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__label__cc	0.658591	0.341409	CSR Initiative: Making Healthcare Accessible through Telemedicine e-Zest believes that true drive towards working in a coherent, coexistent environment comes from the satisfaction of extending initiatives for a bigger goal, towards betterment of the society. While we strive to achieve success in the business realm, we have always been consciously contributing to the various needs of the society. Our philosophy echoes the sentiment of philanthropy, but in the most engaging form. As a corporate, we are committed through our corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in giving back to the society in many ways than one. Corporate January 18, 2019 Healthcare, Neurosynaptic Communications e-Zest Solutions along with Neurosynaptic Communications have taken an initiative to provide quality healthcare to the The Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) population with the help of telemedicine technology & expert doctors from renowned hospital. The project named e-Zest Saath is aimed at providing quality health support to the marginalized section of society, who do not have access to proper medical consultation facilities within their financial reach. When asked why telemedicine? Devendra Deshmukh, CEO and Founder, e-Zest Solutions said, " This project has been designed and undertaken to make the quality healthcare and medical services accessible to the underprivileged section of the society. In Dapodi, where a substantial below the poverty community lives, there is a challenge of access to quality of healthcare for this community. We are very glad by how this project is taking shape and thousands of people will be positively impacted by the initiative." As a part of the e-Zest Saath CSR initiative, e-Zest Solutions has set up a telemedicine centre at Dapodi in Pune Maharashtra, India. These telemedicine centres and medical camps are run by the CREATE NGO with technology powered by Neurosynaptic Communications’ ReMeDi platform, and the Healthcare Consultation Services and Professional Doctors provided by the Nanavati Hospital. The core technology, operations needed for the execution of the project and doctor consultation costs are facilitated and borne by e-Zest. Sameer Sawarkar, CEO of Neurosynaptic said, “This is yet another milestone in Neurosynaptic’s efforts towards making quality healthcare accessible to the deprived areas. We are proud to make this positive impact for the community. We hope to reach to the remotest corners of India”. Over 70% of the population in India is spread out in rural areas, and yet there is limited or no access to quality healthcare facilities in these areas. Due to which, medical care is sought very late in the disease-cycle, resulting in medical complications and huge expenses. Telemedicine, e-Healthcare and m-Health technologies are affordable and scalable ways to bridge this access gap. Jaywant Deshpande, COO and Founder, e-Zest Solutions said, "We are extremely pleased to say that at e-Zest we are leveraging the latest technology offerings for social cause where there is the maximum impact. This project is close to our heart as we see many getting benefitted through our technology expertise." Mr. Dayanand Tandon, CEO of CREATE said, “Telemedicine Initiative works as an eyeopener to those who do not take health seriously. An excellent use of technology in neo healthcare”.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line905
__label__cc	0.53958	0.46042	Ilium Software Blog Behind the Scenes at Ilium Software ListPro eWallet 8.3.8 update for Android OS now available August 10, 2017 by Ken Just a quick note to let you know that eWallet® 8.3.8 for Android OS is now available in the Google Play and Amazon app stores. This is a minor release, but includes improved memory management for large images, changes to editing mode including auto-save for partial edits, the latest library from Dropbox for eWallet’s built-in SyncPro cloud sync feature, and several other minor fixes to the product. As always, if you have any questions or need any help, please contact us! eWallet 8.3.8 for Android runs on Android OS 4.0.3 to 7.x including both phones and tablets. This upgrade is free for all users who already own a license of eWallet version 7 or 8 for Android. If you purchased a copy from Google Play or Amazon using their app stores, then you’ll be able to use the Update feature in the respective store to get the new version. Get all the info about eWallet here on our site. eWallet and SyncPro are registered trademarks of Ilium Software, Inc. Filed Under: Android, eWallet eWallet Survey July 26, 2017 by Ken If you subscribe to our newsletter, you already know about the eWallet Survey. Many thanks to the people who already gave us some really great feedback. If you have not seen the newsletter, here’s the upshot: we’d love to get your feedback with a short survey (12 questions) on your use of eWallet and what you’d like to see in the product going forward. (Of course if you need help or information right now, please contact us directly rather than using the survey so we can properly track and respond to your case). As always, thank you for all of your support! Filed Under: eWallet, General eWallet 8.3 Update featuring new wallet format December 6, 2016 by Ken eWallet® 8.3 with a new improved wallet format is now available on Android, iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch), Mac, and Windows PC (desktop). “New wallet format? Well that doesn’t sound very exciting…” If you’re thinking that we wouldn’t blame you bit! But it turns out the format is really important as part of the behind-the-scenes storage, organizing, and protecting of your personal and business information. So what changed? The new wallet format has improved security, better support for international characters in category names, and we’ve bumped up some of the limits so you can now have larger wallets and more content, such as images and other attachments in your wallets. eWallet will upgrade to the new format automatically when you open your wallet, so there’s nothing special you need to do on your end. Since the wallet format has changed, it’s best if you’re running the new version everywhere, so you’ll want to make sure you upgrade all your devices, PCs, and Macs to take advantage of the changes and for the best sync experience. We did several other things in each of the releases as well. As just a few examples, the Mac version now lets you initiate a call from Skype or a connected iPhone and has support for IPv6 networks, the PC and Android versions have additional information on the opened wallet, the iOS version has a faster live search, and all the platforms have fixes and enhancements for issues that might not have affected everyone, but we wanted to get them cleaned up. We get such great feedback from our users — please keep it coming and contact us any time you like. eWallet 8.3 for Android runs on Android OS 4.0.3 to 7 including both phones and tablets. Use of the fingerprint scanner requires Android 6 or higher on compatible devices. This upgrade is free for all users who already own a license of eWallet version 7 or 8 for Android. If you purchased a copy from Google Play or Amazon using their app stores, then you’ll be able to use the Update feature in the respective store to get the new version. Get all the info about eWallet for Android here on our site. eWallet 8.3 for iOS runs on iOS 8, 9 and 10 devices, including the new iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, and iPad Pro. This update is free for all users who already own a license of eWallet version 8 for iOS on compatible devices, and is delivered by the on-device App Store. Get all the info about eWallet for iOS here on our site. eWallet 8.3 for Mac runs on macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) or later, (including Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra). This update is free for all users who already purchased a license of eWallet version 7 or 8 from Apple’s Mac App Store. Get all the info about eWallet for Mac (including access to a 30-day trial version) here on our site. eWallet 8.3 for Windows PC (desktop) runs on Windows 10 PCs and tablets as a desktop app, Windows 8 and 8.1 in Desktop mode, and all versions of Windows 7. This update is free for all users who already own a license of eWallet for Windows PC (desktop), version 7 or higher; you can download or upgrade to the latest Windows PC version from our site (you do not need new registration codes). If you have version 7.5 or later with automatic updates turned on, you’ll get prompted to update to the latest version (you can press “Check for Updates” in the About screen too). Get all the info about eWallet for Windows PC (desktop), including access to a 30-day trial version, here on our site. Filed Under: Android, eWallet, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, Mac, Windows eWallet 8.0.2 Update in Mac App Store October 13, 2016 by Ken eWallet® 8.0.2 for macOS is now in the Mac App Store. This small update includes some fixes as well as additional support for macOS Sierra. We fixed an issue when syncing via iCloud and the home folder is not on the boot volume — not a very common situation but we didn’t want it to slow anyone down. We also fixed an issue specific to the new Sierra version of macOS that affected some people who using non-English characters in their category names. eWallet 8.0.2 for Mac runs on macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) or later, (including Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra). This update is free for all users who already purchased a license of eWallet version 7 or 8 from Apple’s Mac App Store. Get all the info about eWallet (including access to a 30-day trial version) here on our site. As always, please keep the great feedback coming! Filed Under: eWallet, Mac World Password Day May 5, 2016 by Ken Did you know it’s World Password Day today? …In addition to Cinco de Mayo of course! We often get asked for advice on passwords, so here’s some best practices that can help: Create strong passwords or passphrases (at least 12 characters with a mix of uppercase, lowercase, numbers and punctuation — it should not be something easy to guess or unaltered from a dictionary. Use a different password for each account (easy with eWallet’s built-in password generator) Use a password manager — eWallet of course! Use multi-factor authentication with accounts that support it (and eWallet can store extra factor info too) eWallet’s built-in password generator can help you generate random, long, complicated passwords for all your accounts, and of course it stores them for you so you don’t have too. And with eWallet’s built-in SyncPro engine, you can sync your digital eWallet files between your devices and computers using the cloud or a local WiFi network. And since eWallet is available on Android, iPhone/iPad, Mac and Windows, we should have you covered. Need more info? We’re here to help — just contact us! Filed Under: eWallet, Security eWallet 8.2.1 update for Windows PC (desktop) now available March 31, 2016 by Ken Just a quick note to let you know that the eWallet® 8.2.1 update for Windows PC (desktop) is now available. We heard back from some of you after the recent 8.2 release about a couple of issues that although perhaps minor, we wanted to get fixed up right away. This included fixing the menu case on the new Office 2016 ribbon style as well as fixing a couple of window related issues. Our installer was updated at the same time and is now digitally signed (as is eWallet itself) using Microsoft’s new Authenticode standards. The complete list of changes is: Office 2016 ribbon style corrected to use mixed case for menus Authenticode digital signatures updated to Microsoft’s new SHA-256 standards Updated SyncPro sync engine to fix sync via SFTP issue Updated to internationalized installer Installer now sets DPI property for eWallet on Windows 7 Fixed issue where maximized window could not be moved If you ever run into an issue, or want to suggest a new feature, please contact us. eWallet 8.2.1 for Windows PC (desktop) runs on Windows 10 PCs and tablets as a desktop app, Windows 8 and 8.1 in Desktop mode, and all versions of Windows 7. This update is free for all users who already own a license of eWallet for Windows PC (desktop), version 7 or higher; you can download or upgrade to the latest Windows PC version from our site (you do not need new registration codes). 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__label__wiki	0.521299	0.521299	Hello Planet #6 We are in 2016 and this is the 6th edition of “Hello Planet”. This is a big Hello Planet we have prepared. And this thanks to the Nadeo team becoming bigger and stronger those latest years. And if i put the emphasis on it, that’s because it’s the most important for the future of Maniaplanet at which we are committed for numerous years. Some will realize that the dynamic is beautiful and much stronger through what is presented here, furthermore we keep elements on which we work for a dedicated communication later, like a major project on eSport for Trackmania & Shootmania and another more general dedicated to Shootmania. The organization explained last year allows us now to have several teams who move forward the projects on several fronts, for the creators, the players or the competitive part. For Maniaplanet 4, here is the elements on which we are working on: We work to expand the number of actions possible for Shootmania while being careful to keep the consistency of one gameplay in depth. We’ll be able to communicate on these once we have the feeling that they fit well in the game. Besides, we’ll open up the gameplay for Trackmania for the creation by the players. A 64-bit version made available, DirectX 11 enabled, more multitasking, improvement in the speed of lightmap calculations and several others optimizations such as game loadings or scripts. We work at improving the engine on some aspects such as adding some visual effects to enhance immersion. We wish to work on the rendering of projectiles & explosions. We alse work on the general rendering of the map, with the generation of modifications on a large scale linked to the different blocks laid, or on a smaller scale to improve the light junctions in some cases, and add procedurally generated detailed elements. It’ll be now possible to put Trackmania vehicles and the Shootmania character on the same network game and to interact and to commute from the control from one to another. We’ll work too on the network side for some elements on which we’ll rarely communicate for obvious reasons, linked to diverse embezzlement which exist on multiplayer games (anticheat). We develop the systems which will allow us to enable official tries in solo for custom titles. Those official tries could use the rule of “always official” which will prevail with the Maniaplanet 4 update. Still to be confirmed, we have a compatible solution with external game software management solutions to allow to commute environments without needing to restart the application (for Steam versions). In order to move forward more efficiently and to evolve, we made the choice to break some upward compatibilities. At the same time, we work to allow to Maniaplanet 3 to launch itself in good conditions in order to give access to older elements more easily. SOFT Team Creation of diverse editors It’ll be much easier to create editors, for us and for the players themselves. The gamepad track editor of Trackmania Turbo is an example of editor done in Maniascript and Manialink, and we have expanded this concept on several domains, with three majors novelties: The 3D object modelling and the creation of operation of procedural texturing. The modules Menus, scoretables, skill shops, etc. There will be titles which could be dedicated to the titles creation and so enable more expert players to propose to the less expert users the possibility to use their canvas to compose others campaigns integrating others data created by others players for example. Improvement of the Maniascript and the Manialink Debug & performance tools To simplify the debug of the script, the callstacks in script are now visible if there is an error. For the performance part it is now possible to check the time spent in each line of the script after its execution. Interface management The whole interfaces of the Maniaplanet project have the ambition to be replaced with the Manialink system, we regularly do improvements in order to allow the development of more beautiful interfaces more efficiently. For instance, we did set up an improved depth system, as well as an API for the realization of efficient animations. Dedicated editors: modes, plugin, etc. To make the development of the modes, plugins and others easier, we wish to create dedicated editors allowing to easily configure the contexts of the execution, manage the dependencies in term of resources or simply indicate directly in the game mode, the changelogs without having to make the script longer. It’ll allow us to easily propose cross-services. Possibilities for items We work to develop some types of items like, as first important examples, a turret or drone system, allowing to more easily imagine the design of solo training experiences for Shootmania. Map Editor We have the project to improve the map editor in connection with the use of items to improve the combinatorial edition and enjoy the possibility which will be given to the players to create their own items in Maniaplanet. LIVE Team To ease the communication between different groups of players, we work at integrating the concept at the scale of the Maniaplanet system. We’re revamping the buddies chat interface, which will integrate more features for the chat with several players, and some early features to help playing in groups or communities. In the same mind – and in the context of a bigger project on which we’ll communicate later and where we need to determine if we can make it for Maniaplanet 4 – we’re already integrating an events system, allowing organizers to make live reports of ongoing events for players or spectators. It’ll be also possible for groups to join these events. The events could have multiple steps, like weekly cups or qualifications on several stages. Titles websites The titles creators will have a generated website, dedicated to their title, easing the download of their experience and allowing to communicate information to an external public who will continue to have access at the titles for free in demo mode for a duration of one hour per day or for a solo content of the first maps of the campaigns. We also work on the development of the Maniacredits so the contribution of each creator can be relieved and added to the credits of the titles. Each title can also give access to its collection of creations publicly, making the exchanges between creators easier. For 10 years, Nadeo has been designing and honing ESport concepts and tools, going on events to feel the direction to take, and observing the evolution on different ways to practice this activity. Trackmania & Shootmania players got several events last year from dozens of competitions done each month online with what we can find on ManiaCalendar to the Paragon League, or big rendezvous offline with this year’s ESWC, the Gamers Assembly or the ZeratoR Cup from this month where 40 000 viewers have been able to attend to the great accessibility of an eSport-thought game like Trackmania, where we find champions that we know and yet who can also conciliate this with a normal activity outside of the game. It’s one of our biggest pride, compatible with the sportive spirit, including in the universe proposed. And in this spirit, we’re reopening the project to develop the clubs that we have started several years ago, since we wish to follow our belief more than ever to make the eSport a model, for everyone, whether it is the player or the spectators, and with champions always more and more incredible at the top of all of it. Tools will also be developed to allow even more simplicity for the organizers, who are those that these champions can congratulate so much in return. And they’re also the champions in their domain and few games can be as proud to have tools as good for the competitions. And it’s in this positive spirit that we’ll continue to support without failing. Documentation, tips & support As this Hello Planet witnesses, the creators should have more and more possibilities of creations. Moreover, as it’ll be possible to make tools for other people, we think that a kind of simplification/transfer of expertise between the players could occur. And for those inventors, at the very beginning of the chain, we work to revamp the documentation, we move forward on the fact to being able to communicate directly in the game to bring tips or to make reference to the documentation. And we organize ourselves to become as efficient as possible on the support, with Cerovan at the heart of the measure, and a lot more members of the team who could be able to answer directly to your questions on the forums from the moment we’ll be in beta. It’s also for this that we wish the forums becoming only a place of good relationship and debates, positive and constructive. We are several dozens now at Nadeo, there is a lot of players too who like to help the others and this could give a place of good exchanges, from the moment where those who want to do it will be in the good spirit. And count on me to be sure of it ^_^ Optimizations and new blocks for Trackmania Canyon, Valley and Lagoon. It’s an important work that is done and which require a lot of time and involve to come back on the blocks to optimize them, complete them with some missing variants and to add new collection that we’ll unveil later in the previews which will take place before the beta. Trackmania & Shootmania Maker The team works on two things at this level: on one hand a revamp of the menus of existing titles, on the other hand the possibility to create titles with titles themselves dedicated to their creation. In reality, we are going to do the Nadeo titles with these same titles to ease the evolution. And the players themselves could do their own title creators. If it seems complex, it’ll be the possibility for those who wish to define a genre, like the idea of the Raid titles, and to allow others to make their own Raid. And we think that each time that we allow the collaboration between the players by creating transitional steps, we can see things going higher. Trackmania² solo campaigns It’s at the occasion of this update that we’ll officialize the records done in the solo on Trackmania and we’ll launch a new season on the campaigns of Canyon/Valley/Stadium/Lagoon which will integrate the modifications of the tracks, also allowing to integrate some new blocks and rules changes like the switch to the “always official”. Warlords & others experiences To test the possibility to create diverse experiences, we have developed several prototypes internally. One of them stand out from the others and we’ve been refining it for a while. At the occasion of Maniaplanet 4, we should be ready to release it. It’s a game mode which mixes a strategic and diplomatic game at a high level, in a spatial map, and Shootmania battles during the control point phases of the opponents fortress. This experience is in “polish” status and we are eager to give you a preview. We think that it’ll also be a good example, so that other players can themselves imagine larger experiences. There are also tools like a map creator which could be useful for others types of experiences too. Maybe some items will never get done and that’s the price to pay for talking about projects early. Doing that also lead to rising expectations. That’s why I’ll attempt to talk about release rythm, some know that you must take that with a grain of salt since it’s really difficult to be sure about a precise timing concerning technological projects. One thing is sure : we want to favor a regular schedule, even if it means to adapt the contents released, instead of stretching the period between releases. Here’s how we intend to organize this schedule: 6 months of development on the major version, 3 months of beta, 3 months of updates and we start again with 6 months of major development, etc. And to reduce the waiting time during the 6 months, i’ll try to bring some previews on the last 3 months before the beta. So, we would like to have years cut in 4 periods: 3 months following the Hello Planet, 3 months of previews, 3 months of beta and 3 months of updates. Stadium & Storm players, and they are many, may have prefered more additions of blocks on DATA level. This is because we are working on long term plans, due for Maniaplanet 5. Of course, most of the features introduced here will also be useful to those environments. But I wanted to underscore that for us, these two gameplays must be the references in the race & shoot esport games, and we intend to support them by engaging the means on the long run. By the way, a nice World Cup for Trackmania Stadium and Shootmania Storm in Elite mode is being organized and will take place at the end of the year around November. We look into the possibilities for the qualifications, and we would like them to start at the beginning of September. That’s when we’ll unveil more information about the final event. This summer should allow to define the rules, including the mappools. Also, I know that some people wait more in-depth work about the finishing touches or the interfaces. It’ll be the purpose of the betas, and a bigger focus will be given to that on Maniaplanet 5, because there are too many systems changing right now, and we need them to be stable before investing time on UI. We have spent a lot of time underwater and we know that’s difficult to wait, including for us. That’s why it’s also very important to stay positive in difficult times. There is only a few months to hold on, and i hope that the ascending slope of the unpcoming years be more clearer as we get there. We are also working on production and visuals, but this will take more time before we’ll be able to show this work. Ubisoft is fully behind this project, and thanks to the players who have been there all those years is seems obvious that there is something amazing to do with Maniaplanet. Thanks everyone, This entry was posted in ManiaPlanet and tagged Hello Planet on 30th June 2016 by cerovan. ← An important announcement from the Trackmania Turbo Team Maniaplanet 4 #Preview 1 – Performance and rendering →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line909
__label__cc	0.709825	0.290175	Recovery: Bringing Back Bumble Bees Highly endangered rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), Madison, Wisconsin. Photo © Clay Bolt, Clay Bolt Nature Photography Bees are in big trouble. The good news is that virtually all ecologically literate North Americans will tell you that. The bad news is they’re worried about the wrong bees — honey bees. Honey bees don’t belong in North America; they’re domesticated aliens from Europe. “Worrying about their extinction is like worrying about the extinction of cattle,” declares native-bee activist and acclaimed wildlife photographer Clay Bolt. 5 Simple Tips to Turn Your Yard Into Pollinator Paradise By Matthew L. Miller Are Neonicotinoids the Next DDT? By Justine E. Hausheer Meet the Man Who Got Stung for Science By Matthew L. Miller But North America could lose many of its roughly 4,000 native bee species. For example, applying criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation reports that of the 46 indigenous bumble bee species in the U.S. and Canada 28 percent are at some risk of extinction. While bumble bees aren’t well understood, they’re well loved. They are so good-natured that getting a female to sting you (males can’t) is a major undertaking. Proceed carefully and you can even stroke her Teddy-bear-like fur. That fur, along with ability to regulate body temperature, allows bumble bees to be out and about on cold mornings long before honey bees rev up. Bumble bees have even been seen 1,055 miles north of the Arctic Circle. In late winter while most insects are dormant or unhatched, queen bumble bees, the biggest bees you’ll see all year, start searching for nest sites. The queen’s flight is not wild and erratic as Rimsky-Korsakov’s operatic score implies, but slow, low and deliberate. Frequently she’ll select an abandoned rodent hole, camouflage it with leaves, moss or grass, then fashion a wax pot and fill it with honey. Finally, she’ll knead pollen into “bee bread.” The honey will sustain her while she’s brooding the year’s new colony. The bee bread will nourish the larvae. Queen lemon cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus citrinus) on Russian sage Madison, WI. By some accounts, this species appears to be in decline. Photo © Clay Bolt, Clay Bolt Nature Photography Six of the continent’s bumble bee species are cowbird-like brood parasites; queens lay eggs in nests of other bumble bees and let the workers rear their young. Honey bees are far from the main threat to bumble bees; but they compete with them thus reducing their reproduction and body size. And while both honey bees and bumble bees are important pollinators, bumble bees are frequently more efficient. Unlike honey bees, they can “buzz pollinate,” seizing a flower in their jaws and forelegs and vibrating their wing muscles to shake pollen from the anther. This ability makes bumble bees important for pollinating a wide variety of wild and cultivated plants. Bumble bees help sustain all manner of things prized by humans from tomatoes to grizzly bears. The wildlife management establishment has traditionally ignored native bees. But that’s starting to change thanks to bee advocates led by the Xerces Society, Clay Bolt, Dr. Sydney Cameron of the University of Illinois and Dr. Robbin Thorp of the University of California at Davis. On March 22, 2017 the rusty patched bumble bee became the first bee in the continental U.S. to be listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo by Sarina Jepsen, Xerces Society On March 22, 2017 the rusty patched bumble bee became the first bee in the continental U.S. to be listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The publicity is awakening managers and the public to the importance of native bees. In addition to sustaining native ecosystems they provide pollination services to American farmers worth $9 billion per year. “The listing of the rusty patched bumble bee has the potential to become a landmark case for pollinator protection,” remarks Bolt. Rousting the feds to action was a challenge. The process started in 2010 when the Xerces Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Defenders of Wildlife and Thorp, alarmed about the rapid spread of bee diseases and parasites, petitioned the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to regulate interstate transport of bumble bees commercially bred for greenhouse pollination. APHIS didn’t respond for almost four years, then declined to do anything significant. In 2013 the Xerces Society petitioned the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the rusty patched bumble bee as endangered. By law the agency has 90 days to decide if a petition for listing has merit. Nine hundred days later it hadn’t made a decision. Eventually a Xerces lawsuit elicited action. Queen Franklin’s bumble bee, presumed extinct, on a California poppy. Photo taken in southern Oregon in 1998 © Dr. Robbin Thorp Interstate commerce of the eastern bumble bee is still essentially unregulated; and it has apparently imperiled American, yellow-banded, western and rusty patched bumble bees and caused the probable extinction of the Franklin’s bumble bee which hasn’t been seen since Thorp observed it in 2006. All five species were common 20 years ago. At least APHIS forbids importation of bees from other nations except Canada, but between 1992 and 1994 it permitted western and eastern bumble bee queens to be shipped to Europe for rearing and their colonies to be distributed throughout North America. While the bumble bee fungal disease Nosema bombi is apparently native to North America, Thorp hypothesizes that a more virulent strain was introduced by the foreign-bred colonies. But Dr. Sydney Cameron could find virtually no observable difference between native and European Nosema. She suggests that commercial colonies might have had higher prevalence of Nosema, which spread to wild populations. In any case, the sudden demise of the five common bumble bees — which, save for the American bumble bee, are closely related — corresponds precisely with bumble-bee commercialization in North America. I asked Thorp if pesticides, known to devastate bees, might have been partly responsible. “That doesn’t make sense,” he said, “because other bumble bee species in the same areas are doing well.” Of course, pesticides could weaken more vulnerable species, enhancing risks of infection. Cameron’s lab is investigating that potential. In addition to Nosema, commercial bumble bee colonies in the U.S. have repeatedly been found to carry such wild-bee-afflicting parasites and pathogens as external mites, gut mites, gut protozoa, deformed-wing virus, black queen cell virus, sac brood virus and Israeli acute paralysis virus. Threatened Western Bumble Bee, Bombus occidentalis, Bozeman, Montana. Photo © Clay Bolt, Clay Bolt Nature Photography Every year in nations around the world millions of commercially produced bumble bee colonies are imported to pollinate greenhouse plants. They easily escape. In Argentina and Chile buff-tailed bumble bees imported from Europe are driving the beautiful, orange-furred flying mouse, the world’s largest bumble bee, toward extinction. Wherever the alien shows up the native vanishes. Pesticides, especially neonicotinoids, are doing a number on native bees and honey bees. In the 1990s chemical companies, under pressure to develop safer pesticides for birds and mammals, hatched poisons that could be applied to seeds. These neonicotinoids were indeed less toxic to birds and mammals, but because they’re water soluble and absorbed into pollen they’re deadly for bees and other pollinators. They’re the default pesticide for soybeans and corn, yet research has shown them to be ineffective. One three-year study revealed zero corn yield benefit from neonicotinoid seed treatments. Similar results have been seen for soy. Europe has sharply limited neonicotinoid use, and Canada is in the process of doing so. But our Environmental Protection Agency has yet to act. Last May the U.S. District Court for Northern California ruled that the agency had violated the Endangered Species Act by not adequately reviewing 59 neonicotinoid registrations. Rusty patched bumble bee, Madison, WI. Photo © Clay Bolt, Clay Bolt Nature Photography While the EPA has recently published preliminary pollinator-only risk assessments for three neonicotinoids and will be collecting public comments until July 24, the regulation process is slow. Critiquing that process, Aimee Code, who directs the pesticide program for the Xerces Society, notes that EPA gets its information from the companies that make the pesticides. “We’re not expecting final decisions for another couple years,” she says. “And EPA’s assessments are focused on only honey bees and thus fail to protect the more sensitive bumble bees. While a honey bee queen doesn’t forage, the bumble bee queen does, putting her at risk of pesticide exposure. If the queen is killed, the colony is lost.” On June 23 a bill to better regulate neonicotinoid use — Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2017 — was introduced in the House by 30 cosponsors. While the feds aren’t doing much to recover native bees, there’s a great deal the public can do. Native bees need only three things — flowers, nesting sites and a pesticide-free environment. Provide these, and they will come. How You Can Help Native Bees To learn what to plant for native bees check out the Xerces Society’s Pollinator Resource Center. Male Highly endangered Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), resting on hydrangea macrophylla, Madison, Wisconsin. Photo © Clay Bolt, Clay Bolt Nature Photography You destroy bumble-bee nests sites by mowing, so let part of your yard go back to nature. When you do mow leave lawn clippings in an out-of-the-way pile; some bumble bee species will nest there. If you want predator insects like lacewings, assassin bugs, garden spiders and praying mantises, you have to have a few pests for them to eat. But major pest infestations are symptoms of greater problems such as poor soil, wrong pH, too much or too little water or sun. Fix these, and you won’t need pesticides. “Urban areas can provide amazing habitat for our native bees,” says Code. “You should never feel your own backyard isn’t enough. Urban areas have great diversity which can be better than a monocrop with, say, miles of corn.” Highly endangered rusty patched bumble bee, female, worker, Madison, WI. Photo © Clay Bolt, Clay Bolt Nature Photography Learn to identify bumble bees by: 1. ordering Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide, by Paul Williams, Robbin Thorp, Leif Richardson and Sheila Colla, 2014. Princeton, University Press; 2. downloading this online field guide and this one from Bee Spotter and 3. downloading these flashcards. Participate in these citizen-science projects: Bumble Bee Watch and BeeSpotter. Take the Pollinator Protection Pledge. Finally, download Clay Bolt’s superb film A Ghost in the Making — about his successful search for and advocacy of the rusty patched bumble bee. Tags: Endangered Species, Insects & Pollinators, Plants, Urban Conservation Ted Williams detests baseball, but is as obsessed with fishing as was the “real” (or, as he much prefers, “late”) Ted Williams. What he finds really discouraging is when readers meet him in person and still think he’s the frozen ballplayer. The surviving Ted writes full time on fish and wildlife issues. In addition to freelancing for national publications, he serves as national chair of the Native Fish Coalition. More from Ted Leave a Reply to Ted Williams Cancel reply By Anne M. \| Reply Great article. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thank you first for focusing on native bees. And thank you even more for going well beyond the “just plant lotsa flowers” pollinator advice that is beloved by industrial farm groups and corporations. Not that native bees don’t need many more flowers, especially natives. They do. But we also need to face the serious threats posed by neonicotinoids and the commercial bumblebee industry, threats that are rarely covered by mass media. Here in the Upper Midwest Cornbelt, U.S. taxpayers are funding expensive “pollinator plantings” on former cornfields. That’s not a bad idea. But meanwhile, adjacent corn and soybean fields are planted with neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seed. The toxic dust that rubs off those seed coatings during planting can really travel in the wind during spring, which is when many native pollinators are foraging. Later, those adjacent fields are also often treated with more insecticides and/or with dicamba herbicide, which easily drifts and damages wildflowers. I attended an official pollinator field day for farmers last month, during which it was discovered that many of the featured pollinator flowers had been deformed by herbicide drift. To save native pollinators in the Upper Midwest, we need to stop subsidizing the ecological madness that is conventional corn and soybean production. And we need to reward the innovative farmers who are truly helping pollinators. It’s no coincidence that those same farmers are almost always helping water quality, soil health, and other wildlife. By Susan Beckhorn \| Reply Interesting to know the honey bee is not native. I’ll be looking at bumbles with more appreciation now By Robin Pulver \| Reply Great GREAT article! Thank you so much. I learned a lot. By Cindy Lanouette \| Reply Fabulous article exposing the EPA and chemical companies of dragging their feet while they rake in the profits of yet more chemical use–neonicotinoids. Why are other countries years ahead of us on regulating or eliminating the use of chemicals in the environment? It just comes down to money and greed. Thank you, Ted Williams, for always getting to the bottom of the issues. We all need to be passionate about saving the bees. By Gail McBride \| Reply it would be a sad world indeed without American produced honey. By Bruce Higgins \| Reply Glad to see this get “out there”, but the article seems somewhat schizophrenic, as the following statement from the article seems to contradict much of the rest of it. “I asked Thorp if pesticides, known to devastate bees, might have been partly responsible. “That doesn’t make sense,” he said, “because other bumble bee species in the same areas are doing well.” Of course, pesticides could weaken more vulnerable species, enhancing risks of infection. Cameron’s lab is investigating that potential.” By Ted Williams \| Reply Bruce: You missed Thorp’s point. It was this: It doesn’t make sense that pesticides could have knocked five common bumble bee species down to the point of being threatened with extinction and not in the slightest way affected other bumble species that share the same habitat. No one, least of all Thorp, would deny the possibility that in some areas pesticides may be weakening some bumble bees species, making them more vulnerable to parasites and pathogens. By Anne Mildmay-White \| Reply read Prof Dave Goulson’s book on bumble bee crises in S America, he’s a great scientist. Also, that male Rusty patched bumble bee is not on Joe Pye weed, it is on hydrangea macrophylla Right you are Anne. It is indeed hydrangea macrophylla. Thanks very much. I’ve alerted my editor. He’ll make the fix. By jack \| Reply Thanks for sharing this great post! i am a bee keeper, which i mostly focus onmanuka honey! By Gerri Crawford \| Reply I’m really concerned. I have plants on and around my apt. Patio, every year and have not seen many bees. I even have grape jelly, and sugar water for birds. I have seen few bees. My flowers don’t seem as big and beautiful as previous years. By donald J eustace \| Reply this was a very interesting and important article . I hope we can raise public awareness higher National geograpjic would seem a good partner in getting the public informed and sympathetic By Jessica McCormick \| Reply I have seen many of the rusty bumbels in Wayne National Forest in Ohio. They seem well and are just doing what bumbels do,collecting pollen. I was wondering if the big yellow clumps clinging to the legs of the busy creatures were clumps of pollen or a parasite. By Barbara M. Yasinski \| Reply I support all efforts to save the bumble bees. For the past 25 years I have left 1/2 the property free from pesticides and have planted coneflowers, black eyed Susan’s, flock, butterfly bushes, numerous azalea, lavender and other perennial plants. I see many bumblebees and enjoy that I can be near them without them flying away. We need more land that can remain available not only to the bees but all wildlife. By Judy Diaz \| Reply In January 2017, I sent to President Trump a letter requesting EPA begin banning use of neonicotinoids and Roundup, along with my one newspaper article announcing the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee now listed as endangered. My hope is to help make an impact on slow-moving government management to curtail pesticide and weed and grass killers. More efforts will continue on my small part. Bees collect funguses for their food/honey, and Roundup kills everything, including what bees add to their bread mix. We will plant flowers for the bees, but big box stores sell pesticide-treated flowering plants. Oh, there is much to be done to help the bees, as well as the butterflies and every other pollinator. By V A Walter \| Reply I have lots of bumble bees. They enjoy the butterfly bush, the Mexican heather, and the Russian sage. I also see some on my sparse herbs. By Patrick Carney \| Reply Bumble bees have it made in my back yard. I have roughly 50- 70 raspberry bushes, 16 blueberry bushes 18- 20 blackberry bushes, strawberries , kale, beans, tomatoes and hetbs. Ive got tons of bumblebees working for me on my backyard. I try picking berries in the morning when the bees are slower, but thats not always the case. The evening pick you are on the midst of full bee activity Movong slowing ans slowly picking berries keep the bees calm. They may make a beeline rush ( pun intended) but turn away and. I dont panic when they get close. You may get stung a few times a year but usually not. Funny last time I got stung was when it looked like one was trapped on the netting I use So I gently went to move her to see if she was alive, well she was and stung me in the thumb! O guess she had her own game plan! By Margaret Van Stelton \| Reply Thank You for this article, and for your special efforts, and work. I LOVE Bee’s and desperately want them around. I have flowering plants, but plan to add more. We NEED Bee’s. By Carol E. Nita \| Reply I have a big path of Monarda, also know as bee balm, and the bumble bees are all over it. I also have butterfly bushes that they like. There are two nesting sites, that I know of, on our property, and we protect them. Bumble bees focus on collecting pollen, and aren’t bothered by people near them. I’ve never been stung by one. They need to be protected. We use no chemicals on our property, and have lots of flowers, so we have a good number of bumble bees. By Joan Miron \| Reply This was truly informative and now I am even more excited about my flower and vegetable gardens attracting the bumble bees. I took photos of a very fluffy bumble bee on firewood in Nome Alaska last week. I hope I will be able to identify it now. By Jamie Trask \| Reply I am so glad that the Bees are back, so glad to stay for good. By Roderick A Dibble \| Reply If it makes Ted feel any better – the cone flowers in our garden are covered with bumble bees (specific variety unknown to me). We see almost no domestic honey bees. We live in a suburban/rural county east of Cleveland, Ohio. By Barbara Brown \| Reply My frustration is how little most people know. My big issue and growing frustration is the obsession with mowing in our country. I see huge expenses of lawns and areas not even near homes mowed for hours all summer long. Our local Environmental group is trying to convince our township, with success, to reduce mowing in the township. But you always get some homeowner call so upset with the unkept look! We are looking to address our County this winter with doing away with some of the mowing along certain roads, especially where we notice milkweed growing, which they just mowed down a week ago. Along with this is increasing areas to allow natural meadows for pollinators. Any feedback on how to properly present these issues to our County? By Lynn Lawler \| Reply My husband and I just moved to our own home across town in central east coast Florida. I had many flowering herbs and trees, but the bumblebees(not many honey bees) liked the Vitex flowers the best. I had never seen so many bumble bees in one place before. I wish that I could have taken them with me..I haven’t seen any at our new place, though I hope that the organic farmette we moved there does eventually attract them and I will follow your suggestions in setting aside a wild area and encouraging nesting areas and, of course, lots of Vitex! What I don’t understand is that a neighbor across the street would have a tank of pesticides sprayed all over his outdoor areas and yard (Tru Green)monthly, and occasionally the wind would blow our way. Yet it did not seem to diminish the numbers or visits from my bumblebee friends. How do you account for that? Is it possible that, being wild and probably genetically more pure, that they still have the ability to adapt to such harsh environments? Any thoughts? By Alice Clark \| Reply Great article. Enjoyed reading it as it was very informative. By Michael Scullin \| Reply Bolt is nuts. Honey bees are indeed aliens but certainly not to be included with cattle. The aliens most destructive of habitat are Homo sapiens sapiens. H.sapiens around here (south-central Iowa ) uses a multitude of chemicals on crops which have all but eliminated both bees and pollinating wasps. Our yard is hymenoptera friendly, but seeing a honey bee means that other bees are doing better. By Debbie Fleischer \| Reply Thank you for the informative film and pictures of the bumblebee. I had no idea there were so many species. I have a blue flowering bush that has bumblebees all over it. I don’t know the name of the bush but the bees love it. Before seeing this, I thought I had some weird bees on there. After watching the film, I realize I have at least 4 different types of bumblebees. One even has a rusty red patch. I know it’s not the one you were looking for since I’m in northern Nevada. Still interesting to note the different colors on the bees. Thank you again for your effort. By Judith Gabriel \| Reply Does the spraying of permithrin to kill ticks, also kill bees? By Nancy Gabel \| Reply When we were in London in June, we had the opportunity to see St Ermin’s Hotel’s wonderful bee garden on a screened outdoor balcony. The bees there produced all the honey used by the hotel and restaurant as well as honey for sale. It seemed strange to see this in the middle of the city and then to find that other businesses were doing similar projects until I looked around and realised the amazing amount of flowering plants and grasses decorating businesses and streets as well as all the enormous public and royal gardens! Why can’t we do this too? By kathleen rowley \| Reply Thank you so very much for your field work, all your efforts! I appreciated the info. on what I personally can do for my bee friends. I am a backyard gardener, and know how the bee’s work in the system of plants & vegetables. Again thank you for bringing this info. to the public’s attention. By Linda Murphy \| Reply We had upward of 1000 hornets a few weeks ago swarming, the pest company said they were some type of cicada killers and would not be harmful. They don’t sting really. They have since moved on. I plant to attract bees here in SC, but these hornets eat protein, (i.e. gnats) and are less interested in flowers. I have horses and as a result gnats which the hornets eradicated! Huge hornets though. I have a few bumbles enjoying my flowers though not many. By Cora Y Howlett \| Reply Thank you for such an informative video. My grandson sparked my interest in the monarch butterfly from watching its metamorphis in his school. I joined our state native plant society and went to our local cooperative extension classes. One thing led to another…many native plants, shrubs, trees, etc. I planted. As I watched and learned, “plant it and they will come” is so true. Every summer there seems to be more. I am an older lady with medical conditions, but as long as I can dig, I will continue. I love the humming of the bumble bees. And as many times I have been so close to them…have never been stung! I don’t bother them, and they don’t bother me. Now, if I were to step on one barefooted, that might be a different story…I would sting also! I love nature and can’t imagine being without all critters. Even my husband notices if we have a new butterfly visiting. Grassed yards look so empty…unfortunately there are so many! By Kate DelCorpo \| Reply It is absolutely disgusting the time it takes to awaken the goverment By Jo-Anne Mullaley \| Reply The article is great and there should be more concern from people. I have plants numerous plants just for them,they seem to love bee balm,butterfly bushes,Cardinal flowers,Sunflowers,Russian sage,and any others. My bee population is increasing daily and I am happy with that. They also seem to enjoy vegetable gardens,all these things do make a difference. It also benefits the hummingbird moths that I never knew existed. By Kevin Theodore (Ted) Perry \| Reply I have found very few honey bees in my yard this year but lots of bumble and mason bees. We have Salvia, which they love. I am planting a fall flower and veggie garden so I’m hoping for lots of pollinators, as we have two hummingbird feeders as well. I came in from a very hot day, over 100 degrees, to cool off. I turned on the TV and propped some pillows up and laid back. I felt a twig sticking me as it usually happens, so I sat up and felt around. All’s well. I lean back again but the twig has moved. Four times I did this and when I sat up, I heard some deep, deep buzzing. She was huge. Ms. Bumble Bee flew to a table where I captured her under a glass. I took her outside and released her. My wife counted 5 stinger holes on my back. I figured she hitched a ride inside on my back and every time I leaned back, I squashed her (softly, mind you) between the pillow and my back. and that’s why she stung me saying, ‘Get your big *** off of me’. Her stings didn’t hurt as bad as a honey bee and I was better in no time. By Karen Stenbo \| Reply I have read the list of pollinator plants for the northeast from Xerces and did not see on the list the liatris plant. Liatris is a relative of purple loosestrife, a very beautiful purple flowering spike that is invasive in wetlands, and so its purchase is forbidden in MA. We are, however, able to buy liatris. We live in a suburb just west of Boston. A few years ago I bought one liatris plant, and it has multiplied to perhaps a hundred, with a purple spike of flowers on each. Our yard does not get full sun, so they do well in areas that are partially shaded every day. Every year I thin them out and give some to neighbors. Liatris flowers begin to open in June, and they are just about finished now on August 17, and during that whole time they are very attractive to bees. I do not know what kind of bees they are — the ones I have looked at are rather small, not large bumblebees. The bees are not aggressive, but we do not get too close to the liatris because there are always bees on the flowers. By Russell Lee Edwards \| Reply I live in central Oklahoma. I have several tomato plants that flowered like crazy this year but have not produced one single fruit. I go out and check them every day. Not once have a seen a single bee this year. Usually, in years past, the plants are swarming with bees. None, absolutely none this year. By Gary Malamed \| Reply I live in Carroll County Md. and tried to let an area grow but my county govt. made me mow it. What can I do to make them stop? By Sherrilee Openshaw \| Reply Hi, I just want to know we have a lot of bumble bees in my area. Their outside my door when I go out. We have a lot of wildflowers. As I walk past I try not to disturb them. I love watching them. I hope I can continue watching them for many years. By Heather - aka Sprittibee \| Reply I heart bees. Thanks for sharing this! <3 By Elizabeth Masangcay \| Reply It’s very sad but unfortunately very true. Sometime man does very stupid things, without thinking of the consequences. As president of the Chicago Filipino-American Lions Club I will do my best to educate my fellow Lions about the Native Bumblebees plight. They need to learn about the hazards that Nionic Pesticides pose. I will also tell them what types of wildflowers to plant in their yards to help with Bee and Butterfly repopulation. It seems that Butterflies are also disappearing. Coincidence I think not!!!!!!! By Diane Anthony \| Reply I live in suburban New Jersey. Have been planting many varieties of veggies and flowers that bees love…I have 13 different garden beds with a lot of variation on a small plot of land(.28 acres). I’ve had years of seeing few bees( both honey and bumblebees) and I’m happy to say the last two years have been sensational!! I’m not well acquainted with different species yet but plan to educate myself. Last year I found a local beekeeper and it seems there is a growing network of suburban beekeepers in my area. Still I’m very concerned for those species that are threatened… so will write local governments and try to move things from the bottom up…Grass roots movement!! By Trent Brock \| Reply I let native wildflowers grow around the edge of my yard where it is sunny. There is one kind of wildflower in particular which produces many tiny blooms and every year honeybees and bumblebees, along with other smaller flies, swarm over them. This is a very simple thing that can be done. By Rick Young \| Reply Bumble bees are thriving in Cornwall, PA 17042. Honeybees, not so much. By juanita medina \| Reply With out the bees the ecology is not going to work in safely manner, people need to be educated about it , so much ignorance . By Dan Okrasinski \| Reply I have had a huge increase in bumble bees in my western Oregon Willamette Valley home. They love all the California poppies and lavender I have growing. Just about any plant or bush I have that is purple to blue seems to attract them. We also have a good increase in honey bees who love my rudeccia flowers. This year I turned my yard into a bee, butterfly and humming bird jungle and have had good results. For some reason my Gazannia plants have not done well. By Norma Bowen \| Reply Thank you for this enlightening article. Didn’t know honey bees were not native in the U.S. and it seems they have been the only ones that are reported disappearing. I haven’t seen a bumble bee for a long time here in lower Idaho. Thanks again and keep this campaign to save the bumble bees and other species at the front of news. By Jane Thomas \| Reply I noticed many bumblebees and other pollinators in my yard in the Spring. They were great in pollinating my blueberry plants. However, come July when my lavender was in full bloom, I noticed very few pollinators and no bumblebees, which was quite unusual. We are surrounded by farm land and planting this year includes soy, corn, and potato. My yard is full of differing flowering plants as well as wild areas both in the front and back lawn. I don’t know what to do now, but it is very worrisome. I hope Canada (I live in PEI) can outlaw these seeds before more damage is done. By Alexis w \| Reply Thanks for your efforts! I did photograph Rusty Patch Bumblebees in Central Oregon in a dry canyon area. It/they were being sustained by the indigenous plant, mullein, as were yellow butterflies and migrating songbirds. FYI. just sharing where I saw several individuals. I hope they come back. . . like milkweed. They used to be so common – a daily joy. By Bees and the Future of Farming \| Katif \| Reply […] Williams, T., Miller, M. L., Hausheer, J. E., Miller, M. L., Roseth, K., Millgate, K., . . . Feldkamp, L. (2018, October 03). Recovery: Bringing Back Bumble Bees. Retrieved from https://blog.nature.org/science/2017/07/11/recovery-bringing-back-bumble-bees-endangered-native/ […] By Wild and Free Foundation \| Reply We could not agree more and fully understand the role of bees. For more on conservation have a look at – https://www.wildandfreefoundation.org Also In Insects & Pollinators Horrifying True Stories of Insect Zombies \| October 21, 2019 Create Wildlife Habitat Around Your House By Charles Fergus \| September 25, 2019 The Surprising Fireflies of the Western US By Kris Millgate The Real Reason You See Earthworms After Rain	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line913
__label__cc	0.563861	0.436139	Introducing the nRF52833: An Ideal SoC for Industrial IoT By Esten Jacobsen October 23, 2019 Nordic Semiconductor just released the nRF52833 System-on-Chip as the latest addition to the popular nRF52 Series. The Bluetooth 5.1 SoC has ample available memory and extensive dynamic multiprotocol capabilities, supporting Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee and other 2.4 GHz wireless protocols. Coupled with an extended temperature qualification up to 105°C and a Bluetooth 5.1 Direction Finding capable transceiver, the nRF52833 targets a wide range of commercial and industrial use cases, including professional lighting and asset tracking applications. The nRF52833 adds even more versatility to the nRF52 Series The nRF52 Series is a proven and reliable HW-SW platform used in hundreds of millions of products across the world. The addition of the nRF52833 makes it an even more versatile platform. The nRF52833 is built around a powerful 64-MHz 32-bit Arm® Cortex®-M4 processor with a floating point unit. The SoC includes a generous amount of Flash (512 KB) and RAM (128 KB) memory, making it an ideal option for a wide range of commercial and industrial wireless applications including professional lighting, asset tracking, smart home products, advanced wearables, and gaming solutions. Perfect for elevated temperature scenarios The increased temperature qualification across -40°C to 105°C is something that separates the nRF52833 from all other devices in the series. It is well-suited to elevated temperature scenarios like mesh lighting networks or factory production lines. 512 kB of flash and double the amount of RAM compared to the nRF52832 SoC allows you to run multiple protocols in concurrent operation. Dynamically switching between Bluetooth Low Energy and for instance Bluetooth mesh, Thread, or Zigbee can be valuable in IIoT use cases as this enables provisioning and commissioning of mesh nodes, and interaction with a mesh network from any device that speaks Bluetooth Low Energy. Read more: The Industrial IoT Like the nRF52840, the nRF52833 also has +8dBm output power for robust coverage in smart home applications, or where you need increased range. Additionally, the nRF52833 also includes higher-end peripherals like Full Speed USB, High-speed SPI, and a 1.7 V - 5.5 V input supply voltage range, previously only available on the nRF52840 flagship. This allows for using a variety of power sources such as coin-cell and rechargeable batteries, or USB, to power the device. Asset tracking applications Asset tracking is another target application area. The nRF52833 is the only device in the nRF52 series besides the nRF52811 to have a Bluetooth 5.1 Direction Finding capable radio. This improves the accuracy of positioning solutions by not only relying on the received signal strength indicator, but also using measured phase shift data to calculate a tag’s location. The added memory compared to the nRF52811 allows for implementing all roles, being either receiver and transmitter in Angle-of-Arrival and Angle-of-Departure scenarios, on the nRF52833. In a property tech scenario, the nRF52833 can be used to create a mesh network using infrastructure lighting and use that same network for doing all kinds of data transfer. Be it asset tracking within the building, alarm triggering on peripheral sensor information, indoor positioning solutions, lighting control, and predictive maintenance of expensive equipment. nRF52833 Development Kit Available Now Accompanying the release of the SoC, the nRF52833 DK is an affordable single board development kit that allows you to explore all the features of the nRF52833 SoC. The kit has access to all 42 I/Os and interfaces via connectors and there are four user-programmable LEDs and buttons. There is an integrated PCB trace antenna and an SWF connector for direct RF test measurement, and there are ports for measuring current consumption. Included in the kit is also an NFC antenna for use with the nRF52833 NFC-A tag support The DK is compatible with the Arduino Uno Rev3 standard, enabling the use of the compatible Nordic Power Profiler Kit and a wide range of third-party shields during development. For a look at the development kit, check out the nRF52833 DK video brief here: nRF52833 Software Support The nRF52833 is backed by Bluetooth 5.1 qualified protocol stacks in form of the S140 and S113 SoftDevices from Nordic Semiconductor. The S140 is an advanced stack that supports 20 concurrent links in all roles and includes all the optional Bluetooth 5 features such as 2 Mbps transfer, Long Range, Advertising Extensions and improved coexistence with Channel Selection Algorithm #2. Additional support in terms of peripheral drivers, examples and libraries needed to get started with Bluetooth Low Energy development is provided by the fresh v16.0.0 release of the nRF5 SDK. New versions of the nRF5 SDK for Mesh, and the nRF5 SDK for Thread and Zigbee development that include support for the nRF52833 are soon to be released. Get your DK today and bring your applications to life on the nRF52833. Topics: nRF52833 By: Esten Jacobsen Esten Jacobsen has an M.Sc. in Electronics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and has been with Nordic Semiconductor for 8 years. After graduating he worked with digital hardware design on the nRF51, nRF52 and nRF91 series before moving to his current position as a Product Marketing Engineer. Feel free to ask Esten a question in the comments below!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line914
__label__wiki	0.566161	0.566161	A New Conservation Ethic in Higher Education This Week in NWF History NWF Staff \| September 5, 2016 Since 1936, the National Wildlife Federation has worked to conserve the nation’s wildlife and wild places. As part of our 80th anniversary celebration, we are recognizing important moments in our history that continue to make an impact today. The National Wildlife Federation has helped teams of college students, faculty and staff create greener, wildlife-friendly campuses and communities for more than 25 years through its Campus Ecology Program. More than one million young leaders have participated in these programs at most of the nation’s 4,100 two and four-year colleges and university campuses. “As millennials, it is important that we take on leadership roles.” – Jomar Floyd, EcoLeader. Photo from Jomar Floyd Education initiatives such as NWF’s Campus Ecology help inspire a new sustainability ethic in U.S. higher education. The majority of student alumni engaged with our program are involved in multiple ways in the sustainability and conservation movement, from leading greening city-wide purchasing programs to co-founding new national climate organizations. See this article, “Student Star Power”, in National Wildlife magazine, for a few outstanding examples. At the heart of all of these efforts has been leadership by students, who desire greater support in converting their skills and experiences into careers for sustainability. Meanwhile, green sectors are offering robust, well-paid job opportunities that could help lift up and engage millennials (age 18 to 34) who now form the majority of the workforce. NWF’s Campus Ecology team put this learning into practice and launched EcoLeaders in fall of 2014. To date, more than 1,300 EcoLeaders in all 50 U.S. states and in 11 countries help the National Wildlife Federation and our partners position the next generation to lead for a resilient, biologically diverse and cleaner economy all across the U.S. and the world. Campus greening efforts give students the opportunity for hands-on, project-based learning that works toward the larger goal of a cleaner economy. We will continue to support these initiatives through the NWF Campus Ecology Resource Center, while shining an even brighter spotlight on next generation leaders at the center of these innovations. EcoLeaders such as Nishant Makhijani work with others to share ideas and advocate for sustainable environmental practices on campuses. Photo from University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Supported generously by the Kendeda Fund which also supported the campus ecology fellowships, NWF’s EcoLeaders Program engages college students and young professionals interested in securing great jobs that help the planet (as well as their instructors, staff and administrators, interested in student career development for sustainability). As enrolled EcoLeaders, students and young professionals join a community and take five steps that boost effective leadership and career skills for sustainability: Declaring and sharing an EcoMission Designing and advancing projects Supporting others through discussion Forums Earning certification for project-based leadership Planning career pathways With the support of NWF and our partners, EcoLeaders can work even more effectively preparing themselves for the global market for sustainability competencies. Over the next several months, we will be updating our e-newsletter, websites, etc., so stay tuned for more exciting changes! Please contact EcoLeaders@nwf.org with any questions. Students and Nature \| campus ecology, ecoleaders, green jobs, This Week in NWF History Written by NWF Staff	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line915
__label__cc	0.678681	0.321319	访问 Strava.com 最佳结果 Digging for Good Combining adventure, teamwork and community support with urban running. 撰文： Max Leonard Things I did in the middle of my run last week: – sprint drills – check – jogged on the spot waiting for the traffic lights to change – check – chatted to my friend – check – shovelled some compost – check Yep, you didn’t read that wrong: I joined up with 30 other people to pound the streets of Hackney for a short run. We split into two groups halfway through, and, while the other lot went to clean and maintain some playground facilities, we filled the back of the van with compost from the council, drove it round the corner to a community garden, and then unloaded it all again. Then we ran around the corner and met the rest of the group for some intervals around a local square, did a final cool down and stretch, and dispersed into the night. “You get a bit sweaty, usually a bit dirty, and you feel good on the way home,” says Ivo Gormley about GoodGym, the charity he founded that combines community work with running. The idea was to combine adventure, teamwork and community engagement, getting people out of the gym, off the treadmill and into the real world. Each week, in more than 20 boroughs or towns in the UK, hundreds of people turn out for GoodGym. Every session is taken by a qualified personal trainer or run coach, who keeps everyone safe, oversees the manual labour and pushes everyone through the drills. On other days we might have been ripping up flooring at a local social enterprise, odd jobs at a hostel and counselling service, or gardening at a local school. GoodGym also organises ‘Coach Runs’ – where members commit to visiting a vulnerable or isolated elderly person on their run once a week – and missions – last minute shout-outs calling for a single person to run to complete a one-off task. Our leader was called Joel Wiles. He grew up in the London borough of Hackney, where our GoodGym run took place, and now travels back to lead the Hackney GoodGym group. “It’s almost like a family duty,” he said, continuing: “How often do we talk to our neighbours these days – or do we just walk past them?” This brings like-minded people together to do something positive for the community. Joel was a former health club personal trainer, and strong youth athlete at sprint distances and triple jump, who had come to distance running after a knee injury. He had been leading Hackney GoodGym since December. While there were a few seriously handy runners there, all GoodGym asked of participants was the ability to run 15 minutes without stopping, and to be willing to pitch in – it was an important part of GoodGym to inspire and motivate people to get better. Our Tuesday night run was only 5km, but GoodGym runners could rely on their local leaders for help and advice hitting bigger targets. More than 80, for example, had signed up to the Hackney Half Marathon, where Joel was going to be the 1h45min pacer. “It’s enchanting seeing how people progress in just a few short months,” Joel said, and added that sharing their love of running and teaching skills was just as motivating for the coaches: “You’re building a community, you’re part of a community. You’re at the epicentre of it and you’re driving it. It’s a highlight of my week.” The running, however, was just a part of it: the job also involves a lot of planning and organisation, working with the council and local groups to find and run the tasks. “So much always needs doing, you can always make spaces better,” Ivo told Strava when we talked to him. There are also plans to start GoodGym fitness coaching for disabled people, to take the benefits to the wider audience. It’s safe to say that we all went home a bit sweaty, a bit dirty and, yes, feeling good. Click the link to find out more about GoodGym. Do you have a similar organization or service component to your athletic routine? Share stories and activity links below. 免费下载 Strava。来自： Advocacy•Community•Running•UK GoodGym Urban Running 在 Strava 上关注查看所有作者免费加入 Strava：通过 Facebook 注册通过 Google 注册或者，通过电子邮箱注册。	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line916
__label__cc	0.737651	0.262349	BUY NOW & SAVE MACKENZIE LODGE LODGING RATES OTHER AREA LODGING LESSON RATES & TIMES PUNCH PASSES FAMILY FUN-DAY SUNDAY CHILDREN’S PROGRAM DORM PACKAGES YOUTH PACKAGES RECEPTION PHOTOS BANQUET MENUS GOLF PHOTOS BEATIE’S BAR & GRILL BLACKMER LODGE R DUBS PUB WEDNESDAY NIGHT RACE LEAGUE: Grab a team and race in the Adult Race League this winter. For those ages 18 and over, racing is at 6:30 pm on Wednesday nights, with awards and results following in Beatie’s Bar & Grill. The league runs from January 8th through March 11th. Teams of 3 compete against each other with handicaps. For additional information and to sign up for the league, see the WED NIGHT RACE FLYER. JUNIOR RACING PROGRAM: The Junior Race Program is for children ages 6 to 14 and is offered every Tuesday evening from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm starting in January. The program is also offered on Saturday mornings from 10 am until 12 pm. For more information and to sign up, see our JR RACE INFO SHEET JOIN US FOR OUR SPRING RACE SERIES: Saturday, February 29, 2020: Jim Wickham Memorial Race 1 pm start, register at the ticket office from 9 am to 12 pm Awards banquet following the race Slalom on Liberty – Open to all $14 per racer for the Wickham, or $20 to add the Gold Cup Age divisions: 0-10, 11-14, 15-17, 18-35, 36-46, 47-57, 58 and up Sunday, March 1, 2020: Earl Huckle Memorial Race 1 pm start, register in Beatie’s Bar & Grill from from 9 am to 12 pm Giant Slalom on Liberty & Olympia – Open to all $5 for kids and $10 for adults 100% of the proceeds, other than entry fees, go towards the Cadillac Ski Club Age divisions: 0-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+ Saturday & Sunday, March 7 & 8, 2020: WinAlpine JDT Race Junior Development Teams from other ski resorts are on site to compete Slalom Race on March 7 Giant Slalom & Super G Race on March 8 Visit WinAlpine.com for more info. Sunday, March 15, 2020: Caberfae Peaks Gold Cup Super G Register at the ticket office from 9 am to 12 pm Race is at 1 pm on South Peak Super Giant Slalom on GGs Ride – Open to all $14 per racer, or $20 for both the Wickham and the Gold Cup Age divisions: 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-32, 33-45, 46-59, 60+ Overall Male & Female Winners Caberfae Peaks Ski & Golf 1 Caberfae Lane Cadillac, Michigan BUY LIFT TICKETS & SAVE LIFT TICKET RATES © Copyright - Caberfae Peaks Ski & Golf Resort - Site Design BDS	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line918
__label__wiki	0.502347	0.502347	Home Portable Solar Charging Kits Heavy-Duty Solar Generators: 10 Best Large Portable Solar Generators, Power Stations Best Heavy-Duty and Large Portable Solar Generators and Power Stations by Amanda Swan in Portable Solar Charging Kits, Portable Solar Power, Portable Solar Power Generators We have a great collection of solar power generators on the market today. Earlier, we have had a look at the best portable briefcase solar generators and small AC solar power stations and more. Here we would like to introduce you to some of the best heavy-duty solar generators. As you can guess, a heavy-duty solar generator may not fit for portable use. Obviously, you couldn’t carry a hefty solar generator on an individual camping or outing trip. But it is an ideal solution for use in an RV, trailer, boat, campervan, truck, and more. Moreover, you could use it in your home, office, cabin, or apartment for the use in case of an emergency or a blackout for a longer period. That is how a large solar generator turns out to be an amazing companion of both the emergency preppers and off-grid power users. What is a Heavy-Duty Solar Generator? Best Heavy-Duty Solar Generators 1. Goal Zero Yeti 1400 Lithium Solar Power Station 3. Maxoak Bluetti 1500Wh Solar Generator 4. Suaoki G1000 Portable Power Station 5. Sun Joe 1440W Portable Solar Power Station 6. Nature’s Generator 1800W Solar Generator 7. Ascent Solar Generator Y1200 8. FSP Emergy 3000 Portable Power Pack 9. Inergy Apex Portable Solar Power Station 10. KISAE Home Solar Generator Kit There is actually no specific form or design for what even a portable solar generator be. That could be any machine that is capable of collecting and storing solar power. In that sense, all solar-based power stations on the market are commonly classified as solar generators. The term ‘solar generator’ is, in fact, a misnomer since the same doesn’t actually generate power. Instead, what it does is just converting solar power to the usable electricity with the help of solar panels. Meanwhile, a heavy-duty solar generator is simply a large solar-based power station. Most notably, it has large storage and is compatible with more PV panels. Thus, it is more powerful and large in size. We have a variety of heavy-duty solar generators available on the market. They will help you enjoy access to an unlimited source for green energy and run several big electronics at the same time. See, you could fire up some essential appliances like PCs, ovens, and mini-fridges with a large portable solar generator. Our list of the best heavy-duty solar generators certainly includes all the important models available on the market. So, it would be easy for you to find the best machine for a survival and off-the-grid situation. Since they are a bit bulkier, you could ideally use them in your campers, trailers, boats, and more. If you are looking for a big solar power station, Yeti 1400 Lithium looks to be the most appealing pick. It is a typical solar generator with decently good storage and all-important charging ports. There are a lot of takers for this as it is much suitable for your off-grid power needs along with sufficient solar chargers. It is indeed one of the best-sellers in the segment of heavy-duty solar generators. Thus, we have it as the first item on our list of large solar generators. As you know, it is an upgrade to the flagship model of the brand’s former line of AGM power stations, Yeti 1250. Check out its latest price on the button below. As said above, Yeti 1400 is a lightweight lithium upgrade to Yeti 1250. Surely, lithium makes it weigh pretty less than an AGM-based one. By the way, like all other Goal Zero power stations, it is only a power station with the solar charging facility. You should buy a solar panel to make it a complete solar generator. Otherwise, you could recharge it from either a wall outlet or a carport and keep it for off-grid power in an emergency or any other worse situation. With a solar charger, you could take it anywhere on outings whether it’s a camping, boating, or RVing trip. The powerful solar generator could run all your essential appliances and electronics. Meanwhile, you could easily carry it on the included cart and make more fun of your outing trips with unlimited power. Lithium-Ion Battery: Amazingly, you get the large solar generator with a lithium-ion battery, which you could easily replace with a new one if the current one wears out. For the lithium battery, you get more life cycles. And more interestingly, it makes the device lightweight overall so you could use it for a wide range of off-grid applications like camping, tailgating, outdoor parties, emergency and etc. High Quality and Popular: No one buys a less popular model. In the solar generator market, though priced a bit higher, Goal Zero is the final word. Of course, you could buy a Goal Zero with no worry about quality. The American maker has been selling a range of high-quality products in the portable power market for over a decade. Hence, Yeti 1400 Lithium, being its flagship model, is the best choice for you. Powerful Solar Panels: Of course, coupled with a powerful solar charger, Yeti 1400 is an ideal piece of off-grid power solutions. Goal Zero recommends a host of high-quality solar chargers for the Yeti including the brand-new Goal Zero Boulder 100 Briefcase, which, as its name suggests, is foldable like a suitcase. Compatible Solar Charger Well, the most suitable solar charger for Yeti 1400 is Boulder 100 Briefcase. It looks that most of the takers of Yeti 1400 have gone for it since it is a decently powerful solar charger. You could easily manage it out in the wild or a survival situation and store in a small room thanks to its briefcase-style folding. As you see, it is a medium variant of Goal Zero’s famous Boulder solar panels. It is designed with a pair of 50W Boulder solar panels hinged together with strong and durable latches. You could place it on its built-in kickstands for better exposure to the sunlight. Check out its latest price on the link below. By the way, if you want to recharge the machine rather quickly, get a unit of Boulder 200 Briefcase. Or you could also get a regular 100-watt Boulder 100 solar charger, which would be fine if you wanted to mount the solar panel permanently on a rooftop like a household, camper, trailer, boat or like that. What about a more powerful Goal Zero Yeti power station? Yes, Goal Zero has unveiled a giant Yeti variant, called Yeti 3000 Lithium. As its name suggests, it is a highly powerful 3075Wh power station with a huge lithium battery. It is indeed the largest full-fledged solar power station ever on the market. That means this colossal machine could back up a range of your high-powered appliances for a long period. With its massive size, it is a perfect choice for camping tents, RVs, trailers, and more. However, it is not nice for individual camping as it is a bulky one. Follow the button below to check out its latest price. Could you ever imagine such a powerful solar generator? Of course, it is a reality now. No other company has realized such a big full-fledged solar-based power station ever. Goal Zero has done it. However, Yeti 1400 becomes a solar generator only when you attach it to a powerful solar charger. Most likely, a unit of Goal Zero Boulder 200 Briefcase could do that job perfectly. Yes, you would need to spend extra for the PV panels, but what you get after is a massive solar power generator. Coming to the size, it is obviously a huge one. It has got a size of 10.1 x 15.3 x 13.1 in and it weighs 68.6 lbs. But that doesn’t matter because the power station is preferably for the best use in remote cabins, trailers, RVs, boats, campers, homes, apartments, and more. Clearly, you could keep this larger machine anywhere in your living space putting connected to the suitable solar panels for emergency power. Highly Powerful: Certainly, this is a highly powerful solar power station. Its advanced 1500W sine wave inverter could produce a surge power of 3000W. Along with the 842Ah @ 3.65V battery, this giant power station could work exactly like a diesel generator if you have got some brilliant PV panels. Wide Range of Output Ports: Obviously, the large Goal Zero power station has a rich number of output ports to support a variety of your devices and appliances. It features USB A, USB C, USB PD, 12V carport, 12V Power Pole port and 120V AC sockets to run all your essential electronics. Advanced Connectivity Facility: Most interestingly, the huge Yeti device integrates Wi-Fi connectivity. So, you could manage the entire device via the included Goal Zero Yeti App on your phone or tablet from anywhere, anytime. You could access various real-time data and control the power station easily. Goal Zero’s top-end Boulder 200 Briefcase is an ideal pick for Yeti 3000. As its name suggests, it is a 200-watt monocrystalline solar panel with a briefcase folding design. Made with rigid and anodized aluminum and the tempered glass, it is an amazing choice for all your outdoor needs. Along with Yeti 3000 Lithium, you could use the solar charger to perfectly power up your camper, trailer, and boat batteries. Thus, you could ideally live up to the power requirements of an off-grid or emergency situation. Check out the button below to buy a unit of Boulder 200 Briefcase. By the way, you could also try out multiple units of the briefcase solar charger for faster recharging of the power station. Also, if you want to mount the solar charger permanently somewhere, get multiple units of Boulder 100, a single-sheet panel with the same efficiency. Next, on our list of heavy-duty solar generators, we have a great product from the Chinese brand, Maxoak. It is Bluetti 1500Wh solar generator. It is a very much portable and easy-to-carry power station. The device comes with a 1000-watt pure sine wave inverter to help power up all your larger appliances and gadgets. Well, Maxoak Bluetti is a 1500Wh high-capacity power station. The battery inside is a long-lasting lithium unit, which features top-brand LG battery cells. So, you get a very safe and secure solar power station that could perfectly run your essential electronics, such as blenders, grills, hairdryers, and etc… The Maxoak device features multiple charging options. Most remarkably, it has two AC sockets to power most of your household appliances under 1000W. In addition, it integrates one 12V DC socket, one Type-C Power Delivery port, and four 5V USB outlets to support a wide range of your DC and USB electronics. Plus, the power station integrates a highly efficient MPPT solar charging technology. An advanced battery management system (BMS) and the included MC4 solar charging cable are also other key attractions of the Maxoak device, which is a superb choice for portable use thanks to its handy design. When it comes to the size, it measures at 14.6 x 6.5 x 14.4 inches and it has a weight of 37.9lb. However, its strong handle would help you carry it anywhere with no much trouble. Powerful Solar Generator: The Maxoak device is a decently powerful solar power station. It packs up a 1500Wh lithium battery with a pure sine wave inverter of 1500 watts. That how it comes out to be an ideal way for people to run their electronics in an emergency or an off-grid outdoor situation. Portable Form Factor: Though a powerful solar generator, it highlights a compact and handy design, as you see in the picture above. Well, it has got a durable built-in carrying handle so that you could just move it around in your RV, camper, or trailer with no mush hassle. Standard US AC Outlets and LCD Display: Other notable features of the Maxoak device include its dual-standard AC outlets. So, you could plug in two AC appliances under 1000 watts at the same time. Further, it sports an LCD display to show the battery status and other information. The brand doesn’t offer any specific solar panel for its power station. But you could make use of any third-party panel to charge it from the sun. Being a powerful power station, we would like to recommend you a 200W briefcase-style model from Renogy. Yes, it is a competitor to Goal Zero Boulder 200 Briefcase. It is designed with the highly efficient mono solar cells for increased solar conversion rate. Meanwhile, the panel highlights an adjustable, corrosion-resistant aluminum kickstand and a heavy-duty carrying handle, latches and more. Check out its latest price of the solar panel on the link below. The Renogy solar charger is perfect for charging gel, sealed, and lithium batteries. It also includes a small 20Amp solar charge controller with an LCD screen for showing the operating information. Anyway, it is one of the nice solar chargers for any of the heavy-duty solar generators on the market. Here is the top-end variant of Suaoki portable solar power stations. It is indeed one of the best heavy-duty solar generators with a whopping output of 1183Wh. The mega-capacity machine integrates a 1000-watt pure sine wave inverter with a surge capacity of 2000 watts. That said, you get yet another massive portable power station to back up all your essential AC appliances and gadgets. The included battery is capable of offering 2000 times life cycles. Thus, you could use it much reliably in powering up your electronics during blackouts, travels, RVing, camping, and more. What’s more, you have the Suaoki machine with a large number of charging options. They most notably include four AC outlets, letting you power up to four laptops or other AC appliances at the same time. In addition to the AC sockets, you have the machine equipped with 5 USB ports overall. Well, the USB ports include two USB-A, two USB 3.0 Quick Charge, and one USB-C Power Delivery ports. Besides, the machine integrates multiple DC sockets, including one 12-volt cigarette lighter charger. By the way, with a strong and durable handle, it is indeed an easy-to-move power station with a high output. Decently Powerful Machine: First of all, Suaoki G1000 is yet another full-fledged solar power generator with a higher output. Therefore, the 1182.72Wh mega-capacity device is indeed an amazing pick for all your off-grid and emergency power requirements. Stylish Design: Yet another attractive thing with G1000 is its stylish design. Suaoki has kept up its typical design and color theme for it. So, it looks to be an expanded version of its younger model, G500. Portable and Friendly for Outdoors: Of course, though a big solar power generator, it is well-engineered for portable use. You could just throw it into your vehicle trunk and enjoy access to unlimited solar power in the wild with the help of a reliable solar charger. Amazing Number of Charging Ports: Last but not least, G1000 is a nice pick with its awesome number of charging options. They include four US standard AC sockets besides multiple USB and DC sockets. Suaoki’s 100W foldable solar panel is a cool way to recharge G1000. The four-fold solar charger is capable of offering a higher conversion efficiency. So, you could recharge your power station in some hours under bright sunlight. It is very easy to manage since it folds down to a handy briefcase-style design. The Suaoki solar charger highlights three charging options; one 18W DC socket and one Quick Charge 3.0 USB and one 60W Type-C PD port. Yes, with the DC outlet and the included 10-in-1 DC adapter kit, you could recharge any solar power stations other than G1000. Use the button to buy a unit of it. At the same time, as you could guess, the solar charger is good at powering up your USB handsets and gadgets. Just under the sun, you could connect your handsets with the solar charger. Overall, you get a really amazing piece of solar charger that can be your perfect outdoor companion. Next, we have a cool solar-based power station from Sun Joe, a leading vendor of innovative outdoor tools. Branded as SJ1440SG, it is a large 1440-watt portable powerhouse ideally designed for both outdoors and indoors. Well, you could run most of your small household appliances and other electronics on it. Of course, with an output of over 1000 watts, we would like to include this model on our list of heavy-duty solar generators. Along with a reliable solar panel, it would definitely come out as a perfect solar generator. Check out the button below for its latest price and buying a unit of the Sun Joe power station. Inside the Sun Joe power station has a good-quality sealed lead-acid (SLA) battery. Plus, it has other basic components for backing up solar power for later use. That is how you get a really maintenance-free, fume-free, and safe solar power station for outdoor and indoor applications. Like all similar products, it features various charging options. They include dual AC plugs, dual car auxiliary outlets, and as many USB ports. When it comes to portability, the heavy 114.6-lb device has got two strong wheels and a collapsible handle. Design-wise, it looks a copy of Goal Zero’s old-gen Yeti 1250, by the way. Fuel-Free Portable Power Station: It is an incredible fuel-free portable power station with solar charging compatibility. You could recharge it from the wall socket, a carport, or a solar panel and store the power for later use. The 1440W machine supports all your essential household appliances. Multiple Charging Outlets: The Sun Joe highlights multiple ports to support your electronics. They include two regular AC sockets and as many USB and DC sockets. All the outlets feature rubber capping for better protection against dust and water splashes. Portability: Yet another attractive thing is its increased portability. It has got two large roller wheels, as said above. You could just drag it on its wheels during your trips by holding on its collapsible handle. The maker of the solar power station offers a compatible solar panel. It is a 60W folding solar panel with a cable for the SJ1440SP power station. Designed with the moderately efficient, non-toxic silicon solar cells, the PV panel is capable of harvesting the most out of solar power. You get the Sun Joe solar panel in a convenient carrying case. Once in the wild, you could take it out and fold up to recharge the power station. After the use, you could comfortably fold it down to a compact unit. Use the button below to check out the latest price of the Sun Joe solar panel. Anyway, this is a traditional poly solar panel with a conversion efficiency of only 17.4%. Of course, that makes it less attractive to Goal Zero Boulder and the Renogy’s advanced mono solar panels. Whatever, it comes with two 25-ft solar connector cables and dual MC4 T-branch connectors. Nature’s Generator is the next pick on our list of the heavy-duty solar generators. It is a powerful portable power station that integrates two natural ways to produce free electricity; solar and wind. That means you could connect both a solar panel and a small residential wind turbine to it for recharging in the wild. Basically, what you get is a 1800W pure sine wave inverter system with a 60Ah SLA battery. That could guarantee you an output of 720Wh on a single recharge. Nature’s Generator is very much portable thanks to its two roller wheels and a collapsible handle. Check out its latest price on the button below. The Nature’s solar power station features different options for charging your electronics. They include USB ports, AC sockets, and DC ports to support a variety of your appliances and gadgets. More clearly, there are three 120V AC outlets, two USB 3A ports, and one 12V DC outlet. The most exciting thing with the generator is the Bluetooth SmartKey feature. That is a way you could pair it with your phone – both iOS and Android. Thus, you could lively track your system from anywhere in the world. Also, you get the device in a bundle with a matching 100W solar panel and alone. Highly Portable Power Station: Surely, Nature’s Generator is a portable solution. Though a large device, it comes up with a built-in cart and a collapsible handle. So, you could easily move it even on tough turfs to avail solar power right anywhere in the wild or during an emergency situation. 1800W Pure Sine Wave Inverter: This is another notable thing with Nature’s power station. Having a 1800W pure sine wave inverter inside, it could ideally support all your essential household and camping AC appliances and other gadgets. You have it with three full-size AC sockets as well. Wind and Solar Combination: Yes, as said above, the portable power station is chargeable from two ways of the natural power source. The machine integrates a 200W charge controller to support solar panels and a 300W charge controller for a wind turbine. They both work at the same time. Bluetooth Connectivity: Finally, the power station is known for its integration of Bluetooth connectivity. The included Smatykey dongle thus allows you to connect the station to your phone, tablet, or other devices via the Bluetooth chip built-in. So, you could manage its operation from anywhere in the world. The brand itself offers a brilliant solar panel for the Nature’s solar power generator. It is a 100W poly solar panel with two roller wheels and a kickstand. This single-sheet panel is a perfect pick for charging Nature’s Generator as well as Nature’s Generator Power Pod. This Nature’s panel comes up with 3.2mm anti-reflective and safety glass. So, you could use it safely in all the weather conditions with no worry. The included wheels let you move it around comfortably. That is indeed one of the notable attraction points of Nature’s generator and solar panel. The solar panel also comes with an MC4 branch connector. That will help you pair another unit of the solar panel to increase the recharging speeds. Of course, the lightweight aluminum frame and kickstand make it an amazing solar panel for any portable power station. Ascent Solar Generator Y1200, formerly EnerPlex Ascent Solar Generatr, is another big solar generator you will love to have a look at. As you see, it is a stylish power station. And coupled with a solar panel, it comes out to be an ideal solar generator for all your large-scale off-grid and emergency power needs. Ascent Y1200 sports a 1231Wh lithium battery. And is rated to deliver 1000W of energy continuously and 2000W surge. That means the system is capable of running a wide range of your large and small devices. You could run your laps, mini-fridges, ovens, CPAPs, lights, and other gadgets comfortably. When it comes to design and portability, Ascent Y1200 is certainly an exemplary model of the kind. This is a well-designed power station that comes with two durable handles to let you easily carry the 42lb device to take it anywhere hassle-free. Also, its build is quite strong and durable, making it perfect for outdoors. Coming to the charging options, Y1200 has got three AC outlets and as many USB outlets. Plus, it features a 12V DC and a 12V Anderson port each. So, it would support all your camping and household electronics. Overall, you get one more amazing machine on our list of the best heavy-duty solar generators. Very Stylish and Lightweight: The Ascent solar generator is very stylish and amazingly lightweight. Its maker has deliberately designed it in such a way that it would turn out to be competitive to the entire Goal Zero Yeti series. Its orange and grey shade and 47lbs weight are other attractive things. Decently Powerful Machine: With a 1231Wh battery, the Ascent solar generator is a decently powerful machine. You could use it to run most of the essential AC appliances and to profusely charge your mobile phones and other small devices. Three AC Sockets: Yet another great thing with the Ascent solar generator is the included three AC plugs. Unlike all similar products, it comes with three units of AC sockets to support a variety of your appliances. Portable Design: Ascent Y1200 features a handy and compact design, though it is a powerful machine. You could just carry it hassle-free on its built-in carrying handles on both the sides. Coming to the solar panel, you could use any panel with Generator Y1200. However, its maker was offering a solar panel suitable for the machine under the branding, Commander. As of now, the Ascent Solar’s solar panel is not available on the market. So, it is better you go for a folding solar panel from any brand. We would like to recommend you a 100-watt portable solar panel from Aimtom. It is a highly efficient two-fold solar panel. Though designed for its series of power stations, you could use it with the Ascent power station with a suitable DC adapter. Check out the link below for the latest price of the solar panel. Apart from the 18V DC socket, the Aimtom solar panel features dual USB ports with one USB 3.0 QC. They are meant to recharge your mobiles, tablets, and other USB devices. By the way, the bundle also features a 10-in-1 DC connector kit. Hence, it is easy to find a suitable adapter to recharge the Ascent power station. FSP Emergy 3000 is indeed one of the brilliant heavy-duty solar generators on the market. This is basically a suitcase-style large power station with a massive output of 2600 watt-hours. Well, that makes it a great piece of the portable solar power pack to run all your essential household and camping appliances. Though a heavy machine that weighs 66.15 lbs, you could take it easily anywhere. You could simply drag it on like a suitcase. It has got four roller wheels and a collapsible handle. So, just drag and go. You are lucky to have access to an unlimited amount of solar power. Check out the link below for its latest price. Specs-wise, Emergy 3000, the top-end of the line, packs a high-quality lithium-iron-phosphate 2600Wh battery. There is an entry-level 900Wh variant for this machine. By the way, thanks to the built-in Battery Management System (BMS), both the devices are capable of offering you enhanced performance. The FSP Emergy is a full-fledged solar generator, indeed. It features multiple charging options though not having as many outlets as its other competitions. See, it integrates dual 120V AC sockets and a pair of USB outlets. Also, having a low-end variant, you get a chance to buy another option as per your budget. Large Suitcase Solar Generator: It is a huge 2600Wh suitcase-style solar power pack. That lets you enjoy unlimited off-grid power out in the wild or in an emergency. Of course, you could easily move the power station in your RV, trailer, truck, or boat and make use of the sun to run all your electronics. Multiple Variants: You get the FSP solar power station in two variants. Apart from the 2600Wh high-end option, you get a 900Wh entry-level model. Interestingly, both the variants are available in a suitcase-style so you could easily handle them outdoors. Suitcase-Style Large Power Station: Yes, the FSP Emergy is a huge machine in a suitcase form. That said, apart from just having the folding design of a suitcase like other similar products, this power station, and its low-end variant are exactly like suitcases. Incredible Solar Charger: Above all, you get a large 300W foldable ultra-thin solar panel to power up the devices from the sun. Indeed, the semi-flexible solar panels are lightweight for ideal outdoor uses. When it comes to the solar charger, FSP offers a large 300W solar panel. This is suitable for both its power stations. It is a combination of six layers of flexible solar panels made with the highly-efficient mono solar cells. Each layer of the solar panel is a 50W unit, thus taking the total output to 300 watts. The FSP solar panel is very lightweight and easy for moving. Thanks to its extremely thin and semi-flexible design, you could attach the panel to any surface and get access to the sunlight. Visit the button below to check out its latest price and buy a unit to recharge the FSP power station. This solar charger is indeed exceptional with its flexible design. Though a semi-flexible solar charger, it is a hugely powerful one. Therefore, different from the traditional panels, you could place it quite comfortably anywhere. Or also fix it to the roof of your RV, trailer, or a boat to back up the large power station. Here is another outstanding heavy-duty solar generator. Called Inergy Apex, it is an upgraded variant of the brand’s old-generation Inergy Kodiak solar power station. This is also a very lightweight, and at the same time, a highly powerful portable power station with a solar charging option. Most remarkably, its maker highlights its lightweight and compact design. Plus, its advanced lithium-ion battery could offer four times longer lifespan thanks to 2000 charge cycles. Also, it features the fastest charging system via the solar panels. Check out its latest price on the link below. Anyway, coming to specs, the Inergy machine packs up a 1100Wh expandable battery. As per Inergy, that would make it a silent alternative to a gas generator. Well, the Inergy power station integrates a 1500W power inverter that could surge at 3000 watts to deliver enough power for your AC appliances. When it comes to charging options, there is again a wonder. The compact machine comes up with a large collection of outlets. They notably include six full-size AC plugs. Plus, you have it equipped with an RV plug, two 12V DC outlets, two basecamp light ports, and four USB ports, including two USB-C PD ports. Powerful and Great Output: The Inergy power station is a powerful beast. The 1100Wh (90A hours @ 12.6 volts) device is certainly an amazing pick to power up your household and emergency AC appliances and other DC gadgets, lightings, and more. It packs a 1300W inverter with a surge capacity of 3000W. Lightweight and Ultra-Portable: Next, Inergy Apex is known for its ultra-portable and lighter design. Weighing just 25-lb and having a size of 14 x 7 x 8 in, you could take it anywhere with no hassle. Its rectangular-design with a strong carrying strap and handle makes it ultra-portable. Fast Solar Charging: Yes, thanks to the included MPPT charge controller, the Inergy power station could offer fast solar charging. Thus, it becomes one of the heavy-duty solar generators with fast charging. Multiple Outlets: As we have seen above, the device highlights a rich number of charging outlets. With six full-size US standard AC outlets, it is indeed a great way to run all your essential AC appliances. Further, it has a number of other DC and USB charging options. Of course, Inergy offers superior quality solar panels for its much-touted Inergy power station. Well, the brand avails a reliable 100W solar panel in both the poly and mono categories. Called, Solar Storm, the poly solar panel is well-made with good quality tempered glass and solid aluminum frame. The monocrystalline variant, called Solar Linx, is rather efficient but is more expensive as well. You could attach up to five units of both the solar panels to increase the charging speeds. Check out the link below for the latest prices of both the Inergy solar panels. By the way, Inergy also sells its power station in multiple bundles with the different numbers of both the solar panels. Thus, in Bronze, Silver, and Gold kits, you respectively get one, three, and five units of both the panels. Overall, you get a well-off package of Inergy Apex and the required solar panels. The final model on our list of the heavy-duty solar generators is from KISAE. This is a cool home-friendly solar power generator, but you could certainly use it in your RV, camper, trailer, boat, and more. When it comes to the specs, the KISAE product is basically an 1800-watt powerhouse. Inside, the KISAE machine equips a 60Ah battery. But if you want to store more power, you could increase it by adding up more external batteries. That is what makes this home-friendly solar power station a more amazing pick. Check out the link below to see its latest price and buy a unit. As said above, the KISAE power pack has a 1800W inverter and a 140W 8A solar charge controller. It is when the bundle packs up a battery box, a built-in automatic transfer switch, 5Amp AC charger, and a permanent mount kit. And it sports multiple universal AC sockets to power up your appliances. Further, it shows off an all-weather capability. Hence, it would come out to be an ideal solution for a range of outdoor applications. That is, you could either place it indoors or take it outdoors to your tents, cabins, or worksites. Finally, the power station weighs 24.4 pounds and its size goes 14.5 x 10.5 x 14 in. Complete Home Friendly Power Station: Most notably, the KISAE is a home-friendly solar power station. You could use it inside your residence to power up entire your home in a blackout situation. The 1800W device is quite enough to run most of your essential appliances easily. Better Storage Capacity: The device comes with a 60Ah battery inside. That is enough to support a range of your electronics, but you could also add extra batteries to the system for longer runtime. Powerful Inverter: The KISAE becomes a powerful device with the included 1800-watt inverter. Thus, it turns out to be a great solution for running a range of your larger household appliances like refrigerators, ovens, TVs, lights, and fans, and more. Solar Panel Included in the Kit: Well, the KISAE solar power station comes up with a suitable solar panel. That is an 80W single-sheet mono solar panel, which is a piece of highly efficient solar panel, indeed. As you see in the picture, the KISAE power station comes with a suitable solar panel. That is a unit of 80W mono solar panel. Yes, that might not be enough to recharge the huge power station under the sunlight in a few hours. So, you could add extra panels up to 140 watts. That has been our list of heavy-duty solar generators on the market. There are many more models, but we have hand-picked the top 10 after a detailed research. A heavy-duty solar generator is basically meant as a reliable solution to ensure off-grid power in an outdoor event or an emergency situation. You could set it up in your RV, trailer, camper, boat, or home. Share your thoughts about the list in the comments below. Tags: best portable solar generatorsportable powerportable solar generators Share202Tweet110Share44 Best Portable Solar Cookers: 7 Brilliant Solar Cookers and Ovens to Prepare Your Meals in the Wild or in an Emergency Solar Panels for Camping Trailers and RVs: 10 Best Portable Solar Panels and Solar Kits Amanda Swan A passionate blogger, who focuses on portable solar power and off-grid emergency power solutions. And runs multiple blogs that introduce you to the newer products and the latest developments in the segment of portable and off-grid solar power systems. Portable Solar Charging Kits Best Portable Power Stations for Camping: 10 Most-Recommended Camping Power Stations with Suitable Solar Chargers Goal Zero Yeti 400 Lithium Vs Yeti 400: What to Buy of the Lithium and AGM Yeti 400 Akinola Rotimi oluseun says: Please I need an accurate details about this solar generator and the type. Thanks TIMCOM SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY. MR B K AMANING says: I would be more pleased if you could give me more spec and installation about the Beprepared 5000watt solar power. Mickle Clarck says: Amazing! One article and all kind of feature of solar generator? Great job. Please let me know that if I want to buy a solar generator, how much watt have need for my home? I mean what would be perfect? Thanks for sharing such a valuable article. Dr. Derek A. Green says: 106 Higgins Rd Jean Hodgson says: I use about 4000 watts a day and don’t need more that 2000-2500 at most at any one time. Need solar generator for off grid cabin. Travis Thompson says: Yeah, I’m definitely taking the Helios hunting. Just load it up in the truck, set up camp, and by the end of the day I can recharge my GPS, heat up my tent, and enjoy some music or read. I know it’s technically cheating, but camping without electricity is only fun for a week or so! H. MillER says: All of the above sound nice. No one considers this – Are they EMP protected? While this is a concern of mine, perhaps no one else knows what I am talking about. Ummm. I agree with you but for some reason it slipped my mind right now. Thanks for reminding me. A K SARKAR says: ITS REALLY A GOOD OPTION TO CONTRIBUTE TO NATURE AS RENUABLE ENRGY SOLUTION. I AM INTERESTED FOR 5000 W SOLAR POWER GEN FOR DOMESTIC AND OFFICE AIR CONDITIONER WHERE YOU CAN RUN DC BASED 1.5 TON AC. naqvi says: I would be more pleased if you could give me more spec and installation about the Beprepared 5000watt solar power. how can i buy it and howcan i contect with company that spaly us.am from pakistan Amanda Swan says: Thanks for your comment. You can buy the Breprepared solar generator at http://amzn.to/1WUxHkH , but I think it is not shipped outside USA. Electricity is everything when I am out camping. I have been using solar generators for a while now. The list of product reviews you provide in this article is exceptional. Read more on solar generators here: [http://survival-mastery.com/diy/energy/kalisaya-kp601.html] Greg Travis says: Wow, Here is a true breakthrough solution for clean, quiet, renewable AC power anywhere. Solpad is the thinnest, lightest, most powerful and most efficient solar generator in the world. All integrated into one beautiful product and only 25lbs. Thanks Greg for the information. Betty Turner says: Has anyone reviewed 4 Patriots solar generators. If you want to power large appliances in the house and a pump for a well how many and what size do you need for long term power outages? Adel Sal says: I agree with Greq, Solpad is the most efficient solar generator as far as I’m concerned. As Solar energy is the 8th power source in terms of world energy production. Thanks for the great solar generators list ← Best Portable Solar Cookers: 7 Brilliant Solar Cookers and Ovens to Prepare Your Meals in the Wild or in an Emergency ← Solar Panels for Camping Trailers and RVs: 10 Best Portable Solar Panels and Solar Kits	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line926
__label__cc	0.714026	0.285974	About/Review Policy British Books Challenge 2018 Review Archive by Author (A-Z) RICHARD AND JUDY SPRING READS 2019 Shelfie By Shelfie bibliobeth “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” - Cicero All posts tagged favourite books Daisy Jones And The Six (buddy read with Chrissi Reads) by Taylor Jenkins Reid Published April 20, 2019 by bibliobeth What’s it all about?: Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now. Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road. Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend. The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice. And now for something a bit different….. Hi everyone and welcome to a bit of a different review on my blog today. I read quite a lot of books with my sister and fellow blogger Chrissi Reads. We have regular monthly features like our Kid-Lit challenge and Banned Books and then we have our Talking About feature where we both read a book then come together and do an interview-like post that explores our thoughts and feelings about what we’ve just read. I read The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo (arguably Taylor Jenkins Reid’s most famous book at this point in time) as a buddy read with blogger bestie Janel from Keeper Of Pages and enjoyed it so much I immediately passed it on to Chrissi to read too. It made Chrissi and I want to read Daisy Jones And The Six together as a buddy read, where we chatted three times through the book and after we finished, we fancied reviewing it a bit differently too! We’ve decided to take the word DAISY JONES and for each letter, to find a word that describes some of the themes and in some cases, our feelings about the book. Let’s get on with it! D is for Daisy – Daisy is one of our main protagonists in this novel and such a fascinating character. Even though she makes some questionable decisions in the story, I still found myself rooting for her and caring about her as an individual. A is for Argumentative – The band Daisy Jones And The Six reminded me quite vividly of the real-life band, Fleetwood Mac who made an incredible album called Rumours but had so many scandals and in-fighting within the band. Like our band in the novel, it made for some great music though! I is for Inspiring – There are a few reasons why this word works for me in relation to the novel. There were some inspiring characters that I adored like Camila and her dedication and loyalty to her husband, Billy. Then there were my own feelings of being inspired by Taylor Jenkins Reid’s writing. Everything about this band felt real and like Evelyn Hugo, I felt I could look them up as genuine individuals on Google! S is for Strength – Strength relates to some of the characters and their personalities. Again, I refer to Camila and the trials she goes through but it also reminds me of her husband, Billy who goes through hell and back with his own personal demons but refuses to succumb to them. Y is for Yearning – Oh yes. A LOT of yearning in this novel. Yearning of the characters for each other, yearning for a better life and yearning within the songs that the band write. J is for Jealousy – I picked up on oodles of jealousy in Daisy Jones And The Six. I think that’s quite normal in a band where you have people that steal more of the limelight and whether subconsciously or consciously neglect to let others have their time to shine. O is for Outrageous – The rock and roll lifestyle comes with some rock and roll behaviour from some of our characters. However, it was interesting to see how it connects with past events in their lives that may have precipitated more riskier behaviours. N is for Narcotics – What else can I say? Even though I don’t condone drug-taking myself, this is a novel about a rock and roll band in the 1970’s and drugs play quite a big role in some of the characters lives. E is for Engrossing – From the beginning, I thought this was going to be quite a difficult book to buddy read with Chrissi as I just didn’t want to put it down when I reached a specific checkpoint. Luckily, she was reading like a demon so I never had to wait!! S is for Satisfying – This is the perfect word for not only how I felt when I finished Daisy Jones And The Six but how I now view Taylor Jenkins Reid’s writing in general. She’s filled me with such a hunger to read everything she has ever written and I await with eager anticipation what she writes next. As you might be able to tell, I absolutely adored Daisy Jones And The Six. It was such a compelling, quirky read made all the more unique by the format it takes i.e. written as an interview with members of the band and those closest to them. Although I was tentative about the entire book being written like this at the start, it completely worked and made it such a fast-paced, enjoyable reading experience. I fell hard and fast for specific characters, in particular Daisy, Camila and Billy and it was wonderful to watch their journey as individuals and through their roller-coaster ride as the band’s fame sky-rocked through the story. If you love a gripping yarn, stories about real people and their struggles and a plot that is entertaining and exciting, look no further than Daisy Jones And The Six. Believe the hype, it’s real. To check out what Chrissi chose for her DAISY JONES words, please see her fabulous post HERE. Would I recommend it?: Star rating (out of 5): Posted in: Book Reviews, Historical Fiction Tagged: buddy read, Chrissi Reads, Daisy Jones And The Six, favourite books, Historical fiction, music, Taylor Jenkins Reid Wizard And Glass (The Dark Tower #4) – Stephen King Published April 1, 2019 by bibliobeth Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Jake’s pet bumbler survive Blaine the Mono’s final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, one that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, they hear the atonal squalling of a thinny, a place where the fabric of existence has almost entirely worn away. While camping near the edge of the thinny, Roland tells his ka-tet a story about another thinny, one that he encountered when he was little more than a boy. Over the course of one long magical night, Roland transports us to the Mid-World of long-ago and a seaside town called Hambry, where Roland fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado, and where he and his old tet-mates Alain and Cuthbert battled the forces of John Farson, the harrier who—with a little help from a seeing sphere called Maerlyn’s Grapefruit—ignited Mid-World’s final war. What did I think?: I thoroughly enjoyed my re-read of the Dark Tower series last year and it’s finally time for my review of the fourth book, Wizard And Glass which just happens to be my favourite book written within this epic world. As a result, I apologise in advance for the nauseating gushing which is bound to occur as I talk about this wonderful, unforgettable addition to the series. See – there I go already!! My first memories of Wizard And Glass are actually connected with a stay in hospital when I was nineteen years old, undergoing investigations for unexplained abdominal pain. My amazing mother bought this book for me, knowing I was an already avid King fan, not realising that it was the fourth book in the series and I hadn’t read the other three yet. To be fair, it can almost be read as a stand-alone, despite the fact that it carries on immediately after the dramatic events and a nail-biting cliffhanger of an ending in The Waste Lands. Stephen King, author of Wizard And Glass, the fourth book in the Dark Tower series. I say that it could potentially be read as a stand-alone because Wizard And Glass is actually Roland Deschain’s story from when he was a young man, fell deeply in love for the first time and earned his reputation as a formidable gunslinger. Obviously I would definitely advocate starting this series from the beginning (although if you’ve read my previous reviews, please don’t be too put off by the first book, The Gunslinger! It gets a LOT better i.e. The Drawing Of The Three) but because it goes back to Roland’s tumultuous past, it reads like an entire story all on its own. From the very first page, as Roland starts to tell his story to his ka-tet – Susannah, Eddie, Jake and the adorable Oy to the last page, where his story is complete, we learn so much more about our strong male lead and what events have happened in his life to make him the man he is today. The reader sees a much more vulnerable, emotional, tender and human side of Roland and because of this, begins to fully understand why he now hides all his feelings behind such a hard and unyielding exterior. Susan Delgado, love interest of Roland in Wizard And Glass Image from: https://darktower.fandom.com/wiki/Susan_Delgado My heart went out to Roland from the very first moment of this book. I love the way in which he opens up to the people who become his dearest and most loyal friends by sharing with them such an important and life-altering part of his past. His story is moving, devastating, eye-opening and thrilling but more than anything, it’s impossible to put this book down without feeling such a deep sense of longing to pick it right back up again. It’s always a pleasure to sit down with one of King’s books of course for me personally, but there was something about Wizard and Glass that affected me in all the right ways. His strength of characterisation is superb as always but he has a real gift for writing exciting action sequences tempered with softer, more gentle moments between the huge cast of characters that seem to come at just the right time. It allows the reader to recover from the frantic, fast pace of the narrative and appreciate the stories and personalities behind each individual we meet and what their motives, hopes and dreams for the future are. I truly believe you won’t find characters as personable and delightful – Roland and his buddies Alain and Cuthbert, the sweet innocence and determined bravery of Susan and Sheemie and the villainous, dastardly elements of Rhea the witch and The Coffin Hunters to name a few. However, what I find absolutely incredible is how King manages to give each individual their own qualities and unique personality, despite the enormous cast that he has created across the series in general. This is a novel packed full of adventure, thrills and surprises combined with the author’s classic element of making the reader feel just a little bit uncomfortable but nevertheless, fully invested and enthralled with the world that he has built. COMING UP SOON: Wolves Of The Calla (The Dark Tower #5) Posted in: Book Reviews, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged: Blaine The Mono, Dark Tower series, fantasy, favourite books, horror, Oy, Rhea Of The Coos, Roland Deschain, Science fiction, Stephen King, Susan Delgado, The Coffin Hunters, The Man In Black, Wizard And Glass The Crimson Petal And The White – Michel Faber Published February 6, 2019 by bibliobeth Sugar, 19, prostitute in Victorian London, yearns for a better life. From brutal brothel-keeper Mrs Castaway, she ascends in society. Affections of self-involved perfume magnate William Rackham soon smells like love. Her social rise attracts preening socialites, drunken journalists, untrustworthy servants, vile guttersnipes, and whores of all kinds. I have picked up my laptop to start writing my review of The Crimson Petal And The White and literally just stared at the screen for ten minutes. I’ll tell you the issue – this is one of my all-time favourite books that I read initially before I started blogging and re-read recently (as part of my reading three books at a time thing – one fiction, one non-fiction and one favourite). For some reason, I find reviewing a five star book that I absolutely adored a LOT harder than reviewing a three or four star read or even a book I’ve been a bit more critical of. Does anyone else get this? I mean, there’s only so many adjectives out there in the world that I could possibly use to describe a novel like this and with Crimson Petal? Just all the positive adjectives. Every single one of them. There’s only one word I can use to describe this story in my opinion (thankfully, that isn’t an adjective haha!) and that’s a masterpiece. This entire narrative is sumptuous, rich, lyrical, gritty and even though the size of the novel might be slightly intimidating, every single page is worth your effort. When I sat down to re-read it, there’s always a worry that I wasn’t going to enjoy it as much this time round but my anxiety was soon squashed as soon as I entered the seedier parts of Victorian London and re-acquainted myself with the fascinating and unforgettable characters that Michel Faber has created. Michel Faber, author of The Crimson Petal And The White. Just like the first time I read it, the story of Sugar and the means by which she is raised from squalor by a rich benefactor, William Rackham reverberated with me and has stayed with me weeks after re-reading it. I can only attribute this to the power Michel Faber has not only with his words and creating characters that you want to read about but his mastery in developing a world that reeks of authenticity and is both vibrant and colourful. It might not be a story for everyone – it’s quite sexually graphic at points (it follows a prostitute, what do you expect really?) but at no points did I feel it was ever gratuitous or unnecessary. Every character is brought to life, vividly and expertly by the strength of Faber’s imagination and as I read, I felt like each individual had their own voice and story to tell. They are so well-drawn and so available to the reader that believe me, you want to listen to what they’ve got to say. Romola Garai and Chris O’Dowd as Sugar and William Rackham in the TV adaptation of The Crimson Petal And The White (also highly recommended). There are occasional moments of real hideousness in this novel. I mean, quite dark, disturbing instances that require an open mind and knowledge of the fact that times were incredibly hard, especially for those in poverty in 1870’s London. The author is refreshingly honest and exceptionally brutal with his characters’ past, present and futures but for me, it was nothing but brilliant as I could never completely predict where their journey would take them next. With Crimson Petal you get the whole range of humanity from the very low and humble to the excessively rich and arrogant. Watching two such different people collide with the repercussions it has for themselves and people around them was endlessly intriguing. If the word “epic” means anything to you, it describes everything that is right with this novel from the glorious cast of characters to the difficulties of poverty and additionally, the vast differences between the genders in such a patriarchal society. I re-read this book quite slowly alongside a couple of others as I mentioned and it took me quite a number of months to complete it but to be perfectly honest, I read it deliberately slow because it seems as if every time I pick up this book, I never want it to end. Posted in: Book Reviews, Challenges, Historical Fiction Tagged: favourite books, Historical fiction, Michel Faber, Sugar, The Crimson Petal and the White, Victorian fiction, William Rackham Beth And Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2019 JANUARY READ – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Published January 31, 2019 by bibliobeth Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. She’s just moved from New York City to Farbook, New Jersey, and is anxious to fit in with her new friends—Nancy, Gretchen, and Janie. When they form a secret club to talk about private subjects like boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret is happy to belong. But none of them can believe Margaret doesn’t have religion, and that she isn’t going to the Y or the Jewish Community Center. What they don’t know is Margaret has her own very special relationship with God. She can talk to God about everything—family, friends, even Moose Freed, her secret crush. Margaret is funny and real, and her thoughts and feelings are oh-so-relatable—you’ll feel like she’s talking right to you, sharing her secrets with a friend. Where on earth do I start with this book? First of all, if you’re new here at bibliobeth hello, welcome and thank you so much for reading! Just to let you know I have two main gods author wise in my reading life. Well, to be fair I do have quite a few but if we’re comparing them to Zeus and Hera of Mount Olympus (the top dogs, for all you non-Greek mythology fans), Stephen King would be my Zeus and Judy Blume would be my Hera. Chrissi and I read her middle grade book, Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing last year for our Kid-Lit 2018 challenge and I had such a delicious nostalgia trip that when the time came to pick our list for this year, I gently persuaded her we should pick another Blume. She didn’t need too much persuasion as she is my beloved sister after all, but I swear I could hear her roll her eyes via text message! Now, it’s always a worry when you pick a childhood favourite and read it as an adult that it won’t live up to expectations and with Judy Blume, she has her OWN gigantic shoes to fill so I have to admit, I was a little nervous that I wouldn’t love it as much. However, I had nothing to fear, it was such a wonderful trip down memory lane and made me remember everything I originally loved about it as a young adolescent. Judy Blume, author of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Of course, reading this book as an adult was quite a different reading experience in general. When I first read this as an innocent young girl, I identified so strongly with Margaret. During the tumultuous time of puberty when your hormones are going haywire and you perhaps don’t have access to the best or most accurate sex education, Blume and her character Margaret were absolute godsends to me. I learned brand new information that I hadn’t been taught either at school or at home yet and for the most part, I got the desperately needed answers to feed my curiosity about boys, bras and periods. One of the things that I admire most about Blume as an author though is the way she taps perfectly into the minds of pre-adolescent/adolescent girls, gives them an important voice and reassures them that all the things they are thinking and experiencing are positively normal and nothing to be afraid of. Her honesty and sensitivity in forming a narrative that has spoken to millions of young people across the globe is refreshing and for this reason, she will always remain such a crucial part of my childhood. Hera, Queen Of The Gods aka Judy Blume?? Re-entering the world of Margaret as an adult was such a strangely rewarding experience, coming back to it with all the adult knowledge and life experience that I now have. At some points it was lovely, other times odd and frankly, a few times embarrassing to remember my teenage self and how I felt about things whilst growing up and becoming a woman. I remember vividly taking on board a certain “exercise” that Margaret and her friends used to do (complete with the infamous rhyme) in desperation that it would take effect and make me grow up that little bit faster! Cringe. Additionally, I also appreciated how Blume explores other avenues in the narrative, like female friendships, the importance of a strong, supportive family and one of the major elements of the story – a crisis of faith. She isn’t afraid as an author to explore those subjects that others might shy away from to give teenagers the answers they crave or indeed, to let them know that it’s okay to be unsure and indecisive about other things. The fiction of Judy Blume will always have a special place in my heart and I’m sure will prove relevant to generations further down the line than myself who are struggling with difficult issues and want to know they are not unusual or alone. I’m already considering which Blume I can coax Chrissi to put on our list next year? I don’t want to ever get off this nostalgia train! For Chrissi’s fantastic review, please see her blog HERE. COMING UP IN FEBRUARY ON BETH AND CHRISSI DO KID-LIT: The BFG by Roald Dahl. Posted in: Beth And Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2019, Book Reviews, Challenges, Children's Classics, Young Adult Tagged: adolescence, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, Beth and Chrissi do Kid-Lit, Beth And Chrissi Do Kid-Lit 2019, children's literature, Classic children's fiction, favourite books, Judy Blume, religion, teenage sexuality, Young adult fiction The Diary Of A Young Girl – Anne Frank Published September 1, 2018 by bibliobeth Anne Frank’s extraordinary diary, written in the Amsterdam attic where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years, has become a world classic and a timeless testament to the human spirit. Now, in a new edition enriched by many passages originally withheld by her father, we meet an Anne more real, more human, and more vital than ever. Here she is first and foremost a teenage girl—stubbornly honest, touchingly vulnerable, in love with life. She imparts her deeply secret world of soul-searching and hungering for affection, rebellious clashes with her mother, romance and newly discovered sexuality, and wry, candid observations of her companions. Facing hunger, fear of discovery and death, and the petty frustrations of such confined quarters, Anne writes with adult wisdom and views beyond her years. Her story is that of every teenager, lived out in conditions few teenagers have ever known. The Diary Of A Young Girl is one of those pieces of non fiction that occupies a very special place in my heart. I’ve read it a few times now at different points in my life through my adolescence right through to adulthood and each time I’ve managed to get something unique out of each reading experience. It’s not a five star read for me and that’s only because, I have to be honest, I do find parts of Anne’s diary a bit slower than others but it earns a rightful place on my favourites shelf because of what it’s given me over the years. Over this past year, I’ve challenged myself to a little experiment where I have a current read, a work of non fiction and a favourite re-read on the go at the one time. I set this challenge for myself as I realised I have a host of non fiction books on my shelves that just aren’t getting read and that I need to get round to, whilst also realising that with all the exciting new releases coming in, I don’t get a chance to re-read the books on my favourite shelves. The Diary Of A Young Girl is one of my all-time favourites and after this latest re-read, definitely deserves to keep its spot on the shelf. Anne Frank, the author of the diary entries put into a collection by her father, Otto Frank. If you haven’t managed to get round to reading this book yet (and I feel like it should be required reading in ALL schools!), Anne Frank is a young girl from a Jewish family who is forced to go into hiding with her parents, sister and another family when the Nazis descend upon their town and begin to remove all people of the Jewish faith to camps and ghettos, basically sealing their fate to one of misery, poverty, disease and in far too many scenarios, death. Assisted by some friends, the two families are ensconced in a Secret Annex concealed from the world by means of a bookcase which opened onto their tiny living quarters where they were forced to hide for two years. Most of the time they had to exist in complete silence because of the workers in the office below or the proximity of the other houses to their own space. Discovery of the family would result in deportation and execution of all those that hid there and of those that helped them evade the authorities so playing by the rules of the house, being as quiet as possible and desperately awaiting the end of the war became normal life for the families that lived there. Reconstruction of the bookcase that hid the doorway to The Secret Annex. Image from: By Bungle – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4132164 As I mentioned earlier on in my review, I’ve managed to extract something different from each experience I’ve had reading The Diary Of A Young Girl. Reading it as a teenager, I felt strangely close to Anne and I felt a well of emotions being stirred up regarding the horrific situation she finds herself in, her normal feelings as a young teenager herself (particularly about boys!) and those awkward adolescent moments where the hormones are raging and you feel yourself developing into a woman coupled with the confusion that often accompanies these thoughts and feelings. Having to cope with all of this whilst living in such close quarters with her family, another family and having no means of escape left me feeling so uncomfortable and sorry for Anne that at times, I had to silently applaud her for her tenacity, humour and bravery that is clearly apparent and so endearing throughout her diary entries. On my latest reading of this book, I got even more than I ever could have expected from it emotionally speaking and that’s because I had the good fortune to visit Amsterdam about eight years ago and more specifically, the house and Secret Annex where Anne Frank was hidden. It was an experience I will never, ever forget, especially when I saw how small their quarters actually were. It was frightening to think that eight people had to live in such a small space and I couldn’t stop saying to my partner how unbelievable it was that they could survive in those cramped, overcrowded conditions for so long and all parties managed to keep their sanity. However, there are two stand-out points that I take away from Diary Of A Young Girl that I find particularly heart-breaking. The first is that Anne’s story does NOT have a happy ending and it’s especially hard to read, knowing this and seeing her joyful optimism for the end of the war, having a normal life and realising her dreams of becoming a writer. This leads me onto the second point – Anne is quite obviously a hugely talented writer. Her diary entries are succinct, empowering, beautiful, raw and so very authentic and it’s devastating to think of what she could have done in her life if she had been given the chance to see the end of the war and become an adult. Even writing about it now makes me feel so emotional and it’s definitely a book I’ll be re-visiting in the future, it’s too important not to. Posted in: Autobiography, Book Reviews, Classics, History, Memoir, Non Fiction, World War II Tagged: Anne Frank, autobiography, biography, favourite books, History, memoir, non-fiction, Second World War, The Diary Of A Young Girl The Drawing Of The Three ( The Dark Tower #2) – Stephen King Published August 23, 2018 by bibliobeth In 1978, Stephen King introduced the world to the last gunslinger, Roland of Gilead. Nothing has been the same since. More than twenty years later, the quest for the Dark Tower continues to take readers on a wildly epic ride. Through parallel worlds and across time, Roland must brave desolate wastelands and endless deserts, drifting into the unimaginable and the familiar. A classic tale of colossal scope—crossing over terrain from The Stand, The Eyes of the Dragon, Insomnia, The Talisman, Black House, Hearts in Atlantis, ’Salem’s Lot, and other familiar King haunts—the adventure takes hold with the turn of each page. And the tower awaits…. The Second Volume in the Epic Dark Tower Series… While pursuing his quest for the Dark Tower through a world that is a nightmarishly distorted mirror image of our own, Roland is drawn through a mysterious door that brings him into contemporary America. Here he links forces with the defiant young Eddie Dean, and with the beautiful, brilliant, and brave Odetta Holmes, in a savage struggle against underworld evil and otherworldly enemies. Once again, Stephen King has masterfully interwoven dark, evocative fantasy and icy realism. The Drawing Of The Three, the second book in King’s epic Dark Tower series has to have been my biggest surprises out of all the author’s books. If you’ve read my review on the first, The Gunslinger, you might realise why. When I first read The Gunslinger, I wasn’t a big fan of this series at all. In fact, I may have even thought – “Stephen King, what ARE you doing?” Sacrilege I know, but it was only when a good friend persuaded me to give the second in the series a shot that I forced myself to continue and by gum, am I glad I did? This is actually my re-read of the entire series and it hasn’t lost its magic or power, not by a long shot. By the second book, things are really kicking off and we meet a host of characters that will prove so crucial for the entire series. I felt so much more comfortable with this world and the people within it and from the very first call of the lobstrosities in the opening pages – “Dad a chum? Dum a chum?” I was officially obsessed. Stephen King, author of The Drawing Of The Three, book two in the Dark Tower series. As this is a second book in the series, I won’t be telling you too much about the plot in any great detail but as the first book was a bit of an unholy mess (in my opinion), I won’t be spoiling anything to tell you that THIS is where the story really begins. Obviously I would advocate reading The Gunslinger before The Drawing Of The Three to get an idea about the world and our main character, gunslinger Roland Deschain but, and I feel treacherous for saying this, it wouldn’t be the worse thing in the world if you accidentally skimmed tiny portions of it. I feel like with The Gunslinger, there are certain points of the narrative that are pretty important, others are kind of negligible and I’m not really sure of their purpose in the story. However, I must mention again that it did improve on a second reading experience recently, probably because I was completely familiar with the world at that point in time. One of the terrifying lobstrosities, as imagined in the graphic novels of the Dark Tower. So, in The Drawing Of The Three, our hero Roland finds himself alone on the beach, dazed and confused. The last thing he remembers is chasing after the elusive Man In Black and now he finds himself in a deserted area by the sea. Well, not completely deserted as he soon discovers to his horror when some curious, dangerous lobstrosities come to visit him. His purpose for being on the beach? There are three doors that he must enter, all three go to different points in time in a different world and he must draw from this world three very important people that become part of his ka-tet (or clan) as he continues his quest to find The Dark Tower. These people will all help in some way on his journey and become as close to him as family, but this is merely the start of a long, hazardous trip for all of them where they will encounter things from their worst nightmares and change forever as the individuals they once were. I adore The Dark Tower series with every fibre of my being and I was so delighted and relieved to have pushed myself to continue after the initial disappointment of The Gunslinger. In fact, if I had to choose a favourite book of the series, this one would be tied with the fourth book but also has a special place in my heart for restoring my faith in Stephen King as a writer of fantasy. He pulled it off AMAZINGLY well and I can’t urge everyone enough who has a love of the genre to please, please give this series a try. What makes it so special? Of course, King has an innate talent for creating wonderful characters that live on in your memory long after closing the book but the group he has drawn in this series is nothing short of magnificent. I love them all dearly, all for very different reasons and because you follow them over the space of seven books (some of them a sizeable page length!) you really get to know and love them as individuals. Secondly, the intricate and complex world he creates is imaginative, unique and brilliant and although it may seem confusing at the beginning, stick with it, the rewards are well worth the effort. As a genre, I’m getting into reading fantasy a lot more recently but trust me when I say, The Dark Tower is going to be a tough one to beat. I can’t think of any other series that has captured my heart and endlessly fascinated me as we journey with Roland and his ka-tet to reach the end of his mysterious quest. COMING UP SOON: The Wastelands (The Dark Tower #3). Posted in: Book Reviews, Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged: Dark Tower series, fantasy, favourite books, Gilead, lobstrosities, Roland Deschain, Science fiction, Stephen King, The Drawing Of The Three Atonement – Ian McEwan Published August 8, 2018 by bibliobeth Ian McEwan’s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose. On a hot summer day in 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia’s childhood friend. But Briony’s incomplete grasp of adult motives—together with her precocious literary gifts—brings about a crime that will change all their lives. As it follows that crime’s repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century, Atonement engages the reader on every conceivable level, with an ease and authority that mark it as a genuine masterpiece. I’m so, so glad I made the decision to go back and re-read the books on my favourites shelves alongside a non fiction read and a “main,” read. Atonement is one of my all time favourites and it definitely deserved every single one of its five stars and a spot on the shelf. I don’t keep every single book that I rate five stars – ha, I just don’t have the room sadly! So how does a book end up on this shelf? It has to move me, be memorable and stay with me long after finishing it and finally, it has to be a book I can see myself re-reading again in the future. It’s also a great way of seeing if re-visiting a book after a period of time away from it will lead me to rating it differently and potentially getting rid of it from the shelves – something I was very nervous about! Luckily, Atonement remains both a firm favourite, maintaining its illustrious position and making me consider if I might re-read it again in a few years once again. Ian McEwan, author of Atonement. Set just before the outbreak of the Second World War, we are initially following the Tallis family – Briony the youngest, Cecilia the eldest girl and their brother, Leon who is returning with a friend for a rather swanky dinner party at home that same night. The family also have their cousins staying with them under quite unhappy circumstances as their parents marriage is going through severe difficulties. So in order to cheer them up and distract them from the rumours surrounding their parents, Briony (an inspiring and precocious writer) is determined to put on a play she wrote herself. For childish reasons, she might also be clamouring for attention, desperate that her family especially her mother and beloved older siblings, would take pleasure in her talent. A scene from the movie adaptation of Atonement with Keira Knightly and James McAvoy. As you may have suspected, Briony’s grand plan doesn’t end up going off to plan and she becomes sulky, distant and incredibly vulnerable. It’s at this particular point of her mood that she witnesses an altercation between her sister, Cecilia and her childhood friend Robbie Turner that she doesn’t help matters by deploying her vivid imagination to mistakenly think of what “might” have been happened. The situation is only exacerbated when Briony comes across a note from Robbie to Cecilia that shocks her to her core and then once more happens upon them in the library alone together. All these little happenstances and coincidences leads Briony to make the most life-changing accusation she has ever perpetuated in her life and permanently alters one man’s dreams and wishes into something a whole lot different. Briony must atone for what she has done but the problem is, can she ever be forgiven? Okay, I’ll admit….when this book started at first I wasn’t into it at all. I found myself confused as to why this book was so highly rated (by myself as well!) and this was mainly because of the extra slow speed and occasional complexity of the narrative. It is literary fiction at its most beautiful and moments, characters, situations are described so picture postcard perfectly, you might wonder why I hesitated. I DO love all of these things and much more besides, but I felt like if McEwan had threw more weight behind to what was going on with his lesser characters, like the elusive Mrs Emily Tallis and the suffering of cousin Lola Quincey, I would have become invested in the story at an earlier point. Then THE EVENT occurs. This is when Atonement really starts to hit its stride and I could breathe a sense of relief and wipe an anxious drop of sweat from my brow. One of our main characters ends up in quite a difficult, dangerous situation, fighting overseas as a soldier in France and the things he sees and has to deal with on a daily basis as well as trying to remain alive himself are nothing short of horrific. Briony is back home herself working as a student nurse and attempting to do her part for the war effort but she still cannot stop thinking about the awful things she did when she was a child and begs her estranged sister, Cecilia for contact and a forgiving ear. I’ve read a few other things by Ian McEwan, some I’ve enjoyed, others I haven’t liked at all sadly, but I honestly think this is his most wonderful piece of writing yet. The betrayal, the secrets, the lives they have had to lead and the guilt and turmoil that follows every single character round is hugely fascinating and occasionally emotional to read about. Short-listed for The Man Booker Prize back in 2001, it was a worthy contender for such a prestigious prize and I really hope, because of this accolade you will be interested to give it a shot if you’ve never read any of the author before. I truly believe this is the most perfect place you could start with his writing but I beg, please push through the slow parts, it becomes an undeniably stupendous novel that I will continue to treasure. 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__label__cc	0.629369	0.370631	Downtown Blues Wars: There and Here by John Fitzpatrick February 1, 2003 Pátio do Colégio: São Paulo, the third largest city in the world, was born here. Still you don’t see tourists or middle-class citizens visiting the site. Is it because they are not interested in their own history or because they are afraid of the beggars and thieves all around? John Fitzpatrick Downtown São Paulo—Pictures of an Exhibition When I first arrived in São Paulo I lived in Santa Cecília, a middle-class district running rapidly into decline, and worked nearby in the old centre for some time. Last year, I returned to this area to work but, as nothing ever stands still in São Paulo, I will shortly be moving to work in a dreary tower block in a faceless district, which will extend my traveling time from 30 minutes to an hour (if I am lucky). Before reluctantly leaving I would like to share some memories of this downtown district, which manages to combine everything that is awful with everything that is good about this sprawling city. Rua Barão de Itapetininga is a pedestrian-only street, which goes from the Teatro Municipal to Praça da República. It is always crowded with noisy street sellers. Even the shopkeepers try and attract passers-by, with good-looking girls trying to lure men into clothes shops, as though they were inviting them into a brothel, and tie-wearing young men offering loans. One general store, which measures about 15 by 12 feet and sells everything from religious statuettes to clock radios, employs a man who dresses as a clown and sits on top of a high ladder all day long announcing the marvels you can buy inside. This is a typical example of his patter: "Good morning Brazil. Good morning São Paulo. Good morning my people. Look at the wonderful things we have here just for you—pots and pans of the highest quality have just arrived, paper to wrap up your presents. Come inside. Everything in the shop is new. Every member of our staff will give you a big smile. Yes a big smile awaits you inside." I think I am the only person who ever stops and listens, but have still not been persuaded enough to enter. However, what makes Rua Barão de Itapetininga interesting is that it is where people go to try and find a job. It houses many job agencies and you see long queues of people patiently waiting outside them, particularly on Mondays after vacancies have appeared in the Sunday newspapers. In the typical fascist style of many Brazilian employers, lots of these adverts demand that applicants appear in person for a preliminary registration. This means that the unfortunate job hunters have to spend hours queuing and filling in forms knowing that probably nothing will come of it. Sandwich men with job vacancies scribbled on their boards abound. These men are often one step above being deadbeats. They sit stony-faced surrounded by dozens of people, some taking notes of the jobs on offer. Posters offer instant CVs for R$1 (about 35 US cents) and hawkers offer to get you registered with the various authorities. It is very lively and very sad at the same time. By American or European standards the jobs are ill paid. However, R$300 a month (about US$100) plus medical insurance, and travel and lunch vouchers would be a dream come true for most of the job seekers. Capela de Anchieta—Where It All started The city of São Paulo was founded just over 400 years ago by two Jesuit priests, José Anchieta and Manuel da Nóbrega, at a spot overlooking the Viaduto Boa Vista called Pátio do Colégio. Virtually nothing remains of the original building where the priests set up a chapel and school for the Indians, although a fairly attractive colonial-style building now serves as a museum. A pompous Italian-style monument stands in front of the museum. Why this particular spot developed to become the third largest city in the world is a mystery. It was originally intended as a stopping point on the way from São Vicente on the coast, about 100 miles away, to the interior. It is situated on a plateau which can be hot, cold, wet and dry in the same day. It does not have any great navigable river. It was used as a base by the bandeirantes—those Brazilians who opened up Brazil in their greedy search for slaves and gold—but slumbered until towards the end of the 19th century when it came alive. The fertile hinterland was good for coffee and the economy exploded, attracting migrants from all over Brazil and immigrants from all over the world. However, it is rare to see parties of tourists or middle-class citizens visiting the site where their city was born. Is it because they are not interested in their own history or because they are afraid to venture into a part of town which has more than its fair share of beggars and thieves? A couple of years ago I went there on a Saturday morning but immediately turned back when I saw a group of tramps fast asleep outside the building alongside neat piles of their own excrement. Singing for Their Supper Two men attract great crowds in the Praça do Patriarca, a square near the Viaduto do Chá, by performing impromptu songs called desafio (challenge). They are carrying on a Northeastern tradition in which two singers try to outdo each other singing impromptu songs. One starts the song, which can be on any subject, and the other takes it over and so on. Normally one beats a tambourine or small drum. They sing about anything, from the latest political scandal to the shape of a passing girl’s behind. This is popular culture at its best, but it needs a really good command of Portuguese to understand the references and jokes, many of which are obscene. However, on one occasion when they started singing about a tight-fisted gringo who watched them and never gave them any money I realized, as did the crowd which started laughing, that they were singing about me. Death at Viaduto do Chá Just before Christmas I was walking across the Viaduto do Chá—the tea viaduct so called because it used to be a farm, which presumably cultivated tea— when I saw some people looking down towards the Vale do Anhangabaú underneath. Being nosy I joined them and saw the body of a middle-aged man lying on the concrete. It was not clear if he was a beggar or just a poor person but he was ragged and in a bad state. While a policeman spoke into his radio a real beggar was sitting only a few feet from the corpse gazing around as though nothing had happened. A young man in the white outfit doctors in Brazil use appeared and started hitting the dead man on the chest. He then gave him mouth-to-mouth respiration but without any success. I was impressed by the sheer humanity of this act which was doomed to fail. The older man was obviously dead yet the younger one tried to save him even though he could have been putting his own life at risk by trying to resuscitate him. It also showed a respect which did not exist on a previous occasion when I saw two policemen lift the body of a man they had just shot and tumble it into the boot of their car as though it were a sack of potatoes. Praça da Sé—São Paulo’s Beating Heart The Praça da Sé is the spiritual centre of the city and site of its cathedral, a rather ugly building which has recently been renovated. The square itself is currently undergoing renovation and when it is finished we must hope it is well policed to keep away the riffraff who litter it. If you stand at the entry to the cathedral and look down to the square, which is flanked by imperial palms, and try and ignore the dirt and squalor, you can see how São Paulo must have once been a magnificent prosperous place. Many of the surrounding buildings are still attractive despite being defaced by graffiti or the visual pollution of giant advertising posters. Unfortunately, like my current client, most companies have moved or are moving out to places like Faria Lima, Berrini and Santo Amaro. A project is underway to revitalize the old centre and much has already been done. For example, the Estação da Luz railway station, which was built by the British and would not be out of place in southern England, has been turned into an impressive concert hall. However, there have been complaints about the lack of security and once the concert is over most people rush back to their own districts rather than stay on. The streets are generally left to the derelicts, thieves, beggars, prostitutes who comprise so many of the inhabitants of this city. This is a pity because a great city like São Paulo needs a beating heart. John Fitzpatrick is a Scottish journalist who first visited Brazil in 1987 and has lived in São Paulo since 1995. He writes on politics and finance and runs his own company, Celtic Comunicações—www.celt.com.br, which specializes in editorial and translation services for Brazilian and foreign clients. You can reach him at jf@celt.com.br © John Fitzpatrick 2003 You can also read John Fitzpatrick’s articles in Infobrazil, at www.infobrazil.com comments to Brazzil White Chief’s Gone Brazil: We Have No Roadmap The Lula administration still lacks an action script. The President’s Workers Party should have ... 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__label__cc	0.585249	0.414751	Range Info Burbank Rifle and Revolver Club A sports club specializing in Highpower rifle training and competition. A California Non-Profit Corporation. Affiliated with CMP, NRA, CRPA. Established in 1926.. Is the BRRC range open to the public? Yes and No. BRRC's facilities are for the use of members and their guests. We are not a commercial business and --unlike commercial ranges -- are without the resources to host a general public shooting facility. The club does host training clinics and competitions that are open to non-member and member participants. Our competitions, such as our program of the monthly NRA Approved matches and CMP Sanctioned clinics and matches, are open to non-members. We also offer other training opportunities that are open to the public. Check the Events page for details. Can the BRRC range be used for a member's personal commercial for-profit activities? No. The use of the range by members is limited to recreational activities only. It is against club policy for a member to use the range for personal for-profit purposes. What are the responsibilities of a member bringing guests? In all cases when bringing a guest, the sponsoring member must ensure that all the guests have read the Range Rules, signed the Waiver of Liability, pay the guest fee, and adhere to range rules during their visit. The sponsoring member is also to be the Range Safety Officer supervising their guests. This includes responsibility to ensure, Regardless of any other activity at the range, each member shall conduct a safety briefing for all guests prior to commencing shooting. The member is responsible for ensuring that proper firearms safety procedures are followed by their guests at all times. The member shall personally inspect that each guest's firearms are unloaded and safe except while in use at a firing point. The member is responsible for ensuring that no firearms are handled at any time any person is forward of the firing line on the range they are using. The member shall ensure that all shooting is aimed at BRRC designated impact areas only. These are the areas directly behind the target areas on each range when viewed from a designated firing point. Firing ranges are carefully surveyed venues. Shooting in ad hoc directions is a violation of range safety policy and may send live fire in unsafe directions affecting neighboring areas or start a brush fire. A member bringing guests is responsible that eye and ear protection is provided for and used by all guests. It is BRRC policy that persons under 18 MUST have eye and ear protection while in the vicinity of a firing line. For large group activities, it is also highly desirable that the member recruit other members to assist as Range Safety Officers to ensure that all the range rules are being followed. At the minimum, there should be one Range Safety Office familiar with BRRC's Range Rules supervising guests at each range where firing is taking place. What are the guest fees and what is my responsibility? Guest fees at $10.00 per guest per day. The sponsoring member is financially responsible for collecting the guest fees and forwarding it to the Club’s P.O. Box, giving it to an officer or director, or leaving it in the drop box at the range. The fees must be accompanied by a signed Waiver for each guest for that visit. Can my group have exclusive occupation of a portion of the range? No. It is club policy that casual visits by members with or without guests to the range is a shared use recreational activity where all members share common use of the range. It is against club policy for a member to preclude another member from making use of those parts of the facility open for recreational use on given day. Only official club events as designated through the BRRC Activities Chairman may be given sole use of a portion of the club's faciities. These will generally be club related competitions, training, or other special events. To the extent possible, BRRC's official events are choreographed and de-conflicted so as to minimize impact on recreational use by club members. Notices of club events are published on the www.brrc.org website. Copyright 2019 - Burbank Rifle and Revolver Club, Inc. - All Rights Reserved	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line938
__label__cc	0.747533	0.252467	Home › News & Events › News › RE-LINK ADVANCED ACADEMIA: Fellowships for Bulgarian Diaspora RE-LINK ADVANCED ACADEMIA: Fellowships for Bulgarian Diaspora 2020/2021 RE-LINK ADVANCED ACADEMIA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME FOR BULGARIAN RESEARCH DIASPORA ACTIVE IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS) announces a Call for Applications for the 2020/2021 RE-LINK Advanced Academia Fellowship Programme for fundamental research in the field of the humanities and social sciences for Bulgarian scholars residing abroad. The Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science and The Swiss State Secretariat for Education Research and Innovation under a Memorandum of Understanding. PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION The aim of the RE-LINK Fellowship Programme for Bulgarian diaspora scholars in the areas of the humanities and social sciences is to foster high-quality research and cross-border transfer of knowledge. No disciplinary, methodological or thematic restrictions are applicable. Selection is be based solely on the potential of the candidate and the quality of the project. The Fellows have access to electronic and library resources and are fully integrated in the regular research seminars and events taking place within the existing CAS programmes. The PROGRAMME provides: Two 3-month of 1100 Euro per months fellowships for Bulgarian researchers working abroad; Travel and accommodation cost coverage for the period of their stay in Sofia; Research expenses. The duration of the Fellowship should fall into the period 1st October, 2020 - 31st July, 2021. All candidates should be Bulgarian nationals; Should have scholarly credentials: post-docs, research associates, assistant professors, associate professors or full professors; Be able to demonstrate previous experience in international projects and publications in peer-reviewed academic editions; Have English language proficiency. WORKING LANGUAGE As an international academic institution CAS conducts most of its work in English. The excellent command of English is a significant prerequisite for the successful integration of the fellow in already existing research teams and planned events. Therefore the level of language proficiency will be taken into consideration during the selection process. Links for Downloading: Application Form ; Research Proposal Guide ; Application Checklist ; Reference Form . Young or mid-career scholars (up to 15 years after PhD defense) should provide two references as per the linked form which should be emailed directly to CAS by the referees. All application documents should be filled in English and e-mailed directly to Mr Dimiter Dimov at with a subject entry "Advanced Academia Fellowships". Deadline for applications: March 31, 2020 High quality of the candidate's academic portfolio and publications, as well as participation in international research; Innovative fundamental research proposal with significant contribution; Interdisciplinary and/or comparative approaches are an advantage. The selection is carried out by the international Academic Advisory Council of CAS based on evaluation of the potential of the candidate relative to his/her career stage and the quality of the proposed project. Short-listed candidates will be invited for an on-line interview on 22nd or 23th of June, 2020. The results will be announced by the end of July, 2020 via e-mail and on the website of the Institute: www.cas.bg. The members of the CAS Academic Council shall not disclose to candidates their assessment reports on the applications. The Academic Council reserves the right, in cases of candidatures with equal quality, to privilege candidates who have not been CAS Fellows within the preceding 5 years / have not held more than two CAS fellowships in the past. CONTACT PERSON AND MAILING ADDRESS Mr Dimiter Dimov, e-mail: Centre for Advanced Study Sofia; Sofia 1000, 7-B Stefan Karadja Str tel.: + 359 2 9803704 / fax: + 359 2 9803662	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line944
__label__cc	0.685951	0.314049	Altadena Library District Young Adult: Asian & Asian American Authors Young Adult: Latinx Authors Young Adult: LGBTQ+ Titles Young Adult: Historical Fiction Young Adult: Black & African American Authors Zen/Fresh Start/New Skills Details for: Queen Anne's lace / Queen Anne's lace / by Albert, Susan Wittig [author.]. Material type: BookSeries: Albert, Susan Wittig. China Bayles mysteries: Publisher: New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2018.Edition: First edition.Description: 292 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780425280058; 0425280055.Subject(s): Bayles, China (Fictitious character) -- Fiction \| Women detectives -- Texas -- Fiction \| Ghost stories \| Texas -- Fiction \| Ghosts -- Fiction \| Detective and mystery fiction \| Fiction \| Detective and mystery fiction \| Mystery fiction \| Detective and mystery fiction \| Cozy mystery storiesSummary: While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. Following the discovery, she hears a woman humming an old Scottish ballad and smells the delicate scent of lavender.Summary: While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. Then she hears a woman humming an old Scottish ballad and smells the delicate scent of lavender. Soon, strange happenings start to occur in Thyme and Seasons: misplaced items, a ringing bell, and the appearance of lavender sprigs in odd places. When a customer mentions seeing a mysterious woman picking flowers nearby and then suddenly disappearing, China must finally admit what Ruby has always known-- their building is haunted. But by whom? Series information: Click to open in new window Books Altadena Main Library Adult Collection Adult Mystery M ALB Available 39270004706663 Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics: While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. Following the discovery, she hears a woman humming an old Scottish ballad and smells the delicate scent of lavender...Soon, strange happenings start to occur in Thyme and Seasons: misplaced items, a ringing bell, and the appearance of lavender sprigs in odd places. When a customer mentions seeing a mysterious woman picking flowers nearby and then suddenly disappearing, China must finally admit what Ruby has always known their building is haunted. But by whom? As China investigates, the tragic story of a woman in one of the old photographs unfolds. Annie Laurie was a young widow who'd lost both her husband and her child in the same day. She manages to survive through her lace-making business and finds happiness again only to have a suspicious death overshadow her new life. China delves into Annie's century-old mystery and realises that solving it could Includes recipes (pages 283-292). While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. Following the discovery, she hears a woman humming an old Scottish ballad and smells the delicate scent of lavender. While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. Then she hears a woman humming an old Scottish ballad and smells the delicate scent of lavender. Soon, strange happenings start to occur in Thyme and Seasons: misplaced items, a ringing bell, and the appearance of lavender sprigs in odd places. When a customer mentions seeing a mysterious woman picking flowers nearby and then suddenly disappearing, China must finally admit what Ruby has always known-- their building is haunted. But by whom? Excerpt provided by Syndetics <opt> <anon I1="BLANK" I2="BLANK">Chapter One Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota, aka wild carrot) traveled to America from Europe and hopscotched across the continent with a recklessly joyful abandon. Some herbalists speculate that its use as a morning-after contraceptive made Queen Anne's lace a valuable must-have herb for pioneer women, so they made sure to carry the seeds with them wherever they went. With this in mind, I suppose it's no surprise that we find this plant growing everywhere-along roads and in ditches, in farmers' fields and urban backyards. Queen Anne's lace earned its common name from the lacelike delicacy of its doily-shaped white blossoms, each of which is centered with a single, tiny bloodred flower. "Anne's Flower" China Bayles Pecan Springs Enterprise I love Mondays. I really do. Thyme and Seasons is closed on Monday and I can slop around in my grubbiest jeans and T-shirt, doing all the housekeeping I can't do when customers are asking for my attention every few minutes. On Monday, there's time to appreciate the old stone walls, the well-worn wooden floors, and the beamed ceilings that create a lovely setting for my herbal wares. I can dust the antique hutch and wooden shelves stocked with herbal vinegars, oils, jellies, and teas. I can rearrange the books in the bookshelf and tidy up the old pine cupboard that displays bath herbs, herbal soaps and shampoos, fragrances, and massage oils. I can restock the wooden rack that holds the bottles of extracts and tinctures and the large glass jars of dried culinary and medicinal herbs. I can rearrange the wreaths and swags on the walls and reorganize the buckets of fragrant potpourri in the corners, as well as tall stalks of dried sunflowers, baskets of dried Queen Anne's lace, Silver King artemisia, yarrow, and tansy. And when the weather's good, I can work outdoors in the herb gardens around the shop and replenish the shelves of potted herbs for sale-basil, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, chives-outside my front door. No offense to my friends and customers: I enjoy you, and if I want to stay in the herb business, I need you. But if I were Queen of the World, it would be Monday all week long. This particular August Monday was hot and steamy, so I worked outdoors for less than an hour, pulling weeds, trimming plants, and cutting some parsley, thyme, and rosemary for the tearoom kitchen. Then I cooled off with a little dusting and tidying-up and planned to spend the rest of the morning peeking at my monthly income and expense reports, reviewing the tearoom menus that Ruby and Cass had proposed for the next couple of weeks, checking out a couple of things on the website, and looking over the handouts for September's classes on wreath-making. Lovely things. Lovely Monday things. With this in mind, I took my laptop to the counter and sat down on my stool. Khat-our shop Siamese and quite an autocratic creature-jumped up beside me, placing a proprietary paw on the computer keyboard and watching with interest while I pulled up the previous month's financial data. I didn't need a degree in economics to see that while July's bottom line wasn't quite red, it wasn't quite as black as it should be. Sales had been a little slow, and on top of that, I had paid a couple of sizeable bills for the loft renovation, which happened because I decided that the empty space over our heads really ought to be generating some income. There was also a big bill for the veranda construction, which was rather a whim but has made an attractive difference in the street appearance of our shops. I knew my building was old-well over a hundred years-but I didn't know much about its history. It has been extensively remodeled, of course, but it was originally built, I've learned, as a house. When I started planning the loft project, I happened to look at a photograph from the early 1900s and discovered that there had once been a wood-frame veranda across the front. I loved that veranda at first sight. No matter how much it cost, I had to have it. And when the job was done and the building looked very much the way it did when it was first built, the Pecan Springs Historical Society installed a handsome plaque beside the front door. It says The Duncan House, 1882-Duncan, the name of the family who originally built the house. Jessica Nelson, a reporter from Pecan Springs Enterprise, wrote an interesting article on its history, with photos. I've framed it, and it's hanging on the wall behind my counter. The loft is finished, too, and rented to Lori Lowry, a textile artist who uses it as a studio and teaching space. Which is a good deal for Ruby and me, for on top of the rental income, Lori's students like to browse through our shops and stop for lunch in our tearoom. The local weavers' guild is planning a show there in October, which will mean even more traffic. I finished running the July numbers, frowned at them for a moment, then decided that if I didn't count all those extra expenses (which are really an investment in the building), the bottom line didn't look all that bad. Cheered up a little, I found the file of tearoom menus that Ruby and Cass had emailed me for posting on our website, and began to study them. Khat and I were considering the merits of grilled chicken with carrot and couscous salad when Ruby came through the door from her Crystal Cave, which is also closed on Mondays. At six-foot-something in yellow sandals, she was dressed for her day off in a sleeveless yellow top and lipstick-red shorts. Her hair is the color of fresh carrots, finely frizzed, and today, her eyes were green (a sure sign that she was wearing her green contacts-otherwise, they may be blue or brown). She leaned against the counter. "A little voice woke me up this morning telling me that today would be a good day to clean out the storeroom upstairs. If you're not doing anything, why don't you give me a hand?" Cleaning out that storeroom had been on our joint to-do list for some time, but it has never seemed very urgent. "I am doing something." I pointed at the computer screen. "I'm doing menus. And then the website." "You can do menus and the website later." Ruby stroked Khat's tawny fur and he began to purr. "There's not all that much stuff in that storeroom. It won't take more than a couple of hours." "And then what?" I asked. "We don't really need the space, do we?" Khat arched his back under Ruby's hand, turning up the volume on his rumbling purr. "Of course we do," Ruby said. "We can use it to store all the stuff we're keeping under the stairs." "Then what will we put under the stairs?" There's a bathroom there-well, a toilet and sink. And piles of junk. When you sit on the john, you're staring at boxes and bins of our out-of-season decorations. Christmas lights, Halloween ghosts and goblins, Easter bunnies, stuff like that. "Most of our customers don't use that bathroom," I pointed out. "They use the restroom off the tearoom." "Yes, but sometimes people have to wait." Ruby twiddled a frizzy lock of her red-orange hair. "There are times we could use a second bathroom. If we move the holiday decorations to the storeroom upstairs, we can put in a new vinyl floor and paint the walls. Maybe add a cabinet under the sink and some decent lighting, so it doesn't look quite so much like a toidy in the Pecan Springs jail." "How do you know what a toidy in the Pecan Springs jail looks like?" I asked, interested. Ruby rolled her eyes. "You know what I mean, China. Our customers will appreciate another bathroom. We'll be killing two birds with one stone." It sounded to me like a whole flock of birds and a big basket of stones. Not to mention a lot of work. "Well, maybe," I conceded. "But we don't have the money to fix up the bathroom right now. And while the loft is air-conditioned, that storeroom isn't. It'll be an oven up there today. We'll roast." Ruby pulled her gingery brows together. "China," she said seriously, "that little voice is telling me that we ought to do this today. Lori doesn't have classes on Monday, so we can haul that stuff out and not worry about getting in her way." She bent over and planted a kiss between Khat's charcoal ears. "You know what Benjamin Franklin said. Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today." "I'm more familiar with Mark Twain," I countered. "Never put off to tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow." I thought for a moment. "Or was it Oscar Wilde?" The Victorian-style shopkeeper's bell mounted to my front door tinkled pleasantly, and both of us turned around to look. But the door was locked and I had hung up the Closed sign to deter prospective customers. Nobody was there. Khat arched his back, hissed, and jumped off the counter. Ruby frowned. "What's wrong with him? And why is your bell ringing?" "Dunno." I shrugged. "Vibrations or something, I guess." I waggled my eyebrows. "And maybe Khat is telling us that today isn't a good day to clean out the storeroom." "Maybe he's telling us that it is," Ruby said decidedly. "Come on, China. Let's do it." I pressed my lips together. When Ruby has an idea, I can either stand back and watch or be a good sport and join the party. After a moment's reflection, I joined the party. "If you insist." I closed the menu file and shut down my laptop. I glanced down at Khat, who was sitting on the floor, gazing fixedly at the bell. "Come on, Khat," I said. "You may find a mouse or two up there." The bell tinkled again, affirmatively. "You see?" Ruby said in a meaningful tone. "It's telling us that we're supposed to do this." Looking back now with the wisdom of hindsight (funny how that works, isn't it?), I wonder what would have happened if Ruby hadn't listened to that little voice telling her that today was a good day to clean out that storeroom. Or if I had said, Sorry, Ruby, but I absolutely positively have to get these menus uploaded today? How long would it have been before we discovered the wooden chest and the carton of old photographs? Maybe we wouldn't have discovered them, ever. How would that have changed what happened? Or if I had removed that bell. We'll never know, of course, because Ruby did hear that voice, and when she asked me to help I did say yes. We did discover that chest, and after that, the photos. And the bell continued to ring. And thereby hangs a tale. But before I tell you what happened when Ruby and I went upstairs, it might be helpful if we took a few moments for introductions. If youÕre a regular visitor to Thyme and Seasons, you know who we are and what weÕre all about, so you have my permission to skip the next dozen or so paragraphs. If youÕre new to Pecan Springs or just want to see if anythingÕs changed since the last time you were here, youÕre invited to read on. My name is China Bayles. In a previous incarnation, I was a criminal defense attorney with a large Houston law firm that catered to big bad guys with bottomless pockets who could hire our top-dollar dream-team defense. There were a lot of things I enjoyed about being a lawyer-and yes, money was certainly one of them. In those days, I was as ambitious and greedy as anyone else and willing to fight for my place on the ladder with whatever weapons it took. But after spending a decade of my life in that knock-down, drag-out environment, I began to wonder whether the justice I was engaged in seeking was the kind of justice we needed in this world-and whether Houston was the place I wanted to live for the rest of my days. When the answers to both of these urgent questions finally came up no, I turned in my resignation, cashed in my retirement account, and bailed out. I landed in Pecan Springs, a small, friendly town just off I-35, halfway between Austin and San Antonio, at the eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country. I bought a building on Crockett Street and opened an herb shop I called Thyme and Seasons. When people ask me "Why herbs?" I give them the short answer: "Because plants don't talk back." When they ask "Why Pecan Springs?" I reply, "Because it seemed so crime-free and peaceful." And then I laugh out of the other side of my mouth, because while Pecan Springs is a great place to live, it is not and never has been crime-free. Don't be fooled by the cozy images you see in the glossy Why You'll Love to Visit Pecan Springs! brochures handed out by the Chamber of Commerce. Our nice little town has its fair share of crime, just like every other nice little town, everywhere-maybe even a little more, since we're conveniently located in the I-35 Corridor, the narco-corridor, some call it: the main artery for the nation's south-north drug trade. If you come here expecting Mayberry, you'll be disappointed. Pecan Springs and Thyme and Seasons were just the first of several major earthquakes in my life. After years of insisting that marriage required too many compromises, I married Mike McQuaid, whom I had met years before in a Houston courtroom. McQuaid is a former homicide detective, currently a private investigator with his own firm (McQuaid, Blackwell, and Associates) and an adjunct professor on the Criminal Justice faculty at Central Texas State University. We are the parents of two great kids. McQuaid's son, Brian, will be a sophomore at the University of Texas this fall, majoring in environmental science. He lives with his girlfriend in Austin. Caitlin, my fourteen-year-old niece and our adopted daughter, lives with McQuaid and me in a big Victorian house on Limekiln Road, about a dozen miles west of Pecan Springs. We share the place with a gloomy basset hound named Winchester, a grizzled orange tomcat named Mr. P, Caitlin's flock of chickens, and a legion of fugitive lizards escaped (or descended) from Brian's collection of reptiles. And then there's Ruby. She is my business partner, sidekick, and owner of the Crystal Cave, the only New Age shop in Pecan Springs. Together Ruby and I jointly own and manage the tearoom behind our shops (Thyme for Tea) and a catering service we call Party Thyme. We also co-own (with Cass Wilde) the Thymely Gourmet, which delivers packages of healthy precooked food to upscale singles who want to eat right but don't have the time (or don't know how) to cook. Ruby has two grown daughters and a granddaughter, although you'd never know it to look at her. After an early divorce, she has managed to stay unmarried, although she is partial to intelligent men and cowboys. Just now, she is seriously dating a very nice guy named Pete who manages an olive ranch, a relationship that is complicated by the fact that the ranch is a couple of hours away and Pete's job doesn't allow him a lot of free time. Excerpted from Queen Anne's Lace by Susan Wittig Albert All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.</anon> </opt>	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line948
__label__wiki	0.70871	0.70871	New Orleans Archdiocese denies NFL team helped hide abuse Local leaders, using Catholic social teaching, needed for true change National Pro-Life Summit draws 3,000 high school, college students Bryant relied on Catholic faith to cope in tough times Peaceful spirit of pro-life marchers ‘quite amazing,’ says participant Women religious open Christmas season with German Catholic tradition The Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Ind., play hand bells to herald the beginning of the town’s Christkindlmarkt Nov. 16. Their Monastery Immaculate Conception provides the backdrop for this celebration of both the town’s and their community’s German heritage. (CNS photo/Katie Rutter) By Katie Rutter • Catholic News Service • Posted December 4, 2018 FERDINAND, Ind. (CNS) — The sights and sounds of Christmas brightened the massive dome of the Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand as six Sisters of St. Benedict rang out “Silent Night” on hand bells. The gentle chimes of the season soothed the hundreds of people who gathered at the foot of the Ferdinand monastery during the cold Nov. 16 night, while the German tradition launched the Christmas season in the Indiana hamlet. (See a related video.) The Benedictines were heralding the opening of the town’s Christkindlmarkt, a weekend of vendors, concerts and Christmas cheer. The sisters have bolstered Ferdinand’s tradition since the festivities began two decades ago. “It’s a town celebration and the sisters are very much an integral part of the town of Ferdinand,” said Sister Rose Wildeman, the monastery coordinator and director of the hand-bell choir. About 10,000 people — more than four times the number of Ferdinand residents — amassed into the small town for its Christkindlmarkt held Nov. 16-18. The monastery — its arched windows, turrets and towers seeming to come straight out of medieval Europe — provided an appropriate backdrop for the weekend. Ferdinand city officials founded Christkindlmarkt with the intent of transporting attendees to Old World Germany. The event mimics a celebration by the same name held in Nuremberg, Germany, since the 16th century. “Ferdinand has so many German characteristics about it. It looks like little Bavaria as you come in over the hills,” said Diane Hoppenjans, the executive director of Ferdinand Tourism and founder of the celebration. “You see the church steeple in the center of the town and the village is kind of gathered around it and this huge beautiful monastery,” Hoppenjans told Catholic News Service. The German Catholic community was founded in 1840 by Father Joseph Kundek, a missionary priest from Croatia. The Benedictines, their founding community rooted in Eichstatt, Germany, arrived to teach the local children in 1867. “I can’t imagine Ferdinand without (the monastery) and without the nuns’ influence,” Hoppenjans said. “I think it’s because of the monastery that we were able to grow the way we did, the way the town did, and that also kind of kept us with that German tradition,” she said. For Christkindlmarkt, the sisters supplied their event hall as one of six locations where vendors set up booths filled with crafts and other items. The nuns also offered tours of their monastery and sold baked goods, including German-inspired desserts like “kuchen,” which is a cinnamon or cranberry-topped cake, and springerle and almerle cookies. “The springerle cookie is a traditional German cookie, it has a licorice flavor. We have molds that some of our sisters brought back in the 1920s,” said Sister Jean Marie Ballard, the quality assurance manager for the religious order’s bakery. The evening of Nov. 16 — the Friday before the events officially began — the monastery also served as the focal point for Christkindlmarkt Eve. The highlight of the night, accented by the sisters’ hand bells and local choirs, is the moment that “Christkindl” emerged from the monastery’s doors. Plainly translated “Christ Child” and, at one time, an imaginative portrayal of the Baby Jesus, the modern Christkindl is an angel who many European families still believe is the deliverer of gifts at Christmas. Ferdinand’s Christkindl is a close replica of the angel that opens the Nuremberg celebration. Dressed in a white, gold-trimmed gown and portrayed by Ferdinand native Hillary Cremeens, the Christkindl emerged from the monastery to the sound of trumpets and sang a welcoming message. “Ye men and women folk, who once were children too, be child again today, and do rejoice when the Christ Child invites you all to see this market,” she sang, reciting a translated version of Nuremberg’s Christkindl message. Following the angel’s welcome, the crowds were invited into the monastery for a German dinner and to visit the sisters’ table full of baked goods. “The sisters are part of our community. They share in a lot of things, they’re involved with the Chamber of Commerce, they’re involved with this Christkindlmarkt event, they open their home and their hearts to everyone,” said Kathy Tretter, a native and member of the committee that organizes Christkindlmarkt. “This is their home, and their home is Ferdinand,” she said. 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__label__cc	0.664985	0.335015	Chicanitas: Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection Chicanitas: Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection {size doesn't matter} showcases 70 paintings by 29 painters represented in Cheech Marin's noted collection of Chicano art. Chicanitas: Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection {size doesn’t matter} showcases 70 paintings by 29 painters represented in Cheech Marin’s noted collection of Chicano art. Marin, the entertainer who is well known for his work in movies, television, and improvisational comedy, has been acquiring art for more than 20 years, and he has amassed one of the renowned collections of Chicano art in private hands. Marin’s most recent passion is collecting small paintings averaging 16 inches square and smaller in size. In contrast to other works in his collection representing and promoting the Chicano art movement of the mid-60s and 70s, the content of many of these small paintings leans more towards the artist’s internal or personal statement rather than as a response to political, social or cultural situations. The paintings, which range from photo-realism to abstractions to portraits to landscapes, offer a window into the lives of the artists. Whether showing us a glimpse of their neighborhood as Margaret Garcia does in her expressive paintings of a car wash, hair salon, grocery store and taco shop; or personal interests such as graffiti art, street fashion and underground music that influence the works of Carlos Donjuan or peppered with mystery and a bit of humor as in Ricardo Ruiz’s four Masotas portraits based on family members; or making a statement about the double standards imposed on Mexican women as Ana Teresa Fernandez does in To Press I and & To Press II or John Valadez’s underwater figure studies painted on terracotta tiles, each artist draws on his or her own upbringing, cultural heritage, education, and life experiences for inspiration. Hardcover: 84 pages Publisher: CauseConnect LLC; Second Edition edition (September 6, 2013) Los Tejanos: Chicano Art from the Cheech Marin Collection Papel Chicano Dos: Works on Paper from the Collection of Cheech Marin MUSE-ings: Snapshots from the Arts District, Downtown Los Angeles Papel Chicano: Works on Paper from the Cheech Marin Collection	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line951
__label__cc	0.733819	0.266181	Posts Tagged ‘busisiwe mtabane’ Danielle (left) and Busi (right) At the end of last month Bush Radio took leave of two its trainees at the station. This is in line with the station mission of preparing members of the community to engage with and/or work in media. Danielle Buise who hosted and produced the Morning Cruise moves on to be part of an SABC radio station and Busisiwe Mtabane who histed and produced Sakhisizwe joins the Right2Know campaign as as communications co-ordinator. We wish both Busi and Danielle well with their future endeavours. Tags:89.5, 89.5FM, Bush Radio, bushradio, busi, busisiwe mtabane, cape town, communications, danielle buise, http://www.r2k.org.za/, Morning Cruise, R2K, right to know, Right2Know, Sakhisizwe Saluting the women who build the nation Busisiwe Mtabane, presenter of Sakhisizwe interviewing Mildred Mme Lesiae On Tuesday the 9th August 2011, Bush Radio 89.5FM celebrated National Women’s day at Mildred ‘Mme’ Lesiae’s house in Gugulethu. Mme is one of the leading women who organised a women’s march on the 9th August 1956 from Cape Town to Pretoria. The four-hour emotional event was attended by more than 25 women of different ages, and two of our shows Sakhisizwe by Busisiwe Mtabane and Backchat by Lelethu Mquqo were broadcast from Mme’s house. The young women interviewed by Lelethu Mquqo were, from left to right, Zimasa Ndzule, Siphokazi Xameni, Nothando Zama Zantsi, Philiswa Saliwa, Siyasanga Ndlwana and Busisiwe Rhafu. According to Bush Radio’s Managing Director Brenda Leonard, the purpose of the event was to give all veterans the opportunity to tell their stories and for young people to learn from it. The wise and old women took us back to the struggles and challenges they faced under the apartheid regime, telling us stories of the bad treatment they received in various places of work. Lelethu Mquqo for Backchat, interviewing Grace de Klerk Lelethu Mquqo, presenter of Backchat, said: “The event was uplifting and very inspirational; I was overwhelmed by the wisdom of the older women. The younger women I interviewed however gave me hope that not all is lost and there are some young people who are continuing with the struggle.” ‘It was very interesting and inspiring to talk to these women and we need more of these events,” said Busisiwe Mtabane, presenter of the Sakhisizwe show. The veterans were joined by three young women who shared their experiences in the new democratic South Africa. Zimasa Ndzule; Public Relations student at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, said: “The event was very touching and it made me realise how I should appreciate and acknowledge my mother who made me the woman I am today.” Tammy Fisher, Bush Radio production assistant, with ANC Women's League veterans; Florrie De Villiers and Dorothy Gopie. The Bush Radio 89.5FM Women’s Day event touched the lives of all those who tuned into the show. The saying “you strike a woman, you strike a rock”, was indeed a true reflection of the spirit of togetherness amongst women. Mme, a very wise woman, who invested a great amount of time into the fight for women liberation said: “Alone you can’t do it, we were six people and started an organisation, it spread and many women joined in because we were able to mobilise and it became a home to many people.” Tags:1956, 2011, 89.5FM, 9 August, apartheid, Backchat, Brenda Leonard, Bush Radio, busisiwe mtabane, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, cape town, challenges, democratic, Gugulethu, Lelethu Mquqo, Lesiae, liberation, Managing Director, Mildred, Mme, mobilise, new, people, Pretoria, Public Relations, regime, Sakhisizwe, stories, struggles, veterans, Women’s day, women’s march, you strike a rock, you strike a woman, young people, Zimasa Ndzule Posted in Outside Broadcasts, Programmes, Uncategorized \| Leave a Comment »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line962
__label__cc	0.538026	0.461974	Posts Tagged ‘Lesotho’ Learning and License It’s been a busy couple of weeks at Bush Radio. We handed out Matric study packs to learners at Modderdam and Glendale High in partnership with Van Schaik Books, helped plan a careers day at St Agnes Primary in Woodstock, as well as hosted station and programme managers from various radio stations in southern Africa as part of our partnership on local radio with UNESCO. All of this was made worth it by the announcement by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) that we have been granted a renewal on our broadcast license until October 2018! Stationery Handovers Bush Radio’s, Lusanda Bill hand over the stationery to Modderdam High Principal, Mr Snyers Principal of Modderdam High, Mr Snyers said the timing of the stationery is perfect because this time of the year learners need all the support they can get. Principal Achmat Chotia of Glendale High said he was delighted and inspired by the donation made by Bush Radio and Van Schaik Bookstore to the matrics. “With all the support that the learners are getting from the community is an indication to the learners that they must know that there are people who care and wish they succeed” Chotia added. Marketing Manager of Van Schaik Bookstore, Margaret Vyver-Rambau said they started this project after they realised that stationery is very important to a learner, especially during exams. Excited Glendale High matrics await their stationery packs Vyver-Rambau added that it is important to work with the media in playing a part in encouraging children to study further as they are the future leaders. Brand Manager, Melanie Foxcroft said to be involved in projects such as these are very important as Van Schaik believes in furthering education especially for young people. St Agnes Primary careers day 2013 Each year St Agnes Primary School in Woodstock hold a career day where teachers hope to get learners to start thinking about career choices. As part of the day they get speakers from various fields to chat to the learners to help inspire and give them advice. Learners are encouraged to dress up to represent their chosen career and the teachers at the school get to put on school uniforms. Left to Right: Wayne Mckay, Nathan Adams + Bhavna Singh join the careers day event Bush Radio was asked if we could arrange a couple of guest speakers for the event and we called upon some of our volunteers and contacts to come help out. The children were thoroughly entertained, and inspired by Bhavna Singh (former Breakfast Rush team member and currently an ETV news anchor), Wayne Mckay (comedian, mc and presenter of Laid Back), Nathan Adams (The Daily Voice entertainment editor) and Yazeed Kamaldien (freelance photographer and journalist) Nathan Adams chatting with the learners Financial Management training for Managers Managers from the various radio stations Bush Radio in partnership with the UNESCO hosted a Financial Management training course from the 14 – 18 October 2013. Station Managers and Programme Managers came from Namibia (Live FM, Ohangwena Community Radio, Base FM and !Ah FM), Lesotho (Mafeteng Community radio) and South Africa (Bush Radio, Jozi FM, Radio Riverside, Radio Atlantis and Valley FM). This course is part of a broader project called “Empowering Local Radio’s with ICT’s” Tags:!Ah FM, Achmat Chotia, Base FM, Bhavna Singh, broadcast license, Bush Radio, career, choices, comedian, Empowering Local Radio’s with ICT’s, enca, entertainment editor, ETV, Financial Management, freelance, Glendale, High, icasa, Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, journalist, Jozi FM, learners, Lesotho, Live FM, local radio, Mafeteng community radio, Margaret Vyver-Rambau, Matric, mc, Melanie Foxcroft, Modderdam, Namibia, Nathan Adams, news anchor, Ohangwena Community Radio, photographer, presenter, Primary, programme manager, Radio Atlantis, Radio Riverside, Snyers, Southern Africa, speakers, St Agnes, station, study packs, The Daily Voice, training, UNESCO, Valley FM, Van Schaik, Van Schaik Bookstore, volunteers, Wayne McKay, woodstock, Yazeed Kamaldien Posted in Programmes, Projects, Training (Foreign) \| 2 Comments » Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011) One of Bush Radio’s board members and a strong anti-apartheid activist Professor William Tilden McClain passed away on Sunday the 02nd of October 2011. We at Bush Radio mourn his death. Professor McClain was originally from a small town inIndiana in the United States, and after his studies served as Deputy Attorney General of Indiana. His first interest of South Africa began in 1950’s when he went to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the Universityof London. Initially he was going to study Indian or Middle Eastern law, but was drawn to African law. At this time he also followed the Treason Trial in South Africa very closely. In 1961 he was sent by the University to do research and collect documents in Africa. He drove from Nairobi to Lesotho and visited eight African states, including Swaziland. This is where he met his wife May Vuyelwa Hillary. Professor McClain had a very close relationship with the struggle movement and its leadership in exile especially Oliver Tambo and Chris Hani. In an interview with a Bush Radio intern two months ago he recalled a story of how he got to give Oliver Tambo his sunglasses. “Oliver and I were on the plane heading for Zambia. Just before we landed in Lusaka, Oliver asked me to give him my sunglasses for disguise and I gave them to him and I never got them back” He became involved with Bush Radio more than seven years ago and served on the board at the time of his death. Professor McClain has been described as a leader, mentor and a person who was always willing to give. His guidance and generous heart will be sorely missed by everyone at Bush Radio. He has left a void which no one can fill. Our condolences go to his wife, children, extended family and his friends. 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__label__wiki	0.884116	0.884116	Get your flu shot, officials urge, as flu season claims two lives in London – The Sudbury Star Public health officials are urging people to get their flu shot after this year’s flu season in the London area claimed its first lives. (Postmedia Network) Two flu-related deaths were reported to the Middlesex-London Health Unit between Dec. 15 and Jan. 4. Between those dates, the health unit has seen 44 lab-confirmed cases of Influenza A and 23 cases of Influenza B. The Middlesex-London Health Unit tracks flu cases each winter starting Sept. 1. The health unit says local flu activity has increased over the last three weeks. Since Sept. 1, 28 people in the London area have been hospitalized for the flu, the health unit said in a report made public Wednesday. Twenty-three of those hospitalizations have happened since Dec. 15. Vaccinations against the flu are publicly funded and are available at doctor’s offices and pharmacies. “Local residents are encouraged to get their seasonal influenza vaccine as soon as possible, since it takes about two weeks for the vaccine to provide protection,” the health unit report stated. In its latest flu surveillance report, the London area health unit recommends people take precautions to avoid illness, including washing their hands frequently, using alcohol-based hand sanitizer, covering their coughs and sneezes and staying home when they’re sick. By the same point in the 2018-19 flu season, an unusually mild year for flu in London and Middlesex County, no deaths were reported by the local public health authority. In the 2017-18 flu season, the health unit reported four flu-related deaths between Sept. 1, 2017 and Jan. 6, 2018. Passion for 3D printing got out of hand, leading Sudbury man… $100,000 Lotto Max ticket sold in Sudbury Chinese scientists obtain genetic sequence of mysterious virus – STAT Wuhan pneumonia outbreak: Mystery illness 'caused by coronavirus' – BBC News GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) is “very impressed” with the Chinese response to the global coronavirus outbreak so far, a senior official said on Wednesday, adding that the world had reached a critical point in efforts to tackle the disease. “They are taking extraordinary measures in the face of what is an extraordinary challenge,” said Mike Ryan, Executive Director of WHO Health Emergencies Programme who accompanied the body’s chief on a trip to China this week. “We are at an important juncture in this event. We believe these chains of transmission can still be interrupted.” (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge Editing by Gareth Jones) VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The death toll from the novel coronavirus has now hit triple digits as more and more cases pop up in over a dozen countries. Just this week, the first presumptive case of the virus was confirmed in B.C., after two others were confirmed in Ontario days earlier. Watch: Presumptive case of coronavirus in Vancouver Around 6,000 people have been infected in mainland China and a number of other countries thus far, surpassing the number of people infected by the SARS outbreak in the country back in the early 2000s. At least 132 people have reportedly died. In an effort to contain the outbreak, China has cut off all access to Wuhan — the epicentre of the outbreak — as well as dozen other cities. This comes as some airlines have moved to cancel select flights to the region. Air Canada has cancelled some flights to China over the coming weeks, while several other airlines said they were reducing the number of flights to the country as demand for travel to the area drops because of the outbreak. British Airways announced it was suspending all flights to and from mainland China after the U.K. government warned against unnecessary travel to the country amid a virus outbreak. Back in Canada, images have been circulating online, showing people with large water bottles worn on their heads and faces, some suggesting to protect against coronavirus. While Vancouver International Airport hasn’t confirmed this was actually happening, it did say in a tweet, “Obviously not an effective measure.” Obviously not an effective measure. More information from the Public Health Agency of Canada @GovCanHealth here: https://t.co/HFwBGkXtY6. — Vancouver International Airport (@yvrairport) January 28, 2020 As airlines and travellers adjust their schedules because of the outbreak, the federal government is mulling over just how to get Canadians who want to come home out of China. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says that every Canadian who has reached out for consular assistance will receive it, adding about 250 Canadians have registered with Global Affairs Canada to say they are in Wuhan. The federal government says 126 of them have asked for help to get home. Canada is “looking at all options,” Champagne says. Meanwhile, Canada’s health minister says she doesn’t yet know whether any of the Canadians in quarantine in China are sick or would be quarantined if they do come home. The spread of the new form of coronavirus has even impacted some international sporting events. A number of them have been postponed in China and Olympic qualifying tournaments are being taken elsewhere as a precaution. -With files from The Canadian Press and The Associated Press People are wearing water jugs over their heads against coronavirus (PHOTOS) – Vancouver Courier While it isn’t uncommon to see people wearing face masks during an outbreak, some people take more extreme measures to protect themselves. Earlier today, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed B.C.’s first novel coronavirus case: a man in his 40s who lives in the Vancouver Coastal Health region and recently returned from a trip to Wuhan, China. Despite this, Dr. Henry says the risk of infection of the virus in B.C. is “still extremely low.” Nevertheless, some people are still concerned about contracting the virus in the Lower Mainland. A person was photographed at Vancouver International Airport wearing what looks like a plastic container on their head and a mask over their mouth. In an image from the back, it appears that the person has cut a hole into the container in order to make room for their ponytail. Photo Lynne Carter / Facebook Lynne Carter posted the images to Facebook at roughly 2 p.m. on Jan. 28, captioning, “Fresh out of YVR. The latest anti-virus shields made with old water jugs.” Carter also included a third photo of an adult with a child who are both wearing bottles on their heads. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention does not advise wearing containers on your head to prevent a coronavirus infection. And while there are currently no vaccines available to protect you against human coronavirus infection, the CDC advises that you may be able to reduce your risk of infection by doing the following: wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands avoid close contact with people who are sick The World Health Organization stopped short of calling it a global health emergency last week, while officials here have said Canadians are at low risk of contracting the illness. Nevertheless, experts stress the need to be vigilant and prepared for signs of infection. If you have mild cold-like symptoms, health officials encourage you to stay home while sick and avoid close contact to help protect others. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, and be sure to throw used tissues in the trash and wash your hands. Clean and disinfect objects and surfaces. Here are some things for people in Canada to know about the coronavirus. — With files from Nicholas Johansen / Castanet. Health1 min ago Hey Buddy!, I found this information for you: "Get your flu shot, officials urge, as flu season claims two lives in London – The Sudbury Star". Here is the website link: https://canadanewsmedia.ca/get-your-flu-shot-officials-urge-as-flu-season-claims-two-lives-in-london-the-sudbury-star/. Thank you.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line976
__label__wiki	0.914467	0.914467	Tesco withdraws Christmas cards over Chinese prison labour claim – CTV News The British-based grocery chain Tesco has halted production at a factory in China after a British newspaper said the factory used forced labour to produce charity Christmas cards. The huge grocery chain said Sunday it had stopped production and launched an immediate investigation after the Sunday Times newspaper raised questions about the factory’s labour practices. The newspaper said a six-year-old girl in south London found a message inside a box of charity cards that read “we are foreign prisoners in Shanghai Qinqpu prison China forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organization.” Tesco said it would never allow prison labour in its supply chain. Related Topics:Featured Aurora Cannabis Provides Corporate Update and Confirms Cannabis 2.0 Roll Out – PRNewswire B.C. shop owner 'surprised' he's in guide that colour codes businesses to support Hong Kong protests – CBC.ca SURREY (NEWS 1130) – Does the City of Surrey have a leg to stand on in trying to stop ride-hailing from operating there? The short answer, according to an academic, is no. Over the weekend, some drivers approached the media, saying they had been baited through their ride-sharing app and handed warning tickets after being met by bylaw officers. Zac Spicer, the Director of Research at the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, said Uber has the law on its side. “Municipal action or inaction cannot frustrate provincial legislation,” he explained. “So, unfortunately for the mayor, this is happening.” On Tuesday, Uber said it was proceeding with legal action against the city, filing an injunction application to stop it from “issuing illegal tickets,” but that didn’t appear to phase Mayor Doug McCallum. McCallum, who has been vocal about his opposition to ride-hailing, even warned ride-hailing drivers that if they were caught picking people up in Surrey, they could face fines of up to $500. Regardless, Spicer doesn’t think this will make it very far in court. “The precedent here is pretty clear — if there’s provincial legislation in place, municipal action can’t frustrate it,” he said. “I would imagine a judge would strike this quite quickly. This could also be a bit more of posturing on the mayor’s part, perhaps, probably knowing that it’s not going to go too far in court.” There is currently no particular business licence that would cover ride-hailing in Surrey. Spicer said if Uber was granted one at the provincial level, it wouldn’t matter if Surrey had its own, anyway. “I think it’s a pretty clear cut case from the point of view of the legal system,” he explained. “I understand the frustration — if you are a mayor and you have fought this for several years, and that you feel you are protecting workers or a certain sector of your local economy. But this is really a fight to take up with the province at this point in time, if they choose to do so.” The head of Uber’s Western Canada division has said Surrey’s actions are ultimately hurting its residents, and that ticketing drivers “who want to earn money and support their families,” was unfair. “It is also unfair to those who need a safe, affordable and reliable ride,” Michael van Hemmen said. Uber is expected to speak to the media at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. -With files from Tarnjit Parmar and Martin MacMahon CN Rail Q4 earnings drop following week-long strike, weaker freight demand – BNNBloomberg.ca MONTREAL – Canadian National Railway Co. saw its profits plunge last quarter with a week-long strike and thinner freight demand denting revenues, though CEO JJ Ruest expressed cautious optimism about the second half of 2020. “The trade environment, when you look at how negative it was last year and how things seem to be at least turning, in the quarters to come we will start to see some of the positives of that. I know at the same time nothing is guaranteed,” he said Tuesday during a conference call with analysts. The pending ratification of the new North American free trade pact “can only be positive – it’s not going to be a huge positive, but rather than going backwards we’re going to be moving forwards,” Ruest added. The country’s largest railway says net income dropped 24 per cent to $873 million in the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with $1.14 billion in the same period in 2018. “We continued to witness weaker volumes driven by softness in the general economy and were also impacted by the conductors’ strike in the quarter,” chief financial officer Ghislain Houle said on a conference call with analysts Tuesday. The eight-day strike by 3,200 conductors and yard workers last November – the longest rail strike since 2012 – brought the railway to a near halt, stopping shipments, triggering layoffs and disrupting industries across the country. Keith Reardon, who oversees the company’s consumer product supply chain, said the work stoppage “impacted our domestic business for close to a month.” With the exception of container shipping, the company suffered lower revenues across the board. Its two biggest bulk products took a significant hit, as revenue from petroleum and chemicals dropped seven per cent and grain and fertilizers fell six per cent. The wind-down of the GM car plant in Oshawa, Ont., did little to bolster volume in the automotive category, where revenue fell eight per cent. Revenue from containers, which accounts for more than a quarter of all freight income, rose by four per cent, however. “Efficiency measures all worsened, which we attribute largely to the strike,” said analyst Jim Corridore of CFRA Research in a note. Ruest said CN will scale down its capital program, but still aims to invest $3 billion in capital expenditures this year versus a total of $7.4 billion over the past two years. “We need to grow the pie. Just exchanging pieces of pie – that’s not a long-term solution,” he said, citing a “turbulent economic environment.” “We’ll have to do quite a bit of self-help,” he said on the conference call. Fourth-quarter revenue fell six per cent to $3.58 billion versus $3.81 billion the year before, CN said. On an adjusted basis, diluted earnings decreased to $1.25 per share, 16 per cent lower than $1.49 per share 12 months prior. The result notched above analyst expectations of $1.20 per share – which came following a revised forecast from CN in December – according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv. Full-year revenues rose four per cent to $14.92 billion and profits dipped three per cent to $4.22 billion. The board of directors approved a seven per cent increase in the 2020 dividend on the Montreal-based company’s common shares. In ride-hailing dispute with the province, Doug McCallum can win even if he loses – CBC.ca People hoping for a quick dispute in Surrey’s ride-hailing standoff may be waiting much longer than it takes to hail a cab from YVR. “The province’s role is really to establish the framework for ride-hailing and make sure that it gets up and running,” said Transportation Minister Claire Trevena, when asked if the government would take immediate steps to stop Surrey from issuing $500 fines to Uber drivers, as Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum has threatened. “We’re aware that Surrey is denying issuing business licenses to try to block ride-hailing. We hope that they can sort out their business licenses with the others in the region.” In other words, the province is content — at least in the short-term — to see how potential legal battles, and talks between municipalities to create a regional business licence, go. The group overseeing those negotiations is the TransLink Mayors’ Council. While they’re meeting on Thursday, any proposed bylaw isn’t expected until late February or March, and there’s no guarantee Surrey will even participate in the process. And while the stalemate continues, and Uber turns to the courts, the opposition party wants the government to intervene. “It’s government’s obligation now to ensure that the laws are being followed,” said B.C. Liberal MLA Stephanie Cadieux, who represents the riding of Surrey-Panorama. “The citizens of Surrey have been waiting for this … and it’s time for government to step in and ensure that they have that opportunity.” Cities governed by the province In any dispute between a province and a city, the province tends to holds the upper hand. “Usually a local government official will huff and puff, but be pretty careful not to dare the provincial government,” said Frank Leonard, the former President of the Union of B.C. Municipalities and longtime Mayor of Saanich. While municipalities have many powers, they are constitutionally creatures of the province. In B.C., they’re governed via the Community Charter — which the government amended months ago to prevent cities from putting in a veto around ride-hailing. Doug McCallum speaks with Stephen Quinn about the decision to bar Uber and Lyft from entering the Surrey transportation market. 15:06 Leonard recalled plenty of disputes during his time in government where a city tried to press a dispute with the province, including debates over the proposed Canada Line. But they usually ended the same way. “The first thing a local government says is ‘well, we are independent within our jurisdiction. This is our jurisdiction. Go away,'” said Leonard. “But the rulebook is owned by the provincial government.” Uber has been operating in Surrey, B.C., since receiving approval last week from B.C.’s independent Passenger Transportation Board. McCallum says the company is operating illegally without a city business licence. (Ben Nelms/CBC) Politics matter as much as policy However, these sorts of disputes are about more than just what’s in the rules. “We can talk legal logistics and legislation, but at the same time can’t ignore the politics of the situation,” said Leonard. While one can question how people in Surrey feel about ride-hailing, all six NDP MLAs from Surrey did not respond to requests for comment from CBC News on Tuesday. Perhaps another reason why Trevena suggested Uber consider legal action instead of waiting for direct action from her government. “If one of the companies … [with] a license for operating ride hailing feels they are being blocked, there is a law in place which says that no municipality can block ride-hailing, and the aggrieved party can test that law,” she said. Two hours after she said that, Uber announced they had filed to apply for an injunction in the B.C. Supreme Court. Of course, lawsuits can take time to manifest and be ruled on by judges. In the meantime, McCallum can tell people against ride-hailing that he’s fought for them, and Uber drivers could choose to wait until the situation is resolved before risking a $500 fine. A frustrating situation for some. But likely not for McCallum. “He may not lose if he loses,” said Leonard. “If … his position is overriden, he doesn’t lose politically because he still fought for his base. That’s sometimes the sorry side of politics. You look to blame somebody else for an outcome.” Hey Buddy!, I found this information for you: "Tesco withdraws Christmas cards over Chinese prison labour claim – CTV News". Here is the website link: https://canadanewsmedia.ca/tesco-withdraws-christmas-cards-over-chinese-prison-labour-claim-ctv-news/. Thank you.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line977
__label__wiki	0.860374	0.860374	Fetlar, Sna Broch Archaeology Notes MyCanmore Images MyCanmore Text Site Name Fetlar, Sna Broch Classification Broch (Iron Age) Canmore ID 1390 Site Number HU59SE 1 NGR HU 5780 9334 Datum OSGB36 - NGR Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1390 Toggle Aerial \| View on large map SC 1922282 R.Lamb Dr Raymond G Lamb DP 145585 General oblique aerial view of Snabrough, Fetlar, looking SE. RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital Inked plan of Sna Broch (redrawn from RCAHMS). Raymond Lamb General oblique aerial view of Snabrough, Fetlar, looking E. Views of site incl. excav. Hamilton Publication drawing; Sna Broch, plan and section. RCAHMS © Crown Copyright: HES Prints and Drawings (3) Council Shetland Islands Parish Fetlar Former Region Shetland Islands Area Former District Shetland Former County Shetland HU59SE 1 5780 9334. (HU 5780 9334) S na Brough (OE) (Site of) O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900). Sna Broch: A series of ramparts and ditches, evidently the defences of a broch which has been swept away by the sea. The ramparts are still on average 6' to 7' high, and are spread at base from 12' to 13'.They have apparently been partly faced with stone, although the masonry is nowhere visible for more than two courses. A well in the outer ditch, opposite a break in the inner rampart, is no longer visible but is noted by both Hibbert and Low.(From descriptions by G Low 1774 and S Hibbert 1822). Abraded hammer-stones and fragments of broch- pottery were picked up at the time of visit. The mound which lies outside the defences to the south is of indefinite character and its relationship to the larger construction is not clear. RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1930. Sna Brough, as described and planned by the RCAHM. Visited by OS(NKB) 15th May 1969. Publication Account (2002) Euan W Mackie Broch Corpus 1 HU59 3 SNA BROCH 2 ('Sna Brough', 'Snaburgh') HU/578933 Possible broch on the west coast of Fetlar I., consisting of a segment of a series of ramparts and ditches most of which has been swept away by the sea. The remains suggest that the defences protected a broch but that this has completely vanished. The rampart fragments -- apparently partly faced with stone -- are still on average 1.83 - 2.14 m (6-7 ft.) high and 3.66 - 3.97 m (12-13 ft.) wide at base. The innermost defence -- a fragment of which remains at the edge of the cliff -- seems likely to be a piece of an outer defensive wall rather than of the broch itself [4]. A well used to be visible in the outer ditch [2, 3]. Sources: 1. OS card HU 59 SE 1: 2. Low 1774, 166: 3. Hibbert 1822, 387: 4. RCAHMS 1946, vol. 3, no. 1210, 55-6 and fig. 542. E W MacKie 2002 Field Visit (19 May 2015) ShoreUPDATE Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk Project A massive double bank and ditch flanking the eastern side of the site of a broch which has now completely eroded, except for a sliver of the eastern side of the broch mound. A circular mound at the southern end of the banks and ditches is presumably an element of the broch complex. Erosion has exposed clean sections through the inner bank, the inner ditch and the central mound. The banks and mound are constructed with up-cast material from the ditches, which buries and preserves the former soil horizon. Rare fragments of very decayed pottery were observed in the up-cast forming the mound. There is evidence of stone facing on the banks. The section through the inner ditch has exposed a sequence of waterlogged and anaerobic silt and clay deposits at the base of the ditch containing preserved plant material. A mat of vegetation was observed at the base of one part of the ditch. These are sealed by boulder sized demolition debris, probably from the broch structures. The potential for preservation of high quality paleao-environmental evidence from the buried soil horizons and the waterlogged ditch deposits is high. Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) Note (1 April 2016 - 1 November 2016) Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland The Sna Broch has been reduced to no more than an arc of ramparts and ditches at the top of a beach. Sited on soft till deposits rather than the typical precipitous locations more usually adopted by promontory forts, there is now insufficient evidence to demonstrate whether these were simply the outworks of a broch or whether they incorporate elements of a promontory enclosure, the rocks lying some 70m offshore perhaps indicating its possible extent. Nevertheless, the arc includes the remains of at two ditches with external ramparts and it is likely that there was also a third rampart within the inner ditch rather than simply the wall of the broch (RCAHMS 1946, 55-6, no.1210, fig 542; MacKie 2002, 119); recent fieldwork along the shore has observed evidence of waterlogged deposits beneath rubble in the inner ditch. On the S the outermost rampart returns to meet the middle rampart, a configuration that possibly indicates that this was the site of an entrance, though the RCAHMS investigators attribute it to access to a well noted by earlier visitors in one of the ditches (Low 1879, 166; Hibbert 1822, 387). The RCAHMS plan drawn up in 1930 identifies a gap in the outer rampart at the N end of the arc as the remains of an entrance. Pottery and hammerstones have been recovered from the eroding section, including material from beneath one of the ramparts (Fojut 1983, 21). Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 01 November 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC4260 Scotland’s Coastal Heritage at Risk Project Atlas of Hillforts MyCanmore Image Contributions Contribute an Image	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line978
__label__wiki	0.507616	0.507616	European studies blog Travels with George Eliot: the Moulin/Moinho/Mühle on the Floss Last month readers throughout the world were celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Mary Ann Evans – or, as she would later become known, George Eliot. Before her bicentenary year passes, it may be fitting, in view of her cosmopolitan interests and fondness for travel, to see how her works have fared abroad. George Eliot in 1865, engraving after the portrait by Sir Frederic William Burton, from The complete poetical works of George Eliot (New York, 1888) 11612.h.1 Not surprisingly, given Eliot’s lifelong interest in German literature and philosophy, it was not long before her writings were translated into German. Patricia Duncker’s novel Sophie and the Sibyl (London, 2015; Nov.2016/1979) offers a lively account of Eliot’s relations with the firm of Duncker & Humblot (founded by Franz Duncker, an ancestor of the author) which published the German versions of her novels. The first of these to appear was Die Mühle am Floss, translated by Julius Frese (Berlin, 1861; 12633.cc.4), followed by Emil Lehmann’s four-volume translation of Middlemarch (Berlin, 1872-73; 12637.aa.6.). German readers had to wait until after Eliot’s death for Scenes of Clerical Life to come out in their language as Bilder aus dem kirchlichen Leben Englands in a translation by G. Kuhr (Leipzig, 1885; 12604.h.10). An edition of Silas Marner with notes in French (Paris, 1887) 12604.cc.10. With the exceptions of Romola, Daniel Deronda and the novellas Brother Jacob and The Lifted Veil (the last partly set in Prague, a city which Eliot visited in 1858 and described, somewhat confusingly, as ‘the most splendid city in Germany’), Eliot’s work largely draws on the landscape and society of Warwickshire, the county of her birth. For French readers who wished to become acquainted with her writings in the original English, Hachette brought out, in 1887, an edition of Silas Marner with notes in French and an introduction, also in French, by A. Malfroy which rather disparagingly describes the author’s native landscape as having about it ‘rien de pittoresque ni de grandiose’. Those not deterred by this unenthusiastic appraisal but mystified by the dialect spoken by the people of Raveloe might turn to translations such as those of Scènes de la vie du clergé, made by A. F. d’Albert-Durade, also for Hachette (Paris, 1886; 012547.e.77), in which Janet’s Repentance is transformed into La conversion de Jeanne. The same translator produced a version of Romola the following year (Paris, 1887; 12603.ff.11), but it was not until 1890 that a translator identified only as ‘M.-J. M.’ ventured to tackle the monumental Middlemarch. Étude de la vie de province (Paris, 1890; 12603.f.16). Title page of a Yiddish edition of Daniel Deronda (Warsaw, 1914) 012612.i.2. At first sight it might appear that the limited geographical compass of such novels might discourage translators from opening them up to a wider audience, but this is far from being the case. The British Library’s holdings include translations of Eliot’s works into Japanese, Telugu, Estonian, Oriya and Irish, as well as more widely-spoken languages. It is interesting to consider the reasons for a translator to give preference to one particular title and select it as likely to appeal to potential readers within a different culture. A notable example of this is Daniel Deronda, which appeared in translations into Hebrew by David Frishmann (Warsaw, 1893; (B)615.7045) and Yiddish. This is not surprising, despite the unpopularity of the novel’s Jewish plot among Gentile readers, as Eliot’s partner G. H. Lewes writes in a letter of 24 December 1876 to the palaeontologist Richard Owen: [T]he Jews themselves – from Germany, France, and America, as well as England – have been deeply moved, and have touchingly expressed their gratitude. Learned Rabbis, who alone can appreciate its learning, are most enthusiastic. Is it not psychologically a fact of singular interest that she was never in her life in a Jewish family, at least never in one where Judaism was still a living faith and Jewish customs kept up? Yet the Jews all fancy she must have been brought up among them; and in America it is positively asserted that I am of Jewish origin! Cover of The Mill on the Floss in Fernando de Macedo’s translation, O moinho à beira do Floss (Lisbon, 1943) 012643.ppp.17 In this, perhaps, lies the key to Eliot’s world-wide popularity among translators. Her empathy with characters from many walks of life and ability to portray them with humanity and vividness enables her to transcend boundaries of language and geography. Moreover, the apparently humdrum nature of the landscapes of some of her novels became quite different when viewed from a different perspective. The Portuguese artist’s impression of the world of The Mill on the Floss in Fernando de Macedo’s translation is just one example of the inspiration which these distant and paradoxically ‘exotic’ scenes provided for illustrators. Similarly, a Dutch translation of Adam Bede by Anna Dorothee Busken Huet contains three plates by Jozef Israëls portraying the figures of Adam, Dinah and Hetty with deep psychological insight. Plate from Dutch translation of Adam Bede (Sneek, [1891]) 11409.m.39, showing the eponymous hero The fact that George Eliot’s writings so quickly found translators testifies to their universal appeal and relevance of the issues which they raise. Whether they are given a voice in Swedish, Hungarian, Czech or Greek, Adam Bede, Silas Marner and Dorothea Brooke are truly citizens of the world and witnesses to the greatness of their creator. Susan Halstead, Subject Librarian (Social Sciences), Research Services Posted by European Studies at 10:00 AM Germanic, Language, Literature, Romance languages, Translation European studies blog recent posts ‘Humble books’: B. U. 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__label__cc	0.534229	0.465771	#WeGotGoals Denise Sauriol Uses Cumulative Courage to Go After Her Goals Maybe you’ll be lining up next weekend at the TCS New York City Marathon, or watching the Bank of America Chicago Marathon has you pondering a big race of your own. Or perhaps you’re facing a job change or another challenge in your life that has you “scited”—scared but excited—hoping you can handle it but afraid you’ll fall short. Coach, author, marathoner, and aSweatLife ambassador Denise Sauriol has a message for you: You can do it, and even if you think you’ve failed, the struggle will be worth it. “Do things you think you can’t do. It will transform you on the other side,” she told me on #WeGotGoals. “That's when we are really showing up in our lives.” For this week’s episode, we headed back to the Hotel Moxy the week before the Chicago Marathon to soak up some pre-race run-spiration from the woman her runners call the “marathon whisperer.” Sauriol was fresh off the publication of her new book—Me, You & 26.2: Coach Denise’s Guide to Get YOU TO YOUR First Marathon—and was about to take on her 100th marathon that weekend. (Post-recording update: she finished, in a time of 4:52:39 and what just might have been a personal-record in smiles, high fives, and megaphone-enhanced cheers along the way.) In a week that found her bouncing between media appearances, her own final race preparations, and pep talks with the nearly 200 runners she was coaching through the event, Sauriol’s joy was palpable. In many ways, these successes represented the culmination of the dream she’d gone after two years ago, when she quit her job in accounting after 26 years to coach runners full-time. In another of her trademark Denise-isms, she called this “de-corporation,” or “a goal that has filled my soul.” Walking away from a steady income and the only professional life she’d known wasn’t easy. Sauriol recalled sitting in her therapist’s office the week before she was supposed to go back to school for another advanced degree. The therapist asked what would make Sauriol truly happy. “And I said, ‘Well, I just want to help people. I want to share running with everyone,’” she said. A master’s probably wasn’t necessary in order to do that, the therapist pointed out. “She said, getting that degree is like having to go to Florida and going to California to get there. So the next day I emailed Northwestern and dropped out of the program,” Sauriol said. “I texted my therapist and I said, ‘I canceled my trip to California.’” Six weeks later, she booked her ticket to Florida by giving her notice. Even once she’d made the decision, Sauriol faced doubts. Running a business, even if it’s your dream job, has its challenges. “It's not all rainbows and unicorns,” she said. To get through the tough spots, she’s harnessed what she called “cumulative courage.” She reflects back on other things she didn’t think she could do but accomplished anyway, including her first marathon back in 1994 and the 98 others along the way, and reminds herself she has the strength to get through. The more I talked with Sauriol, the more I realized cumulative courage extends beyond an individual’s achievements. In fact, it’s yet another reason that, per the maxim on constant repeat here at aSweatLife, “everything is better with friends.” The power with which Sauriol believes in her runners fuels them to greater distances and bigger accomplishments than they ever thought possible. Watching them crush their goals, in turn, reminds her to think more broadly about her own capabilities. “When I get overwhelmed or stuck on which route I should take, I don't stay there. The feedback and the connection I'm making with people that were once strangers—seeing them do things they didn't think they can do or seeing them finally believe in themselves like I believe in them—counteracts when I'm overwhelmed,” she said. Sauriol will call on that cumulative courage to continue growing her business: “I’m not done with it,” she said, and I certainly believe her. She’ll also use it to conquer her fear of heights for her next big fitness goal. For more on what that is—and many more simple, solid tips for tapping into the collective strength we all share—listen to the full episode. Stick around till the end for a real-life goal from one of Sauriol’s runners; and hey, if you want to be featured on an upcoming episode, email a voice memo to me at cindy@asweatlife.com. If you like what you hear, please subscribe to #WeGotGoals on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other podcasting app, and while you’re at it, leave us a rating or a review. Thanks so much for listening! By aSweatLife #WeGotGoals hosted by aSweatLife	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line984
__label__wiki	0.503177	0.503177	← “Excited about being on the dark side.” “I’ve learned a whole lot.” → So near, and yet so far. One thing I can’t help wondering about after reading this piece by Bill Shanks – okay, one thing after I wondered why the Macon Telegraph can’t find somebody who writes better than Bill Shanks – is would people be moaning about an 8-4 season in 2013 if C.J. Mosley hadn’t tipped that pass and Mitchell had come down with it to put last year’s Georgia squad in a national title game? My point here isn’t to play woulda, coulda. I’m simply asking how much Georgia making a title game after winning the SEC would have changed your current perception of the program and Richt, assuming your feelings are similar to those of Shanks’. If your position is that it wouldn’t have and that 2013 reflects not so well on either, I respect your intellectual consistency. If, though, you admit that you wouldn’t feel nearly as harshly about both had Georgia faced Notre Dame, are you really saying that your disappointment boils down to a tipped pass? Again, I’m not asking if you agree with Shanks’ arguments. I’m sure many of you do. I’m just curious how much you’d be complaining if Mosley hadn’t made a great play. Tell me in the comments. 171 responses to “So near, and yet so far.” I’ve been one that botches now an then about coaches, but I am all for this coaching staff staying in place. The only caveats are I really have my doubts about Lakatos being the right guy… And Grantham needs to show his ability to adapt in some of his coaching philosophies. But I see very little that isn’t fixable. Given the adversity the coaches and players have had to gace this year, it’s hard for me to bitch about 8-4, and the most maddening thing is that we had a real deal offense that could have gotten it done with a serviceable defense, which I really don’t think we had, even when healthy….. And I HATE that for Aaron Murray most of all. But the coaching turnaround Mark Richt did behind the scenes that led us to last year’s outcome and almost outcome, convinced me that we can’t ask for much more, IMO. I had the same thought earlier this year when Murray’s legacy was being discussed. For the people that thought he was “pretty good” or “slightly above average” (yes, I heard plenty of it). The difference between “Legend” and “slightly above average” is supposed to be more than a fingertip. Parrish Walton (@ParrishWalton) The real question to ask is would this season have been a disappointment had the injuries been less intrusive? With a healthy Gurley UGA beats Vandy and Missouri. I firmly believe that. And with a healthy WR core I think we beat AUB. So would 10-2 or 11-1 be a disappointment? Some seasons are lost due to unforeseen issues. 2013 was one of those seasons. It sucks, but that’s life. But if 2013 is the final straw that breaks a fan’s back, that seems silly to me. I get that. The problem is that most people have already made up their minds on Richt, so the injuries this year are similar to the injuries in Goff’s last year, in that detractors are overlooking their impact because their minds are already set. Spot on. People see AUB winning and get pissed (as do I). But sometimes it’s harder to accept there isn’t much to be done. AUB is playing for a national title with a defense ranked 95th !!! in YPP. Think about that. You know how hard it is to pull that off? You need not just some luck, but an enormous amount of it. Georgia is in a better position than every school in the SEC except Bama moving forward. People need to understand that. If we’re going to play “what if” with injuries, a healthy Gurley for the entire game, and certain and full game from 100% Gurely plus Malcom Mitchel and we’re talking about possibly not losing a game, even with a mess on D. (The Vandy and UT games aren’t close, and the Missouri and Auburn games look like the Sakerlina and LSU games.) But that would be a mix of the luck to stay healthy, and Murray + Gurely carrying us. As crappy as part of this season has been, the lackluster results will hopefully spark far more effort than making the title game with a lesser squad than 2012’s. (For example, the questioning of Friend and the OL is a lot less loud if we went 12-0 or 11-1.) Saying that our disappointment boils down to a tipped pass is pretty simplistic. We had a heck of a break with the blocked FG returned for TD and we didn’t capitalize on it in the end. Without that play (that rivals Auburn’s FG returned for TD in every aspect except timing and final outcome) we’re down by 11 on our final drive (and possibly 14 if the FG is good). We had the lucky break we always wanted but we didn’t play well enough the rest of the game to capitalize on it. That’s the difference between teams like us and teams like Auburn. Again, I’m not asking you to vent (or, in your case, re-vent). I’m simply asking if Georgia had made the play at the end to win the game, would it affect your perception of the program? If you don’t want to answer the question, that’s fine. But I really don’t want to hear the same old stuff rehashed in this thread. Thanks. I assumed your question was at least a little rhetorical. How could someone NOT feel better about their team after a MNC? If I’m asking for responses, I think you can assume the question wasn’t rhetorical. Senator, if the tipped pass in the 2012 SECCG had been an isolated event I would agree with your premise. Unfortunately, it is not. Rather, the tipped pass is another in a long line of end of game failures/in game failures that the coaching staff and its defenders want to lay off as “bad luck.” Just like the tipped pass to the opposition in the ’13 Auburn game was “bad luck.” Just like the missed FG in the bowl against Michigan State was “bad luck.” I could go on and on and list a whole lot of similar events that cost us games during the CMR tenure but what’s the point? The truth is these all occurred as a direct result of end of game coaching errors. I don’t want CMR’s head. I want him to learn from his mistakes and start making decisions that win games rather than lose them. Ivy Leaguer had it right in a post yesterday. CMR needs to get an expert to analyze the reasons behind this and fix the problem but he appears to be in denial or too stubborn to do that. How is the tipped pass a coaching failure? How is the Auburn play a coaching failure? The Barn QB threw the ball up into double (triple coverage). When the ball was released, every coach on that field thought the same thing: INC or INT, game over. The tipped pass was absurd. It was tipped in just the right way to fall to just the wrong person. Does it suck to come up short (in excruciating ways)? Damn right it does. But throwing the baby out with the bath water is a dangerous game. Ask Nebraska, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Alabama (pre Saban), etc… Well, one could argue that the pass was tipped because Gurley didn’t step into Mosley like he was supposed to on the play. Or that throwing it to the front of the end zone rather than deeper into the end zone brings a tipped pass that is going to be caught short into play. But whatevs. This. The pass was tipped because the RB didn’t meet Mosley at the LOS and instead let him into the backfield before picking up the block. Watch the replay on Youtube, folks. A segment of the Georgia fan base and Bill Shanks in a web chat circa 1863- “Stonewall is a good general, but he’s not Robert E Lee. Why is he so stoic and reserved? He sure does win a lot of battles, but he’s never won the big one. His faith makes him soft. Can’t we get someone like Grant or Sherman that get angry when they lose? I want some emotion. And don’t tell me that getting shot by friendly fire isn’t bad leadership instead of luck? It’s always something with him…i got shot by friendly fire. I caught pneumonia after the amputation.” I blame the Confederate pickets. What happened in Chancellorsville stays in Guinea Station. Sure, he had a combat reputation as a genius with no off-switch but what kind of offensive and defensive coordinator was he “as displayed by his weak and confused efforts during the Seven Days Battles around Richmond in 1862.” (¿Amirite wiki?) Both you guys got it all wrong. Stonewall Jackson was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s not his or the Confederate picket’s fault. Sh!t just happens. It’s fate, Kharma, whatever you want to call it, but it certainly isn’t anything that could have been avoided with better communication or planning. I for one am sick and tired of people like you 2 trying to blame what happened to Gen. Jackson on lack of preparation or some other controllable phenomena. It’s just bad luck. Quit trying to blame some innocent kid on sentry duty for killing the best General in the Confederate Army. How was he to know that the General was going to ride by at night? He did exactly as he was taught–shoot first and ask questions later. He just reacted instinctively. It is not necessary for him to think, he’s just a soldier not a commander. And Stonewall never could have foreseen that riding through combat lines at night might result in one of his own troops shooting him. How could anyone ever imagine such an unforeseeable thing? Next time the Kharmic Bitches will be on our side and Grant will get shot by HIS people. Just wait and see. This will all turn out fine for the South in the end. Let’s just keep on going like always–no changes. We are destined to win. I don’t disagree. I think it was likely a freshman mistake, rather than a coaching error. So every single failed play is a coaching failure? Got it. JonDawg Surely you’ve noticed that sign hanging around that dead horse’s neck that states just that.. Seriously. The tipped pass was a coaching error? It was a guy on the other team making a play. I’d say, yes, it would affect it. Having a 3rd SEC title (by way of beating everyone’s favorite deity) and playing for (and most likely winning) the title would. However, I also think people need to realize how much luck goes into these things. Look at Auburn. Take the two games they won to close the reg season out of it. They still needed Mich St to beat Ohio State. They did nothing in 2013 Georgia didn’t do in 2002. Only difference is Ohio State converts a 4th and 7 against Purdue in 2002 and Michigan State beats the Buckeyes in 2013. Then you have the tipped pass last year. You also have a different voting mindset this year compared to 2007, when many felt UGA was the best team to close the year, but was jumped by a team 4 places behind them due to not winning their division. The state of the program is much stronger than the debbie downers want to admit, but I get seeing your rivals win adds to that. Especially in comparison to the Goff and Donnan years. Jim Donnan’s last 4 years he was 35-13. That’s a winning percentage of 73%, which is almost exactly the same as CMR’s. Just sayin.’ And what was Donnans record against Tenn, Florida, Auburn and Tech those years? Something like 6-12. (There were some games Tech, I believe, had to forfeit). There was an interesting article I read once about Donnan, talking about, in retrospect, what a good record he had in light of the fact that FU and UT were in the top 5-10 teams nationally the whole time Donnan was HC at Georgia, each winning a national championship during that span. Tech had O’Leary as its HC and had the best stretch it ever had since Bobby Dodd in the 50s, too. Donnan won the second most games in his 5 year tenure of any coach starting out at Georgia in history up to that time. The higher one was back in the 20s. Donnan didn’t get fired because of losing too many games. That’s a myth. He got fired because (1) he was a prick and (2) he refused to replace his son as QB coach when given a direct order to do so by Mike Adams. The “he had a bad record against our main rivals” argument was just used to justify to the masses Adams’ firing of Donnan. And I would say it was Quincy Carter that got him fired. But Auburn was not a top 5-10 program at the time. And Tenn was still a top 5-10 program when Richt arrived in Ga. And Auburn has been one consistently in Richts tenure. Fact is, we fire Richt, we will get goff Redux. Then we will hire a coach who will have to work to get us to what Richt has us at now and then will have to be lucky where Richt has not been. Who is saying fire Richt? I’m certainly not. I’m just saying that Donnan’s record isn’t as bad as some have portrayed it to be. P.S. Q: What do Billy Graham and Quincy Carter have in common? A: They both can get a stadium full of 100,000 people to jump to their feet in unison and scream, “JESUS!!!” A blocked kick returned for a touchdown equates to a kid missing a 57 yarder and THAT being returned for a touchdown? No. It Doesn’t. That’s not even the entire story. Your question leaves out the timing of both plays. The sequence of touchdowns in a close game is irrelevant because no single touchdown contributes to the final score any more than any other touchdown. The timing only magnifies the perception of the play. Auburn’s FG return for TD didn’t help them win any more than the first TD they scored during the game. If you flip the order of the TDs the end result is the same, the odds of the FG returned for TD is the same, but nobody is talking about “luck.” Valid point. But, do you think Auburn returns the kick if it were the 3rd qtr? I am thinking they would have watched it sail and taken the ball around midfield. Perhaps scoring, perhaps turning it over on downs, perhaps turning it over, perhaps losing Marshall to injury. Point being, if Alabama attempts the FG sometime other than the end of the game – Auburn doesnt return it. This season would still be disappointing even if we’d won the 2012 SECCG and the BCSCG, mainly because of the injuries, but also because of the shafting in Nashville and the hand of Satan at Auburn. But, had we won out in 2012, at least the program wouldn’t seem as star-crossed as it does now. I did not read the article because I do not want to give him the page hit. If his argument is that Richt has not gotten UGA to a BCS championship game and that makes him an inferior coach to Les Miles, then I ask. Richt lost 1 game in 2002 but did not play in the BCS championship because Ohio State completed a long 4th down pass to beat some Big ten team and stay undefeated. Miles got his crystal football with a 2 loss team and only got into the game because Pitt upset West Virginia. What coaching did Miles do that Richt would not have been able to do on behalf of Pitt to cause WVA to lose? What would Miles had done differently as coach of the Bulldogs in 2002 to make Ohio State miss that 4th down pass? Corch Irvin Meyers was more fortunate with a 1 loss team in 2006 than we were with a 1 loss team in 2002. Meyers, WHILE BUSY COACHING IN THE SEC CC, made some brillant coaching moves on behalf of UCLA to cause UCLA to upset number 2 USC, The Shanks of the world say, “Meyer can get a team to the BCS. Richt cannot, as if Meyer woudl have personally intercepted Ohio State’s 4th down pass in 2002. A few years ago Shanks’s bitching was that Richt had not beaten Florida enough. Now we have beaten it 3 ties in a row he has to complain about something else. If we win the playoffs in 2014 he will bitch that Richt cannot repeat and is no better than Chizik if we do not win again in 2015. It’s actually worse that that…his argument is that Richt can’t coach because: (a) he didn’t throw a tantrum in 2008 when Bama was killing them (b) he is a bad coach because we don’t get the lucky breaks. Seriously…luck happens when you have a ‘special season’ Oh..and that South Carolina would have run off Spurrier if he went 10-19 against ranked opponents…which makes total sense because Spurrier didn’t start his first 5 seasons at Carolina with a sub .500 record in the SEC and has won tons of SEC titles while he has been there. Exactly. SC NEVER has won an SEC title and only holds 1 conference title in THEIR ENTIRE HISTORY. SC began the whole trend of the “East” title If Spurrier won even one SEC conference title for SC, Columbia would burn itself down in ebullent celebration before re-building the Capitol in his likeness. I think it’d change our perceptions, of course, but not really change reality. We’ve got a great coach and program. My biggest concern is that we don’t and haven’t had a D that can win the dang game. It’s always up to the offense to win some last minute miracle or seal the deal because we sure as heck can’t count on the D winning it for us. -Bama we led in the 4th (and by 11 in the 3rd) -Clemson we led 21-7 -Vandy we led by 10 in the 4th -Mizzou we pulled within 2 in the 4th and couldn’t stop a backup QB to get the ball back to our All-Conference kicker. -Auburn…you know the story. Win the game for us. Win it. Stop them. We’re ahead. We made the play. Stop them. Even against LSU, the offense had to go BACK down the field and score. When we scored I didn’t even celebrate because there was too much time left and we hadn’t stopped them all day. Had Mosley not tipped that pass, we still wouldn’t have stopped them and that story would be the same, we’d just have a crystal football to go with it. And, I wonder if we can win with the style of ball we play if we just can’t stop people. Every D has games they can’t stop people. See LSU vs. us or Bama vs. A & M. But we never stop people. That bothers me. We never seem to have enough points. I’m always worried about that. Without the injuries this year, it might not matter. We might have just outscored folks. The two most disappointing moments for me were Mizzou and Tech. With a depleted roster in a huge game at home, coming off 3 straight wins when the offense carried us, we needed the D and Mizzou shredded us right out of the gate. Same thing at Tech. Back-up QB finding his footing, we need the D to stand up and keep us in this game…and they shred us. The D doesn’t seem to have a gas pedal, and I’m not sure what that means going forward. We were babies back there, that’s for sure, and they’re going to get better. I believe that. I hope we have the staff over there to do it, but, frankly, I’m unsure. I’m hopeful Grantham surprises me. Had Mosley not tipped that pass, we still wouldn’t have stopped them and that story would be the same, we’d just have a crystal football to go with it. And, I wonder if we can win with the style of ball we play if we just can’t stop people. That’s a fair question. So is that how you feel about Auburn? Because Shanks obviously doesn’t. This. Shanks says we should imulate auburn and then rants about the D. I could be wrong but I think our D was actually better than theirs this year. I’m fully in favor of immolating Auburn. It’s ready. Al from Dadeville has already cleared the foliage. The only thing to worry about now are the machine gun pillboxes on the TOOMER’S DRUGS® fortification and taking out the Forestry Department fire tower pickets I think the difference is that Auburn is trying to score 50 every game and just rolls with it, and I’m not sure we are. I thought about them, because their D is wretched, and they didn’t stop us on that night on the Plains. Had we 10 more seconds, I think we win the game anyway. It’s the style. We play kind of like Bama. We’re more explosive, but we’re not trying to go a hundred miles per hour the whole game and score 50. I’m okay with that. We play kind of hoping our D will put up some resistance, but we can’t. For the record, I don’t think the Auburn ‘dynasty’ will last. I think FSU will smoke them. I think defenses will figure out that offense and game-plan and recruit to stop it. I think they’ll never have a good D there, and it will eventually cost them. What has happened with them this year is nearly unexplainable, as we all know. Like Tech, I don’t think they’re D will ever get a good look in practice to prepare them, which will end up costing them over the long haul. No one can stop the Florida Marilins of the SEC West. Of course, no one can stop Jameis either. What’s with all of this whining regarding 2002 and a 1 loss GA team not getting to play for the MNC? We’d have played for it with one loss in at LEAST 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Every SEC team that has won it since then either had an undefeated season or multiple seasons with only 1 loss. We’ve never had an undefeated season and we’ve only had ONE season with only 1 loss. Sorry folks, but the banter about our 2002 season should be dropped. LSU won the SEC in ’07 with two losses. And UGA can only blame themselves for that. LSU also only lost once in 2004 and were undefeated in 2011, so my statement still stands. We should put together more than one good season before complaining about being unlucky, because every other SEC team that’s played for a MNC (or won) has done so. Again, you’ve been there, done that with the luck stuff. Please give it a rest in this thread. Half of the posts in this thread have some variation of “UGA was unlucky in 2002, 2007 and 2012.” This feeling has been re-hashed hundreds, if not thousands, of times on this blog. It really bothers you that I’m voicing a dissenting opinion for the second time? 165 is right. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, Bluto. Almost all the Disney Dawg posts above are just regurgitating “bad luck, bad luck, bad luck” to the point of absurdity, and basically ignore the reasons behind why things happened. If your reply is meant for my post above, I am not whining about not playing for the BCS NC in 2002. I was pointing out that factors beyond the control of the SEC champions’ coaches affect whether the SEC champ could get into the BCS CG. If the complaint about Richt boils down to the fact that he was not able to get into the BCS game then the comparison between the teams above us not losing and the good fortune UF in 2006 or LSU in 2007 had shouldn’t “be dropped.” By the way, the 2005 SEC champion had 2 loses, as well. Both of those teams have put together multiple seasons like ours in 2002. We’ve only put together one. The more often you put yourself in position to take advantage of luck, the more lucky you will appear. No, LSU has not put together multiple seasons as ours in 2002. It lost 2 games in 2007. It has 1 one loss BCS championship (2003). UF, it is true, does have has one more 1 loss SEC championship than us. What is your response to the point of this thread? The question is, “If we had completed the last play pass for a TD and beaten Alabama and then beaten ND would your [perception of Richt and the program change for the better?” You have typed a bunch of words but have not answered the question. I answered the question above. It’s a silly question and of course the answer is yes. I’m saying these things because the comments are flooded by disney dawgs who pretend like Georgia has had nothing but bad luck and other programs have nothing but good luck. Oh, as far as 1 or 0 loss conference championships, Florida has FOUR in the past 20 years (1995, 1996, 2006 and 2008). LSU has TWO (2003 and 2011). Auburn has THREE (2004, 2010 and 2013). Seems like putting together a good season more than once every blue moon tends to yield good results, huh? Try to keep up 😉 Why is it a silly question to ask if a single play has much of an effect on how you view the program? 1) It assumes, pretty boldly, that the pass would have been a TD even though Malcom Mitchell was covered pretty tightly (and it just as likely could have been picked off) 2) Generally speaking, playing for a MNC is going to make anyone view their program better than playing in the Capital One bowl will, and 3) The question pretends like the tipped pass is the only reason we didn’t play for the MNC. We were only a tipped pass away because of how lucky we were to have a blocked field goal returned for a TD earlier in the game. How can you ignore this play but attribute so much to Auburn’s similar play against Bama? And then go on to talk about “intellectually consistency”…? By the way, Bluto, what’s your answer to the question? Which question is that? 😉 You’re missing the fucking point. I’m not asking about luck. Say what you will about how Georgia got there, the fact remains that it was one play away from beating Alabama. For purposes of this one stinking post, I don’t care how Georgia put itself in position to pull that off, but the fact remains it was there. All I want to know is if it had been a Georgia player making a great play instead of Mosley, would Shanks have written the same column? And if your feelings about the program would be different, what does it say that one play can have such an impact on your view of things? Why is this so hard for you to grasp? Others in this thread seem to have figured out what I’m interested in. I grasp it, and I’ve answered your question (twice). What’s your answer to the question? You answered this? And if your feelings about the program would be different, what does it say that one play can have such an impact on your view of things? I must have missed it. Sorry. It means I am the same as every other fan and care more about actual results than “coulda woulda shoulda.” A single play can change everything. Except for Josh Harvey-Clemons knocking an INT (or drop) away from Tray Matthews, Alabama is playing FSU in the Natty, all else being equal. How much differently is Bama and Bama’s season viewed if they’re playing for 3 in a row in a few weeks? Question I’d like to explore: If you KNEW you’d be playing in the Natty once every 5 years, would you accept 2 losing seasons in the 4 out years? My answer: hells yeah. I think most fans would. Went back and read your original post again and my question answers your question. Your premise: Pass isn’t tipped, Mitchell makes catch, UGA plays in Natty. I’ll extend the premise: UGA likely wins Natty against ND. So your question becomes, “Would people who are bitching about 8-4 be doing so if UGA won the Natty last year?” We agree that most fans would put up with 2 losing seasons in 5 just to PLAY in the Natty much less win it. Ergo, most fans would not be bitching about 8-4 if pass isn’t tipped and Mitchell makes play. Funny you should say that Senator because several of our posters just in the few days were waxing on eloquently about how UGA’s program under CMR is superior to Auburn because the Dawgs are more consistent–none of those ridiculous lows to balance off against those undeserved highs (like winning the BCSNC) as Auburn has done. “We’re better because we stay on an even keel.” I used the word “most”, Mayor. FWIW I agree with you on that point. Greg B. I honestly think that his articles screams “read me”. Maybe that is his plan, because everything that I have read in the past seems that way. If you break down the season this year, I honestly think that CMR may have done his best coaching job since he has been here. The team played hard every down. Luck is a big part of your season and record. This is probably the worst year as far as injuries….especially key injuries, that I have ever seen any college team have. In short, I was happy the way the team performed this year under the circumstances. I certainly was happy last year. Again, luck is a big part of it….Richt is the best coach the Dawgs have ever had. I am proud of the team. The play of last year’s SECCG wasn’t the tipped pass, it was the fact that we didn’t stop Yelton on 3rd and 5 which gave them a first down. We hit him but Williams didn’t wrap up, and Yelton got the 1st by an inch. We all remember the next play where McCaron went up top for the score. THAT was the play that lost the game. But that’s not what I’m asking about! I’m beginning to sense that getting people to stay on topic is futile. 😉 Yeah but I don’t care. I enjoy hijacking the topic. The answer from any sane person would be “yes, I feel better about our program after winning the SEC and National Titles. Even with all the problems associated with this year, it’s hard to repeat therefore I can accept the disaapointment of this season”. “it’s hard to repeat therefore I can accept the disaapointment of this season”.” I had a dream that I was in Auburn… Bazooka Joe Like trying to herd cats….. OK I’ll jump in… from my perspective if we had won the SECCG (and most likely MNC) last year I think I would have the same level of frustration regarding how this season went, but may have cut the coaches additional slack because they proved they could get us to the mountain top. 66DAWGnNC The problem with such a question dear Senator is you have too many “coaches” on this blog that know more about how to win both a SEC and National championship more than Mark Richt does. My advice to them: apply for the dang job! Surely some one out there is looking for a “coach” that has all the answers and can win all their games. Right, only those “in the arena” should have an opinion, right? “I ALMOST won the trial and kept my client off death row. If I had just remembered to call that one witness! Oh well, I’m still a great lawyer and next time I’ll do better!” Yeah, right, that works just about as well. Hard to give me a straight answer, eh? Yes, I’d certainly feel differently about Richt and the status of the program if we had won the SEC championship game played for the BCS championship last year. Feel better? Silliest question ever. I have been a trial lawyer for 35 years this coming June (UGA Law class of 1979, proud to say.) I can tell you that I have seen juries rule against great lawyers. Lawyers cannot change the facts and sometimes crappy assistant D.A.s get convictions because their facts are just better. I have seen Bobby Lee Cook walk out of a courtroom after a jury convicted his client. Bobby Lee Cook is a terrible lawyer who relies on luck and can’t win the big one. Nick Saban has never lost a case. A couple of points Senator: I agree Shanks isn’t the greatest writer in the world, but the quality of his writing doesn’t diminish the purpose of his point which has been consistent for almost 6 years. He wants his alma mater to win a national title and doesn’t think Richt can get them there (an opinion that incidentally, he isn’t alone on). Is that really so horrible? He thinks Richt is sheltered from a lot of criticism because he’s a good man. That’s hard to prove for sure one way or the other, but I can see where he’s coming from there. He’s right about UGA fans selling the program short and the defeatist attitude of “who are you going to get that’s any better?” Five years ago, no one outside of Palo Alto knew who David Shaw was. Ten years ago, Gus Malzahn was coaching high school football in Arkansas. Fifteen years ago, Nick Saban was going 8-4 in the Big 10 and couldn’t get Michigan St. over the hump. To think that Mark Richt is the only football coach in the country that can win big at UGA is myopic to the point of absurdity. Also, it’s time to get past the “tipped pass” story line. We didn’t lose to Alabama because of a tipped pass. We lost because Bama ran for 350. We lost because of timeout management in the second half (shocking development, I know). We lost because once we got up by 10, Alabama’s play sheet could have fit on a cocktail napkin and we couldn’t stop it. Garner never built any depth on the line, JJ and Kwame played with horrible technique, and Grantham never subbed for Tree and Robinson, even though he had Herrera and Wilson. YMMV of course, but I personally don’t see a lot inappropriate with Shank’s comments. People can disagree of course, but it’s hard to dismiss out of hand as being completely off base. To answer the Senator’s question I would say, “Yes” and you would say “No,” right? Not that it’s on topic, but UGA gave up 512 yards in the SEC championship game last year. Auburn gave up 534 yards in the SEC championship game this year. Perhaps Malzahn is too Christian to have a good defense. @gatriguy: Excellent post! What you two mental midgets seem to be missing is that it DOESN’T MATTER HOW we got to the last play of the game last year. How does the result of that one play in a vacuum color your perception of the program and Coach Richt? This is not a hard question yet the two of you can’t seem to come up with a straight answer. Let me answer for you: If we had won the SEC and MNC last year the two of you would be crowing from the highest peaks about how awesome “WE” are and how “WE” won (even though the two of “you” didn’t do squat). You would wear something that says “UGA 2012 National Champions” everyday and your car/truck/moped would be covered in every sticker imaginable. But the reality is that pass was tipped and we didn’t win, so you sit here and bitch and moan about everything associated with the program. Funny how one tipped pass can change everything for small minded people. Awww. Poor Disney rocket dawg haz hurt fee fees. Only sunshine and rainbows about our dogs until he stops PMS’ing. What a drama queen. Heaven forbid someone put forth an opinion different from yours. Geeze. “I agree Shanks isn’t the greatest writer in the world” Here we should note that Bill Shanks was a huge supporter of Jeff Francoeur, and that Charlie Weis is better at his job than St. Jeffy is at his. Moving on. “He thinks Richt is sheltered from a lot of criticism because he’s a good man.” “Five years ago, no one outside of Palo Alto knew who David Shaw was. Ten years ago, Gus Malzahn was coaching high school football in Arkansas. Fifteen years ago, Nick Saban was going 8-4 in the Big 10 and couldn’t get Michigan St. over the hump. To think that Mark Richt is the only football coach in the country that can win big at UGA is myopic to the point of absurdity.” Sure, but getting rid of a good-to-great coach for (enter hot new sht here) seems to be what the derp portion of the UGA fanbase so desperately desires, and to that, we put up a big picture of Dan Mullen and call it a day. Richt is the devil we know, and it isn’t 2009-2010 anymore. That would’ve been the time to move on. He’s gotten us to within a whisker of the national championship since. You fire him now, and who….exactly…..would want to come coach? At a program that cans coaches to the whim of Internet Fanboys? Keep in mind that Papa John was initially wary of coming to Florida because they sacked the Zooker after only three seasons. “Also, it’s time to get past the ‘tipped pass’ story line. We didn’t lose to Alabama because of a tipped pass.” We lost to Alabama for a number of reasons, one of which is a tipped pass. That’s brought up a lot because of how small the thing was that kept us from knocking off the champs. That’s important. If you don’t see that, then you’ve already made up your mind about Richt. “We lost because of timeout management in the second half (shocking development, I know).” If anything, the team that botched timeouts was Alabama, when Saint Saban apparently thought he could take his TOs to the second half and boned his team out of a potential TD drive to end the first half. (Also, Alabama was called for delay of game on a fake punt. And gave up a fake punt. And a long FG return for a TD. If there was any team that looked shaken and not particularly well coached that night, it was the one in crimson.) “People can disagree of course, but it’s hard to dismiss out of hand as being completely off base.” It’s red meat for morons. It matters squat to this program’s future. If that troubles you, there’s the door. Others (Will Trane, Ivy Leaguer) seem to have taken it, thankfully. The Senator asked for opinions, I offered mine. You disagree. That’s fine, but not everyone does. I’m not anti-Richt. I’m not “anything” Richt. I’d like to see him win a national title at UGA, but that’s bc I want a NC. Conversely. If one side or the other decides it’s time for a change, I’m fine with that too. Honestly, after reading all this, we got the right guy with the wrong luck. Sometimes, the tips, regular season stars aligning and injuries don’t line up. Its tough to argue you need another coach with better luck, but my golly, after watching Auburn this year, maybe there is such a thing. This is not to say that a good chunk of this isn’t on Richt. He’s made mistakes. But as maddening as this is for some to hear, his good character and the way he treats the kids has given him some padding. If given a choice, I WANT to see us win with Richt. But I can’t say how I would feel if we broke it all up, grayshirted and oversigned a bunch of kids, then won the National Championship on the back of a starting QB who was kicked off Texas A&M after stealing a personally signed laptop from Johnny Football. This is basically where I’m at too: I WANT Richt to get it done, but I honestly wouldn’t be disappointed if there was a change either. I would, if it ensured a period of instability and turnover with no clear path to just getting back to where we are now. I don’t want to be Nebraska. Why are you so certain we would get it wrong? Have we hired the ONLY coach in America that win at UGA? What makes you so sure we would get it right? Hiring someone better than CMR is less than a coin flip…way less. Would be interested to see a post on how a many programs in the last few years got it wrong vs got it right. An uninformed guesstimate is Alabama, LSU, South Carolina, Clemson, FSU, Miami, Texas A&M, Ohio State, Penn State, Duke, Ole Miss, Arizona State, Stanford, Oregon, Washington State, Vanderbilt, Iowa State, Auburn, Central Florida, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Miss. State, North Carolina Nebraska, Florida, Tennessee, Southern Cal, Georgia Tech, Arkansas, Virginia, Southern Miss, Cal, Pitt, Rutgers, South Florida, Maryland, Michigan Even: Kentucky, Navy In fairness you should list FU as being both right and wrong. And Auburn. Whatevs? How do you not win a national championship with Andrew Luck? Harbaugh and Shaw suck.No excuse. And Clemson? Dabo can’t even win the ACC. Miami? Duke? North Carolina? See Clemson. Ohio State hasn’t won a championship since 2002. They should have fired Tressell in 2003 and hired Saban. And Corch had it lined up and CHOKED! FIRE HIM! Carolina hasn’t won the SEC. FIRE SPURRIER! Oregon? Puh-leeze! With all that Nike money, they should be UNDEFEATED! Miss State and Ole Miss? Huh? They can’t beat Bama! Losing to Bama by a lot is the sure sign your coach should be FIRED! Throwin in some perspective there eh Irwin? Nice. When you list Alabama as a got it right are you referring to offering the job to Rich Rodreguiz before offering it to Saban? Had Rich Rod said “Yes” Saban would be somewhere else. The only moment I keep coming back to from this season is the end of the LSU game…I still well up watching Richt and Murray at the end of that game. That 4 game stretch was as difficult as any the Georgia program has had to go through in 40 years. And Georgia beat two top 10 teams and came within a field goal of beating three. Before injuries, this was a team that was talented enough and coached well enough to win a championship. If you watched Georgia football this season and came away with the idea that Richt can’t coach, I don’t know what you were watching. As far as not making the championship game, I don’t know how it would change my perspective if it were different. I know this…I watched a team that was that close to the mountaintop have its goals and dreams shattered by injuries, suspensions, and bad calls…and that team didn’t quit. It didn’t ever show any signs of quit, period. The fact that these kids were mentally able to mount the kind of comebacks that they did against Auburn and Tech is remarkable. Exactly. If you told any one of us in the hot month of August that we would be sitting at the end of September 3-1, we’d have started reserving hotel rooms in Pasadena. Our team had it all this season to be a contender for the crystal ball, which makes the rest of the season so damn frustrating October forward. We were decimated by injuries, and our defense was never there to help carry the load at the end. Still, but for our offensive injuries we win at least two more (2 of our 3 SEC losses, you pick) and are in the SEC Championship game. No, it wouldn’t change my perception of Richt or the program, which is that we are consistently good, never great and we’re going to be perennially about the third best team in the conference. We played our hearts out against Bama but the difference between the two programs is a lot more than 5 yards. I also don’t understand why it’s a given we would have beaten Notre Dame. We most likely win a shootout but don’t kid yourself into thinking we would have dominated the golden domers the way Alabama did, especially without John Jenkins. I think a better question might be how we would feel if 2009-2011 hadn’t have happened? If you take those outlier years out and I’m not sure there is much to debate. There is no question but that the fire Richt crowd would have clammed up had we gotten to the BCS championship game, even if they would claim otherwise. After all, being unreasonable is sort of their specialty. I don’t think that, like Bill Shanks, that you can judge a coach on an isolated flop like the 2008 Bama game or last year’s USC game. I think you have to look at two things: 1) are we bringing in the talent necessary to compete at the highest level? 2) are the players buying in and playing hard for 4 quarters? I think that we’ve improved dramatically since we hit bottom a couple of years ago on both counts. Moreover, I don’t think people realize that the odds of the next coach being more successful are very, very low. Could it happen? Sure? Why just take a chance simply because you can? Especially when there is no reason we can’t be in the discussion for a playoff spot in 2014. I’ve debated this several times with the people who have been on the ‘Fire Richt’ campaign since 2008. The response is about the same that this thread has garnered. I don’t think it would change my perception of the year or the program itself. This year was just frustrating and there’s just no way to overcome that sort of decimation we saw on the depth chart.. I’m not even sure Saban has recruited well enough to overcome that. My perception of the program overall wouldn’t change, which is that we have a really good coach and a really good program. Are we great? By no means. Have we had our moments? Absolutely. I personally feel that we should consider ourselves fortunate to get as close as we did in 2012 considering what we were up against: a semi-professional franchise located in Tuscaloosa. Until our Athletics Dept and the Board ‘commit to the G’ in the same way the fan base, players and coaches do, we will always be what I described earlier. A good, but not great program/team with it’s fair share of moments (2002, 2007, 2012). The playing field is not level and what Richt has done in spite of that is one of the more impressive things I’ve seen. Wow. I actually feel dumber for reading that. Thankfully I didn’t even know this guy existed until now. I guess he’s trying to take F-baum’s place. “I’m just curious how much you’d be complaining if Mosley hadn’t made a great play.” I would be bitching a lot more (if, in fact, that’s even possible) because an 8-4 would be a thermonuclear hotseat. After all, if you win the tournament once, why can’t you do it again stat! Well, I’m not on the Fire Richt Bandwagon, so I’m not sure the question applies to me, but I’ll answer it. Of course an SEC title (and likely NC) last year would change my perception of the program. How could it not? And I would view anyone who says otherwise with skepticism, to say the least. You are literally correct when you say that means one’s opinion comes down to a tipped pass, but that is a tad simplistic. That particular cat could be skinned many ways. rampdawg I live in the Macon area. I have to listen to Bill Stanks all the time. Bill is a spoiled sounding child of the me me me now now now era. Bill Stanks would have wanted Bobby Bowden and Tom Osborne fired. Why? Because FSU and Uof N didn’t win it all early or often enough. Forget all the good winning seasons they had. Bill wants it last year, this year or 8 years ago, or he’s gonna throw a hissy fit till he gets his way A lot the same can be said about a lot UGA fans on your site. Bobby and Tom were showed patience, and all the fans of the schools they coached for, were rewarded in time with multiple championships. I guess it’s the time we live in now. The rod was spared, and now we have to keep listening to whiny, big mouthed, spoiled brats who were given everything they wanted now, now, now. Been a dawg for 52 yrs and I think Mark Richt best coach we have ever had. Dooley played a lot of bad teams every yr, but we only had two chances for a national championship. Herschel Walker yrs. Most yrs 7-3 6-4 or 8-2. Be thankful for what we have. pcidoc I’m sure I dont represent the mainstream opinion but the tipped pass doesn’t change my opinion of Richt or the program at all. It seems to me that Shanks and those who agree with him are wrong minded in feeling that the only successful season is one that ends with the MNC. That means 120 plus teams fail each season and only one is a success. I’d sure love for the Dawgs to get one but realize a successful season can’t be defined based on getting the crystal. That tipped pass meant to me that the team I love fought valiantly against a team that was heavily favored for the entire game, even after things went against them. I was extremely proud of that game even in the loss. Again I want my team to get that championship but playing with class, representing my University well on and off the field and not cheating matter as much to me. Ho Lee Shit! Can’t believe all the Richt-supporting comments that question the author’s question. While it was alluded to by Shanks, the question should have been posed for Grantham, not Richt. I don’t feel very down on Richt and the program right now, but If we had won that game I’d be swaggering around a little more, thinking that this year is just a little bump in the dynasty. I find it hard to believe anybody wouldn’t sincerely feel better (or not as bad) about this year with Richt and the program, if we’d won that game and then beat ND last year. To answer your question directly, I would not be complaining as much if Mosley hadn’t made that play. Mitchell would have a TD and we’d have beaten ND like they stole something. Mitchell did make the play and another team got to beat ND like they stole something. I never wanted our guys to get back to the SEC title game as badly as I did this year–I’m sure that’s true for other fans, not to mention the players and coaches. That made the year’s disappointments that much harder to take. And it does make me more skeptical of our program and its leadership. In short, that tipped past is leading me slowly to the grim conclusion that our favorite program is one that chronically underachieves. Call it bad luck, call it bad staff, call it inadequate administrative support, call it whatever you want. We are the flagship program in a state flourishing with football talent–we have a better deal than any other SEC team in that regard. But our program continues to demonstrate maddening tendencies that I simply no longer believe will be corrected, because they haven’t been. I won’t rehash them, because we know what they are, and you’ve made it clear that’s not the question you’re asking. Right now, all I have is a sort of diminishing hope that somehow next year all the lights will finally go “On.” But my actual expectations are well short of that, based on past experience that includes that fateful tipped past. Boom! Pretty much nailed it. Well said S.D. I am pretty much where you are SD. Think back to when CMR first took over at UGA. He said: “There has been a lid on this program and we are going to blow that lid off.” (Or words to that effect.) It appears to me that the lid is back on the program. I have thought that same thing many times during the latter part of this season. Sorry. Can’t give Shanks a click. He’s a troll. Just because Football Jesus® moved our luck and never smiles on us (except for having home rather than road games against USCe and LSU this past season) is there ever a regression to the mean for bad signs *”Football Jesus (n.) — a separate, auxiliary Jesus maintained by America’s Christian God to handle all pre-, in-, and post-game prayer requests, as the big guy is kept somewhat busy with sick children, lost pets, failing crops, and what have you.” http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9599552/holly-anderson-college-football-grantland-dictionary sethdavidmiller I’ll admit that I’ve given that one play a lot of power over me in relation to my opinion of this coaching staff and the program as a whole. If it goes the other way, this season would still be brutal, but I’d be much more confident about the program. Being honest with myself is hard, but I think it matters a ton and, sometimes, legacies are written (or changed) based on one, brief moment. So it goes with Richt & the current UGA football program. Seriously, Senator…throwing red meat out for the whiners? How charitable in this season of giving. In the spirit of creating turmoil, let’s revisit a constant theme that is presented here quite often by both sides of the Richt argument…”with all of the talent in Georgia” we should de facto win a MNC as the flagship institution. This line of reasoning is the most flawed of all. Georgia turns-out some fantastic players and because of that, is also heavily recruited by all other schools. Texas, California, Florida, Louisiana and Pennsylvania also have tons of talent. There is no direct relationship to in-state high school talent and State U. winning the MNC. Yet this belief colors the perception of UGA’s program for far too many, including Mr. Shanks. If this “we have the in-state talent, why aren’t we doing better?” argument were valid, then why is it we only have 1980 to show for it since the 1960’s? You can’t blame Richt for this…try as you might. Could another HC win the MNC at UGA? Of course…its the perfect hypothetical so why not support the position. But like I pointed-out the other day, there have only been 8 gentlemen to lead their teams to the MNC while Mark Richt has been at Georgia. 4 – 5 of them are no longer with their teams and have proven scandals left behind. So did UGA choose poorly in taking a chance on Richt? As the Senator points-out, what evidence is there that the powers controlling the HC position at UGA (which goes far beyond the AD) are capable of picking the new NC that can turn the corner? Frankly, I wish the Senator had asked the whiners why they aren’t screaming at the top of their lungs for us to go get Mack Brown. He’s available, has exactly the resume they demand, and won’t be all that expensive. I’d love to hear the rationale for this conspicuous silence. “I’d love to hear the rationale for this conspicuous silence.” Because Georgia hiring Mr. Football would be too much of a good thing for Spurrier? “The cruelest and most accurate thing ever said about Mack Brown came from Steve Spurrier. Spurrier was then the coach at Duke. Brown was at North Carolina. Spurrier was fashioning himself into a monomaniacal offensive strategist. Brown was becoming a Reaganesque CEO. When sportswriters traveled that little corner of the ACC, Spurrier would say, ‘I just don’t think I know enough about the game to compete with Mr. Football.’….. Spurrier wouldn’t let the slur go. By 1997, he’d moved to the University of Florida and won a national championship. The sportswriter John Feinstein sent Spurrier a note saying that if he thought he was so great, he should go back to Duke. “Nah,” Spurrier wrote in his reply, “I don’t think I could deal with the pressure of competing with Mr. Football again every year.” http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/10134500/the-end-era-mack-brown-texas-longhorns And yet…here we are 20 years later with Mack Brown sitting on just as many national championships as Steve Spurrier. No….doesn’t change my view of our team. Shanks is a finebaum wannabe and a hack. How about the coaching staff address these two issues…: I am all for running a clean program, running a program that values academic excellence, family atmosphere etc….some people say it’s only a game and we do the best we can and there are more important things to focus on in life……but there is also doing the BEST you can and training the players to be the best, holding the coaches to be the best and bearing down on EVERY detail of the program to make sure the University and the kids and alumni are absolutely getting the most out of their program possible. It’s not happening up there. It’s a joke. It’s not even CLOSE at UGA. Aaron Murray and Stafford go through that program and not SEC titles in those 7 years. AJ and Moreno too. A microcosm of this is this: Between 2007-2012 these are the following recruiting numbers: Auburn 164 players LSU 151 S Car 163 UGA 130 That is a joke, with these numbers you just can’t compete and that is why UGA is 6-17 against ranked opponents. I understand you don’t want to oversign and gray shirt and run kids off, but you also can use some common sense and understand there is going to be attrition like Nick Marshall and Chris Sanders and some of the OL that have quit. We started FOUR true freshmen on defense this year in Wiggins, Floyd, Matthews, Langley and. That is 100% unacceptable for a team that could’ve made a run. It lost us every game. Clemson was a joke with Connor Norman and Brandon Langley playing. Neither played much the rest of the season. The 2nd microcosm is the fact that every year our special teams is horrible. Pathetic. Punt return team 103rd nationally Kickoff return 111 Punt team 74th Kickoff coverage 96th special teams blunders in 2013 and how they impacted the scoreboard. · Botched field goal in the third quarter against Clemson (Georgia lost by three) · Fumbled snap on a punt in the second quarter against South Carolina (South Carolina scored a touchdown one play later) · 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter by North Texas (Cut the Mean Green deficit to seven) · Blocked punt returned for a touchdown in the third quarter by North Texas (tied the game) · Blocked punt returned for a touchdown in the third quarter by Tennessee (tied the game) · Fake field goal for a touchdown in the second quarter by Vanderbilt (gave Vandy the lead) · Fumbled punt return late in the third quarter against Vanderbilt (Vandy scored a touchdown on the ensuing drive to cut Georgia’s lead to six) · Bad snap on a punt in the fourth quarter vs. Vanderbilt (Commodores scored the game-winning touchdown one play later) Maybe he magically puts it together next year. I really hope so. I hope the talent so overwhelms the other teams, we can’t help but win. And success is not wins and losses per se or if they win a MNC or not, although that is a part of it, success is much more attributed to playing at the highest level possible every week given your talent and resources. Demanding excellence. It is NOT playing just good enough to win games and having a coach not demand and correct mistakes and not communicate to the public, the alumni and the players and coaches that “we expect to play better, this was not the way we expect to perform at GA (and when playing far inferior competition) and we will make the necessary changes to make sure it does not ….” Hope you don’t mind me commenting on this. As an outsider, I think y’all should be hugely disappointed in this year – despite AND because of the tipped pass. In the pre-season, I believe I had UGA pegged to go 11-1 with the loss being to Clemson. You guys were the team I feared the most of the other 13. Yes, there were losses on defense, but the offense looked to be unstoppable. In my opinion, the loss in the SECCG last year should have stoked a fire for a title run this year. So from that perspective, 8-4 would be a huge downer. It did stoke the fire of a title run. We were on that title run until we had our best offensive skill players on the shelf with multiple game or season-ending injuries. When we went to the spread, there wasn’t a defense that could handle the combination of Scott-Wesley, Bennett, Conley, and one of the tight ends with Gurley/Marshall out of the backfield. That’s with our best big play guy hurt on the first play from scrimmage with Malcolm Mitchell. Eventually, Murray gets hurt the week before our rivalry game. Bama would have had some of the same issues with Cooper, Yeldon, Drake and others. Then to lose McCarron the week before Auburn, I’m not sure you guys could have survived all of that to go 11-1. I’m disappointed but it’s about the defense for me. When the offense was trying to find its way less a bunch of pieces, the defense and special teams didn’t pull their weight. I hear ya. I guess I was coming from the perspective of simply looking at the end results from each year. Hard to do that, though. There is a difference b/w being disappointed and thinking the program is in a state of complacency, needing new leadership, etc. I’m disappointed in 8-4. Especially after the 3-1 start against three top 10 teams. But you can’t lose your grip on reality. This team had to play Mizzou, a top 10 team, and Vandy pretty much without Mitchell, Gurley, Marshall, Scott Wesley, Bennett, Matthews, Rome, Rumph, Norman, and Reggie Wilkerson. I’m disappointed Georgia finished 8-4, but it is different than 2009 when you just wondered if it had passed the team by. It feels more like 2006 when it was easy to get down about losses to Kentucky and Vandy, but I felt good about the way the team competed and how Stafford was developing, etc. In the last three seasons, the two where the team hasn’t been decimated by injuries, Georgia made the SECCG and in the other has a chance for 9 wins and finished 5-3 in the SEC. The schedule sets up favorably in 2014…ya’ll can keep whining about the program. I’m going to watch Mason get ready for the bowl game and the 2014 campaign. A10Penny All of us would be happier if that pass was caught. But were any of us happy with the Defense last year with the talent we had? Imagine how it would have been without Jarvis. It’s a very interesting question. First, if Moseley hadn’t tipped that pass, it would have been either incomplete or intercepted. But say we had won the NC last year, because that’s what would have happened if we had either scored on the next play or spiked the ball with 3 plays left to score. Had that happened I don’t see how it’s possible for anybody’s perception of the program to not have changed. A national championship is very toxic, for at least a year or two, and in a good way. Having said that, I can honestly say my take on what’s wrong with the program would not have changed (or at least would have changed back by midseason) because it has never been based on W’s and L’s or Championships. After the Vandy game my stance would have been the same as it is now, and of course the rest of the year would support that as well. The Vandy game was the final block of evidence that a long-term systemic problem has still not been addressed. And that’s one thing a NC could not have changed. “…it’s an incompletion or interception”. Let’s go to the source, Aaron Murray, who states in post game interviews that “Oh, it’s a touchdown. The defender has his back to the play and it’s just up to Malcolm to go up and get it”. In defending HIS decision to not order Murray to spike the ball, CMR quotes consultant, Homer Smith, who says that spiking the ball is for a team without a plan. We had one and wanted to execute to that advantage. You guys criticize the program all you want, but at least try to get your facts straight. Murray is not the source. Richt is not the source. EVER. The only real source in football is the film. If you are interested in facts, I suggest you study the film. I’ve studied a lot of film, and that’s the way I see it. To me, it’s obvious. Further, I don’t get off on criticizing the program. I do, however, point out reality, the best I can discern it. But I know better than to think everybody will agree with it. Just curious how it would have either been incomplete or intercepted, but not completed….for a touchdown? I’m pretty sure all 3 of those things are possible as they are with any pass thrown in football. Because if you are sufficiently negative about the program, or, depending upon your point of view, simply being brutally realistic, it’s a given that Vince Dooley’s famous dictum about throwing the ball (“three things can happen… and two of them are bad”) is overly generous. 😉 Thanks for clarifying that, Senator. As soon as I read that, I knew exactly what the rest of his comments would look like. It was too easy when he started it out the way he did. Because on the replay you can see that MM was covered pretty tightly. I actually agree with the decision to not spike the ball there, but to just assume that the pass was a guaranteed TD is a bit of a stretch. And I think it’s a bit of a stretch just to assume it’s not a completion. Again, all 3 things are a possibility: incompletion, interception, TD. I agree. I’m not saying that it definitely wouldn’t have been a completion. I’m just saying a completion was far from guaranteed. Fair question. Best I can tell you is go back and watch the film. Notice that the trajectory of the ball, projected forward if un-tipped, is right at the pylon or even just outside of the goal line. Then look at the route (which was poor), the coverage, and go from there. Hahaha. Alright, man. There’s no sense in arguing with someone like you. I love that you threw MM under the bus there as well, job well done. Mark Richt routinely fields teams that are terrible at special teams and defense and has done so since 2005. He also fields teams that invariably show up to 2-3 games per year totally unprepared and unmotivated. See, e.g., the Carolina game in 2012 and the first half of the Auburn game this year among many many others. He is not a championship coach any longer. He does not coach teams that do the small things well. He is not detail oriented and he is several steps below coaches like Saban, Meyer, and even Malzahn. Richt is never again going to win another championship of any kind. And, in the process, he’s going to waste the careers of players like Gurley, just like he did with Stafford, Moreno, Green, and now Murray. He needs to go because barring scheduling luck, like in 2011 and 2012, he’s a 3-4 loss per year coach. He’s simply incapable of preparing a team week in and week out to get better results. I mean, look at his Gator Bowl press remarks where he said you can’t win every game and that this season was a success. Those arent the types of comments made by a coach who demands excellence and is focused on championships. Next year will be just like this one. Terrible defense and shockingly bad special teams. The sheep who love Richt more than UGA will find yet another excuse to explain away the bad coaching and then we’ll do it all over again in 2015. All the while, the other teams in the conference will actually be doing the things necessary to out themselves in the best position to win big. I prefer a different solution, because I want Richt to succeed. But I certainly agree with your diagnoses. Each offseason, I hope Richt will reach out for a solution, one which would involve systemic intangible changes, and I hope he will this year. But he never does. So I hope you are wrong, but fear you are right. I want Richt to stay and to figure out the overwhelming issues that he is seemingly blind to. But those that support him ask yourself this: What top coach, Saban, Carroll, Meyer, Spurrier, Miles, Shaw….whoever, when they had a team ranked #1 in the country has ever been BLOWN OUT in their own stadium and down 31-0 at halftime? Please answer this for us. And people that see the blue sky and talk about last year and a dropped pass in the SECC……just ask yourself this, what team has ever won a national title when they had been BLOWN OUT (South Carolina) earlier in the year and struggled to beat several other inferior teams? I have supported Richt for years but 08 started the slide (that Bama game was unacceptable and as unprepared a team as I have ever seen) and honestly, when I heard him interviewed after the TN game this year, a team that SUCKED and was BLOWN OUT by Oregon and has been decimated by all the coaching changes, I was embarrassed for the players and as an alumni that my coach said NOTHING about the way we played and how unacceptable it was and that we will do everything in our power to correct these mistakes and we have an obligation to the players to coach them better and hold them accountable and WE WILL get better because this is not the way we play at UGA……nothing. Frankly it was embarrassing. That same Bama team that beat UGA 41-30 (that was the final…I assume those points count, right?) made it to #1 and then got down to Utah 21-0 in the first quarter before losing 31-17. But that has never happened to Saban, right? Because that would SUCK! I mean…it’s not like Bama got down 20-0 in the FIRST QUARTER of a GAME LAST YEAR….AT HOME…AND LOST…then won a national championship or anything. That would SUCK! And Auburn was so unprepared that they were down 21-0 against Bama in 2010 (and 21-7 the week before to UGA!!!). The 2008 Florida team lost to Ur Ole Miss at Home. The 2007 LSU team lost to two teams that would finish below .500 in the SEC and unranked. And I agree that it was embarrassing that Richt didn’t crap all over the team after watching 4 guys go down with ACL tears during the game. Those kids deserved to be publicly humiliated. By the way, one tiny…eetsy beetsy detail….Auburn was losing 21-0 at the end of the first half against LSU this year. THEY WERE UNPREPARED! WHAT TEAM GOES AND GETS BLOWN OUT IN THE FIRST HALF AND THEN PLAYS FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER ONLY BEATING GEORGIA VIA A MIRACLE AND SNEAKING BY MISS STATE! BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH ALL CAPS BLAH! What world do you people live in? Is it one without TV? Does Google not exist in your corner of the universe? Embarrassed is really the right word. You are smoking something fierce if you are comparing UGAs program to LSU, Florida, Bama and Auburn. 6-17 against ranked teams is yes, an embarrassment. There is a difference between crapping on the team (which I never advocated) and holding them accountable. If you think the way they played against TN and Vandy was acceptable then that is your opinion. I thought you made a point about top coaches not getting blown out at home when they are #1? Oh riiiiiiiiiiight…I forgot, that point wasn’t really a good one so on to the next one, I assume. Since 2010, Florida is 4-15 against ranked opponents. Of course, UGA is 2-2 against Auburn, 3-1 against Florida, and 1-1 against LSU over that stretch…BUT THERE IS NO COMPARISON OF THESE PROGRAMS! Embarrassment! Hyperbole! Again, if you watched the Tennessee game and didn’t see how those kids continued to compete and grind after watching their teammates continue to fall to injuries, then it isn’t really worth any more effort looking up facts that show how bad your opinions are. {“I was embarrassed for the players and as an alumni that my coach said NOTHING about the way we played and how unacceptable it was and that we will do everything in our power to correct these mistakes and we have an obligation to the players to coach them better and hold them accountable and WE WILL get better because this is not the way we play at UGA……nothing. Frankly it was embarrassing.”} A good point, IMO. And a fair point. Richt doesn’t have very many faults (outside of some apparent coaching faults that have nothing to do with his personality), but this is one. He does not publicly hold himself or his coaches accountable, i.e., doesn’t always put the blame where it should be. After a loss like the 2012 SECCG, where his team played about as well as they could (and didn’t crap all over themselves), and showed heart, fight and resilience, it is proper for a coach to present himself and his program the way Richt did .. as being proud of his team for the way they played and the effort they gave in hard-fought, classic SEC battle. But after most of the losses we experience, where we play sloppy ball and pretty much beat ourselves, and perhaps even embarrass ourselves to some extent, some accountability is very appropriate, even called for. The best coaches do it all the time. For example, Dooley always did it, Bryant always did it (though losses from beating yourselves were rare for both), Today, you will hear Spurrier say something like, “We need to coach better”, or “I need to coach better.” Saban will say something like, “that’s our fault and our responsibility as a coaching staff, and it’s our task and responsibility to make sure the problem is taken care of.” And so on down the line. But you don’t hear anything like that from Richt. He almost seems to refuse to hold himself or his coaches accountable. If there’s any accountability at all, it falls on lack of “execution” .. in other words, on the players in general (he does protect his players, as he should). This might not be absolute (though I can’t think of an exception) but, certainly overall, that’s the way it is, and that’s the way it has been. But Richt would do well to make public accountability a habit, IMHO. It has served other coaches well, and would serve him well. It would go long way both internally and externally. Because sometimes his ‘cover’, or ‘shield’, is stretched so thin, it IS embarrassing. Further, in many instances, it doesn’t gel with what he stands for. Let reality be what it is, and be accountable. Be HONEST and forthright about what happens, no matter how bad. I even suspect this could be one of the causative elements of the systemic problem that has been integrated into the program for so long now. That is to say, one reason why we can’t consistently play solid football. Richt never lets the weight of accountability fall down upon his players and coaches. He acts as a shield, and never lets it hit. Not even upon himself. {“There is a difference between crapping on the team (which I never advocated) and holding them accountable.”} Well said. I don’t believe in crapping on the team, either. Or Richt, Assistant Coaches, McGarity .. or anybody else. I love the program as much as anybody, and I’m sure you do. Therefore whatever is said – whether in person, in the Dawgosphere, or anywhere else – should have SUBSTANTIVE cause, evidence, grounds, or logic behind it, as it relates to football. Or it shouldn’t be said at all. And almost all of the time, it should be related directly to football, and not anything else. I think of it as simply being honest, telling the truth, just being realistic and calling it like it is, good or bad. I’ve never thought of it that way, but holding them accountable is a fair way of putting it, too .. there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. I’d even go as far as to say that is a desirable quality in a loyal fan and supporter. Provided they know that they are talking about, and freely admit when they are wrong. Here’s honesty….either you didn’t watch the Tennessee game or you have no concept of what happened during the Tennessee game or you don’t want to talk about the Tennessee game and instead just want a platform to talk about some general point you think needs to be made. I submit that if either of you really think the Tennessee game and how coach Richt handled himself after the game was an embarrassment, then you both represent the worst of the Georgia fan base. One that doesn’t appreciate the blood, sweat, and emotions poured into every game…and how that affects coaching, players, etc. Embarrassed to pull out a win in Knoxville? When you have 3 guys already out and another 4 go down during the game with possible season ending injuries? Funny you mentioned Spurrier…they lost to Tennessee the next week with a full squad. I guess he should have been fired on the spot. Nah, not after he said he should have coached them better. 😉 #slowclap My post didn’t refer to the Tennessee game at all, but to Richt’s public accountability in general. And it is accurate. The rest of what you said doesn’t reflect anything I’ve said or believe, and i won’t have you putting words in my mouth. If you’re going to disagree and/or criticize me, fine. But at least know what you’re doing when you criticize or lecture me. It’s likely I’ve forgotten more about what goes into a football game than you’ll ever know. So please think, and get the facts straight before you fire off. I have a vague recollection of Richt after the Tennessee game, and recall no problem with it. It was a tough day. But my post regarding his public accountability, above, stands. “If you’re going to disagree and/or criticize me, fine. But at least know what you’re doing when you criticize or lecture me.” Fine. The entire first paragraph of your post was about the Tennessee game. Your second quote about crapping on the team was from a post about the Tennessee game. That’s what it was about. Game over. Done. Fin. Only three options here… #1- Your post ‘did have something to do with the Tennessee game’ #2- You think that by cutting and pasting and leaving off the word “Tennessee”, you have completely changed the subject matter of the quote and the discussion. “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender,” <—Churchill on Ga-Florida…nothing to do with WWII. "We dare not fail to see the insidious nature of this new and deeper struggle. We dare not fail to grasp the new concepts, the new tools, the new sense of urgency we will need to combat it"<—-JFK on Georgia's problems in the secondary, nothing to do with Cuba #3- You are literally Donny from the Big Lebowski Were you listening to the Dude's story, Donny? Were you listening to the Dude's story? So you have no frame of reference here, Donny. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know… I had no thought of Tennessee when I wrote that post, Irwin Dear. Nothing you say can change that. But who really cares? it doesn’t matter. Carry on. So if you had no thought of Tennessee, does that just mean you copy and paste without reading and/or understanding… because that actually would explain a lot. ~~~~~>>> How dare you. For that, you can KMA. Just to add a little different flavor since most of the discussion has been around an unlucky and its negative implications to other seasons, but I wonder how everyone would feel about Richt’s coaching tenure if an Auburn DB didn’t stumble covering Michael Johnson in the corner? It’s a singular lucky play in one season many years ago, but reading so many messages above where posters feel Richt had his team just as positioned for a MNC as other SEC coaches have since, I wonder how everyone would honestly feel about Richt’s tenure if he hadn’t stumbled and made a play on the ball? It’s an interesting thought.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line987
__label__cc	0.611875	0.388125	← Envy and jealousy, falling upwards Copy cat → Chip Towers constructs the timeline for the Pruitt hire: … For better or worse, Jeremy Pruitt was Georgia’s first and only choice. Think about it. At the earliest, it would have been Sunday before Mark Richt could have turned his attention to hiring a replacement for Todd Grantham. It wasn’t until after Georgia’s basketball game against Alabama that the Bulldogs were informed of Grantham’s offer from Louisville, and Grantham said he needed some time to think about it. quickly replied that they would be making not attempt to match it. By Monday night, Pruitt was in Athens and he was the Bulldogs’ coach by lunchtime Tuesday. “We had a 4 o’clock meeting the day (Monday) after Coach Grantham told me (he was leaving),” Richt said. “Within 24 hours we had another 4 o’clock meeting and I introduced Coach Pruitt to the players. So it did happen fast and I’m thankful it did. But I’m most thankful we got the right man for the job.” This wasn’t the result of some long-range plan. It sounds like an opportunity arose, Friend reached out to Pruitt and Pruitt grabbed it. What made the deal go was that Jeremy Pruitt really wanted to coach in Athens. But multiple times, Pruitt said the main reason he’s now at Georgia was, “the guy sitting next to me right here,” referring to Richt. They’d first met when Pruitt was a high school assistant and brought over a couple of prospects from Ft. Payne High. “I said then that was somebody I wanted to work for if I ever got a chance,” Pruitt said. As for leaving the FSU and Jimbo Fisher, for whom he worked only one year and won a national championship in that one, Pruitt was succinct in his explanation. “Coach Fisher and me are good friends, but when I decided what I wanted to do, I let him know and that was it,” Pruitt said. I admit that one of my first thoughts hearing the news was that if Pruitt lives up to expectations, it’s hard to see him with the program beyond his three-year deal. That’s probably still true, but maybe this is the beginning of a beautiful longer-term friendship. In any event, it’s good to have another guy on staff who wants to be there. 71 responses to “One-man show” The other takeaway from this is that it is going to get damn near impossible for Jimbo to sell anyone that he isn’t an insufferable asshole. The staff turnover they’ve gone through despite an embarrassment of talent is simply stunning. I do wonder what the story is down in Tallahassee. Don’t forget that Pruitt came in with a bunch of others when Jimbo had to replace over half his 2012 staff. Yeah, from the outside looking in, Jimbo is a colassial prick. Well, he’s good buddies with Muschamp. Birds of a feather? Uh oh, we better hope CMR doesn’t take Coach Pruitt down Baxter Street to gas up and get some Mountain Dew. THIS could be a deal killer! http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/16121663/697-Baxter-Street-Athens-GA/ Handiwork My first guess would be money. Believe me, Fisher wouldn’t be the only jerk as head football coach. 🙂 The story now coming out of rhe Tomahawk Nation blog is that Pruitt skipped town so quickly because he was cheating on his fiancee and she gave him an ultimatum. I shit you not. Yeah, I’ve seen that. Something about that was on the radio in Jax, too. There’s also a dark hint from SB Nation’s FSU blogger (“…this certainly feels like he is leaving Tallahassee for Athens due to some sort of personal issue.”) Amazing how that stuff didn’t come to light until he left, hunh? Probably just a coincidence… *embarrassment of riches in talent My Alabama friends are already crowing about Pruitt, if he lives up to expectations, leaving for Tuscaloosa as soon as Kirby leaves. I could see that happening since he played at Alabama. If he helps us meet our expectations in the meantime, I’d shake his hand as he departed. “As soon as Kirby leaves…” I’m not seeing a lot of programs lining up for Kirby’s services this offseason. I think that the iron wasn’t struck while it was hot and it certainly seems to be cooling off a bit now. Hey, if Pruitt wants to coach the Tide, he’s welcome to. After he coaches Georgia to a lot of big wins, that is. Smart’s problem is that he is paid so much ($1.35 million) that he can’t just leave to be the head coach at any old school. He has to wait for a major conference school to come calling. And the major conference schools are trying to bring in people with head coaching experience. I can’t think of a single coordinator hired to be a major school’s head coach this year. Of course, there are worse fates than being “stuck” in a job that pays $1.35 million. But I agree that his leverage may be going down. It’s unrealistic that he demands a raise, or he’ll leave to be Fordham’s next head coach and take a million-dollar pay cut. jryuuu not a powerhouse football program by any means, but still a “major” conference school: UConn got Notre Dame’s DC. i do however agree with the major premise of your post. Cousin Eddie Not saying it want happen but why would he leave a coach/boss that he said “I said then that was somebody I wanted to work for if I ever got a chance,” to work for Saban, who is very similar in personality (or seems to be) as Fisher? I don’t think so. That’s just not the impression I get from Pruitt. If he leaves Georgia, it’ll be for a head coaching position, IMHO. I expect Pruitt to be successful at Georgia. And unlike Georgia’s last successful DC, Brian VanGorder, Pruitt IS head coach material (when BVG was at Georgia, I always maintained that he wasn’t). He’s got all the qualities of a good head coach. So an offer Pruitt can’t refuse may come along. But the Alabama DC job doesn’t qualify. I have a sneaky feeling he’ll be at Georgia for a while, maybe 3-5 years or even more. Jeez, you fuckin guys…can we let the guy find a locker for his shoes before we send him off to fuckin Tuscaloosa…how does this shit pop into yo heads? Damn, right to the heart of the matter. Hell yeah. CrawforDawg Don’t decorate it up Scorp! I love it. Hey careful with the delivery. My youngest thinks we are too deliberate with our responses. 😉 I heard he’s only renting the locker. So many meme killing quotes in there. Starting to feel bad for the negative nellies and debbie downers these days…so many of their go to arguments are just getting slaughtered right now. I was thinking the same thing. The “Mark Richt isn’t serious about winning” meme especially. And who will do double duty with Special teams! Leave to go where? A HC position? If that happens, it will be because he performed so well. That is a great thing and should have us in a position to get another good DC. More likely, he’ll stay and do good things for us until a truly great opportunity presents itself. Richt does engender loyalty among wanted staff members. Ya know, if he’s not here longer than the term of his three-year deal then that probably means that Georgia has had some special seasons and I’d be perfectly OK with that. Your assistant coaches don’t stay forever. The relative stability here in Athens is remarkable and owed to the fact that Richt’s assistants don’t make a lot of lateral moves. Hopefully Coach Pruitt will be very happy here. If his ambition is to be a college head coach one day, then let’s get him there with a big haul of Bulldog victories. Senator, am I the only one form whom this last post is showing up really weird on my screen? All off-center and comments are in weird places. nope happening to me as well….firefox user here. No, you’re not. Something must be up with WP. I sent you an email with a possible fix…if that’s not it, let me know…it’s possible something was changed in the WP core files that is hosing you up (but I sure hope not). Half the new posts didn’t show up on my box. It’s probably nothing more than electronic counter-measures from Jimbo’s personnel jamming our electronically stored information because our joyfulness is still harshing Jimbo’s mellow. I told you guys the aliens would get us if Finebaum’s signals made it into their airspace.. Too funny. 🙂 He met Richt and knew he wanted to work for him one day? Unpossible! Every interweb jockey knows that Richt is a mediocre coach that can only get retreads to work for him. I know good sarcasm when I see it. Was that necessary? Let’s congratulate him on a great hire. Its called sarcasm, but sometimes it doesn’t come through in writing. I’m just poking fun at all the Debbie Downers that look for the negative in every situation. It came through to the rest of us, Russ. redpanties Oh, Debby … you’re such a downer! This hire is so huge it cannot be overstated. If a NC awaits UGA in the near future, this hire will be the reason. And this hire was possible because Mark Richt is our head coach. Thus, the NC will be because Mark Richt is our head coach. Dooley would never have won the NC or as many SECs without Erk Russell. For now, Pruitt really appears to be the Yang to Richt’s Ying. Grantham was never a comfortable, seamless fit on this staff. What Richt and Pruitt have said makes these seem like a glorious match. It should translate onto the football field, which remains to be seen. But my optimism has never been greater since Herschel signed. Careful about talking about Pruitt’s yang … I’m excited about the hire. But I was excited about the Grantham hire, too. Pruitt’s certain saying all the right things. But I thought Grantham said all the right things, too. I certainly hope things are different. But I guess I don’t share the apparent certainty of other fans that things are definitely going to be different moving forward. It’s January. An exciting January, sure. But still just January. Grantham talked about pressure and attacking the offense, and we all lapped it up because it was the anti-Willie. And yet now, here we are. No mistaking, I like the hire. It took us 30 seconds to collectively approve it…but it only took about 30 minutes to collectively approve the Grantham hire and reach the same place. Only difference is.. with Grantham we had to take him at his word as we hadn’t seen it in action at the college level. We’ve seen what Pruitt does.. he brings his DB’s to the line and is aggressive with the front 7. He dares you to take it deep. I do agree that we all did buy into Grantham though. So most of your point remains. True. And I’ more than like the hire. I was just saying last week, how Grantham talked about being aggressive and attacking, but we never do. I was asking if anyone remembers even once instance of our ILB’s firing aggressively into the gaps on certain running downs. Because I can’t recall a single one in 4 years. Now, the ILB’s sitting back 5 yards, waiting on the play to come to them? That was a trademark, along with poor secondary play, of Grantham’s defense. This. We won’t know until mid February 2015 how good a hire this actually is, after Pruit has had a full season and recruiting class under his belt. That being said, on paper, you have to be excited about this hire. The biggest thing that gives me hope are the quotes from the FSU defenders saying how much Pruitt made sure the really understood not only their assignments but the whole scheme soup to nuts. Whose side are you on, Turd? Don’t you love your country? We were all excited about Todd’s pre-season Happy Talk. He just couldn’t complete the mission statement goals and objectives. So how about getting with the program? Why don’t you jump on the team and come on in for the big win? We are here to help the Georgia football program, because inside that program there is a SEC Championship trying to get out. It’s a hardball world, son. We don’t all have to keep our heads until this pre-season Happy Talk blows over at the G-Day game. Lookin back, I was all amped up with Grantham and his “NFL 3-4” expertise. Unfortunately for us, we went all NFL at the tipping point moment when hurry up spread high school offenses have proliferated in college football. The other factor that cannot be proven but seems apparent is that CTG and CMR mixed like oil and water. CTG’s choke sign in Jax in his first year made that obvious. Was CTG a genius or a goat? I have no idea. But what became obvious the more time went on, his style/scheme wasn’t resonating with our players. I think the thing I’m most excited about is that Pruitt has been a part of three very recent national championship teams. That means he has seen week in, week out what it takes to achieve that level of success, and he can bring that fresh perspective to practice, meetings, etc. every day. Me too Ginny. He’s recently seen what it takes under two different coaches to be succesfull at the highest level. I don’t think that can be stated enough. Agree. We’ve had some unknown commodities as far as assistant coaches are concerned throughout CMR’s tenure. Even good ones like Bobo and McClendon were OJT, and BVG was a vertual known. Other than CMR and his hangers-on buddies Eason & Van Halanger, few came with much of a track record, let alone multiple rings. I meant BVG was a ‘virtual unknown’ For those that consistently bitch that Richt only hires “his boys” and that we need “new blood” in the program, this should make them happy. Maybe Pruitt can convince McGarity of the need to hire some “analysts.” Or maybe those analysts aren’t even needed. Hopefully he can help us determine stuff like that. Don’t see CMR as a “good ole boy” or part of that bunch. He is the best and I am so proud of everyone on Staff right now. Ginny I meant to thank you for putting it out there about him hiring his boys. That is nonsense. Vinings Dawg Everyone on that staff should get raises now. MClendon, Ball and Bobo especially. We have the cash we would’ve spent on K-slow. We need to wait until after signing day to see how much we have left. The biggest thing is that he seems to know what his job is. That sounds crazy. A math teacher’s job isn’t to know a lot about math, it’s to help students learn and become proficient at math. A restaurant owner’s job isn’t to make gourmet food, it’s to get people to come pay to eat there. A DC is no charged with knowing a lot about defense, it’s getting 20 year-olds to play good defense. It became apparent, to me, that CTG was not able to do that. I think Pruitt gets it. Todd wanted to be the smartest guy in the room. Pruitt wants his kids to play good D. I feel like I can breath. I just felt Grantham was a goober. I didn’t want Richt to bank his career on that guy. I think Pruitt is going to have a lot of fun. A. LOT. OF. FUN. UGA is hungry for something. I remember the feeling in the stadium in 2002 vs. Clemson. I told my wife, “We’re so hungry to be good again.” Turned out we were. Funny how we play ol’ Clem and his Son again to kickoff this season. I get and agree with your general point that CTG wasn’t able to teach college players. Pruitt’s recent experience with high school kids must be invaluable for that, as he would have a good sense of what a true freshman coming in can really understand, rather than jumping into the deep end of the playbook. But a DC’s job is both to teach and also to know a lot of about defense, and the key is finding coaches that can do both. You think about the how adaptable defensive schemes need to be given the variety of offenses that UGA will see. As offenses continue to evolve, the defensive reactions have to, too. My sentiments, exactly! Well said. Perhaps anothe plus to this signing could be if Coach Pruitt could light a fire under Coach Friend’s rear end as well. Just sayin… He talked about eye discipline for defensive backs. A novel concept at UGA. I want them to hire Tyson Summers by the time Pruitt leaves he will be ready for the def cord, Coached under BVD and O LEARY Is anyone screening Bobo’s calls, ’cause as much as I’d like to see him get an HC position, now would not really be a good time. Honey Bobo is happy right where he is. Ain’t that right Honey?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line988
__label__wiki	0.553494	0.553494	Concepts & Creations Inigma, the phantasmal Thief [ Champion concept.] hazerddex (NA) submitted in Concepts & Creations Concept idea: the idea taken from thing's like lupin the third but with inspiration's from phantom of the opera. Basically theatrical thief Lore: what is it you treasure most? Ingima is a thief who treat's his heists as a stage show is real name is unknown. He has been across all kingdom's in Runeterra making him hard to pin down. His act of thief's are never targeted to something for it's monetary value, but rather something that has personal value to his targets. A ring from a lover, a babble kept to cherish a moment. In other words he steal's people's most prized possessions. https://i.redd.it/xw5arwd5tgb21.png (disclaimer image is not my work it is fan art some one made for king Grimm from hollow knight. use's just to give an idea of how i think he would look.) Passive: fold in the weave: When unseen by enemy champions and not in combat with epic monsters the shadow weave opens holes in narrow walls that he can pass through to the other side. _________ Q heart string: range (200% current movement speed) with (100) Mana cost: (60/80/100/120/140) cooldown (21/19/17/15/12)) Active: Ingima crouches down after a 0.3 second delay he dashes for a set distance stopping and flourishing his cloak. All enemy hit by him are charmed with a red cord coiled about them attached to Inigma's right hand for 0.5 second after that time Inigma severs the cord and they take (100/120/140/180/220 and 40% ap) as magic damage and the damaged unit's are feared for 0.5 seconds. (15% slow for fear and charm.) this dash distance can be reduced by slows. _________ W Shadow weave: radius :225-300 Mana cost (80/90/100/110/120) cooldown (12/11/10/9/8 ) Active: Inigma weaves the threads of his cloak around him in a clockwise spiral dealing (80/105/130/155/180 + 20% ap) magic damage in a circular arc that grows smaller Taking him into the shadow weave and giving him 2 second of invisibility and a movement speed boost of (15/20/25/30/35%) At the end of the invisibility he spins his cloak out again this time in a counter clockwise circle spiral dealing (80/105/130/155/180 +20% ap) magic damage in a circular arc that grows bigger. _________ E Silken tangle: range: (400) arc: 80 degree Mana cost (100/110/120/130/140) cooldown (14/13/12/11/10) Active: threads of Inigma's cloak throws out small needle like string in a cone which is moved by the mouse curser dealing (40/45/50/55/60 + 25% Ap) magic damage every 0.5 second over 1.5 second at the end of the time Inigma pulls those threads back through his glove's fingers. Dealing (80/90/100/110/120 + 10% ap) to enemies afflicted by hard CC as well as snaring them for 1 seconds. _________ R thread and needle: target distance: 1000 Mana cost (100/140/180) cooldowns (80/40/20) with effect radius (same as champion size.) active: Inigma unravels part of his cloak into a blade like needle with a cord attached which is controlled by the mouse curser. when it passes through an enemy unit it deals (95/120/145 (+15% ap) magic damage on hit when it hits a another target it deals the same magic damage as before a red pulse moves through the cord damages previously struck enemies. it can only pass through enemies it has not struck before after 3 seconds Regardless of hit or miss after 3 second or if they move out of range The needle pulls out of struck enemies Causing them to be pulled towards the previously struck enemy who is pulled towards inigma for a distance of (120/160/200) dealing (110/160/200 (+50% ap) plus 5% of enemies missing hp) recast to end early. -------------- Joke idea's Makes random thing's with cat's cradle. taunt (small Easter egg if he kills an enemy champion he will hold up something they value with his next taunt.) Culture Have you baked a sweet League-themed cake? Come up with the next great champion or skin idea? Drawn a sublime masterpiece you’d like to share with others? Written a tale Runeterra will tell around campfires for decades to come? Whatever it is you’ve cooked up, we’d love to see it on Concepts & Creations. Get some feedback, offer some constructive critique, and dig into the details of creative works in the League universe! Etiquette Follow the Universal Rules and keep content focused on appropriate topics for these boards. We want a place for everything, but if we don’t keep things organized, the boards become a lot less useful and a lot more cluttered. > *{{champion:136}} : I kindled the furnaces of wonder.*	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line989
__label__cc	0.730101	0.269899	Be Relevant, Stay Relevant Contact Us · The Brodeur Blog · CleanSpeak CleanSpeak Open Partnerships Careers at Brodeur Andy Beaupre Ed Marshall Michelle Dillon Mike McGrail Stephen Hodgdon Steve McGrath Terri Gobbi Cleanenergy.org Earth2Tech Environmental Capital Green Tech – CNET News Marc Gunther The Archive: Next BP victim: ‘brand journalism’ Steve McGrath · June 30th, 2010 The brand journalist is the one of the most compelling marketing concepts I’ve encountered in a while. A brand journalist is an in-house newshound, preferably with professional reporting experience, who works for your company instead of an independent news organization. You unleash him or her to mine stories – from the inside – that make good corporate blog posts, video, photos, charts, e-books, white papers and the like. The theory is that the content, conceived and produced by a real enough journalist, will be compelling, polished, believable, persuasive and maybe even authentic. “Brand Journalism is not a product pitch,” says marketing strategist David Meerman Scott. “It is not an advertorial. It is not an egotistical spewing of gobbledygook-laden corporate drivel. Brand Journalism is the creation of Web content … that delivers value to your marketplace and serves to position your organization as one worthy of doing business with.” When I first learned of the practice, it was a eureka moment. Media consumers are starving for authenticity, and the business world is generally failing to deliver it. Brand journalism! This was the answer. So leave it to BP to spoil a good thing. The company has contaminated the Gulf with “BP reporters” writing eerily feel-good posts and coaxing positive comments from locals. Comments like “there is no reason to hate BP” and “the oil spill was an accident.” One ‘BP reporter’ actually characterized cleanup work as a “ballet at sea as mesmerising as any performance in a concert hall, and worthy of an audience in its own right.” Gag me. As if BP weren’t already leaking credibility by the barrel, CNN last night tore them a new one for posts like these. Said media watcher Howard Kurtz, “There isn’t one person in America who is going to be fooled by this propaganda campaign. The reporting has been so positive you’d think they were on BP’s payroll. Oh, that’s right, they are on BP’s payroll. Maybe that explains it.” Want authenticity? You’ve got it in Billy Nungesser, president of Plaquemines Parish, La., and force of nature. “You know, instead of hiring PR people to talk about ballets on the water, if we just do the right thing, sit down and deploy every piece of equipment, there’s something [for BP] to hang your hat on,” he said. “Look in the camera and say, ‘We’re doing everything feasibly possible to save coastal Louisiana, to contain this oil, to pick it up, to make this wrong right. There’s your PR. But don’t just say it. Go out there and do it, and the PR will take care of itself.’” Pretty good counsel. I still like the idea of brand journalism, but an unprecedented environmental disaster has somehow yielded an unprecedented PR disaster. So maybe BP should just give it a rest. Talking ’bout Co-g-g-generation Ed Marshall · June 2nd, 2010 Before I read this story in the New York Times, it didn’t occur to me that milk and data centers would have much in common. In a nutshell, IT behemoth Hewlett Packard has calculated the biogas generated by manure from a 10,000 cow dairy operation could be harnessed to generate enough electricity to power a one megawatt data center. “Information technology and manure have a symbiotic relationship,” said Chandrakant D. Patel, the director of H.P.’s sustainable information technology laboratory, which wrote the report. And that’s the key word – symbiotic. The natural world is typically portrayed as a zero-sum competition for survival, red in tooth and claw. But in truth it’s equally true that the natural world is a story of highly efficient symbiotic, win-win arrangements – just like the dairy farm co-generation scheme. From bacteria in our intestines to birds hanging out with crocodiles, natural systems are an ongoing lesson in symbiotic efficiency with nary a niche going unexploited. Human systems need to get more symbiotic. We’ve blogged before on increased efficiency perhaps being a more pressing near term need than alternate energy. Co-generation is a concept that seems a symbiotic natural. The first Wiktionary definition of co-generation is “the production of heat and/or power from the waste energy of an industrial process.” The city of Aalborg, Denmark provides an example. An agreement with Aalborg Portland, the largest producer of ready-mixed concrete in Scandinavia, delivers surplus heat from the factory’s cement production process to the city’s district heating system (itself a great way to boost building heating efficiency, but that’s another post), providing heat for some 30,000 homes. On this side of the Atlantic, our client Wheelabrator launched the first large-scale, commercially successful waste-to-energy project in the United States in 1975 providing an effective way to drive a new efficiency into the existing waste disposal process. Today Wheelabrator has five such plants generating almost 230 megawatts of electricity annually. And co-generation can scale down to the business or even the individual home with technology that seems a closer fit to the second Wiktionary definition for cogeneration: “The simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source”. The world is facing hard choices about energy sources and usage. The efficiencies of co-generation present an opportunity to get more out of things we’re already doing – like walking, for instance. Relevance Whitepaper · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use Copyright 2020 Brodeur Partners	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line996
__label__cc	0.531223	0.468777	The Clippers and the Salary Cap Al-Farouq Aminu, Eric Bledsoe, LeBron James, Willie Warren by Kevin Arnovitz From a personnel standpoint, the Clippers had a solid draft on Thursday. Al-Farouq Aminu can’t shoot from the perimeter, nor can he put the ball on the deck, but he addresses a number of needs on the wing — specifically rebounding and defense. He’s also a mere 19 years old and inordinately coachable. Eric Bledsoe, also 19, fits the mold of the modern-day combo guard. Although he measures only 6-foot-1, Bledsoe is a strong, lanky athlete with the ability to knife through traffic, shoot proficiently from distance and torment opposing ballhandlers. He’s the kind of talent quality NBA teams are bringing off the bench to give their backcourts a jolt of energy. The Clippers will also get a free look at the prodigal Sooner, Willie Warren. As a second round pick, Warren doesn’t count against the Clippers’ salary cap number until he’s signed. That leaves the Clippers with just enough cap room for one max contract. Here’s a compact version of the current spreadsheet (in millions) based on a salary cap number of $56,100,000: The Returning 5 $ 33.53 5 Salary Cap Holds $ 2.37 Al-Farouq Aminu $ 2.14 Eric Bledsoe $ 1.24 12 COMMITMENTS $ 39.27 WHAT’S LEFT $ 16.83 As a frame of reference, LeBron James’ max figure is approximately $16.57 million. If you want to take a longer view and throw the cap holds in with the available max money, the Clippers have about $19.20 million for six roster spots (based on a 13-man roster). We can dissect the comparative strengths and shortcomings of Aminu and Bledsoe over the next several weeks, but the Clippers earned high marks on Thursday night for cap management. They added two interesting young assets while still preserving room for a max contract. Correction: An earlier version of the post read: “If you want to take a longer view and throw the cap holds in with the available max money, the Clippers have about $19.20 million for five roster spots (based on a 12-man roster).” NBA rosters must carry a minimum of 13 players. Editor: Law Murray Brandon Tomyoy Roscoe Whalan Tweets from @clipperblog/staff A fast-paced, sets-who-needs-no-stinking-sets brand of basketball... https://clipperblog.com/2010/06/24/the-clippers-and-the-salary-cap/	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line999
__label__wiki	0.854568	0.854568	CIESIN_SEDAC_WACVM_DHS West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Demographic and Health Survey Data Sets The West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Demographic and Health Survey Data Sets present grids of maternal education levels and household wealth based on Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) cluster level data for ten West African countries. While the maternal education levels are comparable across countries, owing to different underlying indicators, the household wealth index is not. Education can directly influence risk perception, skills and knowledge and indirectly reduce poverty, improve health, and promote access to information and resources. When facing natural hazards or climate risks, educated individuals, households, and societies are assumed to be more empowered and more adaptive in their response to, preparation for, and recovery from disasters. Education is a key background indicator that helps contextualize a country's health and development situation. The household wealth index is a composite measure of a household's cumulative living standard. The wealth index is calculated using easy-to-collect data on a household's ownership of selected assets, such as televisions and bicycles, materials used for housing construction, and types of water access and sanitation facilities. Bayesian spatial interpolation methods were employed to create country level grids based on DHS cluster point data for each country. Data are from the following dates by country: Benin (2006), Cameroon (2011), Cote d'Ivoire (2012), Ghana (2008), Guinea (2012), Liberia (2011), Nigeria (2010), Sierra Leone (2008), and Togo (1998). N: 13.9 S: 1.65 E: 16.21 W: -16.71 Distribution: GeoTIFF Platform(s): MODELS Data Center(s): SEDAC Instrument(s): Computer Subtype Not Provided: https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/wacvm-demographic-health-survey/data-download, Data Download Page Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Demographic and Health Survey Data Sets Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University Publisher: Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Linkage: https://doi.org/10.7927/H45T3HFZ GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/wacvm-demographic-health-survey/docs, Documentation Page To provide maternal education levels and poverty in West Africa. 10.7927/H45T3HFZ This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). 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Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Commercial Crop Production, 2000 Author(s): Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University DOI: 10.7927/H49K485P Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H49K485P DOI: 10.7927/H45T3HFZ Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H45T3HFZ Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Economic Systems Index DOI: 10.7927/H4X9287N Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X9287N Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: GPW Version 4 Population Density, Preliminary Release 1, 2010 Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) DOI: 10.7927/H4J10131 Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4J10131 Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: GPW Version 4 Population Growth, Preliminary Release 1, 2000-2010 DOI: 10.7927/H4DB7ZR7 Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4DB7ZR7 Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Gridded Subset of Sub-national Poverty and Extreme Poverty Prevalence DOI: 10.7927/H44T6G9K Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H44T6G9K Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Mangrove Forests Distribution, 2000 Polygon Author(s): Giri, C., E. Ochieng, L. L.Tieszen, Z. Zhu, A. Singh, T. Loveland, J. Masek, and N. Duke DOI: 10.7927/H4RJ4GCJ Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4RJ4GCJ Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Point and Gridded Locations of Fatalities, 2008-2013 Author(s): Raleigh, C., A. Linke, H. Hegre, J. Karlsen and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University DOI: 10.7927/H4F769H4 Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4F769H4 Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Population Projections, 2030 and 2050 Author(s): Jones, B DOI: 10.7927/H48K7719 Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H48K7719 Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Social Vulnerability Indices DOI: 10.7927/H4H41PCK Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4H41PCK Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Subset of DMSP-OLS Nighttime Lights for Economic Activity, 2010 Author(s): National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA National Geophysical Data Center - NGDC DOI: 10.7927/H4222RQJ Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4222RQJ Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Subset of Global Mammal and Amphibian Richness Grids, 2015 Release Author(s): International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University DOI: 10.7927/H4125QK5 Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4125QK5 Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Subset of High and Low Resolution Altimeter Corrected Elevations 2 (ACE2) Author(s): Berry, P. A. M., R. Smith, and J. Benveniste DOI: 10.7927/H4K0726D Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4K0726D Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Subset of JRC Map of Accessibility Author(s): Nelson, A DOI: 10.7927/H4W95738 Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4W95738 Title: West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Subset of OpenStreetMap (OSM) Roads Author(s): OpenStreetMap DOI: 10.7927/H4MS3QP8 Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4MS3QP8 Title: Data Integration for Climate Vulnerability Mapping in West Africa Author(s): de Sherbinin, A, T. Chai-Onn, M. Jaiteh, V. Mara, L. Pistolesi, E. Schnarr, S. Trzaska Series: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information DOI: 10.3390/IJGI4042561 Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi4042561 Title: High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change Author(s): Hansen, M. C., P. V. Potapov, R. Moore, M. Hancher, S. A. Turubanova, A. Tyukavina, D. Thau, S. V. Stehman, S. J. Goetz, T. R. Loveland, A. Kommareddy, A. Egorov, L. Chini, C. O. Justice, and J. R. G. Townshend Series: Science Issue: 6160 Online Resource: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1244693 GET RELATED VISUALIZATION: https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/wacvm/wacvm-demographic-health-survey/sedac-logo.jpg, Sample browse graphic of the data set. DATA SET LANDING PAGE: https://doi.org/10.7927/H45T3HFZ, Data Set DOI URL and Homepage WACVM No campaigns listed. No dates provided. SEDAC DISTRIBUTOR, ARCHIVER https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 Palisades, NY 10964 USA/CIESIN Format: GeoTIFF	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1001
__label__cc	0.62079	0.37921	Birthday Girls: Party In Progress Pleasance Theatre, Caledonian Road Better than a faceful of cake ‘Exuberantly silly, consistently imaginative and delightfully playful.’ - The Guardian Know how the captain of Britain's nuclear fleet hears about the apocalypse? BBC Radio 4. No, really. If The Archers goes silent, it's all over. Big Ben's bonged it's last, school's out forever and football's never coming home. So it's no small thing when you appear on the station. Meet Birthday Girls. Like the Queen, the Pope and Dame Helen Mirren this gang have done just that. Back with a brand new show, this critically acclaimed trio bring laughs, lunacy and sackfuls of gags to North London's Pleasance Theatre.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1007
__label__wiki	0.848929	0.848929	REVIEW: Our Lady of the Underpass (16th Street Theater, with Teatro Vista) Posted on April 3, 2010 by cateysullivan A compelling story, no matter what you see 16th Street Theater (with Teatro Vista) presents Our Lady of the Underpass Written by Tanya Saracho Directed by Sandra Marquez at 16th Street Theater, 6420 W. 16th Street, Berwyn (map) through May 1 (more info) By Catey Sullivan Roughly mid-way through Our Lady of the Underpass, a disgruntled jogger played by Chris Cantelmi goes off on the “retards” fucking up his Fullerton Avenue running route as they gather to pray at the titular image. “These Catholics,” he snarls, adjusting his scrotum through his expensive running gear, “They’re like, ‘Look at my grilled cheese! It’s Jesus! Call a press conference!” If there’s a more authentic archetype of urban assholery on stage this month, we’d be surprised. With a wad of chewing gum and the ugly air of entitlement peculiar to 20something boys with a full head of hair and a Gold’s Gym physique, Cantalemi captures in full the egoism and the cluelessness of fellow that’s all too recognizable. He’s but one in the vivid, vibrant parade of characters that people Tanya Saracho’s docudrama centering on the image Obdulia Delgado discovered on the Fullerton Avenue underpass five years ago this month. Directed by Sandra Marquez (who helmed the same cast in last year’s world-premiere of Our Lady… at Victory Gardens), this joint Teatro Vista–16th Street production offers an alternately tragic, comic, and provocative examination of faith and skepticism in Chicago. Saracho spent months, tape-recorder in hand, at the underpass many claimed was a sacred spot after an image of the Virgin Mary (or was it a salt stain?) appeared. As the candles, flowers and petitions accrued, she interviewed the pilgrims who flocked to visit the manifestation of the Virgin Mary - as well as those who insisted it was a bad patch job. Our Lady captures the depth and breadth of both the spiritual and the cynical in six, captivating monologues. The disparate (and often desperate) stories are so wholly compelling, it becomes easy to overlook Saracho’s formidable powers as a reporter. At the underpass, complete strangers unburdened their darkest secrets to her – hopes, hurts and emotions that, in many cases, they had never uttered aloud. If the playwriting thing doesn’t work out for Saracho, she’s surely got a career as an investigative journalist. In contrast to Cantelmi’s masterstroke as the quintessential tool, Our Lady presents Suzette Mayobre as a Huppie (an upwardly mobile Latina) inexplicably shuddering through a complete breakdown in pink monkey pajamas and Uggs. Her story of a fairy tale relationship (“It was like we were trapped in an ad for a cruise”) that suddenly, literally turns to shit is as hilarious as it is upsetting. If doesn’t matter if you can’t directly relate to the plight of a woman whose perfect boyfriend takes an unforeseen scatological swerve. Anyone who has ever been forced to deal with the unthinkable – and gone a little crazy trying to do so – will recognize themselves in this moving, tragically funny portrait. Equally compelling is Gabriel Juan Ruiz as Tony, Elgin resident, aspiring deacon and self-appointed guardian of the Underpass. Ruiz creates a marvelous trajectory from soft-spoken reason to feral, screaming misogyny in the space of a single monologue. Women are god’s creatures, Tony rhapsodizes with the gentle, doe-eyed wonder of a lamb - until (and here, Ruiz captures the distilled essence of bug-eyed mania) they turn into the “beast of the Revelation.” With Tony’s parting words, Ruiz’ unleashes a neediness that’s downright scary: “I’ve been on television four times!” He yells, and in that frenzied distress, one gets the sense of a desperation that’s almost sociopathic. On the other end of the spectrum is Charin Alvarez, as La Tia, the aunt of a severely disabled boy who is the love of her life. Her story unfolds in the self-effacing tones of a woman who has always put herself a far distant second behind anyone else she might encounter, from immediate family to factory co-workers. Recalling a transnational Monterrey-to-Chicago love story, the family reunion that upended her life and her abiding devotion to a child not apt to live past one more birthday, Alvarez speaks with a melodious, near-hypnotic tone that is both her artistic signature and the voice of a unique character. It’s a sad, lovely and powerful story. The one piece in Our Lady that does not work quite so well this time around is the nurse’s tale, the narrative of a Polish-American RN whose bitter recollections of growing up the daughter of a cleaning lady have shaped her angry world outlook. Amanda Powell – the sole newcomer to the cast since it’s premiere last year – leans too hard on the trash-talking vitriol, giving the piece an unvarying rage that doesn’t allow for an emotional arc. That, however, is largely a quibble – our sense is that the nurse’s mono-rancor will settle into more varying depths as the run continues. Between the monologues, Saracho places brief choruses of prayer to Our Lady of the Underpass, of The Botanica that Also Sells Phone Cards, of the Puerto Rican Day Parade, of Affordable Duplexes and all the other causes the Virgin takes on as Fullerton Avenue becomes a shrine. The scenes play out on Brian Sidney Bembridge’s startlingly accurate replication of the underpass and the image on it. Mike Tutaj’s projections of flickering candles, graffiti and shimmering auras instill the piece with both a sense of mysticism and the harsh urban reality of disfigured concrete. No matter what you see as you gaze on the Underpass, Saracho’s story of its power is compelling. 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__label__wiki	0.658827	0.658827	Carlo C Darkcoin Price Plummets after Open-Source Release Since its release, Darkcoin appears to be experiencing its ups and downs similar to many other cryptocurrencies. But while there is currently no reason to begin panic selling just yet, there is still some concern from Darkcoin investors over the last few weeks about the coin’s future viability, especially after the release of its open source code. – Total shares Things were beginning to look up for Darkcoin after Kristov Atlas’s review of its source code. The coin had a brief cooling period in August but rallied in the first half of September, before the open-source release on September 29 when the price again began to drop. This demonstrates that a piece of good news for a cryptocurrency does not always translate into instant success. An excellent example is the news of PayPal merchants accepting Bitcoin. It would seem reasonable that with that many new merchants the price would climb, instead after a brief jump, it went in the opposite direction, and no amount of good news seems to stem the gradual decline. Now, Darkcoin is finding itself in much the same position, experiencing a downward trend since the middle of September. But price drops happen across the spectrum of investment vehicles and cryptocurrencies are no exception to this rule. The early September rally drove the price up nearly 56% but by September 27, the coin lost 22% of its value, then slightly rising on the 28th, the eve of its release of its source-code, after which it plummeted from US$2.76 USD to US$2.39. Since that time the coin has rebounded a bit and its $11,505,392 market cap ranks it 8th in total coin market cap, which means it is still quite strong and CoinGecko’s comprehensive ranking algorithm scores it 54%, putting it neck and neck with Namecoin. The best probability is that Atlas’s code review has not had enough time to have a really positive effect on Darkcoin. The review will give the coin legitimacy. If developers are allowed to spend more time developing new features such as instant transaction confirmation speed and master nodes that are used for “mixing” and several other so far secret projects. The fact is that cryptocurrencies in general are still very new and fluctuations are to be expected as each coins develops and matures. Despite all of the challenges that Darkcoin it still remains near the top of the heap and will likely remains a solid long term investment. #Darkcoin #Kristov Atlas Bitcoin Dominance Growing — What It Could Mean for Altcoins Binance Buyout in India Takes Industry Fearful of Regulation to Hope Tech Development, Investments and NFT to Drive Crypto Adoption in 2020 Bitcoin Risk-Adjusted Returns Beat Gold, Stocks After Each Halving	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1012
__label__cc	0.628067	0.371933	Patrick Tape Gabe Stefanini Myles Stephens Quinton Adlesh Jerome Desrosiers Ryan Schwieger Sports Men's basketball Men's sports Basketball College sports Men's college basketball College basketball Columbia Ivy Princeton Schwieger scores 20 to carry Princeton over Columbia 79-61 Associated Press - Feb. 23, 2019 11:59 PM EST PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Ryan Schwieger had 20 points as Princeton beat Columbia 79-61 on Saturday night. Myles Stephens had 15 points for Princeton (15-8, 7-3 Ivy League). Jerome Desrosiers added 14 points and 10 rebounds. Gabe Stefanini had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Lions (7-17, 2-8). Patrick Tape added 15 points, eight rebounds and three blocks. Quinton Adlesh had 11 points. The Tigers improve to 2-0 against the Lions for the season. Princeton defeated Columbia 55-43 on Feb. 1. Princeton faces Dartmouth on the road on Friday. Columbia faces Brown on the road on Friday. For more AP college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/AP_Top25 This was generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from STATS LLC, https://www.stats.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1015
__label__cc	0.669746	0.330254	Kristian Melom director Melom is an award-winning cinematographer and director of both commercial and documentary works. He was born on the plains of Minnesota and graduated from San Francisco State University with an emphasis on documentary film. In 2018, he won an Emmy for his camera work on the documentary Martha’s Race. Recently several of his shorts have been published by the Bitter Southerner. His short film Dear, Dreamer on the author Jason Reynolds is currently being screened at film festivals across the country. Kristian found filmmaking through his love of music and passion for honest storytelling. He has had the pleasure of telling stories for brands such as Samsung and Bacardí and artists like The Roots, Pharrell and everything in between. When not shooting he can be found riding his bike, stalking down taco trucks or chasing his son around the park. Dear, Dreamer Atlanta Symphony: Juan Ramirez glo: cloth {field}: a preview Maggie Davis \\ Artist ROOTS: DJ DRAMA USBG LEGACY Roots Picnic: NYC W E A T H E R Lab Atlanta DIVERSE CAPABILITIES. UNIFIED VOICE.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1018
__label__cc	0.73232	0.26768	In Memory of my Dad #18—Happy Father’s Day! Angel Stories by my dad June 25, 2011 June 25, 2011 3 Minutes Although a week late, here is a delightful Father’s Day tribute written by my late dad. Enjoy! A fellow that I know recently went home to West Texas and he can’t get over what his children did for him for Father’s Day, although it was Memorial Day. It began with a surprise invitation. His children, mostly grown, greeted him with guileful smiles and disclosed what was in store. Even son No. 1 was there. He had made an easy 11 hour and 40 minute drive from Houston, pulling a 17 foot Chris craft boat equipped with 120 HP motor. “Dad, guess what?” said daughter No. 1. “We’re going on a big outing and it’s all in your honor.” The man gulped as the boys playfully cuffed him around, bloodying his nose. “It’s true, Dad, anything you want to do, we’ll do. Make it a huge Memorial Day/Father’s Day combination, since you’re not going to be here for Father’s Day,” chimed in daughter No. 2. The young folks used this time to formulate plans, as the man looked around for an escape route that he knew was not there. It was decided that Dad would get the biggest kick out of going to Lake McClellan, a small buffalo wallow of a lake that becomes a kinghell mess on any given holiday. And this holiday would be worse than any. “No use protesting, Dad,” said son No. 1. “It’s all settled.” The plan as outlined to this dude, was that he go down to the lake early and reserve a good spot, seeing as how there would be a crowd that you couldn’t fit into the Astrodome there on the morning of the 29th. “Get a nice shady spot,” said son No. 2. “Make sure you have a place for your folding chair, it’s your day. Besides we need a place for a headquarters.” Food! What would Dad like most to eat on this day? It was soon decided that hamburgers and ballpark hot dogs would suffice. “Dad, are you writing this down?’ said daughter No. 1. “We’ll need plenty of chili and chopped onions and melt some cheese to pour on just before the tabasco sauce. You’ll want some fritos to crumble on top of that. And oh yeah, dad, make sure the wieners are those big fat ones.” Dessert would be double-stuffed oreos. Dad said with the expensive drugs he was taking since his last stroke, and the small bit of progress he was making in his diet, maybe he shouldn’t. But they stopped him right there. “Make sure those are all beef franks, Dad. If you can’t treat yourself on your own day, you’re going to ruin this for the rest of us.” Dad apologized and said forget about him. He would just have a small snack and then go on to the lake. So Dad went to the lake early that morning, and purchased large quantities of food which he managed to unload in about six trips from the car to the headquarters table—all the while feeling very honored. At about dark the children arrived, honking their horns and yelling ceremoniously and began unloading surprises—tape decks, loudspeakers, the neighbors’ kids and enough Black Sabbath and Pearl Jam to keep a Memorial Day concert going all night. Next morning, everybody slept late in honor of Dad, who was allowed to fix breakfast for the whole company. While clearing away the breakfast dishes, the young folks left to launch the boat. “You just stay here and take it easy, Dad,” yelled No. 1 from the boat. “We’ll feel out the water conditions.” The feeling out was completed at noon. All the kids returned famished from their feeling out. While Dad cleared away the noon dishes, his children napped, tired out from honoring Dad so hard. Then everyone went down and got into the boat, except for Dad. “Give us a big push and then jump on. Dad gave a mighty shove and then with a great leap landed knees first on the bow of the boat. The boat never moved one inch from the bank. The crunching sound practically made everyone sick as Dad rolled around there on the shores of Lake McClellan, bleeding profusely from both knees. They were still yelling for him to get medical attention as they headed out to open water for an afternoon of water skiing. “Dad, as soon as you can walk, have someone look at those knees.” “Dad, it doesn’t matter how you load my car, just be careful of those Pearl Jam tapes.” “Dad, take it easy, and have a wonderful Father’s Day.” But by then they were out of earshot, having done all that they could do. They found him there in the late afternoon sun, both knees bandaged brightly, the blood just seeping through the bandages. He was in a folding chair, head thrown back, sleeping in the thin sunlight. He heard their voices as in a dream. “Look at him. He’s all worn out from all the fun.” “Somebody get those flies away from his mouth.” “I can’t wait until next year; it’s a lot of trouble, but Dad’s worth it.” Previous Post Hope Next Post Pop 6 thoughts on “In Memory of my Dad #18—Happy Father’s Day!” Jolea says: HA! That made laugh. I love that man. donna mae jones says: i feel sorry for the dad…i love and miss ur dad… As always .. so delightful! I have a feeling Bob knew “this friend”, and his kids, really well! I’ve been on a few of those “trips” myself through the years, It’s all about perspective and every story is like a pancake…it has two sides!!! The children in the photo are just precious, as is the man who has gathered them in his arms :} Until next time … Donna H. Anne Briggs says: Donna H. is so right! The man who has gathered them all in his arms……..like Jesus. Just when I think I won’t cry anymore, I do.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1019
__label__cc	0.627793	0.372207	From Crusader Kings II Wiki Please help with verifying or updating older sections of this article. At least some were last verified for version 2.8. Marriage is the religious, political, and personal union of two characters in Crusader Kings II. 1 Effects of marriage 2 Union types 2.1 Matrilineal marriage 2.2 Betrothal 2.3 Remarrying 3 Potential spouses 3.1 Fertility and Health 3.2 Congenital traits 3.3 Attributes 3.4 Alliances 3.5 Titles and claims 3.6 Prestige effects 3.7 Caste 3.9 Consanguinity 3.10 Bloodline 4 Arranging marriages 6 Divorce Effects of marriage[edit] When two characters are allowed by their lieges to get married, the union gives the following effects: The wife joins her husband's court in a standard (patrilineal) marriage. But in a matrilineal wedding, the husband joins her court instead. Therefore, the player should be careful while arranging spouses for their courtiers or relatives. In a patrilineal marriage, descendants belong to the father's dynasty; Otherwise, the offspring belongs to the mother's dynasty. If the player ends up with no characters belonging to the current dynasty they're playing as, it is game over. The player character can produce legitimate children to get an Heir(ess) and expand the player's dynasty. The character gains bonus prestige if their spouse's dynasty is more distinguished. The character gains or loses prestige depending on their spouse's rank (+100 / -100 per difference of rank; no prestige adjustments if both bride and groom are Muslims). Half of spouse's attributes are added to the ruler's state attributes. It is worth noting that half of spouse's stewardship is taken into account when calculating demesne limit. The wife (or mother) of a ruler may occupy the spymaster position on the council (although the wife becoming Spymaster may lower state intrigue, due to how state attributes are calculated). Afterwards, the liege's wife becomes qualified to occupy other positions if the realm improves the Status of Women law (requires the Conclave DLC). If the spouse of a courtier is imprisoned in the same court (not imprisoned abroad), and their respective opinion is high enough (20, bothways), the courtier might contact the ruler of the court in order to release the prisoner. The ruler can get 1 year's worth of income (not paid by the courtier; the money is basically created for this purpose instead) for this. Union types[edit] There are 6 types of unions: (Patrilineal) Marriage Bride & groom ages >= 16 Children born from the union will belong to the father's dynasty Matrilineal Marriage Bride & groom ages >= 16 Children born from the union will belong to the mother's dynasty Concubinage Bride & groom ages >= 16 Extra consorts of men who are Pagan, Zoroastrian, Tribal, Nomadic, or follow the Eastern religions. Children born from the union will belong to the father's dynasty. Consortage Bride & groom ages >= 16 Extra consorts of women who follow the African or Bön faiths, or a reformed pagan religion with Enatic Clans or Equality doctrine. Children born from the union will belong to the mother's dynasty. Betrothal Either bride or groom age < 16 Commitment to a patrilineal marriage once both are over 16 Matrilineal Betrothal Either bride or groom age < 16 Commitment to a matrilineal marriage once both are over 16 Matrilineal marriage[edit] A matrilineal marriage helps to secure a dynasty where most heirs are female, by making the children born from a marriage part of the mother's dynasty, and prevents game over if the succession gender law is strictly agnatic. Rulers will usually not accept a matrilineal marriage with a son that is in the direct line of succession or has titles/claims. So the potential benefits are reduced compared to a standard patrilineal marriage. Matrilineal marriages are not available to merchant republics or Muslims, unless they have high Status of Women laws and a non-agnatic succession form. This restriction does not apply if you've converted to Islam via the "Openly Adopt Faith" decision enabled by a cult. It should be noted that for a matrilineal marriage to be possible between the player's court and another character's court, both characters must have a religion/culture which allows matrilineal marriage. This can be bypassed by using a favor to invite the marriage target to the player character's court (requires the Conclave DLC). Similarly, characters who have claims can be invited to the player character's court by using a favor, before carrying out the matrilineal marriage (as long as they are not a councilor or close relative of their current liege). Before Holy Fury, matrilineal marriages are always monogamous; a woman can never take multiple husbands or have male concubines. However, up to 4 Muslim women may be matrilineally married to the same Muslim man. With Holy Fury, female reformed pagans whose faith has the Enatic Clans or Equality doctrine can take up to 3 consorts. Betrothal[edit] A betrothal is a commitment to a future marriage once both parties are over 16. To follow through on a betrothal, the player must click the alert, or re-enable it if they had disabled it previously. Betrothals prevent the character from going off and marrying someone else automatically. Rulers cannot declare war on other rulers if close relatives are betrothed. AI rulers will only arrange betrothals among themselves if their children are over 12. To be certain that the player character will secure a betrothal, the player should suggest it before the AI's children turn 12. Remarrying[edit] A mother will keep very good relations with her own children, but not with the children from her husband's previous marriages. As such, when the character is remarrying and having more children, a new wife might try assassinating children from his previous marriage to pave the way for her own heirs. Potential spouses[edit] There are several criteria to consider when picking spouses: Fertility and Health[edit] Main article: Fertility Main article: Disease One of the goals of marriage being to produce a male heir, unless the status of women is high enough, fertility and health are fairly important factors when choosing a future spouse: Some traits increase fertility: Strong (+10%), Hedonist (+20%), Lustful (+20%), high end stewardship and diplomacy education traits Women become completely infertile at 45 years-old Eunuch trait makes it impossible (-5000% fertility penalty) for a male ruler to marry or produce children Celibate trait makes it very improbable (-1000% fertility penalty) to get a wife Pregnant Some traits reduce fertility: Weak (-5%), Chaste (-15%), Homosexual (-15%), Inbred (-30%), high end learning education traits, and diseases. It should be noted that some of these traits also reduce health, which may lead to early deaths and remarriage, which then leads to other issues, as mentioned above. Congenital traits[edit] Main article: Breeding Genetic Traits are those that can pass down to children. The good ones (in ascending bonuses) are Attractive , Strong , Quick , and Genius . Attributes[edit] Main article: Attributes Marrying a spouse with high stats can make a big difference in how well a realm is managed: Half of the spouse's attributes are added to state attributes. Note: for Muslim rulers, only the primary spouse's attributes count. The spouse's stewardship attribute contributes toward the demesne limit: +1 at stewardship 7, +2 at stewardship 14, and +3 at stewardship 20. The character's wife can be appointed as spymaster, but her skill will only contribute once to state attributes (not 1½ times). Muslim rulers' secondary wives are exempt from this (since they don't provide stats as wives). If the spouse has higher numbers in any attribute, some events will allow the player character to ask for her help. This usually gives a positive temporary modifier to some aspect of the realm, and a 20% chance of getting +1 point in that attribute. However, there's also a 80% chance to get the Content trait. Alliances[edit] Main article: Alliances Players are automatically engaged in a non-aggression pact to another ruler if close relatives are involved in marriage. An alliance can be arranged with someone the player character already has a non-aggression pact with. As long as a member of the player's immediate family (children, grandchildren, siblings, grandparents, or parents) is married to a member of their immediate dynasty, the alliance or non-aggression pact persists until broken upon death. Close relatives can ask for non-aggression pacts to be formed. Vassals engaged in non-aggression pacts to their liege may not join any factions against them, but also ensures protection from the liege in return. Thus, a marriage with a vassal is a good way to placate them, but also incurs a risk as they may get a claim on the player character's primary title. Titles and claims[edit] Spouses with claims (or who will receive claims upon the death of their parents) will pass their claims on to their children. This is the cleanest way to get claims on new land. A good strategy is to marry characters with titles as, depending on laws of the realm, the offspring may inherit them and unite both realms upon succession. A female ruler who marries a male of the player's dynasty non-matrilineally will produce heirs of his dynasty, consolidating titles and spreading the influence of the player's family. Thus, it opens up more alliance options to be exploited. Prestige effects[edit] Each spouse gains or loses prestige based on rank difference and the other's dynastic prestige. Prestige effects are pivotal in AI consideration of marriage proposals. A character's marriage rank is the highest rank title held by {self, parents, grandparents, siblings, children?}, living or dead. However, titles held by rulers with any republic-type government do not count toward marriage rank. The lower rank character gains +100 prestige per rank difference, while the higher rank character loses -100 prestige per rank difference beyond the first. E.g., if a count marries a king's daughter (two ranks higher), he gains +200 prestige and she ends up with -100 prestige. The effect of dynastic prestige, however, is positive for both characters. Muslims do not have prestige effects from marriage. This reflects their polygamy and strictly agnatic open succession. However, this happens only when both bride and groom are Muslims. Caste[edit] Main article: Caste A Hindu-only consideration. There are 3 castes: Brahmin are temple rulers, Kshatriya rule over castle holdings and Vaishya are city rulers. Both characters are highly encouraged to be of the same caste in order to get wed. A marriage across castes will result in opinion penalties from other Hindus; also, their children will recieve the lower caste at birth. Religion[edit] With Holy Fury, reformed pagans whose faith has the Dogmatic nature cannot have interfaith marriages. Consanguinity[edit] Main article: Breeding#Inbreeding Consanguinity can be a problem, as the interface doesn't inform the player about close relatives who are not dynastic. Marriages among relatives may yield children with the debilitating Inbred trait. Generally, if the bride and groom do not share any grandparents, the marriage can be considered to be relatively safe. Bloodline[edit] Main article: Bloodline Introduced with Holy Fury, Bloodlines can be a large consideration for spousal selection. Although difficult to do, given that most historical bloodlines and many created bloodlines will be patrilineal in nature, breeding bloodlines into one's dynasty and succession allows your descendants to take advantage of their modifiers or abilities granted. Bloodline inheritance, although similar to both dynastic and congenital inheritance, is distinct as it is connected to perceived descent. This means that considerations for inheritance will need to be different, depending on the nature of the bloodline. Arranging marriages[edit] Clicking the Arrange marriage button below a portrait opens a list of suggested spouses, ordered by a combination of title rank and marriage rank. You can also arrange marriages from the diplomacy screen of one of the characters, or from the diplomacy screen of a courtier's liege. Many factors affect AI acceptance of marriage proposals. If a liege won't accept a marriage proposal, try a bribe, or consider inviting the character to your court to gain full control over who they marry. Lovers[edit] Married lovers have increased fertility. Unmarried lovers have much lower fertility. A child born to unmarried lovers will be a Bastard , unless the woman is married and fools her husband into believing he is the child's father. Bastards can be legitimized into the dynasty of either parent. Bastards who remain illegitimate cannot inherit and will create a new (and unrelated) dynasty if they have any children of their own. Divorce[edit] Christians and Jews who have a religious head: requires approval of religious head and costs 10 piety. All others: costs money, approximately your yearly income. Summary[edit] Through well thought-out marriages, the player can forge powerful alliances, expand their dynasty, and ensure good heirs. Bad marriages, on the other hand, could have the player character ends up dead or with an Inbred heir. Avoid marriage with close family (at least no common grandparents between bride and groom), and marry characters with high fertility, titles or positive congenital traits Try to preserve the dynasty: Marry sons patrilineally and daughters matrilineally, if needed Remember that matrilineal marriages are unavailable to merchant republics and generally not for Muslims with low status for women. Also, if the player character is a female ruler, matrilineal marriage is the option to preserve the player's dynasty (apart from having legitimized bastards). Education, Education with Conclave DLC Advanced marriage guide Personal attributes Attributes • Traits • Piety • Prestige • Culture • Religion • Dynasty • Nicknames • Opinion Diplomacy • Decisions • Education • Marriage/Breeding • Regency • Favors Factions • Ambition • Plot • Focus Assassination • Tyranny • Banishment • Execution • Imprisonment • Title revocation • Bribes Council • Courtiers • Disease • Succession • Alliances Retrieved from "https://ck2.paradoxwikis.com/index.php?title=Marriage&oldid=39971" Potentially outdated Diplomatic actions Crusader Kings II Wiki Paradox Wikis Paradox Forums About Crusader Kings II Wiki	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1022
__label__wiki	0.539903	0.539903	Republishing the Chalkbeat article "I’m a trans educator who’s had to fight for my place in school. Here’s how you could help, and learn from, teachers like me." Our mission is to give people the information they need to make smart, informed decisions related to education. For that reason, we want our stories to be shared as widely as possible at no cost! We welcome and encourage you to republish our content, preferably using our republish button that appears as an “R” icon in each of our stories’ share toolbars. In all cases, please follow these rules: Only edit our story to reflect references to time (e.g., “today” to “yesterday”), location (e.g., “New York” to “here”), or editorial style (honorific titles for example). If you publish our story online, include all of the story’s links. Include a byline using the following format: by [Firstname] [Lastname], Chalkbeat [Location]. For example: by Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York. 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Click anywhere in the text box to select all, then press Ctrl-C (or Command-C on a Mac) to copy the code. I’m a trans educator who’s had to fight for my place in school. Here’s how you could help, and learn from, teachers like me. Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Sam Long on October 30, 2019 If you’ve heard anything about transgender youth lately, you probably know that they are some of our most at-risk youth. Trans students, who make up 2% of high school students, are disproportionately likely to experience depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse. Twelve years ago, that was me — I came out as a transgender boy at age 16 and I struggled to navigate life at home and at school. Without knowing any successful trans adults, I could not imagine what my future might look like. At school, I was repeatedly misgendered and mistreated by both peers and staff. At home, my parents’ disapproval of my transition led to abuse and housing instability. I was able to overcome these challenges because of a small support network of friends and the availability of public programs for trans youth in my city. Today, I am a high school teacher and I model to my students every day that it’s possible to live a happy, healthy life as a trans adult — something that research shows significantly reduces health risks for trans youth. Trans educators are uniquely equipped to teach students about diversity and identity. But we also need support from our colleagues and school leaders to ensure our equitable treatment. I am a co-founder of the Colorado Transgender/Nonbinary Educators Network, which partnered with trans filmmaker Z Griffler to create a short video titled “Five Best Practices To Support And Learn From Trans Educators.” Many of these best practices are low-lift and high-leverage, such as listening to the expert. The trans educator, not the administrator or the legal department, must be regarded as the expert on their own needs when planning to transition or come out at work. My goal is that allies will use our video as a resource to support trans educators in their school community. And if your school doesn’t employ any openly trans educators right now, then proactive work is even more important. Trans educators will want to step into a school community that is doing intentional work to become more inclusive — and students will benefit. Sam Long (he/him/his) teaches science at Standley Lake High School in Westminster, Colorado. Sam also trains other teachers in developing gender-inclusive biology curriculum. The Colorado Transgender/Nonbinary Educators Network can be found on Facebook and Twitter. Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1025
__label__wiki	0.600538	0.600538	Computer & Internet Security 10 Worst Computer Viruses of All Time by Jonathan Strickland The Symbian Skull Virus affects cell phones, causing them to display a series of skull images like this. SMobile Systems Another virus to hit the Internet in 2001 was the Nimda (which is admin spelled backwards) worm. Nimda spread through the Internet rapidly, becoming the fastest propagating computer virus at that time. In fact, according to TruSecure CTO Peter Tippett, it only took 22 minutes from the moment Nimda hit the Internet to reach the top of the list of reported attacks [source: Anthes]. The Nimda worm's primary targets were Internet servers. While it could infect a home PC, its real purpose was to bring Internet traffic to a crawl. It could travel through the Internet using multiple methods, including e-mail. This helped spread the virus across multiple servers in record time. The Nimda worm created a backdoor into the victim's operating system. It allowed the person behind the attack to access the same level of functions as whatever account was logged into the machine currently. In other words, if a user with limited privileges activated the worm on a computer, the attacker would also have limited access to the computer's functions. On the other hand, if the victim was the administrator for the machine, the attacker would have full control. The spread of the Nimda virus caused some network systems to crash as more of the system's resources became fodder for the worm. In effect, the Nimda worm became a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Not all computer viruses focus on computers. Some target other electronic devices. Here's just a small sample of some highly portable viruses: CommWarrior attacked smartphones running the Symbian operating system (OS). The Skulls Virus also attacked Symbian phones and displayed screens of skulls instead of a home page on the victims' phones. RavMonE.exe is a virus that could infect iPod MP3 devices made between Sept. 12, 2006, and Oct. 18, 2006. Fox News reported in March 2008 that some electronic gadgets leave the factory with viruses pre-installed -- these viruses attack your computer when you sync the device with your machine [source: Fox News]. Next, we'll take a look at a virus that affected major networks, including airline computers and bank ATMs. What Does Browsing in Incognito Mode Really Do? Private Browsers Aren't All Equally Private Can the Government See Which Websites I Visit?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1033
__label__cc	0.715766	0.284234	Tag Archives: jane goodall Jane Goodall – Why hasn’t Canada banned the elephant ivory trade? Thanks to the amazing Jane Goodall for her op-ed in today’s Globe and Mail in honour of World Elephant Day. Please sign our petition or write your MP to end the legal trade of ivory in Canada today. Why hasn’t Canada banned the elephant ivory trade? by Jane Goodall – The Globe and Mail My fascination with and love for elephants began when I first encountered a herd. I was on foot in the forests on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater, and I was able to spend time with these magnificent beings in Tanzania’s Ruaha National Park. I was there with my late husband, Derek Bryceson, who was the director of Tanzania National Parks at the time. We had arranged training workshops for park rangers who would follow individuals and record their activities using techniques similar to those we developed in Gombe to monitor chimpanzee behaviour. Although I could not be there often, I got to know a number of elephants individually. There was Fred, a juvenile male. He was a real show-off and would chase almost anything – antelopes, warthogs, cattle egrets – trumpeting fiercely, ears spread. I even saw him charge a butterfly. One individual I especially loved was a very old male, Ahmed. His ears drooped and his skin was loose, hanging in folds around his ankles. He moved slowly and deliberately and often stood in the shade by himself, his trunk draped over one of his tusks. Elephants are highly intelligent. During dry periods, the older members of the herd remember the locations of water holes they visited years before. They form strong social bonds and have emotions similar to our own. If danger threatens, the adults will circle the mothers and calves protectively and are ready to charge. They care for adults of the herd as well: One researcher observed three male elephants attempt to revive a dying matriarch, lifting her body with their tusks as they tried in vain to get her back on her feet. On World Elephant Day, we pay tribute to these wise, gentle giants who so perfectly represent the natural wonders of the world. But today is not a time for celebration. This magnificent species, which once roamed across Africa in great herds, has been pushed toward extinction. In 1930, as many as 10 million elephants inhabited the continent. Today, there are only some 400,000 left. This decrease is almost entirely the ugly result of poaching, which is backed by criminal cartels to satisfy the demand for ivory. How shameful that human greed threatens these majestic, intelligent beings, slaughtering them for their tusks. If we are to save this species, the demand for ivory – and other elephant parts – must end. In 2016, at the most recent conference hosted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the African Elephant Coalition (which comprises 29 countries representing the overwhelming majority of range states in which African elephants are found) called on countries around the world to close their markets for commercial trade in raw and worked ivory. The proposal was supported through a unanimous resolution. Canada – along with Japan, Namibia and South Africa – has refused to do so. Unlike China, once the largest single market for the buying and selling of legal and illegal ivory, Canada continues to sanction a domestic marketplace for elephant ivory. As a policy, Ottawa has banned sales of ivory from elephants killed post-1990. But because ivory is extremely difficult to date, illegally harvested supplies enter the Canadian market with little or no difficulty. (Canada has also expressed concern that banning elephant ivory could affect the well-regulated Inuit trade in worked narwhal and walrus ivory, although no evidence has been cited to support this claim.) Canada also permits the importation of elephant trophies. Between 2007 and 2016, Canada allowed the legal importation of more than 400 elephant skulls and 260 elephant feet, according to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which tracks the movement of animals and animal parts. Hunting causes terrible suffering to thousands of individual elephants. Moreover, profits from poaching fund criminal cartels, destabilize communities and feed corruption. Park rangers, on the front lines of protecting all wildlife, also pay a high price: In 2018, at least 63 African game rangers died in the line of duty, often leaving their families without support. And a number of people working to bring the ivory barons to justice have been brutally murdered. On World Elephant Day, the Ivory-Free Canada coalition, of which the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada is a member, is calling on Canada to ban the trade in elephant ivory. With its partners, – Elephanatics, Humane Society International-Canada, World Elephant Day and Global March for Elephants and Rhinos-Toronto – the coalition is asking Canada to join other responsible countries in the fight to save these iconic animals from extinction. When I see elephant tusks or elephant ivory trinkets, I see the suffering and brutal death of the individual to whom they once belonged and the terror and heartache of the others in the herd. But together we can change this. I choose elephants, not ivory. I choose an Ivory-Free Canada. Filed under Animal Activism, elephants Tagged as Canada, elephants, extinction, jane goodall, Jane Goodall Institute Canada, Why does canada still trade ivory, World Elephant Day	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1034
__label__wiki	0.793461	0.793461	‘Mass Riots’: Democratic 2020 Candidate Warns Driverless Trucks Will Lead To ‘Outbreak Of Violence’ Peter Hasson Editor February 16, 2019 7:36 PM ET Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang predicts driverless trucks will lead to suicides and violence. Yang said he thinks there’s a good chance that truck drivers will “park their trucks across the highway” and “get their guns out” to demand their jobs back. Yang said he expects automated trucks to start taking shifts away from drivers within six to 10 years. The implementation of driverless trucks will lead to suicides and “an outbreak of violence,” according to Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Yang said he thinks it’s inevitable that some of America’s 3.5 million truck drivers will react violently to being replaced by driverless trucks. “There’s going to be a lot of passion, a lot of resistance to this. Anyone who thinks truck drivers are just going to shrug and say, ‘Alright, I had a good run. I’ll just go home and figure it out’ — that’s not going to be their response,” Yang said Tuesday in an interview with podcast host Joe Rogan. “It’s going to be much more likely that they say, ‘You need to make these trucks illegal,’ or they’re just gonna park their trucks across the highway, get their guns out, because a lot of these guys are ex-military, and just be like, ‘Hey, I’m not going to move my truck until I get my job back,’ and there are going to be a lot of truckers in the same situation,” said Yang. Entrepreneur and 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang poses for a portrait after a campaign stop at the train depot on Feb. 1, 2019 in Jefferson, Iowa. (JOSHUA LOTT/AFP/Getty Images) Yang said he expects automated trucks to start taking shifts away from human drivers within six to 10 years. He cited his dark predictions as reason to support universal basic income, which is a major plank of his 2020 campaign. “According to the estimates, this is what’s called the fourth industrial revolution and we’re going to displace jobs at three to four times the rate of [the last] industrial revolution and that industrial revolution included mass riots, so thinking that this one will not strikes me as really, really optimistic and perhaps unrealistic,” Yang said. The gradual takeover of automated trucks will mean a “massive depletion of truck driving opportunities,” Yang added. “And then, in my mind, a lot of suicides, a lot of self destruction — and I don’t say that lightly. I say that based upon the fact that that’s what happened to manufacturing workers. Where if you unpack what happened to the manufacturing workers of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, suicide rates spiked to where our life expectancy as a country has declined for the last three years because of suicides and drug overdoses. It’s the first time that’s happened since the great flu pandemic of 1918, like we are actually coming apart as a country by the numbers.” (RELATED: More Than 70,000 Americans Died Of Drug Overdoses In 2017. That’s A New Record) “So what happened to the manufacturing workers will happen to the truckers but at an even more dramatic scale,” he continued. “So you’ll see truckers going home and drinking themselves to death or doing drugs and overdosing or killing themselves. And then eventually there will be an outbreak of violence because some truckers will say instead of killing myself how about I bust up a robot truck?” Follow Hasson on Twitter @PeterJHasson Tags : andrew yang election 2020 joe rogan Peter Hasson	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1035
__label__cc	0.677898	0.322102	Meal Applications Durfee Elementary SARC/SPSA Food Menu - Lunch Menu Parent Resources/School Site Council PayPAMS Meal Payment Service Parent Portal (Data Confirmation) CARE Referral Form Aeries Login About Us » School Profile Durfee Elementary School is located at the north end of the city of Pico Rivera and is one of the eight elementary schools in the El Rancho Unified School District. Although the majority of the students are Hispanic, 97%, there are also students from different cultural backgrounds. They include; 1% Filipino, 1% Asian, and 1% White. Durfee has fourteen regular education teachers and one teacher working in the Resource Specialist Program. Administration and support staff include one full-time principal, one Digital Learning Coach, one part-time school psychologist, two mental health counselors, and one part-time speech pathologist. The school has a library staffed by a library/media specialist. Students receive 51,045 minutes of instruction each year. There are 37 modified days during the year when students are dismissed early to allow for staff development activities in the afternoon. The extended day program is available to all students through after school tutoring and targeted intervention classes. Grant Program at Durfee is the Reach extended day program. All students participate in ERUSD's PBIS, Character Counts, Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, and Friendship Ambassadors Program, Good Behavior Games, Social Skills Counseling through the Safe Schools/Healthy Studies Grant. No Excuses University (NEU) Online Meal Application 4220 South Durfee Ave., Pico Rivera, CA 90660 Phone: (562) 801-7610 Tweets by Durfee Elementary Calendar Directions Homework School Locator	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1044
__label__cc	0.510814	0.489186	What exactly is the semantic difference between category and set? In this question, I asked what the difference is between set and type. These answers have been really clarifying (e.g. @AndrejBauer), so in my thirst for knowledge, I submit to the temptation of asking the same about categories: Every time I read about category theory (which admittedly is rather informal), I can't really understand how it differs from set theory, concretely. So in the most concrete way possible, what exactly does it imply about $x$ to say that it is in the category $C$, compared to saying that $x\in S$? (e.g. what is the difference between saying $x$ is a group, versus saying that $x$ is in the Category $\mathrm {Grp} $?). (You may pick any category and set that makes the comparison most clarifying). sets category-theory $\begingroup$ I'm not sure this question is well-formed. First you ask what the difference is between saying that 'x is in a category C' vs 'x is in a set S'. But then you give the example of asking 'x is in the category Grp' vs 'x is a group'. What? That's not an example of your question. An example of your question is asking what the difference is between 'x is in the category Grp' and 'x is in the set of all groups'. But even then it's not really what you're asking if you're asking what the differences between categories and sets are. $\endgroup$ – Miles Rout Apr 30 '18 at 21:12 In brief, set theory is about membership while category theory is about structure-preserving transformations. Set theory is only about membership (i.e. being an element) and what can be expressed in terms of that (e.g. being a subset). It does not concern itself with any other properties of elements or sets. Category theory is a way to talk about how mathematical structures of a given type1 can be transformed into one another2 by functions that preserve some aspect of their structure; it provides a uniform language for speaking of a great range of types1 of mathematical structure (groups, automata, vector spaces, sets, topological spaces, … and even categories!) and the mappings within those types1. Although it formalises the properties of mappings between structures (really: between the sets on which the structure is imposed), it only deals with abstract properties of maps and structures, calling them morphisms (or arrows) and objects; the elements of such structured sets are not the concern of category theory, and nor are the structures on those sets. You ask “what is it a theory of”; it is a theory of structure-preserving mappings of mathematical objects of an arbitrary type1. The theory of Abstract categories3, however, as just stated, totally ignores the sets, operations, relations and axioms specifying the structure of the objects in question, and just provides a language in which to talk about how mappings that do preserve some such structure behave: without knowing what structure is preserved, we know that the combination of two such maps also preserves structure. For that reason, the axioms of category theory require that there be an associative composition law on morphisms and, similarly, that there be an identity morphism from each object to itself. But it does not assume that morphisms actually are functions between sets, just that they behave like them. To be worked out: Concrete categories model the idea of adding structure to the objects of a ‘base category’; when this is $\mathsf{Set}$ we can have the situation where we add structure like a group operation to a set. In this case one may have more to say about how structure is added in terms of the specific base category. As for the implications of your formulations, saying that “$G$ is a group”, that “$G$ is an element of the set of groups” (actually a proper class) or that “$G$ is (an object) in $\mathsf{Grp}$” (or a “$\mathsf{Grp}$-object”) mean the same thing logically, but talking about the category suggests you are interested in group homomorphisms (the morphisms in $\mathsf{Grp}$) and perhaps in what they have in common with other morphisms. On the other hand, saying $G$ is a group might suggest you are interested in the structure of the group (its multiplication operation) itself or perhaps in how the group acts on some other mathematical object. You would be unlikely to talk about $G$ belonging to the set of groups, though you could easily write $ G ∈ S $ for some particular set $ S $ of groups you are interested in. https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/category-theory?sort=votes In particular https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/272875/concrete-category-and-abstract-category#1774821 Abstract and Concrete Categories: The Joy of Cats by Adámek, Herrlich and Strecker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_category 1 Here and passim I do not refer to type in the sense of type theory, but rather a set of properties required of the mathematical objects/structures, i.e. a set of axioms they satisfy. Normally these describe the behaviour of some operations or relations on elements of the sets considered to carry the structure, though in the case of sets themselves ($\mathsf{Set}$) there is no structure beyond the sets themselves. In any case, as said above, category theory ignores the details of this structure. 2 I should perhaps say into all or part of one another: one allows the homomorphism from $ \mathbb Z $ (integers) into $ \mathbb Q $ (rationals) given by $ n \mapsto \frac n 2 $ . 3 Without qualification, ‘category’ normally means ‘abstract category’, introduced, as far as I can see, in 1945 and developed in the 1960’s while Concrete categories seem to appear in the 1970’s. PJTraillPJTraill $\begingroup$ I'm not sure if that was rhetorical, but there's definitely a proper class of groups. For example, every set gives rise to a trivial group on the singleton set containing that set. You can also produce a proper class of non-isomorphic examples. $\endgroup$ – Derek Elkins left SE May 1 '18 at 0:54 $\begingroup$ Thank you. When you say: "it is a theory of structure-preserving mappings of mathematical objects of an arbitrary type", do you mean "type" in the sense of type theory, or more informally? $\endgroup$ – user56834 May 1 '18 at 5:17 $\begingroup$ @Programmer2134: Sorry if type was confusing (I did wonder); I do not mean to refer to type theory (of which I know little), but rather meant mathematical objects/structures with a certain set of properties (i.e. satisfying certain axioms) by mathematical objects/structures of a given type. $\endgroup$ – PJTraill May 1 '18 at 10:54 $\begingroup$ That clarifies. So does category theory also specifically assumes that there are such axioms, and that these objects all satisfy those axioms, or is that merely a meta criterion we use to define categories (i.e. meta to the category theory framework)? $\endgroup$ – user56834 May 1 '18 at 10:57 $\begingroup$ @Programmer2134: No, category theory totally ignores the axioms, and just provides a language in which to talk about mappings that do preserve some such structure: without knowing what structure is preserved, we know that the combination of two such maps also preserves structure. For that reason, the axioms of category theory require that there be an associative composition law on morphisms and, similarly, that there be an identity morphism from each object to itself. But it does not assume that morphisms actually are functions between sets, just that they behave like them. $\endgroup$ – PJTraill May 1 '18 at 11:26 Category theory is in some sense a generalization of set theory: the category $C$ could be the category of sets, or it could be something else. So, you learn less if you learn that $x$ is an object in some unspecified category than if you learn that $x$ is a set (since in the latter case it follows that $x$ is an object in specifically the category of sets). If you learn that $x$ is an object in a particular specified category (other than the category of sets), what you learn is different from learning that $x$ is a set (i.e., an object in the category of sets); neither implies the other. There's no difference between saying that $x$ is a group vs saying that $x$ is an object in the category Grp. Those two statements are equivalent. Note: we don't say that $x$ is in the category Grp; we say that $x$ is an object in the category Grp. A category has both objects and arrows. You need to specify which you are talking about. D.W.♦D.W. $\begingroup$ So let me compare categories with sets and types as @AndrejBrauer did in his answer to my other question. A set formalizes the notion of a collection of objects. A type formalizes the notion of a construction of objects. What notion does "Category" formalize? What mathematical process/structure is category theory a theory of? $\endgroup$ – user56834 Apr 30 '18 at 16:55 $\begingroup$ "So, you learn less if you learn that $x$ is an object in some unspecified category than if you learn that $x$ is a set". If you replace "is a set" with "is a member of some unspecified set", how would that statement change? Do we impose any restriction on $x$ by saying it is an object of an unspecified category? Surely we can just form a category in which that $x$ is the only object? $\endgroup$ – user56834 May 1 '18 at 5:21 $\begingroup$ @Programmer2134, that is a good point. Makes sense. I accept your point. $\endgroup$ – D.W.♦ May 1 '18 at 17:06 A further point on D.W.'s explanation There's no difference between saying that $x$ is a group vs saying that $x$ is an object in the category $\mathsf{Grp}$. Those two statements are equivalent. I'd like to make a stronger statement: A concept is defined by its category Think of it from the pespective of an inventor wanting to explain his concept. Suppose your new concept is called $M$. First, you might have to specify how many variations of instances of things that are $M$ can there be. Let's call that collection of instances $M_0$. Now since you said that there are many things that are $M$, you have to explain each of them compares/relate to each other. You explain why do you think they are different instances of $M$. There might even be multiple ways in which $A \in M_0$ could be compared to $B \in M_0$ each other. Or in some cases, there might be no way to compare them at all. Let's denote that collection of ways to compare $A$ to $B$ as $M(A,B)$. You probably notice already that $M_0$ forms the collection of objects and $M(A,B)$ is the homset of a category. The laws of category theory then lays out the expected behaviour of 'comparison'. Once you have that, the category gives you many default property of the concept. Examples range from "which instances are essentially the same --- isomorphism", "which of these two instance is more and which is less --- section-retraction pair", "How many of the basic elements are inside this instance? --- homset from terminal object" As for the question you ask in comment What mathematical process/structure is category theory a theory of? You now know the drill. Want to know what a concept really is? Look at its category. In this case, $\mathsf{Cat}$ the category of small categories and functors between them. Apiwat ChantawibulApiwat Chantawibul $\begingroup$ Hmm. I don't understand exactly how if we know a structure's category, we know everything about that structure. We don't know which axioms the structure satisfies do we? $\endgroup$ – user56834 May 1 '18 at 14:10 $\begingroup$ @Programmer2134 Rethinking set theory by Tom Leinster (which is a summary of work by Lawvere) is a good example. The work defines the set theory itself by defining properties of (the morphisms of) the category of sets (without accessing 'inside' any objects to access any pre-existing assumption we might have about sets.) $\endgroup$ – Apiwat Chantawibul May 1 '18 at 18:14 $\begingroup$ So you're saying that no information whatsoever is lost about set theory by just considering the category of sets, while forgetting its axioms? $\endgroup$ – user56834 May 1 '18 at 18:25 $\begingroup$ @Programmer2134 Yes, in fact, it's more like the axioms that defines ZFC set theory got translated into purely properties of morphisms. So that category, which we asserts has some properties on morphisms, defines the set theory. $\endgroup$ – Apiwat Chantawibul May 1 '18 at 18:31 $\begingroup$ Do you know of a text that specifically explains this point about category theory in a clear way? $\endgroup$ – user56834 May 3 '18 at 8:00 Basic concept. membership relation $$x\in A$$ Other concepts. Function is explained in terms of membership relation as a set $f$ of ordered pairs with $$(x,y)\in f\text{ and }(x,z)\in f \Rightarrow y=z$$ Philosophy. Sets have an inner structure - they are completely determined by their elements. Remark. An axiomatic system widely used by set theorists is ZFC. Its strength is the simplicity: there are only sets and a membership relation. On the other hand many mathematicians feel that this leads to a set concept that diverges from their understanding and usage of sets (compare below Leinster). In fact tha vast majority of mathematicians (except set theorists) seems not to use the ZFC axioms. However, sets do not necessarily refer to ZFC (see below categories and ETCS). Basic concept. function (arrow, morphism) $$A\rightarrow B$$ Other concepts. Membership relation $x\in A$ is explained in terms of an arrow from a terminal object (in Set a terminal object is a singleton set $\{y\})$ $$x:1\rightarrow A$$ Philosophy. Objects of a category have a priori no inner structure. They are just characterized by their relations (morphisms) to other objects. Remark. The basic concept of categories is function and this coincides with the usage of sets by the vast majority of mathematicians. Therefore you might see categories as a conceptual generalization of the way that (most) mathematicians from very different fields use sets in their daily work. Apart from categories (and toposes) as a generalization you might have a look at the axiomatic system ETCS that is axiomatizing sets (compare below Leinster and Lawvere). Question. What is the difference between saying x is a group, versus saying that x is in the Category Grp? One might say the difference is not in the object $x$ itself but rather how you intend to deal with $x$. (1) Do you ask for the inner structure of $x$? In this case it might appear natural to regard $x$ as a set. (2) Do you ask how $x$ relates to other objects of same kind (via morphisms) or of other kind (via functors)? In this case you might tend to see $x$ as an object in the category of groups. In case of ZFC and ETCS these approaches can be translated into each other, although ETCS is weaker than ZFC but (seemingly) covers most mathematics (see MathStackExchange and Leinster). In principle (using an extension of ETCS) you can prove the same results with both approaches. So the above mentioned philosophies of both concepts are not claiming a fundamental distinction in what you can express or what results you can prove. The expressions set and membership in ZFC are abstract concepts just like the concepts of categories or any other axiomatic system and can mean anything. So from this formal viewpoint, to claim, that ZFC is concerned with the inner structure of sets whereas categories deal with the outer relations of objects to each other seems inappropriate. On the other hand this seems to be the philosophy or intuition of the regarding theories. However in practice you will prefer a certain Approach for e.g. the sake of clarity or simplicity or because some concept or a connection to another area evolves more naturally than elsewhere. Spivak.Category theory for scientists Leinster.Rethinking set theory Lawvere.An elementary theory of the category of sets MathStackExchange.Category theory without sets FWEFWE Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged sets category-theory or ask your own question. What exactly is the semantic difference between set and type? 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__label__wiki	0.676017	0.676017	Cultural Learnings Cultural Catchup Tag Archives: Emma P-O-V / Shifts in Fi-nal-e: Skam Season 4, Episode 10 [With its final week, Skam is adjusting its format to shift perspective on a daily basis, moving between a range of supporting characters to bring the show to its conclusion. Given the promise of daily clips, I’ve decided to review each clip as it is released, with a final reflection on the week and the series as a whole to follow over the weekend. You can find the rest of my reviews of this season’s episodes here.] “Vilde” The choice to start with Vilde is an easy one: she is the character who was most likely to have a POV-season who will never get one, given how the show has played with the vulnerabilities she hides from her friends. Her eating disorder was built into season two through Noora’s observations of it, and what we’ve gleaned of her home life has seemed challenging. There is clearly a season’s worth of material in understanding Vilde, whose ignorance has always come alongside surface-level insecurities distinct from the more guarded POV characters. Perhaps this is why Vilde never got a POV season: it was always evidently clear that Vilde was never truly “chill,” and thus there wasn’t necessarily a façade to break down in the way we saw with the other characters. Learning that Vilde is struggling to take care of her depressed mother helps put parts of the character into context, but it doesn’t really transform our understanding of the character, or push the show into new territory (especially given it’s not dissimilar to Isak’s relationship with his mother, although the show never explored that directly). In making the choice for the final season, Sana offered a richer thematic palette, while Vilde offers a tragic but perhaps a bit rote take on a teenager forced to be the responsible adult in the wake of mental illness. Filed under Skam Tagged as Analysis, Birthday Video, Chris, Dear Sana, Eid, Emma, Episode 10, Eskild, Evak, Even, Finale, Isak, Jonas, Linn, Noora, Penetrator Chris, Review, Sana, Season 4, Series Finale, Skam, Vilde, William Glee – “Born This Way” That is often the question with Glee, isn’t it? First off, why was this episode 90 minutes long? While I’m sure FOX would like to claim that it is because the episode demanded it, in truth it’s because they wanted to bite into the first half-hour of NBC’s The Voice, which is trying to be NBC’s first successful launch this season. However, I’d argue that “Born This Way” is in some ways an answer to the basic question of “Why?” To the credit of Brad Falchuk, who scripted the episode, we are given a pretty clear sense of why most characters do the things they do in the episode, and the central theme is one of those broadly existential questions that actually makes perfect sense for a bunch of high school kids. While the 90-minute episode is dragged down by its running time at points, points where the question of “Why?” becomes a liability for the show, there are moments here that show a desire to better understand who these characters are and what drives them. Even if that characterization does not stick, and even if most of it becomes reduced to what can fit on a witty t-shirt, the fact remains that the episode was not about Lady Gaga or about vague moralization. Instead, it used that moral to drive the show closer to its characters than we might be used to, and even if the results were expectedly uneven I would suggest they were compelling enough at the end of the day to make “Born This Way” a success. Even if I’ve still got some “Why?” questions for Falchuk and the writing staff. Filed under Glee Tagged as 90 minutes, Analysis, Barbra Streisand, Born this Way, Brittany, Chris Colfer, Emma, Episode 18, Finn, FOX, I Feel Pretty, Jayma Mays, Karofsky, Kurt, Lady Gaga, Lauren, Lucy Caboosey, Naya Rivera, Nose Job, OCD, Prom, Prom Queen, Quinn, Review, Santana, Season 2, T-Shirts, Television, TV, Unpretty, Will Schuester March 8, 2011 · 10:13 pm Glee – “Sexy” Earlier today, TV Squad posted a piece from friend of the blog Ryan McGee about the role that continuity plays within serial narratives, which was actually partially spun out of a conversation that Ryan and I had about Fringe following its most recent episode. To discuss continuity in Glee would be to open up the largest can of worms imaginable, only to discover that the can of worms has magically transformed into a barrel of monkeys while you were opening it. Continuity, or rather concerns over continuity, are usually one of the main reasons people end up linking to my “3 Glees” page. It becomes a sort of explanation, a way of understanding why the show is quite as schizophrenic as it is – the presence of three different writers’ voices, all with different interests and different ways of telling stories, could perhaps explain why the show tends to dart back and forth as it does. And yet, I don’t think the goal of the theory (or the page which collects the theory) is to prove that the show is inconsistent, as if the show is on trial for this particular failing. While I will admit that character continuity is a growing problem with the show, I would argue that in terms of plot continuity the show has successfully embraced its hodgepodge existence. “Sexy” doesn’t make any sense whatsoever if you consider it in relation to that which came before. The show’s treatment of sex has been almost stunningly inconsistent, at times glorified and occasionally moralized to the point of an after school special, which should make an episode designed around the very idea of sex (and the nuance often involved) hypocritical to the point of ridiculousness. However, while “Sexy” is both hypocritical and ridiculous, it’s also quite resonant. Brad Falchuk, who dealt with some of this territory back in “Preggers,” doesn’t pretend that the show has been consistent in its depiction of teenage sexuality, allowing the series’ lack of continuity to become itself continuous. The episode doesn’t necessarily match up with what has come before, and it returns some characters to particularly one-dimensional states in order to achieve its goals, but the end result is an analysis less of sex in general and more the role that sex plays within this crazy, discontinuous world of Glee. Which is a pretty impressive achievement, as ridiculous as some parts of the episode are. Tagged as Afternoon Delight, Analysis, Arrested Development, Artie, Blaine, Brad Falchuk, Brittany, Burt, Carl, Chastity, Continuity, Darren Criss, Emma, Episode 15, Finn, FOX, Gwyneth Paltrow, Holly Holliday, John Stamos, Kiss, Kurt, Landslide, Lauren, Love, Mike O'Malley, Puck, Quinn, Regionals, Review, Ryan Murphy, Santana, Season 2, Sex Ed, Sexuality, Sexy, Television, TV, Warblers, Will Schuester Glee – “Blame it on the Alcohol” “Blame it on the Alcohol” “We take our craft serious.” By the time students reach high school, afterschool specials are a laughing matter. Of course, simultaneously, the subject matter of those afterschool specials becomes infinitely more serious, as students are introduced to social problems which could very well affect many of them in their adult lives. For the most part, the only tenable strategy is to lean into the pitch, accepting that students will laugh and finding a way to spin that humor into something approaching understanding. However, what happens if you’re a television show ostensibly aimed at teenagers (or, according to Ryan Murphy, seven-year-olds) which wants to do an episode about the dangers of alcohol? On the one hand, the show is interested in the comic potential of a drunk New Directions: it wants to see what Rachel Berry is like when she’s drunk, to indulge in the easy jokes created in such a scenario. Of course, it also wants to avoid glorifying alcohol, which means having characters serve as designated drivers, sober observers, and voices for the value of sobreity. The success of “Blame it on the Alcohol” very much depends on what message we’re supposed to take away. As a piece of comedy, the episode is about as uneven as we’ve come to expect from the show, finding a few solid jokes but never quite landing. However, in terms of taking the introduction of alcohol and spinning it into something approaching self-reflection, the episode is actually fairly successful. It’s all a bit on-the-nose, and requires more than a little contrivance, but I was left with a greater understanding of these characters. If not, necessarily, an outright appreciation for the episode in question. Tagged as Alcohol, Analysis, Bieste, Bisexuality, Blaine, Blame it on the Alcohol, Brittany, Burt, Darren Criss, Don't You Want Me, Drunk, Emma, Episode 14, Eric Stoltz, Finn, Grease, Headband, Human League, Ian Brennan, Ke$ha, Kurt, Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer, Rachel Berry, Review, Season 2, Sue Sylvester, Television, Tik Tok, TV, Will Schuester Glee – “Comeback” There is nothing wrong with Justin Bieber. Maybe it’s just my Canadian pride, but the kid is inoffensive to the point of being sort of charming. Especially recently, given his playful send-ups of his celebrity on The Daily Show and a bunch of other late night series, I’ve generally liked him, and while I wouldn’t say his music is exactly my taste I will say that it has a certain charm. He’s not a particularly wonderful singer, but that’s not really the point, and so the cultural vitriol surrounding him confounds me at points. There are, however, plenty of things wrong with the Justin Bieber phenomenon. The problem isn’t Bieber himself, but what he has come to represent, and his cultural ubiquity relative to his actual talent (which is not “insignificant,” but is not exactly befitting his success). And it seems almost impossible to separate the latter from the former, to see the decent kid behind the phenomenon: while Never Say Never as a film might actually do a lot to humanize Bieber, the very idea of a teenager receiving a 3D Concert documentary only fuels the impression that his fame has gotten out of control. In case you haven’t figured it out, Glee is a lot like Justin Bieber. At some level, there is a basic competence, a potential to be something entertaining: at a more macro-level, however, the Glee phenomenon has become an epic distraction, infringing on our enjoyment of the series on a regular basis. On some level, “Comeback” should be seen as a return to basics: like episodes like “Duets” or even last week’s “Silly Love Songs,” the Glee club receives a simple theme and is asked to perform numbers relating to them. However, while those episodes felt united in their loose themes, there was no such unity to be found here. The result is a scattershot and problematically ephemeral hour which succeeded only in laying out some basic exposition for where the show will be headed in the weeks ahead. And that’s not exactly looking like a “Comeback.” Tagged as Analysis, Anthem, Artie, Baby, Chord Overstreet, Dancing, Emma, Episode 13, Flannel, FOX, I Know What Boys Like, Justin Bieber, Lauren, Mercedes, My Chemical Romance, Puck, Rachel, Review, Ryan Murphy, Sam, Season 2, Sing!, Somebody to Love, Sue Sylvester, Take Me or Leave Me, Television, The Justin Bieber Experience, TV, Will Glee – “A Very Glee Christmas” “A Very Glee Christmas” Generally speaking, the most difficult question for Glee to answer is “Why?” So many of its stories seem to have no connection with ongoing events that if you keep asking why precisely it’s happening, and so you sort of have to just sit back and enjoy the ride. But “A Very Glee Christmas” offers an answer to this question at every turn: every time I imagine someone questioning the various hurried and forced story developments in the episode, the show screams back “BECAUSE IT’S CHRISTMAS.” It’s a pretty good excuse, honestly: while sometimes the show risks losing its heart amidst the broadness of Sue’s cartoon villainy, and it sometimes struggles with how theme episodes deal with ongoing storylines, Christmas gives them something cheerful and magical to bring it all together. We expect Christmas to overwhelm all other emotions, as holidays are all about coming together regardless of our differences and celebrating peace on Earth. And for a show that is always most comfortable, in my eyes, when it merges its sense of celebration with a sense of sadness, “A Very Glee Christmas” at times hits the sweet spot: it uses the broad comedy to fuel the sadness, but follows through on the consequences with an investigation of the limitations of Christmas rather than simply a celebration of the holiday. The result is an episode which seemed charmingly celebratory and yet still felt like it could indulge in “Sue the Grinch” when it so desired. And it’s pretty emotionally honest until it ends up with nowhere to go but sap, positing Christmas as collective rather than connective and losing its momentum and its charm in the process. Bah humbug. Tagged as A Very Glee Christmas, Analysis, Artie, Baby It's Cold Outside, Becky, Bieste, Blaine, Brittany, Chris Colfer, Christmas, Darren Criss, Emma, Episode 10, Finn, Heather Morris, Ian Brennan, K.D. 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By comparison, “Special Education” isn’t even closing out the first part of the season (the Christmas episode airs next week), which means that the event is going to be considerably less climactic than what we’ve seen before. While not perfect, I quite like what Brad Falchuk and Paris Barclay did with this hour. A self-reflexive deconstruction of the balance between the individual and the group within the series, the episode lacks subtlety but resists the urge to smooth over its various conflicts. While the show doesn’t quite commit to the character drama to the point where it avoids the cheery group number at episode’s end, I thought it had some legitimately interesting insight into what that balance means to the series. The spirit of the show may not be broken, but there are enough cracks in the armor that “Special Education” successfully delivers spectacle and transition without resolving anything. Allowing for the Christmas denouement next week. 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__label__cc	0.588857	0.411143	Public health officials continue to eye Wyoming’s immunization rates Published on July 17, 2019 July 16, 2019 in Health care/News By Laura Hancock, Cowboy State Daily At a time when all-but-eradicated diseases are making a comeback, immunization rates among young children in Wyoming tend to closely mimic national trends, according to an analysis of federal data. Some years, Wyoming’s rate is lower than the national average. Other years it’s higher. However, looking at data for four common vaccines tracked by the National Immunization Survey, Wyoming’s rates increase and decrease by more percentage points than the national average. That could be the result of the margin of error that comes from polling the country’s smallest population state, said Alexia Harrist, the Wyoming state health officer and epidemiologist. Although signs are good that Wyoming hasn’t significantly deviated from the national norm, that doesn’t necessarily mean Wyoming has escaped the “anti-vax” movement, which inaccurately pushes the belief that vaccines are harmful. Research shows that vaccine reactions are rare and the one study linking vaccinations to autism contained falsified information. “We are seeing some increases in the amount of waivers (for vaccination) that we’re getting,” Harrist said. “That is concerning that we may be seeing fewer children getting vaccinations.” Wyoming is one of 45 states and Washington, D.C. where parents can seek waivers from required vaccinations for their children due to religious beliefs. Dr. Mark Dowell, the Natrona County health officer, remembers the days when he could override a family’s desire to waive their children’s vaccines. “I made sure that they had good reasons to prove to me there was a medical contraindication to the vaccine,” he said. “(Otherwise) I’d deny it. That’s how I’ve always felt, and I’ll continue to preach that.” In 2001, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that public health officers exceeded their authority by denying immunization exemptions. Since then, Dowell and others stopped intervening. Public health officers stress the concept of “herd” immunity or “community” immunity, in which most people get vaccinated so that the few who cannot – those with cancer or immune deficiencies that prevent them from developing immunity with vaccines – are safe from smallpox, polio and other diseases once thought to be in the Western world’s past, Harrist said. That Wyoming hasn’t seen a measles outbreak could be luck. Or it could be the result of the Cowboy State’s vast spaces and few people. “The majority of the time I’m not running into major problems in this county,” Dowell said about Natrona County. “But almost all of the counties in Wyoming are very rural. They don’t have a lot of infectious disease.” News of outbreaks outside of Wyoming may actually boost immunization rates. The phone starts ringing at Sheridan County Public Health whenever there is an outbreak. People want the health department to check their records to ensure they’re up-to-date on all their shots, said Debra Harr, the county nurse manager. “We’ve seen quite a bit more people calling to see if they are current on their measles,” she said. Tags: DTaPimmunizationinfectious diseasevaccination ratesWyoming Wisconsin High Schooler Asks Legislators: “Does Wyoming Exist?” An email sent to 60 members of the Wyoming State Legislature came from a Wisconsin high Last summer, the Business Council initiated a beef study that could provide beef producers and processors Opinion: We’ll Walk Across Hot Coals to Re-elect Donald Trump So, what have non-coastal, common-sense folks like us – odoriferous Walmart shoppers, wearers of hats with Volunteers lead cattle along I-25 for Frontier Days Rodeo Daddy of ‘Em All is BIG for local business Latest from Health care Legislative committee approves Medicaid expansion plan A plan to expand Medicaid coverage to about 19,000 Wyoming residents won Flu season open in Wyoming — get your shot! It’s fall in Wyoming and that means the Wyoming Health Department is Health officials: Vaping no safe alternative to smoking As the number of people with reported respiratory ailments linked to vaping A ransomware virus attack on Campbell County Health continued to plague its Ransomware attack shuts down computer network at Campbell County Health A “ransomware” virus shut down the Campbell County Health computer system on	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1055
__label__cc	0.678567	0.321433	Search SF State Search SF State Button Aristotle to outer space? Join Prof. Pino Trogu in a Leonardo Book Club livestream event to discuss the connection. Event Date: Wednesday, April 24 - 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Join design professor Pino Trogu for a discussion of his article "Giorgio Scarpa’s Model of a Sea Urchin Inspires New Instrumentation,” featured in the April issue of Leonardo Journal (MIT Press). The event will stream live on Facebook and Zoom on April 24, 2019. To download the free article and register for the event, visit: www.leonardo.info/civicrm/event/info?id=350 Giorgio Scarpa (1938–2012) was an Italian designer, artist and teacher who worked in bionics, topology and rotational geometry. This article describes Scarpa’s bionic model of “Aristotle’s lantern”—the mouth of the sea urchin. The technical literature on Echinoidea lacks a detailed study of its remarkable mouth mechanism. Scarpa’s model is the only known analysis and physical analogue of the mechanism. It is a striking example of geometrical analysis and craftsmanship, bridging science and art. Built in the early 1970s and described in 1985 in Modelli di Bionica, his model has inspired designs for a biopsy harvester and for a mini-rover to collect soil samples on Mars. "Leonardo is the leading international peer-reviewed journal on the use of contemporary science and technology in the arts and music and, increasingly, the application and influence of the arts and humanities on science and technology." Livestream registration: www.leonardo.info/civicrm/event/info?id=350 Prof. Trogu holding an early replica of Scarpa’s model of Aristotle’s Lantern, first presented at Living Machines: 3rd International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Milan, Italy, 2014. College of Liberal & Creative Arts \| School of Design \| (415) 338-2211 \| Contact, Directions and Office Hours Email: design@sfsu.edu Location: Fine Arts, Room 121 Map and Main Contact iLibrary A California State University Campus Web Contact: design@sfsu.edu	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1058
__label__cc	0.62257	0.37743	Adam Garber, Grace Brombach, New government data & U.S. PIRG investigation reveal unsafe toys impact on kids Trouble in toyland report provides tips on keeping kids safe PHILADELPHIA -- Toys sent an estimated 226,000 kids to the emergency room in 2018, according to newly released data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The 34th-annual Trouble in Toyland report from U.S. PIRG Education Fund, released on the same day, helps identify dangerous products still for sale in 2019 and provides tips for parents and gift-givers. “Toys have become safer over the last three decades, but dangerous and toxic toys remain on store shelves. With that in mind, parents need to be vigilant to keep their kids healthy and safe,” said Grace Brombach, U.S. PIRG Education Fund’s Consumer Watchdog Associate. “Manufacturers and regulators must do more to ensure all toys are hazard-free before they end up in a child’s hands.” While stronger safety standards have significantly reduced the number of dangerous toys for sale, problems persist. U.S. PIRG Education Fund has identified three categories of toys that parents should be on the lookout for: detectable dangers, hidden toxics and hazards, and recalled toys. Detectable dangers: Parents can recognize many dangerous products simply by looking at them. A few common threats include: Choking hazards: Ubbi Connecting bath toys and hundreds of thousands of wooden vehicles sold by Target were recalled for choking risks. You can test if a toy is a choking hazard, using a toilet paper roll. Balloons: Balloons are the primary cause of suffocation death in children. Uninflated balloons should be kept away from kids under eight and popped balloons should not be left lying around. Loud noises: If an action figure, toy gun or other toy produces loud sounds, it can hurt a child’s hearing. If you hold the toy near your ear and it’s too loud for you, it’s too loud for your child. You can remove the batteries, put tape over the speaker, or decrease the volume. Magnets: Sculpture kits or puzzles may include powerful magnets that can seriously injure children if ingested. Two doctors in Portland, Ore. removed 54 of these small magnets from four children in just over a month. Keep these away from children or out of the home altogether. Toys marketed to adults: For example, fidget spinners may not meet the same safety standards as other toys because they are primarily designed with adults in mind, though they can still be marketed directly or indirectly to children, with designs like Captain America’s shield or a Transformer. Hidden toxics: In the last year, toys and other children’s products containing lead, cadmium and boron were found for sale -- posing a health risk parents cannot see. Lead: Two kids’ musical instruments had illegal levels of lead, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation this summer. Parents should avoid purchasing toys manufactured before 2008 and be careful of imported, cheaper toys. Manufacturers should enhance testing to keep lead out of toys. Boron: U.S. PIRG Education Fund testing revealed levels of borax (a compound that includes boron) exceeding European Union safety standards in all four play slimes we tested. Moderate to high doses of boron can cause nausea, vomiting and other long-term damages. The DIY 3-Pack of Rainbow Cosmic Slime Shakers contained 75 times the EU standard. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission should establish safety standards for this toxic, including warning labels. Cadmium: The Washington state Attorney General found cadmium above the legal limit of 40 parts per million in children’s jewelry. Cadmium can cause cancer and other health problems. Parents should avoid purchasing cheaper, metallic jewelry. Recalled Toys: The last line of defense is our nation’s recall system. But, U.S. PIRG Education Fund researchers were able to purchase the recalled INNOCHEER’s Kids Musical Instrument Set and VTech’s Musical Elephant Shaker, which were both recalled more than a year ago. Parents should check to see if a toy has been recalled by visiting recalls.gov. “U.S. PIRG’s report on potentially dangerous consumer products is welcomed by the CPSC. We share a common goal of keeping American families safe this holiday season and all year long,” said U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Acting Chairman Robert Adler. “ CPSC takes this report seriously and will review and act as appropriate.” “Toys are safer than ever before thanks to years of hard work by consumer, public health, and parent advocacy organizations, along with elected officials and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. But with new threats appearing and old dangers still lurking, there is more work to do to prevent children from ending up sick or in the emergency room, instead of joyfully playing at home,” finished U.S. PIRG Education Fund Consumer Watchdog Adam Garber. Adam Garber Your donation supports ConnPIRG’s work to stand up for consumers on the issues that matter, especially when powerful interests are blocking progress.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1063
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Talent Economy vs. Gig Economy Innovation for TATA employees Opportunities at SelectUSA EarthxHack \| Environmental Hackathon The hunt for the next big startup in India begins Apprentice Program was re-launched in 2016 in India NEXUS – Startup Hub @ American Center Biotechnology Ignition Grant ConsumerResources Health, Co-Operative Societies, Consumers Category: Pharma The Government Is Covering Up Vaccine Deaths – Robert F. Kennedy Jr Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is continuing his personal crusade against Big Pharma and Big Government collusion, authoring a hard-hitting article explaining that the government are withholding information from the public about vaccines – and covering up vaccine deaths – in order to protect pharmaceutical companies. Vaccine scientists and the public health community cautiously and occasionally will admit that vaccines can cause adverse reactions just like “any other medication or biological product.” Although experts are less willing to openly disclose the fact that adverse reactions can and do include death, one has only to look at reports to the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) to see that mortality is a possible outcome. From 1990 through 2010, for example, VAERS received 1,881 reports of infant deaths following vaccination, representing 4.8% of the adverse events reported for infants over the 20-year period. Moreover, analysts acknowledge that VAERS, as a passive surveillance system, is subject to substantial underreporting. A federal government report from 2010 affirms that VAERS captures only about 1% of vaccine adverse reports. On the international frontier, the public health community—with the World Health Organization (WHO) in the vanguard—previously used a six-category framework to investigate and categorize serious adverse events following immunization (AEFI), including death. Guided by this tool, public health teams examined temporal criteria and possible alternative explanations to determine whether the relationship of an AEFI to vaccine administration was “very likely/certain,” “probable,” “possible,” “unlikely,” “unrelated,” or “unclassifiable.” [Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Drops Vaccine Truth Bomb Live On TV] In 2013, the WHO’s Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety discarded the prior tool, ostensibly because users “sometimes [found it] difficult to differentiate between ‘probable,’ ‘possible,’ and ‘unlikely’ categories.” The WHO enlisted vaccine experts to develop a “simpler” algorithm that would be more readily “applicable” to vaccines. The resulting four-category system now invites public health teams to classify an AEFI as either “consistent,” “inconsistent,” or “indeterminate” with a vaccine-related causal association or as “unclassifiable.” Despite the patina of logic suggested by the use of an algorithm, “the final outcome of the case investigation depends on the personal judgment of the assessor” [emphasis added], especially (according to the tool’s proponents) when the process “yields answers that are both consistent and inconsistent with a causal association to immunization.” In a 2017 letter in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, Drs. Jacob Puliyel (an India-based pediatrician and member of India’s National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization) and Anant Phadke (an executive member of the All India Drug Action Network) raise important questions about the revised tool. They describe an Orwellian Catch-22 situation wherein it is nearly impossible to categorize post-vaccine deaths as vaccine-related. This is because the revised algorithm does not allow users to classify an AEFI as “consistent with causal association with vaccine” unless there is evidence showing that the vaccine caused a statistically significant increase in deaths during Phase III clinical trials. By definition, however, any vaccine not found to “retain safety” in Phase III trials cannot proceed to Phase IV (licensure and post-marketing surveillance). The result of the algorithm’s convoluted requirements is that any deaths that occur post-licensure become “coincidental” or “unclassifiable.” Drs. Puliyel and Phadke describe what happened in India when the country’s National AEFI committee assessed 132 serious AEFI cases reported between 2012 and 2016, including 54 infant deaths that followed administration of a pentavalent all-in-one vaccine intended to protect recipients against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type b infections. For babies who survived hospitalization, the committee classified three-fifths (47/78) of the AEFI as causally related to vaccines (with 47% of the incidents viewed as “product-related” and 13% as “error-related”), but they rated nearly all (52/54) of the deaths as either coincidental (54%) or unclassifiable (43%) despite mounting evidence that pentavalent and hexavalent vaccines are increasing the risk of sudden unexpected death in infants. …doctors who “naïvely” accept biased reports on vaccine safety “are losing the trust of the public and in the process…endangering public health.” The absurdity and negligence inherent in the ultimately subjective WHO checklist have not escaped the attention of others in India and beyond. In a series of comments published in the journal Vaccine in response to the 2013 publication of the revised tool, commenters issued the following scathing remarks: “Even if a healthy child dies within minutes following vaccination and there is no alternate explanation for the AEFI, even then the powers that be could easily declare that death as coincidental and not due to the vaccine, thanks to the new AEFI. This is dangerous ‘science’.” “Amongst the 20 items of their checklist, no less than 15 (75%) are devoted to refute a vaccine-induced causality [emphasis in original]…. After all and as the authors confess with an astonishing ingenuousness, the main point is to ‘maintain public confidence in immunization programs.’” “People understand that there are no true coincidences—only events that have been made to appear to be coincidental by either a genuine lack of understand[ing] of the overall facts leading to the ‘coincidence’ reported or by the deliberate suppression of the facts, including when…AEFIs that result in death are made to ‘disappear.’” “It seems that huge business in [the] vaccine industry is affecting [the] science of vaccines and we are developing various ways to promote the business at the cost of human lives. …Going for a less sensitive tool for safety concerns is not only illogical but risky for the children of the world.” Unfortunately, many vaccine proponents appear to be more concerned with forestalling “misconceptions” and “erroneous conclusions about cause and effect” than they are about preventing and identifying adverse events following vaccination. The result, as Dr. Puliyel argues, is that doctors who “naïvely” accept biased reports on vaccine safety “are losing the trust of the public and in the process…endangering public health.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr: The Government Is Covering Up Vaccine Deaths Posted on September 29, 2019 Categories Health, Pharma1 Comment on The Government Is Covering Up Vaccine Deaths – Robert F. Kennedy Jr Drug-Induced Dementia IS NOT Alzheimer’s Disease “The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.” –– Sir William Osler “More than 50 conditions can cause or mimic the symptoms of dementia.” and “Alzheimer’s (can only be) distinguished from other dementias at autopsy.” — from a Harvard University Health Publication entitled What’s Causing Your Memory Loss? It Isn’t Necessarily Alzheimer’s “Medications have now emerged as a major cause of mitochondrial damage, which may explain many adverse effects. All classes of psychotropic drugs have been documented to damage mitochondria, as have statin medications, analgesics such as acetaminophen, and many others…Damage to mitochondria is now understood to play a role in the pathogenesis of a wide range of seemingly unrelated disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, migraine headaches, strokes, neuropathic pain, Parkinson’s disease, ataxia, transient ischemic attack, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, retinitis pigmentosa, diabetes, hepatitis C, and primary biliary cirrhosis. Medications have now emerged as a major cause of mitochondrial damage, which may explain many adverse effects” — Neustadt and Pieczenik authors of Medication-induced Mitochondrial Damage and Disease “Establishing mitochondrial toxicity is not an FDA requirement for drug approval, so there is no real way of knowing which agents are truly toxic.” – Dr. Katherine Sims, Mass General Hospital – http://www.mitoaction.org “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!” – Upton Sinclair, anti-fascist, anti-imperialist American author who wrote in the early 20th century. “No vaccine manufacturer shall be liable…for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death.”– President Ronald Reagan, as he signed The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) of 1986, absolving drug companies from all medico-legal liability when children die or are disabled from vaccine injuries. Over the past several decades there have been a number of well-financed campaigns, promoted by well-meaning laypersons, to raise public awareness to the plight of patients with dementia. Suspiciously, most of these campaigns come from “patient support” groups lead the public to believe that every dementia patient has Alzheimer’s dementia (AD). Not so curiously, it turns out that many – perhaps all – of these campaigns have been funded – usually secretly – by the very pharmaceutical companies that benefit economically by indirectly promoting the sale of so-called Alzheimer’s drugs. Such corporate-generated public relations “campaigns” are standard operating procedure for all of Big Pharma’s drugs, especially its psycho-pharmaceutical drugs. Big Pharma has found that the promotion and de-stigmatization of so-called “mental illnesses of unknown etiology” is a great tool for marketing their drugs. (http://www.propublica.org/blog/item/health-advocacy-groups-take-drug-company-cashoften-without-full-disclosures) Recently Alzheimer’s support groups all around the nation have been marketing a documentary about country singer Glen Campbell who has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (of unknown etiology) despite the obvious fact that Campbell was infamous for his chronic heavy use of brain-damaging, dementia-inducing, addictive, and very neurotoxic drugs like cocaine and alcohol. And, just like so many other hard-living celebrities like the (now cured) dementia victim Kris Kristofferson and the suicidal and early dementia victim Robin Williams. All three celebrities were known to have received prescriptions for legal neurotoxic brain-altering drugs, adding to the burdens that their failing brains, livers and psyches had to endure. It is highly likely that all three of them were also on statins and were up-to-date on their mercury and aluminum-containing vaccinations. It is an established fact that Alzheimer’s disease can only be definitively diagnosed at a post-mortem examination of the cerebral cortex, something that dementia patients are almost never subjected to. Because of the rarity of coroners doing autopsies on dementia patients, we have to question the accuracy of the diagnoses of, for example, the still living Glen Campbell, Kris Kristofferson and our own memory-impaired spouses, aunts, uncles, grandmas and grandpas, especially since so many of them have been on neurotoxic substances such as those mentioned in this article. And we also have to question the motivations of the Big Pharma corporations that financially underwrite patient support groups like the Alzheimer’s Association. AND, equally importantly, given the total lack of recognition of the reality of drug-induced dementia, we have to question to oft-cited assertion that 2/3 of all dementia cases are because of Alzheimer’s disease (of unknown cause). Are the Alzheimer’s, Autism and Autoimmune Epidemics Actually Iatrogenic, Drug-Induced Epidemics? Synchronous with the recent large increases in 1) childhood and adult neurotoxic aluminum-adjuvanted vaccinations, 2) the use of neurotoxic psychotropic drugs, 3) the use of statin drugs (cholesterol-lowering drugs) known to cause memory-impairment, and 4) the ingestion of a variety of neurotoxic food additives, there has been a large parallel increase in A) the incidence of chronic autoimmune disorders, especially in childhood, B)the incidence of autistic spectrum disorders, C) “mental illnesses of unknown origin” and D) dementia. For more go to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/new-study—mitochondrial_b_147030.html. Each of those 4 root causes and the 4 neurological disorders that are closely correlated with them are admittedly multifactorial realities. But the important lesson is that they are also preventable. However, due to clever marketing by Big Pharma and the studied ignorance of Big Medicine and the refusal of Big Media to allow scholars to talk about the connections, “walks for the cure” and drug treatment is what is emphasized rather that prevention. Drug-Induced Dementia isn’t Alzheimer’s So what we need to ask – and then demand – is an honest answer to the question “could there be a connection between America’s increasingly common over-prescribing of immunotoxic, neurotoxic, synthetic prescription drugs and the equally over-prescribed immunotoxic and neurotoxic vaccines (that often contain either of the heavy metals aluminum and mercury) and some of the neurodegenerative disorders that supposedly “have no known cause”? Could the disabling American epidemic of autoimmune disorders, psychiatric disorders, autism spectrum disorders, etc (all supposedly of unknown origin) be found to have recognizable iatrogenic root causes and therefore be preventable? Psychiatrist and scholar Grace E. Jackson has the answers in her seminal (and black-listed) book “Drug-Induced Dementia: A Perfect Crime”. These are extremely important issues, especially in the case of the dementia epidemic, because the Alzheimer’s patient support groups seem to be unaware of the fact that many psychiatric drugs are known to irreversibly damage brain cells (partly by poisoning their mitochondria, the microscopic hearts and lungs of every cell) and therefore would be expected to cause a variety of other neurological and mental health disorders. (See more info on drugs and mitochondria below. One of the big problems in America’s corporate-controlled culture, corporate-controlled government, corporate-controlled medical industries and corporate-controlled media is that the giant multinational (especially Big Pharma) corporations are in the business of developing and marketing known mitochondrial toxins with no oversight from regulatory agencies. These businesses obscure the fact that there ARE known causes for the disorders and that they are preventable. The unproven claims expressed in the TV commercials and medical journals advertising the newest drug-of-the-month are often later exposed as plain snake oil propaganda. It should be a concern for everyone that some Alzheimer’s support groups are actually front groups for the pharmaceutical industry that profit handsomely from the handful of virtually useless drugs such as Aricept, Exelon, Namenda, Hexalon, and Razadyne. Prescription Drug-Induced and Vaccine-Induced Mitochondrial Disorders Acquired mitochondrial disorders (as opposed to the rare primary mitochondrial disorders like muscular dystrophy) can be caused by commonly prescribed drugs. They are difficult to diagnose and are generally poorly understood by most healthcare practitioners. When I went to medical school, none of my professors knew anything about the lethal effects that many synthetic drugs and vaccines do to the mitochondria of average brain or body cells. The science of the mitochondria was in its infancy. A lot of mitochondrial research has been done since then, especially starting in the 1990s,and that research has proven the connections between a variety of commonly prescribed medications and mitochondrial disorders. That evidence seems to have been cunningly covered-up by the for-profit pharma groups whose drug are the culprits. Big Pharma has tremendous control over the medical education of most health care providers, and they spoon-feed pro-drug and pro-vaccine propaganda to undiscerning “healthcare” journalists, which is where many physicians and patients get their health information. An Honest Patient Guide for Dementia Patients (from Harvard) I was pleasantly surprised recently to find a reasonably honest guide for dementia patients on a Harvard University website. The entire guide can be accessed at http://www.helpguide.org/harvard/whats-causing-your-memory-loss.htm#top. The information at that site stated that there were over 50 conditions that could cause or mimic early dementia symptoms. What medical practitioner in our double-booked clinic environment has the time to thoroughly rule out the 50 root causes of dementia symptoms when confronted with a patient with memory loss? It’s simpler to just diagnose every case of dementia as another case of Alzheimers! Who will ever dispute such an authoritative-sounding diagnosis? Certainly not those who want to keep dementia from being recognized as a potentially iatrogenic disorder (doctor or treatment-caused disorder). I have often said to my patients and seminar participants: “it takes only 2 minutes to write a prescription, but it takes 20 minutes to not write a prescription”. In the current for-profit clinic culture, time is money and very few physicians are ever given the “luxury” of spending sufficient time listening carefully to their patients. (In defense of the physicians that I know, they are not happy about these realities but feel powerless to do anything about it.) It is so tempting for us physicians to use the popularized, but rather squishy label of Alzheimer’s dementia rather than to educate ourselves about the possibility of drug-induced, vaccine-induced or malnutrition-related dementia. But what is so important is that many of the 50+ conditions are preventable or reversible, which will be therapeutic only if the real root causes are identified before permanent brain damage occurs. Just one example was the subject of the book “Lipitor: Thief of Memory” written by former astronaut and flight surgeon Duane Graveline, M.D., M.P.H (for more information go to https://www.spacedoc.com/articles/lipitor-thief-of-memory.) The Harvard guide actually said that “medications are common culprits in mental decline. With aging, the liver becomes less efficient at metabolizing drugs, and the kidneys eliminate them from the body more slowly. As a result, drugs tend to accumulate in the body. Elderly people in poor health and those taking several different medications are especially vulnerable.” The guide continued with a list of the possible classes of prescription drugs that number in the hundreds: “The list of drugs that can cause dementia-like symptoms is long. It includes antidepressants, antihistamines, anti-Parkinson drugs, anti-anxiety medications, cardiovascular drugs, anticonvulsants, corticosteroids, narcotics, sedatives.” The Harvard guide went on to emphasize that Alzheimer’s can only be accurately diagnosed on a post-mortem examination. The guide states that “Alzheimer’s is distinguished from other dementias at autopsy by the presence of sticky beta-amyloid plaques outside brain cells (neurons) and fibrillary tangles within neurons (all indicative of cellular death). Although such lesions may be present in any aging brain, in people with Alzheimer’s these lesions tend to be more numerous and accumulate in areas of the brain involved in learning and memory.” “The leading theory is that the damage to the brain results from inflammation and other biological changes that cause synaptic loss and malfunction, disrupting communication between brain cells. Eventually the brain cells die, causing tissue loss and cell carcasses or scars. In imaging scans, brain shrinkage is usually first noticeable in the hippocampus, which plays a central role in memory function.” The FDA Does Not Require Big Pharma to Test its New Drugs or Vaccines for Mitochondrial Toxicity But even the Harvard guide inexplicably fails to mention known mitochondrial toxins such as statins, metformin, Depakote, general anesthetics, fluoroquinolone antibiotics (like Cipro), fluorinated psychotropic drugs (like many of the SSRIs and the so-called antipsychotics). And Big Food corporations are guilty of feeding us neurotoxins also. For example, when the ubiquitous synthetic food, soft drink and chewing gum sweetener NutraSweet (aspartame) reaches 86 degrees (whether in our 98.6 degree bodies or in some MidEast desert (as was true for many American soldiers who developed Gulf War Syndrome) every molecule releases a molecule of the excitotoxic amino acids phenylalanine and aspartic acid and one molecule of the cellular toxin methanol (wood alcohol). Methanol then rapidly metabolizes into the known mitochondrial poison formaldehyde (embalming fluid), which is a serious cellular and mitochondrial toxin. The chlorinated artificial sweetener Splenda, which was initially developed as a neurotoxic pesticide, is in an uncountable variety of foods as well. These examples are only some of the synthetic chemicals in medicines, vaccines and processed foods that are capable of causing mitochondrial damage in brain and body cells – with memory loss, confusion and cognitive dysfunction, all early symptoms of dementia. It is a tragedy for reversible and preventable drug- or vaccine-induced dementias (or any of the many neurodegenerative disorders) to be mis-diagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease (or neurological disorder) “of unknown cause” because if the root causes are not recognized preventive care will not be offered. And then, what may be worse, those patients might be placed on costly, potentially toxic and often useless medications that have not been tested for their own potential mitochondrial toxicities. (Tragically, the American pharmaceutical industry is not required by the FDA to test its drugs for mitochondrial toxicity, thus leaving physicians and their drug-consuming patients in the dark as far as safety of those medications is concerned.) There is much more in the basic neuroscience literature proving the connections between drugs and vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders. Those basic neuroscience researchers that do not have conflicts of interest with Big Pharma and Big Medicine should be listened to. Those authors with monetary or professional conflicts of interest should be regarded with suspicion. Don’t expect Big Pharma to respond to such unwelcome revelations as mentioned above. Don’t expect Big Medicine to acknowledge the existence of iatrogenic illnesses or to offer apologies. Do, however, expect denials, dismissals, distractions, delays and ad hominem attacks against the whistle-blowers rather than honest mea culpas. So it must be up to the consumers of potentially toxic substances to do the research themselves, for those substances may not show symptoms until a tipping point is reached when their livers can no longer detoxify the cocktail of poisons that are presented to it). Professor of Medicine Oliver Wendell Holmes once said: “If all the medicine in the world were thrown into the sea, it would be bad for the fish, but good for humanity.” Dr Kohls has spent many years researching the powerful, obscenely profitable and therefore easily corrupted pharmaceutical industry and the many false claims that their lobbyists, think tanks and co-opted opinion leaders in the media have been making. He knows many families whose lives have been devastated by psychiatric drug and vaccine injuries, including the post-vaccination regressive autism that unequivocally began following routine well-baby or well-child vaccinations. He takes seriously the precepts of the Hippocratic Oath that he took when he received his medical degree. That oath says that physicians should above all do no harm to their patients and thus, when there is evidence of potential harm from a prescription drug, vaccine or procedure, physicians should hesitate in doing that harmful treatment until a thorough, unbiased re-evaluation is done. Tragically, there has been a proliferation of big medical corporations (for-profit health insurance companies, for-profit clinics, for-profit hospitals, etc) and the secretive, often above-the-law multinational pharmaceutical corporations that regularly use corrupted science to “prove” the safety and efficacy of their obscenely profitable drugs. They employ thousands of workers but mainly work for the economic benefit of their shareholders and not vulnerable patients. Dr Kohls practiced holistic mental health care for the last decade of his family practice career. He now writes a weekly column for the Reader Weekly, an alternative newsweekly published in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. Many of his Duty to Warn columns have been archived at http://duluthreader.com/articles/categories/200_Duty_to_Warn, http://www.globalresearch.ca/authors?query=Gary+Kohls+articles&by=&p=&page_id= or at https://www.transcend.org/tms/search/?q=gary+kohls+articles By Dr. Gary G. Kohls Global Research, September 13, 2016 Duluth Reader Theme: Science and Medicine The original source of this article is Duluth Reader Copyright © Dr. Gary G. Kohls, Duluth Reader, 2016 https://www.globalresearch.ca/drug-induced-dementia-is-not-alzheimers-disease/5545492 Posted on May 27, 2018 Categories Health, PharmaLeave a comment on Drug-Induced Dementia IS NOT Alzheimer’s Disease America’s Most Admired Lawbreaker – Johnson & Johnson “All the big pharmas” have lawsuits, the analyst concluded, sipping an espresso. “It’s just not a big deal.” Over the course of 20 years, Johnson & Johnson created a powerful drug, promoted it illegally to children and the elderly, covered up the side effects and made billions of dollars. This is the inside story. By Steven Brill Big Pharma is a big deal. The financial pages are filled almost daily with news of multi-billion dollar mergers and acquisitions among drug companies. Of the M&A deals announced so far this year in the United States, eight of the 30 largest involve drug-makers. Other headlines herald breakthroughs of the kind Johnson & Johnson executives were touting in the ballroom in New Brunswick. At the same time, healthcare policy wonks, government budgeters, insurers and patients are becoming increasingly panicked over who is going to pay for the miracle profits demanded by the manufacturers of these miracle products. In order to hit J&J’s projections, Risperdal would have to be used by tens of millions—not simply a portion of the one percent of Americans having the most severe psychotic disorders. True, eight of the other nine largest pharmaceutical companies in the world have settled federal claims over the last decade related to allegations similar to what Johnson & Johnson was accused of in selling Risperdal, although their conduct was arguably less egregious. They, too, seem to have settled the charges without torpedoing their profit and loss accounts. However, the fact that this illegal conduct is not a “big deal” on Wall Street and only the occasional subject of news coverage should make it a big deal to the rest of the world: The drug companies seem to be able to break the rules with relative impunity, or at least without suffering the kind of punishment that would actually hurt—their stock prices taking a hit or senior executives being held personally responsible. Click Here to read this horrific story on Huffington Post Posted on August 27, 2017 August 27, 2017 Categories PharmaLeave a comment on America’s Most Admired Lawbreaker – Johnson & Johnson The Vaccine Racket Today we are officially releasing our Vaccine Racket Infographic which details the financial connections behind the criminally-run vaccine industry. (Tweet #VaccineRacket) Click here for a full-sized version of the infographic. The infographic documents the nefarious players of the vaccine industry: the mainstream media, the CDC, deceitful vaccine propagandists like Paul Offit, the secretive vaccine court, the cover-up of vaccine-injured children, mainstream media propaganda that programs the public to worship vaccines, and much more. I first sketched out this Vaccine Racket Infographic after observing the behavior of all the key players in the contrived Disneyland measles outbreak, which was used as a public panic springboard to launch a series of government-enforced vaccine mandate legislation efforts across the country. Every player in the vaccine racket played its role in that “medical theater” episode, displaying uncanny coordination and a well-funded ability to gin up the kind of fear mongering that’s only pursued when corporate profits are at stake. This is a truly large scale organized event, blogged about on: www.pharmawatchdogs.com Here’s a scaled-down edition of the infographic. Click it to view a larger image: Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/049861_vaccine_racket_infographic_CDC_criminals.html#ixzz3bPXPZFVD Posted on May 28, 2015 February 3, 2017 Categories Pharma1 Comment on The Vaccine Racket Courts quietly confirm MMR Vaccine causes Autism After decades of passionate debate, parents probably missed the repeated admissions by drug companies and governments alike that vaccines do in fact cause autism. For concerned parents seeking the truth, it’s worth remembering that the exact same people who own the world’s drug companies also own America’s news outlets. Finding propaganda-free information has been difficult, until now. Dr. Andrew Wakefield At the center of the fifteen-year controversy is Dr. Andrew Wakefield of Austin, Texas. It was Dr. Wakefield that first publicized the link between stomach disorders and autism, and taking the findings one step further, the link between stomach disorders, autism and the Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccine. For that discovery way back in 1996, and a subsequent research paper published by the doctor in 1998, Andrew Wakefield has found himself the victim of a world-wide smear campaign by drug corporations, governments and media companies. And while Dr. Wakefield has been persecuted and prosecuted to the extent of being unable to legally practice medicine because of his discovery, he has instead become a best-selling author, the founder of the Strategic Autism Initiative, and the Director of the Autism Media Channel. But in recent months, courts, governments and vaccine manufacturers have quietly conceded the fact that the Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccine most likely does cause autism and stomach diseases. Pharmaceutical companies have even gone so far as to pay out massive monetary awards, totaling in the millions, to the victims in an attempt to compensate them for damages and to buy their silence. Grassroots outcry It was a regular reader named Kathleen that brought this ongoing story to our attention here at Whiteout Press. When asked what her connection to the vaccine-autism battle was, the young reader replied, “I just researched it for a school project a while back and then I stayed on top of it, until I couldn’t stand it anymore. I’m not a parent, nor do I belong to any organization – a mere outside observer.” This reader isn’t alone. The news that vaccines cause autism has spread across the US despite a coordinated media black-out. She takes her concerns one step further explaining, “All I want is to see this information where the public can access it. I’ve looked everywhere, and no one gives this dire Wakefield situation even ONE small mention.” She goes on to give us another motivation for her activism, “In Washington State, where I’m from, vaccines have become mandatory for school children, which is very frightening!” Landmark rulings In December 2012, two landmark decisions were announced that confirmed Dr. Wakefield’s original concern that there is a link between the MMR vaccine, autism and stomach disorders. The news went mostly unreported, but independent outlets like The Liberty Beacon finally began publishing the groundbreaking news. The website wrote last month, ‘In a recently published December 13, 2012 vaccine court ruling, hundreds of thousands of dollars were awarded to Ryan Mojabi, whose parents described how “MMR vaccinations” caused a “severe and debilitating injury to his brain, diagnosed as Autism Spectrum Disorder (‘ASD’).”’ Read More: http://www.trueactivist.com/courts-quietly-confirm-mmr-vaccine-causes-autism/ Posted on May 14, 2015 Categories Pharma6 Comments on Courts quietly confirm MMR Vaccine causes Autism The pesticides WHO classifies as ‘cancer causing’ are used widely in India. Five popular brands of chemical pesticides – Glyphosate, Parathion, Malathion, Diazinon and Tetrachlorvinphos – that the research arm of the World Health Organisation (WHO) categorized as ‘probable or possible carcinogenic’ are widely used in India. While the report has triggered a massive debate in Europe and America on the need to regulate or ban these pesticides, it has been simply glossed over by policy makers, scientists and environmentalists in India. For a country which spends more time discussing pedestrian issues, health and environment are far away from national concerns. If you are dealing with pest at your house and don’t want to use all those pesticides that have harmful chemicals then hire Pest Control Company in Carlisle. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at Lyon, in France, has categorized the most popularly used herbicide Glyphosate, which comes branded as Roundup, as ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’. Two of the pesticides – Tetrachlorvinphos and Parathion – have been classified in the 2B category and rates as ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’ while three other chemicals – Malathion, Diazinon and Glyphosate – as ‘probably carcinogenic’ and put in the category 2A. These are all organophosphates. In India, while Roundup is the most popular used herbicide, Methyl Parathion, Malathion and Diazinon too are widely used in agriculture. Tetrachlorvinphos is approved for flies and ticks. Interestingly, many of the chemicals are approved for restricted use, knowing very well there is no way to check its actual application. Take for instance Methyl Parathion. Its use is banned for fruits and vegetables, and also for crops where honeybees are acting as pollinators. How can the Central Insecticides Board expect farmers to make a distinction between honeybee pollinating crops and other when applying Methyl Parathion?Similarly, Diazinon is banned for use in agriculture except for household purposes. Is there any way to police the farmers after they have purchased the chemical from the market? How will you know, given the educational standard of Indian farmers, whether they read the fine print on the pesticides container and apply accordingly? Take Methyl Parathion use in fruits and vegetables. It is officially banned, but it is widely known that traders dip certain vegetables in Methyl Parathion solution as it provides shine to the veggies. The pesticides registration process therefore is a sham. Since it escapes public scrutiny, I haven’t seen the working of the Central Insecticides Board ever come under the scanner of the investigating agencies. Some 860 pesticides are registered for use in India. As many as 67 pesticides banned in other countries, are being used in India. There is a strong lobby in favour of chemical pesticides, and every time environmentalists question the need for some of these pesticides on health and environment grounds, a court case is often slapped. So much so that film star Aamir Khan too was served legal notices after his show on pesticides inSatyamev Jayate. Nevertheless, I still remember a study published by Dr David Pimental of the Cornell University in the late 1970s wherein he estimated that 99.9 per cent of the pesticides go into the environment and only 0.1 per cent of the pesticides hit the target pests. I had always wondered why this study was never taken seriously by agricultural scientists knowing very well how toxic these chemicals are. The International Rice Research Institute, in Manila, the Philippines, too showed in early 2000 that pesticides on rice in Asia were ‘a waste of time and effort’. The IRRI study showed how farmers in Central Luzon province of the Philippines, and in Vietnam, Bangladesh and India were producing a bumper rice harvest without using chemical pesticides. Even this report was never taken seriously by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the umbrella organization for farm research in the country. And when I hear Ajay Vir Jakhar, president of the Bharat Krishak Samaj say that pesticides use in wheat has gone up by 300 per cent, a crop which is generally considered to be hardy not requiring much application of chemical pesticides, it clearly shows how ruthlessly harmful pesticides are being promoted. Genetically modified (GM) crops have further pushed the application of chemical herbicides through the spread of herbicide-tolerant crops. The WHO report should therefore be used as a loud warning, and immediate corrective steps are called for. We can ignore the warning signals at our own peril. http://www.abplive.in/author/devindersharma/2015/04/15/article557676.ece/The-pesticides-WHO-classifies-as-%E2%80%98cancer-causing%E2%80%99-are-used-widely-in-India. Posted on April 16, 2015 July 23, 2017 Categories News - Miscellaneous, PharmaLeave a comment on The pesticides WHO classifies as ‘cancer causing’ are used widely in India. Insanely stupid health lies still pushed by the nutritionally illiterate media I’ve identified the most insanely stupid lies about health still being pushed by the mainstream media… an institution that’s increasingly detached from reality and losing readers and viewers at a record pace: #1: Mercury in lobster is bad for you, but mercury in flu shots is good for young children! #2: There’s no such thing as a food that helps prevent cancer #3: Fluoride improves public health #4: Nutrition is a waste of money #5: Disease outbreaks are caused by a lack of vaccinations #6: GMOs are perfectly safe to eat in unlimited quantities, and without GMOs, half the world might starve to death. #7: All the money donated to pink ribbon cancer fundraisers goes to help find cures for cancer. (Total lie. Most of the money goes to fund mobile mammogram trucks that go into low-income neighborhoods to falsely diagnose poor women with cancer so the cancer centers can rack up huge Medicare billings. Ka-ching!) Click Here for the detailed story Posted on February 25, 2014 Categories Health, PharmaLeave a comment on Insanely stupid health lies still pushed by the nutritionally illiterate media	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1065
__label__cc	0.646976	0.353024	The Contrary Perspective Provocative views on politics, society, and the state of humanity US Foreign Relations Why I Care So Much about Police Brutality contraryperspective / July 11, 2016 Cindy Sheehan is one of those soldiers for peace and justice much like the whistle blowers who have stood up to power and suffered for their belief in our democracy. Some will call her just a woman intent on publicity. Some will deride her decade long efforts in memory of her lost son as foolish. But she has been there with her body and soul while most of us, who agree with her same concerns, continue to live our comfortable lives and only voice our opinions in polite company. The road she has taken is lonely and not easy but in the long run her road will be the highway that fills with like minded people demanding fundamental changes in our system. The Sanders’ campaign was the precursor to that busy highway but a “progressive’ Democratic Party platform, which will be ignored after the election, is not a solution, only a way station on the road to bringing back our withered democracy. It will be the whistle blowers and the Cindy Sheehans, and those who fight on that lonely path that will lead to the highway. – Ed. Since my son Casey was murdered (by the US Empire and its cohorts, like Great Britain) in Iraq on April 04, 2004 and I have become a resister to aforementioned Empire, I have been arrested over 20 times (I lost count). To be sure, some of those arrests were fairly benign – popped in front of the White House, or CIA, then out in a couple of hours with a citation. However, I have been treated very poorly and even the “easy” arrests always have some component of dehumanization and the threat of brutality. Once I was arrested in DC and the cop told me that he really agreed with me. I always opine why then don’t they arrest the criminals in Congress and the White House, and then I challenged him with this question: “You would kill me if you were ordered to, though, wouldn’t you?” His answer, “I guess I would have to.” Not only have I been mistreated when I have been arrested, I never think I have done anything illegal. I believe that every time I have been detained, I have only been exercising my Constitutional rights to free speech, peaceable assemblage and the right to petition the government for redress of wrongs, among other things. The way the Constitution was written, Congress can’t make any laws abridging those rights, and that makes every single time I have been arrested, just one word: “bullshit.” Anyway, one of the most egregious uses of force was once in NYC where I and three other women were sitting-in in front of the US mission to the UN demanding a meeting with then US representative to said body: John Bolton. We had been told ahead of time that someone there would accept a petition we were delivering with tens of thousands of signatures demanding that the US end hostilities in Iraq and Afghanistan (this was when Bush was still president and people still cared). It was International Working Women’s Day and I and my three comrades were treated that night to a complimentary iron-bar suite in the infamous Tombs with about twenty other women. Before we were plopped down in the Tombs, an NYC cop dragged me by my arm for about 15-20 feet along the hard concrete giving me a dislocated shoulder and a concussion. (I was, however, able to kick up and land a glancing blow to his crotchal area while he dragged me). I can’t tell you how many times I have spent the night in jail in freezing cold cells: One time for almost three days. That arrest was in front of the White House and not only did I freeze for three days, but we got no food or water—only a cup of punch a couple of times a day. At the end of that detainment, my feet were shackled together and my wrists were shackled to my waist for eight hours in a holding cell while we were awaiting arraignment. I have been left in tight handcuffs behind my back for hours upon hours. Once one of my wrists was shackled to a wall for four hours, then I was taken for a ride in a cop car in Washington, DC in the middle of January in the middle of the night with no coat, or heat. The cops had big, thick jackets on and I was berated by the driver (a veteran) for “shitting on” Casey’s “memory.” Sacramento County Jail is a filthy pit with human waste floating in the garbage AND they tried to force us all to get TB tests after I was shoved hard against the wall for my mugshot. That night, jailers kept walking by my cell going, “so, that’s the one” and then they beat up a tiny Afghan woman right in front of me. One late December day in 2006, my sister and I and three others were arrested in Crawford, TX. That’s the one and only time I was strip-searched which is a deeply humiliating and degrading experience. Dede and I spent the night shivering on the hard, cold cell floor and were grateful we had people working on the outside to spring us. I could go on and on, but I want to say a few words about the other women (besides activists) I have been detained with. Every single woman I met was there because of economic hardship or when they got tired of being beaten up by their partners and retaliated. No matter how uncomfortable I ever felt in jail, I knew that I would always be getting out soon, or soon-ish. My heart breaks for all of my sisters who see only a life of continuing abuse from the system with all of its violence and force. I always think, if this is how badly they treat a white woman (now grandmother) who is the mother of a so-called war hero, then I cannot even imagine the horrific treatment of people of color. Oh, wait I can, I see it on YouTube every day. I see unprovoked and brutal cop killings of young black men and then I see those cops exonerated by the same system that hires them, trains them, and pays them. The system is always pronouncing itself “not-guilty” but if the roles are reversed, there is swift and oftentimes brutal (in)justice dealt out. I have met mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters and friends of those brutally murdered by cops and I know what it’s like to have someone you care so much about murdered by a system that never holds its own accountable. It’s not only tragic, it’s infuriating. We have to mourn our loved ones AND fight the system that killed them? Creeping fascism is winding its slimy way around this country and its happening even faster under the mismanagement of a black president and attorney general. What can we do as a people under fire? Remember, whatever happens here in America, is multiplied hundreds or thousands of times in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Palestine, Yemen, etc, and the racist wars abroad are magnified versions of the racist war here at home and those lives matter, too. We cannot allow a Democrat to get away with these multiple murders, just like cops should not. Remember that being a police officer is actually one of the safest occupations out there; their lives are not under constant threat and they can lose the siege mentality. If a cop murders someone, don’t automatically believe that the slain person deserved it. Chances are very great that they did not. The absolutely insane thing is, many of these brutal slayings are actually on video, and the cops still skate free! This year alone, 609 people have been killed by cops here in the US as of this writing—that’s more than three per day and it looks like about 34 cops have been killed by “perps” in the same time frame. That’s a wide and unconscionable disparity. Gone are the days of Officer Friendly and here are the days of Officer Brutality and his/her merry band of enablers. Face it, it’s an epidemic. This post originally appeared in Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox. July 11, 2016 in Black Lives Matter, Life and meaning, Society, US Politics. Tags: Afghan War, Cindy Sheehan, Iraq War, prisons, United Nations, whistle blower Whistling Past the Afghan Graveyard of Empires JOHN AND CINDY: A MOTHER WHO LOST HER SON RESPONDS The Criminals in Charge ← The Criminals in Charge Just Throw it Against the Wall (and See if it Sticks!) → 54 thoughts on “Why I Care So Much about Police Brutality” tamarque says: So happy to see this piece by Cindy Sheehan. It has been a long time since i heard her voice. What does bother me, and I see it in the Black Lives Matter movement, too, is the absolute ignoring of the very nature of police departments. While people are trying to sound ‘fair’ in the BLM and the rest of the liberal community, the structural nature of policing is never discussed. Today’s police are just the current morph of the slave catchers and local authorities who worked on behalf of the slave owners/the plantation class. That is the actual history of policing. Later we had the goon squads of the owners of mining companies and other such monied class enterprises. Again, the goon squads served their masters quite well. They soon, under J Edgar Hoover became the FBI. Policing has never been about serving the public. It has always been about preserving and securing the upper crust of the establishment order. When someone, some poor schnook who needs a good paying job joins a police department, it is not just a job. These people are joining agencies that are structured to see the public as the enemy. Of course the public is divided in the good ones and the not good ones. However, one can slip into the not good camp very easily as Cindy Sheehan points out. So as in the Viet Nam war, it became a big issue as to how the anti-war movement viewed the soldiers. Many were hostile to them but later began to discern them as pawns for the wealthy. Today many view the police in a similar way–just human beings who deserve respect and human decency, not killing as in Dallas this month. However, there is a big difference. During Viet Nam we had a mandatory draft and massive numbers of young males were sent over their as cannon fodder for the rich. Today those in the military are all volunteers, they chose to be there. So do the police. They chose to suck up to the monied class and, like the KKK doers of the dirty work, they get a major benefit: they can kill with impunity. They are given the privilege of safety despite all expressions of violence and bigotry of every imaginable sort. I understand their contracts, nationwide, pretty much guarantee them this protection. And they are trained to hate the “other” however it is defined at the moment. Black people are always the Other. White people become the other when they align with Black people or confront the system, no matter how benignly. That is why the Tea Party is such a fraud–it really does not confront the system. Quite the opposite, working people who rely on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for survival join forces with those who openly work to destroy those very programs. So my sense is that, while I don’t support killing police at random, I do hold police totally responsible for choosing to work with and support a system that is all about divide and conquer, keeping Black people and others of color and poverty under control; ie, suppressed, repressed, disenfranchised. i understand that loss hurts all people, but the police need to do some seriously thinking about who they are and what their jobs really stand for.. They have suffered very, very little in their jobs, and have literally gotten away with murder too many times to count and now a little pay back has them in a rage. The Dallas shooter was in an out of control place with his rage, personal and historical which is what it took to shoot these cops. It is amazing with all the abuse perpetrated on Black people there are not more people like this man. Personally, I am not that sympathetic. The call needs to be for there to be a real analysis of the source of the problem, but that will never happen unless the whole system is up for questioning. An emotive and complex issue. A problem (shared by Cindy Sheehan) is seeing the police as a unitary body of abusers. Thus her blithe statement that Officer Friendly no longer exists. I have two police officers in my immediate family and one close friend who’s a sheriff. They are not abusers. My close friend in Florida just had to deal with the aftermath of the Orlando shootings — does anyone want his job? That said, of course there are dumb cops, corrupt cops, biased cops, and so on. Of course there are structural issues, and issues of abuse of power, that should and must be addressed. What’s happening on the streets with all these shootings truly is a national disgrace. But let’s not vilify all police as “Officer Brutality.” Just think of all the police officers who keep their cool while they defuse domestic disputes. Just think of the ones who help you when you’re broken down on the highway, or when your house or car are broken into, or when you feel threatened and need help. Police are not simply the duped stooges of some power collective. Talking about them in those terms simply reveals the biases of the speaker. traven says: Bill… Some how I saw half a dozen cops around Eric Garner while they were choking him to death. Not the whole NYPD but a good sample. Did you know any of them.? http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/in-police-violence-cases-time-works-against-justice-20160713 Michael Gallagher says: A painful but absolutely essential testament from a heroic woman. I hadn’t hear about her in a long time, and I’m happy to see that she is still in there swinging. greglaxer says: You see, we live in a CLASS SOCIETY. This language is frowned upon severely here in the USA. So we hear about “the elites” and “the 1 percent” instead of the Ruling Class. A Ruling Class never hesitates to employ violence, even via its standing army for use on domestic soil if need be, to protect its interests. Mr. Astore apparently is in denial of this, whereas Ms. Sheehan testifies that a run of the mill cop admitted he’d very likely kill her if ordered to use lethal force against demonstrators. Officer Friendly has been replaced by Officer Full Combat Gear. A technology devised to save lives by removing bombs will now deliver anti-personnel bombs to snuff out lives. RoboCop looms on the horizon. This is the reality we now live in. And a certain presidential candidate is foaming at the mouth with desire to escalate further the war against dissent. I wish to underline Ms. Sheehan’s criticism of Pres. Obama, for it is necessary to strip away delusion here. Notwithstanding the fact that Obama is the recipient of waves of hatred from millions of US citizens who still don’t accept having a black POTUS, he is the current caretaker of the Big Apparatus, The System, The Established Order, that blesses this use of violence at home and abroad. Indeed, absolutely DEPENDS ON the use of violence to maintain the privileges of the elite. So, despite his very good and apparently heartfelt words about the proliferation of gun violence and the GOP/NRA blockage of any progress, Barack Obama IS part of the problem. His immediate “solution” to the past week’s events is to alter his travel schedule so he can speak at a memorial service to the slain cops in Dallas. Is he going to Baton Rouge or the town in Minnesota where the other murder by cop took place last week? No, he is not. It has been correctly observed that we cannot get rid of hate by legislation. But damn it, we need to make cops accountable for their unlawful actions instead of setting them free on the rare occasion when they’re brought to trial. And new candidates for police forces need to be screened much more carefully. I understand that more and more recent veterans of The Perpetual War On Terror are pursuing careers in law enforcement. They must feel right at home with all the dandy military gear provided to local departments by the Pentagon (a program started on Cheney-Bush’s watch and continued by Obama). These phenomena bring to perfect closure the circle of domestic policy becoming indistinguishable from foreign policy. Shoot first, maybe ask questions later…if there are any survivors to interrogate. I’m not sure how you could read what I wrote and conclude that I’m in denial about the use of violence by the ruling class. I’ve written myself about the militarization of the police, and why I’m against it. Indeed, more than a few police officers are against such militarization, and in a few cases military weaponry has been rejected or returned by police forces. My point was simple: Not all police are “Officer Brutality.” I think most of them aren’t. I understand that, as a protester, Sheehan has had many bad experiences: being arrested, handcuffed, shoved in prison, and so forth. But she demolishes her own argument with her sweeping condemnation of all police everywhere as “Officer Brutality.” When Bush lied us into invading Iraq with a mercenary army ( not a “citizen” drafted army) I forecast that many of these young and often uneducated men would find their way into the police forces of our cities and they would show the same indifference to the life of those in the cities as they had shown in Iraq and later Afghanistan. Bush pushed out the more thoughtful high echelon military leaders and moved more gung ho, and Christianized leaders into top spots. They, and Bush cohorts, allowed these conflicts to take on more of the color of “crusades” against dark skinned Muslims. That translated into troops treating citizens of these countrys as lesser beings. Remember the photo of the elite troops urinating on a dead Afghani? So I am not surprised that as these demobilized soldiers started filling our police forces we would see more racism and blood. I think it would be helpful if we could get a count on how many of these police officers who are so ready to shoot are indeed veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. I may be wrong but a count would help the country understand. Why are tabout hree people a day being shot by police? A question for TCP readers: Do you know, on a close personal basis, any police officers? I know three. Now, if you know a police officer or officers, does he/she fit the description of “Officer Brutality” as proclaimed by Sheehan? The three officers that I know do not fit this description. Again, I’m not saying all cops are good. I’m also not denying the presence of systemic abuses that must be addressed. What I am saying is that Sheehan’s wild rhetoric is counterproductive. It is also deeply unfair to those police officers who serve honorably. Astore–You’re still missing the point. The point is that FUNDAMENTALLY the state is an apparatus of repression to maintain the privileges of the Rulers. FUNDAMENTALLY the role of the police, on every level, is to keep us common folks “in line.” When you get a bunch of cops in a group, they take on herd instincts or one might even say act like a mob. There were black officers in that circle of cops getting their jollies by beating the crap out of one Rodney King in L.A., for god’s sake! (R.I.P., Rodney. “Can’t we all get along?” Apparently the answer, in 2016, is “NO!”) Once one cop goes ballistic swinging that club, the others join in almost instantly. Have you not seen, repeatedly, the actions on the streets of Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention? Or any suppression of a Civil Rights march in the “deep South” from back in the day? Cop to cop solidarity actually breaches the “color line.” The Blue Wall of Silence that prevents presumably decent cops from testifying against their bad brethren is almost 100% effective. Cops who, taken on an individual by individual basis may be level headed, rational beings, when put in a group and ordered to break heads, are going to break heads, man!! I have seen this, and felt this (the jabbing and swinging of clubs, the attempted use of a blackjack which I dodged), again and again. I haven’t faced down cops in a while now, I admit, but my eyes are wide open to the fact that cops are now more dangerous than ever. Laxer–you’re still missing the point. There — does that sound like a courteous response to you? My point was quite simple: Sheehan’s rhetoric of universal police brutality is too sweeping. It undermines her argument, or at least it does for me. I know my history. I know about cop riots. I know about abuse. I’ve seen “Serpico” and many other movies about police corruption. All of this is undeniable — and I haven’t denied it. But to impugn all police as “brutal”; to suggest all police are pawns of the elite; to argue they serve only one purpose, as enforcers to the rich — well, count me out of such a simplistic, one-sided, view. Astore–Sorry, dude, but sometimes REALITY actually CAN be distilled into simple statements. Do you have to understand all of Einstein’s theories to appreciate the reality of gravity? Should this society actually enter a shooting civil war–sorry to disappoint the headline writers at NYC’s tabloid papers last week, but we are NOT in that situation at this time–I can picture a small percentage of the nation’s police forces refusing to use lethal force on ordinary citizens. A SMALL percentage. (Hey, they pride themselves on being Professionals, right?) If it became a significant problem, the military would be put in total command. Active duty military personnel would already be on the streets, anyway, in such a situation. It’s called martial law, eh? I have always made it clear that I am a partisan vigorously opposed to the Status Quo. You may label me “biased” until you’re blue in the face. Did I say “blue”? I think YOU are biased in favor of the police, due to your familial situation. I imagine you’re way too close to the situation to be able to recognize it. William. Two plus friends. I recently asked my niece to go with me to visit ancestral graves now surrounded by inter-city “black lives don’t matter” territory. She can carry in that gun-restricted state, I cannot. The Mafia and the Blue force have that in common. In the forces your friends and relatives work in are ALL of the officers honest and forthright? Has there ever been an officer who took bribes, raped a woman, beat up a protestor illegally. And did your friends or relatives stick their neck out and testify or report the infraction and fight for the rights of the citizen? Omnerta ! That is what holds most police forces together and what makes them suspect. Remember Serpico? Forty years ago did any of his honest friends on the NYPD intervene for him? Omerta is a commission for participation in the crime. Cindy Sheehan has chosen a life of protest because of her pain. She should have the cooperation of the police to exercise her constitutional right. Those who threw this woman into dirty cold cells were just following orders and may be good fathers and generally honest but they are part of the problem our country faces today. It ain’t just a few “bad apples”. . Gregory Herr says: This comment is pie-in-the-sky because it represents an ideal… the ideal of equal respect, justice, and accountability under the law. Perhaps our society once had the potential to one day display an approximation of this ideal; but the wars, the militarization of the police, the exacerbation of economic and social disparities tied in with efforts to suppress or limit public discourse and dissent has led to a daunting set of circumstances. I don’t use a broad brush to vilify police officers in general. But it is a fact that egregious crimes are frequently (in national terms) committed by officers who then face little consequence. Aside from the horrifyingly egregious examples (murder) are all-too-frequent occurences such as the treatment of Cindy Sheehan. What protocol allows an arresting officer to cause concussion and shoulder dislocation without being charged with assault? As traven states, she should have had the cooperation of the police in exercising her constitutional right. The problem of unaccountability is apparent. And as Greg Laxer suggests, cops are more and more dangerous because a creeping mindset of “policing” the public as a means of “control” is ascendant. Or perhaps it’s always been thus. Much talk of policing, and none of parenting. “Fathers matter,” and Uncle Sugar can’t do the job. I have my own, largely supportive, comments to make regarding Cindy Sheehan’s article above, but I don’t see how anyone could do a better job than Chris Hedges in a recent, related article entitled, Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror published July 11, 2016 at “Information Clearing House” and “Truth Dig” websites. As George Orwell said in “The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism,” the book-within-a-book in 1984, “War … is now a purely internal affair. … The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory but to keep the structure of society intact.” The ruling corporate oligarchy knows its real enemy — we, the people — and the real money that owns and operates our so-called “government” will not hesitate to unleash all manner of violence against us should we protest and demand a real change in our circumstances. As Chris Hedges concludes his essay: “Our political elites, rather than addressing the crisis, will make it worse. If we do not revolt, the savagery, including legalized murder, that is the daily reality for poor people of color will become our reality. We must overthrow the corporate state. We must free ourselves from the poisonous ideology of neoliberalism. If we remain captive we will soon endure the nightmare that afflicts our neighbor.” First, black lives didn’t matter. Then, my little white life didn’t matter, either. One follows the other as the night follows the day. There lies the gauntlet on the ground. Do we pick it up and accept the challenge, or do we go quietly into those cold, dank cells that America, Inc. has waiting for us in our “privatized,” for-profit, convict labor prisons. Cindy Sheehan has a lot of good and honest things to say about the forces of organized, legal violence that will increasingly demand our obedience. But at the end of the day, her personal situation pales — as she herself admits — compared to the suffering endured by the men and women of color whom she has met in her many travels for peace. Yes, America does have some fine, upstanding police officers. Too bad, though, that our country apparently doesn’t have enough of them to really matter. The people who hire and pay them matter much, much more. Mike.. You are right. It surprises me that even liberal mindd people can’t see the obvious. The police as a cohesive unit have become the street Gestapo to control the population push back against the injustices in our society. The most glaring example of this came during the short life of the “Occupy” movement. A movement that specifically highlighted Wall Street’s role in destroying our economy. How was it Occupy destroyed? Word went out from the White House to our new “Homeland Security” ( Every time I see that term I remember how popular that terminology is in authoritarian regimes) who sent the message out to police departments throughout the country to “crack down” on local Occupy movements. Within a few days that is exactly what happened. Was Occupy disturbing the piece or just using public space to protest ? . traven. God forbid someone tries to kill you or steal from you, but should they, consider calling a gang-banger or BLM fascist, or, for that matter, your favorite politician. See what that gets you. I’m reminded of the line from West Side Story where one of the toughs, in jest, says something like, “I’m depraved on account of I’m deprived.” Too many honest inner-city residents are trapped in their homes by the depraved because they’re deprived crowd. Police, as you call them, ” street Gestapo,” are all they have. Walter–I take it a “BLM fascist” is a member of the Black Lives Matter movement? I find your comment despicable, blatantly racist in its own right, and more than a little pro-Trump. Your views are not “contrarian.” They’re available 24/7 on the FOX “News” channel. Perhaps you should seek your own talk show? Yes. I just don’t think it helps to denounce all police as brutal or as jackbooted Gestapo thugs. Besides, history teaches us that the police are not always predictable. Assuming a revolution comes, don’t be too surprised if more than a few police show up on the “good” side, i.e. the side against abusive power as exercised by the powers-that-be. History is often full of surprises … Mr. Astore–I think your insistent harping on this theme proves your pro-cop bias. You seem to be quite thin-skinned on the topic. Can you cite a single example in the past century of American history of cops refusing to obey orders to break up a picket line of striking workers, or to break up a civil rights or anti-war demonstration when ordered? Don’t cops seem to always find a way to defend freedom of speech for the KKK and their ilk, though? That has happened right here in “liberal” Connecticut. Since we’re talking about a collective body of scores of thousands of individuals nationwide–“the Police”–it is necessary to generalize. The rare exceptions, if I may borrow from an old aphorism, “prove the rule.” Else they wouldn’t be deemed exceptions, right? Twenty-five years ago, I went to the local State Police Barracks to volunteer eyewitness testimony to a traffic incident. I was astounded that I was not allowed to come face to face with a desk officer. I was faced with a bulletproof window and had to pick up a telephone handset to communicate with someone. Twenty-five years ago, in rural Connecticut! This apparent preparation for something “big” to erupt in this society has been going on longer than you thought, folks. “Harping” — “thin-skinned” — well, sticks and stones and all that. Mr. Astore–This is your response, instead of rising to my challenge to cite an example of police “going over” to the side of the downtrodden? I respect you as a fundamentally decent person, but I suspect your 20 years in the military left you wearing blinders that don’t allow you to penetrate to the underlying fundamental societal problems we’ve been examining here. But, that’s just my opinion! Now I’m “wearing blinders” — Well, I’m just glad we have people like you who can “penetrate to the underlying fundamental societal problems we’ve been examining here.” My blinders, my harping, and my thin-skinned nature won’t permit me to rise to your challenge. Consider yourself the victor. Mr. Astore–I do not seek to “score” personal victories. I am a revolutionist attempting to analyze the world around me as objectively (believe it or not!) as possible, obviously a decidedly different perspective than yours. You disinvited me from your own website months ago when I brought up a hint that your time in the military colored your world view. Is this such an unreasonable hypothesis on my part? My own time in the military certainly forged my outlook going forward in life. Again, I can assure you my military experience was vastly different than yours. We are all products of our personal environments and experiences. My goodness, how hate doth roll off tongues. I beg forgiveness for thinking BLM folks might be fascist. Perhaps it is the stiff-arm salutes – combined with some memory of newsreel footage dating from 1930 to 1945 – that brought me to it, A better label is marxist. Walter–I’m not the one posting blatantly racist comments here. I think this is the last comment I will post in response to your own. There is no hope I can sway you from your viewpoint. Michael–Before I pursue the link to the Hedges article, I feel a need to “refine” your statement. It is none other than WE, the citizenry, as TAXPAYERS, who foot the bill for the police and their slightly better-armed (these days!) brethren, the military. I know you realize this, but thought it needed to be spelled out. These reflections, written by a Dallas police officer in the aftermath of the shootings, provide perspective on this discussion. Is this the “Officer Brutality” that Sheehan is so keen to denounce? I consider Cindy Sheehan a personal hero of mine. Not so much the cops who in every case illegally arrested and incarcerated her for exercising her constitutional right to freedom of speech, assembly, and petition. So, with apologies to William Shakespeare and J. R. R. Tolkien I offer what little bit of literary tribute I can manage: Metrics for Measure (Dedicated to Cindy Sheehan) The pricking of his thumbs begins to sting As something wicked comes his way unsought: The awful truth about the play as thing Wherein the conscience of the prince is caught Now Isabella camps outside his ranch Her silent supplication real not fake Her rude requests for justice make him blanch Her simple power poised to grab and shake Her time, down in a roadside ditch, she bides With twenty-hundred crosses witness mute While safe within his bubble he resides The gashes in the dead his lies confute His thought no counsel credible informs So on he stumbles, mouthing scripted rhyme Upon the gibbet’s scaffold he performs For his allotted fifteen minutes’ time An angry ape with glassy essence clear Before high heaven trotting out his trick Afraid of nothing quite so much as fear Which makes splenetic angels laugh till sick Assured of his own ignorance he pressed To have himself informed of what he knew In little brief authority he dressed So as to mask his nakedness from view His counselor, the clown, roved here and there Professing, like Rasputin, cures to know For royal hemophilia laid bare As turds that blossom on the frozen snow But still the would-be great no greatness had They thus could only mock the small who sobbed Until disrobed, in disrepute unclad, Their perfidy showed clear to those they’d robbed But Gandalf once to Frodo Baggins said, In telling him his uncle Bilbo’s tale, That even small ones lost in fear and dread Can turn the blast of fortune’s greatest gale For Bilbo spared the vicious Gollum’s good In pity of one long so lonely lost And would not strike him even though he could Which in the end saved all great evil’s cost No doubt some live who maybe ought to die And some that die deserve to live instead But who shall make of his own life a lie Who deals out death in judgment of the dead? And as the wizard might have said at length What Isabella did, a court to sway: How excellent to have a giant’s strength But tyrannous to use it in that way For even very wise ones cannot see The end to all the mischief that ensues From feckless fights and their mad misery As complex as a rainbow’s many hues And as such smallish suitors might combine Soliciting compassion as their cause They plead for pity in a single line That pelting petty officers might pause For making thunder just to hear the noise And lightning just to see the awe and shock If overused by adolescent boys Will look more like the chicken than the hawk They like it well enough when first they think That all will go exactly as they dream But soon enough they shun the fetid stink That clogs the nose and gags them till they scream Those wise who hold great power in reserve And do not waste it in a foolish deed Have moral power more which well will serve When faced with future’s grave and greater need Thus Isabella Baggins now implores The one who can to pity those who serve And bring them home from bloody foreign shores To reap the future lives that they deserve We only ask for metrics we can use To measure what is often promised glib By bureaucrats who went and lit the fuse And now can only hedge, and stall, and fib Yet once more he reiterates his lies He now commands no love from him that dies With shoulders of a dwarfish thief he tries To wear a giant’s robe above his size Michael Murry, “The Misfortune Teller,” Copyright 2009 Note: Updated to “forty hundred” when the number of dead American servicemen in Iraq and Afganistan officially doubled to 4,000 sometime in early 2008. You go, Cindy Sheehan. I’ll take you any day over what we’ve had and what we’ve got coming next from our psychotic, ignorant angry apes, uniformed and civilian. Michael–I was more than a little mortified in seeing scenes from the Dallas memorial for the slain cops on TV news Tuesday night. Right there on the stage was none other than the unnamed resident of Crawford, TX from your poem above. In my humble opinion, his presence undermines any attempt to honor someone’s memory. Cindy Sheehan became a symbol of protest during a time when it had been made, via “manufactured consent,” very “unfashionable” to be a protester in this country. And now the forces of the Status Quo, and the would-be manufacturer of the New, Far Worse Status (whatever became of the Anyone But Trump Movement within GOP? This guy is heading toward coronation at their convention next week!) want to again make it very “unfashionable.” They’re trying to place an “equal sign” between Black Lives Matter and the killing of cops. As I understand it, at this moment, Cleveland officials have denied any permits for a legal, peaceful demonstration against said convention. Ah yes, good old First Amendment rights! Bye-bye. Mike–I don’t know how familiar you are with the work of the late Phil Ochs, singer-songwriter of the Vietnam Era. He was on the streets of Chicago during the police riot outside Dem. National Convention of 1968. Here are some lines from his song “I Kill Therefore I Am,” voicing the inner thoughts of all too many cops (IMHO). [Legal Note: The laws about quoting copyrighted song lyrics are very weird, but since these are available for free on the Internet I think it’s safe to just offer one stanza. I take responsibility for this; The Contrary Perspective should not be held liable in any fashion.] “I don’t like the black man, for he doesn’t know his place; Take the back of my hand or I’ll spray you with my Mace. I’m as brave as any man can be, I find my courage through chemistry. I am the masculine American man…I kill therefore I am.” –PHIL OCHS, c. 1968 Nowadays, of course, you’re liable to be sprayed point blank in the face by an industrial size dispenser of “riot control” material. A police tactic that “evolved” since Mr. Ochs’s passing. But it wouldn’t have surprised him, I’m sure. philastore says: Sometimes even Firefighter’s get shot at, and we’re the ones that are supposed to be liked!! Once on Duty back in the late Eighties I relieved a Brother who worked the Shift before Me that was targeted with a Crossbow & Arrow from same narrowly missing him, but killing a Length of Pre-Connect Inch and one-half Hose we keep at the ready next to our Jump Seats on the Apparatus!. Had this hit said Firefighter he would surely had been mortally Wounded, and it received scant publicity– back page Press in the City Rag…! Point being. we don’t do the Job for the 1% percenters, but who then!!?? You ask!? You wouldn’t believe Me if I told You… Yes, I thought of that classic scene from “The Enforcer,” when “Dirty Harry” Callahan says he knows he’s putting his ass on the line for people who wouldn’t let him in the front door of their mansions and corner offices. Public servants serve (imperfectly) the public. Sadly, over the last two decades or so, the police have become militarized, further separating them from the public. We need to get back to community policing, not all these SWAT teams with their mini-tanks. And we need police forces drawn from the communities they serve that mirror those communities with regards to race/gender/ethnicity. Brutality stems from ignorance, hatred, bias, and fear. But the sad fact is that there are some people who are violently unhinged, as was the guy who shot a crossbow bolt at a firefighter. How about community parenting? With somewhere around 80% of black children growing up without ethical paternal example – whites and Hispanics are doing their best to catch up – we cannot but expect the societal collapse we see. Sadly, I don’t think this situation can be reversed. Uncle Sam compensates single mothers with direct support payments, medical coverage and housing, and single mothers produce more out of wedlock children. It’s a no-brainer. My advice to our police: don’t take a knife to a gunfight, or potential gunfight. Phil–Firefighters and medical personnel sometimes come under fire in extremely tense situations, true. But they have to be considered in an entirely different category than cops. Indeed, the cop union in NYC once waged a public campaign expressing their outrage at the very idea that firefighters might deserve pay and benefits equal to their own!! These days, of course, that cop union is very active in campaigning for killer cops to evade criminal prosecution. Phil.. We have a lot of crazies in this country. It turns out the guy who shot the police men in Dallas wasn’t a certifiable terrorist but rather a certifiable mentally ill person who should have been treated. Look at his military and subsequent record. Not too different from a story I recently read about a firefighter in southern California who turned out to be the one setting fires in his area in order to be able to report them and get commendations. Again not too different from “arsonists” who get some kind of sexual kick from setting fires. You probably have run across that in your life. I spent part of my life in the public sector like you because that “was how I rolled”. I didn’t do it to expect any special recognition or treatment. I did it because that is what I wanted to do at the time and it gave me satisfaction. When I give something of myself to others I do not expect anything in return. When I went into the private sector all I expected to receive was the check for my services in a timely fashion. Phil.. Firefighters are really good people. Here’s a sweet story. My little 9 year old granddaughter last Christmas got struck down with Meningitis- encephalitis and we all were wasted with worry that it would destroy her little life. After she got out of the hospital the word about her close call spread through my son’s small suburb. Neighbors and friends from school dropped off food for the family, Kids in her class wrote loving letters, and the local firefighters drove their big firetruck to the house and personally invited her to take a ride on the truck when she got better. It beings tears to my eyes when I think of that time. On the militarization of police: an article I wrote back in December on the proliferation of assault rifles, SWAT teams, and militant attitudes https://contraryperspective.com/2015/12/21/school-cops-with-assault-rifles-make-my-day-not/ Thanks Greg & Traven. I may be a little biased as well to Police because of my Military Police Service in the Air Force, having City & State Trooper Friends & Responding with Police on many Fire Related Calls during my Career, but in my City we have Parity with the Police Force in regards to Pay… Having somewhat worked both sides of the Fence I would rather be a Firefighter, but most Cop Friends of mine would choose the latter paradoxically to Me at least because I always felt Human Beings a lot more unpredictable hence more dangerous than Fire, but in most Big City Depts. We sometimes are at Crime scenes before the Police, and Police are sometimes at House & Building Fires too… Its a dynamic situation, I would have our Crews back-off situations unless our lives were in danger, until you are in these Incidents & Fires You don’t really know how you’ll react. In the Safety of our Offices, or wherever we can all be Sidewalk Generals!. I suggest anyone before they criticized the Police, or Fire, Medics. change places with them for one day… Phil.. You are right that only people who have some “skin in the Game” should pontificate like “sidewalk generals”. If you haven’t ever marched in a protest march, or been a mother like Cindy Sheehan who lost her son in a misbegotten military action and was mistreated by a street cop, or been a Black or Latino, be a little more careful with your tongue. I might also add that those of us who have served in the military have sucked at the tit of government largess and shouldn’t throw stones at the vulnerable who also need that largess. that what government is supposed to do.The GI Bill was no different than help for citizens with health care, college, schooling, or just a decent life until they can find a job. In fact a provision of the GI bill for WW II veterans let us join the 52/20 Club which gave us $20 a week for 52 weeks until we could find a job or use another part of the Bill for education or to buy a house. And the VA is also part of that payback to citizens who just happened to be in the military. I’m really pretty disappointed in the self centered comments that have surfaced for an article about a woman and mother who had the guts to confront power with little chance of getting her son back. Shame! Now wait a minute, “traven”!! Those of us who were pressganged into doing our time in the military were hardly VOLUNTARILY sucking at anybody’s teat! It would be another story to talk about Colonels, Generals and Admirals drawing handsome pensions for life after doing 25 or 30 years. Those expenditures of taxpayer dollars probably take a bigger slice of the Federal Budget pie chart than John Q. Public realizes. I am confident the Founding Fathers would be totally aghast at the bloated military beast of today, especially since many of them didn’t even support having a standing army! I just caught this at Glenn Greenwald’s website, the Intercept: After Dallas Shootings, Police Arrest People for Criticizing Cops on Facebook and Twitter. Yep. You’d better watch what you say on social media about Officer Friendly, fellow Crimestoppers. He or she may feel compelled to courteously invite you — like Cindy Sheehan — to spend some time as an honored guest in a local, unheated jail cell with vomit all over the floor because of something that he or she didn’t like hearing while listening-in to a conversation that the police had no business “monitoring.” It seems to me that Officer Friendly of the Dallas Police Department simply has too much idle time on his or her hands — what with making all those staged group propaganda pictures for Homeland Security and all. As Bod Dylan put it many decades ago: “Up on Housing Project Hill It’s either fortune or fame You must pick up one or the other Though neither of them are to be what they claim If you’re lookin’ to get silly You better go back to from where you came Because the cops don’t need you And man they expect the same.” — Bob Dylan, Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues I wonder. When does Officer Friendly of the Dallas Police Department make these arrests for “saying unkind stuff about cops” on Facebook? In broad daylight? Or, under the cover of darkness? Does he or she need a warrant? Where would he or she get one? You know. All that Constitutional nonsense like the right to freedom of speech, assembly, security in one’s home against unreasonable searches and seizures. That sort of thing. But how, “friendly.” Yes. Certainly. Friendly. As Chris Hedges describes this benign, courteous and non-threatening environment: “Police officers carry out random acts of legalized murder against poor people of color not because they are racist, although they may be, or even because they are rogue cops, but because impoverished urban communities have evolved into miniature police states.” “Police can stop citizens at will, question and arrest them without probable cause, kick down doors in the middle of the night on the basis of warrants for nonviolent offenses, carry out wholesale surveillance, confiscate property and money and hold people—some of them innocent—in county jails for years before forcing them to accept plea agreements that send them to prison for decades. They can also, largely with impunity, murder them.” But all done in the most “friendly” manner, don’t you know. The Friendly Police State. What a concept. As Chris Hedges also writes in his excellent article: Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror: “This is by design”. “The rhetoric of compassion, even outrage, by the political class over the police murders in Baton Rouge, La., and near St. Paul, Minn., will not be translated into change until the poor are granted full constitutional rights and police are accountable to the law. The corporate state, however, which is expanding the numbers of poor through austerity and deindustrialization, has no intention of instituting anything more than cosmetic reform.” “Globalization has created a serious problem of “surplus” or “redundant” labor in deindustrialized countries. The corporate state has responded to the phenomenon of “surplus” labor with state terror and mass incarceration. It has built a physical and legal mechanism that lurks like a plague bacillus within the body politic to be imposed, should wider segments of society resist, on all of us.” The Bottom Line here for the downwardly dropping middle class and working class poor in America: (1) “The corporate state has responded to the phenomenon of “surplus” labor with state terror and mass incarceration … and has no intention of instituting anything more than cosmetic reform.” (2) “[No] change until the poor are granted full constitutional rights and police are accountable to the law.” (3) Finally, and most importantly to recognize, all this bad shit for the working class and urban poor has not happened by accident. “This is by design.” OK, but just who designed this trans-national, global corporate oligarchy that owns and operates the U.S. government as a thoroughly privatized, for-profit subsidiary that currently goes by the innocuous name of “Neoliberalism.” Well, Professor Milton Friedman of the University of Chicago, for one. As Naomi Klein has explained things to us in her classic study The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism: “… For Milton Friedman …the entire concept of a state-run school system reeked of socialism. In his view, the state’s sole functions were ‘to protect our freedom [i.e., property and privileges] both from the enemies outside our gates and from our fellow-citizens: to preserve law and order, to enforce private contracts, to foster competitive markets.’ In other words, to supply the police and the soldiers – anything else, including providing free education, was an unfair interference in the market.” So we must understand that for the Chicago School Neoliberal corporate oligarchy, what we call “government” legitimately consists of nothing but soldiers, cops, and guards (which includes the “elite” political class) paid for by the taxpaying public but subservient to the interests of private stockholders alone. Any attempt to use government for the benefit of the general, working-class public cannot and will not be tolerated by the people with all the money. for them, taxes are the just lot and responsibility of the working people. Profits and privilege are the entitlement of the wealthy. “Rich man’s war, poor man’s fight.” As always. For, as Naomi Klein reminds us: “The best time to invest is when there is still blood on the ground.” “… the parties with the most to gain never show up on the battlefield.” “… extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.” In light of the above observations, then, let us insist that Officer Friendly — from President Obama down to the lowest-paid cop, grunt, or guard — spend less time smiling and having their picture taken looking harmless for the camera and more time working for us who pay their salaries instead of for those who profit from our misery and mistreatment. I realize that this will not probably happen — at least right away — since, as Upton Sinclair said: “It is difficult to get a man to see the truth when his salary depends on him not seeing it.” Too many salaries [and careers] depend on too many men and women not seeing the truth. So the profitable lies proliferate. How to do something about those perverse incentives seems like the order of the day, to me. But where to start? How about enforcing the corporate anti-trust laws already on the legal books of the country? I mean, if President Obama can dredge up the “Espionage Act” of World War I in order to punish whistleblowers who only want to keep us informed about governmental perfidy and abuse of power, then why can’t the next president bust up and tax lawless corporations, lying CEOs, parasitic stock manipulators, and just plain crooked bankers like Republican President Theodore Roosevelt once did? Why can’t You-Know-Her do something like that? I know. Stupid question. With an “opponent” like billionaire business fraud Donald Trump promising more aide to the Zionist Occupation of Palestine, bigger budgets for the already hopelessly bloated and inept U.S. military monstrosity, not to mention more wars on Muslims and huge tax cuts for the already super-rich like himself, what does You-Know-Her have to do but wait for her inevitable coronation so that she can do exactly what Donald Trump says he would do as President. Why would anyone want to vote for a Republican when they can vote for a Clinton and “get done” everything that Republicans say they want to get done but never seem to accomplish once in office? How depressing. But a good thing for me that I’ve got Cindy Sheehan’s example to give me hope. Her implacable defiance and non-violent civil disobedience remind me of Gandhi whose friends and advisers cautioned him not to take on the British forces who occupied and ran his country. “They will beat and kill you for disobeying,” they told him. “Then” replied Gandhi, “they will have my dead and broken body. But they will not have my obedience.” Milton Friedman’s Neoliberal presidents, soldiers, cops, and guards can harass, arrest, and incarcerate Cindy Sheehan all they want. But what infuriates them beyond measure is that they simply cannot obtain from her by violence what they want more than anything: her obedience. America could sure use a few million more people just like her. Mike–Yes, Milton Friedman is revered in “Libertarian” circles. This slimy, insidious philosophy, which so few Americans even understand–many simply think they’re generally in favor of civil liberties, and what’s wrong with that?–is the dominant ideology in the Modern Republican Party. Has been for quite some time, in fact. And now we face the prospect of Vice President Newt Gingrich?!? “God Save the Republic!!” Mike–“Kicking down doors,” a la Iraq and Afghanistan, is an excellent image to tie in domestic to foreign policy and vice versa. And hardly a new practice if you think back to the assaults on the Black Panther Party in the ’60s and ’70s. You would think by now users of social media would understand that if they post comments publicly that may be (realistically or merely “conveniently”) interpreted as inciting violence against authority, they’re going to get traced and tracked down. NBC Evening News on July 13 did a segment on the security preparations to protect Fortress GOP in Cleveland next week. They interviewed a Trump supporter who planned to be present on the streets as a counter to those opposed to Trump. He stated he didn’t plan to bring a firearm, but he couldn’t vouch for his brethren. (Ohio is an “open carry” state for weapons, it seems.) Talk about a “thinly veiled threat,” huh?!? http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/07/13/gestapo-america.html The morning after the Orlando shooting Obama used the expression “radicalized by the Internet.” Three days later he trotted it out again. The Senate vote on the legislation that gets run up was too close to think it won’t be coming back up. There is similar legislation being considered in Britain. Gregory Herr–The link you provided is not working at this moment. (Coincidence?) But I just want to quickly note that the Internet is awash in extreme rightwing, racist, Neo-Nazi websites just as surely as it contains “jihadist” material. In the wake of the tragedy in Nice, France we may be confident the fearmongers will be out and about, loudly. The mind-conditioning will continue until the citizens are downright EAGER to embrace martial law. Re: Mike’s comment about schools. I saw where public schools are now being referred to as “government” schools. I think this was in Kansas or Ohio. Yes, the whole idea of public servants, public schools, public health, the common wealth, is ruthlessly under attack by forces that want to privatize everything for power and profit. Of course, this affects police as well. There are now many private police forces, and obviously their loyalty is to their employer and paymaster. After reading recently that the Venezuelan military is taking over responsibility for national for food distribution, we should not be so rough on our private sector. When the so-called private sector runs a cartel that refuses to sell food to the population — in order to try and foment the overthrow of the government or artificially run up the price of goods and services to fatten profits — someone has to distribute food to starving people. How many times do we have to witness this Milton Friedman, Chicago School, Shock Doctrine, Disaster Capital, Regime Change scam playing out in some third-world country that American global corporations consider entitled to plunder? And why would you associate “our” private sector with what happens in Venezuela? Do you fear a cascading fall of “dominoes” from down south should Americans witness a government whose military actually feeds people instead of simply killing them while laundering unaudited billions of dollars a year upwards to some unidentified stockholders with post-office-box corporate “headquarters” in the Cayman Islands or Bahamas? Don’t you have enough to deal with in America what with the for-profit, convict labor prison business demanding their “entitlement” to more incarcerated American citizens? As the Venezuelans would no doubt say: “Yanqui go home!” Americans need to worry less about what happens in other countries while their own national house smells of broken sewer pipes — literally. The so-called private sector in the United States doesn’t seem all that good at fixing things anymore. Breaking? Yes. Fixing? Not so much. The last I heard, U.S. corporations have mostly given up on making stuff any more and just take free money handouts from the Fed to use in buying back their stock so as to jack up its price which leads to bigger bonuses and golden parachutes for executives who then bail out for the Bahamas leaving their companies wallowing in debt. I only have a simple bachelor’s degree in Economics, but, yes, I do think I understand the so-called private sector in America. Financial fraud and flim-flam, mostly. I was not aware of this, but it’s not surprising. Kansas and Ohio are home to some of the most looney-tunes rightwing politicians of our time. So I guess the “government schools” are the ones that still teach that Satanic notion of evolution and the like!! Well, if I have to ally myself with Satan to defend evolution…I’m okay with that!! Bill: “privatization” means nothing more than “public money in private pockets,” or, as we used to call it in more honest times, “looting of the public treasury.” You know, like no-bid contract awards to Halliburton corporation so that it might pay out even bigger wads of cash to its former “CEO” Dick Cheney who just happened to be “serving” in the “government” that handed out the contracts. “Conflict of interest” doesn’t even begin to describe the corruption currently masquerading as the U.S. Government, Inc. Perhaps the English language has simply ran out of words suitable for naming the organized rape of an entire national economy. I’ve been out of school “for a while” myself, but I don’t doubt that our public school systems are in a sorry state, and doubtless there are many, many factors at work. But during Dubya’s 2004 re-election campaign (if I’m remembering accurately), the GOP somehow “discovered” that unionized teachers were Domestic Public Enemy #1. Dismantling public education is clearly the goal. Being the terribly old-fashioned curmudgeon I am, I will go to my grave still objecting vigorously to one penny of my taxes going to fund a religion-based “charter school.” It’s bad enough the citizenry has to subsidize religious activity by making up for the property and other types of taxes THEY are exempted from! O’ Thomas Jefferson, where are you when we really need you?!? 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__label__cc	0.717889	0.282111	Posts Tagged ‘ addiction ’ Harvest is wrapping up on the Idaho home front. My cousin sent a report a while back that one of our fields registered a record-breaking 133 bushels per acre. I got that report during a particularly rough week in Bangkok during which I was struggling to hang on to hope of a fruitful harvest with a few cases here. A series of drug relapses were causing downward spirals among a few students. These added to several health crises and a myriad of other issues in our community, not to mention a few more heartbreaking nights of outreach where we realize just how much it’s going to take to break these cycles of broken rural families sending broken women to work in broken bar districts frequented by broken foreign men… Taken together, it tipped the scale enough to trigger questions and emotions that I didn’t particularly want to face. I sat reading this bright email from home, 8000 miles away, and feeling much further even than that from a bountiful harvest. And then I remembered. I was around eight years old. We had a bumper crop in the fields; just waiting for another week of sun to ripen it and ready it for harvest. We came home from church, shared our Sunday family dinner, and sat on the porch to watch a storm roll in. But this one wasn’t an ordinary storm. It carried enough hailstones to destroy that bumper crop in a matter of minutes. I wasn’t very old, but I knew enough to know the consequences of those hailstones. Completely out of our control. Completely devastating. But oddly, I don’t remember the devastation as much as I remember the reaction of my dad. We watched in silence as the storm came and went. He calmly got up, smiled, and said “There’s always next year.” Dad illustrated a lesson for me that year that I’ve revisited many times since: We have the responsibility to plant and tend, but ultimately we’re asked to hold loosely to the work of OUR hands and instead trust in the work of GOD’s. Put differently, harvest doesn’t always look the way we’d like it to look. It doesn’t always fit into nice spreadsheets or “win” columns. For me, that year of a destroyed crop provided more fruit than a bumper crop would have. It gave me a picture of faith, and of faithfulness. It’s a picture that reminds me that success doesn’t always mean seeing the fruit of our labor in the near term. Success means faithfulness over the long term. It means faithfulness to the calling you’ve received, and more importantly, to the One who called. “…if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday…” — Isaiah 58:10	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1070
__label__wiki	0.891504	0.891504	Man's Quest to Explore Under the Sea Donating Objects Tours and Educational Programs Support & Sustain Membership Museum In Motion Museum Staff & Board Bauer Diving History Research Library Wish for a Fish -Cat in the Hat Home / Children's Books / Wish for a Fish -Cat in the Hat Wish for a Fish -Cat in the Hat quantity I’m the Cat in the Hat, and I hear that you wish, to go down to the sea, and visit the fish.” And so Dr. Seuss’ famous feline plunges young readers from the sunny surface waters to the deepest ocean trenches in search of an amazing array of marine creatures. This title forms part of a series of books that takes an off-beat look at natural history through a fun combination of Seussian rhymes and zany illustrations. Aimed at early readers — from four to seven years old — the books are designed to bridge the gap between concept books written for preschoolers and more formal non fiction titles that require fluent reading skills. Good Night Coast Guard Hark! A Shark! -Cat in the Hat Whale of a Tale -Cat in the Hat Eagle Ray by Devin Riggh Ages 11 – 15 82990 Overseas Hwy, Islamorada, FL 33036 info@divingmuseum.org Open 10-5 Daily The History of Diving Museum is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The Museum is dedicated to the preservation, education and exhibition of the History of Diving, with emphasis on the contributions of South Florida and the Florida Keys. Our tax ID number is 65-1037158. We are also registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to solicit contributions (Reg. No. CH32796). Copyright © 2020 History Of Diving Museum \| Powered by applied fusion	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1076
__label__cc	0.659354	0.340646	Home » Hardware » What is WebOS on a TV? What is WebOS on a TV? Dave Farquhar Hardware October 22, 2018 November 19, 2018 0 Comment If you’re shopping for a smart TV, you might find the word WebOS and perhaps a version number listed in the features. That raises a question. What is WebOS on a TV, and should you care? Possibly. What is WebOS? What is WebOS? It was originally a mobile operating system developed by Palm for smartphones like this Palm Pixi. If you have a long memory, you may remember Palm. Palm made pre-smartphone handheld organizers that outsold Apple’s Newton in the 90s. When smartphones kicked dedicated organizers to the curb, Palm developed a mobile operating system called WebOS. It was based on the Linux kernel and provided a graphical user interface with touch capability, similar in many respects to Google’s Android. And Palm fully intended to try to compete with Android and the rest of the smartphone market. It didn’t go so well for them, and in 2010 they put the company up for sale. In April 2010, Hewlett Packard acquired Palm to get WebOS and hatched great plans to go head to head with Apple, using WebOS to compete with all of Apple’s phones and tablets and MP3 players. Maybe HP could find some of that ’90s Palm mojo and beat Apple again. The HP Touchpad tablet computer was a flop along the lines of the Coleco Adam and the IBM PCjr. It flopped so badly that HP pulled the plug after just two months, fired CEO Leo Apotheker, and considered getting out of not just mobile devices but even PCs and notebook computers. HP had a grand vision for loading WebOS on its PCs alongside Windows and on any device that had a CPU in it, but that vision died with the Touchpad. HP sold off the Palm intellectual property over time, scattering it to the wind, and even released an open source edition. But what is WebOS on a TV? What is WebOS on a TV? It’s an operating system that lets you load apps on a smart TV to stream media or surf the web. But what does any of this have to do with TVs? What is WebOS on a TV? In 2013, LG, one of the larger makers of TVs, licensed WebOS with the intent of turning it into a smart TV platform. From LG’s point of view, putting WebOS on a TV gives them more control than they would have if they simply licensed technology from someone like Roku. And it certainly fits with HP’s initial 2010 vision of loading WebOS on anything and everything. LG also loads WebOS on its smart projectors and smart refrigerators. From your point of view, probably all you care about is whether there are apps available so you can stream content from whatever streaming providers you use, such as Netflix and Hulu. Fortunately, there are. Webos apps exist for every major streaming provider I checked. You can even assign streaming apps to their own button on the remote. And, as the name implies, WebOS does provide a web browser. I would, however, recommend you install Google Chrome and use it instead. There is a version of Chrome available for WebOS. WebOS TVs and security I make my living as a security professional, and we’ve been concerned about smart TV security for several years. There was a rash of LG smart TVs getting hit with ransomware a couple of years back, and in one case a security professional had to choose between paying a $500 ransom or paying LG $340 for a service call. LG eventually helped him reset the TV and didn’t charge him. But we have other concerns too besides ransomware, such as the lack of updates most smart TVs get. From that point of view at least, LG’s current WebOS-based TVs are better. WebOS 3.5 received a UL certification for security called UL CAP. UL’s tests ensure the TV’s application security, software falsification protection, engineer mode hacking protection, and authentication. Also, critically, you can configure the TV to check for automatic updates, so it will update itself like a PC. I still would never buy a smart TV that contained a camera or a microphone. While it might seem cool to make video calls from your living room using your TV, I’m concerned about the possibility of a rogue application activating the camera and/or microphone. If you want to make video calls with a smart TV, use a USB webcam that you can unplug when you’re not using it. If you’ve already bought a smart TV with a built-in camera, cover the camera when you aren’t using it. Maybe you’re OK with strangers peeking into your living room, but there are other rooms in your house you certainly wouldn’t be OK with. Any competent security professional will tell you there is no perfect security, only acceptable risk. But an LG WebOS-based smart TV is the first smart TV I would consider buying and connecting up to my network. As long as I can find one without a camera and microphone. What is WebOS: In conclusion It’s somewhat ironic, perhaps, that Palm developed WebOS for 4-inch mobile screens and today LG is using it on 55-inch screens and refrigerators–basically anything immobile. Meanwhile, LG’s phones all run Android. WebOS didn’t live up to the expectation of challenging Apple in the mobile world, but at least it’s not a completely dead project and it’s carving out a niche. Importantly, it’s one of the only so-called Internet-of-Things operating systems that seems to be making much of an effort at being secure. I have to give LG props for that. ← Commodore 64 motherboard revisions How to make a hanging indent in Word →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1079
__label__wiki	0.778214	0.778214	Archive for November 12th, 2018\|Daily archive page Ram 1500: 2019 Motor Trend Truck of the Year Finalist WE LIKE New eTorque V-8, high-quality interiors across the line WE DON’T LIKE Base eTorque V-6 could use a bit more low-end power It’s gotta be tough playing third fiddle in the truck sales race to the Ford F-Series and Chevrolet Silverado, but FCA’s Ram team seemed to have turned any animosity it has toward its crosstown rivals into a new pickup that ought to have them looking over their shoulders. The fifth-generation 2019 Ram 1500, the first version of Ram’s light-duty pickup developed outside the Dodge brand envelope, does a fantastic job of staying true to the 1500’s heritage while still keeping an eye toward the future. Ram brass freed its engineers from chasing down the (relatively) lightweight Ford F-150‘s segment-best payload and towing figures so that they could focus on a holistic approach to improving performance and fuel economy. The driver behind that is largely Ram’s new lineup of eTorque mild-hybrid engines, which use small electric starter-generators paired with a tiny 0.43-kW-hr battery to help the stop/start system and provide a minor torque assist while cruising so the standard eight-speed automatic doesn’t need to downshift. The new eTorque technology is standard on the base 305-hp 3.6-liter V-6 and available on the 395-hp 5.7-liter V-8. A non-eTorque version of the V-8 is also available. The base eTorque V-6 feels gutsy for such a small engine, though we noted it felt like it made most of its power higher in its powerband. Additional low-end torque would be welcome, especially when towing and hauling. Both V-8s felt smooth and powerful, even with a trailer attached, but especially the eTorque one. “I find the eTorque drivetrain a bit smoother through the revs and shifts and when accelerating up steep grades,” features editor Scott Evans said. The 1500’s handsome, aerodynamic sheetmetal won praise from our judges, as did the range of new interiors. From the volume Big Horn models to the top-trim Limited, the new Rams sport high-quality interior materials and supremely functional designs. Although Ram may not lead the pickup sales race, its refresh should make even the most brand-loyal Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, Nissan, and Toyota buyers think twice. Read more at: https://www.motortrend.com/cars/ram/1500/2019/ram-1500-2019-truck-of-the-year-finalist/	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1081
__label__cc	0.516244	0.483756	Home / Daily Dose / Ohio Still Fifth in Foreclosures Despite Drop Ohio Still Fifth in Foreclosures Despite Drop in Daily Dose, Foreclosure, Headlines, Market Studies, News August 19, 2014 466 Views Ohio ranks fifth in the nation in foreclosure activity in July even after a 24 percent decrease from a year ago, according to recently released data from RealtyTrac. RealtyTrac's July 2014 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report showed one in every 839 housing units in Ohio (0.12 percent) with some type of foreclosure activity, which is higher than the national average of 0.08 percent. "The Ohio markets have noticed an overall reduction in sales volume since the first of the year as well as reduction in foreclosure sales volume throughout the state," said Michael Mahon, EVP/broker at Ohio-based HER Realtors. "As prices continue to rise, our anticipation is that foreclosures will continue to decline as home owners experience restored, higher equity levels." Ohio's foreclosure rate of 0.12 percent ranked the Buckeye State fifth in the nation, according to RealtyTrac. Ahead of Ohio in spots one through four, respectively, were Florida (one in 469), Maryland (one in 553), Nevada (one in 639), and Illinois (one in 747). Montana had the lowest foreclosure rate with one in every 25, 337. Ohio's 24 percent year-over-year decrease in foreclosures was well ahead of the national average, which was 16 percent, according to RealtyTrac. July was the 11th consecutive month in which the foreclosure rate went down month-over-month in Ohio. According to the RealtyTrac report, one in every 1,203 housing units in the nation had a foreclosure filing in July. Overall, 109,434 housing units in the country were in foreclosure in July. July was the 11th consecutive month in which the foreclosure rate went down month-over-month in Ohio. foreclosure rate Ohio RealtyTrac 2014-08-19 Brian Honea Tagged with: foreclosure rate Ohio RealtyTrac Previous: CFPB Warns Servicers to Follow Loan Transfer Rules Next: National MI Announces MortgagebotLOS Integration About Author: Brian Honea Brian Honea's writing and editing career spans nearly two decades across many forms of media. He served as sports editor for two suburban newspaper chains in the DFW area and has freelanced for such publications as the Yahoo! Contributor Network, Dallas Home Improvement magazine, and the Dallas Morning News. He has written four non-fiction sports books, the latest of which, The Life of Coach Chuck Curtis, was published by the TCU Press in December 2014. A lifelong Texan, Brian received his master's degree from Amberton University in Garland. The Fed’s Contingency Plan for the Next Recession What role could housing play in economic growth over the next year? Click through to find out.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1090
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People With Dementia (By Age) in the Barrow and Furness Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Basildon and Billericay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Basingstoke Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bassetlaw Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Batley and Spen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Battersea Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Beaconsfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Beckenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bedford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bermondsey and Old Southwark Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Berwick-upon-Tweed Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bethnal Green and Bow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Beverley and Holderness Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bexhill and Battle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bexleyheath and Crayford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birkenhead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Edgbaston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Erdington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Hall Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Hodge Hill Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Ladywood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Northfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Perry Barr Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Selly Oak Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Yardley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bishop Auckland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackley and Broughton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackpool North and Cleveleys Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackpool South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blaenau Gwent Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blaydon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blyth Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bolsover Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bolton North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bolton South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bolton West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bootle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Boston and Skegness Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bosworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bournemouth East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bournemouth West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bracknell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bradford East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bradford South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bradford West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Braintree Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brecon and Radnorshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brent Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brent North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brentford and Isleworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brentwood and Ongar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bridgend Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bridgwater and West Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brigg and Goole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brighton - Kemptown Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brighton - Pavilion Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Broadland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bromley and Chislehurst Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bromsgrove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Broxbourne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Broxtowe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Buckingham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Burnley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Burton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bury North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bury South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bury St Edmunds Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Caerphilly Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Caithness Sutherland and Ross Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Calder Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Camberwell and Peckham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Camborne and Redruth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cambridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cannock Chase Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Canterbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff South and Penarth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carlisle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carshalton and Wallington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Castle Point Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Central Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ceredigion Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Charnwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chatham and Aylesford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cheadle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chelmsford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chelsea and Fulham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cheltenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chesham and Amersham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chesterfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chichester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chingford and Woodford Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chippenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chipping Barnet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chorley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Christchurch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cities of London and Westminster Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the City of Chester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the City of Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clacton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cleethorpes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clwyd South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clwyd West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clydebank and Milngavie Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clydesdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coatbridge and Chryston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Colchester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Colne Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Congleton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Copeland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Corby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coventry North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coventry North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coventry South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cowdenbeath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Crawley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Crewe and Nantwich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Croydon Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Croydon North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Croydon South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cunninghame North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cunninghame South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cynon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dagenham and Rainham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Darlington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dartford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Daventry Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Delyn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Denton and Reddish Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Derby North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Derby South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Derbyshire Dales Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Devizes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dewsbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Don Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Doncaster Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Doncaster North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dover Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dudley North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dudley South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dulwich and West Norwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dumbarton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dumfriesshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dundee City East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dundee City West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dunfermline Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ealing - Southall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ealing Central and Acton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ealing North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Easington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Ham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Kilbride Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Lothian Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Surrey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Worthing and Shoreham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Yorkshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastbourne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastleigh Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eddisbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Eastern Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Northern and Leith Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Pentlands Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Southern Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Western Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edmonton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ellesmere Port and Neston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Elmet and Rothwell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eltham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Enfield - Southgate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Enfield North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Epping Forest Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Epsom and Ewell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Erewash Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Erith and Thamesmead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Esher and Walton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ettrick Roxburgh and Berwickshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Exeter Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Falkirk East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Falkirk West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Fareham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Faversham and Mid Kent Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Feltham and Heston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Filton and Bradley Stoke Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Finchley and Golders Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Folkestone and Hythe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Forest of Dean Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Fylde Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gainsborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Galloway and West Dumfries Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Garston and Halewood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gateshead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gedling Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gillingham and Rainham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gloucester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gosport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gower Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Grantham and Stamford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gravesham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Great Grimsby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Great Yarmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Greenwich and Woolwich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Guildford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hackney North and Stoke Newington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hackney South and Shoreditch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halesowen and Rowley Regis Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halifax Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Haltemprice and Howden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hammersmith Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hampstead and Kilburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harlow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrogate and Knaresborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrow East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrow West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hartlepool Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harwich and North Essex Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hastings and Rye Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Havant Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hayes and Harlington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hazel Grove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hemel Hempstead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hemsworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hendon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Henley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hereford and South Herefordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hertford and Stortford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hertsmere Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hexham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Heywood and Middleton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the High Peak Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hitchin and Harpenden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Holborn and St Pancras Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hornchurch and Upminster Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hornsey and Wood Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Horsham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Houghton and Sunderland South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Huddersfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Huntingdon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hyndburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ilford North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ilford South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ipswich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Isle of Wight Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islington North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islington South and Finsbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islwyn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Keighley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kenilworth and Southam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kensington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kettering Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston and Surbiton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingswood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Knowsley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lancaster and Fleetwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leigh Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham - Deptford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham West and Penge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leyton and Wanstead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lincoln Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Riverside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Walton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Wavertree Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - West Derby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Llanelli Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Loughborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Louth and Horncastle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ludlow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Macclesfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidenhead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidstone and The Weald Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Makerfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maldon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Gorton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Withington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mansfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meriden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Dorset and North Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Sussex Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Worcestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mitcham and Morden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mole Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Monmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Montgomeryshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morecambe and Lunesdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morley and Outwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Na h-Eileanan an Iar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Neath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newark Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle-under-Lyme Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newton Abbot Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Normanton - Pontefract and Castleford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Herefordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Shropshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Tyneside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Warwickshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nuneaton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ogmore Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Old Bexley and Sidcup Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham East and Saddleworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham West and Royton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Orpington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford West and Abingdon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pendle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penistone and Stocksbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penrith and The Border Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Peterborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Moor View Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Sutton and Devonport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pontypridd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poplar and Limehouse Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preseli Pembrokeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pudsey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Putney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rayleigh and Wickford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redcar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redditch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reigate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rhondda Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ribble Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond (Yorks) Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond Park Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochester and Strood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochford and Southend East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romsey and Southampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rossendale and Darwen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rother Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rotherham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rugby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ruislip Northwood and Pinner Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Runnymede and Weybridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rushcliffe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rutland and Melton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Saffron Walden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salford and Eccles Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salisbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scarborough and Whitby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scunthorpe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sedgefield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sefton Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Selby and Ainsty Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sevenoaks Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Brightside and Hillsborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Hallam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Heeley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sherwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shipley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shrewsbury and Atcham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Skipton and Ripon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sleaford and North Hykeham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Slough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Solihull Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Somerton and Frome Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Basildon and East Thurrock Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Holland and The Deepings Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Northamptonshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Ribble Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Shields Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Staffordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Suffolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Surrey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Itchen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Test Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southend West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Spelthorne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Albans Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Austell and Newquay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens South and Whiston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Ives Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stafford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Staffordshire Moorlands Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stalybridge and Hyde Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stevenage Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stone Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stourbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stratford-on-Avon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Streatham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stretford and Urmston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stroud Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Suffolk Coastal Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sunderland Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Surrey Heath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton and Cheam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton Coldfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tamworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tatton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Taunton Deane Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Telford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tewkesbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the The Cotswolds Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the The Wrekin Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thirsk and Malton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thornbury and Yate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thurrock Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tiverton and Honiton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tonbridge and Malling Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tooting Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torbay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torfaen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torridge and West Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Totnes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tottenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Truro and Falmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tunbridge Wells Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Twickenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tynemouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vale of Clwyd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vale of Glamorgan Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vauxhall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wakefield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wallasey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walsall North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walsall South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walthamstow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wansbeck Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wantage Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warrington North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warrington South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warwick and Leamington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Washington and Sunderland West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Watford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Waveney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wealden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Weaver Vale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wellingborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wells Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Welwyn Hatfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wentworth and Dearne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Bromwich East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Bromwich West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Ham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Lancashire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Suffolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Worcestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Westminster North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Westmorland and Lonsdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Weston-Super-Mare Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wigan Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wimbledon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Winchester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Windsor Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wirral South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wirral West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Witham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Witney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Woking Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wokingham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton South West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worcester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Workington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worsley and Eccles South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worthing West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wrexham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wycombe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wyre and Preston North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wyre Forest Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wythenshawe and Sale East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Yeovil Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ynys Môn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the York Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the York Outer Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Airedale Wharfedale and Craven CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Ashford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Aylesbury Vale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barking & Dagenham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barnet CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barnsley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bassetlaw CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bedfordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bexley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Birmingham CrossCity CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Birmingham South and Central CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Blackpool CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bolton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bradford City CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bradford Districts CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Brent CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Brighton & Hove CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bristol CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bromley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bury CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Calderdale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Camden CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Cannock Chase CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Canterbury and Coastal CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Castle Point and Rochford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Central London (Westminster) CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Central Manchester CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Chiltern CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS City and Hackney CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board Authority, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHSCBA), Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Corby CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Coventry and Rugby CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Crawley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Croydon CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Cumbria CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Darlington CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Doncaster CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Dorset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Dudley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Durham Dales Easington and Sedgefield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Ealing CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Lancashire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Riding of Yorkshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Staffordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Surrey CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Eastbourne Hailsham and Seaford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Eastern Cheshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Enfield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Erewash CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Fareham and Gosport CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Fylde & Wyre CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Gateshead CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Gloucestershire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Great Yarmouth & Waveney CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Greater Preston CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Greenwich CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Guildford and Waverley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Halton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hambleton Richmondshire and Whitby CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hardwick CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Haringey CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Harrogate and Rural District CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Harrow CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hastings & Rother CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Havering CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Herefordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Herts Valleys CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Heywood Middleton & Rochdale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hillingdon CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hounslow CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hull CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Isle of Wight CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Islington CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Kernow CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Kingston CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Knowsley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lambeth CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lancashire North CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Leeds North CCG, Number of People With 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Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Kilbride Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Lothian Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Surrey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Worthing and Shoreham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Yorkshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastbourne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastleigh Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eddisbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Eastern Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Northern and Leith Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Pentlands Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Southern Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Western Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edmonton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ellesmere Port and Neston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Elmet and Rothwell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eltham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Enfield - Southgate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Enfield North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Epping Forest Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Epsom and Ewell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Erewash Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Erith and Thamesmead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Esher and Walton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ettrick Roxburgh and Berwickshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Exeter Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Falkirk East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Falkirk West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Fareham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Faversham and Mid Kent Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Feltham and Heston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Filton and Bradley Stoke Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Finchley and Golders Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Folkestone and Hythe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Forest of Dean Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Fylde Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gainsborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Galloway and West Dumfries Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Garston and Halewood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gateshead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gedling Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gillingham and Rainham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gloucester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gosport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gower Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Grantham and Stamford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gravesham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Great Grimsby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Great Yarmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Greenwich and Woolwich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Guildford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hackney North and Stoke Newington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hackney South and Shoreditch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halesowen and Rowley Regis Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halifax Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Haltemprice and Howden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hammersmith Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hampstead and Kilburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harlow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrogate and Knaresborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrow East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrow West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hartlepool Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harwich and North Essex Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hastings and Rye Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Havant Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hayes and Harlington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hazel Grove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hemel Hempstead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hemsworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hendon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Henley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hereford and South Herefordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hertford and Stortford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hertsmere Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hexham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Heywood and Middleton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the High Peak Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hitchin and Harpenden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Holborn and St Pancras Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hornchurch and Upminster Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hornsey and Wood Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Horsham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Houghton and Sunderland South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Huddersfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Huntingdon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hyndburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ilford North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ilford South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ipswich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Isle of Wight Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islington North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islington South and Finsbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islwyn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Keighley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kenilworth and Southam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kensington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kettering Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston and Surbiton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingswood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Knowsley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lancaster and Fleetwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leigh Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham - Deptford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham West and Penge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leyton and Wanstead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lincoln Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Riverside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Walton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Wavertree Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - West Derby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Llanelli Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Loughborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Louth and Horncastle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ludlow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Macclesfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidenhead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidstone and The Weald Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Makerfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maldon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Gorton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Withington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mansfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meriden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Dorset and North Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Sussex Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Worcestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mitcham and Morden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mole Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Monmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Montgomeryshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morecambe and Lunesdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morley and Outwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Na h-Eileanan an Iar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Neath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newark Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle-under-Lyme Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newton Abbot Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Normanton - Pontefract and Castleford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Herefordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Shropshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Tyneside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Warwickshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nuneaton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ogmore Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Old Bexley and Sidcup Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham East and Saddleworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham West and Royton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Orpington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford West and Abingdon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pendle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penistone and Stocksbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penrith and The Border Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Peterborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Moor View Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Sutton and Devonport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pontypridd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poplar and Limehouse Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preseli Pembrokeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pudsey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Putney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rayleigh and Wickford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redcar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redditch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reigate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rhondda Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ribble Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond (Yorks) Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond Park Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochester and Strood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochford and Southend East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romsey and Southampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rossendale and Darwen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rother Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rotherham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rugby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ruislip Northwood and Pinner Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Runnymede and Weybridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rushcliffe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rutland and Melton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Saffron Walden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salford and Eccles Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salisbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scarborough and Whitby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scunthorpe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sedgefield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sefton Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Selby and Ainsty Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sevenoaks Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Brightside and Hillsborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Hallam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Heeley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sherwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shipley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shrewsbury and Atcham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Skipton and Ripon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sleaford and North Hykeham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Slough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Solihull Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Somerton and Frome Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Basildon and East Thurrock Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Holland and The Deepings Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Northamptonshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Ribble Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Shields Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Staffordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Suffolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Surrey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Itchen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Test Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southend West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Spelthorne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Albans Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Austell and Newquay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens South and Whiston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Ives Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stafford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Staffordshire Moorlands Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stalybridge and Hyde Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stevenage Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stone Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stourbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stratford-on-Avon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Streatham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stretford and Urmston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stroud Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Suffolk Coastal Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sunderland Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Surrey Heath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton and Cheam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton Coldfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tamworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tatton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Taunton Deane Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Telford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tewkesbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the The Cotswolds Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the The Wrekin Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thirsk and Malton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thornbury and Yate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thurrock Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tiverton and Honiton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tonbridge and Malling Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tooting Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torbay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torfaen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torridge and West Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Totnes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tottenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Truro and Falmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tunbridge Wells Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Twickenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tynemouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vale of Clwyd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vale of Glamorgan Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vauxhall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People 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Dementia (By Age): NHS Airedale Wharfedale and Craven CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Ashford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Aylesbury Vale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barking & Dagenham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barnet CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barnsley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bassetlaw CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bedfordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bexley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Birmingham CrossCity CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Birmingham South and Central CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Blackpool CCG, Number of People 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Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Slough CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Solihull CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Somerset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Cheshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Devon and Torbay CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South East Staffs and Seisdon and Peninsular CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Eastern Hampshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Gloucestershire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Kent Coast CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Lincolnshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Manchester CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Norfolk CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Reading CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Sefton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South 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of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Surrey Heath CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Sutton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Swale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Swindon CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Telford & Wrekin CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Thanet CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Thurrock CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Tower Hamlets CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Trafford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Vale of York CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Vale Royal CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Wakefield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Walsall CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Waltham Forest CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Wandsworth CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Warrington CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Warwickshire North CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Cheshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Essex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Hampshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Kent CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Lancashire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Leicestershire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West London (K&C & QPP) CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Norfolk CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Suffolk CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Wigan Borough CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Wiltshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Windsor Ascot and Maidenhead CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Wirral CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Wokingham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Wolverhampton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Wyre Forest CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age-Group) in Health Areas Across the UK (2013), Number of People With Dementia (By Age-Group) in Parliamentary Constituencies Across the UK (2013), Number of People With Dementia (By Age-Group) in UK CCGs (2013), Outline of Government’s Efforts to Improve Dementia Diagnosis Care and Research 2015, Parliament, Parliamentarians, Parliamentary Constituencies, Prevalence of Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia: Progress in Year Three, Recorded Dementia Prevalence, Regional Dementia Prevalence, Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy, Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy: 2013-16, South Yorkshire, Statistics on Dementia Prevalence and Diagnosis, Support for Carers, UK Parliament, West Yorkshire \| Leave a comment UK Regional Dementia Prevalence: Local Age Breakdowns (Alzheimer’s Society) Summary Statistics on local dementia prevalence by local authority, clinical commissioning group and parliamentary constituency (based on 2013 data) are available, courtesy of the Alzheimer’s Society and researchers at the London School of Economics and Kings College London. 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Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Perry Barr Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Selly Oak Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Yardley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bishop Auckland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackley and Broughton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackpool North and Cleveleys Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackpool South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blaenau Gwent Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blaydon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blyth Valley 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Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bradford East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bradford South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bradford West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Braintree Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brecon and Radnorshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brent Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brent North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brentford and Isleworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brentwood and Ongar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bridgend Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bridgwater and West Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brigg and Goole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brighton - Kemptown Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brighton - Pavilion Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Broadland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bromley and Chislehurst Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bromsgrove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Broxbourne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Broxtowe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Buckingham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Burnley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Burton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bury North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bury South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bury St Edmunds Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Caerphilly Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Caithness Sutherland and Ross Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Calder Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Camberwell and Peckham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Camborne and Redruth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cambridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cannock Chase Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Canterbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff South and Penarth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carlisle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carshalton and Wallington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Castle Point Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Central Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ceredigion Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Charnwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chatham and Aylesford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cheadle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chelmsford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chelsea and Fulham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cheltenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chesham and Amersham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chesterfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chichester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chingford and Woodford Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chippenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chipping Barnet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chorley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Christchurch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cities of London and Westminster Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the City of Chester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the City of Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clacton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cleethorpes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clwyd South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clwyd West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clydebank and Milngavie Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clydesdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coatbridge and Chryston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Colchester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Colne Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Congleton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Copeland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Corby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coventry North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coventry North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coventry South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cowdenbeath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Crawley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Crewe and Nantwich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Croydon Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Croydon North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Croydon South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cunninghame North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cunninghame South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cynon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dagenham and Rainham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Darlington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dartford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Daventry Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Delyn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Denton and Reddish Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Derby North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Derby South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Derbyshire Dales Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Devizes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dewsbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Don Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Doncaster Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Doncaster North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dover Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dudley North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dudley South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dulwich and West Norwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dumbarton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dumfriesshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dundee City East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dundee City West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dunfermline Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ealing - Southall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ealing Central and Acton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ealing North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Easington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Ham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Kilbride Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Lothian Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Surrey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Worthing and Shoreham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Yorkshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastbourne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastleigh Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eddisbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Eastern Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Northern and Leith Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Pentlands Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Southern Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Western Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edmonton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ellesmere Port and Neston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Elmet and Rothwell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eltham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Enfield - Southgate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Enfield North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Epping Forest Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Epsom and Ewell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Erewash Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Erith and Thamesmead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Esher and Walton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ettrick Roxburgh and Berwickshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Exeter Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Falkirk East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Falkirk West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Fareham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Faversham and Mid Kent Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Feltham and Heston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Filton and Bradley Stoke Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Finchley and Golders Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Folkestone and Hythe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Forest of Dean Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Fylde Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gainsborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Galloway and West Dumfries Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Garston and Halewood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gateshead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gedling Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gillingham and Rainham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gloucester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gosport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gower Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Grantham and Stamford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gravesham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Great Grimsby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Great Yarmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Greenwich and Woolwich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Guildford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hackney North and Stoke Newington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hackney South and Shoreditch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halesowen and Rowley Regis Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halifax Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Haltemprice and Howden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hammersmith Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hampstead and Kilburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harlow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrogate and Knaresborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrow East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrow West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hartlepool Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harwich and North Essex Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hastings and Rye Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Havant Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hayes and Harlington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hazel Grove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hemel Hempstead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hemsworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hendon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Henley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hereford and South Herefordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hertford and Stortford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hertsmere Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hexham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Heywood and Middleton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the High Peak Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hitchin and Harpenden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Holborn and St Pancras Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hornchurch and Upminster Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hornsey and Wood Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Horsham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Houghton and Sunderland South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Huddersfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Huntingdon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hyndburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ilford North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ilford South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ipswich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Isle of Wight Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islington North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islington South and Finsbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islwyn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Keighley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kenilworth and Southam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kensington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kettering Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston and Surbiton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingswood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Knowsley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lancaster and Fleetwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leigh Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham - Deptford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham West and Penge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leyton and Wanstead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lincoln Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Riverside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Walton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Wavertree Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - West Derby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Llanelli Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Loughborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Louth and Horncastle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ludlow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Macclesfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidenhead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidstone and The Weald Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Makerfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maldon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Gorton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Withington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mansfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meriden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Dorset and North Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Sussex Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Worcestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mitcham and Morden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mole Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Monmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Montgomeryshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morecambe and Lunesdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morley and Outwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Na h-Eileanan an Iar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Neath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newark Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle-under-Lyme Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newton Abbot Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Normanton - Pontefract and Castleford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Herefordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Shropshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Tyneside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Warwickshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nuneaton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ogmore Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Old Bexley and Sidcup Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham East and Saddleworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham West and Royton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Orpington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford West and Abingdon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pendle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penistone and Stocksbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penrith and The Border Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Peterborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Moor View Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Sutton and Devonport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pontypridd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poplar and Limehouse Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preseli Pembrokeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pudsey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Putney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rayleigh and Wickford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redcar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redditch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reigate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rhondda Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ribble Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond (Yorks) Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond Park Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochester and Strood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochford and Southend East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romsey and Southampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rossendale and Darwen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rother Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rotherham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rugby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ruislip Northwood and Pinner Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Runnymede and Weybridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rushcliffe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rutland and Melton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Saffron Walden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salford and Eccles Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salisbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scarborough and Whitby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scunthorpe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sedgefield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sefton Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Selby and Ainsty Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sevenoaks Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Brightside and Hillsborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Hallam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Heeley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sherwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shipley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shrewsbury and Atcham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Skipton and Ripon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sleaford and North Hykeham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Slough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Solihull Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Somerton and Frome Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Basildon and East Thurrock Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Holland and The Deepings Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Northamptonshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Ribble Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Shields Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Staffordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Suffolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Surrey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Itchen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Test Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southend West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Spelthorne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Albans Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Austell and Newquay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens South and Whiston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Ives Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stafford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Staffordshire Moorlands Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stalybridge and Hyde Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stevenage Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stone Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stourbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stratford-on-Avon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Streatham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stretford and Urmston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stroud Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Suffolk Coastal Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sunderland Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Surrey Heath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton and Cheam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton Coldfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tamworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tatton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Taunton Deane Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Telford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tewkesbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the The Cotswolds Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the The Wrekin Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thirsk and Malton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thornbury and Yate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thurrock Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tiverton and Honiton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tonbridge and Malling Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tooting Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torbay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torfaen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torridge and West Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Totnes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tottenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Truro and Falmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tunbridge Wells Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Twickenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tynemouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vale of Clwyd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vale of Glamorgan Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vauxhall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wakefield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wallasey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walsall North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walsall South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walthamstow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wansbeck Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wantage Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warrington North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warrington South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warwick and Leamington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Washington and Sunderland West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Watford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Waveney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wealden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Weaver Vale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wellingborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wells Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Welwyn Hatfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wentworth and Dearne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Bromwich East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Bromwich West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Ham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Lancashire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Suffolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Worcestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Westminster North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Westmorland and Lonsdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Weston-Super-Mare Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wigan Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wimbledon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Winchester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Windsor Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wirral South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wirral West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Witham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Witney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Woking Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wokingham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton South West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worcester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Workington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worsley and Eccles South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worthing West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wrexham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wycombe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wyre and Preston North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wyre Forest Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wythenshawe and Sale East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Yeovil Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ynys Môn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the York Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the York Outer Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Airedale Wharfedale and Craven CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Ashford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Aylesbury Vale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barking & Dagenham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barnet CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barnsley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bassetlaw CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bedfordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bexley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Birmingham CrossCity CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Birmingham South and Central CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Blackpool CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bolton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bradford City CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bradford Districts CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Brent CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Brighton & Hove CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bristol CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bromley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bury CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Calderdale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Camden CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Cannock Chase CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Canterbury and Coastal CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Castle Point and Rochford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Central London (Westminster) CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Central Manchester CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Chiltern CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS City and Hackney CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board Authority, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHSCBA), Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Corby CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Coventry and Rugby CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Crawley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Croydon CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Cumbria CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Darlington CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Doncaster CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Dorset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Dudley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Durham Dales Easington and Sedgefield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Ealing CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Lancashire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Riding of Yorkshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Staffordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Surrey CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Eastbourne Hailsham and Seaford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Eastern Cheshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Enfield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Erewash CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Fareham and Gosport CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Fylde & Wyre CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Gateshead CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Gloucestershire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Great Yarmouth & Waveney CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Greater Preston CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Greenwich CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Guildford and Waverley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Halton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hambleton Richmondshire and Whitby CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hardwick CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Haringey CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Harrogate and Rural District CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Harrow CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hastings & Rother CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Havering CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Herefordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Herts Valleys CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Heywood Middleton & Rochdale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hillingdon CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hounslow CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hull CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Isle of Wight CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Islington CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Kernow CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Kingston CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Knowsley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lambeth CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lancashire North CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Leeds North CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Leeds South and East CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Leeds West CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Leicester City CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lewisham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lincolnshire East CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lincolnshire West CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Liverpool CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Luton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Mansfield & Ashfield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Medway CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Merton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Mid Essex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Milton Keynes CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Nene CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Newark & Sherwood CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Newbury and District CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Newcastle North and East CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Newcastle West CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Newham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North & West Reading CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Derbyshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Durham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North East Essex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North East Lincolnshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North East West Devon CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Hampshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Kirklees CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Lincolnshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Manchester CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Norfolk CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Somerset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Staffordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Tyneside CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North West Surrey CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Northumberland CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Norwich CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Nottingham City CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Nottingham North & East CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Nottingham West CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Oldham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Oxfordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Portsmouth CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Redbridge CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Richmond CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Rotherham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Rushcliffe CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Salford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Scarborough and Ryedale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Sheffield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Shropshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Slough CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Solihull CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Somerset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Cheshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Devon and Torbay CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South East Staffs and Seisdon and Peninsular CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Eastern Hampshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Gloucestershire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Kent Coast CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Lincolnshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Manchester CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Norfolk CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Reading CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Sefton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Tees CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Tyneside CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Warwickshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South West Lincolnshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Worcestershire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Southampton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Southend CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Southern Derbyshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Southport and Formby CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Southwark CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS St Helens CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Stafford and Surrounds CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Stockport CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Stoke on Trent CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Sunderland CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Surrey Downs CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Surrey Heath CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Sutton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Swale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Swindon CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Telford & Wrekin CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Thanet CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Thurrock CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Tower Hamlets CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Trafford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Vale of York CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Vale Royal CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Wakefield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Walsall CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Waltham Forest CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Wandsworth CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Warrington CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Warwickshire North CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Cheshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Essex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Hampshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Kent CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Lancashire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Leicestershire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West London (K&C & QPP) CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Norfolk CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS West Suffolk CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): 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__label__wiki	0.982231	0.982231	Details about Lucy Stokes Homepage: http://www.niesr.ac.uk/users/stokes-l Workplace: National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), (more information at EDIRC) Access statistics for papers by Lucy Stokes. Short-id: pst766 Are Schools Different? Wellbeing and Commitment Among Staff in Schools and Elsewhere DoQSS Working Papers, Department of Quantitative Social Science - UCL Institute of Education, University College London Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018) Assessing the Variance in Pupil Attainment: How Important Is the School Attended? IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) See also Journal Article in National Institute Economic Review (2018) Can HRM Improve Schools' Performance? DoQSS Working Papers, Department of Quantitative Social Science - UCL Institute of Education, University College London View citations (3) Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018) View citations (3) Is Pupil Attainment Higher in Well-Managed Schools? Also in DoQSS Working Papers, Department of Quantitative Social Science - UCL Institute of Education, University College London (2018) Does Worker Wellbeing Affect Workplace Performance? CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2) Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) View citations (3) IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (18) National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (2015) View citations (7) Happier workers, higher profits CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE Are Firms Paying More For Performance? See also Journal Article in International Journal of Manpower (2016) The Performance Pay Premium: How Big Is It and Does It Affect Wage Dispersion? IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2) Also in National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (2014) View citations (1) Who fared better? The fortunes of performance-pay and fixed-pay workers through recession National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers, National Institute of Economic and Social Research View citations (2) See also Journal Article in British Journal of Industrial Relations (2017) Labour mobility within the EU National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers, National Institute of Economic and Social Research View citations (33) Developing new approaches to measuring NHS outputs and productivity National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers, National Institute of Economic and Social Research Also in Working Papers, Centre for Health Economics, University of York (2005) View citations (27) National Institute Economic Review, 2018, 243, (1), R4-R16 Better Schools for All? Introduction National Institute Economic Review, 2018, 243, (1), R1-R3 The Performance Pay Premium and Wage Dispersion in Britain Manchester School, 2018, 86, (2), 139-154 View citations (1) Who Fared Better? The Fortunes of Performance Pay and Fixed Pay Workers through Recession British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 55, (4), 778-801 International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37, (2), 323-343 Does Early Education Influence Key Stage 1 Attainment? Evidence for England from the Millennium Cohort Study National Institute Economic Review, 2012, 222, (1), R67-R80 View citations (6) Using Foundation Stage Profile Assessments To Assess Outcomes From Early Years Education National Institute Economic Review, 2009, 207, (1), 102-112 A New Approach To Measuring Health System Output and Productivity National Institute Economic Review, 2007, 200, (1), 105-116 View citations (9) Also in National Institute Economic Review, 2007, 200, (1), 105-117 (2007) View citations (15)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1103
__label__cc	0.526258	0.473742	ECPR General Conference University of Wrocław, Wrocław Academic Programme Timetable PDF programme Printed programme updates Daily Summary Plenary Lecture and Roundtables Featured Panels Academic Convenors Local Organisers Event Participant Health and Safety Guide Code of Conduct Guidelines and Deadlines How to be a Panel Chair or Discussant How to Upload your Paper How to Participate Exhibition Other Meetings and Events Meet the ECPR Editors Remembering Raqqa ꟷ Memories of a Violent Order Miriam M. Müller-Rensch University of Applied Sciences Erfurt Panel Dynamics of Urban Violence I: About Gangs and Riots, Territoriality and Legitimacy “Remembering Raqqa - Memories of a violent order” brings together personal memories of civilian life under so the so-called “Islamic State” (Daesh) in the Syrian city of Raqqa as one of the group’s major strongholds of political rule. Drawing from published memoires, interviews, and most importantly, field work in Jordan’s refugee camp Al-Azraq, the paper focuses on the confining effects of the urban during times of civil war. By giving voice to civilians as objects of (civil war), the paper draws attention to mid- and long-term effects of loss of social and political agency to direct one’s life, as well as experiences of trauma in context of what used to be ordinary life. Methodologically, the paper explores potential, value and fit of current sociological, ethnological and psychological concepts to analyze personal accounts of political and social upheaval and interpret them as part of a political community’s history, present and future. Approaches like biographic research, life history, oral history and narratives connect individual and collective experience and memory and suggest potential effects on social relationships as well as future socio-political organization for building a post-war order.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1104
__label__wiki	0.57186	0.57186	Interior Designer How Did The Owner and Builder Of The Newly-Completed 450-foot-Long Superyacht Flying Fox Keep It A Secret For So Long? August 8, 2019 6:44 am eBuzz News 0 78 Here are the first photos of Flying Fox, the massive, 450-foot-long superyacht that was launched earlier this spring.Klaus JordanThe short answer for Interior Designer Todd Snyder’s New Luxe Utility Collection Is Very Accurately Named Interior Designer 7 ways to incorporate Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2020 into your home, according to interior designers Interior Designer T Suggests: A Pioneering French Designer, a New All-Day Cafe and More Interior Designer Here are the first photos of Flying Fox, the massive, 450-foot-long superyacht that was launched earlier this spring.Klaus JordanThe short answer for such a massive superyact is, they didn’t really. But that doesn’t mean the experienced owner—who worked with the red-hot superyacht exterior designer Espen Oeino, interior designer Mark Berryman and the highly experienced, megayacht builders at Lürssen in Germany—couldn’t at least try. So, the 450-foot-long, 67-foot-wide yacht was built in the relative secrecy of Lürssen’s enormous manufacturing facility. And the yacht that took several years, and $100’s of millions to build (and probably more than a few non-disclosure agreements) was always referred to by its code name: Project Shu. But then again, it was extremely hard to keep a yacht that’s much longer than a football field a secret when it finally emerged from the builders covered facility earlier this spring. And even harder once her sea trials on the Baltic began earlier this summer. And as you can see in the few photos that have finally emerged (it’s now called by its real name—Flying Fox) Espen Oeino has designed an elegant yacht exterior that that looks sleek in spite of her massive over-all volume.Here are some of the first photos of Flying Fox, the massive, 450-foot-long superyacht that was launched earlier this spring.Klaus JordanThe balance and proportion of the exterior allows for generous deck space that offer a range of options for owners and guests to enjoy. Numerous terraces and platforms open out over the water to provide fantastic access the water. While every other exterior element, from sun decks and open entertainment areas to more shaded and intimate spaces, has been designed to provide the highest level of luxury.For example, all superyachts have swimming pools, but Flying Fox is special in that its enormous swimming pool that runs from side to side on the main deck. The exterior also is equipped two helicopter landing pads, one on the bridge deck and another on the sun deck aft, that makes it possible to for owners and guests to use multiple helicopters.Meanwhile, advance reports about the interior (no photos of the interior have been published yet) say interior designer Mark Berryman’s has interior has a calm and spacious feel featuring soft neutral tones and tactile finishes. And as you can see from what the builder and project manager of this massive yacht said when the yacht was launched earlier this spring, they kept the “secret” going for as long as they could. “Project SHU represents a major milestone for Imperial.” says Julia Stewart, Director at Imperial Yachts who brought their vast experience and knowledge to their supervision of the massive build project. “Being involved in impressive superyacht projects like these show our capacity and experience in superyacht and megayacht management, with regular deliveries of 80m+ projects supervised and operated by our team since 2015. Our strong and very dynamic links with Lürssen, Espen Oeino and Mark Berryman helped to achieve one of the most impressive vessel of the next decade”Shipyard Managing Partner Peter Lürssen proudly states: “SHU fulfills the requests of a very experienced owner in an exceptional way. The owner’s input within all aspects of the yacht’s design was clear, strong and exacting. Building SHU was a significant challenge and we are very proud of this achievement. She represents another remarkable milestone in our history.”But the secret is out now, and tuned for much more from Lürssen and Espen Oeino. The German yard, and Norwegian designer have been very, very busy. 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__label__cc	0.559368	0.440632	Watch: Univ. of Illinois top officials challenged on pro-Israel donor’s role in Salaita firing Ali Abunimah 11 September 2014 The board of trustees of the University of Illinois voted today to reject the appointment of Steven Salaita as dozens of student and faculty supporters of the professor packed the meeting room at the Urbana-Champaign campus. Before and immediately after the vote, The Electronic Intifada questioned top university officials on video, including the president, chancellor, board chair and several trustees, about the apparent influence of pro-Israel donors on the decision to fire Salaita. Salaita has expressed “disappointment” in the decision, stating, “I am speaking with my attorneys about my options.” Lone dissenter A lone trustee, James D. Montgomery, voted in favor of Salaita’s appointment. Regarding Salaita’s tweets, Montgomery, the only university official who did not evade questions, told The Electronic Intifada that it was “pretty clear that some of those opinions were justified and probably most of the people in this room would agree with the opinions in terms of the tragedy that is going on between Israel and Gaza.” It was Salaita’s supposedly “uncivil” tweets that had provided the pretext for Chancellor Phyllis Wise’s decision to recommend against Salaita’s appointment. Before they cast their votes, Montgomery told fellow trustees that he had been wrong to sign a statement several weeks ago backing Wise’s decision. He spoke movingly about his experience as an African American student at the University of Illinois in the 1950s, when protests against racial segregation in housing might have been viewed as “uncivil.” Major pro-Israel donor As the other videos in this post show, President Robert Easter, Chancellor Wise, Board Chair Christopher Kennedy and trustees Patrick Fitzgerald and Ricardo Estrada displayed a lack of knowledge or refused to answer questions regarding Salaita’s work and scholarship and the possible influence of major pro-Israel donors on Chancellor Wise’s decision. Almost one hundred people packed the room as University of Illinois trustees voted on Steven Salaita’s appointment. When President Easter (see video at the top of this page) was asked if Salaita’s tweets were worse than Israel’s killing of more than five hundred children in Gaza, a university official ended the interview, stating that this writer was “not acting like a reporter” by “challenging” Easter. Easter also claimed to be unaware of the widely and prominently reported fact that Wise had changed her schedule in late July to meet with a major donor in Chicago who opposed Salaita’s appointment. As this video shows, Wise herself refused to confirm the name of the donor and refused to disclose what she discussed with him. That donor is reported to be Steven N. Miller, a venture capitalist who is also on the board of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, almost certainly the most influential and active pro-Israel advocacy organization in Illinois. Rallying support Before the vote, the board heard statements during a public comment period from several speakers supporting Salaita’s appointment. These included Ahmad Hamdan, a UIUC senior and president of Students for Justice in Palestine, and Robert Warrior, chair of the American Indian Studies program, which hired Salaita. Their statements and reactions to today’s vote are included below. Two speakers during the public comment period opposed Salaita’s appointment. They were former trustee David Downey and senior Josh Cooper. In the packed hall, The Electronic Intifada counted approximately five persons who applauded Cooper’s statement. As this video shows, students overwhelmingly reacted with anger to the vote, walking out of the board room while chanting “shame on you” and “this is just the beginning!” The rallies calling for Salaita’s reinstatement that preceded and followed the trustees’ meeting were attended by hundreds. They included a large number of union organizers and supporters – particularly from AFSCME, the public employees union representing many of the university’s most essential and often lowest-paid service workers and the Graduate Employees Organization, the union for graduate student workers. The university currently refuses to bargain with the Campus Faculty Association, which represents full-time non-tenure-track faculty and there are ongoing efforts to form a union for tenure-track faculty. Union members and Salaita supporters rally after the board of trustees’ vote. Among the rally speakers were graduate students Rico Kleinstein Chenyek and Eman Ghanayem, two of the seven core organizers of the UI Reinstate Salaita campaign. The two called on peers to “continue to organize responsibly as our efforts escalate to the occupation of buildings, teaching boycotts and other forms of defiance.” Christopher Kennedy Before the trustees’ meeting, I found Board Chair Christopher Kennedy in a hallway and asked him about the role of pro-Israel donors and what he knew of Salaita’s scholarship. Kennedy told me had had not watched Salaita’s press conference which was held on Tuesday. Unfortunately my camera was not running, but in this video shot right after the encounter, I told Chenyek what happened: A short time later, I again ran into Kennedy, a wealthy businessman and son of late Senator Robert F. Kennedy – this time with my video camera running. He was less than “civil” when I tried to continue our conversation and ask him what role Israel played in the Salaita affair: Ricardo Estrada After the board vote, I asked board member Ricardo Estrada why he voted against Salaita and to explain why Salaita’s views disqualified him from teaching at UIUC. I also asked whether he felt comfortable overruling the American Indian Studies program faculty who had hired Salaita: Estrada, president and chief executive officer of the Chicago-area nonprofit Metropolitan Family Services, told me he would like to know why Chancellor Wise had met with a major donor about Salaita. But he could not explain why neither he nor the board had bothered to ask her. As a feared and powerful federal prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald has put two Illinois governors in prison. Yet he was unconvincing when he explained to the trustees why he would vote against Salaita. He said he would not vote to appoint anyone who indulged in “hate” speech, saying, for instance, that he would vote against someone who made “homophobic” comments. But Salaita has never been accused of homophobia. So when I interviewed him after the meeting I asked him to explain the relevance of homophobia to this situation and to address Salaita’s views directly. He proved to be an uncooperative witness. American Indian Studies Chair Robert Warrior Robert Warrior gave a powerful, but unheeded appeal to the board to reinstate Salaita: With the rally on the quad in the background, Warrior called the board’s action “unconscionable.” Eman Ghanayem Eman Ghanayem, a Palestinian PhD candidate in English and American Indian Studies at UIUC, reacted to the board’s vote against appointing Steven Salaita, calling it a “second occupation”: SJP President Ahmad Hamdan SJP President and UIUC fourth-year chemistry major Ahmad Hamdan also made a strong appeal on behalf of students: Hamdan spoke to The Electronic Intifada after the trustees’ meeting expressing disappointment, but affirming that the struggle would go on: Resources on Salaita case The Electronic Intifada’s full coverage Support Steven Salaita - a website with information on current campaigns Info 4 Salaita - a website created by students Brooklyn College professor Corey Robin’s website Center for Constitutional Rights resource page on Salaita case Steven Salaita James D. Montgomery Phyllis Wise Steven N. Miller Robert Easter Rico Kleinstein Chenyek Ali -- thanks for being Permalink Susan Davis replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 00:28 Ali -- thanks for being there today. A correction: Full-time non-tenure-track faculty have a union a UIUC (CFA local #6546). The Admin will not bargain with them. Tenure-stream faculty are working towards a union! Thanks. I will make that Permalink Ali Abunimah replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 00:53 Thanks. I will make that correction in the text! Permalink Tom Pedroni replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 02:40 Ali, I admire your ability as an interviewer to stay on point and quickly respond to the evasive tactics of those you are questioning. I've been reading electronic intifada but had not until now heard or seen you in action. I am grateful for your work. Thank you for your excellent Permalink Ali replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 02:48 Thank you for your excellent coverage and everything you do. We need more journalists like you. Open letter to Prof. Salatia Permalink Dr. James replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 04:54 Dear Prof. Salatia I realize this is a difficult time for you and your family. I ask you NOT to forget what the board of trusties has caused your family when it comes to negotiating their way out of this mess. Be mindful that any agreement they offer you, will include an article to silence you. When that time comes, remember what your family has gone through because of their un-American behavior. Therefore, I urge you NOT to negotiate a settlement that would allow them to weasel their way out. Insist on going to court and have each member of the board of trusties brought to the witness stand to be cross-examined. Under oath, they will expose the fact that they acted in a discriminatory fashion towards you if compared to other recent hires. Let the Court find the university guilty of discrimination in order to show that the board of trusties did not have the best interest of the university in mind; rather, that they were driven by discrimination and personal politics to deny you an equal and fair consideration like other recent hires. Furthermore, in addition to suing the university and its board of trusties for discrimination, I urge you to sue Mr. Steve Miller for defamation. His intervention in the process of your hire caused you hardship. It seems that the faculty works for Mr. Steve Miller and not for UIUC. For that reason, there are about 5000 academics, foreign and domestic, that are boycotting this university for their board's disregard of the university's faculty decision to hire you. For myself, and colleagues of mine, we are also boycotting UIUC activities. What they did is anti-American to say the least. Since when are Americans persecuted for expressing their opinions about a 'foreign' country? I am speechless! We will continue to follow these developments thanks to the excellent reporting of the Electronic Intifada. great coverage Permalink Vacy Vlazna replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 08:03 Ali, thank you for a thoroughly comprehensive coverage of UIUC's day of shame. and for bringing to the moral darkness, the light of James Montgomery's thoughtful and principled change of heart . Hope it is infectious and spreads among the board. When I listened to what you had to say, Mr. Montgomery Permalink Rima Najjar replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 10:01 UI IS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU ON ITS BOARD, MR. MONTGOMERY Dear Mr. James D. Montgomery, Trustee (james@jdmlaw.com): Cc: uibot <uibot-BOT@mx.uillinois.edu> I am not sure if you read any of my many e-mails addressed to Chancellor Wise and then to the members of the Board in my capacity as the organizer of the petition in support of Professor Salaita, which has now garnered 18,502 signatories from all over the world. But if you have, you would know that I am a Palestinian-American citizen, like Professor Steven Salaita, currently teaching at Al-Quds University in the West Bank (the campus is just behind Israel's illegal apartheid/annexation wall, east of illegally annexed Jerusalem). Last night, I sat eagerly by my laptop in anticipation of watching the live-stream of the events surrounding the Board meeting at UIUC. Unfortunately, I was unable to connect (perhaps because the online stream was confined to the United States). But I did watch the videos that Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada posted the following day - this morning, my time. When I listened to what you had to say, I was so moved by the unexpected forthrightness of your answers amidst the general fog of dissimulation and callous "realpolitik" blanketing that hall, I couldn't help crying. At the end of the short interview, you were asked what you expected Salaita's next move might be. You seemed confident he would go on fighting - now through the legal system. What I’d like to tell you is that you can be sure his supporters will go on fighting as well, taking action that might hurt your beloved University by way of putting pressure on the administration. As you might know, our struggle for justice in Palestine (Salaita's fight in its most basic elements being but an extension) has run into adversity upon adversity throughout the decades, but we, like you and your people, Mr. Montgomery, are resilient and famous for our “#sumoud” - steadfastness - in the face of that adversity .. Rima Najjar Rima's message to Mr Montgomery Permalink Tess replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 18:30 I am with you all the way Rima, thank God for courageous people like Mr Montgomery who, unlike their weak and unprincipled colleagues, refuse to tremble in their shoes in the face of intimidation. Since I became aware of Dr. Permalink Barbara Lyons replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 12:36 Since I became aware of Dr. Salaita's firing, I have learned of many others who have been fired or not hired for "non-mainsteam views." I agree with those who say if academia is not the place to hash out difficult and controversial issues what place is appropriate? If a university does not think students are smart enough to hear various views and make up their own minds, then that university is accepting a very dull bunch of applicants. "Colonial Room" Permalink Hugh Ekeberg replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 13:26 As Ali was following Christopher Kennedy to the room where he had breakfast, I noticed the room was called the "Colonial Room". These tired old elitists obviously don't know yet that colonialism is a filthy concept. Also, in coverage of this university, I've noticed they call one of their courses, "American Indian Studies" instead of "Native American Studies". This is a little disturbing for a non-American like me viewing their quaint style. Another interesting thing about Ali's camera interviews is that the board members who got way laid, looked startled, like creatures caught in a car's headlights. I think the international heat the controversy has generated has shaken them. These trustees strike me as the epitome of United States establishment figures with few exceptions. It doesn't surprise me therefore that they feel the issue is an affront to them personally. I wonder if they feel the world as they know it is slipping away along with the taboo of criticizing Israel. Lastly, I find it amazing that these very learned and highly educated people are unable to articulate their position for Ali or even try and convince us of their position through the interview with Ali. The exception being James D. Montgomery. Great comment, so well put. Permalink Tess replied on Mon, 09/15/2014 - 08:50 These well-educated people cannot defend their position because they know it's indefensible. Litigate. It is time for Permalink maggie replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 13:46 Litigate. It is time for Prof Salaita to sue the university and the trustees. He has majority support, he has righteousness, and he has the law on his side. I look forward to a court case. And I applaud the academic community for taking up his cause and boycotting the university. Students, too, need to boycott this university. This blatant bias cannot be allowed to exist in our academic communities. I agree with you and here in Permalink amal replied on Tue, 09/16/2014 - 06:37 I agree with you and here in America lawsuits are the only way to correct things such as prejudice and make it law. This will be a reference to future cases for freedom of speech violations and racism..Thank you all Permalink Mark replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 14:05 Like most major university trustees these are drawn from the corporate world , or their servants in upper government echelons. The take their cues from elite circles and have contempt for faculty and staff. More kudos Permalink tom hall replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 14:05 I want to endorse the comments here commending Ali Abunimah for this excellent report. The material assembled in this post could well form the basis for an outstanding documentary film. I urge him to consider such a project. The Electronic Intifada has distinguished itself in coverage of this case, and a film for general release would reach many who as yet are unaware- thanks to mainstream news' ongoing silence- of the seriousness and implications of Wise and the board's actions. The fact that the board has now chosen to publicly support such a blatant process of discrimination means that the matter will surely be the subject of a high profile lawsuit. Be there with your camera, Ali, and thanks again for today's insightful and comprehensive report. Univ. of Illinois top officials challenged on pro-Israel donor’s Permalink Donald Johnson replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 17:24 You sure got it right when you responded to the U of I President's fart catcher who called you a 'bad reporter'. People in positions of authority and their flacks aren't used to being asked tough questions, and they go absolutely apoplectic when they fear their authority is being challenged. Keep up the good work! Salaita firing Permalink William H. Slavicik replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 17:51 Christopher Kennedy certainly lacks any of the courage his martyred father came to display in his last months. The trustees' servility to money and the Zionist racism that determined over 120 years ago to forcibly remove the 90 plus per cent Palestinian Arab majority from Palestine to create the world's first and only colonial ethnocracy and has pursued that objective relentlessly for over a century, with increasing murderous brutality, even after the bloodiest display of that racism in Gaza this summer, illustrate how irresponsible and, in their own bigotry, unworthy those given responsibility to oversee supposed citadels of open pursuit of truth and justice can be. Although it may have no import in coming weeks of legal and public contention, they will be remembered, all of them, when they are gone, only for their role in this atrocity, a stain on their familys' escutcheona. Great, GREAT reporting! Permalink Gale Courey (Khoury) Toensing replied on Fri, 09/12/2014 - 18:09 Thank you SO much, Ali, for posting your wonderful interviews on what Mr. Easter referred to as the Electronic "Infatada." I particularly enjoyed Mr. Kennedy's imitation of a petulant two-year-old throwing a tantrum. corporate "leaders" are not Permalink omar replied on Sun, 09/14/2014 - 22:58 corporate "leaders" are not used to being questioned!! That is why they throw a tantrum... I was completely in the dark Permalink Zain replied on Sat, 09/13/2014 - 05:41 I was completely in the dark about this story, thanks for being there and reporting it. By challenging the status quo we change the world we live in and help spread peace. The struggle for peace is a long one and must go on. Thanks much Ali You really made them look like buffoons! Intelligent people don't create just civilizations, but those who seek the truth do.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1111
__label__wiki	0.843064	0.843064	Buy New Issue 41 This is the hover state for the latest issue Buy Issue 41 The Subversive Pleasure of Jenny Holzer’s Truisms Jenny Holzer's original list of Truisms may have been devised in the 1970s, when the artist was still a student, yet, as Arwa Haider discovers, the iconic work has only become more relevant in our social-media addled age. BLUE PURPLE TILT 2007 © 2018 Jenny Holzer, member/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Tate/National Galleries of Scotland There is something limitless about Jenny Holzer’s Truisms series. These works spring from a pool of around 300 statements of “truth” or cliche (originally conceived between 1977-79, when the US artist was an independent student in her twenties), yet their reach feels genuinely expansive. Holzer’s Truisms snag our attention by taking on familiar, reassuring forms in public spaces; they’re a piquant side to what Holzer describes as “the usual baloney” we ingest through mass media—and it disrupts and haunts us with its glowering suggestion. Holzer has printed these snappy maxims on billboard placards, on illuminated displays (including grand landmark settings from early-‘80s Times Square to 21st-century football stadiums), on stickers and T-shirts—in 2016, R&B vocalist/alt-rapper Frank Ocean wore a Truisms tee in the video for his track Nikes, prompting a new rush on its designs. Truisms is arguably in its truest guise, however, as a digital mantra. “Viewed in the modern day, Truisms reads like an insistent, torrential Twitter feed” The first time I encountered Truisms was in a compact LED display (dating from 1984)—initially at Dallas Museum of Art, and later tucked by a stairwell in London’s then freshly opened Tate Modern. I’ve always found it alluring and agonising—near-impossible to tear away from its infinitely looping messages. It evokes the “hypodermic needle” model of mass communication, which stems from 1930s media theory, and posits that we’re “injected” with the meanings of messages we receive. We might be passive consumers, but Truisms also triggers a glut of sensations: amusement at its surreal wit; a weird conviction in its emphatic, flashing and dashing amber capital letters (designed to reflect the inflections of speech, but also bringing to mind commercials for shopping bargains, movie programmes, travel warnings); confusion at its blunt contradictions. We might sadly read that CHILDREN ARE THE CRUELEST OF ALL, followed in kinetic sequence by a surge of optimism: CHILDREN ARE THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE. Truisms 1984 © Jenny Holzer, Tate “Even the digital brain can only process so much, but Holzer’s bite-sized “truth bombs” remain a subversive pleasure” While many of Holzer’s other works have employed more directly political/feminist/anti-war missives, Truisms strikes a unique chord. Its original tech might have reached information capacity (the Tate catalogue explains that “The memory of the electronic sign, which has a capacity of approximately 15,000 characters and commands, limited the amount of material that could be included”), but it somehow never feels out-of-touch. Viewed in the modern day, Truisms reads like an insistent, torrential Twitter feed; it is splendidly placed in an era where social media grips mainstream consciousness, even though it predates it by a few decades. At the same time, it keeps scrolling at a spirited pace, never becoming bloated or stagnated like some online message board. CHANGE IS VALUABLE WHEN THE OPPRESSED BECOME TYRANTS… DON’T PLACE TOO MUCH TRUST IN EXPERTS… PURSUING PLEASURE FOR THE SAKE OF PLEASURE WILL RUIN YOU… Even the digital brain can only process so much, but Holzer’s bite-sized “truth bombs” remain a subversive pleasure. Truisms gives us these short, sharp, brilliantly warped bursts of “woke”—we are always consuming, we are suspended in a flurry of information; we are, for now, still feeling something real. The Snapchat Ghost Perfectly Encapsulates the Last Decade With its silliness and spontaneity, Snapchat heralded a new era of rebellious authenticity in the face of over-curated digital perfection. Is its time finally up? Were These the Most Taboo Artworks of the Last Decade? From banned artworks to the subjects that even artists avoid, we discuss which topics have been taboo in the art of the last ten years, and consider why they persist. 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As we find ourselves facing the ever-harsher realities of the climate crisis, this age-old question becomes relevant once again. In this issue, we interrogate the many ways in which animals and the natural world are presented visually—often with either advocate or escapist tendencies—and speak with artists who are suggesting new ways of reconnecting with and caring… More info Buy Me Don't miss out. Get the latest from Elephant straight to your inbox and 10% off your first purchase. You can unsubscribe anytime. We use cookies for all the usual reasons. Click Accept and this message will go away. Accept More Info	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1112
__label__wiki	0.572584	0.572584	Priesthood Ordination of Stephen Elser, Michael Johns, Daniel Ramos and Joseph de Orbegozo Bishop Anthony B. Taylor preached the following homily at Christ the King Church in Little Rock on Saturday, June 2, 2018. It is based on the following readings: Numbers 11:16-17, 24-25; Hebrews 5:1-10; and John 17:6,14-19. Bishop Taylor Stephen, Michael, Daniel and Joseph, with your ordination and the beginning of your first assignment the middle of this month, we will have 70 Diocese of Little Rock priests in active ministry and 17 senior priests — 87 in all, which is more than four Diocese of Little Rock priests in active ministry for everyone in retirement, which is really good. Father John Connell informs me that with your ordination, the median age of priests in active ministry in Arkansas will drop to 49 years of age. Ten years ago our median age was about 65. What a blessing! We also have 17 priests from other dioceses, 12 of which are from the Diocese of Nellore in India. And 34 religious order priests, 14 of whom are Benedictines from Subiaco, for whom I will be ordaining two more priests this July — 140 priests all together in Arkansas — and to all of them we owe a great debt of gratitude. "With your ordination ... we will have 70 Diocese of Little Rock priests in active ministry and 17 senior priests — 87 in all, which is more than four Diocese of Little Rock priests in active ministry for everyone in retirement, which is really good. ... The median age of priests in active ministry in Arkansas will drop to 49 years of age. Ten years ago our median age was about 65." Early on each of you had to discern whether your vocation was to a religious order or to the diocesan priesthood. For monks, the monastic vocation is primary and includes a certain withdrawal from the world. The abbot decides later whether a given monk should become a priest. But for diocesan priests, the priesthood itself is primary. We used to be called "secular priests" because unlike Benedictines, our vocation is in the world, but that was before the word "secular" took on the negative connotation of meaning "worldly" — "of" the world, the opposite of what Jesus says in the Gospel chosen for your ordination. Our job is to infiltrate the world, to change it from within. In the world but not of the world. And how will you do that? First, you must be "consecrated to the truth." If you preach the full truth of the Gospel — not just the easy parts — the world will hate you for it because it hates the truth but don't worry: "God will guard you from the evil one." People can recognize the truth even when they don't like it. What makes people so angry is that to embrace that truth we have to change, repent, leave behind what is comfortable but false. It is only by changing hearts that we change the world and that requires us to grapple with evil and it isn't always pretty. But be assured, if people complain because you're "consecrated to the truth" and really are preaching some part of the Gospel that they need to hear but don't want to hear, I'll back you up! Second, you must be men of prayer. Our vocation as diocesan priests may be in the world, but we need to withdraw from the world too, for at least one hour of private prayer every single day, including on vacation. How else are you going to learn from the heart of Christ those truths that the Lord is trying to reveal to you and to your people? Otherwise you'll just end up preaching your own ideas, or else just what you think will please the hearers, but not the challenging Gospel of Jesus Christ. Besides, where else other than in prayer will you find the patience you need to be Christ for your most high-maintenance parishioners? Third you must die to yourself. That is, you must live God's challenging truth yourself first, leave behind all that is comfortable but false in your own life first; otherwise your words will not be credible, and that will require getting rid of everything that is not compatible with your vocation as a priest. I've got some bad news for you, if you don't know it already: we're a lot weaker than some people think and ordination does not change that. Today's reading from Hebrews is right on target when it says, "we are able to deal patiently with erring sinners because we ourselves are beset by weakness." The silver lining is that knowing our own weakness makes us more compassionate confessors, but still without dying to this world — in the world but not of it — unless you do that, you will not grow into the holy priests God calls you to be — and your parishioners need you to be. There are things out there which are not necessarily sinful in themselves, but which are nevertheless incompatible with a life of holiness in the priesthood. For instance, diocesan priests don't vow poverty like a monk, but not taking a vow of poverty doesn't mean that it's therefore OK for us to accumulate a lot of material possessions. Remember what Jesus said about the camel and the eye of a needle. If it looks worldly it probably is, and such a priest is secular in the wrong sense of the term when what started out as a vocation turns into a career and the desire to serve is replaced by a feeling of entitlement — people expected to serve their pastor rather than the other way around. So how about it? Are you ready to join all these other men of prayer consecrated to the truth in Jesus' work of salvation, infiltrating the world and changing it from within, comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable because you have consecrated your life to God for the salvation of his people? You will now be an "alter Christus" — specially conformed to Christ — such that every time you celebrate the Eucharist, you offer up to the Father your own body and blood too, united to that of Christ — your own self-sacrifice along with that of Christ. You know, even as Christians, apart from whether one is a priest or not, we don't just admire Jesus (even Jews admire Jesus) and we don't just believe in him (because faith without works is dead), no, all Christians are called to follow him, live like he lived — according to the heart and mind of Christ. And for us priests, that means being especially conformed to Jesus the priest, to Jesus who as both priest and victim offered himself on the cross, to Jesus who in us as an alter Christus continues to offer himself in our person on the altar of the cross in the unbloody sacrifice of the Eucharist over, which we have the privilege to preside. It also means being conformed especially to the Jesus the Good Shepherd who came not to be served but to serve, and to seek out and rescue those who were lost, following him — and living like him, who died to himself so that we could be saved. Homily Library Related Homilies Priesthood Ordination of Deacon Jon Miskin Diaconate Ordination of Joseph Friend Diaconate Ordination of Daniel Velasco Priesthood Ordination of Deacon Martin Amaro Priesthood Ordination of Brother Reginald Udouj, OSB, and Brother Cassian Elkins, OSB Priesthood Ordination of Keith Higginbotham, Patrick Friend, Tuyen Do and Jeff Hebert Bishop to ordain Dc. Miskin a priest May 25 Friend to be ordained to diaconate May 22 Velasco to be ordained to diaconate May 17 Dc. Martín Amaro to be ordained May 11 Eight to be ordained priests in May, June Dc. Nelson Rubio to be ordained Dec. 16	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1113
__label__wiki	0.95048	0.95048	September 28, 2019, 10:27 GMT-0500 League of Legends / Fnatic / League Worlds / Can Fnatic pull a Samsung and go from runners-up to Worlds winners? Just like Fnatic last year, Samsung lost in the Worlds final in 2016. We all know what happened after. Xing Li Photo via Riot Games It’s hard to make it to the Worlds final. It’s even harder to make it there twice. Only once in the history of League of Legends esports has a team that lost in the final made it back to the tournament at all. But that team was Samsung Galaxy in 2016. After getting thoroughly beaten by SK Telecom T1—the ending 3-2 map score belied how strong SKT looked in the series—Samsung came back in 2017 with a vengeance. But through most of the LCK season, it just wasn’t enough to beat SKT. But then, at Worlds, something clicked for the team. For one thrilling best-of-five, Samsung were the better team and they dismantled their fiercest rivals in a clean 3-0 sweep. Sound familiar? It should, because Fnatic are looking to do the exact same thing this year. Historical dramas Fnatic and Samsung are some of the most storied teams from their respective regions. The Samsung sister teams of 2014 are still considered by many to be the peak of professional League. And before the rise of G2 Esports, Fnatic dominated Europe, racking up title after title and going undefeated in the 2015 Summer Split. Both faced doubts along the way. As an organization, Samsung had to completely rebuild following the 2014 title. Other than the sponsor, the team that won in 2017 had almost nothing to do with that original squad. They had players like jungler Kang “Ambition” Chan-yong who had swapped positions just to make things work. Ambition seemed to be on the tail end of his career and Samsung did try out other junglers. When they got to the Worlds final in 2016, they weren’t supposed to really contend. Many people considered the real final to be SKT’s previous match, a tense five-set thriller vs. ROX Tigers that could be the greatest series ever played. Fnatic have faced similar trials. From the start of the EU LCS in 2013 through 2015, the team won a slew of championships. But in 2016, G2 started playing in the big leagues, and overnight, Fnatic’s luck changed. Over the last four years, G2 have become the one team Fnatic just can’t beat. Even at Worlds last year, some considered G2 the better LEC squad. Fnatic had an easier path to the final and didn’t really hold a candle to Invictus Gaming once they got there. It felt like once again, the biggest test for IG came in an earlier round against a Korean team, this time kt Rolster in the quarterfinals. After IG beat them 3-2, they swept G2 and Fnatic with a combined 6-0 map score to earn the Summoner’s Cup. Bot lane carry The parallels between Fnatic and Samsung go deeper than just storylines and history. Even the way they play seems rooted in commonalities. For years, Fnatic has been built around bot laner Martin “Rekkles” Larsson, one of the most consistent carry players in the history of Europe. Rekkles was never considered a mechanical genius along the lines of Konstantinos “FORG1VEN” Tzortziou, and he doesn’t have the champion pool of G2’s converted mid laner Luka “Perkz” Perković. But he does know how to deal damage when his team needs it. Samsung’s Worlds team was also built around a bot lane that was never really considered the best in its region. It’s not that Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk isn’t a great player. It’s that his penchant for “safe” ADCs like Varus and Ashe hid the true value he provided for his team as a damage source but also as a primary form of engage. Samsung became great when they figured out how to unlock Ruler. To some, credit for that comes from other sources. The team took a crucial step forward in 2016 when it inserted substitute support Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in late in the season and he found a special kind of synergy with Ruler. Then in 2017, the Ardent Censer meta helped inflate Ruler’s damage numbers. But at the end of the day, that all would’ve been for naught if Ruler couldn’t get it to actually work. In the 2017 final, SKT gave Ruler the ultimate respect by picking Varus away while giving him better meta ADCs like Xayah. Ruler still had the last laugh—he finally got Varus in the third game and solidly outplayed his counterpart, SKT’s Bae “Bang” Jun-sik, to lead his team to victory. Rekkles will need that type of moment if he’s to finally win Worlds with Fnatic. Rekkles is one of the most tenured players left in this game. Like Ruler, he’s had to grow and evolve his champion pool. This season, he’s even playing Karma and Garen, a big departure from his past style. A coin flip A big part of why Rekkles has been free to experiment is due to what Fnatic are doing on the other sides of the map. After years of focusing on Rekkles to an absurd degree, Fnatic have found success doing the opposite. The same thing happened with Samsung. By the time Ruler got Varus in that 2017 series, he had a 2-0 lead because his top laner, Lee “CuVee” Seong-jin, absolutely wrecked SKT. Korea has produced a lot of legendary top laners over the years, but CuVee isn’t really considered one of them. He was the OG Samsung player, having joined them in 2015 just after the dissolution of Samsung’s Blue and White sister teams. He was the team’s best connection to its past. Fnatic top laner Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau is a very different player. After Fnatic started playing him on stage in 2018—ironically in Rekkles’ role—he immediately established his bona fides as Europe’s next rising star. He played so well that Fnatic dropped longtime veteran Paul “sOAZ” Boyer to turn the top lane over to Bwipo full time. Unlike the unflappable CuVee, Bwipo’s highs are incredible but his lows are sometimes hard to fathom. Since he entered the roster, Fnatic have made playing through both mid and top lanes a huge priority, which either enables Bwipo to carry or leads to disaster if he’s behind. Taken as a whole, Fnatic have become more of a coin flip overall in the image of Bwipo. A pair of 3-2 losses to G2—including a reverse sweep—were agonizing for the team’s fans. But there’s also hope in those performances. Remember, once upon a time, Samsung also couldn’t beat SKT. But when they finally had to, when there was no other choice, they did it. We like to analyze those games and find out the reasons why a certain outcome happened. But the truth is, sometimes these highly-competitive series between teams of the highest caliber simply come down to a coin flip. If you flip that coin enough times, it’s bound to come up heads eventually. Samsung got it in 2017 and Fnatic are banking on it at Worlds this year.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1115
__label__wiki	0.795162	0.795162	Engaged research, teaching and advocacy on governance and human rights in Africa Omar Memorial Lecture #HistoryinPublications CUBAC Publications by Request Regional Juvenile Justice Network (RJJN) Audit of Children's Rights Cases Cases and Judgements Multilevel Govt Local Government Bulletin Applied Const Studies Socio-Economic Rights ESR Review Resource Book SER Publications South African Cases Foreign Cases International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) HLPF 2019 Women & Democracy Reporting on children's rights South Africa’s Reporting on Children's Rights to the UN Feminist Governance ParlyBeat #NotOurLeaders Putting People in the "People's" Parliament Board members of State-Owned Enterprises Towards Transparent Appointments Local Government Bulletin The Local Government Bulletin is a regular publication of the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape. The first Bulletin appeared in 1999, on the eve of the first democratic local government elections. https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/multilevel-govt/local-government-bulletin/local-government-bulletin-1 https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/@@site-logo/Untitled-1.png The Local Government Bulletin is a regular publication of the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape. The first Bulletin appeared in 1999, on the eve of the first democratic local government elections. The founding editors were Nico Steytler (now South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government) and Johann Mettler (now City Manager of Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality) assisted by Jaap de Visser (now Director of the Dullah Omar Institute). For the next 13 years, we produced more than 50 editions with the involvement of a growing cohort of young scholars. We closely followed the first decade of local government with updates and analysis. The articles dealt with the demarcation of municipalities, the introduction of the Municipal Finance Management Act, debates about the role of district municipalities, a new property rates regime, analysis of civic protests and numerous critical court judgments on procurement, evictions, housing and planning powers and many, many other issues. These articles are all freely available on our website. From 2012, we took a break from producing the Bulletin but we are excited to continue where we left off and introduce the first edition of Volume 14. We have moved with the time; the Bulletin is now available electronically. However, the objective remains the same: we will regularly publish short, accessible articles related to local government in South Africa and the region. You can expect to see on these pages, our practical summaries of new Bills, reports on judgments that affect municipalities, updates of new policies and programmes and incisive analysis by our editors and brilliant young writers at the Dullah Omar Institute. We welcome submissions (between 500 and 1000 words) from both practitioners and academics. Click here to view the bulletins The Local Government Bulletin is a team effort of: Editors: Tinashe Carlton Chigwata (Chief Editor), Jaap de Visser and Nico Steytler Assistant Editor: Michelle Maziwisa Contributing writers: Phumla Hlati, Thabile Chonco, Curtly Stevens, Melisa Ziswa, Jennica Beukes, Henry Gichana and Xavia Poswa All enquiries, content submissions and feedback should be addressed to: The Editor, Local Government Bulletin Dullah Omar Institute Private Bag X17 Email: tchigwata@uwc.ac.za Tel: +27 21 959 2950/2951 © 2019 Dullah Omar Institute \| CMS Website by Juizi	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1116
__label__cc	0.682766	0.317234	Illinois State Senate District 30 Political Geographies \| State Senate District 100 S Greenleaf St Gurnee, IL 60031-3378 Recent News About Illinois State Senate District 30 Illinois General Assembly: SB651 actions on Aug. 27 The following actions were taken on Aug. 27 in the Senate on Senate bill SB651 ("alternative elec/gas suppliers"): "Public Act . . . . . . . . .", "Effective Date January" and "Governor Approved". By Local Labs News Service Illinois General Assembly: SB1868 actions on Aug. 20 The following actions were taken on Aug. 20 in the Senate on Senate bill SB1868 ("limitations-child sex abuse"): "Public Act . . . . . . . . .", "Effective Date August" and "Governor Approved". Illinois General Assembly: HB124 actions on Aug. 16 The following actions were taken on Aug. 16 in the House on House bill HB124 ("government-tech"): "Public Act . . . . . . . . ." and "Governor Approved". Illinois General Assembly: HB2766 actions on Aug. 16 The following actions were taken on Aug. 16 in the House on House bill HB2766 ("suicide-first responders"): "Public Act . . . . . . . . ." and "Governor Approved". The following actions were taken on Aug. 13 in the House on House bill HB889 ("ins code-tick-borne disease"): "Public Act . . . . . . . . .", "Effective Date January" and "Governor Approved". Illinois General Assembly: SB39 actions on July 12 The following actions were taken on July 12 in the Senate on Senate bill SB39 ("prop tx-police and fire"): "Public Act . . . . . . . . ." and "Governor Approved". Illinois General Assembly: SB651 actions on May 28 The following actions were taken on May 28 in the House on Senate bill SB651 ("alternative elec/gas suppliers"): "Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate", "Second Reading - Short Debate", "Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate", "Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee", "House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Public Utilities Committee(by Voice Vo Illinois General Assembly: SB1854 actions on May 27 The following actions were taken on May 27 in the House on Senate bill SB1854 ("epa-fugitive emissions"): "Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate", "Second Reading - Short Debate", "House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee", "House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason", "Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate", "House Committee Amendment The following actions were taken on May 29 in the House on Senate bill SB1899 ("landscape architecture-new act"): "House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments", "House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Terry Link", "Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May" and "Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment( The following actions were taken on May 16 in the House on Senate bill SB1726 ("alzheimer's-advisory committee"): "Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate", "Second Reading - Short Debate", "Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams" and "Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy". Illinois General Assembly: HB889 actions on May 22 The following actions were taken on May 22 in the House on House bill HB889 ("ins code-tick-borne disease"): "Passed Both Houses", "Third Reading - Passed" and "Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman". Illinois General Assembly: HB2675 actions on May 22 The following actions were taken on May 22 in the House on House bill HB2675 ("liquor-distiller pubs"): "Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s", "Arrived in House", "Third Reading - Passed" and "Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart". The following actions were taken on May 22 in the House on House bill HB2766 ("suicide-first responders"): "Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee", "Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Frances Ann Hurley", "Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s", "Arrived in House", "Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule The following actions were taken on May 29 in the House on House bill HB124 ("government-tech"): "Passed Both Houses", "House Concurs" and "Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs". The following actions were taken on May 29 in the House on Senate bill SB1786 ("veh cd-license to work act"): "Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate" and "Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee". The following actions were taken on May 28 in the House on Senate bill SB1899 ("landscape architecture-new act"): "Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed" and "Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate". The following actions were taken on May 23 in the House on House bill HB2846 ("autoimmune encephalitis coding"): "Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee", "Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Deb Conroy", "Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s", "Arrived in House", "Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a" The following actions were taken on May 23 in the House on House bill HB246 ("sch cd-history-lgbt"): "Passed Both Houses", "Third Reading - Passed" and "Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes". Illinois General Assembly: How they voted on HB837 Illinois HB837 passed the state Senate on June 1. Illinois General Assembly: How they voted on HB62 Illinois HB62 passed the state Senate on June 1.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1117
__label__wiki	0.675518	0.675518	NYPD’s new leader: Helping people is at heart of police work e-News.US USA NEW YORK — On the Bronx streets where New York City’s new police commissioner started as a patrolman in the crime-ravaged early 1990s, gunfire and burned-out buildings were everywhere. Sometimes the police radio would crackle with a different kind of call, not for a shooting or stabbing but for a sick child, a locked apartment door or a marriage on the rocks. “I remember thinking, ‘Well, why do they call the police for this? It’s not an emergency,’” Commissioner Dermot Shea told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “And, you know, you kind of get a little wiser over time. The reason they call the police is because they really have nobody else to call.” Shea, 50, is drawing on his early days as he pushes the nation’s largest police department to cultivate deeper bonds with the communities it serves — a key, he says, to building trust and cutting crime. Shea, the son of Irish immigrants who grew up with four siblings in Queens, wants the NYPD’s 36,000 officers to remember their jobs are primarily about people — whether that means rushing to a crime scene, comforting a victim or merely lending a hand. In many ways, he said, officers are “the glue that holds the city together.” “Hopefully that’s the message we get to our cops and recruits, that everything you do is about helping people, working with people, serving people,” Shea said. Shea was sworn in Dec. 2 as the city’s 44th police commissioner, succeeding James O’Neill, who left after three years on the job to become a security chief at Visa. Mayor Bill de Blasio said he was awed by Shea’s intellect and saw him as “the future of the NYPD.” Critics chided de Blasio for picking another white man to lead the department, which has had only two black commissioners. Since then, Shea has appointed the NYPD’s first black chief of detectives and has made other changes to diversify the leadership. It’s been an eventful first month for Commissioner Shea, between a rash of anti-Semitic attacks and the fatal stabbing of a Barnard College freshman — a case with the added sensitivity of youth suspects. Then there were the security implications after the U.S. last week killed a top Iranian general, and continued fallout from statewide reforms that eliminate bail for nonviolent felonies. In previous leadership roles, Shea developed data-driven strategies for fighting and preventing crime, and helped move the NYPD to a community-oriented philosophy that encourages officers to interact with residents. Those changes followed a controversial era of stop-and-frisk and “broken windows” policing, which viewed low-level offenses as a gateway to bigger crimes. A judge found stop-and-frisk discriminatory. Now, with crime in the city already very low, Shea wants to push further. He yearns for a day when the NYPD measures crimes prevented. “We’re at a unique point, just as we were at a unique point in 2014 and we pivoted away from how we policed this city and maintained order and drove crime down and accomplished that softer touch,” Shea said. “Because we’ve gone through that process already, where neighborhood policing started the last couple of years, where we’ve started to build a lot of these relationships, we’ve changed the mindset of officers on what policing looks like.” Shea joined the department in 1991. He took the test as something of a fallback while majoring in economics at a state university in Oneonta, New York. Shea, working as a union doorman after college, wasn’t keen on spending his life sitting at a desk. As he entered the police academy, Shea said he was told being an officer is a “front row seat to the greatest show on earth.” Shea’s older brother, James, entered the academy in the same class. He retired from the NYPD as a deputy chief and since 2013 has been public safety director in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he was a key figure in the response to last month’s deadly attack on a kosher grocery store. Shea’s younger brother, Paul, joined the Army after the Sept. 11 attacks and is now a major. Their late father was also in the Army. Commissioner Shea worked in narcotics and was a precinct commander in the Bronx in the 2000s before moving into the first of several top leadership positions. In 2014, Commissioner William Bratton called with a new assignment running CompStat, an analytics system that Shea said is “probably the engine that drives the NYPD.” Shea would sleep in his office at police headquarters the night before weekly CompStat meetings, at which leaders study statistics and strategies for targeting high-crime areas. Sometimes he wouldn’t be done preparing until as late as 1 a.m. Shea, who was chief of detectives before becoming commissioner, attributes his work ethic to his late father, a bartender and handyman whom he recalled missing work just once, after falling in snow and breaking his knee. Shea’s parents emigrated to the U.S. in the 1950s but didn’t meet until living in New York. His mother, Ellen, grew up in a Tobercurry home with a thatched roof and no indoor plumbing that was smaller than his office, Shea said, recalling a visit he made in the 1970s. His father was from County Laois. Upon being appointed commissioner, Shea spoke of how proud his father and other relatives would have been, telling a City Hall crowd: “I can assure you there is a hell of a celebration going on in Heaven. You would have to know my father… There was probably some Irish whiskey being spilled.” Follow Michael Sisak on Twitter at twitter.com/mikesisak Source : Link Heart • helping • leader • NYPD’s • people Bernie Sanders survived a heart attack, and so did his campaign. Now party leaders wonder if he’s their future. Bernie Sanders survived a heart attack, and so did his campaign. Now party leaders wonder if he’s their future. Welcome to 2020 Vision, the Yahoo News column covering the presidential race with one key takeaway every weekday and a wrap-up each … read more December 27, 2019 e-News.US World News attack • Bernie • Heart • Sanders • survived Michael Avenatti: Fellow lawyer at the ‘heart’ of defense Michael Avenatti: Fellow lawyer at the ‘heart’ of defense NEW YORK (AP) — California attorney Michael Avenatti maintained in a court submission Tuesday that prosecutors are trying to block a fellow high-profile lawyer from being presented as an important part … read more December 25, 2019 e-News.US World News Avenatti • Fellow • Heart • Lawyer • Michael Michael Avenatti: Fellow lawyer at the ‘heart’ of defense California attorney Michael Avenatti maintains that a fellow high-profile lawyer is an important part of his defense against charges he tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike By LARRY NEUMEISTER … read more December 24, 2019 e-News.US USA Avenatti • Fellow • Heart • Lawyer • Michael Correvio’s heart drug fails to get FDA approval Correvio’s heart drug fails to get FDA approval (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Correvio Pharma Corp’s drug to correct irregular rhythm in the upper chambers of the heart, the company said on Tuesday. … read more December 24, 2019 e-News.US World News approval • Correvio's • Drug • fails • Heart Climate Change Strikes at the Heart of German Identity: The Woods Climate Change Strikes at the Heart of German Identity: The Woods SCHIERKE, Germany — Several retirees, a few millennials, a local couple and a technology specialist who saved overtime hours to take a day off from work gathered around a … read more December 24, 2019 e-News.US World News change • climate • German • Heart • strikes Little girl in upstate New York has proof of Santa Claus’ magic \| World News Tonight The little girl’s mother needed a new heart so she asked Santa to find one for Christmas, and he did. 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The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, atop a ULA Atlas V rocket, lifts off for an uncrewed Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station By … read more December 22, 2019 e-News.US Sports “Not • critical • faint • Heart • landing ‘Not for the faint of heart:’ Critical landing test ahead for Boeing Starliner (Reuters) – The Boeing Co Starliner spacecraft that failed in its mission to reach the International Space Station was due to barrel down to the Earth’s surface … read more December 22, 2019 e-News.US USA “Not • critical • faint • Heart • landing Change of heart: Late flips stun on signing day Change of heart: Late flips stun on signing day Twists and turns are what making following the recruiting process fun and this year the surprises were coming left and right. Take a look at the biggest surprises from the first … read more December 19, 2019 e-News.US Sports change • Flips • Heart • late • stun What Your Heart Rate Number Really Means What Your Heart Rate Number Really Means Anne R. Crecelius Health, Americas It’s one of your body’s most basic vital signs. The rise of wearable fitness trackers has increased the number of people monitoring their heart rate, both throughout the … read more December 19, 2019 e-News.US Defense Anne • Heart • means • Number • rate • Really • WHAT • your Khloe Kardashian’s ‘Heart Is Open’ For Love As Tristan Thompson Continues Flirting With Her On IG Khloe Kardashian’s ‘Heart Is Open’ For Love As Tristan Thompson Continues Flirting With Her On IG Khloe Kardashian ‘isn’t out of the game just yet’ when it comes to dating! Sources share EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife that the ‘KUWTK’ star is … read more December 17, 2019 e-News.US Entertainment Heart • Kardashian's • Khloe • Love • open ‘They’re ripping the heart out of our chest’: Raiders fans come to grips with Oakland finale – Yahoo Sports ‘They’re ripping the heart out of our chest’: Raiders fans come to grips with Oakland finale – Yahoo Sports read more December 16, 2019 e-News.US Sports Chest • Heart • Raiders • ripping • They're China’s Chip Quest Is All Heart, Not Enough Brain China’s Chip Quest Is All Heart, Not Enough Brain (Bloomberg Opinion) — China has made developing its own chip industry a matter of patriotic pride. It helps that “China chip” and “China heart” sound the same in the local language. The … read more December 16, 2019 e-News.US Finance China's • chip • Enough • Heart • quest Halestorm Finish New EP, Release “Heart Of Novocaine” Acoustic In-Studio Performance Halestorm Finish New EP, Release “Heart Of Novocaine” Acoustic In-Studio Performance Halestorm have been sharing some acoustic in-studio performances lately with the below videos for “Heart Of Novocaine” and “Do Not Disturb” among their latest offerings. The band also recently … read more December 14, 2019 e-News.US Music 'Novocaine' • finish • Halestorm • Heart • Release Nick Foles, Derrick Henry among 10 key factors in NFL playoff-clinching scenarios – USA TODAY O’Rourke doubles down on gun buyback plan after Buttigieg criticism – CBS News Greeks vote in 1st parliamentary election since bailout end Air Force jet accidentally fires rocket into the Arizona desert ‘Completely Despicable’: Tulsi Gabbard, Asked About Syria, Attacks the Media New York ends religious exemption to vaccine mandates	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1118
__label__cc	0.735267	0.264733	Hemsley + Hemsley commented, “Being part of the first ever BBC Good Food Eat Well Show last year was great fun, so we’re thrilled to be back for round 2 The BBC Good Food Shows are pleased to announce the brand new BBC Good Food Show Summer in the City. This exciting new show takes place at London’s ExCel Centre from 20 May – 22 May 2016 and will focus on delicious and seasonal foods, with an emphasis on vitality and health. The BBC Good Food Eat Well Show will now be a part of BBC Good Food Show Summer in the City as eating well plays an important part in the Capital’s food culture. Visitors can enjoy inspirational demonstrations in the Show’s incredible Supertheatre from talented chefs, including Tom Kerridge and Paul Hollywood as well as eat well gurus Hemsley + Hemsley. The Show also features fantastic shopping from an array of food and drink exhibitors – so you can taste, experience, discover and shop for the flavours of summer. Hemsley + Hemsley commented, “Being part of the first ever BBC Good Food Eat Well Show last year was great fun, so we’re thrilled to be back for round 2. We love that wellness and delicious cooking – what we’re all about – go hand in hand at this brand new show, and we’re looking forward to sharing some of our favourite recipes live on stage.” Summer eating is all about fresh ingredients and recipes and the BBC Good Food Show Summer in the City will be the place to come to find culinary inspiration and advice as well as to discover a wide range of the best food and drink, catch up on the latest trends, and buy the latest appliances and gadgets. Find out more at bbcgoodfoodshowsummerlondon.com and sign up to the newsletter for the latest news and offers. REVIEW: Table 7 Restaurant Feeding London’s obsession with bao, one bun at a time is Mr Bao in Peckh CLEANSED Dorfman Theatre Previews Sed varius justo in elit mollis molestie. Etiam id ligula at tellus placera	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1120
__label__cc	0.532999	0.467001	Expertise & Innovation Microbial Risks West Nile Virus (WNV) is an enveloped virus, belonging to the family Flaviviridae (origin: yellow fever virus), that can cause a flu-like symptoms and in rare circumstances, a neurological illness which could lead to death. Food Safety & Public Health Experts Anna Starobin Elaine Black PhD John Barcay John Hanlin Mandy Sedlak Oriana Leishman Ruth Petran Sima Hussein Susan Nie Tatiana Lorca Youkai Lu Healthcare Experts Ellie Wishart Linda Homan Water Experts Emilio Tenuta Geoff Townsend Water Safety Experts Eric R. Myers Food Safety News Flash Newsletter B. Cereus BSE (Mad Cow Disease) Candida Auris C. botulinum Cryptosporidium Cyclospora Foot and Mouth H1N1 Pandemic Flu Staph Aureus Foodborne Staph aureus - MRSA WHAT IS WEST NILE VIRUS? West Nile Virus (WNV) is an enveloped virus, belonging to the family Flaviviridae (origin: yellow fever virus), that can cause a flu-like symptoms and in rare circumstances, a neurological illness which could lead to death. WNV was first isolated in a woman in the West Nile district of Uganda in 1937, giving the virus its name. Today, WNV is present around the globe in Africa, Europe, the Middle-East, North America and West Asia. Since a dramatic outbreak in 1999 that spread throughout the continental U.S., the importance of this insect-borne pathogen has been recognized as a major cause of public health concern globally. Most cases of an infection with WNV are asymptomatic (approx. 80%). About 20% of infected humans will develop the West Nile fever, leading to flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, tiredness, body aches, nausea, vomiting and swollen lymph glands. Severe cases have been observed (one out of 150 people), especially in elderly people (over the age of 50) and in immunocompromised people showing signs of encephalitis, meningoencephalitis or meningitis. Lethality ranges between 15 - 40% in elderly people2). The incubation period is usually three to 14 days1). HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED? The main route of transmission of WNV is through mosquito bites (commonly: Culex-, Aedes- and Mansonia species). Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds that serve as a natural host of the virus. Horses and humans can get infected, but typically do not contribute to the spread of the virus. In rare cases, human infections have occurred through organ transplant, blood transfusion and breast milk. There is only one reported case of transplacental (mother to child) WNV transmission. To date, no human-to-human transmission of WNV through casual contact or to health care workers has been reported when standard infection control precautions have been put in place1). HOW IS IT CONTROLLED? In the absence of a vaccine for humans, the main preventive approaches aim at raising awareness of the risk factors and measures people can take to reduce exposure to mosquito bites. The use of an insect repellent is highly recommended when doing outdoor activities as well as wearing clothing that covers the body. Many mosquitoes are most active from dusk until dawn which should be taken into consideration. In addition, local health departments have issued a number of mosquito control programs and give instructions how to dispose of dead birds, which should not be touched with bare hands3). In conclusion, prevention of a WNV infection through standard hygiene measures is therefore limited. But, as WNV is an enveloped virus, disinfectants should meet ‘efficacy against enveloped viruses’ acc. Robert Koch-Institute (RKI) and German Association for the Control of Virus Diseases (DVV) or ‘virucidal’ acc. DVV/RKI guideline or ‘virucidal’ acc. EN 14476(4-6). Health-care workers caring for patients with suspected WNV infection should implement standard infection control precautions. HOW ABOUT EUROPE? Since mid-1990s, there has been increased spread of MNV-associated illnesses which have been especially observed in the Mediterranean area, Russia, Romania, Hungary and Austria2). Outbreak sites often occur along the migratory routes of major birds. As a matter of discussion, ongoing climate changes can influence bird migratory routes and also lead to a spread of the disease. 1) http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/ 2) https://www.rki.de/SiteGlobals/Forms/Suche/serviceSucheForm.html?nn=2725444&resourceId=2390936&input_=2725444&pageLocale=de&searchEngineQueryString=west+nile+fieber&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 3) http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/prevention/index.html 4) www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/Krankenhaushygiene/Desinfektionsmittel/Viruzid.html 5) Leitlinie der DVV/RKI, Bundesgesundheitsbl. 2015, 58, 493-504 6) EN 14476:2013 + FprA1:2015 Sites of Interest: ECDC: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/Pages/home.aspx CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/index.html WHO: http://www.who.int/en/ RKI: http://www.rki.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.html	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1127
__label__wiki	0.957728	0.957728	Panama admits MT Riah's violation of intl. law TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – Panama has begun the process of withdrawing the registration of an oil tanker called MT Riah, which was reported to have disappeared when passing through the Strait of Hormuz on July 14, the country's maritime authority said on Saturday. Panama began the flag withdrawal process on Friday after an investigation determined the tanker had "deliberately violated international regulations," the authority said in a statement, according to Xinhua news agency. "We roundly condemn the use of Panamanian flagged ships for illicit activities," the authority said. Although Tehran did not name the vessel, the Riah is the only ship that appeared to be active in that region during the time. The mystery at sea has added to high tensions in the Persian Gulf. It is not clear which country or company owns and operates the Riah. Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on Thursday its naval units had captured a foreign tanker smuggling fuel in an area to the south of the Iranian Larak Island in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz. KI/PR VIDEO: Moment when IRGC Navy seizes fuel smuggling foreign tanker Tehran’s argument on detained tanker more convincing than London’s: Russia India calls on Iran to release 3 remaining crew members Of seized oil tanker S Arabia is accomplice in Trump crime by supporting assassination of Gen. Soleimani	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1128
__label__wiki	0.530888	0.530888	The course aims to cover the general aspects of Public international law The concept of international law.Subjects of international law: States, international organisations, other subjects. Individuals as holders of rights and duties.Sources of international law: customary law, treaties and other sources.Codification of general international law.Treaty law.The use of force and its limits in international law.State responsibility.Settlement of international disputes.The reception of international law within the national system. TREVES, Diritto internazionale. Problemi fondamentali, Giuffrè, Milano, 2005, p. 1-3; 51-83; 113-143; 161-237; 245-255; 262-277; 294; 298-722; or: SCOVAZZI, Corso di Diritto internazionale, Parte I, Giuffrè, Milano, 2000, p. 5-10; 40-182;SCOVAZZI (a cura di), Corso di Diritto internazionale, Parte II, Giuffrè, Milano, 2006, p. 1-377;TREVES, Diritto internazionale. Problemi fondamentali, Giuffrè, Milano, 2005, p. 51-83; 161-188; 575-627. PINESCHI Laura UNIT COORDINATOR: PINESCHI Laura PARENT ACTIVITY	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1132
__label__wiki	0.979089	0.979089	Biden Should Suspend Campaign During Senate Impeachment Trial: McCarthy Citing the collusion between the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clintons campaign in 2016, the top Republican in the House on Jan. 14 called for former Vice President Joe Biden to not campaign during the upcoming Senate impeachment trial. “If theres anyone who gained from this, itd be anybody whos running for president thats not in the U.S. Senate,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said at a press conference on Jan. 14. The senators running for president “will no longer have a voice,” McCarthy said, because senators running for president will miss time on the campaign trail to attend the trial. He suggested the DNC “ask those who are not senators to not campaign while the others cannot.” He then referenced what happened in 2016, saying that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was “cheated.” Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to guests during a campaign stop at Berg Middle School in Newton, Iowa, on Jan. 11, 2020. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Former DNC chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) resigned in the summer of 2016 after leaked emails showed the committee colluding with Clintons campaign. In one email, Wasserman Schultz said Sanders, an independent who identifies as a socialist, has “never been a member of the Democratic Party and has no understanding of what we do.” “He isnt going to be president,” she wrote in another email. In other emails, committee officials discussed how Sanderss atheism could be used against him. “It may make no difference but for KY and WA can we get someone to ask his belief,” Brad Marshall, former chief financial officer of the committee, wrote. “He had skated on having a Jewish heritage. I read he is an atheist. This could make several points difference with my peeps. My Southern Baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist.” Another official floated building a “narrative” about Sanders. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at a press conference in the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 9, 2020. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times) “Wondering if theres a good Bernie narrative for a story which is that Bernie never ever had his act together, that his campaign was a mess,” former committee national press secretary Mark Paustenbach wrote. Because of what happened, the DNC removed superdelegates from the first round of voting for 2020. That meant Sanders had a chance to win the nomination—”but not now that Nancy Pelosi has held these documents,” McCarthy said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has held the impeachment articles against President Donald Trump for more than a month, delaying a Senate impeachment trial. The trial will now start just weeks before the Iowa caucus, costing Democratic contenders valuable time in the field. McCarthy then called on Biden “to make a pledge to not campaign while Bernie Sanders cannot after what the Democrat National Committee has done to his campaign a few short years ago.” Emails to Bidens campaign and Sanderss office werent immediately returned. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden visits a campaign field office Read More – Source Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Allow Public Charge Immigration Rule to Take Effect USMCA Clears Key Senate Hurdle, Might See Final Vote This Week EU migration to UK falls BELOW 100,000 for first time in five years after Brexit By admin February 25, 2018 Russian police probe mysterious death of 32yo Nigerian prince in night club We werent ready for such a harsh, unfair ruling, Maria Butinas dad tells RT Syrian army takes over key town from rebels in Idlib Trump’s ‘deal of the century’: Mideast plan imposes conditions on Palestinians Peru court orders opposition leader Keiko Fujimori to return to prison ‘It sounded like rape’: Weinstein accuser’s ex-roommate backs up sexual assault allegation Lawmaker says he regrets comparing gender reassignment and Nazi experiments by Europe Brief News	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1139
__label__cc	0.707292	0.292708	The influence of joining english course to the students’ vocabulary mastery of eleventh grade students of sma 1 bae kudus in 2017/2018 academic year ULFA, SYARIFA AMALIA (2018) The influence of joining english course to the students’ vocabulary mastery of eleventh grade students of sma 1 bae kudus in 2017/2018 academic year. Skripsi Sarjana thesis, UMK. PDF (Lampiran) - Accepted Version Vocabulary is one of the language components in English that must be mastered by the student to enhance their English skill. The students have the chance to learn English and increase their vocabulary mastery through the teaching and learning process at school. But sometimes, some people think that learning at school is still not enough. Besides studying in school, the students also study out of school to enhance their ability like joining English course. This research has a purpose which to find out whether there is significant difference of the vocabulary mastery of eleventh grade students of SMA 1 Bae Kudus in 2017/2018 academic year between students who join English course and those who do not join it. In this research, the writer uses causal comparative design where the writer wants to know English course is giving influence to the students’ vocabulary or not. The writer uses test to measure the students’ vocabulary mastery between the students who join English course and those who do not join it. After getting the result, the writer found some data that showed the vocabulary mastery of the students who join English course are better than the students who do not join English course. It can be seen from the score of test both of group. The highest and lowest score of the students who join English course that are 93.3 and 66.6.The writer got the mean and the standard deviation that are 77.4 and 7.5. Meanwhile, the highest and the lowest score of the students who do not join English course are 86.6 and 46.6. The writer got the mean and the standard deviations are 61.4 and 10.15. Furthermore, the calculation of t-test finds that t-observation (t0) is 6.38 while the t-table (tt) of the degree of freedom (df) 49 and the level of the significance is 0.05 is 2.021. Based on the data above, the writer concludes that there is significant difference of vocabulary mastery of eleventh grade students of SMA 1 Bae Kudus in 2017/2018 academic year between students who join English course and who do not join it. The writer found that English course give influence to the students’ vocabulary mastery. In addition, the students should be able having some activities out of school to improve their English skill especially their vocabulary mastery like joining English course. Pembimbing 1 : Nuraeningsih, S.Pd, M.Pd NIDN : 0612077901 Pembimbing 2 : Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, S.S, M.Pd NIDN : 0607037804 English Course, vocabulary mastery Pendidikan > Pendidikan (Umum) Pendidikan > Teori dan praktek pendidikan http://eprints.umk.ac.id/id/eprint/10877	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1141
__label__cc	0.685909	0.314091	Home › Publications › Freethought Today Archives › Articles › Secular Invocation: Ed Sweeney Freethought Today · June/July 2017 Published by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. Secular Invocation: Ed Sweeney Ed Sweeney Upper Arlington, Ohio, City Council May 8, 2017 FFRF Member Ed Sweeney gave the following secular invocation that he said was met with kind words from citizens, city staff and council members, including Council President and Mayor Deborah Johnson. Sweeney said he would like to give credit to state Rep. Juan Mendez, who gave a similar invocation on May 13, 2013, before a session of the Arizona House of Representatives. "When I finished, the mayor said, 'Awesome,' " Sweeney wrote. Johnson also wrote a note to Sweeney, which said: "Thank you very much for taking the time to come to our City Council meeting. City Council and staff appreciate you delivering the invocation on May 8, 2017. We value your message and words of wisdom." Sweeney now says he hopes to get the council to stop having any invocations before meetings. Most invocations in this room begin with a request to bow your heads. Tonight, I ask that you not bow your heads. Instead, I ask that we take a moment to look around the room at all of the men and women here. Let's share together this extraordinary experience of being alive and of dedicating ourselves to working toward improving the lives of the people of Upper Arlington. This is a room in which there are many challenging debates, many moments of tension and frustration. But this is also a room where, as my secular humanist tradition stresses, by the very fact of being human, we have much more in common than we have differences. We share the same spectrum of potential for care, compassion, fear, joy and love. In this room, let us cherish and celebrate our shared humanness and capacity for reason. Let us celebrate our compassion for the people of our City; the love for our Constitution and our democracy. Reason has the power to solve even the most challenging problems, while cultivating intelligent, moral and ethical interactions among people of varying backgrounds and beliefs or non-beliefs. In gratitude and in love let us work together for a better city. Publications Links About Freethought Today Free Sample Issue	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1149
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__label__cc	0.577839	0.422161	Filter Koffee @The_Karthik on Twitter Author Archives: Karthik Nagarajan About Karthik Nagarajan Cryptographer turned researcher turned marketer. Global warmer. Rats' ass giver. Rachel Weiszer. Screen writer. Filter Coffeeist. That guy who uses the word 'branded' before content. The neighbour. Posted on August 9, 2018 by Karthik Nagarajan “Do you know Kalaignar’s house?” I asked impatiently on the phone to my largely clueless Uber driver, who clearly was not from the city. He of course did. I use this direction detail sparsely because invariably I will have to clarify, “not Gopalapuram. The CIT colony house”. We shared a compound wall with the other family. But it was unnecessary. He was the quietest neighbour in our colony. A small but tastefully built house with tall trees and a beautiful balcony. You could throw a garland or a grenade with equal ease. On numerous mornings, I have sat next to my window and wondered how behind those unassuming walls, walked the entire political and social history of a state. Of a people. If you saw more than one car parked outside, you knew he was home. If you saw a steady stream of ordinary people walking into his house, you knew he was home. If all the houses in the street received baskets of sweets and savouries, you knew he was home and it probably was a farmer’s festival. You will run into Kanimozhi on the pavement, when you are out to get vegetables. Your maid will show up with gifts from their house. That is how they are. Regular people. It is difficult to separate the history of the state, from the man. Because he has always been there. Always. He has made poll alliances with people I read about in school textbooks and also rooted for CSK this season. He has always been there. Which is why today it feels like a family doctor died, taking away with him critical pages on why we are what we are. How did Tamil Nadu become the first state to recognise Transgender rights, decades back? How did atheism become critical for social justice? How do you build an organization and a movement that outlives you? How do you become the country’s first screen writing super star? Why is linguistic plurality important for the fabric of this country? Why is it important to be ‘regular people’ in public life? (Pic credit: Anna Arivalayam) Unlike MGR or Jayalalitha, he was no accidental politician. He did not get attracted to it mid way. He was not pushed into it. He wanted this. He planned for it with a primal focus, right from when he was 14. When he laid down on the railway tracks of Kallakudi as a 29 year old, protesting Hindi imposition, he was already mid-career. To put this in perspective, both Jayalalitha and Modi were 9 year old children who in all probability, were playing marbles in their backyards on that hot Wednesday afternoon. Kalignar’s impact on Tamil Nadu is not just political. He has affected the cultural fabric of a region, in a stunningly unique way. The human body is poor hardware for what the mind can accomplish. But Muthuvel Karunanidhi pushed it as much as he can – for 94 years, through healthy eating and yoga, before these things became cool. I dont think he will complain. If the young man of Kallakudi fame were to meet himself today, he would agree that it was a life well lived. Not just at the work front but at home as well. In innumerable interviews, his children have mentioned how he has always been around, for everything. Regular people. His career is checkered with extraordinary contradictions. The man who fought for social equality all his life did not have a single woman leader in his party ever – until his daughter, of course. The man who moulded friends like Prof. Anbazhagan into great leaders and stood for civility above all else, also presided over a generation of party workers who were essentially thugs. The man who stood for Tamil rights all his life, presided over the Last War in Sri Lanka, which had ‘war crimes’ written all over it. The man who pioneered social revolutions like Samathuvapurams (equality villages) and Uzhavar Sandhai (farmers’ markets) never really focused on infrastructure issues like water and electricity. But beyond all this, why is there so much love? why does a politician feel like family? How did he build the Dravidian brand so successfully that even millions of people like me who were born in brahmin households, swear by it? How did he draw an equal audience to his ‘Kaviyarangams’ (poetry slam) as much as he did to his political rallies? The answer probably lies in an innocuous word called ‘Inclusion’. His entire political discourse was based on ‘include them also’ and never ‘take it away from them’. It is not an ideal position to take. Not even the right one at all times. However, it endeared him to generations. We were sure that things will never go really bad with him around. After all, how can this sitting CM uncle, who once embarrassed Jackie Chan by praising him for 40 mts in a language that he didnt even understand, be bad for anyone? (Pic credit: Murasoli) A few years back, it was his birthday and he was in the ‘other’ house. Dad joined hundreds of other people who casually walked into his house to wish him. From a distance, dad recalled to him how his uncle Sethurama Iyer taught him in Class VIII in Thiruvaroor and made him the class leader. The Chief Minister remembered his teacher and even though he was too weak for it, got up from his chair and folded his hands in reverence. Dad was thrilled. He now had a Kalaignar story to tell. Everybody has a Kalaignar story to tell… Posted in City Lights, Clapboard, Dogears, Life, Uncategorized, Unparliamentary The Kaapi after Kaala Posted on June 9, 2018 by Karthik Nagarajan It was a Thursday morning at 8:30 AM and we found ourselves in Matunga. The right thing to do under those circumstances was to immediately head to Cafe Madras or Cafe Mysore for some Idli, vada and coffee. We chose Mysore because you know, Underdogs. Which was ironic given we were walking down from Aurora Cinema, after catching the FDFS of Kaala at a conveniently timed 5:30 AM show. Clearly, overdog behaviour. But that wasn’t the oddest thing about that morning. Here were three men, who would bleed cinema if you cut them, but ten minutes and a few polite enquiries about Dalit symbolism in the film later, we were talking about weather, traffic and such, over the breakfast. Bordering almost on ‘no dog’ behaviour. Which could have been partly because I did not have a dog in this fight. I did not grow up a Superstar fan. We were in the ‘other’ camp. The one that lost to Rajini’s films every Deepavali in box office collections, like Zimbabwe touring Australia. It is not about whether you will win, but by how much will you lose. So you can understand the fact that I was doing a FDFS Rajini film after more than a decade. The festivities before the gates opened at Aurora set the tone beautifully. You gotta give it to the ‘Aussies’. They know a good time! As we entered the gates finally, dawn was breaking and rain was receding. We walked through a door that was dwarfed by a giant cut out of Kaala outside, which was so tall that one could only see his feet. The experience was more religious than cinematic. The film begins with a riveting opening sequence – bull dozers Vs slum. But the drama isn’t coming from either. The scene is entirely fueled by the fire in Anjali Patil’s eyes. A fire that will see the film through at multiple points later. As the Hero is being called for to save the day, the fans break loose. This is Why they are here. The Entry. But Kaala is introduced as an aged uncle playing cricket with kids and losing his middle stump to a child’s delivery. I couldnt believe it and the fans obviously couldnt either. So decibels die down gradually. As a matter of fact, it will be another half hour or so before it will even resurface. It is clear that Pa. Ranjith wants us to get used to ‘this’ Rajini. The one who doesn’t mind his son saving his life. One who doesnt mind being beaten up in a police station. The one who has grand children. The one who is lost in love. He wants us to get used to ‘this’ guy. But I wonder if it is too much to ask from the fans who just emptied a pot of milk on a wooden cut out at 5:00 AM. But Ranjith doesn’t stop there. He wants more. He wants us to feel the romance in Santosh Narayanan’s ‘Kannamma’, set on two people (Rajini & Huma) who we were introduced to us just five minutes back. He wants us to just imagine their entire backstory. He doesn’t even stop there. If ten years back…scratch that. If last week, you had told me that there will be a Rajini film in which the villain kills his wife, sons, son’s girlfriend and best friend, beats him to pulp in a police station, not budge one bit to anything he wants, burns down his house and still be standing at the end of the film, or that Ranjith would make a Rajini film where Tamil seems force fitted, I would have asked you, “kya re! jokingaa?”. But this happens and Ranjith wants you to be OK with it. In fact, after all this, when Rajini walks into the villain’s den and delivers a punch dialogue that ‘you cannot kill me!!’, he wants the theatre to erupt with adrenaline and not laugh. Very pavlovian. Very ‘all are dog’ behaviour. But then, Rajini looks like a million bucks! And is so much at home in his chair surrounded by grand children, romancing his wife, as he is on a bridge, killing the bad guys with one umbrella and much swag. He is at home in the backdrop of Santosh’s extraordinary hip hop meets metal OST. You do agree with Ranjith that he should do more of this. The most electrifying duo on screen is not Rajini and the villain, but the protagonist and his wife, essayed beautifully by Easwari Rao. Their romance is quite the soul of this film. And you do agree with Ranjith that there should be more of this. The film is not replete with only Dalit symbolism. It doffs it’s hat equally to the Superstar as well. Rajini’s house for example is a strong character in the film, much like Annamalai or Dharmadurai or Yejaman. At a time when his nativity is being questioned politically, to have a character named Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, makes the film that much more personal to the star. And the drunk humour in the police station is reminiscent of the nineties, when it used to be a regular fixture. There is so much swag and chutzpah in this Kaala that he doesnt have to light a single cigarette. We can get used to this Shivaji Rao, Ranjith. As we exited Aurora cinema and stepped on to Bhimrao Ambedkar Road, there was only one question in my mind. Kaala is a film that you will watch for a few hours and discuss for many days. The film is about left ideology and Dalit human rights. It is not veiled that Rajini is just a vehicle. Everything else is just a vehicle. For many days to come, you will hear endlessly about these ‘easter eggs’ in the film – the number plate of his Mahindra Thar (BR 1956, which denotes the year B.R. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism), the fact that Nana Patekar’s character, dressed in white, does not drink the water offered to him in Rajini’s house, but the latter does it when the situation reverses, the Buddha viharam and the ‘Jai bheem’ flags in the set, the delectable way in which ‘Swachch Bharat’ has been satirized, the blue shirts inside his black suits, the ‘Raavana Kaaviyam’ book on Kaala’s desk, the fact that the villain refers to Kaala as the ‘Raavan’ and the instrument used to kill his family looks uncannily like a mace. And people will write books on that extraordinary climax. Some of these, you will notice while watching the film. Many, you will miss and would want to watch the film again, to appreciate and earn the goose bumps. But as I gulped down the King size filter coffee at Cafe Mysore that morning, I couldn’t help thinking, why should such an important social commentary be so subtle? What is the crying need that prevents it from being more accessible? Is the Auteur’s style more important than the message itself? or does Ranjith feel the World is not yet ready for it. I am not even sure if they are ready for this Rajini. May be they arent. And may be, that is not important. Posted in 22 yards, City Lights, Clapboard, Film Review, Uncategorized, Unparliamentary Jallikattu – An entire week when Tamil Nadu had a solution looking for a problem Posted on August 15, 2017 by Karthik Nagarajan It was a pleasant January morning, close to the Marina beach. More than 30,000 people – of all ages, gender and from different parts of the state have been gathering there, every morning for 5 days in a row, to witness the fate of the country pan out. No, I am not talking about Jallikattu. The year was 1999. On Sunday, Jan 31st, India was chasing 298 to win the first test against Pakistan and at 50 for 2, things were looking ominous. As Ravi would say, Wasim bhai was ‘making the ball talk’. Dravid had just survived a close LBW shout to a ball that straightened. The next one held its course. This was followed by arguably one of the most extraordinary deliveries in Test cricket ever, where the ball pitched in line with the leg stump and swung about 3 inches – the geometrically perfect deviation to miss Dravid’s outside edge and still kiss the top of the off stump. The crowd instinctively let out a collective wow, before reality sunk in and plunged them into a sea of silence. They would later give the Pakistan team a standing ovation as they took a victory lap for the only time in a foreign land (no, Dubai is not foreign). It was probably the game that earned them the tag ‘knowledgeable Chennai crowd’ – an acknowledgement that this audience could transcend beyond the naivety of patriotism and embrace the nuance of Sport. There was nothing nuanced about the Jallikattu protests though, 18 years on. What was a purposeful, focused resistance on a local issue that started in Alanganallur the previous week, was the perfect, lighted matchstick to the dried haystack that was TN. The protest was an epic, public clash of two schools of thought, that were both enormously flawed. Or as Nolan might put it, it was “an unreasonable force colliding with an illogical object”. The ban on Jallikattu itself was absurd and it needed to be protested. It was fairly evident that the people who wanted to ban the sport spent precious little time understanding it. For example, both the courts and the media often referred to the sport as bull taming – something that the sport doesn’t involve at all. The whole concept of ‘cruelty’ is also extremely subjective in a country where the meat industry is supported by more than two thirds of its population. But the argument on the street was equally absurd. PeTA was made out to be this monster lobbyist who had bottomless funding and allies in governments across the globe to carry out their desires at will. That’s a bit like saying AK Hangal was the leading man in Sholay. Most people on the beach pronounced the words ‘vaadi vaasal’ for the first time (and most likely the last). And their overall understanding of the economics of the milk industry was poor. The scale of Jallikattu was too small to either create or destroy a milk consumption pattern and the indigenous breeds in question were anyway low yielding ones with no impact on production. It was basically a protest fuelled entirely by WhatsApp forwards. Only, it was no Tahrir square. (Image credit:NDTV) This was certainly not the famed ‘knowledgeable Chennai crowd’. But something else was going on of historical significance. For the first time ever, the people of TN did something out of character. They decided to give a fuck about governance. For people who are not familiar with the state, this is as rare an occurrence as Salman pursuing a quest for cinematic excellence or Mohanlal doing justice to a poetry reading of Gulzar. You see, TN has always looked at politics through the same lens as cinema. You need a hero, a villain and a large serving of drama. And oh, it is always someone else’s production. And the public’s job in both cases is to step into a box counter, pledge their allegiance and sit back for the entertainment. Don’t get me wrong. TN has always taken care of itself, with or without a government – be it the Tsunami or the Chennai floods. But we have seldom taken on the Empire’s Dark Star. We never made it personal until January 2017. And the new found rage was Beautiful. For an entire week, a state remained angry. Angry at a political class that had failed them. Angry at a republic that never respected its culture. Or its language. Angry that they had no more heroes left to trust. Angry that every institution around them (even auto rickshaws) had been compromised by the ruling class. Angry that the river that ‘ran’ through their capital city was actually a metaphor for the decay of the state itself. SO angry that they could not articulate any of these. And ‘Don’t ban Jallikattu’ seemed like a sufficient SOS for everything else. No wonder we burnt ourselves out in a week. We ran out of articulations and the anger wore us down. The sense of occasion overwhelmed us and much like Nayan Mongia in the said test, the protestors holed out to square leg on the last day of the test. It has been six months since the Jallikattu protests, but things have only gotten from worse to tragic, for this state. Nieces, nephews, friends and nephews of friends of the departed have announced themselves as the heir to the throne. Not because they want to, but because they can. An actor who has been so scared of failure for two decades continues to be delusional and insult the intelligence of an entire state. The national parties hover over the state like hawks waiting for its injured prey to breath its last. A legislative cabinet whose collective IQ can be challenged by a kindergarten class is settling down to ‘cash in’ on the two remaining years of elected office. (image credit: Hindustan Times) The worst part? None of this is even veiled. This is the most unprecedented, unequivocal ridicule of a citizenry in recent memory. And until now, the said citizenry is still in the theatre, waiting for a climax. Not realizing that the film is about them. Tamil Nadu can really use a really good revolution now. One that is not naïve but honest. One that is not indifferent but selfish. Or like the ‘Big Boss’ often says, one where we don’t feel leaders are from Mars, but our own streets and colonies. A revolution that is all rage. And no bull. Posted in 22 yards, City Lights, Uncategorized, Unparliamentary In Kaatru Veliyidai, the auteur’s worst and best work ever! Posted on April 16, 2017 by Karthik Nagarajan There is a scene in Kaatru Veliyidai when Dr. Illyas (RJ Balaji’s character) is speaking to Nidhi (Rukmini Vijayakumar) and he asks her how Leela (Aditi Rao) is able to forgive someone as flawed as VC (Karthi) over and over again and manage to have limitless love for him. By the time that scene played out, I had already been squirming in my seat for over half an hour and was truly disconnected from the plot. So the question seemed like something I could stand up and ask the other 249 people in the hall that night. Only, it will not be about Leela but Mani himself. Why is it that we, his audience, continue to look forward and patronise his work, even when it has been many years since we last related to his narrative? I am sure it is not a simple answer. Kaatru Veliyidai is an overwhelming sensory experience. Ravi Varman (true to his name) brings to us the most visually stunning piece of cinema made in this country in more than a decade, by some distance. But that is not new. Mani has always, almost compulsorily had that extraordinarily beautiful handwriting – cinematography, music or sound design. Except, it comes together in KV, better than ever. There is a scene where the two protagonists are standing next to a jeep on top of a hill, in momentary silence and I would be lying if I told you I did not feel the gush of a cold mountain breeze and shiver a little inside the Chennai theatre. Aditi (aided beautifully by Krithika Nelson’s exquisite dubbing), shines through in a surprisingly impactful performance by a female protagonist. Surprising as they together pull off the ‘looking lost in love’ and ‘sounding lost in love’, with extraordinary authenticity. The scene in which she is humming while making tea for her grandfather and then stepping out at the sound of a fighter jet whizzing past is sublime. The one who seems completely out of touch though is the writer himself. The mind that penned films that eventually became pop culture for an entire civilisation, seems to struggle to connect anymore. Not with a different generation, but the one that knows him intimately as a creator. He has always erred on the side of brevity when it comes to dialogues and his characters have mostly been comfortable switching between their native slang and poetic Tamil. This streak in them has mostly been for the effect, for a great one liner that heightens a scene, rather than something that is organic and native to the character itself. And we have always enjoyed that. The prospect of an auteur presenting world class cinema to us, rooted so much in our sensibilities has always been exhilarating and we have lapped it up instantly. And proudly. However, Tamil cinema has moved on. We are bang in the middle of a unique revolution, one where we have willingly traded aesthetics for the rough edges and compromised poetry for authenticity. It is the age of Kumararaja and Vijay Sethupathi. One where the school of Mahendran has already married that of Mani Ratnam and Balachander has already stepped out onto the fields with Bharathiraja. So no, we cannot relate to a Hero who yells ‘kaatru veliyidai kannamma’ from a mountain top or calls his girlfriend “chella kili” or a character referring to her friend’s love by saying ‘avalukku avar mela oru kannu’. It breaks the spell and if you try, you can hear people shifting in their chairs. It is probably blasphemy, but I have often wondered this week if KV would have resonated better as a film with someone else’s lines. But it is also among the writer’s best. In between the unreal lines is a real, significant departure. There is an extraordinary scene in the film when Leela and VC fight over a snow storm – a fight between rationale and romance. This one scene is the film in itself. It is also screen writing at its best. While Mani is not new to a flawed male protagonist, he has very rarely dived this deep. While Velu Nayakkar or Lallan or Mouna Raagam’s Divya are all flawed, we rooted for them. Much like Brando’s legendary ‘Stanley’ from ‘A Street Car Named Desire’ – a film that is an obvious influence in many of Mani’s leading men. But not this man. Mani’s VC is a case study and I would pay to buy a book on him. And so is his Leela. Flawed in her naivety. While flawed protagonists by themselves are not ground breaking, what is new is that the love itself is mis-shaped. It is the real Kargil in the script – one fraught with landmines and one that shouldn’t exist. In a land of stories where Love is above all else, this is a beautiful departure. And for a writer / director who has always been comfortable on the surface of any issue, this is significant. One just wishes that we could have cared about these two people more in the couple of hours we spent with them. Which brings me to the craft. While it is evident that Mani Ratnam’s audience don’t connect with his stories any more, the reason for this ironically seems to be the director actually trying to better himself as a story teller. Exhibit A: In Baradwaj Rangan’s recent book, Mani talks at length about his thought process during the making of Guru: “…you have to, without being hurried and you also have to move in chunks. You cannot have a lot of moments and rush through each of them. Ten years back, may be…..it is better to choose the right ones and linger on them….If we can get it in one simple emotional moment, then it seems enough instead of dwelling…”. There is enough evidence in his last three films to suggest that he is moving towards more “efficiency” in story telling. In this effort to create tighter narratives, I wonder if somehow the soul has been subconsciously traded. I left the theatre after watching KV, with a sense of longing. Like being unable to relate to your childhood friend anymore. With each passing film, the director and writer that I grew up with, whose work I used to long for, seems to matter less and less. But like with all relationships, I guess we will continue to look forward. Clearly, nothing else explaing the packed theatres on a weekday night in a Chennai suburb. By the time the next release happens, I am sure the Leela in me would have forgiven my VC – my man from Venus Colony! Posted in City Lights, Clapboard, Film Review, Life, Uncategorized The deafening silence of words Posted on March 19, 2017 by Karthik Nagarajan “Pujara square cut that ball, jumping into the air….the point fielder took the pace off it, but the ball will still reach the boundary. Pujara moves to 74 with that” – the commentator thundered into the microphone with these details, like he was reporting from the front lines of the Normandy Beach on June 6th, 1944. One can argue that the analogy is apt, because Pujara’s insurgency against the second new ball was a crucial battle for India to win and it could turn the tide of the overall war. The real problem though was that Sunny was ‘reporting’. Those 30 words added zero value to the audience who has already witnessed everything he said on HD Television. They might have as well watched it on mute. For the untrained eye, the 540 balls bowled in a day of Test cricket could be mind numbingly uneventful. A bowler walks tens of yards to his mark, then runs in really fast and bowls one outside the off stump, only for the batsman to leave it alone, so the keeper could collect it and throw it back to the bowler, who will do this all over again. Except, the bowler is not just running in. Every muscle motion in his action has been carefully chiseled at the confluence of science, art and the human spirit. It has been designed meticulously to add every fractional kmph possible on the ball, stopping just short of permanent damage to the bowler’s body. He is not hurling just another spherical object. The cricket ball is the most romantic of sports accessories. The symphony that the leather can create with air, ground, saliva and sweat is the stuff that can inspire poetry. So, when the batsman is leaving it outside his off stump, it is not lack of action. In the .45 seconds he had to make this decision of negotiating the object traveling towards him at 148 KMPH, he has factored in the trajectory of the ball, whether the shinier side is, which way the seam is positioned and hence which way the ball will swing. He has also analysed where it is likely to pitch, what the bounce in that area is and whether it has cracks. Subconsciously, he has matched all this data with the location coordinates of his off stump and whether any of the aforementioned potentially compromises it’s well being. And then comes the “percentage”. If he could rock back on his right foot and caress the ball into the 12 odd meters between the gentlemen standing at point and covers, could he have enough time to run 22 yards? Probably. But then, the man at cover has a reputation and this ball is likely to travel towards his left, which is his ‘right’ side. Is one run worth the risk of losing his wicket at this stage of the game? NO. And that is when he lets it go past him. .45 seconds can be a very long time. That is just one of the 540 battles that happen in a day. And all great battles need to be immortalised by great literature. That precisely is the role commentary plays in test cricket – it augments mere reality into high drama. No, I am not talking about the iconic moments – Richie Benaud on the underarm or Tony Greig on the desert storm. Those must be easy I assume for the orator. It is between those moments that you need an artist in the commentary box. To paint the mental tension around a puff of dust, put a defence in context, spread-eagle the anatomy of a cover drive, notice a grip, a crack, create legends out of men, women and their exploits, smell a rain cloud, searche for irony in statistics, make you laugh, set the stage for a decision, notice wrists, make you cry… But alas, what we have had on show in Indian commentary lately, has just been reportage. Stating the obvious, hyperbolic reverence of heroes and having stock lines to describe situations. There is rigour and dedication in it probably, but certainly no art. No wit. And as a result, it tragically takes away from the TV watching experience rather than add to it. I know that Murali Vijay stepping out to Lyon in the last over before lunch was a ‘lapse of concentration’. I know that ‘a wicket here could turn things around’. I know that ‘keeping the scoreboard ticking is important’ or that ‘it was a well directed short ball’. What I am craving to know is the story and the emotion behind them. The nuance of the incident. Commentary is a relief to a game like music is for the movies. They both have to compliment each other. If Morricone or Ilayaraja had just played sad or happy music corresponding to the footage, those films would have lacked magic. Lacked the spell. I yearn for Ian Chappel’s insight or Bumble’s wit or Dada’s genius or Cozier’s trivia. Mostly, I think I just miss Harsha. Sorely. Here is an example of what commentary can be: As I type this line, I just heard “This is an important innings by Pujara. A big first innings lead for Australia would not have been good news” and some one else concurred “Yes, India getting a sense that something will happen in this game now”. Then went on to add “there is every reason to believe India might even take a lead now” (we are 16 runs behind at lunch with 4 wickets to go). Another just cracked a joke I believe, but I can’t remember what it was. Must have been a ‘brain fade’. Pro tip: If you want something on audio that remotely matches the intensity in Pujara’s eyes today, may I recommend muting your TV and playing this instead: Posted in 22 yards, Uncategorized, We Tube Mondays with Vardah Posted on January 2, 2017 by Karthik Nagarajan I have always been a coastal kid. Which means, my mind processes the words ‘cyclone’ or ‘hurricane’, just like it does ‘heavy rain’ or ‘hot summer’ or ‘world peace’ – sub consciously. The howling of the wind through the shut windows and doors that others find ominous, is something a coastal mind (or a Mumbai high rise mind, if you please) adapts to over time and I am a seasoned campaigner. The Madras cyclones of the 90s and the ones I experienced later off the Galveston coast, have made me more realistic in my worries. I remember a time at the peak of Hurricane Katrina, when a friend sitting in my third floor Houston apartment was worried our windows were going to fly in. I was terrified too. We did not have enough chips to last the night. But that Monday was different. There is something extremely spiritual about storms. Amidst all the disaster and general chaos, there seems to be the biggest evidence of ‘a plan’. An order. And for a non-believer like me, that can be overwhelming. Which is why, like all great spiritual experiences, I choose to enjoy storms with a dash of music. Over the years and after many iterations, I had found my ideal OST – Bocelli’s Romanza. In the calmness of his opening, in the crescendo and in the mystique of the composition itself, Bocelli intends to explore the deepest corners of love in one’s heart. But strangely (or perhaps predictably), I have always found only a cyclone in it. Every time a fierce depression sets in on the Madras coast, every time people avoid the Marina, I have found myself taking my Santro to the beach road, just to experience this song with the storm. Or may be to experience the storm with this song. But the Santro remained parked that Monday. 10:36 AM: It all started with the cane blinds. Dad usually ties the ones in the long balcony to the iron grills behind them during heavy winds, so they don’t fly wildly and break the window glass panes. Dad is not just good at this. He is extra-ordinary. Once he is done, they stay in place and no rain or wind can seep through them. None had, in over a decade. But on Monday, the wind scored early and it was evident even at 11 AM, who was gonna win this game. One by one, the blinds were unchained and their unharmonious, unsynchronized patter against the walls were beginning to sound ominous. The thing about coconut trees: Trees lie often. Almost always, actually. Peak summer is often misrepresented as being bearable, thanks to the Mylapore roadside giants. The obscenely green parks in South Delhi (almost) give you the impression that something is terribly wrong with the scales by which pollution is measured. Almost all kinds of oaks lie about wind speed. You could be in the middle of an umbrella breaking gust, but these guys will be unmoved, like Deve Gowda at a trance party. But coconut trees are always honest. I grew up with five of them in my backyard and they always let me know if there was a party up there. Even a mild storm will result in a thud on the soil – a few fruits here, a branch there and some times the whole damn tree. So that morning, I looked to them first from my terrace and they were telling me a wild tale. With a tragic ending. The radio games: A lot has changed in Chennai over three decades. But one technology has transcended time. All India Radio continues to be the only source of news during natural disasters. When I was a child, cyclones meant the family sitting around a kerosene lamp, playing a never ending card game, with food magically reappearing on plates and listening to the radio – not for entertainment, but to hear a specific combination of words ‘cyclone – land fall – Vishakapattnam’. Vizag has long been our trusted friend when it comes to taking the ‘fall’ – both literally and figuratively. We have diverted more cyclones there than SBI has funds in failing airlines. But that day, it was only a land fall. No Vizag. It is 2:30 now and the voice on the radio is asking people to not venture outside. It is warning against mistaking brief lulls for the passing of the storm. I can hear a baleful thud against our three storey apartment building. Is that the mighty rain tree near our gate? I cant be sure. I am not venturing out to take any more pictures. Not so much out of fear as it is out of a sense of foreboding. Dad and mom seem to sense something as well. The cards are not out and neither are the snacks. Laptops and phones are breathing their last until further infusion of life. This cyclone is different. It sounds and feels different. Death toll: Sometimes we sense bad news before it is broken to us. It is like you are going to the hospital to visit an ailing relative and you know even on your way that it will not end well. Thats precisely how I felt when I was walking down the dark stairs an hour later. There had now been more than half an hour of silence and it was deafening. I could smell death as I emerged outside and true enough, the mighty one at the gate was dead, in what seemed a bloody killing. I made my way on to the street. It was one of those moments that I probably will remember even a few decades from now. I could not see a road. There were things all over it. My brain was telling me that those were trees, but I was in denial. I could smell a forest. Or was it the stench of death? Death of the original inhabitants of the land I was standing on. A tribe that had been around eons before I set foot there. There were human beings emerging from the wooden rubble. It was like a brief respite from relentless bombing. Everyone was trying to make sense of the present. I could see buildings I had never seen before, even though I have lived in these streets for many years. The entire street had been stripped naked and I could not watch it. I could not process it. The former chief minister’s daughter, who we knew as a polite neighbour was out. She was not talking much. Her eyes seemed in denial as well. Now that the Neem in their front yard had fallen, I noticed for the first time that their house had a balcony. I trekked further. Most roads were un-passable, even for pedestrians. Destruction makes for great conversation starters. I realized one of the guys next door was a jazz drummer. There were talks about worse destruction elsewhere in the city. There was also a fear looming. Vardah had two eyes (or depressions). Only one had passed. The other will make landfall in a couple of hours. It was a break. The enemy was merely refuelling. I went back upstairs. The night passed. Nobody spoke much. I looked outside in the middle of the night. The moon looked more like a watch tower flashlight. I remember a NASA press release a couple of days back saying tonight the moon was gonna be 30% brighter. I wondered if anybody in Chennai would notice it. Tuesday morning. I couldn’t tell if more trees had fallen overnight. We were still naked. The 70 year old who delivers milk packets in our colony was about her business. I asked her why. “the truck had delivered all these packets. Imagine how much milk will be wasted if I don’t deliver!”. I didn’t have a come back. I walked past her. Probably the only one who stood his ground against a hostile 145 KMPH and batted through the night was the banyan. I made a mental note to refer to him as Sachin, in the years to come. People are up and about in the city and even electricity came back a day later. It will take a week for the streets to be cleared and even after 3 weeks we wouldn’t have any wifi. But on my way to the airport the next morning, I felt a sense of gloom. 13000 trees had fallen that Monday and every park in the town had been decimated. A large part of why home was beautiful had been erased. It will be another two decades for us to grow them back like they used to be. May be I will live to see it. As I glanced at the picture of my street in my phone, I couldn’t believe this was clicked just a few weeks back. I couldn’t understand why we were getting on with life like nothing happened. Posted in City Lights, Life A life long disagreement. A lump. A void Posted on December 6, 2016 by Karthik Nagarajan I cant remember the last time I had a lump in my throat when a politician died. I do today. I surprise myself because I have never voted for the person, hated her brand of leadership and rarely agreed with her for the most part of her career. But her career also panned my entire adult life and I realize today that the battles we fought together and against – me as a citizen and she as my representative, have defined a large part of my life. A part that ended today. So it is difficult to differentiate the personal from the political, when it comes to emotions on this day. The Misfit I felt for her as a ten year old boy watching the live telecast of MGR’s funeral, when she was man-handled out of the gun carriage carrying his body. Amidst hardened coterie men, she was an odd one out in that picture. I couldn’t help thinking that she somehow just did not fit in. If you had told me that day that the same cadre will fall on her feet willingly and worship her only a decade later, I would have been very happy with the World’s justice mechanism. I had to take 25 C to my school and every time it crossed church park, there will invariably be someone whispering “that is Jayalalitha’s school”. I was proud of her. There is no country man outside my state who had / has a Chief Minister who topped the state in the Matriculation exams. She just seemed to never fit in! Years later, I would Love to show off her interview with Simi Garewal (1999) to my friends from elsewhere. I even bought a collection of short stories by Somerset Maugham, because she mentioned it as her favourite book in that interview. I did not root for her in the first election that ensued. It was also the first that I actively followed in my life – a time when the term “Amma” referred to someone else in TN politics. An election that fascinated me as a boy because at barber shops and family functions – my biggest source of political discourse at the time, it was pitched as the battle of the wife Vs the lover. And marriages have always won in this part of the World. As she would point out in an interview many years later, almost all of the female leaders in Asia have been related by blood or marriage to a male leader. Though on this occasion, both lost. The walking tragedy What happened in the TN assembly in 1989 shocked me even as a boy. Probably the first of many incidents that would disillusion dravidian politics as a concept for me. When I read about her in those years, her loneliness drew me to her. The child who lived away from family, the girl who was forced into an acting career she did not like, the man who took her entire youth as hostage, a lover and a political successor who was just left to fend for herself…her melancholy was not just sad. It was mythical, somehow. And magnetic. The Hatred I protested against her and got lathi charged during the 1996 elections. That campaign involved morphing of her images onto photos of goddesses and religious icons. It had outraged all of Loyola College at the time for some strange reason and we walked down Sterling road in protest. In that phase of my life, my political views were being shaped more by anger than by inspiration. And those were not her finest years. That made it easier. My Mom spent her entire career in the state government and when their union strike in the late 90s was met with an unprecedented iron fist, my anger against her found a new high. I was still too young to fathom the concept of decisive governance. But that notwithstanding, she was at that point more a despot more than a democratic leader. I hated her for the hours I spent at traffic signals on my bike, under a scorching sun, so that her never ending entourage could cross. They usually stopped traffic about 30 mts before it crossed a spot. It was around this time that the corruption allegations surfaced as well. But the TN polity has always been comfortably numb with the concept of corruption. The hero worship which is the base of politics in this state, almost justifies it to a certain extent. But nothing justified THAT wedding! The obscenity of wealth on showcase during that week was probably what alienated her forever in the minds of families like mine. The resurrection. Of sorts. In 2001 when she won, I was heartbroken. But something had changed. There was a pronounced objectivity in her actions and even a cynic like me started to believe in her intent. It was as though she suddenly realized that time was short. Most importantly, she started fitting in. Or may be we just reconciled to her norm. Either way, my views also matured from the personal to the objective. It was becoming less about the entourage and more about the economy. We profited from the real estate boom around the IT highway, but I could also see a vision of some sort taking shape. What happened from an industrial perspective in that term was unprecedented for the state. It is also the reason why I later found humour in the so called Gujarat story, which was a much lesser product (on most indices) compared to Jaya’s, except it was marketed better. I admired her when she banned religious conversions in the state in 2002. I cannot think of a more decisive and rational move at the confluence of religion and politics, made by an Indian leader. I admired her for being the ONLY politician in the south to have a consistent view on Sri Lanka throughout (pro Eelam but anti LTTE). This, while I disagreed with her vehemently on the subject. I always felt secure with her representing my state’s interests with the central government. Whether it was Kaveri or GST – no one could mess with her. No one did, until the end. I am not a fan of welfare politics but I could see that behind the megalomania of self branding across the canteen, pharmacy, salt and water, there was an agenda. I don’t buy into that agenda but I respected the plan. I have eaten at Amma canteen and the food was great! It is an administrative gold standard that she was able to maintain the food and the premises at such high levels of quality, even after many years. In a country of ‘great ideas’ and ‘bad executions’, she was miles ahead as an administrator. In many ways, that is the real void she has left behind. We have so few of such managers left. Her legacy. My lump. I hate her brand of leadership. I loathe her for creating a party and a government with no second line. Not even a spine. I find it insulting to the intelligence of the entire state. But that is also the tragedy of Jayalalitha. This is evidently not her chosen career. But one she stuck on because of her bullheadedness – one that she handcrafted for survival. In many ironical ways, hers is the antithesis of a tamil cinema script – A leading lady, a hero who is also her villain and an ending where she has her revenge but somehow still manages to eke out a tragedy. I hated how she treated my city’s icons. She converted a 450 Cr structure meant for the legislative assembly into a hospital and was threatening to shut down my favourite city library as well. Why? because she could. Because they were created by her rival. I hate her for making my city’s street corners into filthy wine shops. I hated her party men for what they did during the Chennai floods when hundreds of relief volunteers were forced to stamp her stickers on supplies. I hate her for never speaking about it. I am scared by the leadership void she has created in my state. I fear for the future of my city. But as I see her last procession to the burial ground, it is a strange love that rises up to my throat. Because I know that person. I know her story. We were in this together. I know her mistakes but I also know her injuries. I know what she had to endure. All I want to do is to hug that 15 year old girl from church park, before she was pushed into the tumultuous world of fame that will eventually consume her and tell her that it will be all be OK. We will all be OK. Posted in City Lights, Life, Unparliamentary Espresso shorts Apologies, listeners. 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__label__wiki	0.523097	0.523097	Julie Baumgardner Work Smart, Live Well JulieB TV \| For All Things Relational Technology Resources for Parents 620 Lindsay Street © 2020 First Things First 8 Ways to Help Boys Become Men Home > For Families > Parents > Articles When it comes to strength and courage, males have always dominated society. Therefore, it may surprise you that boys are having a hard time growing up and understanding what it really means to be a man. In fact, research indicates that boys are in real trouble. They receive lower grades than girls. Two-thirds of them have learning disabilities. Boys are the suspects in 8 out of 10 arrests for alcohol and drug charges. They are also responsible for more than 70 percent of juvenile crimes. “You can’t go to a newsstand without seeing a steady stream of magazine articles questioning the role of males in today’s society,” says Dr. Kirk Walker, retired headmaster at McCallie School. “It is rare that you pick up a newspaper without reading of the problems males are experiencing and causing – and most of the articles concentrate on the problems facing adolescent males. Something is amiss and the national statistics are chilling. “Six-year-old boys who kill do not have a relationship with strong adults who can rescue them. In most boys' lives, human moments and interactions are gradually being replaced with electronic ones; the power of the human touch replaced by a touchpad. The values of honesty, integrity and responsibility are replaced with the values of popular culture – a culture dominated by fame, sex and violence.” Tim McGraw’s hit song Grown Men Don’t Cry says, “I don't know why they say grown men don’t cry.” Actually, there are a number of people questioning why our society teaches boys it is not okay to cry. Michael Thompson's book, Raising Cain, stresses that it is critical for parents to give their boys permission to have a full range of human emotions - including permission to cry. Thompson believes that helping boys develop an emotional vocabulary helps them to better understand themselves and to communicate better with others. These skills will help them develop into well-rounded adults. Dr. William Pollack, author of Real Boys, agrees with Thompson. He says that boys are beginning to question the double standard of masculinity. That double standard pushes boys and men to choose between being the kind of tough, competitive, unfeeling, uncommunicative man traditionally celebrated as “masculine” (the boy code) and being the kind of open, expressive, egalitarian man now heralded as ideal by much of contemporary society. “If we don’t let our boys cry tears, they’ll cry bullets,” says Pollack. “Depriving boys of the opportunity and encouragement to grow beyond the strict guidelines of the 'boy code' leaves many boys with an impoverished repertoire of emotions, a sense of shame at their weakness, sadness, anger and aggression," Walker says. "Some have said that we are in an ‘anger epidemic.’ The boys feel fragile and respond to that feeling by hurting themselves and others.” Walker believes that parents as well as the community-at-large play a critical role in the lives of boys. Adolescent boys are not "guided missiles." Instead, they are "guidance-seeking" missiles. Boys need and want positive role models to help them define themselves. If you want to help boys in the journey from boyhood to manhood, here's what Thompson encourages: Recognize and accept the high activity level of boys and give them safe places to express it. Talk to boys in their language in a way that honors their pride and masculinity. Be direct with them. Let them solve problems and be consultants. Teach boys that emotional courage is courage. Courage and empathy are the sources of real strength in life. Use discipline to build character and conscience, not enemies. Model a manhood of emotional attachment. Teach boys there are many ways to be a man. “It is our responsibility to break the stereotype of what the popular culture defines as a ‘real’ man,” Walker says. “It is our responsibility to help a boy learn to be ‘real’ and to be a man. And it is our responsibility to help a boy define his self-worth in ways that are worthwhile to his community and to himself.” Posted on Tue, April 24, 2018 by Julie Baumgardner filed under Support First Things First Was this helpful to you? For 20 years, First Things First has provided relationship tools and education to couples and families in our community. When you donate to First Things First, 100% of your tax-deductible donation will help us to continue providing classes and resources to strengthen and empower the relationships that make our community great. 620 Lindsay Street, Suite 100 © 2020 First Things First \| Privacy Policy Site by Maycreate.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1164
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__label__cc	0.541725	0.458275	"Heart of Veridon" by Tim Akers (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu) Official Tim Akers Site Read short stories set in the Veridon universe HERE Order "Heart of Veridon" HERE Read FBC Review of Solaris SF 3 which contains a story featuring the main hero of the novel INTRODUCTION: I have heard of Mr. Akers a while ago when I read a short story that impressed me and found out about his steampunk universe of Veridon, the Church of the Algorithm (!) and much more (how can you not love this last name if you are into steampunk?). There are several Veridon stories offered free online by Mr. Akers linked above and I devoured all available at the time. When "Solaris SF 3" appeared with another such superb one earlier this year and I found out about the novel I was very excited though later the Solaris-on-sale news broke and the Veridon universe may remain homeless for a while. I was lucky to get a pdf arc from the great folks at Solaris and I have read "Heart of Veridon" several months ago and I was truly impressed; the praise that Lou Anders heaps on it HERE when announcing the new PYR series to be written by Mr. Akers is well deserved . OVERVIEW: The City of Veridon sits on a plateau where the river Reine that is its lifeline goes down the plains in a spectacular waterfall. The hinterlands of the city extend downriver, but upriver there is a mystery place from where artifacts float down the river. Using them the Church of the Algorithm gained and now is consolidating power. No expedition so far penetrated the uplands and returns, but airships make regular trips downriver in the hinterland. Pilots form a special class in Veridon and go through the rigorous Academy training.Veridon is also a conflicted city between the old aristocracy, the new rich, and the Church of the Algorithm that made zepliners and other "steampunk tech" possible as well as having a thriving underground with Valentine a powerful mob boss. Jacob Burn is a scion of the oldest nobility thrown out of house by his father Alexander after his failure as Pilot, later employed by cog-work underground wheeler-dealer Valentine and his right hand Cacher, while having a crush on Emily the "independent" operator who is Cacher's official girlfriend. The novel is written in first person with Jacob as a narrator and stands at about 470 pages divided into eighteen chapters and an epilogue. "Heart of Veridon" works as a standalone, but it truly begs a sequel. ANALYSIS: While I met Jacob Burn in the Solaris SF 3 short story "A Soul Stitched to Iron" which is alluded to in the novel but it is not essential to it and the novel was a highly anticipated one, the first paragraph would have hooked me immediately anyway: "I was on the Glory of Day when she fell out of the sky. I rode the flames and shattered gears down into the cold, dark Reine, survived because I was only half-alive to begin with. Two times I’ve been dragged out of the wreckage of a zepliner, two times I’ve walked away. This time I was just a passenger. The first time I was captain, Pilot, and only survivor. The sky doesn’t like me much." When he is entrusted a mysterious object on Glory by a dying associate, Jacob becomes a marked man and the center attention of various factions, one more sinister than other, so much so that Valentine does an "Alexander" on him and "disowns" him too; business as he puts it... On his own, Jacob finds two stalwart partners in Emily and a mysterious "bug-man", the "Anansi" Wilson, former engineer and savant until the Council cracked down on his Artificer order, and tries to figure what is the mysterious object and how to get of the mess alive. The world building in the novel is outstanding and I strongly recommend checking out the Veridon stories that are free online and linked above to get a taste of it and as a bonus one of them contains some background on one of the weirder characters of the novel, a head of a noble house that "has been dying" now for a century or more, and his Council seat has been morgaged and re-mortgaged to various new rich, though his descendant is still the proxy vote as long as he lives. Jacob Burn both resentful of his fall and reasonable happy in his day to day underground operator living is the best drawn character and his narration is superb. His two companions, Emily and Wilson are also "individualized" well and both have secrets of their own, while the snapshots we get of various powerful operators in the City, from Councillors to killers add to the panaorama of Veridon and make it feel "real", a place we can visit. The mystery at the core of novel is well handled and its resolution is natural. If there is one niggle I have about the novel it is the ending which is just a stop in the story. Not a cliffhanger and solving the main thread of the novel but begging for the sequel we all hope will get written sooner rather than later. With a contracted series in the pocket even if only for only one extra novel in the universe, I would have no qualms to rank "Heart of Veridon" a co-#2 2009 novel for me, but this way, with no clear sequel in sight due to publishing vagaries, the novel remains a notable 2009 one for me and highly recomended with the caveat above. "Traitor's Blade" by Sebastien de Castell (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu) Official Sebastien de Castell Website Order Traitor's Blade HERE "The King is dead, the Greatcoats have been disbanded, and Falcio Val Mond and his fellow magistrates Kest and Brasti have been reduced to working as bodyguards for a nobleman who refuses to pay them. Things could be worse, of course. Their employer could be lying dead on the floor while they are forced to watch the killer plant evidence framing them for the murder. Oh wait, that’s exactly what’s happening… Now a royal conspiracy is about to unfold in the most corrupt city in the world. A carefully orchestrated series of murders that began with the overthrow of an idealistic young king will end with the death of an orphaned girl and the ruin of everything that Falcio, Kest, and Brasti have fought for. But if the trio want to foil the conspiracy, save the girl, and reunite the Greatcoats, they’ll have to do it with nothing but the tattered coats on their backs and the swords in their hands, because these days every noble is a tyrant, every knight is a thug, and the only thing you can really trust is a traitor’s blade." After an ok'ish start on the light side that gave a taste of the picaresque aspect of the novel, Traitor's Blade started getting darker and more interesting so it quickly pulled me in. By its end, the book turned out to be an excellent read - powerful narrative and many twists and turns of which some major ones are clear from long before, but they are still very entertaining. Highly imaginative world building which has a little "iffiness" factor true as some things happen too quickly and of course our heroes escape quite a few deathly situations in sometimes unlikely ways, but that doesn't really matter given the rest of the goodies of the novel. Also for once a realistic view of "knights", chivalry and a medieval like society that reads real - brutal, no illusions, no mercy, the powerful oppressing the less powerful and those oppressing the weak Narrated in alternate present and past by Falcio val Mond, former First Cantor of the Greatcoats - both Cantor and Greatcoat have definite meanings here - who now a few years after his king's death when the high nobility rebelled against his reforms and King Paelis refused to allow a civil war and ordered Falcio to surrender his highly trained Greatcoats in return for amnesty, surrender that has the survivors now called traitors, tries to keep his last promise to the king and find the treasures the king has scattered throughout the realm and use them to restore a semblance of justice as opposed to the unending brutality of the nobility. While a great fighter and having a highly developed sense of justice and morality, Falcio is not the sharpest intellect around, so he and his two companions, first sword Kest and first archer Brasti, kind of bumble in and out of mortal peril, are outwitted and manipulated at every turn by nefarious schemers, but in true picaresque fashion, manage to survive despite the odds. Here is Falcio after killing a renowned knight in a quick battle: "I looked out at the night sky and the stars that winked at us as if they were all in on some great joke. ‘Five years ago, after the Ducal Army took Castle Aramor, they killed our King and hauled his corpse up to the top of the castle. They mounted his head on a pike. Some men cheered, some men looked away.’ I took another swig of my wine. ‘And some men just laughed.’ ‘So Lynniac was there, was he?’ ‘Lynniac was there,’ I said. ‘Commander of a division of Knights. I didn’t recognise him at first, but when he was pointing that crossbow at me and he started laughing …’ Feltock bit the inside of his cheek. Then he said, ‘And you think you remember everyone who was there that day?’ I thought about it for a moment. ‘Not everyone,’ I replied. Feltock was looking at me intently, trying to see if I knew, if I did remember. More trouble than it will be worth, I thought, but I was a little drunk and a little tired so I said, ‘But since you’re asking, yes, General Feltock, I remember you.’ Feltock’s eyes went wide for a moment, but then he gave a bitter laugh. ‘Not “General”,’ he said. ‘Not for a few years now.’ We drank some more in silence. ‘So,’ he said, uncrossing his legs with a crack. ‘Are you gonna come for me next, boy?’ I sighed. ‘No.’ ‘Why not? I was there, wasn’t I? I was one of those what took down your King, wasn’t I? So what’s the difference between me and Lynniac?’ ‘You didn’t laugh.’ He just looked at me for a while and then said, ‘Huh.’ Then he stood up and started walking back to the wagons. ‘Why “Captain” Feltock?’ I asked when he was a few paces away. ‘Why aren’t you a general any more?’ Feltock turned and gave me a sour grin. He tossed the rest of his wineskin back to me. ‘Because, boy, when they put the King’s head on that pole, I forgot to laugh.’" In the episodes taking place in the past, we see Falcio's journey from boy to young and happily married farmer, to man on a vengeance quest, to justiciar in the king's elite Greatcoats, to his last order in the name of the king and the slow revelations of that thread are added to the mix well indeed. Magic is subtle here and nobody is necessarily as he or she seems, while the main characters - villains and heroes of both genders - are in the best fantasy tradition. A great ending which promises much more and a series that already by its first volume vaulted to the top level, so I really want more. Overall Traitor's Blade is the first "new" fantasy of 2014 that met and even exceeded my expectations and for the reasons above takes its place in my top 25 of the year to date. Here is one more taste of Falcio's narration at a crucial moment when he finds a new and unknown group of "Greatcoats" - the now quite missed traveling justices that kept the nobility's abuses in check - that may or may not be what they seem: ‘He can withdraw if he wishes,’ Lorenzo said soothingly, ‘but any man or woman who runs from a fight is no Greatcoat and has no business here with us.’ I laughed. ‘“Runs from a fight?” You child. We run from fights all the time – we run from any fight we can get away from. “Judge Fair, Ride Fast, Fight Hard” – fighting is always our last resort.’ It was Lorenzo’s turn to sneer. ‘Well, perhaps that explains why you ran so quickly the last time there was a fight worth winning! Perhaps that’s why there’s no King and no Greatcoats any more. Perhaps we –’ and here he turned and swept his arms out wide – ‘perhaps we plan on fighting, not running!’ Aline put a hand on my arm. ‘Let’s go, Falcio. I think we should go now.’ I shrugged her arm off. ‘You’re a fool, Lorenzo, and so is anyone here who listens to this tripe. You think you’re going to take forty men and women and fight an armoured division of Knights? In plate-mail? The army that came for the King had a thousand men on horseback. You think you can fight your way out of that?’ I felt the sting of irony myself, since I had tried very hard to convince the King to let me do that very thing. ‘You know, First Cantor, you look tired. Perhaps you need to rest, and dream sweet dreams of the past, while younger and better men do the fighting for you. Or perhaps –’ he turned and smiled wolfishly – ‘perhaps you’d like to show us all a thing or two about how you used to do it in the old days?’ ‘Come on, Falcio,’ Aline said. ‘This isn’t your fight.’ But she was wrong: these people were calling themselves Greatcoats. I had devoted my life to this cause, and a hundred and forty-three others had done the same. We had fought and bled and died for this cause. My King had lost his head for this cause. Lorenzo was right about one thing, though, I was tired. I was tired of Dukes and Knights, and even the common folk calling us ‘Trattari’ and ‘tatter-cloaks’ and worse. I was tired of the memory of what we had tried to do for the world being sullied. More than anything, I was tired of running and hiding. I knew I should just leave with Aline, try and find somewhere else to hide. I could practically hear Brasti shouting in my ear, telling me not to put my anger in front of my reason again. He was right. But I’d be thrice-damned before I let these fools, these arrogant sons-of-bitches, put the final death to the memory of the Greatcoats. Honor's Knight by Rachel Bach (Reviewed by Mihir Wanchoo) Order “Honor's Knight” HERE Read Fantasy Book Critic's review of "The Spirit Thief" Read Fantasy Book Critic's review of “The Spirit Rebellion” Read Fantasy Book Critic's review of “The Spirit Eater” & “Spirit’s Oath” Read Fantasy Book Critic's review of “The Spirit War” Read Fantasy Book Critic's review of "Spirit's End" Read Fantasy Book Critic's review of "Fortune's Pawn" Read Fantasy Book Critic's Interview with Rachel Aaron Read Eli Monpress series completion interview with Rachel Aaron Read Fantasy Book Critic's Interview with Rachel Bach AUTHOR INFORMATION: Rachel Bach (Rachel Aaron) lives in Athens, Georgia with her family. She has graduated from University of Georgia with a B.A. in English Literature. She has been an avid reader since her childhood and now has an ever-growing collection to show for it. She loves gaming, Manga comics & reality TV police shows. She also blogs occasionally on the Magic Districts website. OFFICIAL BOOK BLURB: Devi Morris has a lot of problems. And not the fun, easy-to-shoot kind either. After a mysterious attack left her short several memories and one partner, she's determined to keep her head down, do her job, and get on with her life. But even though Devi's not actually looking for it -- trouble keeps finding her. She sees things no one else can, the black stain on her hands is growing, and she is entangled with the cook she's supposed to hate. But when a deadly crisis exposes far more of the truth than she bargained for, Devi discovers there are worse fates than being shot, and sometimes the only people you can trust are the ones who want you dead. CLASSIFICATION: The Paradox trilogy is an action-packed SF series with romantic elements. Think of it as “Kate Daniels in armor while fighting aliens in space” or possibly a female heroine version of the Shadow Warrior series by Chris Bunch. FORMAT/INFO: Honor's Knight is 384 pages long divided over fifteen numbered chapters and a prologue. Narration is in the first person solely via Deviana “Devi” Morris and in the third person for Brian Caldswell, Yasmina and her father. There's also an excerpt from Heaven’s Queen (book III of the Paradox trilogy). February 25, 2014 marks the Trade paperback and e-book publication of Honor’s Knight via Orbit Books. ANALYSIS: After reading Fortune’s Pawn, I realized that Rachel Bach (Aaron) wasn't going to be a one-series wonder. The book introduced readers to Devi Morris and the weird world and universe she inhabits. It was an exciting read and also gave out a lot of questions to be answered. I wanted to see how the author would develop the story and what secrets would be revealed. After reading this book, I can say it simply blew my socks off with all its twists and revelations. I've said it before and I'll say it again "Rachel Aaron really knows how to plot a story and outsmart the reader", also there will be mild spoilers for the Fortune's Pawn and the Paradox trilogy so for those who haven't read the first book, be warned. At the end of Fortune's Pawn, Devi is left a bit shell shocked after the attack on The Glorious Fool. However she can't remember much and cannot explain her intense dislike for the ship's cook. But with Devi being who she is, she soldiers on and soon finds herself in trouble that literally spans the whole universe. The main plot deals with all the mysterious happenings of the first book. What are those things that Devi sees but no one else does? Who or what is Ren, the tiny, quiet girl that is Brian Caldswell's daughter? Who is Rupert and what is he doing masquerading as a cook? What really happened in the Xith-Cal spacecraft? All these and a lot of questions were raised in the first volume and thankfully in this sequel, we get many answers and then some. This middle volume basically is the author's revelation book in regards to all the main plots, surprises and secrets. If you are like me and enjoy an epic storyline, then you will love Honor's Knight as Rachel Bach gives a story involving a grave threat to all sentient races, scary ginormous alien creatures that dwarf most human imagination and lastly what is the core mystery behind Ren and all the strange phenomena that Devi encountered in the first book. There's also much more about the Eyes, the strange organization that is sparsely mentioned as well as the main secrets involving Brian Caldswell and his motley crew aboard the Glorious Fool that have spawned this storyline. The plot twists and revelation form the core of this story and this book admirably avoids the middle-book syndrome. Also I feel that with regards to the two book released so far, Honor's Knight is the better one. As to why I think so, it is due to the fantastic pace of the book, beginning with Devi in her post-traumatic state, things soon unravel at a rate that leaves Devi harried and barely able to keep up. The author admirably gives up a multitude of plot revelations that will satisfy all the reader questions that have arisen from the preceding volume and also make this read such a fantastic one. If you previously enjoyed the action and romantic aspects of the story, then be glad as the author builds on those fronts and rather goes out of her way to upstage the reader expectations. Again with all books, there are usually some negatives to be found. With this book though, it will be very subjective, I didn't find any points that stuck in my craw. However I'm sure that this might not be the case with everyone. If you found something to nitpick about Fortune's Pawn then you will surely find something over here as well. Lastly one point though which has been not covered is the whole Terran-Paradox split and so far a spotlight hasn't been shone on Paradox the world and its society. I would really like to know more and hopefully Heaven's Queen might be the book to do so. CONCLUSION: If you think you have it all figured out you are wrong, if you thought that this was going to be a simple love story with Devi & Rupert, you would be doubly wrong. And lastly if you thought that the author couldn't mix action with epic SF successfully then you HAVE to read this book and series. Rachel Bach simply outdoes herself with this one and whatever anticipation, I had was simply blown away by the awesomeness of this story. GUESTPOST: Pride and Prejudice, War, and Dragons by Anne Leonard For this guest blogpost, I was asked to write something about combining Pride and Prejudice and dragons with a background of war. P&P was essentially a source for characters and details of the setting, not for plot, which is why I don’t spend the whole book re-enacting the Elizabeth and Darcy story. (I also stole some dialogue directly – it’s amazing how modern Austen’s language really is.) I didn't want to write a novel in which the love story was the entire narrative arc. So I asked some “What-if?” questions about changes I could make that would lead to a more epic story. There’s a little known secret about P&P; the whole time it’s occurring, there’s a war going on. The only real indication of this is at the very end, when Austen’s doing her wrap-up of all the characters and says about Lydia and Wickham, “Their manner of living, even when the restoration of peace dismissed them to a home, was unsettled in the extreme.” All we as readers see of the soldiers is the handsome uniforms and parades, but somewhere outside the boundaries of the story people are dying. Since this was pointed out to me years ago, I've thought about it every time I reread the book. So when I decided that I was going to rip off P&P for my fantasy romance, I decided that I would foreground the war more than Austen does. I didn't want to write a lot of battle scenes or soldiers in camp, first because military SFF is just not that interesting to me, and second because that wouldn't allow the kind of social interactions between my characters that I wanted to play with. However, I also wanted war or the threat of war to be a fact of people’s lives, putting urgency into decisions that otherwise might be delayed. That dictated some of my character choices; I needed people in positions of power and responsibility, not men of leisure like Darcy. Additionally, the war element is also in part a personal response to September 11. I will never forget the feeling in my gut as I realized that the plane crashes were an attack, as I watched the Twin Towers fall. The war that started then hasn't ended yet. I don’t think I could write a story now that isn't in some way shaped by that terror and by the subsequent steady pulse of violence. It’s like the universe’s background radiation; I can go long times without thinking about it, but it’s always there. A lot of fantasy novels have a war or some sort of armed conflict going on, sometimes up front and sometimes in the background, so including one was playing within the tropes. But it was also an expression of my own awareness that things are not all well with the world. OK, on to a much cheerier subject: dragons. With dragons, the trick was really figuring out how they entered the story. I knew at the outset of writing that there were going to be dragons, and I had this vague idea that they would somehow be important to the war, but it wasn't until I’d been writing for several months that I realized they were an integral part of the plot. My original notion came from thinking about what would be the most un-Austen like element of fantasy, and large, flying, fire-breathing, destructive creatures fit the bill. I had vaguely imagined them as more or less filling the niche held by luxury barouches, but that changed almost immediately. Obviously if dangerous creatures like dragons could be controlled by humans, they would first and foremost be used for military purposes. But dragons as glorified cavalry horses or fighter jets weren't very interesting in the long term either. The dragons needed to have some sort of agency. It was when I tied this need for agency to the presence of magic that my storyline really fell into place. I don’t want to go into too much detail here, because that gets into spoiler territory, so suffice to say that the dragons are the driving force behind a lot of the events. They’re strange, distant creatures that humans can’t understand, with motives people don’t know. They aren't gods – they’re vulnerable and mortal and can be killed or captured – but they are also mysterious and unexplained. Because that’s what magic is. AUTHOR INFORMATION: Anne Leonard was born in Chicago, Illinois and after staying in a whole bunch of states, finally settled in California. She has done her BA from St. John’s College and then gotten an MFA at the University of Pittsburgh. After those two came a Ph.D. in English as well as Law school. She loves Pride And Prejudice and is a Chicago Cubs fan. She lives with her family on the west coast and this is her debut. NOTE: Author picture courtesy of Judith Love Pietromartire and the author. Dragon art courtesy of HDScreen. WSJ on how Dan Brown kept the wraps on Inferno's plot details Read NY Times Q&A with Dan Brown Read a discussion on Dante's magnum opus The Daily Beast fact checks Dan Brown's Inferno OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate" or "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here". The heat is on. There is, of course, a deadline. A mad scientist of a Dante super-fan, who takes theatrical delight in referring to himself as The Shade, would like to bring about a great renaissance for humanity, a reawakening similar to the one that occurred following the Black Plague. As with that earlier event, The Shade, a Batman villain if ever there was one, would like to cull the world’s population by, oh, say, a third. Malthus lives, and has spawned a group of die-hard Transhumanists who think we and our planet would be a lot better off were there significantly fewer of us using up space, air, water, et al, and hogging the remotes. Robert Langdon, returned to duty after sundry life-threatening adventures in Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, and The Lost Symbol, has been called in to decipher the clues to where and how Mister Zobrist, (we can’t call him The Shade for 463 pages, can we?) conveniently dead in the opening, has set his viral bomb to go off. Or was he? Langdon wakes up in an ER, with a head wound, a distinctly fuzzy recollection of the recent past and thinks he is back in Massachusetts. Brunelleschi didn’t design any buildings in New England. That large dome you see out the window means you are in Florence. Oops. And, by the way, there is a well armed, nicely leather-clad biker person heading down the hall, weapons blazing. Check please. He and Doc McSmokin’, a 208 IQ, blonde, pony-tailed physician, named Sienna Brooks, dash out ahead of the ordnance and the game is afoot. This offers an example of something that is entirely depressing. Had that been an American hospital there is no way he could have gotten out without having to sign insurance forms or promissory notes, guns blazing or not. (Mister Langdon. We need you to sign here, here, here, and initial here, here and here. You, with the gun, take a number and have a seat.) Woodward and Bernstein, in All the Presidents Men, report on G. Gordon Liddy holding his hand over a flame at a dinner party to impress someone or other. He held it long enough to singe himself, and cause alarm in those present. When he was asked “What’s the trick?” he answered, “The trick is not minding.” Reading a book of Dan Brown’s is a far cry from holding one’s hand over an open flame. But there are elements to reading his work that are certainly painful. There are benefits to be had, things to be learned, issues to be raised, but there are clichés to be endured, characterizations to be tolerated, dei ex machina to be ignored. I suppose one might think of it as a form of Purgatory. You can certainly enjoy the good while putting up with the bad. The trick is not minding the latter. One does not descend into reading Dan Brown’s infernal novel expecting literary power. There are certain formulae at work, and if you are not prepared to be led along, keeping the blinders firmly affixed for the duration, you might do better to read something else with the several hours it takes to work your way through the levels in Inferno. (Yes, there are some) We do not expect to find work similar to that of, say, Louise Erdrich, or Ron Rash, and it would be unfair, not to say unkind, to apply to Brown the metrics applied to writers of more serious fiction. But then, what standards should we apply? There are two general qualities that merit our attention here, and more specific elements within each. Is it entertaining? Is it informative? Entertaining: - Does the story engage out attention? Or do we find ourselves wandering off? - Is it fast-paced? - Do we care about the characters? - Is it fun? - In short, does this make a good beach read? Informative: - Does it teach us something new? - Is the information interesting? - Does it address some larger issue, one of actual significance? - Does it make sense? Does the story engage our attention? Sure. While not, for me at least, as engaging as The Da Vinci Code, I kept turning all 463 pages, eager to find out what there was to be found, info and plot-wise. But I was not exactly panting to get back to the book at every free moment. Is it fast-paced? Is the Pope Argentinian? This is what Brown does. Aside from the sort of occasional interruptions that might give the wearer of a pace-maker the sweats, (noted in more detail below) he keeps things moving along. I was reminded of an old (1912) adventure tale, A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. That book was also a series. Battle, capture, rescue, escape, repeat, with bits of information about some underlying subject in the book tossed in to grease the narrative wheels. Ditto here. Speaking of greasing, you will need to have some eye drops handy to avoid chafing from frequent eye-rolling. It seems that every time there is a need to gain access to some large institution, Brown trots out what seems almost a running joke of Robert Langdon having some relationship with the person in charge. I bet if Langdon needed 3 AM access to the UFO museum in Roswell, we would learn that he had tracked aliens with the museum director and had contributed a live specimen from the Crab Nebula at some time in the not too distant past. The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets? It wasn't Washington who poohed there, or presented a monograph at the esteemed institution that resulted in such a large inflow of contributions that the institution was flush for a considerable period. In a related matter, I was reminded of two cinematic clichés in particular. In one, the hero and heroine pause as the world collapses around them to engage in a lengthy soulful smooch. (Pay no attention to that incoming missile. Enjoy.) In the second, a child dashes back to the burning-building or alien-infested-spaceship to retrieve her (choose one – favorite stuffy, kitten, puppy, photo of long dead (but really only missing) mother or father). Brown spares us kittens and overlong liplocks, for the most part, but while Langdon and this volume’s Bond girl are dashing from persistent threats like a Florida race track rabbit, (who are those dogs?) Brown pauses the action every so often, inserts himself and his research into the narrative (Bob, Si, relax. We’ll pick this up again after lunch), and offers up the occasional art history lesson. I’m not saying that these are not informative and sometimes fun (as in the case of a particularly organ-rich Plaza della Signoria) (The Fountain of Neptune from The Museums of Florence) but it does alter the flow in a breathlessly paced novel to…um…take a breather. All right guys, up and at ‘em. Ready, set, flee. Do we care about the characters? Truthfully, it is tough not to care about a character that has the face of Tom Hanks ironed onto it, but yeah, I guess, although a lot less than a whole lot of other fictional people. It is fun to see Langdon attempting to recover his memory and figure out who that mysterious woman he keeps seeing in vision-flashes might be. Sienna Galore has a pretty interesting back-story, a large brain, and the usual physical assets required for Brown’s kicked-up Bond-girl roles. So sure, why not. Aside from those two, only a little here and there. Character is not the thing in Dan Brown books. Is it fun? As a straight up read, forgetting for the moment one’s analytical inclinations, yes. Brown does revel in puzzles and there are more secrets embedded in Inferno than there are candied items in a fruit cake. And some are quite delicious. (OK, I hereby out myself as a weirdo who likes fruit cake). Unlike one’s experience with fruit cake, however, you will miss out on that weighty feeling of having ingested a brick. Literally, Inferno is a lot more like chiffon cake than its denser cousin. Also there are enough twists to keep the cap machines at the Nogara Coke bottling factory busy for a long time. Does it make a good beach read? Assolutamente Does it teach us something new? Si! We learn of a mysterious transnational entity, that Brown swears is based on a real organization, that smoothes out the curves so that people of questionable motives, but certain resources, can go about their business unimpeded. The head of this group might have been well served with a fluffy white kitty and a pinky ring. Brown offers some nifty tour guides to this and that location in several cities, and a fair bit of history on Dante and his most famous bit of writing. He offers some illuminating details on this or that building, painting and sculpture, including where it might have travelled over the centuries (well, not the buildings, of course) and whether the version we see today is a fully original specimen. He also gives us a very good reason to take a tour of the secret passageways in Old World cities. (The Vasari Corridor from Wiki commons) Is the information interesting? Leaving aside prophets and their like, before there were mononymous sorts like Liberace, Elvis and Madonna, even earlier than sorts like that English playwright, there was Durante degli Aligheri, known to a certain childhood acquaintance, Beatrice, as that boy who wouldn't stop staring at her, known to certain priors in Florence as the guy who refused to pay his fine and was thus banned for life, and known to us in the 21st century as Dante. (Dante and His Poem by Michelino from Wikimedia) If you find Dante and his best-known work of interest, and really, you should, this book is a lot of fun. Of course what constitutes interesting is almost always in the eye of the beholder. If your thing is video games, well then not so much. (on the other hand, there actually is a lot here that does remind one of video game action, so I take that back) But if you are fascinated with old world history, art and architecture, Dante, the Black Death, Malthusian concerns, and the potential impact of a large human die-off, then Si, molto. Does it address some larger issue, one of actual significance? Sicuramente. Two in fact. One of the major elements in the story is the determination by our psycho-scientist billionaire sort that human population is about to reach a dangerous level, one which is likely to trigger all sorts of catastrophes. There are various ways one can address this concern, but the underlying concern is quite real. Brown does us all a service by bringing it to the attention of millions of readers. Another element here is the notion of “Transhumanism.” Basically this entails humans taking charge of our own evolution and using all the technology available to us to ensure maximization of our physical and intellectual capacities. Whether one sees this as a Satanic plot, yet another opportunity for the haves to have even more, or the beginning of a new human renaissance, the subject is worth checking out. Does it make sense? In some ways yes and in some ways no. There is validity to the underlying science. But would the baddie really leave a breadcrumb trail for potential foilers to his big bang? That said, it can be fun to descend into the bowels of the earth, or the watery substructures of ancient architectural marvels, however many levels down you care to go. CONCLUSION: Whether you think that Dan Brown belongs in literary heaven, Hades or somewhere in between, he makes a wonderful Virgil, leading us on an interesting journey, and showing us some things we might not have ever imagined. It may not qualify as a divine book, but Inferno is one hell of a read. P.S. – One must note that the end of all three parts of Dante’s Commedia (the Divine was added later) end with the word “stars.” Brown does not disappoint on that score. P.P.S. – And I am sure there is significance to the fact that there are 104 chapters in the book, (plus a prologue and an epilogue, so 106) but I have not been able to suss out exactly what. There are 99 cantos in the Commedia, maybe a couple more with this or that added, but I do not know how one can fluff that up to 106. Yet, I am sure there is an explanation. When (if) I find it I will include it here! NOTE: This review originally appeared on Will's blog. Fountain of Neptune picture courtesy of Wikipedia. “Cruel Beauty” by Rosamund Hodge (Reviewed by Casey Blair) Official Rosamund Hodge Website Order “Cruel Beauty” HERE ABOUT CRUEL BEAUTY: Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom—all because of a reckless bargain her father struck. And since birth, she has been training to kill him. Betrayed by her family yet bound to obey, Nyx rails against her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, she abandons everything she’s ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, disarm him, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people. But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle—a shifting maze of magical rooms—enthralls her. As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex’s secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. But even if she can bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny. FORMAT/INFO: Cruel Beauty is 352 pages long and was published in Hardcover on January 28, 2014 via Balzer + Bray. ANALYSIS: Rosamund Hodge's debut, Cruel Beauty, is a gorgeous YA high fantasy romance. The book is stand-alone, but I can't wait to see what the author does next. I've said before that I weary of Greek mythology, but, proving to me that no idea is tired by itself if you're doing something sufficiently cool, Rosamund Hodge has adapted and twisted the mythology in fascinating ways. She's also pulled bits of mythology outside of Greek mythology as well as weaving her own inventions through it all, and the structure of this world is cunning and enthralling. I loved how aware and frank and honest the protagonist Nyx was. But what really drew me to her was her anger. I loved the conflict of reading her try so hard to fit herself both inwardly and outwardly to be “good,” her intellectual determination at odds with her conviction, and that when the anger erupts out of her and she stands unashamedly as herself, she is not reviled. She is beautiful with her anger. In Cruel Beauty people have “darkness” in them and are still not wastes of humanity. They do horrible things to each other, and yet a little bit of compassion can make all the difference. Not excusing the horrible, but allowing that there is space for both, and that matters. "The Fell Sword" by Miles (Christian) Cameron (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu) Now that it's been officially revealed that Miles Cameron is the fantasy name of the historical fiction writer Christian Cameron - whose Tyrant, Long War, Tom Swan and The Ill Made Knight series are such huge favorites - I can state here that I really wish he would write fantasy as well as historical fiction, but sadly after The Red Knight (FBC Rv) - some flaws but ambitious, intense, mysterious and offering immense promise as my blurbed quote on the UK cover of The Fell Sword states - this last novel came as a huge letdown. Personally I believe the main reason is that Mr. Cameron bought into the idea of a long running fantasy series consisting of door-stopper novels, idea that, when it works well, it really works well so to speak, but it always stands the danger of just becoming bloat and it needs the characters, intensity and epic canvas to work. Here the canvas is present but the other two ingredients are sorely missing, so The Fell Sword reads like a forced attempt of marking time and push the page count and number of novels high, while in his historical fiction, the author lets the events flow naturally and it shows in books that are superb, while they seem to get even better as time passes... Before getting to the novel proper and a few specifics, I would like to mention that I got The Great King and The Fell Sword at about the same time in January - both UK releases at the time - and despite being in many ways in the mood for something different, when I opened The Great King, I simply could not put it down and had to read it, but when I opened The Fell Sword, I kind of yawned the first time, read a little more and tried to make myself interested the second time but still couldn't muster the will, and only now when I really wanted to read some interesting fantasy, I decided to get seriously into it, became very interested for the first 100-200 pages, only for the book to start becoming so boring and dull that I just started flipping and scanning pages and hoping the final one will come as quickly as possible... Here is the blurb: "THE RED KNIGHT was one of the most acclaimed fantasy debuts of 2012 - and now he rides again. Prepare for one epic battle... In The Fell Sword the Red Knight and his company go across the mountains to the Morea and Thrake - those are the kingdoms to the east of Alba - to put down what appears to be a local rebellion and proves to be larger. In the process, the readers will get to see a little more of the meta-plot. The Red Knight will meet a beautiful princess. Jean de Vrailly will grow in power and worldly glory. Amicia will develop her own power while getting into a quarrel with the church that will have long term effects for everyone. Readers will meet the Faery Knight and the irks are developed as people and not ‘enemies’. The sides shift, and the stakes grow." The short description for The Fell Sword is "fantasy as bloat": messy, disjointed, with some great moments, sorely lacking focus but also the intensity and to some extent the mystery that made the first volume a much better book despite its "bloatiness" aspects. Yes, here we are spared a lot of the unnecessary details and gory massacres of the waves of monsters from the first book, but instead we are treated with marking time for the third volume and that is just dull. The Red Knight - Mega Duke, ser Gabriel etc - and his company became almost a joke after a while with the same habits, same in-jokes - something else that quickly gets old - same dialogue, overall almost a parody of the earlier appearances, with only Harmodius' presence and inside voice being really interesting. In the other - considerably more than in the series debut - locations, there are interesting moments especially in the interludes at the Galle court, but Ser Vrailly's constant "I am the knight incarnate and I can and will kill you for not kissing my bottom" becomes just annoying repetition - ok we get it, seriously we get it, please stop - while Thorn the all powerful mage - as he believes itself, while we know better of course - is similarly boring after a while: flick the wand, next disobedient underling is dead or absorbed becomes as dull as Ser Vrailly's postures quickly - both of the villains here were much more interesting in "The Red Knight" when at least there was a limit to their specific power. Some of the more interesting characters like Princess Irene of the blurb and her supreme adviser Maria get way too little screen time and the city of Liviapolis fails to come to life. On the good side there was universe expansion and a larger canvas, but as mentioned above the lack of intensity - excepting very occasional moments like the dwarf king of Galle attempting to forcefully seduce his favorite 15 year old singer, the initial moments of the Moreean rebellion which form the best scene in the novel and are as superb as any such in all of the author's writing, Arimnestos facing Xerxes at Susa included, or the interview of Gabriel with the Patriarch - just killed the book. Overall The Fell Sword was disappointing and I am in two minds about the next volume - maybe it will get better and more focused as action converges back together, maybe the point of no return as my interest goes has passed, so will see. “Touch” by Michelle Sagara (Reviewed by Casey Blair) Official Michelle Sagara Website Order “Touch” HERE Read An Excerpt HERE (PDF) Read FBC’s Review of “Silence” I loved Michelle Sagara's Silence, the first of her YA urban fantasy series Queen of the Damned, and I've been eagerly awaiting the sequel since. Touch had some great moments and dealt with some heart-rending situations — to name a few: child abandonment from both the parental and child perspectives; parents beginning to date again from the perspectives of both the teen child and the dead husband; and most to the point, given the cliffhanger of Silence, how you cope when the love of your life comes back to you as a ghost, from the ghost and the protagonist's perspectives. All tricky balances to walk, and the author manages them beautifully. One of the things I love in this series is how Sagara deals with the ideas of “coping” with death, and the nuances of grief. What “moving on” even means, and whether it's possible. I also continue to love the supporting characters Amy and Michael, in part because Sagara makes these characters that could easily be stereotypes, so very much more. A lot of how she does that is by having both of them make strong choices: agency combined with competency is always a win for me. That said, Touch did feel kind of middle-book-ish to me. There was a lot of character and issue exploration, but not a whole lot of plot movement. The author did clarify some of my questions from the first book, and the ending once again presented a very interesting dilemma, but there was some lag getting there. I'm also a little unsatisfied with Alison's character arc — namely that it doesn't seem to really arc at all. It's more an exploration of who she is, but she doesn't change. One of the central conflicts of this book is the value of friendship when that friendship is actively dangerous to each involved party. And likewise what an average human can do when faced with supernatural forces targeting them. Now, Sagara did set up the possibility of training average humans, but so far, the average human is dead weight that causes complications for their friends. I suspect being valued precisely for her ordinariness might be part of the point, but it didn't work for me. I would have liked a little more movement on both plot and character fronts in Touch, but Michelle Sagara has set up a lot to work with in the next installment and I look forward to reading it. The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman (Reviewed by Will Byrnes) Read Fantasy Book Critic's review of The Graveyard Book Read The New Yorker's profile on Neil Gaiman OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: "Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but aren't." I turned 7 early in third grade. It was a memorable school year because I had for a teacher a nun with a reputation. Sister Evangelista was about 5 foot nuthin’, and symmetrical. If the "what’s black and white, black and white, black and white – a nun rolling down a hill" joke were applied to her you would have needed a lot more black-and-whites, as her spherical shape would have kept her rolling a long time. It earned her the nickname Cannonball. She was notorious, not only for her distinctive dimensions, but for having a particularly foul temper. Her starched garb also pinched her face into a state of permanent floridity and pursed her lips into a particularly fish-like shape. It was not a happy year for me at school. There would be more than one instance of raised voices, and more than one rap across the hands with yardsticks. I was even banned from the classroom for a spell, to wander the halls for hours, unaccompanied. But I somehow knew that eventually I would be a third grader no longer and would escape the sharpened claws and flapping habit of this creature. She was unpleasant, for sure, but she did not present an existential threat. When the unnamed narrator of Neil Gaiman’s book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, turns 7, he has troubles of his own. It begins with zero attendance at his birthday party. The family comes on some hard times and must take in boarders. The boy is given a kitten, Fluffy, to ease the loss of his room, but the pet falls victim to a cab, arriving with a South African opal miner, the latest paying resident. Not long after, the miner takes the family car. It is found soon after, at the end of a nearby lane, with a body in the back seat, and a hose running from the tail pipe to the driver’s window. At the scene, the boy meets an eleven-year-old girl, Lettie Hempstock, who takes charge of him, and brings him to her family’s farm, which borders the lane. And so begins a beautiful friendship. (Members of the extended Hempstock family, btw, turn up in several other Gaiman books). Lettie lives with her mother and grandmother. When strange events begin to erupt in the area–the boy’s sister is assaulted by flung coins, the boy wakes up choking on a coin, and other strangeness afflicts neighbors – Lettie seems to know what is causing them. She is sent to take care of it and brings the boy, her little friend, along. They travel across the Hempstock property and into what seems another world, (mentions of Narnia and Alice in Wonderland, among others, let us know that lines will be crossed) a place that has some threatening inhabitants. Lettie confronts the troublemaker, but the boy reacts to an event instead of thinking and disobeys her lone order, to keep hold of her hand. That is when the real trouble begins. The boy is far too young for this to be a coming of age tale, but a central element of horror, whether of the Freddie Krueger, Nurse Ratched (or Sister Evangelista) variety, or the flapping beast central to Gaiman’s tale, is one’s helplessness before a greater, and ill-intentioned power. Although he doesn't characterize his intentions as horror-mongering, Gaiman has laid out what he was up to in writing the book: "It was meant to be just about looking out at the world through the kind of eyes that I had when I was 7, from the kind of landscape that I lived in when I was 7. And then it just didn’t quite stop. I kept writing it, and it wasn’t until I got to the end that I realized I’d actually written a novel. … I thought — it’s really not a kids’ story — and one of the biggest reasons it’s not a kids’ story is, I feel that good kids’ stories are all about hope. In the case of Ocean at the End of the Lane, it’s a book about helplessness. It’s a book about family, it’s a book about being 7 in a world of people who are bigger than you, and more dangerous, and stepping into territory that you don’t entirely understand." Gaiman was aware that his work might appeal to young readers for which is it not intended. He said that he deliberately made the first few chapters of the book dull as a way to dissuade younger readers, who would be put off by that and disinclined to continue on to the juicy bits. The world the young boy faces may not be understandable. There is just too much to take in and the author captures that element of childhood quite well. Changes for the boy at home include the antithesis of Mary Poppins, in the form of one Ursula Monkton, who seems to have arrived on an ill wind, with the added bonus of her having designs on the boy’s father. Adults overall seem pretty careless. But there is some balance in this universe. Lettie’s family seems beyond time itself, a bright light in the darkness, welcoming, comforting, nurturing. And then there’s the ocean. Looks like a pond to you or me, but it has qualities quite unlike other bodies of water. As in his earlier American Gods, there are things that have been brought to this newer world from the place its residents once occupied. You may not be able to go home again, but what if you could take it with you? (Also a theme in American Gods). Gaiman says he usually writes for himself. One thing that was different about this book was that he was writing for someone else. His wife, musician Amanda Palmer, was off in Australia making an album. Where you or I might send along daily, or weekly notes of what was going on, Gaiman sent something else: "I will tell my wife, by making stuff up, kind of what it was like to be me when I was seven, from the inside of my head, not in the real world, then put it in the actual landscape that I grew up in." There really had been a boarder who killed himself in the family ride. Like his young hero, Gaiman climbed drainpipes. There really was a farm down the lane that had been recorded in the DomesDay Book. And as with such enterprises he did not have a large frame work constructed. It was “like driving at night through the fog” – he knew “three or five pages ahead what would happen”, but no further. There is some material here that rankled a bit. The substitute parent trope had been used to good effect in Coraline and manifests in many of the Disney animated classics, evil stepmothers in Cinderella, Snow White and the like. Ditto here. Maybe going to that well one time too many? And is dad really that dim? But there is also a nice diversity of conceptual toys at work. The flapping baddie was fun. The magical ocean and ageless Hemplocks are also very engaging. The nothingness created by the creatures referred to, among other things, as hunger birds, reminded me of Stephen King’s Langoliers, also the Nothing of the Never-Ending Story and the Dark Thing of a Wrinkle in Time. Might the three Hemplocks serve as a sort of feminine Holy Trinity? There is a wormhole that involves an actual…you know…worm, which made me smile for a long time. And any time there is a dip into water, one must ponder things baptismal, rebirth, either literal or spiritual. Letting go is what so much of growing up is about. It is the very thing that must be done in order to be able to grow, to live one’s own life. But sometimes letting go has the opposite effect, and can place you in peril, particularly when you are only seven and not ready for the consequences. CONCLUSION: There is a lot in this short book on holding on, and letting go, and the price of both. There is a lot on doing what is right, on personal sacrifice, on permanence and the ephemeral, on remembering and forgetting. The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a short novel. But do not let go of the notion that this is a book for adults. The ocean in question may look to be a pond, but do not be deceived. Jump in. The water’s fine, and deep. NOTE: This review was originally posted on Will's blog. Neil On A Drainpipe and author pic courtesy of Neil Gaiman. The Ocean at the End of the Lane illustration courtesy of Dave McKean and Tor.com.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1174
__label__cc	0.66774	0.33226	Home » Farm » Garden » Succulent » Learn More about the Aeonium Kiwi and How to Grow It Learn More about the Aeonium Kiwi and How to Grow It Succulent - Kimberly Crawford The Aeonium “Kiwi” is a succulent plant looks like a delicatessen flower carved out of colorful fruits and vegetables. Lo and behold, it’s actually a living plant with green and yellow rosettes that are tantalizingly pink around its edges. In the summer, these rosettes blossom into full-blown yellow blooms. It’s best grown in a pot so you can move it indoors during the winter. #1. When to plant #2. Where to plant #3. How to plant #1. Soil #2. Light & Temperature #3. Water & Humidity #4. Fertilizer #5. Propagation #6. Pruning #1. Growing Problems & Diseases #2. Pests Is Aeonium poisonous to cats or dogs? What makes Aeonium different from other succulents? Why is your succulent “leggy”? Aeonium Kiwi is partial to full to partial sunlight. If you have enough light indoors you can grow it indoors as well. It has the typical water needs of a succulent, which is namely the dry and soak method of watering. This plant can also grow to 3 feet or 90 centimeters tall and wide. Its minimum tolerance for cold is at around 30° F or -1.1° C because it’s not cold hardy at all. It’s a nontoxic plant to animals and humans in general. The Aeonium Kiwi actively grows the most during spring and fall, so plant it during those seasons. It doesn’t thrive as much in summer but at least it gets its healthy dose of sunshine. However, when it comes to wintertime, it’s best that you water scarcely to let it survive the cold or put it inside the house in a pot if you have incredibly frosty winters. You should plant it in a pot indoors first then place it outside once the specimen has produced a viable root system for it to survive. You can transplant the Kiwi on your garden bed or planter’s box as well as long as it has taken root but not before that. RELATED 118+ Different Types Of Succulents (With Photos) Plant it somewhere with partial sun first to allow them to acclimate to full sunshine. It takes about a week for it to acclimate to all-day sun. Like was mentioned earlier, establish the root system by planting them into a pot before planting them in a garden bed. You can propagate this Kiwi by seeds, offsets, and stem cutting. When growing an immature Aeonium Kiwi, put it in a sheltered spot where there’s morning shade and afternoon sun until they have their own set of leaves. Afterwards, you can keep it in the pot or transplant it in your garden bed. Use gritty, free-draining compost and make sure your soil drains excellently. Sure, the Aeonium Kiwi has more of a root rot safeguard with its ability to absorb more moisture than the average succulent. However, don’t push your luck too much. Your pot should have both quick-draining soil and its own drainage hole Get a small pot below your pot to catch the drained water as well so you won’t make a mess indoors. It’s a succulent and it loves the sun, but it’s more susceptible to burning and leaf dying in extremely hot conditions. It can take partial to full sunlight, with it being more partial to partial sunlight. This makes it the perfect windowsill flowering succulent for aesthetic purposes that only has occasional watering requirements. As for temperature, 65°-75° F or 18°-24° C is ideal. Its lowest temperature is 30° F to 20° F or -1.1° C to -6.6° C. Do the soak and dry but with a twist. Water it next only when the soil is so dry that when you stick your finger in, the ground below is still chalky. RELATED How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats on Succulents Water it about once a week in the summer but only if there’s no rain then water more often from the end of winter to all throughout spring during its growth period. It can’t take too much humidity and heat. Use diluted liquid fertilizer during the same time you should water it the most, which should be during spring. Don’t feed it fertilizer during its dormant stage of fall and the start of winter as well as summer. Limit it during the growth period for maximum results. This succulent can propagate itself by stem cutting, offsets, and seeds. Use a sharp, sterile knife to cut it, allow it to callous, and place in well-draining soil. The offsets can be found on the plant’s base. Pull them up, allow them to dry, and then replant. Seeds should be sown during warm weather and on dry soil. It takes weeks for them to grow. Again, use a sharp, sterile knife to go about pruning this beautiful flowery plant. Cut it up properly and at an angle to prevent it from growing too much on one side or another. You can also use cutting to cut off any rotting parts of it or to stave off root rot. Like with other succulents, over-watering makes your Aeonium Kiwi susceptible to root rot. Make sure to use pots with excellent drainage systems to lower rotting root risk when push comes to shove. If it does have root rot, cut the rotted root off and replant the remaining healthy specimen anew. RELATED Much Ado about the Acanthocereus Tetragonus 'Fairy Castle Cactus' 101 Aphids and mealybugs are its worst enemies. Use systemic pesticide to get rid of them. You can also lightly spray the plant with isopropyl/rubbing alcohol or dab with alcohol-soaked cotton swabs to keep these insects away. No. They’re not poisonous or toxic to pets. Unlike succulents such as Calico Hearts, the Aeonium Kiwi is nontoxic. No need to get that peroxide once your canine or feline decides to snack on this plant. However, you should still keep them away from it and you should avoid eating it yourself. Notably, unlike other succulents like cacti, the Crinkle-Leaf Plant, or Calico Hearts, the Aeonium Kiwi requires you to acclimate it to full sun instead of taking it in like a fish would water. It’s averse to dry, hot weather. It can also take more water in than your typical succulent, but don’t overdo it. If there’s more leg than flower on your Aeonium Kiwi, there’s typically a reason for that. It means it’s searching for sunlight. It’s like how oregano in the shade will stretch out its leaves and stems towards the sun. Put your Kiwi in a sunnier spot to avoid this leggy tendency. Stems that have already stretched out can’t shrink but you can cut them to propagate more Kiwis. 12+ Colorful Succulent Container Garden Ideas For Your Indoor Garden Succulent Identification – How To Identify Succulent Plants 118+ Different Types Of Succulents (With Photos) How to Get Rid of Mealybugs on Succulents How to Get Rid of Spider Mites on Succulents	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1176
__label__cc	0.697327	0.302673	KFC 2012– By Toliver, February 27, 2012 in Ready to Eat Toliver Location:Bakersfield, California I swear I saw a TV commercial this weekend for new KFC chicken pot pies at KFC. Has anyone tried them? Are they a regular menu item or are they a special "limited time only" item? “Peter: Oh my god, Brian, there's a message in my Alphabits. It says, 'Oooooo.' Brian: Peter, those are Cheerios.” – From Fox TV’s “Family Guy” Tim Oliver rotuts Location:Boston MA I guess so: http://www.kfc.com/menu/plated_potpie.asp i await reviews as a KFC is not that near to me. TheNoodleIncident Since this topic has come up: I almost never eat KFC, mostly for health reasons. However, yesterday it was my only option, which was sort of nice because I DO like the flavor of KFC. I got a two piece meal, and got the "extra crispy" style because I might as well go all out if I'm going to eat it. I was really disappointed because it was not how I remembered - does the "extra crispy" actually taste different than the regular recipe (aside from the crunch, of course)? Maybe it's been too long and I had some nostalgic memory of it being better, but in the end I didn't even eat the skin/coating and just went for the meat and sides instead. threestars Never tried it yet. I think KFC offers different menu to other countries. So if it will be offered in the US, I am not sure it will be available worldwide. Paul Bacino Location:Bennington Nebraska USA I like the commercial.. We Used to hit their Buffet, but besides a periodic Bucket, we don't go their. Its good to have Morels Junkbot I was really disappointed because it was not how I remembered - does the "extra crispy" actually taste different than the regular recipe (aside from the crunch, of course)? Maybe it's been too long and I had some nostalgic memory of it being better, but in the end I didn't even eat the skin/coating and just went for the meat and sides instead. A fond memory I have is KFC Sundays as a kid, and how ridiculously delicious a bucket smelled when my parents brought it into the car. I haven't had KFC for many many years, and reading your comment reaffirms that I shouldn't have KFC again lest I destroy that nostalgia. Edited February 28, 2012 by Junkbot (log) Kim Shook Location:Richmond, VA We almost never eat at KFC anymore. I used to like the chicken, too, but our local grocery stores make MUCH better chicken than our KFC and we are lucky enough to have a small cafe that serves great fried chicken. I remember loving their slaw, too. I even used to stop and buy just a tub of slaw to go with dinner if I didn't feel like making my own. The last couple of times that I did it, I was disappointed - they've changed the recipe and it is not at all like it used to be. Kim's Cookbook Panaderia Canadiense Location:Ambato, Ecuador There's an easy way to test that. Do your KFCs offer plates that include 1-2 pieces of chicken, green salad, and menestra (lentils or red beans in their own gravy)? If so, then the menus are standard worldwide. If not, then there are differing menus for different countries. Elizabeth Campbell, baking 10,000 feet up at 1° South latitude. My eG Food Blog (2011) ⋆ My eG Foodblog (2012) GlorifiedRice Location:Philly Burbs Popeyes FTW Wawa Sizzli FTW! The Extra Crispy does not taste the same as the original recipe. They're completely different coatings which isn't very logical. Why not make the extra crispy taste like the original but just crispier? Go figure. I don't order the extra crispy because it doesn't taste like anything. It's just all crunchy texture and that's it. Good to know - and I totally agree that it was rather flavorless. I guess the bad news is that I'm now tempted to go back to get a regular piece to see if I still like it. Also, for the record, I love their biscuits if fresh, before they get hard. Edited February 28, 2012 by TheNoodleIncident (log) gdenby Its been a long while, but my recollection is that once upon a time, extra-crispy appeared to be regular that was double battered, and, perhaps, double fried. It seemed to me that it was identical in flavor, and only mildly crisper. Back then, needing every calorie for every penny, I was happy with the extra batter. I recall the first time I had extra crispy, and it was extra crispy. I was disappointed. While some crunch was satisfying, the sweet succulence of the original was better. I don't know if the new pot pie is a re-introduction of the pot pie that was available some years ago. When it was introduced years ago, I decided to try it. It was very tasty, altho' I thought it was rather small for the price. I later found a list of fattiest convenience foods, and it was near the top. Well, it was very savory. My parents discovered the KFC pot pies years ago, and were well impressed. I thought they were good (very pretty as well). But I think they lacked the bottom crust. And I think the commercial I just saw for the current ones might have suggested that. patrickamory Has KFC changed over the years? Margaret Pilgrim Location:San Francisco Everything changes over the years.... eGullet member #80. I had to wait to get my wife's opinion on this (as she is the more consistant consumer of the Colonel's fare), but I think we're agreed that the core product is largely the same as in the past. But also that they've come out with a lot of crap products in the interim ('though she likes the current wings). I do think that the golden cultural age of the Bucket o' Chicken has passed us by. It used to be a family event. But I suspect that it's more about us than the chicken. I tried the new KFC chicken pot pie over the weekend. I actually wanted to try it two weekends ago but was told "We're out of pot pies right now. We'll have more ready in 25 minutes." Really? The bad news about the pot pies is that they are single crust. That being said, the top crust crimping is excessive so there's a lot of extra crust hanging around the edge of the pot pie for crust fans to enjoy. As for the filling...it was a mixed bag, so to speak. It did have lots of chunks of chicken (and a small bone ), but the filling was too thick and there should have been more of it. It also didn't have a lot of veggies (peas, carrots, etc). The flavor of the sauce itself was just okay. Overall, I was disappointed. You would think that if a company like KFC was going to sell a chicken pot pie that they wouldn't release it until it was the best chicken pot pie ever. This is just okay. It isn't the best chicken pot pie I've ever had, but it's not the worst, either. Shalmanese Location:Shenzhen, China You would think that if a company like KFC was going to sell a chicken pot pie that they wouldn't release it until it was the best chicken pot pie ever. This is just okay. It isn't the best chicken pot pie I've ever had, but it's not the worst, either. I am shocked, shocked! that KFC would allow something sub par to be associated with their name! PS: I am a guy. lindag Location:W. Montana - The Last Best Place I haven't tried the KFC pot pie yet since I really never go there anymore and it's just not on my travel route.. I used to enjoy their chicken, however, but it HAD to be pretty fresh. I think the issue mostly is that the franchises just don't do as much business as they used to and the chicken sits around a long time and loses it crispiness and flavor. That said, if you want a really big, awful pot pie, try Costco. I can't believe that for a company that produces some of the best prepared food around that they can't come up with something a whole lot better than this. DTBarton Cooking KFC was my first real job in 1976. I can put some perspective on to the original versus extra crispy thing, at least as it was in the late 1970s. Both the egg wash and the coating flour mixture are different for original and crispy chicken. For the original, the egg wash mixture (made by mixing a pre-packaged dry ingredient bag with water) was a sort of light orange color that I assume came from dehydrated egg yolks. None of the pre-packaged dry mixtures listed ingredients. To make original recipe breading, 25 pounds of flour was mixed with a pre-measured bag of salt and a pre-packaged spice mixture, the Colonel's secret recipe. You dipped the chicken in the egg wash and then into the seasoned flour. The chicken is browned in an open pressure cooker (400 degree oil) for about 4 minutes and then the pressure lid is locked on and the chicken cooks for about 9 more minutes. The crispy chicken egg wash had a faintly bluish color reminiscent of skim milk. The flour was seasoned with salt and nothing else. The crispy chicken goes from egg wash to flour, then back in the egg wash and into the flour a second time to build up extra coating. Then the chicken was deep fried in a 375 degree open vat for about 20-22 minutes, no pressure involved. I actually worked at a Geno's restaurant, a northeast hamburger chain that also served KFC. The story of the cooking oil is interesting also. We started with 50 pound blocks of vegetable shortening (this was the days before trans fat scares) that were melted in the french fry vats and used to cook fries for a few days. When the oil was deemed to be too dark for french fries, it was moved to the crispy chicken vats. When it was too dark for crispy chicken it moved again to the original chicken pressure cookers. That's why original is always darker than crispy, it's by design. So KFC has a breakthrough with their newest product: "KFC's new Go Cup is a brilliant idea" ...the Go Cup, which holds smaller, snack-sized portions of food, fits 83 percent of all car cup holders... ...(KFC) learned that consumers wanted a snack that was a protein, portable, sold for a low price and that didn't need utensils... At the same time, KFC knew that about half its sales were being made by drive-through customers. The article reads more like an opinion piece, but the new KFC Go Cup does sound innovative. There's nothing else out there that's really like this already. Has the Go Cup made it to your neighborhood, yet? Shel_B Location:San Francisco Bay Area So, I read the article, and what appeared to be missing, is what the Go Cup contains. Chicken? Fries? Vegetables? So sure, the Go Cup may be a Great Idea! But tell me, please, what's in the cup? ... Shel Location:Liuzhou, Guangxi, China So, I read the article, and what appeared to be missing, is what the Go Cup contains. In fact, the article provides a link to the KFC web page which describes the five varieties in detail. ...your dancing child with his Chinese suit. The Kitchen Scale Manifesto Okanagancook society donor Location:Naramata overlooking Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada Looking at the Nutrition Information: 540 calories of which 46.6% is from fat not to mention the sodium load at 1440 mg is a whole day's worth. For alot of people this represents a significant percentage (approx 25%)of their daily caloric requirements. Some "snack". Just say'n.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1179
__label__cc	0.623438	0.376562	Sir Terry remembered: Dickens' fire, Tolkien's imagination, and the wit of Wodehouse Sir Terry Pratchett has left us at the age of 66, but he has gifted the next generation a massive archive of fiction and non-fiction that will delight, amuse and inform readers for years to come. It's a sad day at the El Reg offices, many of us were devoted fans. He was born on April 28, 1948, and wrote fiction as a teen. At … House rules Send corrections Add to 'My topics' Thursday 12th March 2015 19:44 GMT Smitty Werbenjaegermanjensen - he was #1! And I'm not ashamed to say that I may have shed a tear for Terry when I read the news. 65 1 Reply Sunday 15th March 2015 19:55 GMT TonyJ Re: Sad Which soulless wretch downvoted this post? There are some really nice people on el reg lately. Friday 20th March 2015 09:09 GMT Robert Baker To my mind, the votes here have become meaningless due to abuse; for instance, why downvote a joke post? Thursday 12th March 2015 19:50 GMT Trollslayer I can hear it now "I THINK YOU FORGOT TO CANCEL THE MILK." Friday 13th March 2015 04:26 GMT James Anderson Re: I can hear it now YOU CAN STOP WRITING I DON'T WANT TO APPEAR IN ANY MORE BOOKS Thursday 12th March 2015 19:57 GMT David Webb I will miss waiting on this next instalment of his books. However, he appears to have completed a Discworld novel in 2014.... He completed his last book, a new Discworld novel, in the summer of 2014, before succumbing to the final stages of the disease. http://www.pjsmprints.com/ So it looks like we have one final book to come from him, just think, a Discoworld novel that will not be signed by the great man. Thursday 12th March 2015 20:32 GMT frank ly Re: Sadly missed From Wikipedia and other sources, it appears that the book completed last year is called The Shepherd's Crown and is part (the last) of the Tiffany Aching arc of books. (Publication date seems to be July, or autumn, 2015.) These books are set in the Discworld and were intended for a 'young adult' audience. Personally, as a quite old adult, I found 'I Shall Wear Midnight' to be a very mature story, wonderfully told. I'll be buying it as soon as it becomes available. Same, I love the TA arc, would have been lovely to see her grow up to be a witch like Granny, but it will be rather unsettling to read the last words of that book knowing there will be no more. Friday 13th March 2015 14:20 GMT Hey Nonny Nonny Mouse TA is a wonderful series and I have, as a 40 something year old, enjoyed them immensely. As has my ten year old daughter. I will shed a tear if I finish the book as I did when I heard the news but I'm mulling over the idea of buying it and keeping it, unread, on a shelf, so there's always one more book Friday 13th March 2015 14:54 GMT Proud Father "I will shed a tear if I finish the book as I did when I heard the news but I'm mulling over the idea of buying it and keeping it, unread, on a shelf, so there's always one more book" How wonderfully put, thank you. I have also shed tears today. I am hurting. Friday 13th March 2015 19:01 GMT John Brown (no body) Such a wonderful thought. Something I shall also consider. Friday 13th March 2015 12:19 GMT Colin Miller The Long Utopia, co-authored with Stephen Baxter, is due for release in the middle of June. Thursday 12th March 2015 20:00 GMT IglooDude Many a pint will be hoisted in Sir Terry's memory, for all the brilliant writing he's given us over the years. Thursday 12th March 2015 21:16 GMT Vulch Thursday 12th March 2015 20:07 GMT David Given He was also an early Internet and social media adoptee, back when it was called Usenet, and spent a lot of time chatting with fans on alt.fan.pratchett. Also, don't forget his rather more obscure science fiction: _The Dark Side of the Sky_ and _Strata_. I like them both a great deal and they're a lot more thoughtful than they first appear. (The latter features the first appearance of a science-fictional proto-discworld; alas, it also features a ubiquitous typo throughout where it uses 'altitude jets' instead of 'attitude jets'.) Also, fun fact: _The Colour of Magic_ is a straight Fritz Leiber parody, right down to the structure. Watch for Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser's cameo in the first chapter! Friday 13th March 2015 08:04 GMT Trygve Henriksen I assume you meant 'Dark side of the Sun'. Tonight, I will brew a pot of Yorkshire Gold tea, and re-read Strata. The Colour of Magic is a good book, and a great spoof of Fritz Leiber's work, but sadly, less of a Discworld book than Strata. (In my not so humble opinion) Friday 13th March 2015 20:47 GMT David Given You're quite right. Dark Side of the Sun. Bad fingers, they don't know how to type. Friday 13th March 2015 12:29 GMT Triggerfish Colour of Magic introduced me to Fritz Leiber when I saw learnt what characters he was referencing, I'll always have to thank him for that. Friday 13th March 2015 12:52 GMT Alien8n It was through afp that I got to know him personally, he was always willing to chat with his fans. I have a signed photo of him from the convention in '96 holding the Podling (aged 3 months) which he duly signed "I don't sign small children". This was an in joke as the saying went that he'd sign "anything except a blank cheque, but even that was arguable" and behind me was another fellow afper with a pen for him to sign my daughter with. My only regret in life is turning down the offer to go for a curry with him when I had the chance. Wasn't there an old afp joke... "For sale: Terry Pratchett novel --- rare, unsigned edition!" Thursday 12th March 2015 20:07 GMT Nick Ryan IT angle? Who cares! I suppose there were the tweets though. He annoyed other authors with his writing style but succeeded at being a greater author than most of his detractors because what he wrote was fun to read, often clever and insightful on many levels. Thursday 12th March 2015 20:34 GMT BoldMan I remember Tom Paulin reviewing Terry Pratchett on The Review Show many years ago: A complete amateur... doesn't even write in chapters. which has since appeared on many Discworld covers :) Thursday 12th March 2015 22:47 GMT SteveastroUk Who the hell is Tom Paulin...... <rummages on Wikipedia> Oh yes, a complete dick head. Friday 13th March 2015 02:45 GMT Anonymous Coward I remember them discussing a book (Interesting Times, I think). Mark Lawson and Mark Kermode or Tony Parsons (I can't remember which) thought it was funny, and Tom Paulin and Allison Pearson didn't. No surprise on the split of the panel. (However, when Mark Lawson referred to Truckle the Uncivil's walking sticks that said LOVE and HATE, Allison Pearson laughed and Kermode/Parsons called her out on it, implying that she just wouldn't admit that she found it funny.). I remember Allison Pearson complaining about the cliched language structure Pratchett used, missing the whole point that he was writing about a bunch of old heroes so would have been parodying fantasy prose. Anyway, I enjoyed Discworld as a teenager and young adult, and the reason I stopped reading them was because I stopped reading fiction. Woof. Friday 13th March 2015 09:37 GMT Spiracle Allison Pearson complaining about the cliched language structure Pratchett used, missing the whole point that he was writing about a bunch of old heroes so would have been parodying fantasy prose... To be fair the junction in the Venn diagram of Interesting Times and I Don't Know How She Does It readers is probably fairly slim. The IT angle is simple. Hex. That man knew what he was talking about. Friday 13th March 2015 13:53 GMT RyokuMas "Anthill inside" Ah Hex... full of ants and still faster than my mother-in-law's old Vista box... Re: "Anthill inside" ...Reminds me of the discworld character who was going around selling some mysterious thing called 'in-sewer-ants'. As a teenager in the '80s it took a while for the meaning of this to dawn on me ... Friday 13th March 2015 15:53 GMT BoldMan and don't forget Twoflower's introduction of the concept of "reflected sound of underground spirits" :) Monday 16th March 2015 10:31 GMT Michael H.F. Wilkinson Got that t-shirt, will wear it with more pride. It generally takes my CS students a little while to realise I am not wearing a T-shirt with an Intel ad. What I will miss most about Terry Pratchett is the warmth and love of humanity with all its shortcomings that oozes from all his work. The one thing that really offended him is "treating people like things". He was a wonderful man with an unparallelled talent Monday 16th March 2015 10:56 GMT TRT I liked the practicality of his mind. The ninja getting tooled up in Pyramids - weighted himself up so badly with so much gear that he fell over backwards. Never seems to be a problem in the fantasy genre, that you carry so much gear you can't move. And then there's the communications Clacks. @Spiracle Also, Oxfam bookshops are full of old Booker prize winners that look as if they have never been opened: Terry Pratchett, Jacqueline Wilson, not so much. Sadly, authors who don't actually have anything to say seem to spend the most time praising themselves and their friends for the way they say it. Saturday 14th March 2015 11:27 GMT Proud Father Lol that review always made me laugh. If I remember correctly, that review excerpt was on some of the hardback covers. Brilliant use of Tom Paulin's moronic book review. "He annoyed other authors with his writing style" He annoyed English teachers because they wanted pupils to learn through the "established" canon of authors and he gleefully adopted and adapted all the canons. It must be no fun to try to explain postmodernism or magical realism to a class when a couple of boys at the back are muttering "Terry Pratchett". Friday 13th March 2015 09:53 GMT Dazed and Confused Re: "He annoyed other authors with his writing style" > He annoyed English teachers He both annoyed and delighted English teachers because after years of their efforts boys (perhaps more than girls) would discover Pratchett and suddenly start to read. Friday 13th March 2015 11:06 GMT D@v3 Re: "He annoyed English teachers" I was put onto Pratchett by an English Teacher, not my own, a friend who just happened to to go on to become one, and I am glad that I was. Now, where did I leave my frog pills..... Friday 13th March 2015 13:07 GMT TRT To understand half of his jokes you had to deconstruct words and understand the etymology of the components. Sheer genius. For example, the thaumometer. Thursday 12th March 2015 20:09 GMT horsham_sparky RIP Terry I'll be hoisting a pint of Turbot's Really Odd in your memory Have been a fan since university days when I was lucky enough you meet you at a book signing at the Uni bookshop.. Say Hi to Albert, Death, Susan and the death of Rats for us :-) Thursday 12th March 2015 20:14 GMT Slartybardfast I'm 54 year old man who has never met Sir Terry but feels like he knew him. I've had a couple of tears in my eyes today. Daft really, but I'll miss him. I shall wear the Lilac in remembrance Thursday 12th March 2015 20:30 GMT A. Coatsworth I've heard the names of Terry Pratchett and Discworld before, but I've never read any of the books... After reading the dozens of loving comments left by commenters it the notes published by El Reg, I really want to get in the Discworld... er... world. I'd really appreciate tips or comments on what would be the best approach to Sir Terry's work Start at the beginning, the colour of Magic :-) it sets the tone for the rest of his books really. you don't have to read them in order, each book is a good read in isolation.. but you get to know the characters and the history if you do go in order though Friday 13th March 2015 09:09 GMT Martin I would actually NOT recommend starting with The Colour of Magic. My justification for this is that it's the only one I've read, and it just didn't do anything for me. I've said this to many Terry Pratchett fans and they have all, to a man (or woman), said "Well, it's actually not particularly good compared to the later ones. Perhaps you should try one of the others." Small Gods certainly came up as a recommendation. I've never got round to trying one of the others. Perhaps I will now. Friday 13th March 2015 09:54 GMT stuartnz Re: Hmmm... Small Gods is still my favourite. The least laugh out loud funny for me, but the most thoughtful and interesting. "I would actually NOT recommend starting with The Colour of Magic" Completely agree. It's interesting watching someone start to develop a idea and a style, but it isn't in the same class as the later books. Reading it put me off completely until I was staying in someone's house in wet weather and read Equal Rites and Pyramids, and then started to seek out the rest. Thursday 12th March 2015 20:46 GMT David 132 All of the below is IMHO, and I'm sure everyone here will have their own thoughts... I'd probably start with one of his Discworld books. Although they feature recurring characters and in-jokes, this doesn't mean you have to start with the very first. His style of writing and humour changed slightly over the years, meaning that some of the later books are much funnier than the very earliest ones. Two "best book to read first" suggestions would be "Guards, Guards!" (introduces the hard-bitten, cynical misanthrope night watchman Sam Vimes) or "Witches Abroad" (which (ahaha) introduces the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick). My favourite of all time is the non-Discworld "Good Omens", which as TFA mentions was a collaboration with Neil Gaiman. An angel and a demon collaborate to prevent the Apocalypse, involving the M25, black nuns, paintballing, a Satanic Hellhound who likes to chase cats, and various "Americans and other aliens". RIP Sir Pterry. We met only once, at a book-signing in Chester, and my pimply 20-something self was so over-awed to meet one of my literary heroes that I stuttered incoherently and made a fool of myself. I probably wouldn't start with _Colour of Magic_. It's rather different from the rest of the series, being a Fritz Leiber parody, and his style only starts to gel a few books later on. My recommendations? _Small Gods_, which a minister once described to me as the best book about religion he'd ever read. _Pyramids_, which is about fate, belief (not the same as religion!) and camels. _Mort_, about growing up, death, and Death. Thursday 12th March 2015 21:35 GMT Anonymous Coward Up vote for Small Gods First book I'd read for a good while, and had been in a grey state; I actually laughed out loud at the tortoise's persuasion technique with the eagle. Read his work avidly ever since. Friday 13th March 2015 03:43 GMT Yet Another Anonymous coward Small Gods is the best literature Pyramids is my personal favourite Colour of Magic/Light fantastic - good, but you probably have to be a fantasy fan to get all the jokes The guards books (Guards Guards / Feet of Clay / Men at Arms ) and the Von Lipwig (Going Postal / Making Money / Raising Steam) are probably most readable stories The only dissapointing book is Monstrous Regiment. Witches Abroad is also the book with the marvellous "Glod" footnote. Remember reading that in Selfridges bookstore before I bought it and burst out laughing in the middle of a busy shop! Actually that's one of my favourites - although different from many others. All good books however! I think everyone will have their own favourite. Friday 13th March 2015 15:55 GMT Down not across So many to choose from. Each has their own appeal. I did find Mort exceptional. Then again so were many of the others. Thank you pterry, for enriching my life with your writing talent. Thursday 12th March 2015 21:19 GMT Dave 126 The Discworld novels can be grouped into different story sequences, more or less - as helpfully illustrated by this diagram: http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-20.jpg EDIT: Go with what Dave 132 (no relation) has said. Thursday 12th March 2015 21:49 GMT tfewster Wyrd Sisters first introduces us to the coven and is best read before Witches Abroad. Equal Rites (probably) precedes both, but is "only" Granny Weatherwax ^^ You're right. I hang my head in boundless shame. My comment above was typed in a hurry amid many distractions. I will hand in my Pratchett fan-club card as I leave. Still think "Witches Abroad" is a good book with which to start, though. Ahem. Equal Rites was written in 1987. Wyrd Sisters was written in 1988. Equal Rites, in fact, features only a proto-Granny Weatherwax; her character and the way witching works changes considerably in the later books. (One of Pratchett's strengths, I think, is that he's willing to discard continuity in favour of a good book, although he did fall into the Canon Welding trap in the very later books.) Friday 13th March 2015 08:47 GMT IT veteran The witches were introduced in Wyrd Sisters, a parody of Macbeth. I make this comment just to amplify how Pratchett wrote. Wyrd Sisters is not a parody of Macbeth. It is an amplification of the technique of Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are dead by Stoppard. [plot spoiler alert] In Stoppard's play, we see the action of Macbeth through the eyes of a pair of attendant lords. In Wyrd sisters a Macbeth-like plot unrolls, but instead of the witches just being incidentals as in the play, they get involved in the action and completely subvert it, arranging for someone who may or may not be the rightful king - with a huge plot twist on the way - to take over. The Birnham Wood scene acquires a huge mythic dimension. The Macbeth characters are urban in a rural environment and are seen as fundamentally out of place - I feel there is a reference there to the second homers who plague Wiltshire and Somerset, moving in and demanding that farms be closed because they don't like the noise and the smell. (You can probably guess where I live). A parody is like the real thing but designed to expose the weaknesses of the writer and the improbability of his or her plots. A burlesque is a version of the original in which the jokes are broad and crude. What Pratchett does is to amplify Macbeth and at the same time bring in other related themes. In Pratchett's world, Middle Earth is just a small part of the more backward region of Discworld, where some very unpleasant little wars took place and missionaries are going out to reclaim the Orcs for civilisation. A book ostensibly about football contains a powerful criticism of the moral void at the heart of Lord of the Rings and its default position that the aristocracy are the only people who matter. (Pratchett has an exchange between the Patrician and a ruler from Uberwald that makes it abundantly clear that this theme is intentional.) Someone here has compared him to Jonathan Swift; the difference is that Swift is a pessimist and Pratchett, an optimist. Pratchett believes in improvement and perfectibility, and above all he believes in civilisation, whether it is small agricultural settlements like Lancre or large cities like Ankh-Morpork. Friday 13th March 2015 22:36 GMT Snafu1 Re: The witches were introduced in Wyrd Sisters, a parody of Macbeth. [quote]In Pratchett's world, Middle Earth is just a small part of the more backward region of Discworld, where some very unpleasant little wars took place and missionaries are going out to reclaim the Orcs for civilisation. [/quote] Tell me, have you ever tried /Grunts/ by Mary Gentle? If you've read enough of LoTR to remember it, & appreciate parody, it should knock your socks off! :) Friday 13th March 2015 11:02 GMT I ain't Spartacus In my opinion he started off with one style 'Colour of Magic' and 'Light Fantastic', and then spent the next few books tweaking things, and changing his writing styles and techniques. In my opinion Sourcery and Pyramids were some of his weaker books because of this. I still enjoyed them, but didn't feel much desire to re-read them. Admittedly they've been in a box for the last 15 years, and I've only just dug them out after several moves, and some time in storage - perhaps they're due another read? Anyway, I think he'd really got himself going again with Wyrd Sisters. Which I very much like (and have re-read). And might be a good starting point. I love the way he can be doing a multi-page literary parody, sometimes within a book that is already a literary parody (Wyrd Sisters / Macbeth for example) - and then he'll put in a proper groan-inducing pun and suddenly there'll be a knob gag, or he'll drop in a stupid footnote for the hell of it. His writing style plays on so many different levels that you can appreciate the books in different ways, depending on your mood, and that makes them worth re-reading too. So Wyrd Sisters then Witches Abroad (where I loved the short Hemingway parody) then hooked. Or you could go for for Guards! Guards!, and read along with the Watch, as someone else also suggested. There's also the Death novels. But I didn't think Mort was one of his strongest books, so I wouldn't start with it, just like I think Equal Rites (the first witches one) isn't even in the same style as his later stuff. Everyone likes different things though. And I do fear recommending books / music that I love to people, because so much of it is personal. And then when they don't like it, they've stabbed me in the back. The bastards! You've got a whole load of books to look forward to. Assuming you liked the first couple you read. Happy days. There's a bunch of kids/young adult books in the Discworld series as well, but I just ignored that and read them anyway. I really enjoyed the Tiffany Aching books (Wee Free Men, Hat Full of Sky and Wintersmith). More witches. He then did a bunch of other stuff. I remember not particularly liking Strata and Dark Side of the Sun - but that's all I remember, I read those sometime in the early 90s I think. There was Truckers, Diggers and something else, which I've never read, and I seem to recall the name 'The Carpet People'. All kids books I think. Then finally, Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman). Radio 4's recent adaptation was excellent. The book is even better. Hopefully, happy reading to you. Oh and the ones with Stephen Baxter, that I haven't read, the first one's on my bedside book pile. I just had a major fat-finger issue and typed twerking1 (should I have left that in?). 1 I put this comment in brackets, then realised that in honour of the Master himself, it should obviously be done as a footnote2. I also particuarly liked his footnotes inside footnotes gags. 2I should probably have stopped after 2... Friday 13th March 2015 12:13 GMT theblackhand I would recommend starting with either The Witches Trilogy or Death Trilogy as they provide a gentle introduction to Discworld life. Avoid starting with the Colour of Magic unless you really enjoy classical fantasy books - once you've read some of the other Discworld books coming back to the Rincewind series makes more sense when the pace of the books slows. Alternatively, far wiser people have created the following reading order: Friday 13th March 2015 13:12 GMT Neil Barnes Re: Reading order All the above are excellent suggestions - my taste would be for Guards! Guards! and the other Sam Vimes books - but no-one has mentioned Soul Music... which is worth it for a two-hundred page lead-up to an absolutely appalling pun on the last page (and incidentally gives an interesting cross section of Pterry's taste in music). Sunday 15th March 2015 20:01 GMT Omgwtfbbqtime Re: Reading order - Soul Music Definitely - Soul Music / Hogfather / Thief of Time make a good starter set. Always Liked the Susan Death books. Thursday 12th March 2015 22:55 GMT Gordon861 Another vote for Guards Guards as the best newbie Discworld book to start with. It is a great introduction to the world and humour without really needing to know anything about the disc. I have lent copies to friends in order to get them hooked and it never fails. As to the man himself, I met him once after queuing for hours in Kingston to get the new book signed, he will be greatly missed. ... the turtle moves ... Friday 13th March 2015 10:25 GMT Monkeyman I started on Mort and it held me in good stead. Mind you Interesting Times is so funny that you might be better just stating there... really it doesn't matter, the important thing is that you start. A big part of me hopes that Terry is sitting in the Mended Drum having a pint right now. Friday 13th March 2015 10:57 GMT jai I was wondering whether to suggest watching the TV adaptations? I thought Going Postal was brilliant! but then maybe it helps to have read the book first and that's what makes the tv show so good? From the books - i would recommend Guards! Guards! as a good starting point too. it's a great story by itself, full of fantastic characters. the rest of the books with those characters are great. Then again, Wyrd Sisters might be a great place to start, as you'll be familiar with the underlying story that it is parodying. Thursday 12th March 2015 20:47 GMT Ketlan so sad... A glorious writer. Thank God we had him for as long as we did. Ook, you wonderful old fucker, you. Thursday 12th March 2015 21:28 GMT Woza Paraphrasing Soul Music People will always remember the books he never had a chance to write, and they will be the greatest books of all. Thursday 12th March 2015 21:30 GMT Stevie Nice job, Reg Hacks. A worthy obituary. Thursday 12th March 2015 21:33 GMT CYMinCA met him at hay on wye festival where he gave a great rambling talk. Took my son who remembers it even now and treasures his signed copy of colour of magic. As my wife said what the hell is she supposed to buy for my birthday now she can't rely on a new discworld book, a sentiment I'm sure would amuse sir terry Friday 13th March 2015 10:04 GMT Wommit Re: Missed My daughter cussed for the longest time when she heard. She too was bemoaning this embuggerance of no more pressies for her lovely Dad. RIP Terry, loved you stories since the first. The world is better for your short visit. Thursday 12th March 2015 22:05 GMT Robert E A Harvey Pterry and his friend Neil Gaiman both had a character called Death. In both cases, they were the most compassionate characters in their respective universes. Another writer I am fond of, Phil Rickman, has mentioned the angel of death as a comforter. The older I get the more I understand it. It iwas the genius of Sir Terry to be able to pass that wisdom, and a lot more insights like it, straight to young people. To grant them wisdom without any other experience. The truly great writers are not the tragedians, who hold a mirror to that part of humanity we have known since childhood. But the comic writers, who can teach us the unexpected and the true. One of his books was called 'The Truth'. It was his only stock in trade. Friday 13th March 2015 00:11 GMT veti Re: Death Death as a "comforter" is an old idea. Pterry's take on it was wonderful, but still just a new take on an old idea. If you re-read 'The Colour of Magic', it's interesting to note that the Death in that is a very different character from what he became in the later books. I'm not sure if he ever completely forgave Rincewind for his unpunctuality. Thursday 12th March 2015 22:27 GMT Tromos R.I.P. Terry... ...and may the Gods be with you (especially the small ones). I met him in 198x at Exeter Uni when he sneaked in incognito despite being the star guest. I remember he cracked the Elrond Hubbard joke and we spent ages debating which book that character should have been in. Only one more book in the pipeline (The Shepherd's Crown), doesn't seem to be listed on Amazon yet ? I'll be sad all over again when I have the first Christmas in so very long, that's without one of Terry's books. SQUEAK. Thursday 12th March 2015 23:14 GMT Blank-Reg A glass raised for you. Thanks for the excellent reads and many happy evenings reading. Hope you had a good curry with Death on the way out... Thursday 12th March 2015 23:22 GMT David Schlinkert Comparing Pratchett to Dickens' "fire" is like comparing an aircraft carrier to a couple kids on a raft. I'd say it's more apt than the comparison to "Tolkein"... Both (Pratchett and Dickens) were passionate about injustice. Both could be, by turns, sharply witty and satirical, and interminably preachy, particularly in their later works. Both were hugely popular, celebrities in their own lifetime. The only candidate I can think of who'd make a worthy third to that duo would be Mark Twain, but he's disqualified on account of being American. Jonathon Swift rather than Tolkien Make it a fantasy and you can poke fun at everything AND the wise and learned people you are poking fun at think it is a silly story for children ! Tolkien wouldn't know a joke if it bit him on the Silmarillion Friday 13th March 2015 09:46 GMT fandom "I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to" Hey! it's funny Thursday 12th March 2015 23:59 GMT TheRealRoland Clevew twap? Probably falling into a cleverly disguised trap here. Tolkein? Friday 13th March 2015 00:19 GMT diodesign Re: Clevew twap? No, I just left my proffreedng skills in the glovebox this morning. It's been fixed :( Friday 13th March 2015 00:46 GMT G Mac Summary for Me You made me happy. You made the people I made read your books happy. I am sad now. I will reread all your books and I will be happy again. Friday 13th March 2015 00:47 GMT John Gamble I've had the honor of briefly meeting Pratchett a couple of times. He was, as you'd expect, very friendly and quite witty. I hope his USENET postings are preserved. Unsurprisingly, he got better as he got more political (public figures make better targets than fantasy tropes), and I've loaned out Small Gods, The Truth, Going Postal and others often, and they've been greatly appreciated. I'm going to miss him. For 20years I have been buying every 2nd-hand copy of Good Omens I find to give away to people. Time to re-read There's a certain brutal aptness to the fact that smallcaps DEATH is one of my favourite characters ever. I'd love to raise a glass in his honour, but since I have hyper-intolerance to alcohol, I'll settle for re-reading the Death arc, again. And making sure to be extra nice to the neighbourhood cats, since I'm sure Blinky's rider will be in a FOUL mood after this particular hourglass ran out. Sunday 15th March 2015 02:23 GMT Vic Re: Time to re-read I have hyper-intolerance to alcohol Eight or nine pints, and I'm anyone's :-) Friday 13th March 2015 07:41 GMT Bleu Why do you say 'gifted' instead of 'given'? It is terribly vulgar, in the pejorative sense, and most unworthy in an obit. for a very good writer and humourist. Friday 13th March 2015 07:42 GMT Arctic fox We all have I am sure our favourite moments from his remarkable canon. One of mine is from Guards! Guards! when our hero the estimable Vimes holds off a lynch mob in the stables with a dragon tucked under his arm. "The question is,do you feel lucky?" I read that bit on the top of a bus on the way to work. My howls of laughter caused some raised eyebrows! Friday 13th March 2015 07:53 GMT Mephistro I never met him personally... ... and have only listened his voice in an interview. Still, I feel as if an old friend has passed away. Thanks, Terry, and Godspeed!. Friday 13th March 2015 09:18 GMT Tom 7 Re: I never met him personally... I must confess that having mocked Diana's funeral hysterics I can see where it comes from. Sunday 15th March 2015 17:59 GMT Anonymous Coward "I must confess that having mocked Diana's funeral hysterics I can see where it comes from." Except the big difference here is that Sir Terry is someone WORTH mourning, someone who did a lot for a lot of people, who contributed a large amount to the world. Diana people just jumped on the band wagon because it was "trendy" Friday 13th March 2015 08:09 GMT Peshman Small Gods was my favourite. Zap out a small lightning bolt for me every time you come to mind or whenever I see a turtle. I'll be raising a pint in your honour. Friday 13th March 2015 08:16 GMT Mike Arthur Ah, sad day indeed. His books still have the power to make me properly laugh out loud. A great writer, made very clever use of the language to provide entertainment to so very many people. I had the great fortune to meet him on several occasions in the early 90s whilst I was working in a bookshop. Funniest memory was being sent across to the supermarket across the road for a couple of bags of frozen sweetcorn (had to be sweetcorn, not peas) for him to put on his painful hand after spending several hours signing all manner of items. Anyway, I shall send my assistant off to the shelf to bring me something of his to read. 'Oook?', 'yes please, that one' Bugger! A further recommendation for 'Guards Guards' as a starting point, it was the first one I read and I have read all of Sir Pterry's books since. A sad comment on the universe when someone who contributes to humanity passes while an oxygen thief like Piers Morgan still wanders this realm. RIP Sir Pterry, may the Great A'Tuin guide you through eternity (but remember not to fall off the edge of the rim and always head hubwards) Friday 13th March 2015 08:35 GMT Sartori Terribly sad that Sir Terry has passed. So many happy memories of how his books over the years have made me laugh, smile and think. I was lucky enough to meet him at a book signing once in Liverpool. He was all smiles, witty and so much time given with a sense of fun to all the many fans who queued to see him. A man who mixed childlike wonder, silliness, endless imagination, with wisdom, sharp wit and intelligence in his work. He will be missed by millions, thoughts with his family and friends. RIP. So sorry All his books were full of warmth, wit and wisdom and I'm so sorry he's no longer with us. My sincere condolences to his family, who must be feeling rather empty now. Friday 13th March 2015 09:02 GMT Elmer Phud Ooooooeeeeooooooooeeooooooooeooeooooeeeeoeoooo! Friday 13th March 2015 09:18 GMT Killing Time His work will stand the test of time... One of the few authors to make me laugh out loud whilst also making me think deeply. Given his output you could list them all day but those that immediately spring to mind, for the comedy are the interchanges between Rincewind, Twoflower and The Luggage and for the insight the whole of 'Money'. Farewell Sir Terry. DEATH will look after you.... Friday 13th March 2015 09:37 GMT A K Stiles Reading order? I'd quite like a black bush-hat icon to express my combination of sadness and anger, perhaps attached to the phrase "Buggrit Buggrit Buggrem"? As noted elsewhere, the reading order probably doesn't matter much, though it's probably better to read the various arcs in their own sequences. The later books have an easier style to them, but from my personal experience, I had the pleasure of starting with The Colour of Magic in 1988 at the age of not-quite-twelve, closely followed by The Light Fantastic, then Equal Rites and each subsequent book as it came out, and it does help to introduce some of the recurrent characters and set up some in jokes for later books. If there really are any gods, and they have had anything to do with this sad event, then they are definitely bastards! Friday 13th March 2015 12:19 GMT 9Rune5 Re: Reading order? CoM is a mixed bag of sorts. The first time I read it, I remember thinking it was 'okay'. I stuck with it however, and 'Guards! Guards!' (as well as 'Mort') was the big payoff as far as I am concerned. To me it makes sense to turn the wary reader onto 'Guards! Guards!' first before tackling the earlier DW novels. Either way, a new reader must read beyond the first two books to get the full DW reading experience. With my son however, I expect I will gradually introduce the stories before reading age and hopefully he will catch on that way. (he is just 4 m.o. so I still have time to re-adjust my strategy) Just one more novel to go... I had wished for many more, but what was provided was truly generous. Thank you Terry. Friday 13th March 2015 09:54 GMT Peter Prof Fox Skillful writing technique He was able to tell a story slowly without being boring for one minute. A master of the slow-burn joke you should have seen coming-up two pages ago, so when the punch-line comes you're ashamed at not being alert as well as tickled by the way he's strung you along. The same goes for parodies, satires and turning what's un-obvious into 'see it was there in front of you all along -- Now do you understand'. A classic example of Pratchet's humanism is when (amongst other minorities being exploited and attacked, Dwarves, Golems, -- the usual stuff) there's a female werewolf major character in a policeMANs role. Police 'dogs' fine but women! Very unsettling. Dwarves have a venerated 'home' back in the hills but where is her 'home' in all senses? Re: Skillful writing technique Ah, yes, Angua... a woman for whom the comment that she can be a bit of a bitch for a few days every month has to be taken a bit more literally than usual! Friday 13th March 2015 09:58 GMT James 36 I am reading this at work trying to not to weep at my desk. I love his books and need to reread them. Another vote for Guards Guards as an intro for an IT angle what about the troll in the freezer whose intelligence increases as the temperature drops ? I particularly love small gods. RIP TP I met Terry several times at various (and rather wonderful) Unicorn Theatre productions of his books, and found him unfailingly charming and modest. It was nice to see the witty chap I'd chatted to on CIX was the same in real life. I won't join the debate about what t read first as it depends so much on what your sense of humour is, but will add that I have reread several of his books many times - Interesting Times, Night Watch, Mort are all excellent. I am also a proud owner of a rarity, an unsigned copy of Mort :) Sunday 15th March 2015 16:47 GMT JimC > an unsigned copy of Mort :) was Re: RIP TP But is it a properly unsigned copy of Mort? i.e. one that has been taken along to a book signing, opened by the master, but not actually written in? Friday 13th March 2015 10:08 GMT Someonehasusedthathandle Quoting Big Fish seems apt. "Most men, they'll tell you a story straight through. It won't be complicated, but it won't be interestin' either." "A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal." Farewell Sir Terry Drinking Songs! A great loss, my condolences to his family. I think tonight will require the sinking of a few pints in his honour, before trying to kick off a bit of a sing-song with a round of 'A Wizards Staff has a Knob on the End' and Nanny Ogg's favourite 'The Hedgehog Song'! Friday 13th March 2015 10:20 GMT Tim Worstal The thing is When one of the books was based upon something you know well the most absurd jokes were actually the true bits. The Truth is the best satire of the newspaper business since Scoop and probably better. And in Making Money the truly absurd thing about all of the economics is that it's absolutely completely and totally correct. Yes, even down to the hydraulic computer for modelling the economy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONIAC_Computer Although, to be fair, it's only one half of the economics profession who thinks that if you can get the model right then it will affect the real economy. Friday 13th March 2015 10:29 GMT Thecowking He'll be missed in my house I recently got round to rationalising the Pratchett books in my house and passing the spares on to the deserving. I didn't want to be greedy though, so I kept the books he signed for me as they're probably not worth as much as the pristine ones! Today I was on a clearly very dusty train as my eyes started to moisten quite noticably as I read "The Colour Of Magic" on the way to the office. I met him a few times and enjoyed that he took the time out to visit my school (for such was the place of our first meeting) and I always found him patient and amusing. My first Pratchett was The Light Fantastic back in 1988 or so when I was really far too young to be reading them. Luckily no one told me so I kept on reading them. A pint shall be raised to him tonight. Re: He'll be missed in my house I don't know. Should you raise a pint to him? Or should it be a glass of something blue or green and sticky, that's been lurking in a crusty bottle at the back of the bar since a holiday about 20 years ago? Friday 13th March 2015 14:38 GMT Terje You didn't just happen to have Susan as a teacher did you? My teacher of the time had black hair with a silver streak. So some kind of negative of Susan, possibly from traversing the universes. Friday 13th March 2015 11:22 GMT Eclectic Man Oook :o( Ahem, > "usually wearing in his trademark black fedora " I recall reading an interview when he stated it is a "Borsalino". I wrote to him once, ending, as usual wiht "Irealise you are very busy and will understand if you are unable to reply". After a couple of months I got a reply, apologising for the delay, and responding in detail to what I'd written. de Chelonian Mobilus! Friday 13th March 2015 11:27 GMT DeVino I thought that "Raising Steam" was a rather odd book when it came out as it contained just about every character in the Discworld. Now it seems to make sense as it's like having a curtain call for everybody. I also never met the man and in some ways I mourn more for Sam Vimes, Moist Lipwick and the Librarian. Which perhaps is how Mr Pratchett might like it. Thank-you sir for some great times. Especially Night Watch. Small Gods Everyone supporting ISIS, the Taleban, Al Quaida, or indeed any religious moveoment that believes in killing people should read Terry Pratchett's "Small Gods". Friday 13th March 2015 12:29 GMT David Nash Re: Small Gods "Everyone supporting ISIS, the Taleban, Al Quaida, or indeed any religious moveoment that believes in killing people should read Terry Pratchett's "Small Gods"." And those that don't. Friday 13th March 2015 11:36 GMT Putters Both my favourite authors gone now ... First George MacDonald Fraser* and now Terry Pratchett. Their two series account for about 50% of the fiction on paper in my house. No more Sir Harry and now no more Rincewind :o( I wonder if it's just because I like long footnotes ? They just don't work so well in ebooks ! Friday 13th March 2015 12:03 GMT jjk Re: Both my favourite authors gone now ... And Harry Harrison. And Patrick O'Brian. And Jack Vance. All within the last few years. And tragically and far too young - Iain M Banks ... and Jack Williamson, he still wrote a few great stories at a very advanced age. Death happens, part of the human condition. More of a tragedy for Sir Terry was more that he had to put up with early senility from his early fifties or late forties. Come to think of it, I am thoroughly sick of Internet obits in general, every comment piling on to be more piously regretful than the last. I am quite sure that Sir Terry Pratchett would agree. Friday 13th March 2015 11:53 GMT Ol'Peculier Dollars? Will really miss PTerry. He did a web chat on a forum I was a member of once just before he announced his embuggerance kindly spending an hour or so answering questions. Anyway, El Reg. when did Brits start donating dollars to research? Re: Dollars? As I recall it was a million dollars worth of UK Sterling. "In 1980, he moved into PR and became the press officer for three nuclear power plants run by the UK's Central Electricity Generating Board." "A computer enthusiast since the early days (his first machine was a Sinclair ZX81), [...]" Well, of course. Re: ZX-81 Maybe he was in charge of the ZX81s which controlled the power plants. :-) Friday 13th March 2015 12:20 GMT Amorous Cowherder I was never huge fan but anything I did read by him, I always thoroughly enjoyed. The typical British sense of humour was so well captured. It's never nice when someone who gave so much genuinely innocent pleasure to so many, is no longer around. Friday 13th March 2015 12:21 GMT Dodgy Dave Among many gems ...was his 'pork futures warehouse' where ghostly pig carcasses faded in and out of existence as the economy rose and fell. Absolute genius. I will savour his few remaining books that I've yet to read, like bottles of vintage Bordeaux. Friday 13th March 2015 12:29 GMT Tanuki I can kinda imagine him having specified that his coffin should be made from Sapient Pearwood. Friday 13th March 2015 12:46 GMT Benjol Haven't read one in years, but must say that I think they are truly the only books that have ever consistently made me chortle out loud. I think they are truly the only books that have ever consistently made me chortle out loud I've had the same effect from reading Robert Rankin and David Langford. And both of those authors had forewords by Pterry[1]. [1] Which is why I read them in the first place :-) Friday 13th March 2015 13:17 GMT Simon B An amazing author, a legend who I will greatly miss. Long live the great a-tuin Friday 13th March 2015 13:19 GMT Isendel Steel Not fortunate enough to have met him. But he has provided me with hours of entertainment with the Discworld (in all its printed forms), and pause for thought with the Long Earth and Nation. Friday 13th March 2015 13:38 GMT Ashton Black I've read and re-read most of them down the years. Being a D&D and fantasy literature fan, the Colour of Magic/ Light Fantastic really tickled my funny bone. I do remember looking forward to each book, to find out which story arc it would be for. I think he wasn't considered "literary" for the simple reason, his style was fun and accessible, without a degree in English Lit. Very sadly missed. A Life Changer A great loss of somebody who changed my life. I remember being told about the colour of magic by a friend when it was released. I was not interested - I didn't read books! But I remembered the name. Some years later, when at an airport about to depart on a long flight to the w.indies for a holiday, I thought about what I would do on the plane (and whilst sitting round the pool). I saw a book stall and thought hmm. By then there were 6 books in the discworld series so, having a bit of an addictive personality, I bought all six. I started to read the colour of magic whilst waiting for the plane and had read 2 books before we landed - I was hooked. Since then I have become a big reader, TP started all of that - not just discworld but lots of comic fantasy (Robert Rankin, Tom Holt, etc). I had the fortune to meet Sir Terry only once (as with others on the forum it was a book signing, for Jingo). The queue was long but even so, her took the time to chat, and sign other items brought along (he signed a DEATH christmas card to me, and penned 'the turtle moved' on a discworld map. What a great man. You will be sadly missed. Bootnote - When I told my wife about the sad departure of Sir Terry yesterday she said 'that was a surprise'. "Not really", I said, "It was a million to one shot". She naturally didn't get the reference, but I'm sure most here will. Re: A Life Changer "Bootnote - When I told my wife about the sad departure of Sir Terry yesterday she said 'that was a surprise'. "Not really", I said, "It was a million to one shot". She naturally didn't get the reference, but I'm sure most here will." My wife would get the reference. It was she who introduced me to Discworld :-) Ooook :( What more can be said? Friday 13th March 2015 14:45 GMT Sweeper Sir Terry is easily my favourite author and always will be. I reread every book in a year back in 2008. It's time to start again. Maybe we should have a mass Terry Pratchett / Reg Reader day somewhere. Friday 13th March 2015 15:14 GMT Scott K Truckers, Diggers and Wings I started reading his books as a nipper Truckers, Diggers and Wings. They dragged me into his mind, his world and told me it was OK to think differently. I haven't stopped since, never met the man but wanted to many times. Now it looks like I never will unless it's a pint in the mended drum. Legend who will be missed and his books will be re read and re read I just find it hard to grasp the fact the discworld has supernova'd there are no more stories from that land to be told. Just a final farewell on Twitter which broke me. So long and thanks for all the books. (I know, I know) Favorite quote hard to decide. This I still use to explain quantum physics! '“ASTONISHING, said Death. REALLY ASTONISHING. LET ME PUT FORWARD ANOTHER SUGGESTION: THAT YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A LUCKY SPECIES OF APE THAT IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF CREATION VIA A LANGUAGE THAT EVOLVED IN ORDER TO TELL ONE ANOTHER WHERE THE RIPE FRUIT WAS.” ― Terry Pratchett, A Blink of the Screen: Collected Short Fiction' Friday 13th March 2015 16:13 GMT Aub the IT Bloke I have to admit to being deeply saddened by the loss of Pterry, I have every book, quite a few of them in pristine unsigned hardback, and they've been the only thing I have actually wanted for birthdays and Christmas for years, the Mrs will be at a loss. Now (to go for a tech angle) I'm sure I'm not alone in this but for the last 20 years I have been naming computers after the characters from Discworld, both at home and at work. There is such a rich variety of characters that you can always find something that is appropriate. My personal favourites include :- Rincewind - bit of a crap server but ran for ever. Twoflower - my laptop that travelled the world with us. Luggage - NAS filer that stored everything but you were never quite sure if it was going to eat a disk. Now modern standardised naming conventions have taken over at work I wonder how long the likes of these will last. I think we should all try to make sure there's at least one representative of Discworld on every LAN, in honour of the man that made it all possible. I had a dev server once called Magrathea... Sunday 15th March 2015 01:27 GMT DaveMcM Three of the various PCs and NAS servers dotted round my house go by the names Holly, Hactar and Hex... The hardware gets replaced from time to time but the names remain. Sir Terry will be sadly missed in this house after years of bringing joy through his writing. I feel like I may have some rereading to do.... Sunday 15th March 2015 17:56 GMT kwhitefoot Count this as a footnote I know what you mean by modern (I think), but really things are not modern simply because they are current or new. Many of my colleagues describe C# as modern; I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Friday 13th March 2015 16:48 GMT fritsd incredibly good writer I enjoy reading immensely. Especially Pratchett. And I believe I'm very clever. But while reading the Discworld series, I noticed some kind of unexpected development: The first books read like very humorous fantasy novels, great for a bit of light escapism. But some (not all) of the later books, as he grew in his craft of master storyteller, contain layers that I found difficult to penetrate and understand. There are some of his books, maybe beginning with Small Gods, that shows that he imbued the world he perceived with meanings that are difficult to explain or to talk about. Yet during the whole book he managed to convey these meanings in a way that I usually understood. (after re-reading in some cases). It's like he wrote about things, in our real world, that most people probably don't even know exist, and that are difficult to explain in words. Maybe that just means I haven't understood them very well :-) but here follows a list of what I personally believe he talks about: Small Gods - religion (I understood, but what a wonderfully insightful book!) Jingo - the difference between police and military Hogfather - mythology (I think I understood after re-reading a few times. Completely blew my mind) The Fifth Elephant - love (I feel like I'm missing a large part of what he's saying, this was the most difficult book for me) Thud! - terrorism many of the witches' books - duty, and the maintenance of a society He just kept getting better and better! And if you read them all, then it's a mixed bag of "easy" and "difficult" books, and maybe for you a completely different subset is easy or difficult. It's like he was saying: "the Discworld, just like our world, is a complex mess. Deal with it, and be happy with it!" Friday 13th March 2015 17:19 GMT Huw D Re: incredibly good writer Jingo was (unless I'm missing the point) about Jingoism. My (country/religion/football team/dad) is better than your (country/religion/football team/dad) and specifically used to refer to excessive/agressive foreign policy. Friday 13th March 2015 17:56 GMT Mad Scientist Books never written I discovered Terry back in the 80s and went on to play several of his characters on stage. He was generous to let a bunch of amateurs loose on his masterpiece but was incredibly supportive through the years. I remember in his first biographical notes he said he would write about his experiences at the nuclear power stations if he thought anyone would believe him. I would have wondered what he left out. I shall be reminiscing later with a the Archchancellor (amongst many DW roles). I will miss his razor wit and would loved to have seen him deconstruct our current times. Favourites? Moving Pictures, Lords and Ladies, Jingo,Maskerade and Making Steam. Best introductions Mort,Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters Friday 13th March 2015 18:07 GMT Deryk Barker I've never managed to get through an entire Prachett novel - and comparing anyone to Wodehouse is simply a non-starter, DIckens too for that matter. But I have to congratulate him on flourishing after working on the Bucks Free Press, which I remember from my early days as a completely awful rag. And the nobility of his final years. Friday 13th March 2015 18:10 GMT 4ecks Farewell dear friend. Although I never met him personally, he has been with me all my adult life. I'm saddened by his passing, but still chuckling at the jokes that I'm remembering. I fondly remember being able to tell when there were other fans of his on the train in the morning by the massive increase of laughter and giggles I could hear whenever a new book came out. I still can't get the name of the local school right - Bangabandhu Primary always comes out as Bhangbhangduc. The handle 4ecks was pilfered from The Last Continent. Another beer in your honour Sir! Friday 13th March 2015 19:17 GMT Blank Reg Oh Waily Waily :( Friday 13th March 2015 19:42 GMT C. P. Cosgrove By coincidence, I finished re-reading 'Witches Abroad' on the morning of his death. I am at least theoretically banned from reading any of his books in bed, my beloved always accuses me of making the bed shake when she is trying to get to sleep. She hasn't quite managed to stop me yet. I too will raise a glass to his memory. Chris Cosgrove gave me a book that I very much like. She did not 'gift me with' a book. Terry Pratchett has given the english-reading world much good writing, he did not 'gift' the world 'with' it. Yes, that usage of 'gift' as a verb originated in New York, very recently, and irritates the hell out of me, even worse, people who claim to be writers, as on this article, don't even seem to recall give, gave, given, it becomes gift x with, gifted x with, gifted x with. Illiterate crap. Cheap as hell. This post has been deleted by its author Friday 13th March 2015 20:52 GMT GSG It was only last year that I finally got the raven jokes - both the name (Quoth) and the 'n word' references. He'll be sadly missed :-( Sunday 15th March 2015 10:21 GMT Misky So so sad, he was truly a small god. Sunday 15th March 2015 12:45 GMT Trollslayer We are fortunate to have someone to cry over I would much rather go through the loss than to have never enjoyed PTerry's time on this inflated disc. Monday 16th March 2015 00:44 GMT bex I was trying to get a customers Ipad to stop being an ass when the trukking thing popped up that Sir Terry was dead. it was like being punched in the gut. It's a sad day, the man brought joy and broadened the imagination of millions. For a man like this to get such a disease is a tragedy. I am grateful for every word in every story he wrote. Gone but never forgotten, I will miss you Sir Terry.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1182
__label__cc	0.523226	0.476774	Ohio family wakes up to find stranger with broken nose, black eyes asleep on couch Posted 9:26 PM, December 4, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire MEDINA, Ohio (WJW) – Jay Goodman says he and his wife assumed that a loud noise that woke them up early Sunday morning was their cat knocking something over. “I popped up and was like, 'What is that?'" Goodman said. The couple went back to sleep, but when Jay's wife later got up to make coffee, she discovered an intruder had staggered into their home through an unlocked door and passed out. “She says, 'Jay, there's a strange guy sleeping on our couch. And I'm half asleep. I said 'What?' She said, ‘There's a strange guy sleeping on our couch.' I walk out to the living room and sure enough there's this guy that I've never seen before completely passed out," he said. MLB pitcher kicked, tased and arrested after allegedly crawling through doggy door of stranger’s home Goodman said his first instinct was to arm himself with a baseball bat to protect his family and then he called 911. "I don't know who this person is. I don't know if he is drunk or what," he told the dispatcher. Medina police quickly responded and arrested 30-year-old Colin Febus on a charge of burglary. Febus told WJW the last thing he remembered that night was drinking at a local bar. Febus, sporting a broken nose and two black eyes, said he was beaten up by an unknown person and was then dropped off at the wrong house. “I'm upset about it because I don't know exactly what happened,” Febus said. 4-year-old walks out of St. Louis school, later found wandering a half-mile away He apologized to the Goodman family. “I'm very sympathetic for them. I apologize for it, it's not my demeanor at all. I'm a good citizen and I want them to be aware that I'm sorry for my actions,” he said. “I don't have any ill will towards the guy. I mean, thankfully, nothing happened to me, nothing happened to my family,” Goodman said. “I would just say, 'Get help man.' You know if you're waking up on a complete stranger's couch, you might need to go seek out some help.” After his home was invaded, Goodman decided to install new surveillance cameras and a security system. Topics: ohio Couple claims day care bruised their son by holding him down because he wouldn’t nap Teen arrested for armed robbery YouTube ‘prank’ on his mother ‘We just want our dog back’: Family desperate for help after man caught on camera stealing their pet Man finds $43,000 in ‘uncomfortable’ thrift store ottoman, returns it to former owner’s family Letter sent from Ohio elementary school to Australian koala hospital goes viral ‘Unusual hole-in-one’: Truck gets stuck in hole while snowplowing at Topgolf ‘She is a fighter’: Ohio cheerleader whose heart stopped defies ‘extreme odds’ of recovery Dulos asked for access to his children and for divorce case dismissal Toddler diagnosed with a rare and fatal disease Man locked inside ’24 Hour Fitness’ has some fun on social media before being freed	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1184
__label__wiki	0.679051	0.679051	Why Flynn matters You know, if I could only read one person these days, I think it would be David Frum. He’s been so good. Here is on why Flynn is a big deal: Nobody would care if an incoming national security adviser had confidential conversations with an ambassador of a hostile foreign government before Inauguration Day, if it were believed that the conversations served a legitimate and disinterested public purpose. But that is exactly what is doubted in this case. To put the story in simplest terms: 1) Russian spies hacked Democratic Party communications in order to help elect Donald Trump. 2) Donald Trump welcomed the help, used it, publicly solicited more of it—and was then elected president of the United States. 3) President Obama sanctioned Russia for its pro-Trump espionage. 4) While Russia considered its response, its ambassador spoke with the national security adviser-designate about the sanctions 5) The adviser, Flynn, reportedly asked Russia not to overreact, signaling that the new administration would review the sanctions; Russia did not respond. 6) As president-elect and then president, Donald Trump has indicated that he seeks to lift precisely those sanctions caused by Russia’s espionage work on his behalf. All of this takes place against the background of Donald Trump’s seeming determination to align U.S. foreign policy ever closer to Russia’s: endorsing the annexation of Crimea, supporting Russia’s war aims in Syria, casting doubt on the U.S. guarantee to NATO allies, cheering on the breakup of the European Union… The question is whether a senior American official was compromised by his relationship with a foreign government. And, even more troublingly: Are there others? And even more urgently: How high up the chain of command does Russia’s influence go? Oh, I think we know the answer to that last question. Just need the smoking gun. Is repeal dead? No, maybe not on life support. But you could make a good case it’s in intensive care. The Freedom Caucus seriously just upped the stakes– and the likelihood of total failure on repeal (these are the members of Congress who’s parents never taught them “half a loaf…”). From HuffPo: Conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus voted among themselves Monday night to band together and support only an Obamacare repeal that is at least as aggressive as a bill the House and Senate passed in 2015, putting GOP leaders in a bind with their conference and perhaps even threatening the possibility of passing a repeal. The group of roughly 35 to 40 House conservatives voted to take this official position ― meaning it received the support of at least 80 percent of the members and is therefore supposed to be the position of all lawmakers in the group ― amid some GOP consternation that Republicans ought to focus more on repairing the law rather than repealing it, as well as amid heavy voter pressure in many districts to leave the law intact. “If it’s less than the 2015 [bill], we will oppose it,” Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) told a small group of reporters Monday night… The 2015 repeal bill removed the Medicaid expansion that is popular in many red states ― including among many Republican governors ― and repealed the individual and employer mandates. The bill also removed the law’s subsidies and the taxes that helped to pay for them. In short, it would disassemble Obamacare. By insisting that the repeal bill be as forceful as that 2015 measure ― which technically got to President Barack Obama’s desk at the beginning of 2016 ― conservatives have staked out a hard line that some GOP moderates may now have a problem following. [emphasis mine] Ummmm, yep. For “moderates” (a misnomer, more like “non-extreme conservatives”) that don’t actually want millions of people stripped of health care and dying in the streets, a full-on repeal with no replacement is a no-go. I would imagine there’s not close to 50 Senate votes for this in the real world. Alas, here’s the thing, the Freedom Caucus is not in the real world: They noted Monday night that Republicans had already voted on the 2015 repeal ― at least the ones who were here last Congress ― and they believe it would be hypocritical for Republicans to balk at the plan they supported a year ago. “They voted for it already, so, be consistent,” Freedom Caucus member Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) said. WTF??!! Are these guys in third grade? They might as well be. It’s really not a hard concept to separate “symbolism” from “actual legislation.” With Obama as president, a repeal vote is symbolism, and nothing more. Stupid symbolism catering to the worst elements of the Republican base, but clearly just sybolism. And, now, to pretend, heaven forbid legislators should think differently when their votes are actually making policy, as they surely are under a Republican president? Gimme a break. Maybe there’s room for some sort of compromise somewhere among Republicans. But if the Freedom Caucus keeps this up, we’ll be able to thank them for saving Obamacare. Filed under Health/Medicine, Politics	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1188
__label__cc	0.552469	0.447531	Political Science Department is one of the pioneer Departments of the Federal University Lokoja at its take-off in the 2012/2013 Academic Session. It started under the leadership of Professor Ovwasa Onovwakponoko Lucky, then Associate Professor of Political Science who was assisted by a team of 9 efficient teaching and 2 non- teaching staff members to take care of the pioneer students. Currently the Department boasts of 13 academic staff and 4 non-academic staff. The Department which is located in the Faculty of Arts and Social sciences has a student population of 157 full-time undergraduate students. Breakdown of students in the Department: The mission of the Department of Political science Federal University Lokoja is to excel in the dissemination of knowledge to students, produce teaching and research of increasing quality and bequeath invaluable knowledge to generations, while remaining relevant to the immediate environment, state and the nation. The vision for the Department of Political Science is to channel human, material and natural resources to promote learning, research and outreach programmes that will help in transforming the environment by touching the lives of those in the immediate catchment area as well as those far beyond. Phylosophy The B.Sc. Political Science programme at the Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State is grounded in the Philosophy of training and producing graduates equipped with social scientific tools, skills and knowledge to engage with, and be a part and parcel of the process of making and remarking of the Nigerian State and society. It is also to produce graduates endowed with the capacity to make contributions at both national and international levels, to the enhancement of the prospect for human prosperity and welfare. The philosophy has four components. First, the design of the teaching and research elements of the programme gives primacy to the question of the social relevance of political science knowledge and skills and diagnosing Nigeria’s Political and socio-economic problems as well as the resolution of such problems. To realize this, emphasis is placed on the acquisition of relevant knowledge that can strengthen the capacity of the Nigerian state to design and implement appropriate development policies, while enhancing the capacity of citizens to engage the process and maximize access to public goods for individuals and groups. Second, the design of the programme consciously seeks to retain and strengthen the tradition of critical inquiry and pedagogy aimed at equipping the students with the skills to understand, analyze and appreciate the threats and opportunities inherent in on-going changes at both domestic and global levels. Among others, these include: Public sector reform, market reform, resurgence of civil society, emergence of new social movements, the rise of insurgency and identity politics including ethnicity, gender, Islamism and Pentecostalism, globalization, post-cold war re-alignment of social and political forces. These developments have far-reaching implications for our conventional understanding of the state, the labour market, and state-society relations in general. The third element of this philosophy is the continued refining of tools, methodologies, perspectives and paradigms to cope with the analysis and understanding of the complex processes of change at both domestic and global levels. For instance, post-cold war realities have relocated the sites of conflict as intra-state conflicts have become more dominant than the inter-state conflicts of the cold war era. Similarly, globalization has shaped new understanding of questions of citizenship, and has altered traditional conception of the state as the dominant political actor in the promotion of development and collective welfare. Consequently, new issues and challenges such as global governance and redistribution of resources, corporate governance, public sector-private sector partnership, new forms of inclusive politics, citizenship and the management of diversity, have brought forth the necessity to refine our analytical tools and lenses. Fourth and finally, the design of the programme seeks to take on board the concern to ‘decolonize’ social science knowledge, by interrogating inherited knowledge and paradigms on the basis of local knowledge and experience. Admission into the B.Sc. Political Science programme is through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and direct entry (DE). Candidates for admission into the four-year degree programme through the UTME should possess a Senior Secondary School Certificate or General Certificate of Education or equivalents with at least five Credit passes of which one must include English Language, Government or History. Apart from the five credit passes requirement stated above, a candidate must have at least a pass in Mathematics. The subjects to be taken during unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) apart from English language include: Government or History and any other two of the following Social Science subjects: Accounting, Economics, Geography, Commerce or a combination of one subject from Social science subjects and one from the following Arts subjects: Literature in English, Religious studies (Islam and Christianity) and the three major Nigerian Languages (Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba). For the sake of clarity, no candidate is allowed to take two Arts subjects as stated above. Candidates should also have an acceptable pass in both UTME and PUTME (Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam). 200 Level: Direct Entry Candidates for admission into the B.Sc. Hons Political Science Degree Programme for the three year duration through Direct Entry (D/E) should possess the above minimum ordinary level requirements in addition to the Advanced Levels, NCE, ND and University Diploma with Upper Credit in related discipline. Breakdown of Direct Entry Requirements Five SSCE passes at credit level in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Mathematics, Government or History plus two social science subjects and any other subject. IJMB/GCE A’ Level At least Two A’ Level passes to include Government/History and one other Arts or Social Science subjects. ND/HND/NCE ND (Upper credit) HND (lower credit) in Public Administration and Local Govt. Studies or other cognate departments recognized by FUL. NCE: A minimum of credit Graduates of Arts, Social Sciences, Law or Education courses must have a minimum of Third Class Courses outline/ Description (a). 100 Level First Semester POS 101: Introduction to Political Science (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) Basics of the discipline of Political Science in general; the subject matter and scope of Political Science; the approaches to the study of political Science; the scientific status of the discipline; Clarification and analysis of key concepts such as Power, Authority, Legitimacy, Influence, Separation of Powers, Sovereignty; Political Institutions and processes; and the subfields of political Science; International Relations, public administration and policy analysis Political theory and philosophy, Political economy, etc. POS 103: Introduction to Constitutional Development (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) Nigeria’s constitutional development in a chronological and sequential order; the development of nationalism in the context of colonial experience; the development of party politics; the Clifford Constitution; the Richard’s Constitution; the Macpherson Constitution; the Oliver Lyttleton constitution; the Constitutional Conferences; the independence constitution as well as post-colonial constitution-making efforts. POS 105: Nigeria Legal System i (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) Judicial institutions in Nigeria: the role of the judiciary, the history and development of the courts, types of courts and their jurisdiction. Methods of seeking redress in courts, Judiciary personnel, appointment and tenure. Independence of the judiciary, legal aid system and Human Rights, (contents and abuse). (b). 100 Level Second Semester POS 102: Organization of Government (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The various ways of organizing government into legislature, executive and judiciary. The functions of government and the theory of separation of powers. Application of the theory of checks and balances. Forms of political administrative system, i.e Unitarianism, federalism, Confederalism, parliamentary and presidential systems as well as the hybrid. Political parties and pressure groups as facilitators in organizing the state. The lawmaking powers of the state and the legislative process. Types of political executives. POS 104: The Citizen and the State (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The evolution of the liberal democratic state and the idea of citizenship, the relationship of the citizens to the state in terms of duties and obligations of the Citizens to the State as well as the responsibility of the State to the Citizens; the various ways of acquiring citizenship; conditions for forfeiting citizenship, critical issues in the discourse on citizenship in contemporary Nigeria such as ethnicity, gender, native/settler distinction as well as challenges of empowering citizens to realize formal rights enshrined in the Constitution. POS 106: Nigeria Legal System ii (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) The idea of a legal system. Nature and functions of law; classification of law, sources of Nigerian law-legislation; Democracy and Judicial System, Judicial precedents, customary law, Islamic law, English common law and equity. Reception and application of English Law in Nigeria, military and Rule of law. POS 108: Elements of Democracy (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) Origins and meaning of democracy. Its variations and practices across social settings. Differences between it and other forms of governmental organization and its peculiar beauties/attractions. Electoral system, party system, Public opinion and Pressure groups. (c). 200 Level First Semester POS 201: Nigeria Government and Politics (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The course focuses on Nigeria Government and Politics. Background issues and concerns in Nigerian politics such as pre-colonial political institutions; colonial conquest/subjugation of various Nigeria communities, kingdoms, empires and principalities; colonial systems of administration; the colonial economy; the rise of modern nationalism and the process of decolonization up to the acquisition of formal political independence on October 1, 1960. Post-colonial government and politics, focusing on a number of central issues such as the various Republics; military rule and transitions, federal arrangement and division of powers; politics of census; politics of states creation, politics of revenue allocation and fiscal federalism; ethnicity, religion and regionalism. POS 203: Political Ideas (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) The major political ideas that have shaped institutions of governance; the values underlying them; the expectations of citizens about political systems and the changes and shifts that have occurred in these ideas over the years. Major political ideas in their historical context with emphasis on concepts like Monarchism, Liberalism, Democracy, Socialism, Fascism, Anarchism, Totalitarianism, Civil Society, Rights; Justice; the State, etc. POS 205: Introduction to International Relations (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The field of international relations; the organization of the international society; theories of international relations; linkage politics; theory of coalition and alliances; balance of power theories; impact of the emergency of the third world in international politics; the United Nations system and conflict resolution in the international System; the maintenance of global peace and security; issues in peace and conflict studies: the Arms Race, Disarmament, military alliances and treaties, SALT I & II, etc. POS 207: Introduction to Local Government (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) The conceptual clarification of Local Government and Local Government autonomy. The theoretical bases of Local Government as an Administrative unit of Governance. The concept of decentralization, de-concentration and devolution. The functions and finances of Local Government. Community power, central-local relationships. Local Government and the challenges of democracy, development and accountability and the problems of grass-roots and Community administration. POS 209: Statistics for Political Science (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The scientific method of studying Political Science definitions; scope and origin of statistics, data collection, methods, the importance and limitations of statistics. Classifications of data, empirical and diagrammatical presentation of data. Frequency distribution, measure of central tendency, measure of dispersion. Inferential statistics, chi square, rank order correlation etc. (d). 200 Level Second Semester POS 202: Introduction to African Politics (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) Exploration of the general terrain of African Politics; the nature of African politics; the origin and problems of African Politics; pre-colonial African political institutions and society; the legacy of colonialism; the problem of neo-colonialism, political succession; military rule and the militarization of African politics; the involvement of Africa in international affairs, regionalism in Africa (OAU/African Union); and conflict Resolution in Africa. POS 204: Introduction to Political Analysis (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) The concept, assumptions, objectives and issues in political analysis; ways of acquiring knowledge; approaches and models of political analysis; theories of political analysis; the emergence of behaviouralism as an approach to the study of politics including its origin; the scientific method; the nature of politics; Political System and the structure of government; political representation e.g, direct democracy, theory of mandate, representative institutions of different regimes and regime types; Political communication; violence, political alienation; citizen participation and political culture, etc. POS 206: Foundations of Political Economy (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) The field of political economy with emphasis on the holistic nature of political economy as an inter-play of politics and economics; the major traditions in political economy such as classical liberal political economy represented by Adam Smith and the classical radical tradition represented by Karl Marx; contemporary issues in political economy such as class analysis, the state and underdevelopment theories. POS 208: Introduction to Public Administration (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) The sub-fields of Publication Administration; the rationale of administrations; the ecology of administration; the politics of administration; administrative delegation, administrative audit and control; elements of administrative law; public duties in Islamic State; conflict within bureaucracies; conflict and public policy. POS 210: Introduction to Comparative Politics (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) The basics of comparative politics as an attempt to make the study of politics rigorous and scientific; the logic of comparative Political inquiry; objective of comparative inquiry; approaches to the study of comparative politics: single country approach and multi-country approach, synchronic approach, problems of comparative politics. POS 212: Methodology of Conflict Resolution (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) The course introduces students to the comparative method of conflict resolution in Nigeria and beyond. The alternative methods of dispute resolution, proactive and reactive approaches to conflict resolution and management will also be examined. In addition English, Common and religious approaches to conflict management and resolution will be explored. Modern and Traditional approaches to conflict prevention and resolution will also be examined. Types and causes of conflicts, specific and general impacts of conflict on the state, politics and economy as well as the vulnerable groups; women and the children will be examined. (e). 300 Level First Semester POS 301: History of Political Thought (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) Selected classical and modern political thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Thomas Acquinas, Niccollo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, J.S. Mill, Jeremy Bentham, J.J. Rousseau and Karl Marx with reference to their reflections on the concept of the state, freedom of the citizen and the authority of the state. POS 303: Logic and Methods of Political Inquiry (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) The course focuses on the scientific methods of studying political science. It introduces students to logic, it’s nature, characteristics and branches and explores its relevance to social sciences in general and political science in particular. The logic of political inquiry and the language of variables, hypothesis and problem formulation. Research designs, sampling theory and techniques. Sources of information and problems of reliability. Method of referencing in Political Science. The meaning of generalization and the types of generalization in political inquiry as well as distinguish between statistical and universal generalizations. POS 305: Political Behaviour (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) The course examines the behavioral and post-behavioral approaches in political science as well the measurement of various determinants of political behavior, such as culture, environment, ideas, etc. Political socialization, political culture, political participation, and apathy, electoral behavior, public opinion, political communication, party alignments and mass mobilization. POS 307: Comparative Federalism (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The idea of federalism and the evolution of federal systems of government: classical and recent federations; comparison of different federal system such as the USA, USSR, Canada, Germany, India and Nigeria; evolution of Nigeria’s federal system; and contending issues in Nigerian federalism such as Resource Control, Revenue Allocation, States creation and inter-Governmental Relations. POS 309: Gender Studies and Development (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) The course examines the political economy of women and development in Nigeria. The role of African woman and development, challenges of womanhood, Participation in politics, prospects and challenges, women liberation movements, the role of the NGOSs and the campaign for gender equity globally. POS 311: Methodology of Comparative Politics (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) Comparative political analysis; History of comparative politics; the scientific method and logic comparison; classification systems in comparative politics, case study approach, competing paradigms and orientation in comparative political analysis; the strategy of cross theorizing; and measurement problems in cross-national research. POS 313: Theories and Practice of Administration (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) Evaluation of administrative organizational theories from the classical through the neo-classical to the modern; relationship between administration and politics; administrative behaviours in various institutional settings; interplay of political institutions and administrative patterns of behaviour; and the study of personnel administrative decisions making in bureaucratic organization. POS 315: Theories and Practice of Marxism (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The crisis in Marxist theory and practice; the methodological and epistemological issues in Marxism, theories of class and class struggles the state in capitalist society: the relevance of Marxism to our understanding of the dynamics of Third World and African societies: the experience of “actually existing” socialism: and the prospects and possibilities of change in the Third World. POS 317: Politics of West African States (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) A comparative and inter-disciplinary study of the social political and economic institutions and processes of West Africa; analysis of the major legacies of the various colonial rulers; types and patterns of anti-colonial nationalism; problems of state formation and national integration; and prospect for viable intra-West Africa State relations; prospect of regional integration including the role of ECOWAS in crisis mediation in West Africa; and the phenomenon of conflict and state-building/state re-building. POS 319: Theories of War and Peace (30 hour Teaching (2) Elective) The emergence of international organizations and their roles in the maintenance of world peace: theories of war and peace and the application of such theories with reference to major conflicts; War and peace issues affecting the international system: Arms race, cold war, disarmament; War and peace in post-cold war era, including emphasis on ethno/religious and local conflicts. (f). 300 level second semester POS 302: Contemporary Political Analysis (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The contending paradigms in contemporary political analysis; their philosophical and ideological roots as well as evaluation; elite approach, Group theory, functional system and communications theories; basic concepts and elements of game theory and political gaming; structural analysis; theories of political development and the new political economy. POS 304: Public Policy Analysis (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) Theories and concepts in public policy; policy Agenda and the Processes of Agenda building: the policy cycle; actors in the policy process; policy formulation, implementation and evaluation; policy analysis and techniques of analysis; planning and decision making in policy formulation; models of public policy formula making and analysis; overview of practical policy policies in Nigeria with a view to understand why and how policies are made, problems of implementation and possible solutions. POS 306: Public Administration in Nigeria (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The colonial origin of the Nigerian state and British Administrative practice; Evolution of Nigeria Administration from colonial to post- colonial period; the military factor in administration issues of over centralization and Garrison conquered structure of the civil service; Public Vs Civil Service; public Corporations; Administrative Reforms; Federal character and the so called Nigerian Factors in Administration; the polarization of appointments to the position of permanent secretary and implication on efficiency, productivity and corruption. POS 308: Theories of International Relations (30 hour Teaching (2) Core) Systematic examination of the basic concepts; contending theories in the study of international relations; power, conflict and accommodation; system theories; linkage politics; the theory of coalition and alliances; models, games and simulations. POS 310: Politics of Development and Under-development (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The problems, crises and contradictions of development in the Third world and other peripheral formations; conceptual debates and nuances surrounding development; legacy of colonialism and the challenges of post-coloniality; the paradigms and theories that compete in the arena of explaining development; domestic and international contexts that frame issues of development in the Third world: and the salient issues in development; debt peonage; environment; gender; democracy and democratization; structural adjustment and market reforms and how these issues have shaped the discourse on development in Africa today. POS 312: International Economic relations (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The economic bases of some of the actions and reactions in international trade, commercial policy, capital movement and implications for the distribution of power at national and international levels; the historical evolution of the global economy from mercantilism to the era of multilateral imperialism; the role of the Bretton Woods System; Islamic Development Bank; Multinational enterprises and national power; Underdevelopment and unequal exchange; the North/South relations; prospect for South-South relations, etc. POS 314: Government and Administration of Urban System (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The concept of Urban governance and Administration; Urban planning; institutions in Urban Administration; Urban Social, Political Cultural settings; Urban Politics, Slumps poverty and violence and other Urban vices; urbanization in Nigeria (History events and problems); urban management (Service Provision, Congestion, Waste management, pollution etc); some case studies. POS 316: Science, Technology and Politics (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) Analysis of the implication of scientific and technological developments for political theory and practice; the impact of these developments on the pattern of distribution of power and authority; relationship between science and technology the emergence or decline of social groups and classes; the implication of science and technological development for such issues as equality and liberty, political control, political socialization, and political participation; prospect for political institution building and adaptation; conflict management, norms and values, and integration, etc. (g). 400 Level First Semester POS 401: Governance and Conflict in Africa (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The interface between governance and conflict; the phenomenon of intra-state conflicts in the post-cold war period, the linkage between governance and conflict; theories of governance and conflict; typologies of conflict; the problem of internally displaced persons (IDPs): the impact of conflict on women and children; conflict resolution and conflict transformation. POS 403: Military and Politics (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The historical, political, economic and sociological factors that explain the phenomenon of military intervention in the politics of developing societies; the interdependence of civil and military authorities; the military as the foundation of states; impact of social structures ethnic, class, etc. on military organizational procedures and behaviours; the problems of civilian control of the military, the role of armies in revolution, the phenomenon and definition of “military industrial complex” and the democratic control of military institution. POS 405: Third World and Dependency (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The Challenges of development confronting Third World economics in the international economy; the key elements of the Third World crisis; the evolution of the world economy: the role of the Bretton woods institutions, foreign aid, debt peonage, north-south relations and south-south cooperation. POS 407: Nigerian Foreign Policy (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) Key issues and challenges in the determination, formulation and execution of Nigeria’s foreign policy: the international setting of Nigeria’s foreign policy; Pressure groups; Domestic actors; consensus building process; the effects of the civil war on Nigeria’s foreign policy; the changing pattern of Nigeria’s nonaligned policy; Nigeria’s Pan Africa role; Nigeria’s neighbours and the wider African setting. These issues are examined across civilian and military regimes. POS 409: Environmental Politics and Climate Change (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The course is designed to expose students to the contemporary issues of environment and climate change. The International dimension of climate change will also be examined and the management of climate related conflicts. The course will also cover; the nature of the environment, theories of environmental politics, international organization and climate change environmental policies in Nigeria, climate change and early warning systems among others. Also to be covered are: poverty and climate change, modernization and climate change, conflict and climate change as well as the examination and comparative analysis of the various environmental policies in Nigeria with other African. POS 411: Development Administration (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The challenge of administration against the background of underdevelopment and the desire for change and development in Africa and other parts of the Third World; the meaning and machinery of development administration in terms of scope and objectives as reflected in the types of development planning; rural development and community development; and future trends in development administration with special reference to Nigeria. POS 413: Electoral Democracy and administration of elections (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The place of elections in representative/liberal democracy; the institutional, legal and constitutional foundations of free, fair and credible elections; the conditions for free and fair elections with particular reference to the role of election management bodies; the design of electoral systems and modes of representation; debates on proportional representation; Gender equity and elections; election observation and monitoring; and issues of electoral justice and the reform of electoral systems. POS 415: Public Finance Administration (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The evolution OF Nigeria Public Finance; Nigeria Budgets and the importance of Budget as instrument of planning and development; the role of budget as a means of determining politics, the course explores issues such as national income, tax structure and areas expenditure as they bear on economic decision making and action of budget administration. Some comparative examples are used to broaden students’ perspective. POS 417: Politics of the Middle-East (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The socio-economic and structural basis of Middle-Eastern politics; history and development of international interests in the Middle East; problems and prospect for stability and development in the Middle- East; and the analysis of the peace process in the wake of the rapprochement between the Palestinians and the Israelis. POS 419: Politics of Globalization and Reforms (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The conceptual, historical, philosophical and theoretical issues in relation to the phenomenon of globalization; the linkages between globalization and the reform of economics and politics; SAP and market reforms in Africa; public sector reform and privatization; impact of economic and political reforms on democratization and development. POS 421: Political Parties and Pressure Groups (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The history of emergence of political parties as a key institutional element of electoral/representative democracy; organizations of people and groups that constitute the domain of pressure groups and associational life; the nature, types and emergence of political parties and pressure groups; their aims, objectives and activities, particularly in the Nigerian system; the basis of their support ideologies and programmes; the relationship between party system, electoral systems and particular social structures; A comparative study of selected countries in advanced and transitional democracies to enrich students’ understanding of the importance of political parties and pressure groups as constituting the foundation of democracy (h). 400 Level Second Semester POS 402: Politics and Law in Africa (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The inter-relationships between law and politics in Nigeria and the political significance of the judicial processes in the colonial and independence; the concept of law: what it is, how law arises and how it becomes institutionalized; the judicial processes, especially the systems of criminal justice, which translates the abstract concerns of law into concrete institutions and policies; and the analysis of who benefits and who does not. POS 404: State and Economy (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The reciprocal relationships between state and economy, and the mutual interaction between political and market determinations in defining the contours of development; key theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the state and the economy as separate, yet united moments of social realities and existence; the role of government in the management of modern economy with special reference to Nigeria and other African countries; the role of foreign capital in the domestic economy, the question of foreign aid, Indigenization, Privatization; the problems of development planning; balanced and even development including the implications for different social groups and classes; and the question of indigenization of the economy and self-reliance in relation to the problem of dependency on the international economic system. POS 406: African Political Thought (45 hour Teaching (3) Core) The development of modern Africa Political thoughts; works of major modern Africa thinkers (Nkrumah, Fanon, Cabral, etc.) and the nature of the relationship between ideas and the context they seek to both comprehend and transform. POS 408: Research Project/ Original Essay (6) (Core) The course is designed to encourage and enhance the capability of political science majors to conduct in-depth research and study of some specific areas of the discipline, e.g a period in the history of political ideas, some aspects of Nigeria political history and scene, issues in foreign relations and politics; problems of comparative politics, and relationships between economic system and politics. POS 410: Nigeria Local Government (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The evolution of Local Government in Nigeria as a tier of government charged with the task of governance and service delivery at the grassroots level; Inter-Governmental Relations (IGR); Autonomy; the working of the Presidentialism, history of reforms, and the crisis of Governance and Accountability in the Local Government system in Nigeria. POS 412: International Law and Organization (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The dynamics of the international system through the regulatory mechanism of legal norms and principles; the techniques of analyzing international relations by reference to conflict instigating device of international legal norms and principles; the meaning of international law; subjects of international law; objectives of international law and objectives of international law of the sea; principles of international law; self-defense; diplomatic immunity; use of force in international relations; self-determination; the relationship between international law and international organizations. POS: 414: Political Sociology (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The relations between the political and social order; the problem of order; power in non-industrialized as well as industrialized societies; political socialization and the social order; specific issue such as corruption, ethnicity, ideology, national liberation, etc. and their impact on order. POS 416: Inter Governmental Relations (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The meaning and scope of inter-governmental relations, with emphasis on the informal structures and processes of inter-governmental relations. Conflict and co-operations in inter-governmental relationship and their implication. POS 418: International Politics of Mass Communication (45 hour Teaching (3) Elective) The role of Mass Media in the society and its interaction with the political process and policy making in both domestic and international contexts; the important philosophical and theoretical issues in the development of mass communication; the impact of ownership structure; the role of technology in shaping the media and mass communication; the challenge of the existing international information order; and the role of the mass media in the management of diversity and conflict; the impact of the satellisation of mass media/mass communication, e.g. Cable News Network, (CNN) SKY Television, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Wide TV, etc. and the impact of Mass Communication technology in general on cultural, social and political life of developing countries. List of Academic staff in Department of Political Science Mr. Abdullahi Muiawiyya abdullahi.muiawiyya@fulokoja.edu.ng Dr. Abraham Musa Peter B.Sc Hons (KSU), M.Sc, Ph.D (Nig.). Lecturer I abraham.peter@fulokoja.edu.ng, ojoarome2003@yahoo.com Mr. Dauda Isa dauda.isa@fulokoja.edu.ng Mr. Ejalonibu Ebenezer Lawal ejalonibu.lawal@fulokoja.edu.ng Mr. Ibrahim Yusuf ibrahim.yusuf@fulokoja.edu.ng Mr. Isa Aminu isa.aminu@fulokoja.edu.ng Dr. Joseph Yinka Fashagba joseph.fashagba@fulokoja.edu.ng Prof. Lucky Onovwakponoko Ovwasa lucky.ovwasa@fulokoja.edu.ng Prof. Mathew Ola-Rotini Ajayi matthew.ajayi@fulokoja.edu.ng Mr. Olarewaju Moyosore Shuaib olarewaju.shuaib@fulokoja.edu.ng Miss. Osebi Sophia Balogun osebi.balogun@fulokoja.edu.ng Mr. Peace Irefin peace.irefin@fulokoja.edu.ng Mrs. Sayuti Usman sayuti.usman@fulokoja.edu.ng Mr. Timothy . Onimisi B.Sc. (Hon) (KSU), M.Sc. 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__label__cc	0.732546	0.267454	Posts tagged ‘fur coat’ The Manton Crystal Fox Barbara Stanwyck - The Mad Miss Manton, 1938 Sure, you’ve seen it before, but it’s a really nice shot of one of the most “famous” furs in silver screen history. This is the fur with top billing in a film with a very crowded marquee, perfectly deployed upon the shoulders of the lovely Miss Stanwyck. I found this in a (very well named) set from Flickr, collected by a fetching lady with very fine taste in furs: Hollywood Fur Glamor Tags: 1930s, Barbara Stanwyck in fur, crystal fox, fur coat More Awful White Fox Irene Dunne, ''The Awful Truth'' 1937 It’s clever title week! Sometimes relevancy has to take one for the team. That being said, this is quite the nice still shot of that most “well known” of furs from 1937’s The Awful Truth. Displays excellent highlights on Miss Dunne’s face and the fur. Tags: 1930s, fur coat, Irene Dunne in fur, white fox Furs on Film – I’ll Take Romance Hey, I should post one of these “review” things… Admittedly the allure of just tossing out something I find on Flickr each week is pretty strong, but this is what I’m “supposed” to be doing, after all. This entry is from the late 30’s, that most special of times, and this film is another fine example of why. I’ll Take Romance – The Film This film is based around the romance of kidnapping. Just one of the many felonies made attractive by Hollywood’s lighthearted romantic comedies over the years. Fonts of juvenile delinquency worse than comic books, they are. Elsa Terry (Grace Moore), budding opera singer, is contracted to do a show in Buenos Aires, but isn’t going thanks to a better offer in Paris. James Guthrie (Melvyn Douglas), responsible for getting her to the Buenos Aires show, meets and ends up romancing her, but she still refuses to go. Elsa enjoys his company and, forewarned, plays along when Guthrie puts her on the “wrong” ship. That’s only the fake kidnapping in the film, there’s more real ones later. Lighthearted-romantic-comedy-immunity applies, though, and everyone lives happily ever after, instead of, you know, in a supermax facility. I’ll Take Romance – The Furs More Broadway divas in fur here, as actual-Broadway-turned-Hollywood star Grace Moore does almost all of the fur wearing, and all of it you’d want to see. Grace’s character has an “aunt,” you see, the kind scraped up from the leftovers of Marie Dressler’s fat and wrinkles (Helen Westley), who disgraces a silver fox fur for a mercifully brief few seconds early in the film. Elsa’s first fur is not only refreshingly unique, but given quite a bit of screen time. The silver fox fur trim on this dress is thick and heavy, just the way I like it. One might say the 80’s big shoulder craze had nothing on this. How you really boost your on-screen fur time? Easy, if you’re a musical, you do a number. Elsa sings wearing the silver fox, accumulating an impressive seven minutes and some change in the big fur trimmed dress. This next one is kind of tricky, because, while it suggests that it is pretty impressive, the age old quandary of black fox at night rears its… well, not exactly ugly… mostly just “hard to make out” head. Most of the time she’s wearing this it’s in the dark backseat of a cab or on the equally dark deck of the ship. However, very briefly, she enters her stateroom and we get a better idea how nice it is. Sadly this is a very short scene, but it does look rather nice for these few seconds we can actually make it out. To the marquee fur, a white fox cape, as usual. Also a pretty good example of why white fox should always be your “go-to” choice for evening fur filming. Because… you can see it. And this one is, like most from this period, rather hard to miss. Melvyn’s getting himself a handful. Easy there, cowboy. This is a good sequence, giving up almost 3 minutes of white fox goodness. Sadly, Melvyn’s also in frame the entire time. The film doesn’t stop there, providing this shorter tidbit on the dock where Grace appears in a coat with a large fur collar. This is fairly short, and while a very nice collar, it’s not a particular loss that we don’t see it for very long. To cover absolutely everything, there is another sequence near the end where Grace wears a different fur trimmed dress, but there’s not much fur and it’s very hard to see. Hard to film black fur even in the daytime. Even without this sequence the ratio clocks in at an impressive 16%, so there’s no reason to pad the totals with it. The white fox cape is virtually definitive of the period, and makes the film worth a look all by itself. Film Runtime: 85 minutes Full Gallery: Fur Fashions of the 1937 film I’ll Take Romance Tags: 1930s, black fox, fur cape, fur coat, fur collar, fur trim, silver fox, white fox Furs on Film – Rockabye Well, I was going to post this last week, but it kind of sucks to roll out of bed and suddenly discover the workflow you’ve used for three years now suddenly fails. Ah, codec drama! I have no idea what screwed it up, and the prospect of figuring it out is daunting, so I did a lazy workaround that involves moving mountains of data on an external hard drive, and… What, you don’t care? Right, right… Then how ’bout one of the single biggest fox collars committed to the screen? Rockabye – The Film This early 30’s Constance Bennett flick, she plays Judy Carroll, a Broadway actress who testifies for her former boyfriend, an embezzler. While I’m not sure about the particular legal statute involved here (probably because they made it up), doing so ends up costing her custody of an orphan she had planed to adopt. She drowns her sorrows with a trip to Europe with, (le sigh) her old, rotund, alcoholic mother, and meets a playwright with an eerily autobiographical play called, wait for it: Rockabye. Judy theoretically falls in love with him and wants to take the play back to Broadway, but, in a twist that may not have been quite so cliché in 1932, ends up with her loving manager instead. Rockabye – The Furs As famous Broadway actress Judy Caroll, Constance Bennett does most of the fur wearing, and almost all of the fur wearing you’d particularly want to see. For the sake of accuracy, if not the level of bile in my stomach, I should mention Judy’s mother also wears fur. She’s played Jobyna Howland, a woman every bit as young, thin, and attractive as Marie Dressler. Okay, that’s a little unfair to Jobyna, she’s maybe 2% more attractive. How do you get your dirty, embezzling, ex-boyfriend acquitted? You go to court and testify in this: He’d be in the clear if I was on the jury. Anyone who dated a woman with this kind of fashion sense is a-okay in my book. Not sure how else to put this, but: I really, really like this collar. I realize this isn’t exactly the insightful level of commentary you’ve come to expect from me, but, honestly, I’m a little distracted. Now, the collar is pretty much grade-A, but let’s not forget what’s been in her lap the whole time. As she leaves the stand, she helpfully hefts that big barrel muff so we get good look at it. The cherry on top of this is that not only is the quality amazing, but it’s not merely a fleeting glance. The courtroom sequence provides over 3 minutes of footage alone. It’s followed by about 2 more, most with this shot as she’s riding home from the courtroom. Now, if I were to find fault with any of this, it’s that she spends the entire time in the backseat doing absolutely nothing with that cigarette holder in her hand. She returns home where we meet her soon to be ex-orphan for a little heart-string tugging. This shot illustrates a point I made in an earlier update. The better the collar, the less of the head you can see from the back (or the side, for that matter). There’s other fur in the film? Oh, right, yes, there is. Not that I think it matters at this point. There’s this probably mink item that I’ll call a wrap since “bib,” while seemingly more accurate, doesn’t sound all that fashionable. For a film that starts out so spectacularly, it briefly descends into the depths of mediocrity with Constance Bennett in this most basic of full length mink coats. This fur is given all the screen time it deserves, which is: not much at all. Finally, in what would have been a fur with a pretty decent collar in any other film but just ends up being an afterthought here, we see Virginia Hammond in this silver fox trimmed wrap. It is a very nice, full-body trim, one that I might ordinarily lavish a bit more attention upon, but, really, you can just scroll up and call it even. While the full Fur Ratio is 19%, and that’s pretty darn impressive, the only fur that really matters is actually on screen for a total of five and a half minutes. That makes the “Awesome Fur Ratio” about 6%, but that’s still not shabby. That five and a half minutes is filled with closeups that lavish the appropriate amount of attention on Constance and that amazing outfit. Full Gallery: Fur Fashions of the 1932 film Rockabye Tags: 1930s, fox, fur coat, fur collar, fur muff, fur trim, fur wrap, mink, silver fox Furs on Film – Snapshot How bout that Ozploitation flick? This one is fun for a few reasons (not to actually watch, mind you). It’s one of the first I’ve posted with a unique combination of multiple release titles and a severed pig’s head. TCM showed it as Snapshot, as that was the name it was released under in its country of origin, Australia. It can also be found under the title One More Minute (as in the IMDb), and also as The Day Before Halloween or The Night After Halloween, both a transparent attempt to capitalize on the recent success of Carpenter’s film in the states at the time. Should note the quality of the caps is a little lower than I’d like. Amazingly, the version TCM showed was a 16:9 ‘zoom’ of a 4:3 pan-and-scan. Basically, you’re looking at the least amount of actual film possible, like seeing a movie through a keyhole. Snapshot – The Film Sigrid Thornton stars as Angela, a hairdresser who becomes friends with Madeline, an actress played by Chantal Contouri. Madeline convinces Angela to drop the hairdresser gig and become a model. On a shoot for a cologne ad we get to see both of Angela’s talents (this one is rated R, kids). Angela becomes the next big thing in Australian modeling, but she has some baggage with an ex boyfriend who follows her around in an ice cream truck and may or may not be trying to kill her. The ex isn’t the only suspect, and it wouldn’t be a “thriller” if he was. Madeline ends up liking Angela… a lot, (a lot, a lot), further mixing things up. Apparently there’s a twisty sort of ending, but I can’t be sure since Chantal wasn’t wearing any furs there so I wasn’t paying attention. Snapshot – The Furs Chantal Contouri as the actress / model who propels Angela into what passes for for the film’s plot also wears all the fur in the film. Not only that, but at least half time she’s wearing those furs she’s smoking as well. Madeline and Angela meet at the hairdressers. Madeline enters in this so very 70’s horizontally striped red fox jacket. Red fox was particularly popular in the 70’s it seems. Not my favorite natural shade (I prefer far more unnatural dyed shades of red), but Madeline has a couple in her fur wardrobe. At the shoot, just before Angela and her chest meet the celluloid, Madeline gives her a little pep talk, like the concerned, supportive friend she is. This is her other major fur in the film, though again, hard to see thanks to the cut. I do enjoy the fact that she’s basically “popped the collar” here. Here we are the club, a location with which viewers of the film will become quite familiar. The club scenes are a perfect illustration of why I take the time to edit clips in the first place, as otherwise they’d be unbearable. It’s here we find Madeline in her other red fox coat, in a long sequence that’s interrupted routinely by a horrible cabaret singer. Smoking in her furs, Madeline watches Angela dancing in the club. The remainder of the sequence may be less-than-favorably be referred to as “filler,” but this is certainly my favorite kind. After minutes of casual, detached smoking, Madeline intervenes when it appears Angela has met a new male friend, seriously inhibiting the rest of his evening. There may be subtext to this, but it’s totally lost on me. Leaving the club, we see this is full length red fox coat, unlike the one from earlier in the film. After more of the things that pass for events in this film happen, we find ourselves back at the club. Madeline finds Angela again, striding through the collected patrons in a long white mink coat with a cigarette holder perched high in her right hand. I like where Madeline is going with her fashion choices. The cinematographer and the broadcast display issues contrive to make this more difficult than it should be, but we do get half a closeup of Madeline smoking with her cigarette holder in the white mink. This one was all too short. If you were hoping to get a better view of the ‘pep-talk’ fur from earlier, here it is. This walk and talk gives a good chance to take in the fur, which I’ve studiously avoided naming because I’m not entirely sure what it is. Opinions are welcome. Brief closeup of Chantal Contouri’s character framed with the large collar. Back at the club… again, with Madeline smoking in the same fur coat, this time mostly in a background shot. Finally we see the same fur one last time as Angela visits Madeline on the set, finding her relaxed with her fur and, yes, smoking once more. Seriously, even I have to say you should probably cut back a bit Maddy. Yet another little obscure fur fashion gem that TCM aired, along the lines of Darktown Stutters. Granted, I doubt they were airing it because of the furs. Great examples of 70’s furs in this, and yes, I admit Madeline’s bad habit is one I enjoy viewing, from a distance, at least. Since there’s still no 70’s or 80’s nostalgia channels yet, can’t pass up the opportunity to post these when I find them. The ratio isn’t particularly great, but the quality definitely makes up for it. Full Gallery: Fur Fashions of the 1979 film Snapshot Tags: 1970s, cigarette holder, fur coat, fur jacket, red fox, smoking in fur, white mink Furs on Film – Lady with a Past This week we have an entry from 1932 that, considering the ratio it racks up, I’d have preferred it be shot in 1938. That’s a bit of a quibble, as it has some good furs, and the viewer is certainly able to take their time and enjoy them. Besides, it was either this or a 70’s Aussie exploitation film TCM probably showed by accident or something. I’ll get to that one later. Lady with a Past – The Film Constance Bennett stars as Venice Muir (a name someone should probably use in a future exploitation film), one of those rare non-madcap heiresses from the 30’s. Venice is not exactly “left at the altar,” but has her elopement to Paris canceled by playboy Donnie Wainwright (David Manners). As, obviously, Donnie is totally not a jerk, she cooks up a plan to follow him to Paris, make him jealous, and get him back. She is aided by Guy (Ben Lyon), an employment challenged individual who becomes her fake gigolo. Since this isn’t a 1980’s romantic comedy, she doesn’t end up with Guy; she gets her man Donnie in the end. Lady with a Past – The Furs Constance Bennett does most of the fur wearing in the film, and boy, is there a lot of it. She’s helped out by a couple others, but their contributions are slim compared to hers. In general the fur fashions are quite exemplary of the early 30’s, where designers were still ramping-up to the glorious excesses of the late 30’s. We start with this red fox stole. I don’t care for the more common silver fox variant, so making a red fox version doesn’t help much. You can also note the very small fox trim on the dress of Lola Goadby (Astrid Allwyn) opposite Venice. Speaking of which, there’s that exact silver fox stole on Ann (Merna Kennedy). She’s visible in this long sequence for only a few seconds, but those few include this reasonably good shot. Before Donnie dumps her, Venice arrives to a party in this long, sable trimmed ermine coat. My chief problem with ermine is that it’s not fox. Cut to Paris, where Venice meets Guy and eventually ends up hiring him. She’s hanging out in a cafe in this fox trimmed outfit. This is one of the two furs the film allows the viewer to indulge, as the entire sequence provides almost four and half minutes to take it in. It is sprinkled with fine close shots such as this. To the second fur we’ll be seeing a lot, the linchpin of the entire film, a short jacket with a rather agreeably large collar and cuffs. I’m going to say this is probably a dark sable, though it could be black fox. The fur is onscreen for about 10 full minutes, and that is amazingly impressive even for this decade. This illustrates a good rule of thumb when designing fur collars, the less you can see of the back of the wearer’s head, the better. As it is onscreen so long, we do get a few fine close shots to study it further. While the dark fur trimmed jacket is the film’s “big” fur, it’s hardly done. As Venice is building her rep as the most desirable woman in Paris, she’s in quite a few more furs. Can’t say this is a favorite, but I’m sure others can appreciate the short mink cape. Later there’s a poorly filmed, sort look at this fox trimmed coat. Another reason to wish it was 1938, this would probably have been all fox. Yet more, this blue fox trimmed top that also has some small cuffs that can be seen later. She meets up with Lola again upon returning to New York. Lola is wearing… a fur coat. Not sure what kind of fur that is, but I can at least be sure it’s fur. Could be some form of rabbit. Finally, the end of the film gives us this, a long black and white ermine fur coat. This is where she and Donnie finally get together. Another one for the missed-opportunity pile, the fashioning of the coat is superb, with a high collar and full sleeves, but the use of ermine mitigates that. Even mink would have been a better choice here. Lady with a Past clocks in at 39% on-screen fur ratio. That is almost four times the rough average of 10% I just sorta made up based on what I recall from all the previous updates. So, for over a third of the film, you’ll be seeing someone wearing a fur. I can, and have, quibbled over the kind of fur in the film, but if you’re a little less picky than me (and I sense many, many are) then this probably goes into the “must have” pile. Full Gallery: Fur Fashions of the 1932 film Lady with a Past Tags: 1930s, ermine, fur cape, fur coat, fur collar, fur cuffs, fur stole, fur trim, mink, red fox, sable, silver fox Furs on Film – Fools for Scandal A small gem of a box office bomb from that most magic of years, 1938, that features what could have been a bit of a Mad Miss Manton moment, but misses the mark a bit. Still, decent selection of good furs here with the good sense to save the best for last. Hope I’m not overselling this one… Fools for Scandal – The Film This is the story of movie star Kay Winters (played by movie star Carole Lombard) and Rene (played by some Belgian guy) and how they fall in love despite both being privileged rich people pretending to be poor people. Kay’s cover is blown early, and Rene ends up following her around until she hires him as a cook. Love blooms of course, though Kay has another suitor whom she intends to marry, she and the disguised marquis eventually end up together. That would end up making her a marchioness, which is pretty much the most uncool sounding of all feminine noble ranks. The Spanish got it right by going with marquesa. Fools for Scandal – The Furs While movie star Kay is the main character, she doesn’t do all the fur wearing. Isabel Jeans plays noted gossip, and cause for the title of the film, Lady Paula Malverton, and provides her share of fur fashions as well. In fact, we start off with Lady Malverton hosting a party in this mink stole. Down in the corner there is “Jill” (Marcia Ralston) wearing a silver fox wrap that is not well filmed at all. Bit of a disappointment. Lady Paula and Jill show up later as the action has moved from Paris to London. The fox trimmed cape on Isabel Jeans gets a nice chuck of screen time, but Jill’s really long haired jacket is quickly forgotten. Black fur at night strikes again. At least the trim on Lady Paula’s outfit is easy to see. There’s a long sequence that features Isabel Jeans’ character snooping around Kay’s London home while wearing the fox trimmed cape. There are a couple decent close shots while wearing it. Now we come to the part that, while promising, was ultimately a little disappointing. Here we see Kay relaxing in bed with a mink trimmed robe. She is about to have some visitors… …starting with Lady Malverton in this red fox stole. She is quickly joined by quite a few other ladies who all happened to be walking their dogs and decided to drop in, and gossip. Lather, rinse, repeat, until there’s a quite the collection of ladies in some variety of fur all lined up at the foot of Kay’s silk sheets. Sadly, the furs here aren’t all that spectacular, especially for a year that gave us The Mad Miss Manton. I like the idea, but the costume designer didn’t go far enough with it. This is the most complete shot of all the girls who crowd into Kay’s bedroom. Lot’s of fox trim and a couple full coats of “not-fox”. Many even have no furs at all. Simply not acceptable. Fortunately the films narrative sense as regards fur fashion is spot on, providing Carole Lombard in this coat as the climax. Lombard looks lovely this this thick, shaggy fox coat. It’s so shaggy I won’t discount the possibility that it’s coyote. There’s a good two minutes of screen time devoted to this fur, a solid performance. Interestingly, the coat’s construction is somewhat odd, as if put together by a few enormous pelts with a big gap between them. Makes for an odd look from the back, as it appears she’s wearing it backwards. From what I found in my meticulous research on this film (read the Wikipedia article, natch), this is not considered Carole Lombard’s finest film. It’s on the exact opposite end of that spectrum, in fact. So bare that in mind if you’re actually planning on watching it without the fast-forward button firmly depressed. I found it disappointing for different reasons, of course. It did redeem itself in the end there with that big fluffy fox coat, which is probably worth the price of admission alone. Full Gallery: Fur Fashions of the 1938 film Fools for Scandal Posted in Fur on Film \| 1 Comment » Tags: 1930s, Carole Lombard in fur, fur coat, fur stole, fur trim, fur wrap, mink, red fox, silver fox, white fox Furs on Film – Father Takes a Wife Back to my favorite part of the 1940’s, the bit where costume designers didn’t get the memo about how “fur is boring this decade.” Father Takes a Wife is from 1941, and falls into that period quite nicely. This was Gloria Swanson’s last film before a nine year hiatus that would eventually lead to her “comeback” role in Sunset Blvd. This was Swanson at 42, and while not quite the young hottie from her silent film days, she still cuts an impressive figure. Father Takes a Wife – The Film While I can’t really call this a divorce film, the plot veers close to it. Fred “Senior” Osborne (Adolphe Menjou), a shipping magnate, decides abruptly to get married to actress Leslie Collier (Swanson) and turn the company over his son, Junior. Don’t really get a lot of films about shipping magnates these days. The marriage is a little rocky as Senior turns out to be the jealous sort, and things don’t get easier when he invites a stowaway Latin singer they met on their honeymoon home with them. Hey, that’s what anyone would have done… Father Takes a Wife – The Furs As a successful actress and soon to be trophy wife, Leslie has quite the wardrobe. Swanson’s Wikipedia entry suggests her early history in silent film was as the first “clothes horse,” a tradition this film attempts to continue. In a shot as brief as the fur deserves, Leslie heads off to her farewell performance in this 40’s mink. Thankfully it’s around for only about 5 seconds. That farewell performance is apparently set in a cold place, as her stage outfit includes… this. Now, I don’t know what ‘this’ is, but I do know I like ‘this’. Gloria Swanson putting on a muff that matches the coat and hat. That is all. What’s odd about this fur is that I can’t recall seeing anything like it anywhere else. It’s like a mutant fox with extremely long black guard hairs. We see it on stage in a very brief, very wide shot before she takes it off, leaving only the hat. Which gets a close up, again, not really suggesting what kind of fur it is. I’m sure someone knows and may help us all out in the comments section. Or everyone will just skip reading all this noise and go right to the gallery page, which my analytics suggests is, in fact, the case. Intercut with the final performance we see in the audience Leslie’s new family on her husband’s side, including Junior’s wife, Enid (Florence Rice), wearing a white fox fur wrap that is given the attention it deserves after the show. Enid and Leslie smile at one another. The mystery fur is in the background. This sequence could be a little longer, but the shots of the white fox are well done. Returning from the honeymoon cruise, stowaway in tow, Leslie has a large dark fur coat. This one is also a little quick, and not as well shot as should have been. There’s a decent but quick full view as they all return home. The coloring in the sleeve suggests it may be fox, but can’t be 100% sure. After the aforementioned stowaway gets kicked out of the aforementioned home, he shacks up with Junior and wife Enid. Enid takes him in wearing this very full fox jacket. Not a common length for the time, but well done, and well shot. If the stowaway is looking vaguely familiar, that’s because it’s Ricky Ricardo, er… Desi Arnaz in an early film role. This one is a little short in the runtime department, but has a very nice variety of furs. Definitely could have used some rewrites to keep them in frame a little longer, but considering it was 1941, getting this many was amazing enough. There’s a couple more foxes on the character of “Aunt Julie” played by Helen Broderick, who wasn’t quite up to making the cut in the “looking at for any extended period of time” department. Still, they wouldn’t have done much to pad the runtime, and one of them was that standard 30’s silver fox stole I already dislike. I suppose pairing the two makes sense now. Full Gallery: Fur Fashions of the 1941 film Father Takes a Wife Tags: 1940s, blush fox, fur coat, fur hat, fur jacket, fur muff, fur stole, fur wrap, Gloria Swanson in fur, silver fox, white fox Marilyn Monroe in Chinchilla Originally uploaded by Famous Fashionistas I confess I’m rather ‘neutral’ on Marilyn Monroe. I agree that she is attractive, but never had any particularly greater appeal to me beyond that. If there is some ‘objective’ standard of attractiveness, she certainly meets it, but I’ll take Garbo any day. In terms of her approximate contemporaries, I’d prefer Natalie Wood. Also, like most actresses that achieved super stardom in the 50s and 60s, her fur wardrobe was a bit inhibited by the fashions of the time. This is a shot from 1962 in Vogue, displaying a fur that’s reasonably rare in any era: chinchilla. That’s due mostly to the cost, I reason. I will say this, if you’ve never actually “experienced” chinchilla, at least do yourself a favor, drop into your local furrier, assuming you have one, and see if they have a chinchilla coat. You’re in for a unique and powerful tactile experience. Posted in Fur Stars \| 2 Comments » Tags: chinchilla, fur coat, Marilyn Monroe in fur	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1196
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When you close your browser, these session cookies are deleted. b) Third-party cookies If necessary, our website may also use cookies from companies with whom we cooperate for the purpose of advertising, analyzing, or improving the features of our website. Please refer to the following information for details, in particular for the legal basis and purpose of such third-party collection and processing of data collected through cookies. c) Disabling cookies You can refuse the use of cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Likewise, you can use the browser to delete cookies that have already been stored. However, the steps and measures required vary, depending on the browser you use. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your browser or contact its maker for support. Browser settings cannot prevent so-called flash cookies from being set. Instead, you will need to change the setting of your Flash player. The steps and measures required for this also depend on the Flash player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your Flash player or contact its maker for support. If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, not all of the functions on our site may be fully usable. The data you submit when ordering goods and/or services from us will have to be processed in order to fulfill your order. Please note that orders cannot be processed without providing this data. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. After your order has been completed, your personal data will be deleted, but only after the retention periods required by tax and commercial law. In order to process your order, we will share your data with the shipping company responsible for delivery to the extent required to deliver your order and/or with the payment service provider to the extent required to process your payment. The legal basis for the transfer of this data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Customer account/registration If you create a customer account with us via our website, we will use the data you entered during registration (e.g. your name, your address, or your email address) exclusively for services leading up to your potential placement of an order or entering some other contractual relationship with us, to fulfill such orders or contracts, and to provide customer care (e.g. to provide you with an overview of your previous orders or to be able to offer you a wishlist function). We also store your IP address and the date and time of your registration. This data will not be transferred to third parties. During the registration process, your consent will be obtained for this processing of your data, with reference made to this privacy policy. The data collected by us will be used exclusively to provide your customer account. If you give your consent to this processing, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR is the legal basis for this processing. If the opening of the customer account is also intended to lead to the initiation of a contractual relationship with us or to fulfill an existing contract with us, the legal basis for this processing is also Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. You may revoke your prior consent to the processing of your personal data at any time under Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect. All you have to do is inform us that you are revoking your consent. The data previously collected will then be deleted as soon as processing is no longer necessary. However, we must observe any retention periods required under tax and commercial law. Credit checks and scores If you accept any offer we make for you to pay for goods or services on account, we reserve the right to run a credit check with a credit bureau (such as Creditreform, Schufa, Bürgel, or infoscore) to obtain credit information determined on the basis of mathematical-statistical methods. For this purpose, any data you provide that is relevant to the contract, such as your name and address, will be forwarded to the credit bureau. We then use the information obtained about the statistical probability of default to decide whether we will offer you payment on account. The legal basis for such processing is our legitimate interest to avoid default on our account per Art. 6 Para.1 lit. f) GDPR. If you register for our free newsletter, the data requested from you for this purpose, i.e. your email address and, optionally, your name and address, will be sent to us. We also store the IP address of your computer and the date and time of your registration. During the registration process, we will obtain your consent to receive this newsletter and the type of content it will offer, with reference made to this privacy policy. The data collected will be used exclusively to send the newsletter and will not be passed on to third parties. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You may revoke your prior consent to receive this newsletter under Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect. All you have to do is inform us that you are revoking your consent or click on the unsubscribe link contained in each newsletter. If you contact us via email or the contact form, the data you provide will be used for the purpose of processing your request. We must have this data in order to process and answer your inquiry; otherwise we will not be able to answer it in full or at all. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted once we have fully answered your inquiry and there is no further legal obligation to store your data, such as if an order or contract resulted therefrom. User posts, comments, and ratings We offer you the opportunity to post questions, answers, opinions, and ratings on our website, hereinafter referred to jointly as “posts.” If you make use of this opportunity, we will process and publish your post, the date and time you submitted it, and any pseudonym you may have used. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You may revoke your prior consent under Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect. All you have to do is inform us that you are revoking your consent. In addition, we will also process your IP address and email address. The IP address is processed because we might have a legitimate interest in taking or supporting further action if your post infringes the rights of third parties and/or is otherwise unlawful. In this case, the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in any legal defense we may have to mount. Follow-up comments If you make posts on our website, we also offer you the opportunity to subscribe to any subsequent follow-up comments made by third parties. In order to be able to inform you about these follow-up comments, we will need to process your email address. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You may revoke your prior consent to this subscription under Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect. All you have to do is inform us that you are revoking your consent or click on the unsubscribe link contained in each email. We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google). Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield Google guarantees that it will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the United States. The Google Analytics service is used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site. Usage and user-related information, such as IP address, place, time, or frequency of your visits to our website will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function, whereby Google truncates the IP address within the EU or the EEA before it is transmitted to the US. The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of visits to our website and what visitors do once there. This data can also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and of the internet in general. Google states that it will not connect your IP address to other data. In addition, Google provides further information with regard to its data protection practices at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners, including options you can exercise to prevent such use of your data. In addition, Google offers an opt-out add-on at in addition with further information. This add-on can be installed on the most popular browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you visit our website. The add-on informs Google Analytics’ JavaScript (ga.js) that no information about the website visit should be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services we may use as detailed herein. Google+ plug-in We use the plug-in of the Google+ social network on our website. Google+ is an online service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google). The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. Further information about the possible plug-ins and their respective functions is available from Google at If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages you visit on our website, your browser will download an icon for the plug-in from Google’s servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Google to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website will also be recorded. If you are logged in to Google while visiting one of our plugged-in websites, the information collected by the plug-in from your specific visit will be recognized by Google. The information collected may then be assigned to your personal account at Google. If, for example, you use the +1 button, this information will be stored in your Google Account and may be published on the Google platform. To prevent this, you must either log out of Google before visiting our site or make the appropriate settings in your Google account. Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in Google’s privacy policy found at Our website uses Google Maps to display our location and to provide directions. This is a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google). To enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established whenever our website is accessed. If you access the Google Maps components integrated into our website, Google will store a cookie on your device via your browser. Your user settings and data are processed to display our location and create a route description. We cannot prevent Google from using servers in the USA. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in optimizing the functionality of our website. By connecting to Google in this way, Google can determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the directions are transmitted. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above. In addition, the use of Google Maps and the information obtained via Google Maps is governed by the Google Terms of Use https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=en and the Terms and Conditions for Google Maps https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html. Google also offers further information at Our website uses Google reCAPTCHA to check and prevent automated servers (“bots”) from accessing and interacting with our website. This is a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google). This service allows Google to determine from which website your request has been sent and from which IP address the reCAPTCHA input box has been used. In addition to your IP address, Google may collect other information necessary to provide and guarantee this service. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the security of our website and in the prevention of unwanted, automated access in the form of spam or similar. Google offers detailed information at concerning the general handling of your user data. Our website uses Google Fonts to display external fonts. This is a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google). The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of our site. When you access our site, a connection to Google is established from which Google can identify the site from which your request has been sent and to which IP address the fonts are being transmitted for display. in particular on options for preventing the use of data. Facebook plug-in Our website uses the plug-in of the Facebook social network. Facebook.com is a service provided by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. In the EU, this service is also operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, hereinafter both referred to as “Facebook.” Facebook guarantees that it will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the United States. Further information about the possible plug-ins and their respective functions is available from Facebook at If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages you visit on our website, your browser will download an icon for the plug-in from Facebook’s servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Facebook to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website will also be recorded. If you are logged in to Facebook while visiting one of our plugged-in websites, the information collected by the plug-in from your specific visit will be recognized by Facebook. The information collected may then be assigned to your personal account at Facebook. If, for example, you use the Facebook Like button, this information will be stored in your Facebook account and published on the Facebook platform. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of Facebook before visiting our website or use an add-on for your browser to prevent the Facebook plug-in from loading. Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in Facebook’s privacy policy found at Twitter plug-in Our website uses the plug-in of the Twitter social network. The Twitter service is operated by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (“Twitter”). Twitter guarantees that it will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the United States. If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages you visit on our website, your browser will download an icon for the plug-in from Twitter’s servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Twitter to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website will also be recorded. If you are logged in to Twitter while visiting one of our plugged-in websites, the information collected by the plug-in from your specific visit will be recognized by Twitter. The information collected may then be assigned to your personal account at Twitter. If, for example, you use the Twitter Tweet button, this information will be stored in your Twitter account and may be published on the Twitter platform. To prevent this, you must either log out of Twitter before visiting our site or make the appropriate settings in your Twitter account. Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in Twitter’s privacy policy found at Pixel tags from Verwertungsgesellschaft WORT (VG WORT) Our website uses the VG WORT counter pixels provided by INFOnline GmbH, Forum Bonn Nord, Brühler Str. 9, 53119 Bonn as scalable central measurement method. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of our website and the preservation of our copyright interests with regard to the contents of our site. The pixel code is a graphic placed on our website to collect key statistical data. This makes it possible to calculate the likelihood of content being copied based on the number of hits and the nature of the contents itself. This data is collected anonymously. In order to be able to count hits and return visits, either a so-called session cookie is stored on your device by your browser or a signature is created from various information in your browser (e.g. user agent, screen resolution, etc.). However, your IP address will only be processed in an anonymized form. As an individual user, you cannot be identified at any time. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above. In addition, you may opt of this statistical measurement. By confirming the link https://optout.ioam.de/ a cookie is stored on your device via your browser to prevent any further analysis. Please note, however, that you must click the above link again if you delete the cookies stored on your end device. We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, hereinafter referred to as “YouTube”. YouTube is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”. Google and its subsidiary YouTube guarantee that they will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the United States. We use YouTube in its advanced privacy mode to show you videos. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. According to YouTube, the advanced privacy mode means that the data specified below will only be transmitted to the YouTube server if you actually start a video. Without this mode, a connection to the YouTube server in the USA will be established as soon as you access any of our webpages on which a YouTube video is embedded. This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website within your browser. YouTube will record and process at a minimum your IP address, the date and time the video was displayed, as well as the website you visited. In addition, a connection to the DoubleClick advertising network of Google is established. If you are logged in to YouTube when you access our site, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. To prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our site or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube account. For the purpose of functionality and analysis of usage behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your device via your browser. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above. etracker web analytics We use etracker on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstr. 1, 20459 Hamburg, hereinafter referred to as “etracker”. etracker is used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site. To analyze usage behavior, etracker stores cookies on your device via your browser and creates a pseudonymous usage profile. However, the data processed in this way will not be used to identify you personally without your separate consent nor will this data be merged with other personal data. In addition, you have the option of terminating the analysis of your usage behavior by opting out. By confirming the link http://www.etracker.de/privacy?et=V23Jbb Hotjar web analytics We use Hotjar on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe, hereinafter referred to as “Hotjar”. Hotjar is used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site. Hotjar allows us to monitor your usage behaviour on our website, such as logging and evaluating your mouse movements or mouse clicks. However, your visit to our website will be anonymized. In addition, information about your operating system, your internet browser, incoming or outgoing links, the geographical origin of your access, and the type and resolution of the device you are using are evaluated by Hotjar and processed for statistical purposes. Hotjar can also obtain direct feedback from you. Hotjar offers further information about its data protection practices at https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out Criteo web analytics We use Criteo on our website for analytics and custom display of advertising. Criteo is a service of Criteo SA, 32 Rue Blanche, 75009 Paris, hereinafter referred to as “Criteo”. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site. Information about your visit to our website and your activities on the websites of our advertising partners is collected via tracking cookies and similar storage techniques. This information includes, for example, the number of sub-pages, advertisements, and products you view, the search function you use, information about your device (type, operating system, version), and/or your location, in order, for example, to advertise only regionally available products or services. Criteo uses a technical ID that records the products you look at and your search behavior. According to Criteo, however, this does not identify you as a person; only anonymous information about your possible interests is determined. After evaluation of the collected information, Criteo places individual advertisements on our website or on the websites of our advertising partners (“publishers”). These publishers can use cookies stored on your device via your browser to determine whether an advertisement from the Criteo advertising network should be displayed. Criteo processes your complete IP address exclusively for the following purposes: – to detect fraud, i.e. visits not due to human behavior; – give credit for sales (conversions); – provide marketing reports with aggregated data. https://www.criteo.com/de/privacy/ you find further data protection information as well as information about the analysis and advertisements. You can also use the above link to prevent the analysis of your visit by means of an opt-out cookie. A cookie will be stored on your device via your browser to prevent any further analysis. Please note, however, that you must click the above link again if you delete the cookies stored on your end device. MailChimp – Newsletter We offer you the opportunity to register for our free newsletter via our website. We use MailChimp, a service of The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 512 Means Street, Suite 404, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA, hereinafter referred to as “The Rocket Science Group”. https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG&status=Active the Rocket Science Group guarantees that it will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the United States. In addition, the Rocket Science Group offers further information about its data protection practices at http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/ If you register for our free newsletter, the data requested from you for this purpose, i.e. your email address and, optionally, your name and address, will be processed by The Rocket Science Group. In addition, your IP address and the date and time of your registration will be saved. During the registration process, your consent to receive this newsletter will be obtained together with a concrete description of the type of content it will offer and reference made to this privacy policy. The newsletter then sent out by The Rocket Science Group will also contain a tracking pixel called a web beacon. This pixel helps us evaluate whether and when you have read our newsletter and whether you have clicked any links contained therein. In addition to further technical data, such as data about your computer hardware and your IP address, the data processed will be stored so that we can optimize our newsletter and respond to the wishes of our readers. The data will therefore increase the quality and attractiveness of our newsletter. The legal basis for sending the newsletter and the analysis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. Jetpack – WordPress Stats Our website uses Jetpack with the WordPress Stats extension. This is a web analysis service provided by Automattic Inc, 132 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, hereinafter referred to as “Automattic”. https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000CbqcAAC&status=Active Automattic guarantees that it will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the United States. The Jetpack: WordPress Stats services is used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site. Jetpack: WordPress Stats stores cookies on your device via your browser in order to analyze how you use our site. Data such as your IP address, the pages you visit, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the duration of your visit, and the frequency of your visits will be processed. The data collected will be stored on an Automattic server in the USA. However, your IP address will be made anonymous immediately after processing and before it is stored. Shariff social media buttons Our website uses the plug-ins of the following social networks. To integrate these plug-ins, we use the Shariff plug-in. Shariff is an open source program developed by c’t and heise. By integrating this plug-in, linked graphics prevent the following social network plug-ins from automatically establishing a connection to the respective social networks server when you visit website(s) on which the plug-ins are integrated. Only if you click on one of these linked graphics will you be forwarded to the service of the respective social network. Only then will information about your use of our site be recorded by the respective social network. This information may include your IP address, the date and time you visited our site, as well as the pages you viewed. If you are logged in to one of the social network services while visiting one of our plugged-in websites, the information collected by the plug-in from your specific visit will be recognized by the provider of that social network and assigned to your personal user account there and/or publish information about your interaction with our site there. If, for example, you use the a share button for the social network, this information may be stored in your user account there and published on the platform of the respective social network provider. To prevent this, you must either log out of the social network before clicking the graphic or make the appropriate settings in your social network account. Further information about Shariff is available at http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html The following social networks are integrated into our website: Google+ operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043, USA. Privacy information is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy Facebook operated by Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, operated within the EU by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. Privacy information can be found at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php Twitter operated by Twitter Inc, 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. 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__label__cc	0.711428	0.288572	Creepy Mysteries: Dover Demon While on a night drive on April 21, 1977, three teenage boys in Dover, Massachusetts; Bill Bartlett, Mike Mazzocca, and Andy Brodie would see something they could not explain. As they drove along Farm Street in the dark, the caught a glimpse of something perched on a rock wall. But once the headlights from their car gave them a better look, they could clearly see this was nothing they had ever seen before. What they would describe was a pale and gangly humanoid with no discernible features. It had large eyes, and oval head, and skin described as looking like “wet sandpaper”. Bill Bartlett would later sketch a picture of the creature they saw that night for the police, being sure to note on his drawing that he swore “on a stack of Bibles I saw this creature”. This would become the definitive image of what has been dubbed the Dover Demon. It would be easy to write off the claims of these three young men as a hoax were it not for something else which happened that night. At a little after midnight, John Baxter, was leaving his girlfriend’s house and walking along Miller’s High Road. He was alone on this dark stretch of the street until he noticed a humanoid figure coming his direction. What he described in his testimony was identical to the gangly creature the three teens witnessed earlier that night. The following night two more Dover-area teens would claim to see the Demon as well. The local authorities tried to write these reports off as hoaxes from bored teens. But this idea did not hold water considering none of these kids knew each other in any way, much less would they be able to collaborate on a scheme like this. Famed cryptozoologist Loren Coleman would be the one to coin the name, Dover Demon during his research into the case. After interviewing as many witnesses as he could finding that their accounts of the Demon remained consistent. This begs the question, that if this is no hoax what could this strange being be? Many have pointed out the obvious similarities between the Dover Demon and the famed grey alien, perhaps suggesting this creature is of extraterrestrial origin. But perhaps the origins of this monster are rooted in the past. The Cree Indians who once lived in Canada and the northeast United States would tell stories of a trickster being known as the Mannegishi. The way the Cree described the Mannegeshi sounds remarkably like what those witnesses saw in 1977, leading some to wonder if there is truth to the old legend. To this day we are no closer to discovering who or what the Dover Demon is. Every so often witnesses from the Dover, Massachusetts region still claim to see a slight creature with large eyes scurrying around in the woods near the roads. Could the demon be an undiscovered creature or perhaps something more supernatural? Is it tied to the legends the Indians of the region once shared? Perhaps we may never know. Category : Mysteries and Intrigue Tags : creepy, geek, monster., mystery, paranormal, supernatural ← Book Review: 'The Troop by Nick Cutter' The Best TV Show of the Past Decade →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1222
__label__cc	0.569526	0.430474	Dallastown The Dallastown Area High School seeks to assist students in finding pathways to success in higher education and future careers. Our new curriculum reflects broader avenues and more individualized pathways to success. You can review each pathway and associated courses in any of our available disciplines found below. It is our vision to inspire and create pathways for student success! Information found on this site serves as a tool to orient our school community to our student career pathway structure. All pathway icons provide a descriptive overview and job listing associated with each pathway. Dallastown Area High School courses and opportunities are aligned to sixteen (16) diverse pathways. Students can explore and use the designed pathways to guide them throughout their school experience. The DASD career pathways framework is designed as an effective school stakeholder career advancement tool to support individual student career plans and pathway opportunities. The framework, in combination with other school district resources and opportunities, is in place to enhance student exploration of workforce needs and expectations, as well as solidify student post-secondary plans. What is a career pathway? Career pathways are clusters of related occupations that require different levels of education and training. It is a way of organizing career and education information into categories to help students connect their interests with different types of occupations and the related levels of education and training needed for them. Why are career pathways important? People working in a career path share similar interests, abilities, and talents. Career paths help students identify a career focus without being locked into a specific occupation. By exploring career paths, students expand future choices. They develop an understanding that all paths are important - all of them are needed to keep a community going. Participation in a well-organized, well-planned career development component, which includes the concepts of Career Pathways, directly affects both readiness for employment and actual employability success; students' performance in school improves, involvement in school and community activities expands, decision-making skills strengthen, career preparation advances, and flexibility for meeting change increases. In addition, students who continue formal education beyond high school have a clear direction and a better understanding as to why they are pursuing post-secondary education and training options. There is an understanding that learning is lifelong. How many career pathways exist? Dallastown Area School District has sixteen (16) specific pathways for students to explore and guide them throughout their high school experience. An overview of each pathway and recommended course progression is found by clicking on the various pathway icons. Why should I select a career pathway? Selecting a career pathway enables you to plan course selections throughout your high school education, ensuring that upon graduation your academic goals have been met and that you are fully prepared for postsecondary options. What is the career pathway progression? Throughout the elementary and intermediate school experience, students explore career interests and are introduced to the multitude of career pathways. Throughout their middle school experience, they continue to explore career possibilities, select a desired career pathway, and develop a career plan. During a student’s high school experience is when they advance their career plans and pathway opportunities, explore workforce needs and expectations, as well as solidify post-secondary plans. Arts, Audio, Video Tech, & Communications Science, Tech, Engineering & Math (STEM) Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1226
__label__wiki	0.784796	0.784796	Bill Dudley: The Fed’s Balance-Sheet Expansion Has No Effect On The Stock Market 01/29/2020 10:37am Apple ETFs to Buy Post Blockbuster Q1 Results 01/29/2020 10:37am Apple may have had blowout earnings, but these risks to the stock have emerged 01/29/2020 10:37am Hole in International Space Station was drilled deliberately, says Russian space agency The hole in the ISS was deliberately drilled, Roscosmos has confirmed The hole discovered in the International Space Station (ISS) was drilled deliberately, the Russian space agency has said. Last week mission controllers in Houston and Moscow noticed a drop in pressure on the station and astronauts discovered a hole in a Russian domestic module. Although the leak was small enough to be fixed by the crew, if it had not been spotted the astronauts would have run out of air in 18 days. Space debris or a micro-meteorite was initially blamed for the damage, but new pictures show the hole had been deliberately drilled and the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos and module manufacturer RSC Energia have launched an investigation to find the culprit. And one Russian politician and former cosmonaut has even claimed it could have been carried out by a homesick astronaut. Speaking to Russia’s International News Agency RIA Novosti, Maxim Suraev said on-board sabotage by a mentally unstable crew member could not be ruled out. “All of us are living people, everyone can want to go home, but this way is completely unworthy,” he said. The hole found in the ISS had been drilled Credit: Nasa Mr Suraev also said that the ISS had a drill on board capable of making the hole. Although Roscosmos said they were not accusing any of the crew, they said they had not ruled out that hole was drilled deliberately in space. They are also investigating whether it was an error made on the ground which was then patched up and was only noticed when the plug failed. Dmitry Rogozin, Head of Roscosmos, said: “Where were these actions taken – on Earth or already in orbit? “The version of the meteorite has already been swept away, but there was an obvious impact on the shelling of the ship from the inside, but to say more it is really too early. “It’s up to RSC Energia to find out who did it, what is it: an error or intentional actions? I would like to know the name (of the culprit) and we will know.” When the leak was detected last week European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst initially plugged it with his finger, before the crew made an improvised patch using a rubber plug made from bin-bag seals, duct tape, gauze from the medical kit and vacuum proof sealant. The hole was sealed and a Russian Progress cargo ship docked at the ISS and Moscow is recommending using oxygen from its tanks to repressurise the station. As well as Gerst there are four other astronauts on board, Ricky Arnold, Drew Feustel and Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. Nasa has yet to comment on the investigation. Read on Yahoo! News ← Petition Calls For Uber To Offer Free Rides On Election Day Learn about dismantling algorithmic bias at Disrupt → GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks gain on solid results, but virus keeps safe-havens alive 01/29/2020 10:37am How the world’s largest cannabis dispensary avoids social media restrictions 01/29/2020 10:37am Apple ETFs to Buy Post Blockbuster Q1 Results Apple may have had blowout earnings, but these risks to the stock have emerged	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1243
__label__cc	0.502611	0.497389	Alexander Boone Defends his Dissertation and Graduates! Congratulations to Alex Boone who successfully defended his dissertation and graduated on June 12th, 2019! Peri Gunalp Receives Internship and Fellowship Peri Gunalp has received an internship at Pacific Science and Engineering for Summer 2019. She will be returning to UCSB in Fall 2019 to complete her dissertation next year, and has also been awarded a one-quarter dissertation fellowship from the UCSB Graduate Division for next year. Congratulations Peri! Lab Manager Zoe Rathbun Leaves for University of Washington Congratulations to our lab manager, Zoe Rathbun, who was admitted to the Masters of Human Computer Interaction program at the University of Washington, Seattle. Zoe has been an invaluable member of our research team for the last two years and has a great career in front of her. We wish her all the best for this next step in her journey. Carol He Completes her masters! Congratulations to Carol He who received her Masters Degree for her thesis entitled "How Attitudes about Navigation are Linked to Navigation Ability: Impact of Exploration Tendency and GPS Dependency." Carol is continuing in the Ph.D. program and has also passed the qualifying examination for a masters in Statistics, so she will be busy in the coming years!. Alexander Boone's Gender in Navigation Research gains National Attention Alexander Boone's research entitled "Sex differences in navigation and strategy" published in Memory and Cognition this year has gained national attention, with references on Good Morning America and on popular news sites. Carol He and Zoe Rathbun join Hegarty Spatial Thinking Lab Highly qualified Carol He joins the lab as a first year graduate student. Recent graduate Zoe Rathbun joins the lab as lab manager. mary.hegarty@psych.ucsb.edu Office 3812 Building 251 Hegarty Spatial Thinking Lab • Psychological & Brain Sciences • UC Santa Barbara 2019 © Regents of the University of California	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1244
__label__wiki	0.57964	0.57964	Namrata Joshipura to present New York-inspired line at AIFW Entertainment . Difficult Fashion designer Namrata Joshipura will showcase creations inspired by the creativity and vibrancy of New York City - - a mash - up of fascinating street style juxtaposed with the most innovative ideas in fashion, art and technology - - at the Amazon India Fashion Week (AIFW) Autumn - Winter 2016 edition here later this month. Joshipura's show will be held in association with Maybelline New York on March 19 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, read a statement from the beauty brand. The designer, who is known for global aesthetics and contemporary silhouettes with modern interpretations, will display creations which embody high - fashion New York style, complementing Maybelline's latest innovations in make - up this season. Talking about the new collection, Joshipura said: "Taking inspiration from the various hues of Color Sensational Lip Gradation by Maybelline New York, the collection has deep reds, berry tones, grape and wine used in ombre gradation in dresses, embellishments and other techniques. " Joshipura is a fit for the association as she resonates the spirit, style and energy of the brand, says Pooja Sahgal, general manager, Maybelline New York - India. "We are looking forward to creating stunning ombrÃ© beauty and fashion looks on the runway. Through the show, we hope to inspire young girls and women to express themselves, define their beauty and make it happen with make - up, " Sahgal added. Sunil Sethi, president of Fashion Design Council of India, is also excited about the collaboration and he is confident that the show "will see a resplendent amalgamation of the best in beauty and fashion, and create trendsetting statements that will capture the New York panache". interpretations embellishments complementing collaboration trendsetting contemporary amalgamation silhouettes resplendent inspiration	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1245
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__label__wiki	0.95767	0.95767	June 2, 2017 · by Your Herald · in MBS. · Cultures have used sound to treat and inspire humans for millennia, from the shamanistic drumming of Mongolia to Tibet’s singing bowls and the didgeridoo. The fundamental principle of sound healing is resonance, which is used to describe the frequencies of vibration, says sound therapist Steven North. “Interestingly, indigenous Australians are the first known culture to heal with sound,” he says. Since binaural frequencies were discovered by Prussian physicist Heinrich Wilhelm Dove in 1839, the application of sound therapy has exploded. “Specialists are using it to treat ailments, while students are using it to help with focus and study,” North says. • Sound therapist Steven North. Photo supplied Today’s healing music uses various frequencies such as solfeggio-binaural frequencies, which form the basis of Mr North’s Heart Activation Music. “There are also brain wave entrainment frequencies, which assist with sleep and healing DNA,” he says. It was finding a solution for his own life-long health issues that led Mr North to his HAM therapy. Diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, his early years were a haze of prescribed drugs, including Ritalin, antidepressant Lexapro and Lithium. “I didn’t function…I had no control…and my marriage crumbled,” he says. Realising his life was out of control, Mr North went cold turkey, and eventually underwent hair analysis, which revealed he had pyrrole disorder. The symptoms are similar to ADHD, but pyrrole is caused by the body’s inability to absorb zinc and vitamin B, according to an article on not-for-profit organisation Bio-balance Health. “I met a holistic therapist and started into a healing regime,” North says. “Then I got into crystal healing for the first time. Through a medium he also “met” his spirit guide Amy, who he now works with to write his music: “They are Amy’s songs, I’m channeling her.” The music incorporates the energy given off by a variety of crystals, via a technique discovered by Mr North after months of research. It’s used to create a “sacred space” and raise the vibration of a room to heal and channel. “We have had great feedback with people listening to it in their home…meditating to it, running it in crystal shops.” Mr North, who lives in South Lake, will be giving talks, group workshops and individual sessions at this weekend’s Conscious Living Expo at the Claremont Show Grounds (June 3–5). Or check him at http://www.stevennorth.com.au/heart-activation-music. ← ASTROLOGY JUNE 3 – JUNE 10, 2017 Ride the wave, baby →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1251
__label__cc	0.634865	0.365135	The Sandy Papers: She’s no space cadet, she’s Starfleet Command Last week, this blog received an email from Mel Ve, co-owner of the Conscious Consumer Network (CCN). Attached to that email was a transcript of Skype texts between Mel and Angela Power-Disney, who was sacked from CCN in January. We’ve been bringing our readers excerpts from that transcript, in an effort to better understand the dynamics of what went on behind the scenes. Yesterday we received another transcript from Mel: this one contains the Skype conversations between Mel and Angela’s American protegée Sandy Goodridge-Bergen, who was sacked from CCN just before Angie was. Mel’s cover note stated that she’d removed sensitive financial information from the transcript, as she doesn’t want anyone taking advantage of Sandy for her money. We agree: we think the following will illustrate just how vulnerable Sandy is. From her first Skype convo with Mel, Sandy seems a little…off: We realise that Mel and Biggi are used to dealing with people with an extreme “new age” bent, but when Sandy alleges here that “there’s a good chance (she’s) being manipulated”, and that she “wasn’t too keen on subliminals being flashed across Biggi’s screen” during an interview, she’s exhibiting delusions or hallucinations, in addition to something psychologists call “ideas of reference”. When Sandy claims to have seen something flashing across Biggi’s screen, that’s either a delusion or an hallucination—essentially, a non-real event that was created by her own brain. And when she says she’s “being manipulated” and refers to the illusory “subliminals” as somehow relating to her, she’s showing that she has ideas of reference. Ideas of reference describe the belief that innocuous or ordinary is somehow directed at the individual. While many normal people can exhibit these symptoms in the absence of mental illness—during a high fever, for example—we’d suggest that it’s an early warning sign of mental illness. That said, Mel tries to calm Sandy down, offering her support and trying to reassure her: Sandy describes the “subliminals”, and admits that she “see(s) things other people don’t see, such as beautiful orbs of energy in the sky that float and move gracefully back and forth in the sky”. Okay, so visual hallucinations, then. The next warning shot comes a week and a half later, while Mel and Sandy are discussing whether Sandy can respond directly to the text comments during her shows. Mel shares a comment that was received but deleted: While this could conceivably have come from anyone, Sandy says she knows exactly who it is: it’s her daughter’s best friend, pointing out that Sandy has drug addiction issues and has become estranged from her daughter and grandchildren. Sandy reacts with seeming indifference. Later in the same conversation, she says that the commenter “has her kid in the program too, same as my daughter”. By “program”, she means “MK Ultra”, the programme she claims to have been forced into: One might think that a mother and grandmother would be deeply distressed at the thought of her daughter putting her grandchildren into a programme that is alleged to engage in horrific psychiatric torture and mind control techniques, but Sandy seems quite nonchalant about it, as though announcing that her daughter likes milk in her coffee. She then changes the subject to discuss the show she’s planning for the winter solstice festival. Strange. Again, Sandy shows more delusions (“they listen to everything we say”) and ideas of reference: she thinks the son of the man she cares for put an American flag up on the garage in some sort of gesture aimed at psychically attacking her. Later the same day, Sandy texts again. Angie has told her she looked either exhausted or high on her last show; what does Mel think? Mel tries to offer some practical advice, tactfully explaining that “being fresh and balanced” (i.e. not high as a kite) “helps to control rapid eye movement and blinking”. Later that day, Sandy reports that she has started seeing “creepy stuff in the paneling”. Strangely, her phone cannot seem to pick it up…quite possibly because it’s not there? A couple of weeks later, Sandy is once again focussing on the “creepy” paneling in the house where she’s staying: While we have become accustomed to people who claim to see “occult symbolism” where none exists, it’s really not something most normal people do. And in Sandy’s case, her messages seem to be filled with references to strange delusions—such as “getting super downloaded today”. This seems to refer to her belief that some unnamed person or persons can read her thoughts and “download” them without her permission. Again: not normal. The Skype transcript is full of conversations in which Sandy barrages Mel with demands for support, interspersed with bizarre claims: Looking back over the transcripts, it’s very clear that Sandy is a very troubled person. She’s emotionally volatile, requires a great deal of time and attention, and seems to have some symptoms of serious mental disorder. We should say here that we don’t think Mel should necessarily have had the insight or knowledge of mental illness to flag Sandy, take her off the air, or get her the help she needs. Anyone who has ever lived with someone with mental health problems or addictions will confirm that it’s incredibly difficult to know how to react in a truly helpful way, and Mel was clearly trying to do her best by offering support. Tomorrow: The final meltdown, and how Angela helped nudge things along. Stay tuned! 19/02/2017 in Hoaxer infighting. Tags: Mel Ve, mental illness, YouTube The Sandy Papers 2: How it all came crashing down ← The Angela Papers, Part 3: The Sandy problem The Sandy Papers 2: How it all came crashing down → 145 thoughts on “The Sandy Papers: She’s no space cadet, she’s Starfleet Command” http://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1437/in-the-back Jillian Long says: Not sure how much good this attention will do to Sandy’s already paranoid mental state. The big heart little heart thing is something I bet she only knew about since Pizzagate. It is the Unilever/Walls symbol that has been in use since 1998. http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/Wall%27s Pedophiles (Girl Lovers) only adopted this because of the symbolism of the adult being the big heart and the child the small heart. Also that the symbol relates to ice cream which appeals to children and blends in. This is only a political pedophile symbol most pedophiles online probably don’t know or care about the logos. “beautiful orbs of energy in the sky that float and move gracefully back and forth in the sky” We call them the Sun and the Moon. One of the real downsides to the internet is that those with mental illness can link up and encourage each other in their delusions. Mel Ve is correct to point out about people’s children or grandchildren and future generations being able to access false information about a relative. Unlike poison pen letters net libels are there forever. Can you imagine in 100 years reading that your great grandmother was in a “pedo Satanist baby eating cult”?. I know we carry on about APD and she also has relatives who are innocent of her actions but I think it’s a public service to put on record her many hurtful lies. There is one case I know of where Oz’s resident “MKUtra survivor” the endlessly accusing Fiona Barnett who says she was abused by every recently dead celebrity also claimed a highly respected deceased political figure led a child murdering cult that hunted children in forests etc etc (just like APD claims) and his grandchild became the victim of vicious and cruel taunts by his school mates after one came across Barnett’s lunacy on the web. The poor boy became so distraught his parents had to move him from that school and away from his pals. That’s just one case I’ve heard of. There may be dozens. Recall also it was MP Ken Clark’s son who read on the internet garbage about his dad perpetuated by the ridiculous Ben Fellows (who is always amazingly happy & smiling for an alleged abuse victim when the spotlight is on him). Although the subsequent case against Fellows collapsed ( I think it was the wrong charge : criminal harassment was the right one) probably Clarke Jr was also thinking about his own children and future generations. “Mel Ve is correct to point out about people’s children or grandchildren and future generations being able to access false information about a relative.” That comment is not by Mel but her reposting a comment made on Sandy’s last show allegedly from Sand’y oldest daughter’s last show. In her Miles Johnston interview she mentions that they won’t let her see her grandchildren so that is not new news to me. In that interview she is also grinding her mouth a lot not sure if nerves though. It might be this one. https://youtu.be/TAVuMIjiXgM It wasn’t Mel who pointed it out, but by making this material available to us she gave us a glimpse into Sandy’s reaction, or lack thereof. I had to think long and hard about whether to write about this, but in the end decided that looking at it from a mental health perspective could possibly help Sandy, and would make people think about those who share their alleged “MK Ultra” experiences. It’s sad that Sandy has been cut off from her family, and I hope she’ll get the help she needs, sooner rather than later. Yes, all the falsely accused of Hampstead will live with this for a long time to come. Those who accused them have moved on, but others have taken their place, and now the families are left to protect their children as best they can. We know of one child who has been approached by paedophiles based on this hoax–as with your friend’s son, this is only one, but there may very well be others. Can you imagine a conversation between Sandy and Neelu?! Interesting psychoanalysis, EC. It’s a veritable education coming here. It worries me that Angela has got her claws into Sandy. The damage that that woman invariably metes out to the vulnerable and the mentally ill is not to be underestimated, as she has repeatedly demonstrated. I pity the fragile souls who are unfortunate enough to blip on her radar. The lack of self-awareness displayed by the Troofhoaxer™ community never ceases to amaze me. I mean, here’s Mel ranting at Sandy, urging her to think about how she’ll look to her grandchildren when they grow up and decide to Google her. But my God, can you imagine Mel’s grandkids Googling Mel? Seriously, how would you feel if you did a spot of Granny-Googling (as one does) and stumbled upon your nana sitting in a giant throne banging on about how the World is secretly run by shape-shifting dragons who live under the ground, how black people should have been grateful to be given their own post office queues under Aparthied and how there must be a baby-eating cannibal cult in Hampstead because the buildings look a bit creepy? Sheesh! By the way, bearing in mind Sandy’s fragile state of mind, I think it’s shameful of Mel to make such nasty comments about Sandy’s daughter refusing her access to her grandchildren. On a related point, did anyone notice that when Mel popped by yesterday – with plenty to say about most other questions put to her – she failed several times to answer the question about whether she regretted repeatedly urging Sandy to commit suicide? I guess that’s one despicable act for which she cannot find an excuse. To be fair to Sandy, her description of staunch American patriots as “fanatical slaves that will hold on to their servitude no matter what” is pretty damned accurate and rather eloquent, imo. “I hope you understand my reaching out to you. You and Biggi are all I have at this point.” This is clearly a cry for help. In my humble opinion, this is the point at which alarm bells should have started ringing for Mel and she should have recognised the need to tread lightly and sensitively around Sandy. When Mel, Angie and Sandy discuss Sandy’s previous “rude” guest and her wandering eyeballs, I think this is the show they’re referring to: I’m no expert – and I’m sure EC will be able to put me right on this – but there seem to be signs of paranoid schizophrenia here. EC, in the third screenshot up, there appears to be a bit missing at the end, where Mel starts to quote MKD. It might just be the word ‘her’ but I’m wondering if we’re missing anything juicy. Just wondering – seeing as CCN charge such high fees to all their broadcasters, it is essentially a business. Does anyone know whether it’s registered as such and pays taxes to the Dutch authorities? Hope Gull says: Plus, as Sam rightly points out, Mel should think about the innocent people of Hampstead whom she’s accused of being baby-raping cannibals. What will their grandchildren think when they hear Mel’s accusations about Granddad and Grandma?! I see Spivey has a new go fund me page. CHRISTOPHERS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. He’s got 4k costs to pay now in total. Kristie Sue – several years behind as always – has just “revealed” the McMartin Pre-School case on her Farcebook page. That’s the case that everyone else (except that weirdo Dave Shouter) gave up on years ago. The case where all the kids grew up and admitted they’d made it all up. Yip. Speaking of Shouter, I was wondering why he’d suddenly stopped talking about us for the last few days. I now realise it’s because he’s in love: And it’s already raised a whopping £32. LOL https://gogetfunding.com/christophers-right-to-free-speech Come visit our Jason Streatham range at: https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/main-players/trolls/comment-page-1/#comment-57261 All passed on to the police. Bloody Norah! MK stands for Maurice Kirk. Ultra means ‘extreme’. Join the dots people! Spivey always brags about how many people read his blog ‘supposedly’ so he should have all the money in no time at all, if that is the case. I must admit that i also think she is pretty damn hot. I never thought i’d ever agree with Shurter. What a lovely man Jason seems to be. Always has a kind word for everyone that he meets usually followed up by a death threat of some sort. I can’t really comment on Sandy as reading her words just make me feel kinda sad for her. To Mel’s credit, I think she did her best to be supportive and kind to Sandy; more to come on this, but my sense is that she wasn’t aware of the depth and breadth of Sandy’s illness until it was too late. I would pay good money not to be in the room when that happened. Mel Ve says: WOW Liza… I don’t even have children and have no intention of having any, so chill, no hypothetically traumatised grandchildren here for you too get your panties in a twist about. Thank you El Coyote, that is unfortunately the truth of the matter. I had no idea of just how severe Sandy’s mental health issue was until I got to work with her in-depth we did. She would often end our discussions that we had on Zoom or Skype with comments like “I can’t wait for it all to be over” or “I am looking forward to going back to the galaxy” or some other suicide insinuating one liner, which were nothing more than cries for attention. I have no time for that kind of energetic vampirism… If someone wants to kill themselves, let them… I am here to work with those that want to survive and thrive. I know it was probably not the best thing to do to have told Sandy that if she wants to kill her self she must do it, but I was so sick of her sucking energy out of me by wanting me to tell her “no, don’t do it, we love you, we need you, the world will miss you if you are gone.” I am hoping this will give some insight into what went on behind the scenes and what I went through at the hands of Sandy and Angela, who have made me out to be the the issue, when I have offered nothing but support in every way. It is a registered business and it is set up in an offshore trust as I am a South African citizen living in Holland and I am legally entitled to do that. The fees are not high at all, and our broadcasters pay for a service we provide, which by the accounts of our most professional broadcasters, is an invaluable one. Now why don’t you stop whining Spiny Norman. You seem to have a real problem with people trying to make a living and survive. When did that become a crime? At least we am not claiming benefits. We work very hard for the little that we get and even then, we still struggle to pay all the bills that needs to get paid to keep this project afloat… so just back the fuck off mate. You have no idea what it takes to run a project like this and how we are set up. You cheap pot shots at me and what I do only show what a nasty monster you are inside. I understand that concern and agree that it’s important not to further aggravate her. I had to think carefully about whether, and how, to present this material, for that reason. However, I also think that Sandy has been made aware that many people think she is mentally unwell, so this cannot come as news to her. Angela has an unerring radar for the vulnerable and mentally ill, and I have no doubt that she’s got some plan in mind vis à vis Sandy, as well. In fairness, Mel was not urging Sandy to think about how she’d look when her descendants Googled her, but letting her know that a commenter had made some serious allegations about her. Whoops, sorry! No, nothing juicy, but I’ll find the missing bit and patch it in. Yes, the children in the McMartin case grew up to tell of how they were browbeaten into giving the “right” answers to the social workers who questioned them. One man said he knew that what he was saying wasn’t right, but he was an obedient kid who liked to please the adults around him, and when he said nothing had happened they seemed very displeased. Only when he began making up fantasy stuff like “we went for rides in spacecraft” and “the teachers were witches and flew around on broomsticks” did the adults around him seem satisfied, offering him praise for being a “good boy” and “telling the truth”. Now, imagine that with Abe and Ella and a few metal spoons heated up on the stove, and you’ve got Hoaxtead. He’s a charmer, all right! LOL! Can’t argue with you there. I know what you mean, AF. I think of what it must be like to live in an inner world that terrifying, and it really defies imagination. Turns out that Alanson’s post about the “terrorist Jews” was beyond the pale, even by Farcebook standards. #SickBitch And there you have it, folks – Ricky Dearman has the same physique as another innocent man from the 80s. Therefore, they are both baby-raping cannibals…er…or something. Go Detective Costa! : Hashtag woman scorned… Oh dear – watch out, Mel! LOL 😀 Great result yet again SSFS. You have an incredible success strike rate with Facebook. Kristie Sue’s husband has a similar physique too. Oh Ricky, if only you had the same physique as Arfur – then you could qualify as one of Kristie’s “big teddy bears” instead of a baby-eating satanist. D’oh! Yeah – form an orderly queue, ladies. Phwoar! It is something that i would hope to never go through, as you said EC it must be terrifying. “I don’t even have children and have no intention of having any” Finally, a bit of good news. Phew! Melania is about as exciting as an old mop. “I have no time for that kind of energetic vampirism… If someone wants to kill themselves, let them” Woah! 😦 “comments like “I can’t wait for it all to be over” or “I am looking forward to going back to the galaxy” or some other suicide insinuating one liner, which were nothing more than cries for attention. I have no time for that kind of energetic vampirism… If someone wants to kill themselves, let them… I am here to work with those that want to survive”. Thanks for clearing that up Mel. Sandy’s mentally ill cries for help were energetic vampirism and people who want to kill themselves should just do it. Wow great advice, maybe a job in mental health would suit you better, the Black Widow of psychotherapists. Mel, not giving a shit about a friend of yours saying she’s going to kill herself is bad enough. But repeatedly urging her to do so is a whole other matter. So I ask for a fourth time: do you regret doing so? Yes or no? iamichabod says: The truth about the origin of the McMartin case, is buried in the middle of the Franklin Scandal expose piece on this blog. Woah! Where did that come from, Mel? 😮 I have no problem with people making a living. Where did you get that from? And where exactly did I accuse you of committing a crime? I merely asked a question – I didn’t mean to touch a nerve. That was just an added bonus 😀 It does, however, make one question your frequent claims about not being in this for the money, when you’ve just openly admitted that you’re running a business. #Jusayin As for telling me to “just back the fuck off mate” and calling me a “nasty monster inside”, I think that is what you yourself would call trolling (and you have blocked us for far less). I refuse to retaliate, though, as I won’t stoop to your level. For the record, here is my original question: I’ve reposted it for all to see that I was not whining, that I was not rude in anyway, that I was not attacking you, that I did not question your right to make a living and that I am not a monster. This is a free and independent blog that supports free speech and I have a right to ask such questions without being met with a torrent of false accusations and ad hominem abuse. #jusayin Yeah, 200 Euros a month to get access to a free YouTube channel and an average of 6 live viewers. Very reasonable, I’d say. Hashtag Cuntwaffle says: The claim about being flushed into underground tunnels via giant toilets is my own personal favourite. I don’t know much about Sandy but this time of attitude to mental health is very backwards for someone who claims to be trying to make the world a better place. https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/believe-the-children-mach-1 https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2015/08/09/when-sra-hoax-kids-grow-up https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/believe-the-children-mach-1/ “The McMartin Preschool connection Far away in California, Jackie McGauley was one of the McMartin Preschool case parents. She claimed that her daughter had been abused by the owner’s adult son, Ray Bucky. McGauley also happened to be best friends with Judy Johnson, the McMartin mother whose claims about her young son Mathew being sodomized—and she suspected, by Bucky—are often cited as the origin of that case. There has been a lot of analysis and speculation about Johnson’s mental health, possible addiction problems and parental competence over the years. Sometimes she is depicted as a delusional hysteric, whose fantasies of child abuse supposedly fuelled the original Satanic ritual abuse panic. This is not the objective truth of the matter, however. The truth is that Johnson’s friend Jackie McGauley was, by her own words, the real “SRA typhoid Mary” of the preschool/ daycare/ foster care SRA panic. [6] In fact, the most likely perpetrator of whatever abuse Johnson’s son and McGauley’s daughter might have suffered would not be Ray Bucky; it would be the boyfriend Jackie McGauley had at that time. McGauley and Johnson’s children were frequently play-date visitors at each others’ homes, and sometimes unaccompanied by their own parent. It is very plausible that both McGauley’s child and Johnson’s son were occasionally looked after, in McGauley’s home, solely by this boyfriend when McGauley was out of the house. And unlike Ray Bucky, for whom no objective evidence documenting a sexual interest in little children was ever presented, McGauley’s boyfriend left behind a copy of the infamous “Lollitots” CSA images magazine amongst other possessions in her house after they broke up. That’s objective evidence. McGauley did accuse this boyfriend of molesting her daughter, prior to when she believed that Bucky must have done so, but she never mentioned that this boyfriend would have had unsupervised access to Mathew Johnson as well. McMartin parent meets ‘Michelle Remembers’ shrink Jackie McGauley met with Dr Lawrence Pazder [author of Michelle Remembers], early in the investigation, and states: It is true about Pazder introducing the idea of SRA to us. Some read his book later, I never read it through. It was Michele’s case and I don’t particularly like to read stuff about other people’s cases. Larry was introduced to a small group of parents in early 80s by 20/20 producer Ken Wooden who did the series on our case. Ken did a whole show focusing on satanism (some words I refuse to capitalize.. like satanism and ted just out of principle.) Larry went back to Canada but Ken talked extensively to parents about the idea of satanism. Jackie McGauley organized the first “SRA child victim’s parents group”, which she called “Affirming Children’s Truth”, and held the first lay-led for-profit conference on the subject. By 1987, McGauley was living with clinically paranoid “satanic abuse and murder cults are everywhere, and they run our society” retired FBI agent Ted Gunderson. John DeCamp and Ted Gunderson were buddies, they worked together on the Larouche cult publication, “EIR Special publication on Satanism”, in 1990. According to Jackie McGauley, the Nebraska ladies—Kathleen Sorenson and Kristen Hallberg—“were at my place in 1985 or perhaps 1984. McMartin broke in 1983”, and “The Nebraska ladies heard of our conference and flew to L.A. to attend. They happened to stay with me at my apartment. The details of their case was just another case to me. I didn’t even understand their entire story”. But that, of course, was because they didn’t have their own story to tell at that time. Kathleen Sorenson & Kristen Hallberg didn’t have their own “child’s SRA or elite pedophile ring allegation stories” to tell until 1986. Learning to guide children’s allegations So what were they doing in McGauley’s apartment, attending “Affirming Children’s Truth” meetings, in 1984 or ’85? They were there, learning how to manipulate children into telling you what you want to hear from them, how to guide and shape the child’s fantasy stories so it appears they are making exactly the allegation that you want/need them to make”. Jackie McGauley/MacGauley is the “McMartin mom” who commissioned the excavation, fronting for her boyfriend Ted Gunderson who was perpetually broke. Affirming Children’s Truth preceded Believe [US] the Children, which was really Kathleen Sorenson’s baby and collapsed not long after her death. You know who’s behind all this, don’t you – Martin Kemp. We’re through the looking glass here, people. Thanks, AF. My MI5 and Mossad connections help too, to be fair. Don’t forget to screenshot that one, Kristie Sue. lol Liza. Oh dear. It look’s like Angie is about to set the Abba God on CCN. It’s will be “Waterloo” for Mel and Biggi 🙂 I don’t know what’s worse. Sandy’s fruity language or Ann’s suggestion to share Angela (seriously, Ann – you can keep her): Mel, i have watched your ‘show’ and i just wondered why you are always sat on the throne? Do you suffer from constipation or is it because your Farmer Giles are playing up? You may have offered Sandy support Mel but it was at a price, the cash Sandy had to pay to you. Yes Aaron, hardly something that can be considered value for money. Mr. R. Sole says: Good question, Hugh. And judging by the look on Mel’s face at times, I’d definitely say she had issues with her Emma Freuds. Perhaps next time i am in the chemist i’ll buy a tube of Anusol cream and send it to Mel in the post. With knobs on. Don’t knock it GOS, it’s been a long time since i had action with a woman. Which reminds me my kitchen mop needs replacing, the poor thing is shagged out. Well one things for certain,she definately needs to avoid wiping her arse with Sandy papers. That makes me think of the toilet scene from the film Trainspotting. OMG i hope Kristie Sue has reported her husband for his physique. Mel, can I have my bolt cutters back, please. I think I left them at your place a few weeks back. Martin Kemp has been staring us in the face all this time and look at his physique, say no more. OMG, the physique! Good spot, AP! Someone should alert that nice Detective Costa immediately. I thought that Sandy was merely passing comment on the two names above hers. Mark Knopfler says: You should be, mate, what with your financial problems and all. I hear you’re in dire straits. LOL, wouldn’t that be a doozy! Sadly, though, she’s merely referring to Jimmy Savile and Ted Heath. By the way, correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t the Heath allegations turn out to be complete bill-hooks? I believe you are indeed correct about the Heath allegations Liza. Chris Divvy says: http://chrisspivey.org/a-sort-of-sunday-spiv Aww, poor old Spivey. LOL By the way, should he not be asking what happened to the funds raised by the one that was taken down? I think it had reached a grand, hadn’t it? I’m not a psychiatrist either, but I’ve dealt with a few mentally ill people in my time, and I’ve had to learn some of the signs. I wouldn’t necessarily go so far as paranoid schizophrenia with Sandy, but I would say she has some sort of delusional disorder, along with her drug addiction issues. She really needs to see an expert, who might be able to help. Dual diagnoses like that can be hard to treat, but not impossible. Sorry to be slow today, SN—nursing a nasty cold, and my head feels like it’s full of cotton wool. Here’s how that clip ended: The McKenzies Devils (troll) channel has said that I have fallen out with Angie and that CCN has rejected her because of all sorts of reasons. Please make a point of saying on the show something to the effect of “Angie is a valued part of the CCN team “ When RD’s children grow up, if they should ever have occasion to say anything about their ordeal in Morocco, I expect that people like Kristie Sue will continue to insist that they really were sexually abused by a cult, but have now been brainwashed into covering it up. This is the problem with conspiracy theories: no matter how much evidence one produces to show that something could not have happened the way the troofers say it did, troofers will just invent a new story to explain why the old story was really true after all. It’s a never-ending cycle of fantasy upon fantasy, and honestly I don’t think there’s much point in arguing it with them. The best we can do is keep speaking the truth, and know that the vast majority of people are neither as thick nor as deluded as the average hoax pusher. “Beyond the pale”…I like it! 😀 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Settlement Thanks, EC. I can rest now, unlike this feller: http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/HancocksHalfHour/TheMissingPage/Part1.htm I reckon she’ll go with claiming that they’re clones/crisis actors. Sorry to hear about the cold, by the way. I trust that Ma Coyote is looking after you. Two ‘new ones’ from APD. I think they’re old ones re-uploaded. By the way, Happy Brewer had a visit from the boys and girls in blue over his interview. He was cautioned and is bound by a court order, so he won’t be happy about Angela re-uploading it. https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2015/11/24/another-small-victory Perhaps he was reported to GoFundMe as trying to raise funds to pay a court penalty arising out of his criminal conviction. Isn’t he on a good behaviour bond? I don’t know what their policies are but it seems to me that if people could use this method to pay for penalties issued by a court it defeats the purpose of the law being able penalize people for their illegal actions and this would be highly immoral. It would be a shame if he were reported again. Is Spivey breaking these rules: 7. the promotion of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance of any kind relating to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender or gender identity, or serious disabilities or diseases; 12. the defense or support of anyone alleged to be involved in criminal activity; 16. credit repair or debt settlement services. Hahahahahaha! 😀 Dear Angela Power Disney. God has given up on you. It is doubtful any angel would touch you with a barge pole let alone march to war for you. Satan has dibs on your soul, yes, I am going to be there to drag you off to Hell with me when your time comes. Stealing food out of the mouths of hungry African orphans; backstabbing everyone you come into contact with; hypocrisy; greed; vanity; thieving; dishonesty; pride… the list of your wicked sins weigh heavy on your soul. The demons are going to have an eternity of fun with you in Hell. ‘Mel Ve KNEW The Sandy Bergen History Of Drug & Sex Related Problems In 2015’ Oh God, Sandy really digs herself a hole over her views on homosexuals. For once I’m with Miles Johnson. “James Bartley does not want me to say his name on any interview.” #Priceless Fuck’s sake, Sandy – John Ono Lennon was not John Lennon’s son. He was John Lennon. Sheesh! “It does sound like you’ve been taken for a ride.” Even Miles Johnson is unconvinced by Sandy’s bizarre claims! I may be reading too much into this but I get the feeling Jason’s a little annoyed with me. Call me paranoid but it’s those little signs, you know… The fact that the outpouring of bile was edited is quite hilarious in itself. Better still Angie take the rest of your life off.Sorry just remembered you made that choice in your formative years and have been blaming everyone else for the consequences ever since. She could always go on another 30 years’ maternity leave (if the booze ‘n’ fags are kind enough to allow her that long). Jackson Trollocks says: Oh Gawd, I remember trying to watch this one and just giving up. So much of this can be explained by Drugs, people act differently and change and Drug addicts tend to stick together in volatile relationships. She was travelling across states and they were putting things in her car? maybe it was a drug run. Handlers and DID from SRA experts and Cathy O’Brien? I would say she got clean then started reading a lot of junk and that is her explanation for her bad life choices. No offense Sandy if you’re reading but your info is from fraudsters. Why do these people all seem to have a bottom fetish, and like being sexual about children and peoples mothers. Projecting much? They get off on it. And that’s saying something! I like her style! LOL Just send some of his press clippings. what a charming fellow. 18:10 when the screen is blank very chillingly Sandy says “My skin would peel”. No cocaine found in the hair strand tests… Just evidence of cannabis consumption. Soooo? Sad really seeing people spout that amount of hatred. For what? I think some people enjoy being riled up, like their anger is a drug. I feel for Sandy. Seeing inexplicable things, believing people are doing things as she suggests must be genuinely frightening. I’ve known people who have experienced similar delusions. Not good. Yes, that’s my feeling too. Roger lives! 🙂 SOME of this guys vids are brilliant…and a nice, light change from all the trufer nastiness: I never went away, Sir. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCekoZV5jMlxMB9pYqz5lkCA I’ve just been cocooned in my work. Ooookay… Wow, this woman is really out there! Starfleet command? Try admiral of the fleet! Hunted in the year she was born? Go baby go! LOL 😀 Amazing physical prowess! How many newborn babies are capable of running through a forest? And how many people can remember things that happened when they were newborn babies? 😀 http://hollowayexpress.co.uk/protesters-demonstrate-against-the-governments-silence-on-child-abuse Shame on the Holloway Express for reporting Angie’s claims as fact. When Belinda started on her StarChild fundraising for mysterious purposes, got in with the Exopolotics Nibiru intergalactic negotiations believers, she didn’t realise some truly believe it and want to live in her secret underground bunker. Funny AF. Pingback: The Sandy Papers 2: How it all came crashing down \| HOAXTEAD RESEARCH HAHA that was a great find, she even left a comment! Yes, that’s appallingly shoddy reporting. Sadists – proper ones, not the Christian Grey type. I would say that the problem with screenshots including the one I took above is that anyone can make those accounts and pretend to be someone else. This is clearly him, but can be easily dismissed as inconclusive evidence. Unless you have the I.P. Address or account details from the site anything can be shopped or edited. Even archiving doesn’t prove that the person is not an immitator or troll. We can all catch them out but they will ask for proof of identity. Original thread where he felt the need to bring up something absolutely unrelated, only found through searching his name. The amount of views are really high for a site I have never heard of. http://pcook.ru/watch/72OznY9ByZo/15-years-old-girl-survive-illuminati-satanic-rituals-abuse-pt-1.html Also search – https://www.google.com/#q=%22jason+streatham+cars+24%2F7+minicab+service%22 do not jest- Fiona Barnett was “combat ready” at age 6 and a trained sniper with a photographic memory. And I was a baby ninja, but do you hear me boasting about it? Oh my God. Steve was an old friend of mine who used to crash on my living room floor. His heart attack was nothing to do of course with the copious amounts of drugs he took. LOL, good spot! 😀 “Downloading my thoughts.” “Poisoning my food.” She’s even seeing subliminal messaging which isn’t there. I know someone with schizophrenia who said those exact words when he wasn’t taking his medication. I agree she needs to be assessed, or at least try and get off illegal drugs, some of which could result in the same experiences she finds herself going through on a daily basis. The exploitation of the mentally ill by the hoaxers is one of the vilest aspects to this whole thing. Did anyone see this article:- http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/595391/A-liar-and-a-fantasist-James-Calbolt-sentenced-to-12-years I remember coming across comments made by this guy on an internet forum a few years’ back. Tbh, my impression at that time was that he himself was suffering from mental illness, but there may have been method to his madness, as it were.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1257
__label__wiki	0.548482	0.548482	Further thoughts on Sabine’s verdict It’s going to be some time before all the dust settles on Sabine McNeill’s trial, but by now many are aware of the verdict: she was found guilty on all four counts of stalking, as well as on six counts of breaching her restraining order. Bear in mind that Sabine has not been sentenced yet; that will take place later this week, and while we’ve heard any number of guesses as to how it might go, ultimately it will be up to the court to decide. Today we thought we’d delve into the whys and wherefores of Friday’s verdict: which charges stuck, which didn’t, and what it may mean. It’s important to remember that juries do not give reasons for their decisions; their job is to weigh the evidence and make a unanimous decision. Any guesses we may make as to their thoughts or motives are purely speculative. However, the charges on which the jury came back with “not guilty” decisions do have some characteristics in common, and it might be useful to consider what those were, as it can give us insight into what will and will not stand up in court in any future cases. Stalking charges On Day 2 of Sabine’s 18-day trial, Miranda Moore QC, prosecuting, laid out the foundation for the four charges of stalking: Counts 1–4, she said, allege that between 2015 and 2017, Sabine pursued a course of conduct which amounted to stalking four individuals who were named as alleged Satanic child abusers by Ella Draper in 2014. These people cannot be named due to reporting restrictions designed to protect the identities of children involved in this case. As a result, the people involved have had to change their lives drastically. Not only were their families investigated by social services to determine whether they were sexually abusing their children, but they have suffered from ruined businesses, and have had to deal with unimaginable emotional and physical impacts. Stalking is a crime which takes place over a period of time, and has a cumulative effect, Moore said. Although Sabine’s defence counsel argued that these individuals were not targeted deliberately, and that Sabine was misguided and deluded but could not have foreseen that her actions could be interpreted as stalking, the jury found Sabine guilty on all four of these counts. One point of particular interest is that in Rupert Quaintance’s August 2017 trial, it was argued—unsuccessfully, as it turned out—that targeting a group of people did not constitute stalking individuals within that group. Rupert’s jury didn’t buy it, and neither did the Court of Appeal when Rupert attempted to challenge his verdict and sentence. In Sabine’s trial, HHJ Sally Cahill QC made a point of noting that when a group of people is targeted, individuals within that group can legitimately claim to have been targeted. “To target a readily identifiable group is to target the members of that group”, she said. To determine guilt on the stalking charges required that the jury determine: Whether Sabine had definitely engaged in a course of conduct amounting to harassment; Whether this harassment amounted to stalking; Whether the stalking caused serious alarm or distress; Whether she knew or ought to have known that her behaviour would cause such alarm or distress; Whether it was more likely than not that her behaviour was for the purpose of detecting or preventing a crime; and Whether her behaviour was reasonable Clearly, the jury was able to fulfill these criteria, and found the defendant guilty. Breaches of restraining order The “breach of restraining order” charges can be roughly broken down into four groups: Direct posts to Sabine’s Whistleblower Kids blog; Links which led to Sabine’s Google Drive, which contained files such as one labelled “Cult Details”, naming the parents and children who were claimed to be part of the Satanic baby-eating cult in Hampstead; Two “live” breaches—one in person at the Church of England Synod in February 2018, and one by phone shortly thereafter; Links to Twitter and/or Facebook, which led to various sites such as Change.org or WordPress blogs, which in turn led back to the Whistleblower Kids blog. The jury seemed far less inclined to vote “guilty” on alleged breaches in the last category, possibly because an element of doubt was raised about the “link to a link to a link” issue. To determine guilt, each juror must be as sure as they can be that the defendant committed the crime, and that they intended to do so. In the case of the “link to a link to a link” charges, we can see how this would be very difficult to decide. For example, Count 14 on the indictment was returned as “not guilty”. The details of this count were that on 20 November 2017, Sabine tweeted a link which led to an article on “digital unaccountability” on her We Who Oppose Deception blog. On the sidebar of that post, one can find a link to a Change.org petition called “Stop the Forced Removal of Children by Social Services across all EU Member States”. A link was found on that page which linked back to Whistleblower Kids. While the Crown argued that this was just a particularly wily way to re-share old material, the jury’s problem would have been to determine whether Sabine was aware of what she was doing. Did she know that in tweeting a link to one blog, she was inadvertently sending some viewers to another, and then another, which contained material which her restraining order prohibited her from re-sharing? Whether one believes that it was an intentional breach or not, an element of doubt might have been raised, and that would have been quite properly sufficient to generate a verdict of “not guilty” on that charge. Others of a similar ilk were also rejected by the jury. The charges which stood, meanwhile, were those were it was relatively easy to demonstrate intent. As Sabine’s defence pointed out, the entire Whistleblower Kids blog was one gigantic breach of the restraining order…except that there was never any order in place to remove it from the internet. Given Sabine’s determination to keep the Hampstead hoax going, we would not have expected her to remove that blog without a significant push from the courts. When Sabine drew attention to the blog in a more obvious way—by posting seemingly irrelevant poetry on it, for example—it was clear that she was attempting to attract public attention to the site and its nasty contents. She was, as she admitted, on a campaign; and she stated during the trial that she would believe in this hoax as long as she draws breath. This case was a complex one, and from time to time we wondered what the jury must be making of it all. It seems that they really did get the picture. 15/12/2018 in Legal news. Tags: guilty, restraining order, Sabine McNeill, stalking, trial Neelu violates her restraining order for the Nth time Update: Sabine McNeill trial set for January ← Sabine McNeill on trial: Day 18 Wesley Hall’s latest claim: ‘Gang-stalked’ in Spain? → 117 thoughts on “Further thoughts on Sabine’s verdict” GROBNOB the Troll says: I’m looking forward till the sentencing on Wednesday, that’s when I’ll be celebrating 🤣😂🤣 LOL Looks like Princess Eddie has found some quality dupes there. Thanks for the explanations given in this post. This is helpful as I’ve been wondering about it. Overall, the Jury did an excellent job, IMO. It would have been difficult for them to come to a unanimous decision on whether one could remember which links were on the sidebar of one’s various blogs. So I understand the Not Guilty verdicts in that respect. Video now removed by user… after some of us told him some truths. 😂 Managed to salvage a few comments before he deleted them and blocked us all (which he did before deleting the whole video): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PGulKmIY5bwA4gMHQpYqlWmsy7L8NXOu Unfortunately I was just a pinch too late for one fairly long thread that was a hoot to read. And I was literally seconds too late in trying to download the actual video. Folder includes contributions from Michael of the Mouse Family. Agent M and others. Go team! 🥇 “Any guesses we may make as to their thoughts or motives are purely speculative.” I’m torn between ’12 Angry Men’… and 12 emotionally drained individuals who’d had to sit through several days of technical legalese and Sabine talking bollocks in her best Frau Farbissna voice and had buses to catch. More hilarity and desperation from Cat ‘Invernessie’ Scot… https://spidercatweb.blog/jokestead-trollz Eddieisok is an odd case. If I recall correctly when he was called up in front of the judge he responded “I only wanted to film the trollls”. Firstly how on earth he could figure out who these imaginary trolls are is a mystery but does it not occur to these folk that filming everyone going into a court case is highly risky?. He could have filmed witnesses who then felt intimidated and may re-think their position. One thing I am amused / horrified by is the media when they film accused persons and ask them idiotic questions as they go into court -” did you rob those 5 banks?” with the usual response coming form their lawyer “not answering questions etc”. It’s so close to trying to get a physical reaction and indeed, in the “Tommy Robinson” madness he was claiming various people going into a court case were “Muslim rapists” without really knowing. I recall a case here in Oz some years ago when a police prosecutor was charged with possession of child abuse material. At sentencing about 12 people gave written references (entirely normal) as to previous good character, charity work done etc, murderers convicted under his actions and so on. A tabloid newspaper published the images of these referees (all fairly well known people- academics and so on) with a horribly worded article that implied “friends of the pervert”. The editor was hauled into court and torn strips off for interfering in a normal court process and told by the judge those who in the future who chose to author a reference may feel they can not do it. And when the reference authors decided to sue, the newspaper caved in immediately and each one was given $40,000 in compo which was bloody good money for one letter ! The Kincorth Gazette says: And from the Beast of Kincorth… …Yet still no mention of his beloved Cat’s vicious attacks on his hero David Scot. Funny that 🤭 I see Andy ‘Tick Tock’ Devine is still planning on bringing down the entire corrupt British establishment via video from a village in Greece. He’s a hands-off activist. Now supporting the “Yellow (or was it Orange) Vests” who rampaged across London bridge bringing traffic to a standstill. All 30 of them as opposed to the estimated 300,000 plus who have demonstrated across France. Their major achievement seems to have been to block an ambulance with siren blaring that was trying to get through the traffic. Way to win friends and influence people. The Garden Fence Gossiper says: Word on the street (Twitter Street, to be precise) is that coke intake has contributed to Eddie’s paranoia. Allegedly and without prejudice of course. Apparently MKD is currently putting together a video which includes a clip of Devine admitting to dubious ulterior motives for promoting Gordon Bowden. Watch this space… The mad bint has actually given out her own email address there, along with Angela’s, John Paterson’s and Hope Girl’s 😂 I haven’t laughed so much since her “friend” at Holliegreigjustice accidentally posted a screenshot that contained her home address 🤭 “The World is watching” Good of him to finally admit to this blog’s popularity 🙂 Note to Cat: get someone to proofread your next post. Someone with a passing knowledge of English grammar who knows how to use a spellchecker. Mkay? “All they are doing is spreading dis information [sic]” Oh the irony 🙄 Just wondering why Cat’s spelling and grammar are particularly poor tonight. It’s a real mystery 🤔 Haha, when you click on ‘Source’ at the bottom, you get this: You couldn’t make it up 😂 Aww, bless… World of Heather says: I bet Sabine’s bosom buddy Heather Brown (aka Pru Halliwell, aka Suzy Jones) is really pissed off about this verdict, hehe 🤭 Meanwhile in the world of new-age cults: Three women dubbed the Witches of Wernberg for being part of an occultist sect are being held in custody in Austria on suspicion of murdering a pensioner, committing arson and defrauding elderly people of at least €1 million. They were arrested last month after a wealthy woman aged 72 was strangled in the town of Villach. The suspects are named only as Margit T and her alleged disciples Barbara H and Melitta O. Police said that the three women and their fraud victims, mainly elderly women living alone, were part of an “occult, sect-like circle” led by Margit, a self-professed medium who practices spiritual healing and offers reflexology massage in the village of Wernberg. More than ten people are believed to have fallen for the… That’s so sad. Using kiddie-script to “prove” we’re a WordPress blog. Yeah, she’s been encouraging Eddie/Paul in his sad attempt to get his friends to hack this site. 🙄 I’d also have been concerned in case Eddie/Paul filmed jurors coming and going. Bloody irresponsible. That’s really disturbing. Which presents us with a serious dilemma, EC… …Are they more like the Krankees or the Chuckle Brothers? I shall have a coffee while I ponder this important question. Well, with Natalie Stubbs Bradshaw and Marc Armour in tow, they’re more like the Marx Brothers imo. That said, these bumbling buffoons’ hilarious attempts to get hold of people’s personal info’ is more akin to Laurel & Hardy’s efforts to get that piano up the stairs. Minus the charm, of course. I’ve never been called for jury service (been a witness though in civil cases) and often wondered what it would be like. I’d be very attentive and take copious notes but the notion of getting to the court by 9am horrifies me. If it was a long case I’d be very happy to be ensconced in a 5 star hotel with room service though. Who is Jon Weger? For the record: I can categorically state that I an NOT Baron Bernard Hogan-Howe. # I will not confirm or deny if asked if I am Cressida Dick. The Three Stooges comes to mind. Are jurors allowed to take notes? Lovely Rita says: Yes, in fact they are encouraged to do so. Pretty sure that sequestering a jury is a US thing. I think in England and Wales jurors are sent home with instructions not to discuss it with anyone which is why the rules on reporting are far stricter. We also do not know the numbers involved in reaching the not guilty verdicts. Doubt in just one or two jurors would be sufficient in most cases. Also, unlike the US, a juror cannot say post trial why they or any other juror reached their verdict. There is also another aspect which a work colleague who served on a jury mentioned to me. He’s a hang ’em, flog ’em, throw away the key sort of person when it came to office discussions about crimes and I was well known as the office small “L” liberal. However, he said that he had a very difficult time finding someone guilty because the enormity of the decision and the impact on the accused. which is quite ironic, considering that the reason that many of the witnesses were there was because that Sabines release of the info was causing them to be alarmed by the people turning up to harass them… which eddieisnotok promptly showed what they meant by doing exactly that!!!! DOH!!!! Yes, I would find it difficult unless, as the judge said, I were completely sure the defendant was guilty. Juries literally hold the course of a person’s life in their hands. He was on orders from Angela, so of course his behaviour was dodgy. She sends lackeys to do her dirty work and take the heat, while she imagines herself safe from the law in Ireland. Hacking is a crime in the UK. It has serious jail time attached to the offence. Depending on severity, 2, 5, or 10 years jail. It is also much easier to prove than harassment thanks to the helpful requirement on UK ISPs to log all traffic through their servers. Persons inciting others to hack are also liable. These crimes do not rely on interpretation or intent. If you attempt to access someone else’s account without authorisation you are guilty. Useful info, Sage, thanks. EC. This is just too funny to be left as a Twitter only post! Good Lord, this Natalie bloke is a tad angry, of course Angela is sharing it. It’s Hoaxtead, John. HOAXTEAD! Get it right, John Paterson with one ‘T’. 😡 Without a doubt! 😁 This is a hoot. Thanks for the link. 😂 Is this a mock-up by MotMF? I checked on Angie’s FB timeline when this went up on Twitter and it wasn’t there. And she rarely takes posts down. Very funny mock-up if it is, to be fair. Worthy of entry into the HR memes folder, I would suggest. The original tweet. MKD’s comment is a little ambiguous but he seems to be suggesting it’s something she might say: Don't put it past her,. @angiepowerdisne pic.twitter.com/NRBaRFmqQJ — Michael of the Mouse Family (@MichaeloftheMo1) December 16, 2018 I assumed it was a spoof. But it is just so funny! 😂😂😂 Warning to all: please do not fall for Yannis Emmanouel’s butter-wouldn’t melt act. He’s currently trying to suck up to people on Twitter and elsewhere, particularly to newbies who may not be aware of who he is. He is most likely trying to gather info and dirt on us for Angela and Kris Costa, as he has done in the past. He was the one who told Angela that I am a convicted paedophile and that he had newspaper articles to prove it. I’m not and he didn’t. He’s also part of the group that went after EC and her family and has doxed others from here to the fruitloops and put them and their families in danger. He’s a nasty piece of work – please watch your backs Yup. Well said, Tinribs. Not enough info for the uninitiated to narrow it down to an individual Yannis. Do you mean @trelopireotis? He’s dissed Stacey for winning Strictly. He will not win friends! OMG, that’s a hilarious find! Thanks, Lucca 😆 “Yolande is a scraper. She’s all over the Hoaxtead website with Scarlet Scoop.” Quote of the week 😆 Now he’s banging on about “Elm Street Studios in the 60s”. Do you think perhaps he means Elstree Studios? 🙄 Fruitcake quote alert… “Your crimes have been undercovered” 😆 https://www.facebook.com/watchparty/969036719953193/?entry_source=FEED “That’s called slander or misogyny” 🙄 “Dirty fucking blood-drinking Jews” 🙄 No death threat to me and my family there, then 🙄 “Some of them are about tae have a very bad year” Hehe, we’ll see 😜 Sorry, I forget that bloke’s name (sorry, he’s too unimportant to remember) but I think he’s just in a foul mood because of his beloved Catriona Selvester turning on his idol David Scot, hehe 😆 Yeah, shall we go back to ignoring this prick? I can’t remember his name either. Noncilvy or something. He’s the bloke who abused his own daughter, right? Marc is very annoyed that EC and Scarlet aren’t locked up 😆 ‘PewDiePie printer hackers strike again’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46552339 Shall I post something quite obvious about that purported police email or shall I just titter to myself. I thought that stuff he is smoking was meant to calm a person down. 😂 Ahhh, she copied it out wrong. Had a little look.So, the stuff she has used has scraped people’s names from the published part of the website and provided suggested people or emails of interest to the topic. Sooooo sinister soooo eeeeeevil EC. This is what happens when you are not blessed with brains and then burn the rest out watching conspiracy crap. Robert Green, Cat’s hero, contacts police quite often and enters into chummy correspondence. I think Robert Green must be a SIS stooge groomed to make them look like idiots who couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag. There is a little hook in the para above to make their tiny minds all wibbly. Nasty lying cow! Oh, for feck’s sake 🙄 Trafficking in drugs and children, all while sitting in a courtroom in Southwark. Talk about multitasking. Does she own her house? It’s the first question a lawyer asks before suggesting libel proceedings. Irish defamation laws are far stricter than England and Wales. A mother and her son obtained €40,000 in damages after the child’s foster parents posted defamatory comments about the boy’s birth mother on Facebook. Ah, the irony. Living in Ireland has largely protected her from her unlawful behaviour in respect to harassment and contempt. Living in Ireland could see her in far worse trouble in respect of liability for defamation! “Something will happen”. Talk about hedging yer bets. Catching up with Flo. So, Mel Ve, she says she was a refugee from SA? In 1999? So the end of Apartheid was starting to kick in properly. look at her channel. She has always struck me as just a nasty racist bigot mixed up with new age stuff. “The Official Illuminati”? Come on, everyone knows that they sold out and went mainstream years ago. Siouxie Zoo says: There are a few things I don’t understand about Mel Ve’s current take on the situation of Sabine’s conviction. Why does she think the guilty verdict proves the hoax was a hoax when others here reminded her proof that Ella and Abe dreamt the whole thing up came in Judge Pauffley’s ruling? How does she imagine her role in promoting and hosting APD ends now when her evidence will be vital in proving APD’s guilt on harassment charges soon? I think I just caught the last 45 minutes of Flo destroyer’s interview…..the way Mel Ve bristled when Sheva confronted her, in a very non-emotive way btw (I was very impressed by how calm and matter of fact Sheva was)…I mean Mel Ve totally lost the plot such was her anger with Sheva. Anyway, when EC shared some of the communications exchanged between both her and MV some months ago, I thought then that Mel Ve is quite abnormal…she was peculiar then, she’s peculiar now. It’s clear she’s self-obsessed and it’s very doubtful she’s a proper journalist given the high standard of professionalism required which includes being ethical to the nth degree. Grobnob made me laugh….he was absolutely correct in what he said. But I favour Flo’s imperative where he says the point of his hosting these discussions is to bring about resolution even though it seems like an uphill battle. This is why many of us revolted and joined the Illuminati Resistance as we claim the Official Illuminati are now just a bunch of old Fuddy Duddies and think World Domination is so yesterday. De-constructed Freemasons are always welcome in the resistance and while we haven’t yet formulated our policy on baby pizzas, a press release on this matter and others like mind manipulation will eventually be issued to the Truther Community. # We are soon to vote on whether King Hoani John Wanoa of Rotarua should be elected as King Of All Evil. I warned EC not to carry that bottle of Aspirin through Customs. Down wiv drugs! Kells Bells says: Sheva starts at 1.58 btw 2.17.00 onwards to 2.17.55 “Ugly, negative and vile’ and the hoaxers like APD, cat, neelu etc etc are all love and sunshine…. Mel really shows her bias towards the hoaxing community, and against the antihoaxers like Hoaxtead Research here, even now she tries to spin it as the antihoaxers were just so mean and nasty that it made the hoaxers more believable… I can’t think of a single time that anyone said here that it would be great if someone fed Mel through a woodchipper, yet that type of comment was made against an antihoaxer… (in best Southpark voice) Hoaxers did it! Has anyone here accused Mel of trafficking drugs and children??? Has anyone here threatened to cut Mel’s tongue out ?? The list of abuse FROM the hoaxers is incredible Yet we can all go to angies site and get a copy of all the death threats she’s received from us- right? um right? She said she had a list- what 2 years ago??? (crickets) If, hypothetically, someone had fallen for the frauds of Abe & Ella, and Kevin Annett, and Sacha Stone, and Webre, and SwissIndo, and QEG HopeGirl, and the OPAL free-energy / freemen caravan, to the point of participating in all these frauds; and if that person sat down for an honest self-appraisal of the predispositions that made her so gullible in matters of fraud; then it would be worth listening to. Judge Judy says: Perhaps it’s that hot Mediterranean sun but Andy Tick Tock Devine seems to think a letter writing campaign to the Judge means they will dismiss a juries decision. It’s the first thing a solicitor will ask in Australia in a potential libel case. They can also get a court to place a (real – Not Neelu style) lien on a defendent’s property to stop them disposing of asserts as defamation cases usually take a couple of years. They can also request a judge order a defendant (or plaintiff) to pay into the court sums of money if there is a feeling a person will use the court to frustrate the process and run up costs they have no hope of paying. Most people could be bankrupted by a defamation action by costs alone and of course they won’t get legal aid. Any sensible solicitor will urge a defendant to reach a settlement asap if they believe the libel will be proved. That’s if the defendant has the money to pay a substantial deposit up front to their solicitor to defend them. Of course Rebecca Ireland has taken all this evidence to the authorities yes?. Or do they think they will fight these battles against Evil Incarnate via blog posts? Andy seems to be following neelu down the sovcit/FOTL path- cause that always works so well doesn’t it neelu…. Evangaloon says: In the Alfred Webre video Mel repeats the Jewish blood libel myth and somehow tries to tie it in with Hampstead because Golder’s Green is nearby. In a later video she says she’s not racist because she has friends of all races and some are apparently Jewish. She doesn’t seem to understand that a lot of racists say this – ‘I have a friend who is black/Asian/Jewish’ – and it means sod all. If I’d said what she said in the Webre video (which was a ridiculous attack on the Hampstead community and I don’t care if she didn’t name names) I’d be embarrassed but what stuck out most about Mel in After Dark was her arrogance. When they were giving humility out she was at the back of the queue. It’s not usually “that” expensive to get legal advice. In my case (I was the one being accused) the first consultation was free and there was a £500 retainer. Where it goes wrong is when that legal advice is ignored. With libel and defamation it is up to the person making the claim to prove that they are correct not the plaintiff. APD has not a shred of proof to back up her claims because they are baseless and she would be told to withdraw the remarks, apologise and pay whatever legal fees had been spent by the plaintiff and token damages to avoid it going to court. If you’re wondering, my legal advice was that my article was not libellous as it quite clearly was covered by the defence of parody and satire, I had made no representation that it was true and the man on the Clapham or any other omnibus would see it as such, so I copied their solicitors letter to the trade press which ran an article ridiculing them, replied in the manner of Arkell v Pressdram and heard no more! I’m Continuity Illuminati (said in a Northern Ireland accent ;-). We never sold out. Still worshipping Baal and Moloch, plus owls and …. all the other stuff. List of things that won’t happen. More worrying, he seems to believe that writing to a judge in an active trial is not illegal, and that the judge might actually read, let alone respond to his bizarre requests. Commercial Break says: MEDDLESOME EJITS:Tired of sitting on your lazy arse doing bugger all apart from typing frenetic bollocks to other nutters on the Innertube,whilst those whom work their butts off for the “system”seem uncannily favoured and rewarded by the “powers that be” like the Illuminati and other made up shite? Concerned you risk ending up washed up on the twisted shoreline of bile like Mel Ve,Power-Disney or Andy Devine and having the likes of Flo Destroyer et al expose you for the utterly useless twat you are rapidly becoming? JOB CENTER+ offer a range of alternative theraputic experiences designed to assist you keep one foot in reality and the police from your door(if its not too late). I was libeled by the News Of The World decades ago when they mistook me for someone else. It was the easiest money I’ve ever got as they settled within a couple of weeks- enough to buy a new car at the time. My partner in the project who was libeled by association was furious as he got 500 quid less. She did not take well to the end of white supremacy, and remains an Apartheid apologist. “Mel Ve is a South African born humanitarian, activist, author and independent media icon, who is descended from the Boers. This documentary tells the story of the people Mel Ve left behind in South Africa, and who are being genocidally slaughtered. “This controversial documentary film tells the story of the Boers, who they were, and why they were so important in South Africa’s history. We explore the events that led to the Anglo Boer wars, in which the Boers fought for their freedom from the forces of Imperialism. “Mel Ve controversially explores the true facts pertaining to APARTHEID, explaining some of the fallacies and lies that the world was fed in order to brainwash them into supporting the eventual presidency of Nelson Mandela, a known communist, terrorist and murderer.” Odd, isn’t it, the hit rate in finding yet another racist behind those promoting the hoax has to be in a range between 100-100%! It’s almost as if they spend their entire lives seething and fulminating about others. Sabine has made it into the Metro. https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/17/pensioner-facing-jail-accusing-primary-school-parents-satanic-abuse-8257489/ Not sure about the print edition. Her “Stop South African Genocide” website is hilarious. In theory it’s “Registered racists only”, but in practice you can access each page by hitting ‘esc’ after the main page has loaded but before the Registration code kicks in. For instance, http://stopsouthafricangenocide.org/current-affairs/mel-ve-resigns-from-the-sovereign-state-of-good-hope-24-october-2018/ — all about Mel Ve, and how much the secessionist State of Good Hope will miss her now that they have parted ways (somehow the South African republic didn’t notice that the State of Good hope had seceded). Just saw this. They were right about the verdict, but this is what comes of sending reporters into the courtroom without any prior knowledge of wtf they are going to be covering. Yes, that’s from the self declared king of disparate groups of peoples some of whom never have had kings or absolute rulers amongst themselves in the way this fool has declared himself king. I find arrogant scamming wankers and the fools that follow them morbidly fascinating. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_people https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoisan_languages If you have any other screenshots, I would be grateful. Attempting to coopt the Khoi/San seems to be a recurring feature among South African SovCits. The GiftofTruth nutbars take the same approach: https://giftoftruth.wordpress.com/?s=khoisan The underlying idea seems to be that the Khoi and San will realise that the Boer descendents are their natural ally against their common enemy, the Bantu-speaking groups. They weren’t my own screenshots, just embedded images from Mel’s site. Have they lifted anything direct from here? I find Mel Ve’s brain vomitings strangely compelling, so effusive, so little self awareness. She didn’t know any black South Africans until she was an adult, she met some black people in Uni and was amazed at how happy they were despite their poverty, she can tell you all about freedom movements in SA and black people’s motivations, hopes and dreams from the time before she was born. Apartheid was a bit of cruelty and rudeness. THIS IS IT. Not the police state and violent suppression I heard about I suppose. A regime so awful that the word Apartheid has skipped the country’s boundaries to be recycled when states are accused of brutally segregating and oppressing people. It took me one second to decide this King is just a king in his front room. What is Mel Ve’s problem, and is it catching? It is hard to believe that they would have got so much wrong if they had read any of the background here. Looks like they are simply stealing from the Courtnewsuk.com coverage: http://courtnewsuk.co.uk/satanic-abuse-troll-faces-jail/ I don’t think so. Courtnewsuk sell their reports which pops up in the dailies and local weeklies. I mean, I don’t think the Metro nicked it, I think they paid for it. Yes, I have always understood CourtNewsUK to be a news service, not a stand-alone publication. Mustn’t forget the “Vaccines = Genocide” component of her thought-system. Kevin Rose says: Depends what the sentence is,,, Hope I’m not disappointed but it is clear that the only thing that stopped her in her tracks was being incarcerated. Given her lack of remorse and empathy, the conduct of her supporters ignoring reporting restrictions, and given she has abused children to such a degree their names will be on the internet for life, I truly hope the judge sends out a warning to all the imbeciles out there that if you engage with this sort of crime, you can expect to spend a long time behind bars.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1258
__label__wiki	0.585296	0.585296	Wetland field study Jessica Weinberg McClosky / NPS Science at the Seashore Hands-On Science Education Programs for Middle & High School Students Teachers may schedule one of three experiential field programs led by Point Reyes National Seashore Association (PRNSA) staff. One day Science at the Seashore programs are also available to teachers who have not reserved the Clem Miller Environmental Education Center. Giacomini Wetlands Field Study - Students practice water quality monitoring, aquatic macroinvertebrate sampling and shorebird surveys to understand wetland ecology and restoration. Contact PRNSA to make a reservation. LiMPETS (Long-term Monitoring Program & Experiential Training) - Students are trained to survey the distribution and abundance of the Pacific Mole Crab (Emerita analoga) on Limantour Beach. Contact PRNSA to make a reservation. Marine Debris Action Team - Students conduct plastic pollution density studies on local beaches using National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration scientific protocol. Contact PRNSA to make a reservation. Open Transcript [birds sing] Title: Science at the Seashore The Giacomini Wetlands John Dell'Osso, Interpretation Chief: Coming out to the Giacomini Wetlands within the Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation area is a treat year-round. [birds sing and call] There's so much wildlife teeming...[hawk cries]...at the headwaters of Tomales Bay. This is an area that was originally wetlands. But in the 1940s there were some areas that were dammed up and it became a dairy ranch and stayed a dairy ranch up to about the year 2000, when the ranchers wanted to sell this land to the National Park Service--to the American people--and have it brought back to the wetlands that it once was. The secrets and surprises of this seaside wetlands engage scientists and students. Leslie Alder-Ivanbrook, Science at the Seashore: The Point Reyes National Seashore Association is a nonprofit that supports the national park. And our mission is to engage the public in the environment such as the wetlands here. Students come to experience what it's like to be out in a wetland, participating in science activities that’s very similar to what the scientists and resource managers do here at the park. [water sloshes] Student: It's coming through at the bottom. Brady O'Donnell, graduate student, UC Davis: I'm studying how coastal ecosystems potentially combat climate change. Climate change is the result of carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere as a result of humans pumping it in. And when it goes into the atmosphere it can provide some negative consequences to the earth, like heating it up, because the carbon dioxide traps heat. But the ocean absorbs about one third of the carbon dioxide that we're pumping into the atmosphere. When the ocean absorbs this--kind of like a sponge-these coastal ecosystems and these common marine plants are kind of like the sponges of the oceans for the carbon dioxide. These marine plants are actually marine grasses--we call them sea grasses --that absorb carbon dioxide by converting that carbon dioxide into leaves and shoots and stems. When it dies, it lays in the mud and the sand, and new seagrasses will grow on top of it, or new mud and sand will cover the dead seagrasses. And that carbon is then trapped in the sediment, and it's buried down there. [frog croaks] Adler-Ivanbrook: There's a lot of organic material from the plants that decompose and become part of the soil. [waves murmer] Dell'Osso: When we look at another effect of climate change, sea level rise, we’re seeing these wetlands provide resilience now and into the future. This is science happening right in front of us. We have this outdoor laboratory. Adler-Invanbrook: We have over 900 students registered to participate in Science at the Seashore programs. And over half of those will be coming to the Giacomini Wetland. Fiona O'Kelly, educator: I want you guys to describe something about the way that I look if I was a bird you could look me up in a bird book and find me. Boy signs, interpreted: Your eyes are greenish. Interpreter: OK, green eyes, what else? Girl signs, interpreted: Um, you have purplish lips. Adler-Ivanbrook: Once they start looking at birds with the instruments that we provide for them they can appreciate what a bird is and the value of birds. And once they take that back to where they live...[birds chirp and call]...they start understanding the value of the birds in their own environment. In 2014 we participated in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area BioBlitz in partnership with the National Geographic Society. And we invited numerous school groups, and groups of people from the Bay Area community to visit Giacomini Wetland and discover the biodiversity that exists here. Patrick Kleeman, Ecologist, US Geological Survey: Here at Point Reyes we've been working with California red-legged frogs for many years, trying to learn as much about their ecology as we can. Because it's a federally listed frog. It was listed as threatened back in 1996. We've been doing studies trying to figure out how they use their habitat, so that land managers can better learn how to protect them and hopefully bring them back from being threatened. I told everybody up front that we''re probably unlikely to see California red-legged frogs because they were in a deeper pond than we were going to be able to go near. And it was a bit of misty evening, so it was a good evening for amphibians to be out and about. As we started our walk there was a little boy who was walking down the path in front of me, and shortly after we started, he said, "What's this frog down here?" And turned out it was an adult California red-legged frog. I was able to catch it, and show it to everybody, and release it and let it go on its own way to carry out its little happy life. [frog keeps croaking] Dell'Osso: From this sometimes soggy soil, to tadpoles wriggling through the water, to birds that sweep across the sky, the Giacomini Wetlands harbor science lessons we have yet to learn. The National Park Service invites you to come here and learn about the relevance of the Giacomini Wetlands. [geese call. birds chatter] Scientists, students, and volunteers develop fresh insights at the restored Giacomini Wetlands of Point Reyes National Seashore. For more information about Science at the Seashore: Giacomini Wetlands, visit the Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project's Science at the Seashore webpage. Science Lectures Please join Point Reyes National Seashore staff for Science Lectures, PCSLC-sponsored 45 minute presentations on scientific research being performed at Point Reyes and elsewhere in the California. They usually occur at noon on many Thursdays throughout the year and are normally held at the Red Barn Classroom at Point Reyes National Seashore's Headquarters. All are welcome and admission is free.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1263
__label__wiki	0.846395	0.846395	VIDEO: 100 Years of 9 Historic Drag Performers in Just 4 Minutes Written by Daniel Villarreal on January 25, 2018 With the conclusion of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars 2 happening Thursday, four former Drag Race competitors (Kim Chi, Raja, Shangela, and Detox) helped Vanity Fair create a video showcasing 103 years of drag fashion re-created through nine historic drag performers. You already know some of the more recent performers — namely Divine, RuPaul, Raven and David Bowie (who is more genderfuck that drag in our opinion, but perhaps that’s just splitting hairs), but you probably haven’t heard of the old-timey performers like pansy performer Jean Malin (“one of the first openly gay performers in Prohibition-era Speakeasy culture”), female impersonator Francis Renault (who was arrested in Dallas for cross-dressing), drag performer Lavern Cummings (a blues singer made famous at Finnochio’s Club in San Francisco), and drag queen Danny La Rue (a female-celebrity impersonator who was reportedly “Britain’s highest-paid performer” during the ‘60s). It’s also worth pointing out that the video’s 1920s performer, Madame Butterly (from the opera by straight composer Giacomo Puccini), wasn’t actually a man, a drag queen, or a female illusionist; the opera presents her as a cisgender woman who gets impregnated by the deadbeat U.S. Naval Lieutenant Pinkerton — what a jerk. Gay playwright David Hwang eventually did a modern stage play called M. Butterfly in which the Asian love interest is a man masquerading as a woman, but that play didn’t come out until 1988. David Bowie Detox Icunt Divine Drag Race All Stars Kim Chi Raja Raven RuPaul Shangela	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0126.json.gz/line1267

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