of Baruch
Broader canon
Letter of Baruch
2 Baruch
Psalms 152–155
Chapters and verses
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General)
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Pseudepigrapha (list)
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Spacestation Pheta is a fast, multi-screen, climbing game. Each screen contains surprises such as transporters, secret ladders, materializers, cannons, trampolines, and many more! There are 100 built-in screens plus an editor to create your own screens. A "show me the solution" feature can help if you get stuck. Other features include printable on-line help, digitized sounds, and color graphics. The game runs on almost all older Macintosh computers, from the black and white MacPlus to the PowerMacs. The game will run under the Mac Classic emulator under OS X but does not run on the Leopard OS. You can play 10 of the 100 built-in screens until you register for the full version by paying the shareware fee of $9.95 (U.S. dollars).
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Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
Laila Al Dabal1, Ahmed S BaHammam2
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, United Arab Emirates
2 Sleep Disorders Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Date of Submission 13-Dec-2008
Ahmed S BaHammam
College of Medicine, Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 225503, Riyadh 11324
Obesity is becoming a major medical concern in several parts of the world, with huge economic impacts on health- care systems, resulting mainly from increased cardiovascular risks. At the same time, obesity leads to a number of sleep-disordered breathing patterns like obstructive sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), leading to increased morbidity and mortality with reduced quality of life. OHS is distinct from other sleep- related breathing disorders although overlap may exist. OHS patients may have obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea with hypercapnia and sleep hypoventilation, or an isolated sleep hypoventilation. Despite its major impact on health, this disorder is under-recognized and under-diagnosed. Available management options include aggressive weight reduction, oxygen therapy and using positive airway pressure techniques. In this review, we will go over the epidemiology, pathophysiology, presentation and diagnosis and management of OHS.
Keywords: Obesity hypoventilation syndrome, positive pressure ventilation, sleep-disordered breathing
Al Dabal L, BaHammam AS. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Ann Thorac Med 2009;4:41-9
Al Dabal L, BaHammam AS. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Ann Thorac Med [serial online] 2009 [cited 2020 Jan 23];4:41-9. Available from: http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/text.asp?2009/4/2/41/49411
Sleep is a state of reversible unresponsiveness to the environment, in which the brain is relatively more responsive to internal than to external stimuli; and contrary to common beliefs, it is an active physiological central nervous phenomenon with cyclical changes alternating between nonrapid eye movement sleep (NREM) and rapid eye movement sleep (REM) [1] ; and based on electrophysiological studies, NREM sleep is further subdivided into 4 stages (I-IV) according to recorded cortical electrical potentials. In normal young adults, sleep begins with ~80 minutes of NREM sleep, followed by an REM period of ~2-10 minutes. This 90-minute NREM-to-REM sleep cycle is then repeated about 3 to 6 times during the night. [2]
The control of breathing is a complex process which requires an integrated interaction between 3 major systems - the sensory system, the central controlling system and an effecter system. Input from carotid bodies, central chemoreceptors, pulmonary receptors and chest wall mechanoreceptors is conveyed to respiratory centers in the medulla, which processes the information and gives appropriate orders to the main respiratory muscles for coordinated inhalation and exhalation. [3],[4],[5] While a person is awake, behavioral and cognitive influences are also involved in breathing control; however, these are lost during sleep, and breathing takes place mainly under the control of the automatic system. The aim of this integrated circuit is to maintain PaCO 2 and PaO 2 in a tightly controlled state for minute-to-minute maintenance of cellular activities and metabolic demands by ensuring relatively constant rate and pattern of breathing over prolonged hours of sleep. Normal sleep can induce respiratory instability through several mechanisms. First of all, there is loss of the wakefulness drive to breathe; second, there are changes in the chemical stimuli driving breathing (PaCO 2 , PaO 2 ) associated with modification of central control of breathing; and lastly, there is an increase in respiratory arousal threshold. The nocturnal reduction in minute ventilation, particularly during REM sleep, is expected to result in minimal elevation of PaCO 2 with a corresponding drop in blood pH level, though still being maintained within physiologically accepted levels. [6],[7],[8] The concept of "loop gain" is widely used in the field of respiratory control engineering, and it has been used by several investigators in respiratory physiology to analyze the relationship between various components of the respiratory system. Respiratory physiologists repeatedly use terms like controller gain to describe central and peripheral chemoreceptors, and plant gain to describe respiratory pump; and both fall under the control of feedback loops. Having said that, one can conclude that sleep is a complex physiological process and that normal sleep architecture can be lost via several mechanisms acting at different levels of the respiratory system. This can result in a spectrum of abnormal rate or pattern of breathing manifesting as hypopnea/apnea occurring at a central or peripheral level. This is obviously an oversimplification of the underlying complex physiological processes going on during wakefulness and sleep in normal and abnormal states.
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a term used to describe a number of disorders in which there is abnormality in the frequency, pattern, upper airway resistance and/or depth of breathing during sleep. In the past 2 decades, there has been a plethora of data concerning diagnosis and management of SDB. It has been appreciated as a global health problem, as epidemiological studies have shown SDB to be affecting as many as 2% to 9% of middle-aged adults and more than 15% of older adults. [9],[10],[11],[12] These figures mostly describe obstructive sleep apnea, as prevalence data on central sleep apnea in healthy adult population are lacking.
The most common SDB is obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), which has variable prevalence estimates according to diagnostic criteria. [13] In addition, the following disorders are included under the term SDB syndromes: Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), central sleep apnea (CSA), Cheyenne-Stokes respiration (CSR) and upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS).
Definitions of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines "overweight" as a body mass index (BMI) equal to or more than 25kg/m², and "obesity" as a BMI equal to or more than 30kg/m². Obesity is further classified into 3 classes - class 1 obesity (BMI, 30-34.9 kg/m²); class 2 obesity (BMI, 35-39.9 kg/m²) and class 3 obesity (BMI, ≥40kg/m²) - with increasing morbidity in proportion to increasing BMI [Table 1]. The organization estimates that by year 2015, around 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese. [14]
The interaction between obesity and respiratory system is not straightforward, as one affects the other via several mechanisms. Excessive fat accumulation over the chest and abdomen adversely affects lung respiratory system mechanics, leading to physiological derangement and functional impairment, which can be reversed in some subjects following weight loss. [15] Of note is the point that the distribution of body fat seems to be more important than total body fat and BMI per se. [16],[17] Obesity leads to reduction in chest wall compliance and respiratory muscle endurance with increased airway and chest wall resistance.[18] In addition, there will be loss of expiratory reserve volume accompanied in cases of morbid obesity, with reduction in total lung capacity and functional residual capacity. [19-21] Lower lung volumes with basal atelectasis predispose to localized hypoventilated areas, resulting in shunting and ventilation/perfusion mismatching. [22] The final result is hypoxemia, especially in the supine position; impaired pulmonary function, which is determined on testing; and progressively worsening disability. Obesity is also a well-recognized factor for obstructive sleep apnea and is a necessary condition for OHS; however, not all obese patients develop OHS, and the exact prevalence and pathophysiology are not fully known yet. In a recent paper studying the predictors for developing OHS in patients with OSA, it was found that 3 variables independently predicted OHS: Serum bicarbonate level ( P <.001), apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ( P = .006), and lowest oxygen saturation during sleep ( P <.001). Authors recommended measuring serum bicarbonate level in patients with severe OSA, and this should prompt clinicians to measure arterial blood gases when elevated.[23] The severity of AHI is not universally accepted as a good predictor of OHS and that AHI is not a determining factor for the development of OHS. Using the severity of AHI as a predictor of OHS may lead to significant under-recognition of this serious medical problem. [24]
OHS is defined as the combined presence of obesity (BMI,>30kg/m²) with awake arterial hypercapnia (PaCO 2 >45mmHg) in the absence of other causes of hypoventilation [25] [Table 2]. Based on the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), patients with OHS may have obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome with hypercapnia, sleep hypoventilation syndrome or a combination of sleep-related breathing disorders. [26]
The exact prevalence of OHS in the general population remains unknown, and most prevalence data describe subjects with obstructive sleep apnea, wherein its prevalence has been estimated to range from 10% to 38% in different groups. [27],[28],[29],[30],[31] Nowbar and colleagues reported the prevalence of OHS among hospitalized adult patients with a BMI> 35kg/m² to be 31% after ruling out other causes of hypercapnia. [32] Additionally, OHS patients were reported to be heavy users of health-care resources. Berg et al. reported OHS patients to have higher health-care utilization several years prior to evaluation and treatment of their sleep breathing disorder. [33] There was a substantial reduction in "the number of days of hospitalization" once the diagnosis was made and treatment instituted. [33]
Pathophysiology of OHS
The pathophysiology of OHS is complex as obesity is not the only risk factor, and this may explain why the fact that some obese subjects develop OHS while others maintain normal gas exchange is not fully understood [Figure 1]. Generally, it is thought that obese subjects developing daytime hypoventilation show some form of SDB; they have reduced sensitivity to rising levels of PaCO 2 and tend to have leptin resistance in the setting of high serum leptin level. The interaction between these factors, amongst others, leads finally to the development of the OHS picture. [34] First of all, overweight and obesity lead to a number of pulmonary and extrapulmonary complications, which can result finally in respiratory failure; albeit these cannot be taken as the sole factor inducing the development of OHS as simply, not all obese patients develop daytime hypoventilation. As highlighted earlier, obesity puts an extra mechanical load on the respiratory system, leading to its restriction and subsequent respiratory failure; however, it seems to be more complicated than this. Recent studies have shown that levels of inflammatory and pro-inflammatory markers like interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-18 (IL-18), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and C-reactive protein (CRP), amongst others, are elevated in obese individuals. Moreover, there is a positive correlation between IL-6 or TNF alpha plasma levels and the BMI. [35],[36],[37],[38],[39] There is cumulative data suggesting that obesity is characterized by chronic activation of inflammatory pathways in peripheral tissues leading to a state of insulin resistance and hypofunctioning hypothalamic C releasing hormone, which results in sleep-disordered breathing. [40],[41] Along with this theory of systemic inflammatory response comes the discovery of the protein leptin as an important factor in inducing or driving OHS. Leptin is a protein produced by adipose tissues and acts on receptors in the hypothalamus to suppress appetite. It also acts on the central respiratory pathways to increase ventilation. Obese subjects have serum leptin levels significantly higher than non-obese subjects. There is growing evidence to support a role for leptin resistance in inducing or driving OHS. [42],[43],[44],[45],[46] In a recent paper by Campo et al., a total of 245 obese subjects underwent detailed testing, and it was found that hyperleptinemia was associated with a reduction in respiratory drive and hypercapnic response, irrespective of the amount of body fat, which suggests the extension of leptin resistance to the respiratory center. [47] Various forms of SDB have been implicated in the pathogenesis of OHS, including OSA, central hypoventilation and upper airway resistance syndrome. OSA is so far the major contributor as evidenced by the facts that majority of patients with OHS have concomitant OSA (90%) and treating OSA by positive airway pressure or tracheostomy ameliorates daytime hypoventilation in most of them. [48],[49],[50],[51] In a large group of subjects with OSA, Kawata et al. found that 13.7% had daytime hypercapnia. These patients had significantly higher BMI and AHI and lower PaO 2 and vital capacity values compared with normocapnic patients, while forced expiratory volume in 1 second did not differ between the two groups. Daytime hypercapnia responded to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for 3 months. The authors suggested that the pathogenesis of daytime hypercapnia might be directly linked to OSA, and obesity acts as a modifier. [52] Finally, one of the important theories in the pathogenesis of hypercapnic respiratory failure in obese people relies on the observation that patients with OHS show a blunt response to hypercapnia and hypoxemia so that they fail to raise their minute ventilation in proportion to the rise in PaCO 2 level. [53],[54] In one of the earliest studies, Zwillich et al. confirmed reduced hypoxic and hypercapnic ventilatory drives when measured in 10 patients with OHS. [55] Gold et al. compared the waking pulmonary function and hypercapnic and hypoxic ventilatory responses of 35 nonhypercapnic sleep apnea patients with 17 matched non-apneic control subjects. Nonhypercapnic sleep apnea patients showed lower waking ventilatory response to hypercapnia, a higher waking PaCO 2 level, a lower waking PaO 2 level and a lower total lung capacity. These findings obviously mimic those seen in patients with OHS, which might suggest that there is a spectrum of ventilatory response in obese subjects being modulated by several interacting factors. [56]
Clinical Presentation and Diagnostic Methods
The classic presentation is an obese middle-aged male (usually BMI, ≥ 35kg/m²) with excessive daytime sleepiness and neurocognitive function impairment. Due to the simultaneous occurrence of OSA in the majority of patients, symptoms like snoring, witnessed apneas and poor sleep quality with early morning headache and reduced performance are reported. In case of pulmonary hypertension and right-sided heart failure, patients might report symptoms like exertional dyspnea and lower limb edema. Clinical examination confirms the high BMI and might display signs of cor pulmonale and secondary pulmonary hypertension. Measuring oxygen saturation noninvasively by pulse oxymetry reveals reduced SPO 2 . An arterial blood gas taken when breathing room air confirms the presence of low PaO 2 , PaCO 2 and a high bicarbonate level, signifying the chronic nature of the process. [15],[32] Blood tests include complete blood count to rule out secondary erythrocytosis, and thyroid function test to rule out severe hypothyroidism. Electrocardiogram and transthoracic echocardiogram could demonstrate signs of right heart strain, right ventricular hypertrophy, right atrial enlargement and elevated pulmonary artery pressure. [57] Chest x-ray and, if necessarily, CT scanning of the chest should be requested to rule in or out other potential causes of hypercapnic respiratory failure. Pulmonary function testing in obese subjects typically shows mild-to-moderate restrictive defect, reduced expiratory reserve volume and reduced inspiratory/expiratory pressures.[22] Interestingly, a great percentage of these findings reverse following significant weight reduction. [58] Following this initial work-up plan, the patient is referred for full overnight polysomnography with titration studies to make the final diagnosis and start appropriate management. Persons with sleep hypoventilation syndrome may have oxygen desaturation and hypercapnia during sleep unrelated to distinct periods of obstructive apneas and hypopneas. Hypoventilation is more pronounced during REM compared to NREM sleep. Hypoventilation is defined as sustained oxygen desaturation that is not associated with obstructive apneas or hypopneas or periodic breathing. [59] If PaCO 2 monitoring is available, it may reveal an increase of more than 10 mm Hg in PaCO 2 level during sleep, compared with levels during wakefulness. BaHammam et al. have highlighted the validity of using polysomnography (PSG) in patients with sleep-disordered breathing admitted to intensive care unit with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure and have clearly shown that the use of PSG in this setting allows for an accurate diagnosis to be made early in the course of intensive care unit admission and effective intervention using noninvasive ventilation to be introduced in a timely manner. Patients who were compliant with non-invasive ventilation therapy were followed up for up to eight months after discharge by which time their arterial blood gas readings showed significant improvement. [60]
Management of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
The first step in successful management starts with making the diagnosis of OHS and referring the patient for polysomnography with titration study. The optimal management of patients with OHS requires multidisciplinary approach combining different medical and surgical subspecialties. Affected subjects require the input from internists and endocrinologists regarding their diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart failure and hypothyroidism therapy; a dietician for weight reduction planning; a respirologist for respiratory failure management; and a surgeon for potential bariatric surgery when needed. Moreover, patients with OHS have higher rates of intensive care admission when compared to obese patients without hypoventilation, which obviously requires an expert input from medical intensivists regarding the management of acute or chronic respiratory failure episodes. So far, no standardized guidelines exist for this crucial disorder; and in clinical practice, majority of patients are being managed by respirologists. Obviously, initial management outlines will be guided by the severity of the condition and the acuity of the presentation; however, long-term management options include the following points [61] : 1- weight reduction, 2- oxygen therapy, 3- positive pressure ventilation, 4- pharmacotherapy, 5- tracheostomy, 6- management of complications and comorbid illnesses in OHS.
Loosing at least 10kg of original body weight leads to improvement in pulmonary physiology and function as evidenced by improved vital capacity and forced expiratory volume. [62] Furthermore, in patients with combined OSA and OHS, weight loss leads to reduction in apnea/hypopnea index and desaturation severity. [63],[64] Severe obesity is refractory to dietary management with or without behavioral or drug therapies; and in these cases, bariatric surgery has been shown to be the most effective modality of reliable and durable treatment for severe obesity. It is important to realize that weight loss cannot be used as the sole initial treatment. In practice, several mini-invasive and invasive surgical approaches exist to achieve the optimal weight in obese patients with or without OHS. Of vital importance is the fact that most of these procedures result in subjective and objective improvements in respiratory function, blood pressure and blood sugar levels. [58],[65],[66],[67],[68],[69],[70] The decision of referring patients for bariatric surgery is not always easy as these patients suffer at the same time from significant comorbid illnesses putting them at higher risk for general anesthesia as well as postoperative complications. [71],[72] According to the guidelines issued by the National Institutes of Health, patients with a BMI greater than 35kg/m 2 and an obesity-related comorbid condition (including OHS) or patients with a BMI greater than 40kg/m 2 can be referred for surgical treatment. [73]
Positive airway pressure ventilation (PAP) acutely and chronically improves gas exchange and functional status in patients with various forms of chronic respiratory failure, including those with OHS. [24],[74],[75] The rationale for the progressive improvement following long-term use of PAP remains speculative and is thought to act via several mechanisms leading ultimately to improved nocturnal and daytime symptoms. First of all, PAP relieves the obstructive component which is seen in the majority of patients with OHS; [76] secondly, it can effectively alter chest wall and lung mechanics in severely obese patients; [77],[78],[79],[80] and finally, it could be acting by improving central ventilatory drive. [51],[81] The first successful trial for treating OHS involved the use of CPAP therapy in 2 patients with coexisting severe sleep apnea syndrome. [82] In patients with mild OHS, CPAP and bi-level PAP (a system that allows independent adjustment of inspiratory and expiratory PAP) have been shown to be equally effective with regard to improving daytime hypercapnia. [83] Additionally, there was no difference in compliance between the two treatment modalities. [83] However, in patients with persistent hypoventilation and desaturation despite CPAP therapy, bi-level PAP should be tried. [75],[84],[85] It seems reasonable to start with CPAP knowing that majority of OHS patients have accompanying OSA. There are no clear guidelines on when to start or switch to bi-level PAP in patients with OHS. However, bi-level PAP should be started if the patient cannot tolerate CPAP due to persistent massive mask air leakage or has discomfort exhaling against positive pressure or if the patient has frequent episodes of hypoventilation without airway obstruction (revealed as a plateau on the inspiratory flow signal using nasal prong pressure without a thoracoabdominal paradox); or if hypercapnia persists despite being on long-term CPAP. [84],[85],[86],[87] Pressure titration should be performed according to the protocol of American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). [88] Oxygen supplementation should be added if the patient continues to have hypoxemia despite complete elimination of the obstructive respiratory events and hypoventilation [Figure 2].
Obviously adherence to PAP is an important modifiable predictor of improvements in ventilation and oxygenation parameters, as shown in studies looking at minimal effective duration for PAP application. In one study, investigators found that patients who used therapy for more than 4.5 hours per day experienced significant improvements in PaCO 2 and PaO 2 compared with less adherent patients; and another study showed that positive effects of CPAP can be seen as early as few days following its initiation. [89] Regarding long-term effects of CPAP on quality of life, Hida et al. found that following the use of CPAP therapy for 3 to 6 months, OHS patients had improved quality of life as evidenced by improved Short-Form (SF-36) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS); and this has been validated by other studies conducted on patients with SDB. [90],[91],[92],[93] Follow-up studies have demonstrated significant improvement in daytime sleepiness and some physiological parameters like arterial blood gases, lung volumes and pulmonary function test parameters (forced vital capacity and total lung capacity). [48],[60],[76],[78],[94]
Average volume-assured pressure support (AVAPS) is a new hybrid mode that has the advantages of the combination of pressure-limited and volume-limited modes of ventilation into one ventilation mode to ensure a more consistent tidal volume and hence minute volume. Storre et al. have recently validated its use in a group of 10 patients with stable OHS. OHS patients not responding to CPAP therapy were randomly assigned to receive bi-level PAP or bi-level PAP plus AVAPS therapy in a crossover design. The main finding was that sleep quality and gas exchange substantially improved during nocturnal bi-level PAP therapy compared to baseline, but patients remained hypercapnic overnight even after 6 weeks of home mechanical ventilation following the careful establishment of bi-level PAP therapy in hospital. The addition of AVAPS to bi-level PAP therapy resulted in a significant decrease in PaCO 2 ; however, this was without providing further clinical benefits regarding sleep quality and quality of life in their cohort of patients. [95]
Based on the above-mentioned literature, it becomes conceivable that various forms of PAP are effective in providing short-term and long-term benefits upon adequate utilization in patients with OHS with or without OSA, and larger studies are needed in this group of patients to decide about the optimal mode of management.
OHS is characterized by prolonged attacks of sustained hypoxemia during sleep, in addition to daytime hypoxemia. Oxygen supplementation might be beneficial in patients with persistent hypoxemia despite the relief of upper airway obstruction by positive airway pressure to prevent the long-term effects of hypoxemia on pulmonary vasculature and other vital organs. It should be kept in mind, however, that treatment with oxygen alone is inadequate and not recommended as it does not reverse hypoventilation or airway obstruction on its own. [96],[97],[98]
Before the advent of PAP modalities, tracheostomy was used more commonly in the sixties for patients with obstructive sleep apnea, and it could still be a valid choice in patients with severe upper airway obstruction who are totally intolerant to PAP and when no other options are applicable. In the few reported cases, tracheostomy showed positive impact in terms of patients' symptoms, improved respiratory drive to hypercapnia and reversal of hypoventilation. [99],[100],[101],[102]
Few drugs known for their respiratory stimulant effects, like progesterone, acetazolmide, almitrine and aminophylline, have been tried in patients with sleep apnea syndromes; however, the two most widely quoted drugs when dealing with OHS patients are medroxyprogesterone and acetazolmide.[103],[104],[105],[106] Medroxyprogesterone acetate, a synthetic progesterone derivative which effectively stimulates breathing, has been used for long time for managing patients with OHS, with documented positive effects resulting mainly in increasing the ventilatory response to hypercapnia, which ultimately leads to improved ventilation with a drop in PaCO 2 and a rise in PaO 2 . [107],[108],[109] Recent work by Saaresranta et al. on a group of postmenopausal females with respiratory failure - where study end points were PaCO 2 level, leptin level and neuropeptide Y level - has shown that after 14 days of medroxyprogesterone acetate therapy, there was significant improvement in ventilation and reduction in PaCO 2 without altering serum leptin or neuropeptide Y levels. [110] Obviously this approach of hormonal manipulation is not without side effects, and the risk of inducing a hypercoagulable state should always be considered, particularly in this group of patients who already have underlying predisposing factors like obesity, reduced mobility and heart failure. [111],[112] The carbonic anhydrase inhibitor acetazolmide is a weak diuretic causing metabolic acidosis. When used in patients with OHS, it leads to reduction in serum bicarbonate level, which drives a mild metabolic acidosis leading to a rise in minute ventilation, which in turn leads to a reduction in PaCO 2 level. [113],[114] Currently no strong recommendations can be made about the use of both agents as no data exist on long-term safety.
Management of Comorbid Illnesses and Complications in OHS
Obesity is a systemic process in which multiple organ systems are involved, among which the cardiovascular system, respiratory system and metabolic system seem to be affected mostly. [115],[116] Hence it becomes imperative to approach the obese patient with a multidisciplinary view and try to optimize pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies for each affected system. For example, blood pressure, blood sugar and lipid profile should ideally be maintained within normal limits. Any concomitant degree of systolic or diastolic heart failure should be aggressively managed to avoid any further compromise of the cardiopulmonary system. In addition, a search for significant complications like secondary erythrocytosis and secondary pulmonary hypertension should be carried out and appropriate interventions implemented as recommended. Secondary erythrocytosis develops to improve tissue oxygenation in the setting of chronic hypoxemia; however, this could be limited by the development of hyperviscosity. [117]
Phlebotomy is a valid option in adult patients with symptomatic hyperviscosity, but so far this has not been studied in patients with OHS. [118] Few papers shed light on the role of activated rennin-angiotensin system and the development of secondary erythropoiesis implicating a potential benefit of blocking the system with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor blockers leading to better management of polycythemia in these patients. [119],[120]
In summary, obesity is a major public health problem all over the world and has detrimental effects on the economics of health- care systems at different levels. The best tool in managing this problem would be in targeting school children and preventing its evolution. However, when complications arise, there should be a high index of suspicion and pre- planned diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Currently, the best available options for treating OHS patients are weight reduction and positive airway pressure ventilation.
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Pope Names Auxiliary Bishop Seitz Head Diocese Of El Paso, Texas
WASHINGTON—Pope Francis has named Auxiliary Bishop Mark Seitz of Dallas, 59, as bishop of El Paso, Texas.
The appointment was publicized in Washington, May 6, by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
He succeeds Bishop Armando Ochoa, who was named bishop of Fresno, California, December 1, 2011.
Bishop Seitz was born in Milwaukee, January 10, 1954, and earned a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy, master of divinity and master of arts in theology degrees from the University of Dallas. He was ordained a priest for the Dallas Diocese in 1980.
He earned a master in liturgical studies degree from St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, in 1985. In 2004, Pope John Paul II named him a prelate of honor, carrying the title "monsignor."
Assignments after ordination included parochial vicar, Good Shepherd Parish, 1980-1985; adjunct professor, University of Dallas, 1985-1994; spiritual director, Hoy Trinity Seminary, 1986-1987; vice-rector, Holy Trinity Seminary, 1987-1993; pastor, St. Joseph Parish, Waxahachie, Texas, 1993-2003; and pastor, St. Rita Parish, since 2003.
Bishop Seitz was named auxiliary bishop of Dallas, March 11, 2010.
The El Paso Diocese includes 26,686 square miles. The diocese has 858,546 people, with 686,037, or 80 percent of them, Catholic.
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Friedhöfe und Grabsteine in Saint Louis City, Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis City, Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA
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Charles Schimmelpfennig
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Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Missouri, USA 13, 323 Gutweiler, Eddie (gest. 7 Jan 1888)
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William J. Gutweiler
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The Zzap Rrap Board index » C64 » Magazines (NOT Zzap)
Simon Forrester in pre-final CF issue
Sixteen Plus
Post subject: Simon Forrester in pre-final CF issue
just a general nit-pick here... apologies for being a total bod about things
Commodore Format, issue 60, page 3... simon forrester giving his intro speech entitled "STILL HERE"... seemed a little harsh with faster machines naturally taking over anyway. if mr forrester reads this...oh well, what can i say?
i sort of understand the point he was making but did sort of get the impression of a little generalisation... and what with the remaining loyal readers/c64 owners left, i remember it left the CF legacy on a slightly sour note, an influential, popular uk national magazine ... not sure how he thinks now< maybe it was just one of them momentary lapse of reasons, or didn't elaborate it well enough... or maybe it's the david brent with that realised p45 feeling coming lol.
back then (like now with more powerful consoles/pc's), most 8/16-bit owners were just gameplayers with no real interest in the programming aspects (i had some interest and a little knowledge then but couldn't figure much of it out)... most people just eventually (with all the commercial hype) upgraded to a faster computer/console and eventually i did also... me and the other remaining c64 owners that were left scattered in the latter years during the run-up to the c64's final demise in the computer hardware/software/magazine market had little to no choice of new products, we started to rely more on re-releases and bargains until the shelves became totally empty... then onto the bootsales.
right through with owning a c64, the only pirated games i owned were disk backups from my rather large legit tape collection... i bought all issues of CF which has now probably been sold on ebay since i did lose the lot (somehow)... now i own the dvd version and have just re-read the article properly again after ten years, it's it's left me a little perplexed now lol... a rather ironical c64 moment... considering the c64 has been the most successful long-running 8-bit machine ever.
but he was half-right about the world-wide-web... although the c64 proved it was cut out for it... the potential is here again and in a bigger way than i first originally thought.
welcome to silicon heaven
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CraigGrannell
With the exception of Zzap! staff that worked on CF (Steve, Gordon), I don't think any ex-CF staff have ever been here, so I doubt Simon F will read your post. I don't think I ever read that editorial either, so maybe you should reproduce it here along with your reaction to it.
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lol i ain't fussed about it really...it was the final uk c64 magazine to go under (probably the final 8-bit mag) and reading again now it all seemed to end a little sourly... i understand though to a point with the c64's total demise, but i suppose it's techonogical progress which dictates.
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Most of what he says is fair enough, but two points were kind of interesting:
1. He says the next issue will be one to remember—wasn't that the issue CF was cancelled? (And it certainly wasn't one to remember—at least not for the right reasons—because it was a piss-poor final issue.)
2. He complains about not enough people supporting shareware, but I seem to remember the mag put some of Jon Wells' stuff (complete games) on the cover tape without his permission. *cough*hypocrite*cough*
*waves hands in the air*
I used to write on Commodore Format as well.
Yes, you could read that editorial as meaning "we're here to stay" or "well, that's it, game over".
From my point of view, no freelance budget for issue 60/61 meant I had no work.
Someone I know bumped into Mr Forrester at a computer show just before issue 59 (I think), and Simon apparently said "Oh, it's around for a long while yet". And then it closed.
(If you look closely, there's no subscription page/offer after issue 48...)
Professor Brian Strain wrote:
I actually spoke to the Future subs dept around issue #50 time about this. It was essentially running on an issue-to-issue basis and the only way to get hold of the mag was to get your newsagent to directly order it for you. So that's pretty much what I had to do with one shop near me.
It seems Future only made a certain number and then shipped out the ones they definitely had orders for. Naturally the number they made was based on the number of definite orders they had for it. Which is why some of the very late issues are VERY hard to track down (especially #59 and #60).
Another visitor... stay awhile... stay forever!
That'd never happen these days—even mags on "kill or cure" still have subs pages in their final issues (many of which don't actually say it's the final issue, of course).
it's just amazing that after ten years has passed how things seem somewhat clearer and different, from a teen to adult view... zzap/commodore force final official issue 106 had no final farewell, just kept us dangling on a piece of string for eight years instead lol... but the promise has been eventually kept including the favourite game of all time megatape (revised to a top-5 instead).
i can move on finally... or i would do but i'm now wondering whether there ever will be a most definite final issue...with gordy at the helm and more fanzine based especially it could go on for eons (and no bad thing)
welcome to silicon heaven...or hell
Interesting development... just exchanged e-mails with Hairy... I mean, Simon Forrester. He's going to sit down and write about what was happening back then and I have permission to share it with you guys.
Should make interesting reading.
Looking forward to reading that Andrew
nice one.. although i somewhat feel like the small fish swimming around and flapping my fins about in a big(gish) pond right now, i am really looking forward to reading all about it
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:57 pm
Location: 30 Monmouth Street, Bath
I'll be really interested to hear what Simon's got to say on the final months of Commodore Format.
I came to the C64 very late and now - as a 27 year old man - totally appreciate what Zzap! did for the machine, and how great it clearly was. I'm really jealous of those who enjoyed it at the time!
But I got a C64 in early 1990s, when Zzap! was on the wane, and in the month CF came out. So I bought every issue of it. And I loved it to bits. It's funny reading all the politics and stuff behind both it and other magazines years later - as a pre-teen, and then teenager, all I cared about was it keeping me up to date.
It was sad how CF got spun out but I - like the other 5,000 who appeared to stick around, if you read the contents page of the last issue! - would love to hear more about its final months/days.
fgasking
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:00 am
Ken's Fishy Friend
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but did Simon get back to you Andy?
I hated the last issue... considering that YC had a special fairwell issue with extra pages, CF could have done something. There were numerous ideas to drop the tape, make all the pages b/w and increase back up to around 60 or so pages to keep it all going... but I guess they'd never have done that
Hunting the C64 games that werent!
http://www.gtw64.co.uk
Still waiting to hear from Simon... if I get time I'll drop him an e-mail and remind him...
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http://blog.myspace.com/merman1974
http://members.lycos.co.uk/merman64
Go on Prof...I'd love to hear the story!
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KU women’s basketball falls to TCU on the road
By Staff report
After an undefeated run through the nonconference slate, the Kansas women’s basketball team remains winless in Big 12 play.
The Jayhawks trailed for over 35 minutes of their 73-59 road defeat at TCU on Sunday afternoon in Ed & Rae Schollmaier Arena. Kansas, which began the season with an 11-0 clip, has now lost three games in a row. The Jayhawks are now 11-3 on the year, including 0-3 against Big 12 foes.
TCU (11-3, 2-1 Big 12) jumped out to an 18-16 lead in the first quarter and outscored the opposition in three of the four periods. KU’s only quarter advantage came in the third, when the team had a 16-14 edge in that frame.
It was also another poor showing by KU in the fourth quarter, which has been a trend during league play. TCU doubled up Kansas in the final period, holding a 22-11 advantage to finish off the double-digit win. It marks the third consecutive game that the Jayhawks have been outscored in the fourth period, including the second straight contest by double digits.
Through three games in the league slate, Kansas has scored half as many points as its opponents when the game is being decided. The Jayhawks have allowed 60 total points in the fourth quarter in three conference outings, while scoring a combined 30 points on the offensive end.
Box score: TCU 73, KU wbb 59
The Horned Frogs were led by a tandem of Kianna Ray and Lauren Heard, as the duo combined for 45 points in the win. Ray scored 26 points, while Heard finished with 19 points to help TCU bounce back after a loss to Texas Tech.
Four KU players scored in double figures in a losing effort. Sophomore guard Brooklyn Mitchell and freshman guard Holly Kersgieter each had 16 points. Mitchell went 7-for-11 from the floor in 21 minutes of action, while Kersgieter was 5-of-13 in 30 minutes.
Sophomore guard Aniya Thomas went 6-for-17 to add 14 points for the Jayhawks. Freshman guard Zakiyah Franklin was 5-of-12 in her 11-point performance.
Kansas will host No. 6 Baylor at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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David Kelley-Wood 1 week, 2 days ago
Being without Tina Stephens for the last two games hasn't exactly helped matters, but still - shrug. Supposedly, Coach Schneider said he hoped she'd be good to go for the Baylor game. But, why bother? Might as well save her for one we have a chance of winning.
Caleb Loong 1 week, 1 day ago
Makes me wonder why we got rid of Bonnie Henrickson in the first place. If I remembered right she actually had a winning record at KU.
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1 Chelsea are eyeing a January swoop for Marseille defender Nicolas N’Koulou, according to reports in France.Jose Mourinho is on the lookout for a centre-half after his back-four have looked shaky in the opening stages of the season.L’Equipe are claiming Chelsea will make a bid for the Cameroonian international during the mid-season transfer window and are hoping to secure him in a cut-price deal as his current contract is due to expire next summer.Marseille will demand a fee of around £7.2m from the Blues and are prepared to do a deal with the Premier League champions rather than selling N’Koulou to one of their Ligue 1 rivals. Marseille defender Nicolas N’Koulou read more
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Slaven Bilic: ‘Brilliant’ Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho ‘is the best manager around’
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Ranieri rues Mahrez missed penalty as Leicester fail to win at Aston Villa
Claudio Ranieri was disappointed after Leicester drew with Aston Villa and blew their chance to go further clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League.The Foxes lead the table by a point following Saturday’s 1-1 draw in Birmingham, where Shinji Okazaki’s fifth goal of the season put the visitors ahead.Mark Bunn kept Villa within touching distance by saving Riyad Mahrez’s first-half penalty, allowing Rudy Gestede to cash in with 15 minutes left.The substitute’s deflected effort beat Kasper Schmeichel and left Ranieri frustrated after missing the chance to move three points clear.“Yes, we lost two points,” he said. “We started very well and scored a goal but after the missed penalty the Aston Villa players took a new energy. If we score a second goal, we close the match.“We are very sad but also I say to the players ‘if we make the performance the result is not important’. The performance was good because we played well in the first half. “It’s one point, it’s okay, it’s a derby – but we are disappointed.”Things could have been so different had Mahrez not missed a second successive penalty, but Ranieri refused to say whether the winger would lose spot-kick duties.“Now is not important if I change the penalty man,” the Italian said. “I’ll speak with him and then I’ll choose.“From the bench it was difficult to see if it was handball but if it’s a penalty it’s a red card.” 1 Riyad Mahrez missed a penalty read more
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Strong detective work leads to five arrests in Malibu fire
Precut fire logs and discarded food wrappers were among clues that led to the arrest Thursday of five men who arson investigators believe started last month’s devastating Malibu wildfire. Sheriff Lee Baca said a winding investigation took detectives to as far as the Oregon border, to a grocery store and to debit card records. The result: tracking down the Los Angeles area men who authorities believe set an illegal campfire at the cave where the wildfire started. “As adults we have always taught our children to be aware of the perils of fire,” Baca said during a news conference. “In this case adults and fire and carelessness … are things that led to this crime.” County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said campfires in the area were prohibited. Baca said each felony charge could carried two to four years of prison time if convicted. Attempts to find phone listings for the men were unsuccessful. Baca said investigators went through security tape and receipts at a local Ralphs market, eventually learning the identity of those believed to be responsible by checking a debit card number. Investigators then traveled up to Shasta County near the Oregon border to speak to witnesses. No one from that county was charged, officials said. Whitmore said arson investigators found several pieces of evidence that indicated revelers had triggered the blaze by setting a campfire at a popular party spot by a cave in Corral Canyon, which abuts Malibu Creek State Park. The graffiti-covered cave is located off a service road overlooking the rolling hills of Malibu that lead down into the Pacific Ocean. Arson detective Irma Gonzales said a group of 12 people had been partying at the cave. She did not comment on how the blaze spread from the campfire, but said the group did not try to fight it, nor did they try to warn residents as they fled from the flames. “They just drove off,” Gonzales said. The Nov. 24 fire took firefighters several days to contain, destroyed over 50 homes, 35 other structures and burned over 4,900 acres in the Corral Canyon area, officials said. The total cost of the fire was estimated at $100 million, and six firefighters were injured. —- Associated Press Writers Robert Jablon and Christopher Weber contributed to this report.160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! “It is illegal to set fires in the cave above Corral Canyon under any circumstances. Whether there’s a Santa Ana wind condition or not, it’s illegal,” said Yaroslavsky. “It is reckless, on top of the illegality, to set a fire anywhere in the mountains when there is a Santa Ana wind condition as there was the night this fire broke out.” Baca identified the men as Brian Allen Anderson, 22; William Thomas Coppock, 23; Brian David Franks, 27; Eric Matthew Ullman, 18; and 19-year-old Dean Allen Lavorante. All five were in custody Thursday evening, Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said. It was unclear whether they had retained lawyers. The suspects were each charged with two felony counts of recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury and recklessly causing fire to inhabited structures, according to a statement from the district attorney’s office. They were scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Van Nuys Superior Court. Bails range from $240,000 to $265,000. read more
`Botnets’ threaten online shopper security
Launched Jan. 19, it infected 1million to 3million computers at its peak, and appears to be based in Eastern Europe, with probable ties to people in the United States, Runald said. George Halo doesn’t need any warning about online safety issues. He avoids sharing personal information over the Internet and doesn’t shop online. “I just don’t trust it yet,” said Halo, 26, of Northridge, while spending his cash recently at the Westfield Topanga mall. “Plus, I don’t want to give my credit card information out.” His fears aren’t unfounded. The FBI announced Wednesday that it is looking for four men involved in a “phishing scheme” that resulted in the loss of $400,000 from various brokerage accounts. In such scams, cyber criminals pose as a company, often a financial institution, and create legitimate-looking but fraudulent e-mails and Web pages to get people to type in their user names and passwords. Then there’s the recent announcement that John Schiefer, 26, of Los Angeles, a well-known figure in the botnet underground, is expected to plead guilty to four felony counts related to cyber crimes using botnets. “He’s the biggest fear,” said Mark C. Krause, a Los Angeles-based assistant U.S. attorney in the cyber crime and intellectual property section. Schiefer, a computer security consultant hired to make sure company networks were safe, is accused of using hundreds of thousands of computers to engage in various botnet schemes including wiretapping, identity theft and defrauding banks. In one of the most serious breaches, officials said, Schiefer was able to create a malicious code that accessed user names and passwords stored in Microsoft’s Pstore, an encrypted, secured storage area that protects, among other things, user names and passwords for online accounts. Schiefer and his cohorts used the information to access accounts to PayPal and other online services to make purchases or transfer funds out of people’s bank accounts, Krause said. “He’s getting access to some of the stuff that you think is the most protected,” he said. The first person ever charged under the federal wiretap statute for conduct related to botnets, Krause said, Schiefer was also accused of illegally installing adware on about 150,000 computers. He accepted payment from a Dutch advertiser who hired him as a consultant to install adware on computers with owners’ consent – which he never had. “In this case, a variety of things he did were certainly things that we had been fearing a long time,” Krause said. Schiefer could spend 60 years in federal prison and face a $1.75million fine. His case came to light during the FBI’s Operation Bot Roast II investigation, which so far has resulted in indictments, guilty pleas or sentencing of eight people, FBI officials said. Bryan Duchene, an FBI supervisory special agent, said the latest cases highlight the need for people to use firewalls, anti-virus software that is up to date, strong passwords and other basic safeguards to protect themselves from cyber thieves. Not doing so is “like going on vacation and leaving your door unlocked,” Duchene said. “Your door is shut but anybody can still walk in.” People also have to use extreme caution when opening e-mails, even those that might look like they came from their bank, Duchene said. “Fraudsters will have pages identical to what your bank looks like,” he said. “No major bank is going to say: We’ve lost your password or we’re resetting it, please send us a new one. That just doesn’t happen.” Linda Little, 59, of Woodland Hills said she’s a thorough shopper who uses the Internet to read consumer reports and compare prices. She applies that same diligence to making sure her computers are protected. “My PCs all have the latest software,” she said. “I check my firewall. I check my updates.” rick.coca@dailynews.com 818-713-3329160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! By now, shoppers surely know about the risks of typing in their personal information when they buy anything online. But with an estimated 105million Americans shopping via computer this holiday season, the FBI and other experts now are warning consumers about “botnets” – an army of zombie computers used to commit identity theft, spamming, bank fraud and other cyber crimes. The news comes as malicious software attacks, commonly called malware, have jumped dramatically this year, with 250,000 identified so far – the entire total for the previous two decades combined, according to a recent report released by F-Secure, an online-security company. And it comes as about 60percent of Americans plan to do less online shopping this holiday season than last year because they don’t feel as secure, according to a Harris Interactive survey conducted for Microsoft. AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MOREWhicker: Clemson demonstrates that it’s tough to knock out the champPatrik Runald, a security response manager with F-Secure, said that with 700 new malware identified each day, there’s reason for concern. “We basically had 20 years of malware in one year,” Runald said. “They’re not all botnets, obviously, but a lot are.” Online criminals worldwide create botnet armies by surreptitiously installing malware on personal computers through e-mail attachments, images, links or what the Federal Trade Commission calls “drive-by-downloads,” which can include malicious software installed while you’re on the Web. Victims often have no clue their computers have been infected and are being used to commit crimes – sometimes against the user, sometimes against others. The “Storm” botnet, which got its name by initially sending out e-mails based on real news events in its subject box – “230 dead as storm batters Europe,” for example – has been very successful, Runald said, calling it “probably the biggest and most brilliant botnet ever.” read more
Dedeaux’s Trojans reigned in baseball
Dedeaux was a three-year letterman and starting shortstop at USC from 1933-35 and appeared in two games at shortstop for the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers, going 1 for 4 with an RBI. Dedeaux also spearheaded the development of amateur baseball nationally and internationally. He was instrumental in bringing baseball to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles as a demonstration sport and coached the silver medal-winning U.S. team. He also coached the U.S. amateur team that played in Tokyo in conjunction with the 1964 Olympics. “Rod not only was college baseball’s greatest coach, he was the sport’s and USC’s greatest ambassador,” said current USC baseball coach Mike Gillespie, an outfielder on Dedeaux’s 1961 national championship squad, in the release. “… All of us in the USC baseball program mourn his loss and send our heartfelt feelings and prayers to the Dedeaux family.” Away from baseball, Dedeaux served as president of Dart Transportation, Inc., a trucking firm that specializes in worldwide distribution. He founded the company in the 1930s. Dedeaux is survived by his wife, Helen, sons Justin and Terry and daughters Michele and Denise, and nine grandchildren, including current USC freshman first baseman/outfielder Adam Dedeaux. Funeral services for Dedeaux have not been announced. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Rod Dedeaux Foundation, which promotes amateur athletics, at 1430 So. Eastman Ave., Los Angeles 90023. At the same time UCLA’s basketball team and USC’s football team were dominating their respective sports in the 1960’s and 1970’s, one could make the argument the greatest Los Angeles dynasty of them all was operating quietly and efficiently far beyond those glaring lights. The USC baseball team under Rod Dedeaux was every bit as dominating as Wooden’s basketball teams and McKay’s football teams, winning a record 11 NCAA championships and turning out a who’s who list of major-league stars. Dedeaux died Thursday in Glendale at the age of 91 from complications of a stroke that he had Dec. 2. “A giant has passed away,” said USC athletic director Mike Garrett in a school press release. Garrett was an outfielder for Dedeaux in 1965. “This is a tremendous loss to USC and the entire baseball community. It leaves a huge void in all of baseball.” Nearly 60 USC players under Dedeaux went on to big-league careers, including Mark McGwire, Randy Johnson, Tom Seaver, Dave Kingman, Fred Lynn and Roy Smalley. Dedeaux had a record of 1,332-571-11 the most wins in Division I history until Cliff Gustafson of Texas surpassed him in 1994 and had winning seasons in 41 of his 45 years with the Trojans. Under Dedeaux USC once went 37 years without a losing season. The Trojans’ national championships included five in a row from 1970-74. Dedeaux was named Coach of the Year six times by the American Baseball Coaches Association and was inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame in 1970. Dedeaux was a three-year letterman and starting shortstop at USC from 1933-35 and appeared in two games at shortstop for the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers, going 1 for 4 with an RBI. Dedeaux also spearheaded the development of amateur baseball nationally and internationally. He was instrumental in bringing baseball to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles as a demonstration sport and coached the silver medal-winning U.S. team. He also coached the U.S. amateur team that played in Tokyo in conjunction with the 1964 Olympics. “Rod not only was college baseball’s greatest coach, he was the sport’s and USC’s greatest ambassador,” said current USC baseball coach Mike Gillespie, an outfielder on Dedeaux’s 1961 national championship squad, in the release. “… All of us in the USC baseball program mourn his loss and send our heartfelt feelings and prayers to the Dedeaux family.” Away from baseball, Dedeaux served as president of Dart Transportation, Inc., a trucking firm that specializes in worldwide distribution. He founded the company in the 1930s. Dedeaux is survived by his wife, Helen, sons Justin and Terry and daughters Michele and Denise, and nine grandchildren, including current USC freshman first baseman/outfielder Adam Dedeaux. Funeral services for Dedeaux have not been announced. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Rod Dedeaux Foundation, which promotes amateur athletics, at 1430 So. Eastman Ave., Los Angeles 90023. 160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MORECoach Doc Rivers a “fan” from way back of Jazz’s Jordan Clarkson Nearly 60 USC players under Dedeaux went on to big-league careers, including Mark McGwire, Randy Johnson, Tom Seaver, Dave Kingman, Fred Lynn and Roy Smalley. Dedeaux had a record of 1,332-571-11 the most wins in Division I history until Cliff Gustafson of Texas surpassed him in 1994 and had winning seasons in 41 of his 45 years with the Trojans. Under Dedeaux USC once went 37 years without a losing season. The Trojans’ national championships included five in a row from 1970-74. Dedeaux was named Coach of the Year six times by the American Baseball Coaches Association and was inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame in 1970. At the same time UCLA’s basketball team and USC’s football team were dominating their respective sports in the 1960’s and 1970’s, one could make the argument the greatest Los Angeles dynasty of them all was operating quietly and efficiently far beyond those glaring lights. The USC baseball team under Rod Dedeaux was every bit as dominating as Wooden’s basketball teams and McKay’s football teams, winning a record 11 NCAA championships and turning out a who’s who list of major-league stars. Dedeaux died Thursday in Glendale at the age of 91 from complications of a stroke that he had Dec. 2. “A giant has passed away,” said USC athletic director Mike Garrett in a school press release. Garrett was an outfielder for Dedeaux in 1965. “This is a tremendous loss to USC and the entire baseball community. It leaves a huge void in all of baseball.” read more
Castle Grove prepares for its Wedding Fayre
As we prepare for hosting our annual Wedding Fayre at Castle Grove Country House, we decided to feature this week’s column on some helpful factors to consider when choosing a wedding venue.Selecting a wedding venue is one of the first (and biggest) decisions you’ll make as an engaged couple — it will influence your vendors, budget, décor, and even attire Some valuable things to consider are:1. Decide how many guests will be at your wedding, as most wedding venues suit a certain number of guests best. Also, ask if your venue charges for a minimum of guest or plates (industry term) and if so aim low in your numbers, as it easier to add numbers than deduct and pay a charge.2. Decide your budget – what you are willing to pay for your venue. Do your homework and know the going rates. Most wedding experts recommend approx. 50% of total wedding budget going to venue.3. Contracts- Read the wedding contracts before signing. Couples often sign the contract to lock in the date and do not read the contract to fully understand all that is included in the venue’s wedding contract. 4. Theme – Are you having a wedding theme – if so choose a venue that will complement the theme, whether it is an overall event theme like Hollywood Glamour or Country Chic to a simple color theme.5. Ambience – The venue becomes a third character of the day, and what kind of ambience and service with the venue is important. Choose a place that fits your personality, a place that feels like coming home for the bride and groom and makes the guests feel a connection.6. Food – Decide what is most important to you in your venue budget allocation, arrival reception, main meal or evening supper. Discuss this with your venue and work with them to get best value for your budget. Is it important that food is cooked to order? If so, check that this is a feature of your venue. Have a tasting meal once final menu is selected, so that you are happy with choices.7. Food Trends – Fun food trends can make arrival receptions or evening suppers more fun and memorable, for example on arrival serve canapes on theme if you have a theme.Evening supper trends we have noted: a cheese stack in the form of a cake, bacon butties, mini burgers and mini fish and chips, essentially all fun and mini takes on comfort food which also help absorb any alcohol.Dessert Stations are a cute emerging trend also. Again, a station of mini favorites so that your guest can pick and match and nibble as the evening progresses.8. Use the venue to tell your love story – so choose a venue that you can create personalized moments throughout the day and share your love story with your guests, making it a day to cherish for all.9. Next Day Brunch – Choose a venue that will be perfect for a next day brunch – this is always a great time to relive the fabulous memories of the day before and spend time with guest that have travelled, now the pressure is off, have a few mimosas and kick back. Ask your venue to quote a price for a brunch when booking wedding to negotiate best price. 10. Lastly an insiders tip! check the venue’s real wedding gallery photos – you can get some great inspirational tips for décor and ask the wedding planner for some of the things they have liked at previous weddings.We hope these tips are valuable and we look forward to meeting you at our Wedding Fayre on Sunday, March 19th from 2pm-5pm at our wedding Fayre.Castle Grove prepares for its Wedding Fayre was last modified: May 25th, 2017 by Castle GroveShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Tags:castle Grove country housewedding fayre read more
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I missed the Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday because I was busy driving two of my nephews (ages 9 and 11) from their home in Los Angeles to my mom’s house in the SF Bay Area. I love my nephews more than words can say but spending 7 hours in a car with them is not something I really want to do again. Who knew that doing word search puzzles could be a competitive thing?? 🙂
Anyway, I did catch some of the race action from SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s coverage with MRN, but the boys were more interested in hearing music from Drake and, amazingly enough, Katy Perry’s song “California Gurls.”
In between pop music stints I did learn that Kevin Harvick won and that Dale Earnhardt Jr. dropped a couple curse words while being interviewed by ESPN’s Marty Smith.
So this post is going to be super duper photo heavy. Enjoy! 🙂
Delana Harvick takes a photo of her husband, Kevin Harvick (29), after he wins the Carfax 400 race at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI.
Don’t you just want to eat him up? So adorable! I’m talking about the baby, not Tony. 🙂
Tony Stewart, driver of the Office Depot / Old Spice Chevrolet talks with Gavin Grubb, son of Stewart’s crew chief Darian Grubb,during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series CARFAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 15, 2010 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Jack’s back!
Jack Roush during the Carfax 400 race at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI.
Martin Truex Jr. (L), driver of the NAPA Toyota, and Sherry Pollex, stand on the grid during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series CARFAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 15, 2010 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Clint Bowyer, driver of the Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet and guest stand on the grid for the National Anthem during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series CARFAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 15, 2010 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Jamie McMurray, driver of the Philips Norelco Chevrolet, talks with his wife Christy grid during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series CARFAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 15, 2010 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Greg Biffle, driver of the 3M Ford, stands on the grid with his wife Nicole for the playing of the National Anthem during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series CARFAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 15, 2010 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Nationwide driver Brad Keselowski celebrates with his mother after winning the Car Fax 250 at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.
Joey Logano (20) and girlfriend, Sabrina Simpson, before the start of the Carfax 250 race at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI.
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It’s a home run for old ‘Negro League’ stadium
Hamtramck’s old baseball stadium has seen better days, but now that it’s been designated as a historical place, there could be funding sources the city can tap into to upgrade the park.
By Alan Madeleine
Hamtramck just got a little bit more Historic.
Or at least, a little more recognized for being so.
That’s because Hamtramck Stadium just made its way onto the National Register of Historic Places. All thanks to the efforts of a few caring local folk.
Resident Rebecca Binno Savage, as Historic Preservation Lead, was one of the point people on the project, along with Gary Gillette, Ian Perrotta, Councilmember Cathie Gordon, Fire Chief Paul Wilk, former City Manager Bill Cooper, historian Greg Kowalski, Tom Habitz, and Mayor Karen Majewski.
Binno Savage said that the whole process actually got rolling before she was involved. Perrotta, a former Review writer who still contributes articles and proofreading to this paper, supplied a bit of the early timeline.
“The impetus for the whole project was actually an article that appeared in The Review,” he remembers. “It went along the lines of, ‘Should the city build it (the stadium) back up, or tear it down?’.
That original article, along with a number of others, appears on the website www.hamtramckstadium.org, and was in response to the city’s in-process Master Plan discussions of early 2010.
“We were contacted by Scott Collins (a plan commission member), who had heard the city’s debate about possibly tearing the structure down.
“He said that the stadium was still in pretty good shape, that it wouldn’t take much to fix it back up,” Perrotta continued.
“After another article or two, Gary Gillette (a Detroiter who once wrote for ESPN Insider) contacted the paper. He was the one who knew the history of how the Negro Leagues had played there.”
Gillette quickly became a champion of the project, coming to a council meeting armed with facts, maps and the like.
What was needed was to prove that the grandstands were original, which – if it were the case – would make the stadium one of only five remaining where the Negro Leagues had actually played.
A Grandstands Committee was formed, and somewhere along the way Binno Savage came aboard. Employed at a Detroit-based design firm, she knew some specifics about the Historical Places designation procedure, such as the need for the historical significance to be elaborated upon, and for the site to be accurately physically described, including photos.
“That’s where the little bit of expenses came into play,” Binno Savage said. “I’d say about $200 was spent taking the photographs, FedExing materials to Washington D. C., and so on.”
The potentials that could be realized by having the stadium bestowed with the important federal designation were enormous. These included the ability to then apply for federal and other monies, to help offset or even cover renovation costs; the appeal to innumerable baseball and black history buffs, and the resultant cultural tourism benefits; and even the possibility of the stadium being made available for what was then a burgeoning film industry.
The 21-page federal form, which goes is processed through the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior, was finally submitted about six weeks ago.
“The overall process was fairly lengthy, but that’s because we were doing this on a volunteer basis, and everyone had the other parts of their lives to deal with,” said Perrotta. According to Binno Savage, Perrotta helped raise the funds by organizing soup fundraiser events. The Hamtramck Community Initiative pitched in with this process.
Six weeks had passed. Binno Savage made a phone call on Monday, inquiring about the application package’s status.
A day later, the word came back via a return call from the government, and it was as glorious a sound as the crack of the bat on the playing field:
Hamtramck Stadium was a winner.
Now, the little grandstand, so soaked in its legendary baseball history, is set up for a different sort of fun.
6 Responses to It’s a home run for old ‘Negro League’ stadium
You may think of contacting the Detroit MSBL (actual baseball leauge) to play there and generate revenue. I know a majority of their games are now being played at Manns field on Connor in Detroit…
Thomas English
Dear Alan Madeline,
Negro Baseball is back!
And I would like to host A Great American Effort to Bring Back Negro Baseball at the Hamtramck Negro Baseball Stadium, called ” The Big Experiment II Project ” that will feature my ” New Negro RNBI Baseball Games, Tournaments,
World Series and more. I have been talking to Mr. Ike Blessitt (former Detroit Tiger) and Hamtramck resident about a Rebuilding The Stadium project, called
” IF WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME “.
If you would please respond to this email, or call 713 269-3987
IT’S GREAT TO KNOW THERE IS A PLACE WHERE I PLAYED BALL IN MY TEENS WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOME OF THE GREATS WHO PLAYED THERE. IT’S AN HONOR TO HAVE BEEN ON THE SAME FIELD. C YOUNG HAMTRAMCK HIGH 74
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Rosilyn Stearnes-Brown
My father, Turkey Stearnes, played at the stadium during his Negro league baseball career along with Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Double Duty & a host of other players. Check them out on the internet under “Negro
league ball players”‘
ceasar wesley Jackson
I use to play ball at the hamtramck stadium back in 1959 in the peawee major league pitch for stLouis cardinals won championship my name Ceasar Jackson
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Peri-operative management
Standard techniques of monitoring (arterial line, central venous access, Foley catheter...) are used in patients undergoing a combined mitral valve reconstruction and coronary bypass grafting. A Swan-Ganz catheter should be inserted in every patient. Initially a transesophageal echocardiogram should be performed. It is a key element to determine the functional type of mitral regurgitation and to assess left ventricular size and function. At the completion of cardiopulmonary bypass, it allows the surgeons to assess the quality of valve reconstruction, to detect residual air in left side cavities, and to monitor ventricular filling. An epiaortic scan of the ascending aorta is recommended to rule out the presence of atherosclerotic lesion prior to arterial cannulation.
Surgical approaches, cardio pulmonary bypass, and myocardial protection
Median sternotomy is the surgical approach of choice in patients undergoing combined mitral valve reconstruction and myocardial revascularization. In reoperative setting ( e.g. mitral valve surgery after previous coronary artery bypass grafting), a right thoracotomy approach is a viable alternative. Femoral vessels exposure is recommended if severe mediastinal adhesions are suspected (recent reoperation, multiple previous sternotomies, mediastinitis, and mediastinal radiation) and in patients with patent left internal mammary graft. Mitral valve surgery is classically performed with cannulation of both vena cava and the aorta, intermittent antegrade or a combined antegrade and retrograde cardioplegic arrest with cold blood high potassium cardioplegia for myocardial protection. Further myocardial protection can be obtained by moderate systemic hypothermia between 28-30oC and local hypothermia with topical ice.
Exposure of the mitral valve and valve analysis
Following completion of coronary bypass grafting, the perfect exposition of the mitral valve is essential before undertaking any type of mitral valve surgery. The most commonly used approach is the interatrial approach through the Sondergaard's groove.
The valvular apparatus is inspected and then examined with a nerve hook in order to assess tissue pliability and to identify the functional type of mitral regurgitation. The anterior paracommissural scallop of the posterior leaflet (P1) constitutes the reference point. Applying traction to the free edge of other valvular segments and comparing them to P1 determines the extent of leaflet prolapse in patients with papillary muscle rupture. This technique is, however, not very reliable to assess the severity of leaflet tethering in the arrested heart. The presence and severity of annular dilatation/deformation is also evaluated. In postero-lateral myocardial infarction, this dilatation is asymmetrical, involving mostly the p2, p3 and posterior commissural area. In antero-septal infarction, the annulus is symmetrically dilated.
Mitral valve reconstructive Surgery
Type I mitral regurgitation
Type I mitral regurgitation is best treated with a remodeling annuloplasty. The ring is downsized by one size.
Type II mitral regurgitation
Mitral valve replacement with the preservation of the subvalvular apparatus is the surgical treatment of choice in patients with complete rupture of a papillary muscle.
Papillary muscle reimplantation can be attempted in selected patients, provided that necrosis of the supporting myocardial wall is limited and in the absence of akinetic or dyskinetic wall. The non-prolapsed area of the valve serves as a reference point to determine the site and level of implantation of the papillary muscle remnant. At this site a 5mm deep trench is created in the muscular wall. The papillary muscle remnant is trimmed in order to preserve only the fibrous cuff. The papillary muscle remnant is buried in the trench using interrupted 4/0 polypropylene sutures. The trench is then closed around the papillary muscle remnant using a figure of eight suture. The procedure should be completed with a remodeling annuloplasty.
Elongated papillary muscle can be treated by its plication or resection of its extra length followed by reconstitution of the continuity of the remaining segments. The procedure is completed with a slightly downsized ring annuloplasty to reduce the tension on the reconstructed valve. If the papillary muscle is too thin and the anatomic conditions are not favorable, mitral valve replacement should be preferred.
Type IIIb mitral regurgitation
Remodeling annuloplasty using a downsized ring is the technique of choice in type IIIb dysfunction. The goals of valve reconstruction are: preserving leaflet mobility, restoring a large surface of coaptation by reducing the septo-lateral dimension, and stabilizing the annulus to ensure long-term stability.
From Carpentier A, Adams DH, Filsoufi F. Carpentier's Reconstructive Valve Surgery. Saunders (Elsevier), 2010
The prosthetic ring should be downsized by one size or two sizes depending on the severity of leaflet tethering. The use of double-row annuloplasty suture technique is recommended to reduce the risk of ring dehiscence.
Additional procedure such as the resection of a large aneurysm or dyskinetic plaque may be necessary to enhance the results of valve reconstruction.
During the last decade, adjunct techniques including the closure of the indentation between p2-p3 segments, resection of secondary chordae, patch extension of the posterior leaflet and papillary muscle sling have been described to minimize the risk of residual or recurrent mitral regurgitation. Clinical experience with these procedures remains limited and there are no long-term data available.
Finally, it is important to stress that in selected patients particularly those with severe bileaflet tethering and enlarged left ventricle with an end diastolic diameter greater than 65 mm, mitral valve replacement with a bioprosthesis may be the surgical procedure of choice.
The results of the operative procedure depends on the acuity of the presentation, the functional type of mitral regurgitation and valvular lesions, and the ventricular function.
Operative mortality in patients with type II dysfunction and papillary muscle rupture who require an emergent operation has traditionally been high. During the last two decades, significant advances in the perioperative management of these patients have significantly contributed in reducing the operative mortality to 10-15%. Concomitant coronary revascularization at the time of mitral valve surgery has also been identified as a key factor in improving long-term outcomes. Major postoperative complications such as respiratory failure, stroke or renal failure requiring dialysis occur in about 20 % of patients. Late results including long-term survival (about 70% at 7 years) and quality of life are good among these patients. This is mainly explained by the fact that the size of the myocardial infarction is often limited and the overall left ventricular function is preserved at the time of initial presentation.
Operative mortality in patients with type IIIb chronic mitral regurgitation undergoing a combined mitral valve reconstruction and coronary bypass grafting is less than 4 % in experienced centers. The surgical outcomes for this group of patients have also dramatically improved during the last two decades.
Advanced age, extensive coronary artery disease, prior myocardial infarction and severely depressed left ventricular function are predictors of early mortality. Respiratory failure and stroke are the most serious postoperative complications among these patients affecting long term survival. Several clinical studios have reported a 5-year survival of 60 to 70 % in these patients. Left ventricular size and function are among the strongest predictors of long term outcome. The addition of left ventricular aneurysmectomy to the procedure also affects negatively long-term survival.
In patients with type IIIb dysfunction, the persistence of mitral regurgitation following an annuloplasty has been incriminated as a risk factor compromising late results. Several studies have shown that the type of annuloplasty plays a key role in the incidence of this complication. The rate of residual mitral regurgitation is significantly higher after annuloplasty using flexible bands or rings than after the implantation of a remodeling ring. Another possible explanation for residual mitral regurgitation is inadequate downsizing. The anteroposterior dimension of the annulus must be aggressively reduced to bring the tethered posterior leaflet close enough to the anterior leaflet to allow adequate coaptation. Other possible mechanisms for residual regurgitation include unsuspected mild prolapse and enlarged posterior leaflet indentations in patients with severe leaflet tethering. The significant impact of even mild degrees of residual mitral regurgitation on survival should challenge surgeons to make every effort to minimize the incidence of this complication following mitral annuloplasty.
The recurrence of mitral regurgitation has also been identified as a risk factor impacting long term outcome. This is mostly due to the continuous process of ventricular dilatation which produces severe leaflet tethering and subsequently recurrent mitral regurgitation. Several echocardiographic variables such as depth of coaptation, tenting height, tethering area, and posterior leaflet angle have been used to predict long-term durability of valve repair. In patients at risk (coaptation depth greater than 11mm, tethering area greater than 22mm2, posterior leaflet angle greater than 45 degrees), some have advocated the use of adjunct techniques such as posterior leaflet extension or papillary muscle slings to minimize the risk of recurrent mitral regurgitation. In selected patients, mitral valve replacement with a bioprosthesis is an acceptable alternative.
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by TheButcher on Sat Jul 26, 2014 3:51 pm
Newsarama @ SDCC 2014:
LEGENDARY PICTURES Panel Live! Godzilla 2 Confirmed!
Lucas Siegel wrote: Moderator Jessica Chobot brought out CEO Thomas Tull to the stage, and he introduced a video message of Godzilla director Gareth Edwards "who is locked up in a galaxy far, far away."
"We get to make another one! But first I need a break from the pressure of working on a major franchise, so I'm here in San Francisco doing a little scifi film (a Star Wars one)." Yes, Edwards will be back to direct Godzilla 2, he confirmed.
Next came a bit of teaser footage showing warfare and "A secret remains hidden. There are OTHERS." A flying monster - yup, it's MOTHRA confrimed for the sequel. GHIDORAH confirmed for the sequel. "Conflict inevitable... Let. Them. Fight."
"Now we have more monsters to play with and we're excited about," Tull said, "Thank you Comic-Con, it all started here and we can't wait to show you more."
BleedingCool @ SDCC 2014:
Legendary Announces Godzilla 2, Featuring Mothra, Rhodan, Ghidorah – Gareth Edwards Returns To Direct
THR @ SDCC 2014:
Comic-Con: 'Godzilla 2' Monsters Revealed
Classic monsters Rodan, Mothra and Ghidorah are headed to the Legendary sequel.
Aaron Couch wrote: Legendary's Thomas Tull kicked off the studio's Hall H panel with a little taste of the followup to Godzilla.
After introducing a video message from director Gareth Edwards, a teaser featuring stock historical footage and a voiceover from JFK revealed that there are more threats out there. The Comic-Con crowd went wild as three creature names flashed on screen, with grainy, old school footage of the Godzilla classics flashing on screen, along with their names: Rodan, Mothra and Ghidorah.
Edwards, who is directing a Star Wars spinoff before tackling Godzilla 2, said in his prerecorded thank you to fans said needed "a break" from a big sci-fi franchize with lots of fanboy scrutiny.
"So I'm up here doing a small sci-fi movie," he joked.
Last edited by TheButcher on Sun Feb 05, 2017 6:43 am, edited 4 times in total.
Re: Godzilla 2! With Mothra, Rodan and King Ghidorah
Comic-Con Crapfest: Movies
Nikki Finke wrote: LEGENDARY:
Godzilla 2 was officially announced by Thomas Tull who then intro-ed a video message from director Gareth Edwards (also helming a Star Wars spinoff). Fanboys whooped when 3 popular monster names flashed on screen – Rodan, Mothra and Ghidorah – who are joining the franchise. Rights holder Toho Co Ltd gave Legendary the go-ahead for sequels and spinoffs.
Rights holder Toho Co Ltd gave Legendary the go-ahead for sequels and spinoffs.
by TheBaxter on Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:04 am
i can't wait to watch a bunch of humans running around, yelling, leaping, and firing guns while rodan and mothra fight each other behind a mountain in the background.
TheBaxter
Carlos Danger
Man In Suit 2! With Mothra, Rodan and King Ghidorah
by TheButcher on Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:40 pm
Legendary sets up a possible 'Avengers' style crossover for King Kong and Godzilla
Could they stop by 'Jurassic World' on their way to 'Skull Island'?
Moriarty wrote: While I wouldn't exactly call it a shock, it is a thrill to see Legendary come out strong and stake their claim on "Godzilla 2." The real treat of them going back for a second film is going to be seeing how Toho lets them play with the other toys in the toy box.
One of the things that became clear as they showed their "secret" Monarch footage today is that they have big plans for the Godzilla series. Gareth Edwards has a very dry British wit, and that was on full display when he did his taped message for the audience from San Francisco where he's supposedly supervising the rebuilding of the city. He talked about how he needed to take a break from the pressure of working on high-profile properties that fanboys will have opinions about, a lovely nod to his impending "Star Wars" adventure, and then was interrupted by Godzilla, who was on Alcatraz island, unhappy to be caged in by the military.
The introduction of the three new monsters they plan to use in the sequel was pretty great, done through shadows and suggestion, and I'm totally down for a movie with Mothra, Rodan, and Ghidorah all showing up to rumble. I laughed out loud at the final title card that just read, "Let them fight." I guarantee that whatever movie Gareth makes with these characters next time, it won't just be a repeat of the peekaboo strategy of the first film. I think Edwards is smarter than that, and there's no need to play coy with Godzilla himself.
What I'm most curious about is the other trailer they showed at the end of the Legendary panel, because it feels to me like this is another possible example of the Marvel influence at work. To their credit, Legendary kept this one completely under wraps until now, but I'm not sure I get the point of a stand-alone remake of "King Kong." True, it doesn't look like they're doing a straight remake in the traditional sense, but they revealed the big ape in all his glory at the end of a long tracking push-in through the island, over the wall, past other creatures barely glimpsed. The reaction in the room was, to say the least, confused, and it's more because no one was expecting it than as a real reaction to the idea.
When I called home after the panel to talk to Toshi and Allen, my kids, I knew they'd lose their minds over the idea of which monsters Godzilla's going to get to fight this time. And they did. Or rather, Toshi did. He likes to be the go-between, the one on the phone, conveying the conversation to Allen. To some degree, I agree. Talking to a six year old on a cell phone he's holding is like trying to shave a pilot while he's taking off from the deck of an aircraft carrier. As I listed each one, Toshi would repeat it to his brother, and they'd both give me an "OH MY GOD" or "THAT'S AWESOME." I live off their enthusiasm like I'm a vampire. It's the best thing, and the notion of seeing Rodan, Mothra, and Ghidorah totally works for them.
Then I told Toshi about the last trailer. I described some of the shots, but I didn't tell him about the reveal, and then I told him the title. "You know who lives on Skull Island, right?"
"King Kong," he replied. "That's preohhhhmygodTHATMEANSHECOULDFIGHTGODZILLA!! DADDYARETHEYGOINGTOHAVEHIMFIGHTGODZILLA!!
ALLEN!ALLEN!KINGKONGISGOINGTOFIGHTGODZILLAAAAAAA!!!!"
And then he got excited about it.
At nine, he immediately got the inherent promise of bookending the Legendary panel with those two films. I'm not pretending I have access to some secret game plan. I'm just saying that when a nine-year-old kid's first thought is that it would be amazing to see the monsters from both ends of the Comic-Con panel come together in what every studio is chasing today, a "shared universe."
When the Monarch "secret footage" played, the title cards were very direct. "There is one secret we were never told. There were others." The implication is that the various governments of the world have conspired, even at the end of a world war, to keep a secret about giant monsters that exist in more than one place.
I had a sneaking suspicion they might announce a subtitle for "Godzilla 2" and that it would be very smart to call it "Monster Island." Well, if they've got another island they can cue up as a possible destination for a third "Godzilla" movie, even better. It certainly looks like they've put themselves in the right position to have a clash of the icons for the first time since the preposterously silly 1962 film.
We'll see when they get moving on all of this, and how much appetite audiences have for giant monsters kicking the crap out of other giant monsters. I just know that in the coveted demographic of "kids who live in my house," this entire plan is a smash hit already.
by TheButcher on Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:11 pm
'Godzilla 2,' 'Skull Island' And The Risk Of Legendary's Monster Mash
Scott Mendelson wrote: Since it was at $498.7 million on Sunday following a robust $6.95m debut in Japan, Godzilla has presumably passed $500m at the worldwide box office. By most standards, the Warner Bros. (a division of Time Warner, Inc.) and Legendary Pictures release is a pretty solid hit. The Gareth Edwards film cost $160m to produce and has now earned 3.125x its budget in theatrical alone. The film earned mostly strong reviews and Mr. Edwards snagged himself a Star Wars picture off of the film’s $196m worldwide debut weekend. But by one very specific standard, one that I was watching all summer, it has fallen short. Gareth Edwards’s Godzilla sold less tickets in America than Roland Emmerich‘s Godzilla. This odd factoid only highlights the odd concept of Legendary Pictures seemingly charting its tent pole future with Universal (Comcast Corporation) with something a reborn monster mash.
I had a piece specifically dealing with the box office performance of the newest Godzilla versus the 1998 version in the back of my head for awhile now, but I was waiting until the new film crossed $500 million worldwide. Said milestone was passed within days of a couple major Comic-Con* announcements, which means I had to do some quick big-picture expansion. Warner Bros. announced that Godzilla 2 was absolutely happening and Gareth Edwards was returning to direct as soon as he was done with his Star Wars spin-off. Then, Legendary and Universal announced a King Kong prequel entitled Skull Island for November 4th, 2016. Couple that with the already announced Pacific Rim 2 and the monster-filled Warcraft adaptation and, as Dorothy Pomerantz noted on Saturday, Legendary is basically establishing itself as a major producer of expensive old-school monster movies. But the monster movies we’ve seen, outside of the somewhat lightning in a bottle Jurassic Park series (Universal is indeed dropping Jurassic World next June), haven’t exactly been “monster” hits.
The biggest such film outside of the first two Jurassic Park films, Peter Jackson’s King Kong, is still (inexplicably) considered a box office bust despite grossing $550 million worldwide on a $207m budget back in 2005. I’ve said for nine years that the film was the victim of insane expectations that compared it to Titanic, but the conventional wisdom is still that the critically-acclaimed remake was a box office under-performer (I just watched it and our rave reviews in 2005 are still accurate). Back in 1998, Godzilla was absolutely expected to rule the summer movie season. But the Roland Emmerich film received horrible reviews and its $44 million Fri-Sun debut (the biggest of the year) and $74m Wed-Mon debut (one of the biggest six-day totals in history at the time) was viewed as an instant disappointment for Sony.
The $130m production ended up with $136m domestic and $379m worldwide, just under 3x its production budget in an era when marketing didn’t necessarily cost as much as the film itself and when DVD was just emerging as a powerful secondary post-theatrical revenue stream. Godzilla 2014 technically made more money, it actually ended up selling less tickets (23 million) than the 1998 version (29 million) in America. Not accounting for any 3D/IMAX bump, Godzilla 1998 grossed $236m domestic when adjusted for 2014 inflation while its worldwide inflation-adjusted total would be around $675m not accounting for 3D or IMAX bumps or even the obvious expansion of overseas markets over the last sixteen years.
Godzilla 1998 was a flop for grossing $379 million worldwide and Godzilla 2014 is a big hit for earning $500m+ in 2014, even though the earlier film sold fewer tickets than the newer film both here and abroad. Now when discussing inflation in situations like this, it is always important to remember that today’s audiences have lots more competition for their entertainment dollars than they did back in 1998. It’s still a telling sign of the shifting expectations and shifting scales of what qualifies as a hit film in this day-and-age as well as the advantage of being perceived as an underdog versus the preordained top dog in a summer box office race.
Also of note is that this new Godzilla was obscenely front-loaded in America, barely earning back double its $93 million opening weekend ($199m and counting). The critics mostly applauded and most hardcore fans approved, but the swiftness of its domestic box office seems to imply that the general audience either care or didn’t care for what they saw. Pacific Rim was more passionately received by geek-centric critics than by general audiences. The film opened with $37m and ended its domestic run with $101m. It is only getting a sequel because it earned $309m overseas, including $111m in China alone. Audiences aren’t exactly loving these mega-budget monster movies. Even if they are willing to try it once (Clash of the Titans with $493m), they aren’t necessarily going twice (Wrath of the Titans with $305m).
Or (speculation alert) maybe Pacific Rim is getting a sequel (and an animated series, natch) as part of Legendary’s overall battle plan, an attempt to create a somewhat unified monster-mash brand with Universal to go along with the studio’s attempt to revive their classic 1930′s horror icons (Dracula, the Mummy, etc.). Universal doesn’t have its own superhero/sci-fi franchise, Fast & Furious may be done after this current installment, and blockbuster fortunes are not made with the likes of The Bourne Legacy.Perhaps, along with cheap comedies and Illusion animated features, Universal wants to be the home of tent pole monster movies, ones that offer the potential for an interconnected universe.
Whether or not all of these disparate properties will eventually form some kind of interconnected universe is a question yet-unanswered (Godzilla is still with Warner Bros. so I wouldn’t expect a Godzilla vs. King Kong anytime soon), there exists the potential for any number of monster mash-ups. We may very well see not just an interconnected universe involving the classic Universal monsters but something akin to a King Kong Comes To Jurassic Park or At the Pacific Rim Of Madness mash-up (“The only thing that can stop Bourne… only hunts on a full moon!”). But the risk is that Legendary is betting its future as a tent pole producer on a genre that hasn’t been all-that-popular with general audiences, at least to the extent that the budgets will arguably demand.
Can Mr. Edwards do that when A) Mr. Edwards’s original was (wrongly) criticized for not having enough monster mayhem and B) Godzilla 2 is set to have three new iconic monsters (Rodan, Mothra, and Ghidorah) for the title monster to fight? And will Skull Island be considered a big enough hit if it “only” grosses the same $217m domestic/$550m worldwide as Peter Jackson’s wrongly derided King Kong? Can Guillermo del Toro produce a cheaper and more mass audience-pleasing Pacific Rim 2 for April 2017? Legendary and Universal are taking a very real risk in basing their tent pole future in the likes of King Kong.
But with great risk obviously comes the potential for great reward. The modern-day comic book superhero film was arguably on its last legs, fated to begin with Blade and end with Nolan’s Batman trilogy when Marvel Comics jump-started the genre with Iron Man in 2008. If Legendary can either keep the budgets at or below $150 million or deliver giant monster smack downs that play as well with general audiences as the geek-friendly crowds (hint: movie stars), the box office results may be, well, legendary. It will be interesting to watch over the next several years. Now we wait and see who directs Skull Island (Joe Cornish is rumored as of today) and who gets to play Monthra (I, as always, suggest Chiwetel Ejiofor).
Re: Godzilla 2! With Mothra, Rodan and Ghidorah
by TheButcher on Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:40 am
ScreenRant July 27th, 2013:
‘Godzilla’ Reboot Director Talks Creature Design; Sequel Ideas Inspired by ‘Destroy All Monsters’
Ben Kendrick wrote: So, what would the director like to do in a potential sequel? A Destroy All Monsters-inspired multi-creature movie certainly sounds cool:
“With the exception of the 1954 original, I would say my second favorite film is Destroy All Monsters. I just love the idea of a monster island. Having a world with these creatures in it. I find that fascinating and would like to treat that realistically. I wouldn’t want to limit it to one other foe, I think it’s more fun to – this question will come back to haunt me if we ever do a sequel – but I think multiple creatures make better movies in terms of the image of Gojira.”
BAD May 02, 2014:
Mothra Could Show Up In GODZILLA 2
Devin Faraci wrote: I asked Tull if we could see Mothra, Baragon, Rodan or any of the other Toho monsters show up in a future Godzilla film. He wouldn't really answer, saying that they have a rule at Legendary that there's no discussion of sequels until the day after the first movie opens. But he would admit: "We're passionate fans of the universe," meaning all the great Toho monsters.
MTV 5/12/2014:
‘Godzilla’ Writer Explains How Sequel’s Mothra Would Be Like The Joker
Max Borenstein explains his prequel graphic novel 'Godzilla: Awakening,' and where the movie's sequel might go.
alex zalben wrote: And what about a certain Easter Egg in the movie? During one scene, briefly glimpsed in the foreground is an empty aquarium with an open chrysalis. A marking on masking tape notes that the occupant of the tank was named Mothra.
“I can’t say the Mothra Easter Egg is an indication of any specific plans for Mothra, though everyone has a fondness – I know I speak for Gareth, and I speak for Legendary – everyone has a great fondness for all the Toho characters,” Borenstein said.
Regardless of what direction the universe goes in, Borenstein does know he wants to keep it in the same world — and though that doesn’t mean a giant moth creature is out of the question, it does mean that it would need to make sense for the continuity set up by the first movie.
“If we’re fortunate enough to make a sequel, then I think the choice of what character that might be, whether it’s a Toho character or a new one, it’s always going to have to be dictated by finding a way in to that character,” Borenstein said, “that feels of a piece with the tone we’re establishing. So you asked earlier if picking a grounded tone is why we didn’t have, Ghidorah or whatever? Not really, because I think there is a way to take any of those characters and put a fresh spin on them that might feel more of a piece tonally with our film than it would with maybe a campier, light-hearted version.”
And where would Borenstein draw inspiration for this? From a surprising source.
“The same way Chris Nolan was so brilliantly able to create a Joker that felt of a piece in his dark and grounded reality,” Borenstein said on where he’d get inspiration for Mothra, or other classic characters, “whereas if you just watched the television series from the ’60s, the Batman shows, you would have said that was impossible. I think it’s possible.”
by TheButcher on Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:51 pm
'Godzilla' Sequel to Hit Theaters Summer 2018
Gareth Edwards is returning to direct the follow-up
Pamela McClintock wrote: Godzilla 2 will stomp into theaters on June 8, 2018, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures announced on Thursday.
This summer, Godzilla amassed a solid $507.7 million at the global box office, successfully launching a franchise based around the iconic monster.
Gareth Edwards is returning to direct the sequel, which won't hit theaters until 2018 because he is first directing a Star Wars spinoff for Disney and Lucasfilm. Gary Whitta (The Book of Eli) is writing the script for the movie, which is set to hit theaters Dec. 16, 2016.
The Star Wars project and Godzilla mark an amazing career trajectory for Edwards, who went from making a small creature feature for $500,000, 2010’s Monsters, to getting the assignment to take on Godzilla.
Godzilla is a passion project for Thomas Tull's Legendary, which was previously set up at Warner Bros. Although Legendary now has a distribution and production deal with Universal, it will continue to partner with Warners on the Godzilla franchise.
Released in May, Godzilla grossed $200.5 million in North America and $307.3 million internationally.
by TheButcher on Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:58 pm
Will Godzilla be part of the DC movie universe?
'Godzilla 2' will stomp into theaters in June 2018
OLIVER GETTELL wrote: Indeed, the announcement follows Warner Bros'. staking its claim to nine dates through 2020 for yet-untitled superhero movies based on DC Comics properties.
Are the DC movies going to be part of the Multiverse?
Earth 42 The DC Cinematic Universe
by TheButcher on Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:01 am
‘Godzilla’ Sequel To Be Scripted By Max Borenstein
Mike Fleming Jr wrote: EXCLUSIVE:
Legendary Pictures has closed a deal for Max Borenstein to write the screenplay for the sequel to Godzilla, which Gareth Edwards will direct. It is the latest example of how Borenstein is becoming a go-to guy for Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni’s event-film factory. Borenstein wrote the first installment that relaunched the reptile and also penned Skull Island. The latter was teased at Comic-Con and just got Tom Hiddleston starring and Jordan Vogt-Roberts directing. Borenstein also scripted the upcoming Seventh Son for Legendary.
MAN IN SUIT!!! MAN IN SUIT!!! MAN IN SUIT!!!
by TheButcher on Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:04 am
Nacho Vigalondo pitches his “man in suit” kaiju eiga or Godzilla movie
Charles Madison wrote: After presenting his cyber thriller Open Windows at Frightfest today, impressively dextrous and imaginative director Nacho Vigalondo took a few minutes to pitch his surprising, mysterious take on the kaiju eiga genre.
Below you can read exactly what he had to say, direct from my dictaphone. Of course, when he says Godzilla, he’s not referring to that actual, specific character as much as the type, the giant city destroying monster in general. Well, not unless Legendary and Warner Bros. decide to take on hell of a risk on a crazy-sounding side project.
The script I finished and want to get financing for is a twist on the kaiju eiga genre, the Godzilla genre. It’s going to be the cheapest Godzilla movie ever, I promise. It’s going to be a serious Godzilla movie but I’ve got an idea that’s going to make it so cheap that you will feel betrayed. You’re going to be so frustrated by it, it’s not even possible.
The way I wrote the movie – and I don’t want to explain too much – I found a way that is honest and logical to make Godzilla in a costume, destroying cities, models all the time. I wrote the movie in a way that the story has a twist so it makes sense to do Godzilla this way and I’m going to try to be the guy inside the costume because I love filmmaking to the core and I’m a film love, one of dreams is not to direct a Godzilla movie but to be inside the costume and destroy the cities. I want to be the guy in the costume.
Just like Tim Burton, in fact, who always said that about Godzilla too. And I’d be very surprised if the idea hasn’t passed through Guillermo Del Toro’s mind from time to time.
Look for our review of Open Windows in the coming days. Vigalondo also has a section in VHS Viral, premiering at Frightfest tomorrow night.
by TheButcher on Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:57 am
Hard-Boiled Kaijuland
"Goji-Kon" -- a Toho Strategic Assembly
Jim Pluff wrote: I’m feeling too lazy to work on translating much of this, but the gist is that Toho is meeting to consider what to do with Godzilla from the 61st anniversary onward, considering new projects and concepts.
The author notes that, while there are many fans who would like another Japanese Godzilla film (and a new generation of fans becoming charmed by Godzilla once more), that would be a tough sell alongside the Hollywood version, which was a worldwide hit. Still, it’s entirely possible Toho will have something in the works—whatever that something may be.
by TheButcher on Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:47 pm
GODZILLA 2: Expect a “Bigger” and “Better” Sequel from Screenwriter Max Borenstein
DAVE TRUMBORE wrote: Collider: Will being an executive producer/writer on Minority Report preclude you from being able to write Godzilla 2?
MAX BORENSTEIN: No, I’m doing it. I’m writing it now, and it’s really going to be great. I don’t want to go off book and tell you anything that I’m not allowed to tell you. The response to the first film was really exciting, but now that that world is established, we can do bigger and even better things. We’re really stoked.
by TheButcher on Fri May 13, 2016 2:58 pm
'Rogue One' Director Gareth Edwards Exits 'Godzilla 2'
Borys Kit wrote: Director Gareth Edwards has parted ways with Godzilla 2.
Edwards, who directed Legendary and Warner Bros.’s 2014 monster movie, was slated to return for the sequel after he wrapped work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which opens December 2016.
But the filmmaker, who broke through with the low-budget 2010 movie Monsters, has left the project. Godzilla 2 is a priority for the company, which is staking out a cinematic monster universe featuring creatures such as Godzilla and King Kong, and which has a March 22, 2019 release date.
Reasons for the departure remain hazy. Some say Edwards wants a break from back-to-back big budget tentpoles while other sources tell THR that the filmmaker was feeling rushed to meet a timeline.
Legendary and Warners are now on the hunt for new filmmaker.
by TheButcher on Sat May 14, 2016 11:37 pm
‘Godzilla 2’ Delayed, ‘Godzilla vs. King Kong’ Dated, and More Warner Bros. Release Date Shuffling
Jacob Hall wrote: The obvious takeaway from this is that Warner Bros. and Legendary are getting serious about their plan to build a an entire cinematic universe for these iconic beasts…
‘Godzilla 2’ Loses Director Gareth Edwards
Angie Han wrote: According to Deadline, who broke the news, the split was an “amicable” one, and in fact had already been confirmed behind the scenes before the 2019 release date was announced earlier this week.
ScreenRant:
Godzilla 2: Director Gareth Edwards Drops Out
Sandy Schaefer wrote: Godzilla screenwriter Max Borenstein (who also co-penned Skull Island) wrote the current Godzilla 2 script draft, though it remains to be seen if another writer is recruited to revise the screenplay once a new director is hired for the sequel. WB and Legendary Pictures are approaching the Kong/Godzilla series as (essentially) a shared universe, so it stands to reason that Borenstein has been including connections between the Kong and Godzilla movies with his own script drafts. A different writer may be hired to better shape Godzilla 2‘s narrative to fit its new director’s vision, but the movie will still build up to Godzilla vs. Kong – possibly by introducing a giant monster-populated island (a la Destroy All Monsters), as Borenstein and Edwards had originally intended to do in the Godzilla followup.
It remains to be seen how different Godzilla 2 feels compared to its predecessor, which had more of a traditional Godzilla movie structure (read: two narrative acts of steady build-up that pay-off with a monster brawl in the third act). Edwards’ 2014 reboot is something of a polarizing installment in the larger Godzilla franchise for that reason; some longtime fans appreciated his Jaws-inspired approach to unveiling the King of Monsters in full, while others just felt it tediously substituted giant monster spectacle for flat human drama. Whether or not the sequel will change things up for that reason, though, is another matter.
Regardless of who signs on now, Godzilla is now yet another Legendary-backed creature franchise that has gone through a director switch between installments, following after Pacific Rim 2 (now being directed by Steven DeKnight) and Jurassic World 2 (which has Juan Antonio Bayona calling the shots).
Re: God2illa!
by TheButcher on Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:43 am
Michael Dougherty and Zach Shields to Write ‘Godzilla 2’ for Legendary (EXCLUSIVE)
Alex Garcia will oversee the project for Legendary.
Justin Kroll wrote: As Legendary expands its “Godzilla” and “King Kong” universe, the banner looks to have found a friendly face to steer the ship for the sequel to 2014’s “Godzilla.”
Sources tell Variety that Michael Dougherty and Zach Shields, who wrote “Krampus” for Legendary, are on board to pen the script for the next installment in the “Godzilla” franchise.
Sources have also indicated Legendary might be preparing to set up a writers room to help create the upcoming Godzilla-King Kong universe the company has planned since sending the distribution rights for “Kong: Skull Island” back to Warner Bros. after originally setting pic up at Universal.
In October 2015, Legendary and Warner Bros. made a joint announcement that all future “King Kong” and “Godzilla” films would be developed by Legendary and distributed by Warner Bros. starting with “Kong: Skull Island” next March. Legendary currently holds a distribution deal with Universal but in order to re-team “Godzilla” and “King Kong,” Legendary decided to send the rights back over to Warner Bros. in order to create this new “ecosystem” of giant super-species, both classic and new, as described in its original joint statement.
As of now, it looks as if Dougherty and Shields will just pen the script “Godzilla 2,” but this draft could be the starting point for a possible writers room.
“Godzilla 2” is currently dated for Mar. 22, 2019 with “Godzilla vs. Kong” movie for May 29, 2020.
Dougherty has strong ties to Legendary, having written and directed “Trick ‘r Treat”, one of Legendary’s first productions that has become a cult hit and horror perennial. He then teamed with Shields on the recent Christmas horror pic “Krampus,” which Dougherty directed and co-wrote with Shields.
Dougherty also co-wrote “X2” and “Superman Returns.”
Dougherty is repped by WME and Circle Confusion and Shields is repped by WME and LBI Entertainment.
From Variety MARCH 26, 2008:
Michael Dougherty's “Calling All Robots”
Marc Graser wrote: Details of the project are being kept under wraps, but it uses performance capture to "tell a story that's a throwback to old Godzilla movies," Dougherty said. "I grew up watching Godzilla movies. This film is very much rooted in those movies."
Re: Godzilla 2! Now w/ 100% less Gareth Edwards
by TheButcher on Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:03 am
Exclusive: ‘Godzilla 2’ May Be Helmed by ‘Krampus’ Director Michael Dougherty
Britt Hayes wrote: Just yesterday it was announced that Krampus director Michael Dougherty and co-writer Zach Shields are re-teaming with Legendary Pictures to pen the screenplay for Godzilla 2, the follow-up to Gareth Edwards’ blockbuster monster flick. We’ve known for some time that Edwards isn’t returning to helm the sequel, and with the Rogue One director out of the picture, we’ve been curious to see who might take his place. As it turns out, Dougherty isn’t just writing Godzilla 2 — he’s also directing it.
Update: Another source has reached out to let us know that Dougherty is in talks to helm Godzilla 2. No deal has officially been made as of yet, and will depend on Legendary’s approval of the screenplay.
Sources close to production have revealed that Dougherty is likely directing Godzilla 2, which will lead up to the previously reported King Kong and Godzilla crossover film. Kong: Skull Island hits theaters next March, followed by the Godzilla sequel in 2019 and Godzilla vs. Kong in 2020. Execs at Legendary are said to be quite fond of the Krampus director, who also helmed the 2007 cult horror favorite Trick ’r Treat and worked on screenplays for Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns and X2.
We were unable to confirm if Dougherty and Shields will use any of Gareth Edwards’ original ideas for Godzilla 2, which would have featured Mechagodzilla — a monster that first appeared in the 1974 film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. Initially introduced as an extraterrestrial foe, Mechagodzilla was later depicted as a weapon created by man to defend Japan from the legendary lizard.
As Variety noted in their own report, Dougherty and Shields might also be the first step toward Legendary’s creation of a new writers room to handle their shared monster universe — a scenario that’s not unlikely given that similar teams have been established for the Transformers franchise and Universal’s own upcoming monster movie universe.
Re: Godzilla: King of Monsters
by TheButcher on Wed Dec 14, 2016 8:33 pm
‘Godzilla 2’ and ‘Pacific Rim 2’ Get New Titles
NICK ROMANO wrote:
Legendary announced Herbert W. Gaines as the new EVP of Physical Production, as well as a few other new hires. The release accompanying the news stated, “Gains’ responsibilities will include overseeing production of Legendary’s feature film slate including such highly anticipated projects as Pacific Rim: Uprising, Pokemon’s Detective Pikachu, and Godzilla: King of Monsters.”
Re: God2illa: King of Monsters
by TheButcher on Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:44 pm
‘Godzilla 2’ Finds Director in Michael Dougherty
Justin Kroll wrote: After first being hired to run the “Godzilla” universe writing room, “Krampus” director Michael Dougherty has now been tapped to direct the next installment in the monster movie franchise as well.
When news first broke that Dougherty and his “Krampus” co-writer Zach Shields would be penning the sequel, reports surfaced that Dougherty would also helm the pic, but insiders said then that the deal was only to write the sequel, not direct. After months of work in the writers room, Legendary eventually extended an offer for him to direct as well.
In October 2015, Legendary and Warner Bros. made a joint announcement that all future “King Kong” and “Godzilla” films would be developed by Legendary and distributed by Warner Bros., starting with “Kong: Skull Island” in March. Legendary currently holds a distribution deal with Universal, but in order to re-team Godzilla and King Kong, Legendary decided to send the rights back over to Warner Bros. to be able to create this new “ecosystem” of giant super-species, both classic and new.
“Godzilla 2” is currently dated for Mar. 22, 2019, with “Godzilla vs. Kong” set for May 29, 2020.
Dougherty has strong ties to Legendary, having written and directed “Trick ‘r Treat,” one of Legendary’s first productions, which has become a cult hit. He then teamed with Shields on the recent Christmas horror pic “Krampus.”
Dougherty, who’s repped by WME and Circle Confusion, also co-wrote “X2” and “Superman Returns.”
THR:
'Stranger Things' Breakout Millie Bobby Brown Set to Star in 'Godzilla' Sequel (Exclusive)
Re: Godzilla 2: King of the Monsters
by TheButcher on Sun Feb 05, 2017 6:44 am
Scified:
Mike Dougherty Confirms the Title is Godzilla: King of "THE" Monsters
Re: Frankenstein 2: King of the Monsters
by TheButcher on Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:56 am
Godzilla 2 Begins Shooting This Summer in Atlanta
by TheButcher on Fri Jun 09, 2017 8:04 am
Zhang Ziyi Joins Kyle Chandler in 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters'
The actress will also play a role in Legendary and Warner Bros.' burgeoning MonsterVerse.
The Movie Trailers 'Я' Us Thread
by Fievel on Sat Jul 21, 2018 8:56 pm
Godzilla: King of Monsters
The music....the monsters.... fucking perfect trailer.
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Re: The Movie Trailers 'Я' Us Thread
by caruso_stalker217 on Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:19 pm
Fievel wrote: Godzilla: King of Monsters
Evil Vera Farmiga? Mothra? Roh-Dan? Godzilla singing classical music? CHARLES FUCKING DANCE?
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by so sorry on Mon Jul 23, 2018 12:40 pm
caruso_stalker217 wrote:
What exactly was the plot here? Humans are the virus, so giant ancient monsters are the cure?
by TheBaxter on Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:26 pm
so sorry wrote: What exactly was the plot here? Humans are the virus, so giant ancient monsters are the cure?
by Fievel on Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:12 pm
so sorry wrote:
Plot?
In a Godzilla movie?
by Ribbons on Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:33 am
I'm iffy on the superhero trailers WB released this week, but this? This looks goddamn amazing. I never in a million years thought I would be looking forward to a Godzilla sequel directed by the Krampus guy, but here we are. If nothing else I hope the ironic use of "Clair de Lune" replaces the Inception bwoooom as the trailer cliche du jour.
Also: long live Chubby Godzilla
by caruso_stalker217 on Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:01 pm
Very Farmiga is the scientist who has GONE TO FAR.
That is all you need, really. Along with Ken Watanabe getting a fucking murder boner over the prospect of big monster fights.
by Ribbons on Fri Jul 27, 2018 12:06 am
I'm on board. Conceptually, it seems like a nice blend of the ham-fisted environmentalism of the two American Godzillas and the cultlike worship of lizard gods (and occasional moth gods, dog gods, and lizard god robots) from the earlier Toho films.
by so sorry on Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:16 am
Ribbons wrote:
This feels like one of those movies that will be more enjoyable on the big screen vs. home viewing.
by Wolfpack on Fri Jul 27, 2018 10:52 am
He Has Tampered In God's Domain
"Alright Shaggy - you and Scooby head over that way. The girls and I will go this way."
by so sorry on Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:53 pm
Now with big ass monsters.
by Peven on Mon Dec 10, 2018 7:04 pm
looks like proper anime meglomonsterosities in a classic battle royale where the scale of action and destruction is biblical.
by Fievel on Tue Dec 11, 2018 2:19 am
Peven wrote: looks like proper anime meglomonsterosities in a classic battle royale where the scale of action and destruction is biblical.
Yeah, I'm wearing a diaper to this film!
by Ribbons on Thu Mar 28, 2019 11:17 am
Fievel wrote:
Save one for me:
by so sorry on Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:40 pm
Ha! What a great looking popcorn-flick....pure ridiculous, pure entertainment. Big things smash into each other, Hell yeah!
by TheBaxter on Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:05 pm
"Somewhere over the Rodan..."
by so sorry on Mon Jan 20, 2020 1:31 pm
Well I got it half right...
by Ribbons on Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:14 pm
I always forget whether I commented on stuff, but for me Godzilla 2 was the biggest letdown of the year. Its previews were so beautiful and mysterious and none-too-shy about unleashing kaiju action. We get a lot of action here, but it's all so, so dumb. It would help if the human faces in this saga were interesting people caught up in something bigger than themselves who we want to help protect as the world falls to shit, but nope: they're all a bunch of monster hunters who either love monsters or hate monsters and will sometimes use the monsters they hate to exterminate the humans they hate even more. Then somebody else gets to clean up the mess. All the cool shots from the trailer were here in the movie but I just found myself inextricably bored.
by so sorry on Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:40 am
Ribbons wrote: ... but it's all so, so dumb.
are you telling me you didn't buy the prehistoric mega-monsters bowing to their "king" at the end of the movie plausible??????
by Ribbons on Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:53 pm
Also something about Godzilla unleashing Fukushima-levels of nuclear radiation on downtown Boston with no negative side effects and King Ghidorah being... an alien? And there are secret tunnels all over the world so they can just pop up whenever. Thanks, exposition!
by Fievel on Wed Jan 22, 2020 4:54 pm
Ribbons wrote: IWe get a lot of action here, but it's all so, so dumb. I
Well......yeah.
Perhaps even a small "duh!"
Nahh. Make it big.
DUHHH!
I enjoyed it enough. I wanted big monsters to beat the shit out of each other that would make my son happy. He loved it. In hindsight, I think it would have been better to have everyone ignorant of the creatures. That could have given each creature a "HOLY SHIT!" moment rather than all the backstory and whatnot.
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Robert Plant is well aware that Greta Van Fleet singer Josh Kiszka sounds a lot like him. Speaking to The Project Exclusive, Plant joked, "I hate him. He borrowed [his voice] from somebody I know very well. But what are you going to do? It's okay."
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Lil Nas X Releasing Young Thug “Old Town Road” Remix?
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Lil Nas X got his fans' hopes up for a Young Thug remix of "Old Town Road" a few months ago, but the song never hit the internet. Now, it seems like the 20-year-old artist plans to drop the highly anticipated remix soon.
Earlier this morning (July 2), Nas X sent out a tweet that has fans craving the Thugger-assisted version of the song. In his post, the "Panini" rapper includes the familiar cover art featuring his signature emoji and Thugger's green snake emoji and gages his followers' interest in hearing the remix.
"Is it too late!?," Nas X tweeted.
Back in April, Thugger was on Instagram Live and teased the long-awaited remix to his followers. Afterward, the Atlanta rapper posted a clip of his verse on the remix with Nas X. Thug didn't have to write much in his IG caption for his fans to know what the deal is.
"@lilnasx #ŸÈÉHÆ," Thug wrote in his caption.
Nas X's tweet tease arrives just after it was announced that "Old Town Road" had spent13 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. According to Billboard, "Old Town Road" is the longest-running No. 1 hip-hop record ever. The song surpassed three songs with 12 weeks at the top: Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" with Charlie Puth in 2015, The Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" in 2009 and Eminem's "Lose Yourself" in 2002.
Will Lil Nas X finally drop his remix with Young Thug? Check out his post below.
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Serie: Say Yes to the Dress
Guest Star: Mara Urshel, Randy Fenoli, Roger Craig Smith, Ronnie Rothstein
The Event is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker, an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiancée Leila, and unwittingly begins to expose the…
Genre: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thriller
Siblings Emma, Ravi, and Zuri Ross leave their extravagant New York City penthouse once again to return to Camp Kikiwaka, a rustic summer camp in Maine where their parents met…
The characterful drama focuses on an ordinary working class woman, Sam, who is caught between two worlds – the everyday life of a devoted and loving Mum and the darker,…
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series is an American animated series based on the Marvel comic book superhero character Spider-Man, which ran for one season, 13 episodes, starting on July 11,…
Genre: Action, Action & Adventure, Adventure, Animation, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Luke Warm Sex
What could be more awkward (or more entertaining) than Luke McGregor talking about sex? Oh wait… Luke McGregor trying to get better at sex. Yep definitely way more awkward and…
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s – 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show “Horsin’ Around,” but today he’s washed up,…
In the wake of the disappearance of Anthony Sullivan on his 10th birthday, the fractured family bands together to solve the mystery that has uprooted their lives.
Groundbreaking artists share their life stories in this vibrant documentary series that captures hip-hop’s impact on global culture.
A comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive personalities are uniquely qualified to save lives.
Saimdang, Light’s Diary
A reinterpretation of Saimdang from the Joseon times. She was a genius artist and passionate lover. Lee Young-ae takes on two roles; a college professor who specializes in Korea Art…
Ocean Warriors
Me and My Grandma
A woman moves to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, with her grandmother in tow.
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