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Chapter 12: Serengeti adventure
Raj’s army of workers had shifted to Serengeti. Being a wildlife sanctuary, the work in the area had to be finished speedily, with minimal vehicular movement. It was decided that the workers would finish the job in shifts. The noisy generators would ensure that animals stayed away and a few Masai, the local shepherds who were known to fight lions, were hired to ensure the safety of the workers. The Masai were getting paid in free meals, local booze and $100.
It took them two days to find the right site and mark the area. The Masais cleaned up the site and put up a fence of thick thorny bushes. The whole area had only one wooden gate wide enough to allow a truck inside. Fires were lit in several places outside the fence, to scare away any animals, while the Masais and the workers would sing and dance through the night.
One day, while cleaning the area, Raj and Bonde were pegging the area with their team. They were walking through tall grass.
“Mzee, Bonde! There are no snakes here?”
Like a heavy Patton tank coming to a screeching halt, Bonde stopped.
“Aan, aan. Don’t talk about snakes when we are in the field,” he warned.
“Why?”‘
“If you remember them, they will come, Bwana. We never talk about it while we are clearing the site.”
“Very much. You know the snakes in Serengeti? Go to Arusha Snake park and see. Have you heard of Kali (deadly) snake Mamba?”
“Wewe (you) Mistaa Raji! If Black Mamba comes now, he will stand like you and bring his face to your level and then he will spit in your eyes. You will be blinded immediately. Then he will bite you on your face and everywhere. You will die immediately.”
The workers walking close behind them seemed immobilised. Raj could see the halo of death around Bonde’s face. He could not smile and pass this off as a joke.
“There is one more snake, Green Mamba. He will always be sitting on the tree. Veli komfotaboli (very comfortably). When you pass by the tree, he will hang upside down and come…”
Bonde lunged forward, grabbed Raj’s head with his hands and brought his face close to Raj. His eyeballs seemed to pop out of his head; his mouth opened wide and he hissed with incredible force… ‘ffffaaahh’ .
Bonde’s imitation of the Green Mamba’s hiss was so perfect that Raj could almost see the huge python-like creature hanging down from the tree to kill him. The foul smell from Bonde’s dry mouth almost made him vomit. Bonde decided to take a break and asked the staff to get him tea and water.
When they had gone, Bonde continued, “In a jungle, there are two deadly things you should worry about, which even the Masai cannot stop. Snakes and bees. They can be any where. They can come at any time and you cannot escape, even if you have a gun or a Masai with you.” People nodded heavily.
“If Simba (lion) comes, this Masai will stand here. He will not run away. He will fight. But if bees come, you will not find him. When bees attack you, they go into your ears, eyes, mouth, and any hole in your body. They bite like dogs on your cheeks, stomach, chest, hiaa dheya evere whia (here, there, everywhere). They are so many that you have no time to push them away.”
“When I was young, I was in the jungles looking for firewood with my friends. We were throwing stones on the mangoes in the tree. We did not see the beehive inside. One big stone hit the beehive. They came down on us like smoke from a gun. Luckily, I fell down, as I was heavy. The other boys ran so the bees chased them. Two of them died. They removed bees from inside their stomach and intestines!”
The listeners grimaced as though they had bees in their intestines.
He lowered his head to show scars left by bee bites. They looked like patches of burnt land on a hill.
Raj tried to ease the tension, “Mzee, you are scaring me now.”
“Haaki ya Mungu (I swear by God)! These two, snake and bees, are deadly. Never remember them, otherwise they will remember you.”
The silence after this statement lasted for a long time. Then Poto asked, “wipi Profesaa?”
Professa, as usual, was ready with a comment.
“Kweli! If you call Mungu, he may or may not listen to you, but if you call bees and snakes! Halleluyah! They will come. As we say in our language,Ukitaja nyoka, shika fimbo mkononi. (When you mention a snake, have a stick ready in your hand.)”
For the first time, everybody around did not respond with the customary ‘Ndiyo’. They started dispersing after listening to the bee-like words of the Professa.
Within three days, the huts were ready, and work on the foundation had started. All the necessary material had been piled up all over the site. The trucks would make only one trip in a day, bringing diesel, cement, gravel, and other construction equipment.
It was a quiet afternoon and everybody took a short break for lunch. They were eating quietly. Poto was teasing Rose. Others were watching them and commenting in between. Raj enquired. ‘Hey! Why are you teasing her?”
Bonde said, “Mistaa Raji, Rose is very rich now. She will leave our work.”
“Her big mother died a few days ago.”
“What do you mean ‘big’ mother? Grandmother? And what is there to celebrate?”
Bonde explained that Rose belonged to the ferocious Kuria tribe living on the border of Kenya and Tanzania. As per the Kuria rules, a rich lady with a barren womb can marry another, generally younger, girl by giving some cattle to the father. They stay together in a house and the arrangement is called Nyumba ya Ntobo.The younger girl then conceives children on behalf of the rich lady and hands over the children to the lady who uses them to perform household chores, such as getting firewood and looking after cattle.
An old widow had married Rose’s mother who had been the fifth child in a large family. Her grandfather could not afford her. His need or greed was cattle, not Rose’s mother. Rose’s grandfather had agreed to this marriage for barter. He had received two cows, two lambs and five bags of maize for his daughter. After the marriage, she had to do all the work around the house. She would go for cattle grazing. She would fetch fire wood. She gave birth to three children following a long relationship with a truck driver. She could not get married to the man, since her husband was the old lady!
When Rose grew up and had children, the old lady had the first right to them. The children started working around the house. Rose’s husband left her when Rose was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Her brother sent her to Dar-es-Salaam so she could get medical attention.
After a few months, Rose was feeling better and started working in Bonde’s house. Her mother had died and now the old lady had died, leaving behind cattle, a big house and a small maize farm. Rose and her two siblings had inherited all this.
Her brother was asking her to meet him to decide the division of the inheritance and take care of her grown-up children.
Raj heard all this in silence and turned to Rose. “What will you do now?”
Rose replied shyly, “I do not know.”
Poto stood up, “I am going to marry her. Ukipanada mboga, lazima upenda ua lake.(if you want vegetables then first like their flowers)”
Rose screamed with laughter, “Wewe toto (you kid)!”
“What did Poto say?” asked Raj quickly.
“If you want to marry a woman, better accept her children first,” said Bonde.
Before Raj could react, he saw a Masai running towards them shouting something they couldn’t hear. As he got closer they realised he was saying “Climb on the trucks”.
People left their food and ran towards the trucks. Raj and Poto climbed over the roof of a truck, but still had no idea why the warning was issued.
“Shida gani (what’s the problem)?” Raj asked the Masai.
In reply, the man pointed at the nearby hills. Raj could see nothing more than a cloud of dust on the horizon. Within moments, under the cloud of dust, he could see a black rug of a massive horde of running beasts —wildebeests and zebras descending from the top of the hill on the back.
“Bossi, yule nyama (those beasts) can you see them?” Poto yelled.
“Yes but after going down that hill, where will they go?” Before Poto could answer, they saw the first line of beasts crest the top of the hill nearest the site. People were still not clear why they were on the trucks.
Raj laughed, “Ah, wewe Masai! Why are they so scared? Let’s go ahead with our work.”
Before Raj could jump down, it was clear that the beasts were headed towards them. The earth vibrated under the thundering hooves and now everyone feared for their lives.
Some of them cried, prayed or simply held on to the truck’s roof as well as they could. For a moment Raj felt numb. Poto pulled him into the truck and shouted, “Bossi, get inside the cabin.”
A few yards away from the fence, the running beasts had gotten divided into two deadly streams. In seconds, the streams closed in and circled the site. Finally they hit the fence, ran over it and started running all over the site. The huts were torn apart, utensils, clothes and light building materials that had been so carefully stored on the site, were now flying in the air and being trampled into the dust. The animals banged into the diesel drums and the generator and toppled them over. They stomped over the cement bags and every thing that got in their way.
Some animals stumbled, fell and were trampled by the others behind them. But nothing could be seen clearly now, the dust that had risen had made everything beyond a few inches from their eyes invisible. The trucks were shaking. The animals banged their heads and bodies on the front and the sides.
Suddenly, a gazelle jumped over the driver’s cabin and landed into the open carriage at the back. It fell in the midst of the trembling humans clinging to each other in fear. Their cries could not be heard, but the gazelle’s hooves did break a few skulls and cut scars on faces. In fear, it jumped again, but could not jump out of the carriage. After a few seconds, the animal stood quietly watching the herd pass by.
Poto and Raj were hiding under the steering wheel. Raj had closed his eyes waiting for the worst to get over. The animals had slowed down and in a few minutes, they had disappeared, leaving behind the badly mangled bodies of their mates and a shattered worksite that looked as though a particularly devastating earthquake had struck.
The trucks were damaged beyond recognition. The torn out radiators, broken fenders, shattered headlights and the blood on the windscreens made for a ghastly scene. The people gingerly picked their way across the mess only to find a pride of lions merrily picking up their food.
Cries for the Masai filled the air. But the famed shepherds seemed too scared to do what they did best. Raj called out to Poto, “Start the truck, reverse it and blow the horn. Fast!” Poto panicked. He reversed the truck rashly without paying any attention to what was behind the vehicle. People still clinging on to the back of the truck fell down in surprise and the gazelle that had been left behind, jumped out and ran for its life. But the lions became cautious at the sight of this noisy vehicle. They went away reluctantly.
It took them two more days to reorganise the site.
“Mistaa Raji! One more very bad news, Bwana.”
“What?” Raj thought Bonde would refuse to get back to work on the site.
“That ministaa, did not get tiketi (ticket) for re-election from Bagamoyo. Now they will not declare free port there I lost my money Bwana.”
“Pole saana,” Raj said. He felt genuinely sorry for Bonde.
“Bahati mbaya (bad luck),” then with his characteristic smile Bonde said,
“Ukimwiga tembo kunya utapasuka mkundu.”. Juma and Poto standing next them, started laughing.
Raj did not understand “What?”
Bonde refused to interpret, he felt shy.
Poto explained “If you copy an elephant shitting, you’ll burst your… (anus)” He could complete only pointing at his bottoms.
Raj modified the plans for the site and fortified the fence to prevent any disasters in the future. People worked at an unbelievable speed and worked beyond their normal shift times to get out of the place at the earliest. Raj no longer spent the evening playing the guitar and reminiscing about Leena.
Every now and then, the workers would look up at the hills, where they had first spotted the running hordes. The hills had become the real supervisors on the site, reminding every worker to get back to work.Bonde was also a changed man. He no longer idled his time away and was always on his feet shouting ‘Harakka’ (fast) to the workers.
Finally, the site was ready, and it was with a lot if relief that the materials were packed up and loaded in the trucks.
A herd of about sixty wild buffaloes was grazing not more than a hundred metres away from the site for a few hours. Suddenly, all of them turned their heads in one direction. They were looking at something and one of the bulls issued a loud cry. The whole herd turned, walked a few paces and turned around again in perfect tandem like a ballet. The Masais once again drew the attention of the workers.
A pride of six lions had appeared. They were cautiously approaching the herd of buffaloes. The herbivores stood together, forming a protective circle around the calves. The lions did not charge but continued to move slowly, never once lifting their eyes from the prey. The buffaloes started to move away from the lions. Two of the animals at the periphery were not quick in keeping up with the rest of the herd.
Two lionesses seized the moment to charge and caught a buffalo that was farthest from the herd and brought him down. The buffalo gave a loud cry and tried to stand up; the lionesses were hanging from his sides. One more lioness charged as well and bit his throat. The herd turned around again to face the lions. One of the bulls leading the pack issued a loud cry. It was time for the lion to act now. He was standing a small distance away. Now, he stalked the herd. The herd moved away as fast as it could, leaving behind the hunted one.
By now, the lion had reached the injured animal, and stood watching the herd move away. It seemed as if they were not in any hurry to kill the animal, but wanted the herd to go away. The herd turned around once again to face the lions.
The buffaloes, with head and ears erect, took two steps in the direction of the lions and stood still. The lions took a step forward as though accepting the challenge.
Raj was moved by what was unfolding in front of him. The people beside him enjoyed watching this battle of nerves. Raj wondered if it would help the poor animals if he would back his vehicle into the lions or at least honk the horn. He urged the Masais to do something, but they were content to just watch.
The herd had moved away again, and had resumed their watchful stance. Both sides were watching each other. The injured buffalo had started bleeding. Three lionesses were trying to gouge his flesh out. But he had not succumbed.
Two buffaloes from the herd took three steps ahead, a few seconds later a few more followed them. Then the whole herd moved a few steps closer to the lions. But they stopped again. The lions were alert and ready to attack.
The injured buffalo fell to one knee, the buffaloes moved again. One of the younger lions, at the head of the pride slowly, took a step back. This prompted the buffaloes to move forward again. They were now just twenty feet away from the lions. The lions held their ground, unfazed by the herd. One of the lionesses let go of the buffalo and joined the pride. The herd was feeling more confident now; the buffaloes leading the herd shook their heads as a warning. Another lion took a step backwards.
Another lioness let go of her hold of the buffalo’s neck. When the herd was within ten feet of the lions, the other lioness left the buffalo and moved back. The herbivores reclaimed their ground, step by step. The lion turned back and was about to walk away when two lionesses charged ahead. The herd froze, the lion turned back and roared.
It was too much for Raj to bear. He jumped into his pick-up and sped all the way to the middle of the scene, honking as loudly as the vehicle’s horn would let him. Both sides looked at the charging vehicle. Raj took it behind the lions. The pride was now between the vehicle and the buffaloes. They ran away as fast as they could. The herd circled the victim and watched the vehicle turn away from them. The buffaloes slowly moved away from the place with the bleeding victim.
The mood back at the site was jubilant. But one Masai was very disapproving of Raj’s interference. “It is illegal to run vehicle like this on animals,” he said. Poto retorted, “You are not real Masai, he is real Masai. Get lost.”
The team headed back to Arusha. The Serengeti experience had knocked out Bonde and his team. His vehicles needed urgent repairs and Ramadan Eid was a good excuse to recharge everyone’s spirits and spruce up the equipment.
After a lot of deliberations and pleading, Zuly agreed for a two-week break. Mama Rose set out to find her new-found fortune.
As Bonde’s army headed back for a well-earned rest nobody was in a mood to talk. Some of them were irritated that they could not sleep on the way home because of the bumpy roads. After hours of torture, the trucks rolled on to tarmac roads.
The Profesaa took advantage of the moment to say, “Serengeti is full of animals. I do not know why we were putting simu tower in jungle. Who will use it?”
Glad to be back on their favourite routine again, everyone chorused, “Ndiyo-o-o.”
Bonde had dozed off and woke up on hearing the shout. He opened his eyes and said, “Profesaa! Eh!” He fell asleep immediately.
Raj was in his own world, thinking about climbing Kili again. Serengeti had taken him away from rest of his world.
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Oak Ridge Police Arrest Man Wanted by the US Marshals Service
Mar 31, 2015 - On Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at approximately 6:00 A.M., the Oak Ridge Police Department received an anonymous tip concerning the whereabouts of Desmond Slater, who was wanted by the United States Marshals Service for violation of his federal supervised release.
Oak Ridge Senior Center Offers AARP Drivers Safety Classes
Mar 31, 2015 - The Oak Ridge Senior Center will be offering the AARP Smart Driver Driver’s Safety Program in April and May.
Now Hiring: Street Maintenance Crew Chief
Mar 30, 2015 - Coordinates, schedules, assigns and supervises the work of a crew of skilled and unskilled workers engaged in asphalt and concrete maintenance and repair work, including streets, rights of way, driveways, sidewalks, storm sewer systems and curbs.
Early Morning Fire Damages Duplex
Mar 27, 2015 - A Hillside Road duplex was damaged by fire early Thursday morning by a fire that fire officials believe was caused by smoking.
Oak Ridge Police Respond to Office Lockdown
Mar 26, 2015 - On Thursday, March 26, 2015 at approximately 11:10 am, Oak Ridge Police received several calls stating that the Jacobs Engineering offices on Broadway Avenue were locked down because of an active shooter.
Oak Ridge Police Search for Man Charged with Attempted First Degree Murder
Mar 24, 2015 - Officers established a crime scene and recovered evidence which indicated several shots were fired at an individual by Asante Harris, 33 of Oak Ridge.
City of Oak Ridge Joins Statewide Effort to Plant 50,000 Trees
Mar 24, 2015 - The City of Oak Ridge participated in the 50K Tree Day on Saturday March 14th, 2015, a statewide planting throughout Tennessee with the goal of planting 50,000 trees in one hour.
2015 City of Oak Ridge Egg Hunt March 28
Mar 24, 2015 - The Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Department will host the 2015 Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 28 at 11:00 a.m.
Sewer Line Inspections to Begin Monday
Mar 20, 2015 - The City of Oak Ridge Public Works Department will be utilizing state-of-the-art technology to perform inspections of the City’s sewer system.
National Library Week is April 12th – 18th
Mar 18, 2015 - The donation drive will run the entire month of April and we are collecting items for ADFAC and the Animal Shelter.
Welcome to Oak Ridge CVMR
Mar 13, 2015 - Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd along with CVMR officials today announced the company with establish its global headquarters in Roane County.
Centennial Golf Course Clubhouse Burglary Suspect Arrested
Mar 13, 2015 - On March 9, 2015, at approximately 12:04 a.m., Oak Ridge police officers Grant Gouldie and Ben Higgins were dispatched to the Centennial Golf Course Clubhouse, 101 Centennial Bluff Blvd., Oak Ridge in reference to a burglary.
Weekly Update: Sewer Rehabilitation Work
Mar 13, 2015 - Beginning the week of March 16, 2015, Hurst Excavation, Morgan Contracting and Portland Utilities working under contract for the City will be rehabilitating the City's sewer collection pipes within City easements in yards and in roadways.
Violent Sex Offender Arrested After Church Reports Theft
Mar 13, 2015 - On March 10, 2015 at 8:50 A.M., Oak Ridge police officers were dispatched to the Heritage Fellowship Church, 121 N. Illinois Ave., Oak Ridge, in reference to a report of mail theft.
Now Hiring: Public Safety Communications Officer
Mar 10, 2015 - Individuals who desire to participate in the selection process for this position must have a completed application on file in the Personnel Department of the City of Oak Ridge by 12:00 noon Tuesday, March 24, 2015.
City of Oak Ridge Summer Camp Registration Begins April 1
Mar 09, 2015 - Registration for the 2015 Summer Camp sponsored by the Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Department will begin on Wednesday, April 1, 2015.
Registration for Spring Swimming Lessons Start March 9th
Mar 05, 2015 - The Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Department next Swimming Lessons session will begin Saturday, March 21st, Tuesday, March 24th, and Thursday, March 26th.
Mar 05, 2015 - Sewer rehabilitation continues for the week of March 9, 2015, with Hurst Excavating, LLC, Morgan Contracting, Inc. and Portland Utilities Construction Co., LLC working under contract for the City, and rehabilitating the City’s sewer collection pipes within City easements in yards and in roadways.
New Exercise Class Being Offered at the Oak Ridge Senior Center
Mar 05, 2015 - The Oak Ridge Senior Center is offering a new exercise class for those 50 and over.
Early Morning Fire Presents Challenges for Firefighters
Mar 05, 2015 - The Oak Ridge Fire Department responded to Hampshire Circle at 2:44 this morning for a report of a car fire.
Free Computer Course Begins April 7
Mar 03, 2015 - The Scarboro Community Center will be offering a free beginner computer course.
North Boundary Hike
Mar 03, 2015 - Join us on a 6 mile hike of the North Boundary Trail. We will leave the North Boundary “yellow gate” (just west of Wisconsin Avenue) at 9:00am
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Grub Street Interview
Height of Hypocrisy
Just recently, I saw an article about former First Lady, Michelle Obama, giving a speech. I didn’t read the text of the article, which isn’t normal for me. I like to know what’s going on in our political climate and the views of Michelle are usually, I thought, fair and reasonable.
I noticed, however, an item down at the bottom of the web page. It was comments people had written regarding the Michelle Obama story. It was a long, long list. I was curious. I clicked on it.
Man, was I surprised.
I had thought, now that Obama is out of office that the pundits and protestors who reviled him and his family would lighten up, but no such luck. I saw terms such as “Marxist” and “gorilla.” Those were the mild one.
The comments put me in mind of the things said about her back, when she was in the White House and even insults hurled at her during the first election. She had said that she was proud of America for the first time in her life, following her the election of her husband and the right wing pundits went bat-crap crazy. They had a similar reaction when she dared to go out with her, as the saying goes, “guns out.” You’d have thought she’d paraded across the White House lawn buck-naked.
Yet, I noted the comment writers remained strangely silent at actual nude pictures of Melania Trump that I can find by doing a simple Google search on line. Now, please don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with anyone appearing nude in the proper context. To criticize Michele for her bare arms and say nothing over the bare everything, which Melania showed, does smack of hypocrisy.
Then there’s the comment regarding pride in our nation that Michelle Obama made.
Once again, the comment writers went nuts. When asked, by a right-wing reporter, how he felt about Putin essentially ordering the killing of several people, including journalists and political opponents, President Trump voiced no criticism of the Russian leader. Trump said that we, meaning America, weren’t entirely innocent in that department. He said we had killers in our country; we’d killed people.
Technically speaking, Trump was right. As a nation, our history is far from perfect. Still, when it comes to the right wing, conservatives are united by one thing: we’re the good fellows and anyone that dares say otherwise is called all manner of derogatory terms, unless it’s Trump that is speaking. As with Melania, the comment writers remained strangely silent on what her husband said.
Finally, there’s the matter of Obama getting “uppity.” Yes, they used that term, which is quite the “dog whistle” phrase and carries a highly negative racial connotation. During the six years that republicans controlled Congress, he kept calling on them to do their job, to pass legislation and to do simply anything!
Yet, Congress did nothing, not even the legislation on which he and they agreed. The moment he came out in favour of something they wanted, they changed their tune. He passed DACA because they wouldn’t address the immigration issue. He did executive orders regarding overtime pay, fair pay for women, and giving government workers a raise because Congress refused to do anything on any of these issues. He begged and pleaded with them to pass an infrastructure bill. They still refused, and hurled all manner of insults at him when he “whined” and “complained.”
With Trump, not only is he the one hurling all kinds of vile insults at politicians on both sides of the aisle, but he also sends out tweet insults against reporters, actors, sports figures and even ordinary citizens that he feels have upset him. Lately, it’s the NFL while he’s remained silent on the post-hurricane situation in Puerto Rico. Can you imagine how conservatives would have reacted if Obama had said even one-tenth of one percent of the things Trump has tweeted?
It would not have been pretty.
Once more, the conservative movement in this country has shown its true colors. I just never expected them to be the yellow of cowardice and the white of surrender.
Combining the gimlet-eye, of Philip Roth, with the precisive mind of Lionel Trilling, AJ Robinson writes about what goes bump in the mind, of 21st century adults. Raised in Boston, with summers on Martha's Vineyard, AJ now lives in Florida. Working, again, as an engineeer, after years out of the field due to 2009 recession and slow recovery, Robinson finds time to write. His liberal, note the small "l," sensibilities often lead to bouts of righteous indignation, well focused and true. His teen vampire adventure novel, "Vampire Vendetta," will publish in 2020. Robinson continues to write books, screenplays and teleplays and keeps hoping for that big break.
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PSA International Profit Dips, Volumes Up in 2016
Singapore’s PSA International (PSA) posted a dip in profit while container handling volumes rose in 2016 compared to the previous year.
Net profit for 2016 was recorded at SGD1.17bn ($835.49m), down 7.5% from SGD1.27bn in 2015, MANA correspondent reported.
Full year revenue, however, rose by 3% year-on-year to SGD3.68bn.
PSA handled 67.63m teu for 2016, representing an increase of 5.5% from the previous year.
The container terminals operator’s flagship Singapore Terminals contributed 30.59m teu in 2016. PSA terminals outside Singapore delivered a total throughput of 37.04m teu, up 10.6% over 2015.
“2016 was for the ports and shipping indsutry a period of unrelenting trials and tribulations,” said Tan Chong Meng, group ceo of PSA International.
“Burdened with a prolonged period of sluggish trade, sustained low oil prices, excess liner shipping capacity and depressed freight rates, the industry also had to deal with an unprecedented scale of consolidation through alliancing and merger of major shipping lines, and the complicated coordination tasks needed to ensure containers get to the importers in the aftermath of a major player becoming defunct,” Tan said.
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Movie Review – Brutal and Bizarre, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Is Likely to Ruffle a Few Feathers
By Jason Ingolfsland on April 25, 2018 Arts/Entertainment, Movies
Since the first Avengers movie, everything has led up to Avengers: Infinity War with Thanos coming into town and challenging Earth’s mightiest heroes. First briefly appearing in Avengers, making a much larger in presence in Guardians of the Galaxy, and having a quick credit scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thanos is a larger-than-life villain Marvel teased over a long span of time. And, thankfully, after all the waiting, they give us a great payoff with the villain, quality time with the heroes, and a brutal and bizarre story that defies expectations.
Look, there’s no other way to say it, Avengers: Infinity War is a ballsy movie. Make no mistake, it will be a divisive and brutal pill to swallow. There could be gnashing and wailing of teeth, many tears, and tons of nerd anguish heard around the world. It’s unlikely everyone will love it and some might downright hate it. But, I think it earned the narrative steps it took.
Following in the footsteps of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, this movie defies expectations, thumbs its nose at narrative norms, and drops the mic like a boss about to walk off the stage, unconcerned with the fallout or the consequences. In a way, it’s a megalomaniac storyteller’s fever dream, both tackling problems with many Marvel films while also shaking up the plot formula prior films have casually taken for granted.
Much of the movie’s theme is about balance and it’s hard not to applaud The Russo Brothers for finding an almost perfect story balance with so many characters, plot, and threads to weave without fumbling one or sacrificing the other. With a run time of two hours and twenty-nine minutes, it’s pacing doesn’t get boring, sluggish, or overstay its welcome and they don’t fall into the trap of inserting too many setup scenes for future movies. Also, as a side, they clearly went all out on the special effects and visuals, making it look even more beautiful than any Avengers film before it.
It’s difficult to think of a movie that has juggled this many characters in one movie alone. With so many threads, it’s almost like several movies within one movie all working together to create a cohesive whole. And, though we’ve all been somewhat conditioned by it at this point, it’s probably a good thing to take a step back and really sit in awe of the achievement.
What started out as a single Iron Man movie has turned into this: a massive, never-before-accomplished epic tying up old storylines, following characters with many different motivations, and taking on a wildly powerful villain who has a philosophy and motivation of his own. It’s easy to see people becoming overwhelmed by the experience, and yet, despite the magnitude of the adventure, the storytellers rarely falter.
In comparison, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has a runtime of two hours and thirty-one minutes. It doesn’t come close to the number of characters and plots it has to juggle and yet it feels overlong, bloated, and lacked the deft hand necessary to keep the story interesting.
Avengers: Infinity War somehow combines tons of characters into a seamless narrative in a slightly shorter run-time and makes it emotional, compelling, and exciting. Much of this is thanks to the Russo Brothers strong understanding of narrative and pacing. They cut from a scene just when it’s about to lose momentum or when the arc wraps, keeping your attention and making you want to see what happens within that plotline later.
With so many characters, it’s nigh-impossible to have any kind of internal struggle with the heroes. If this film has any flaw, it’s that. The abundance of characters with a short run time will kill character arcs and growth. At the same time, with so many movies showcasing our heroes, the Avengers franchise has earned a little latitude in this area.
Still, to counter this potential problem, the Russos focus mostly on Thanos’ motivation, philosophy, and internal struggle. Since Marvel has had a spotty history with villains, this is the right choice. Understanding Thanos more made him less of a mysterious big bad sitting in a seat and more up close and personal, in your face, and a serious and intimidating threat. And, unlike the travesty of Justice League’s Steppenwolf, Thanos isn’t a rock’em sock’em monster that bashes and smashes at every turn. His actions are slow, calculated, and especially brutal.
The acting and humor is everything you might expect from an Avengers movie. Robert Downey Jr. is sarcastic as ever as Iron Man. Tom Holland is the adolescent teen we’ve come to expect as Spider-Man. And Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange is a nice and welcome addition to the team. Even with Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Star-Lord all filling up the same screen space, it is hard to imagine them all together and yet it is like they had been together this whole time. Their chemistry is magical. I have not been too impressed with Chris Pratt’s recent films and performances, but he slips into Star-Lord like a glove. Even more so, he provides some surprising range here.
On the Captain America, Winter Soldier, Black Panther, Hulk, and Black Widow side of things, there’s not a whole lot given to you other than them forming an army and fighting against a large scale invasion. In it, the bad guys are trying to get the infinity stone from Vision and they have to protect him. The connection between Scarlet Witch and Vision is the only real character story we get here, and it’s just about enough t keep it interesting. Other than that hook, their scenes feel a little shoe-horned in, like they needed another battle scene to sell the epic scale of the movie. Still, it’s hard to deny they sell the battle scene well, doing a good job of making the struggle intimate and intense.
Of the Avengers movies, this one had by far the best special effects and perhaps the best effects and visuals of any Marvel movie to date. I wasn’t super impressed by the special effects in Black Panther. Which makes me wonder if they saved their special effects budget for Avengers: Infinity War, instead. I especially think they made the right decision to make Josh Brolin do motion capture rather than make-up and a funny costume, ala Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse. Thanos’ superhuman height and body mass permeated intimidation and fear and that wouldn’t have been accomplished any other way.
The craziest and most daring part of the movie is at the end. In order to address it fully, I’ll do a spoiler-filled review to tackle something that easily could become a nerd war over its implications. Though I’m positive tons of people will hate it. I think they made a surprisingly good call.
All in all, Avengers: Infinity War is the best Avengers movie yet and one of the better Marvel movies to date. It does a great job intertwining a plethora of plot lines, keeping a good pace, and somehow finds a way to make the heroes’ struggle with an all-powerful villain not yawn-inducing. While it would have been good to see more character development, they tackled so many obstacles and accomplished so much with this film that a tiny flaw like that is easily drowned out. I applaud the gutsy narrative choices the Russo brothers made and think more formula breaking needs to happen in the future. Definitely go see Avengers: Infinity War. But, I probably don’t need to tell you that.
10.0 Awesome
Avengers: Infinity War accomplishes what it set out to do and provides plenty of spectacle, humor, and action Marvel fans have come to love and then some. Though some of its unconventional narrative choices will likely ruffle a few feathers, its easily earned the right to go against the grain.
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Mega. Man. Nine.
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Bug Fister
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:35 am Post subject: Mega. Man. Nine.
Hey all! I'm gettin' Mega Man 9 for WiiWare tonight—I've been steeling myself by playing Mega Man 2 this weekend. Let's use this thread to discuss this retro-tastic release (on whatever platform you prefer) and compare our experiences!
Who else is getting the WiiWare release?
Shapermc
Hot Sake!
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:39 am Post subject:
Strangely enough I'm probably getting the PS3 version because of video quality (360/PS3 are much higher video resolutions) and dpad (ps3>360).
And... I don't know when I'll be able to afford that version.
“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"
Will there be any appreciable different in video between the three versions? I'll be interested to see.
Man, I wish I had taken that photo of the, er, special-looking Mega Man cosplayer from August's Fan Expo.
Well, the WiiWare version can't be any higher than 640X480, so yeah, there will be a difference if you have an hdtv.
wourme
Location: Maridia
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:
Reading a little about Mega Man 9 today actually just made me want to try Mega Man 2. I'll probably get the VC version of that tonight (along with Super Dodge Ball). I watched friends play through 2 and 3 many years ago, but the only titles I ever owned and played myself were 1 and X.
SuperWes
Updated the banners, but not his title
Holdin' out for 360.
I'd get it on Wii, but I don't have enough space without deleting something, and if I was going to delete something I'd probably get Y's and/or one of the other games I've passed up recently because of space concerns.
I'd get it on PS3, but I'm a sucker for achievements/trophies and MM9 doesn't support them.
So I'm gettin' it on 360.
I am a little curious about what Matt's talking about though. I'm pretty sure Mega Man's going to run at 640x480, or possibly even 320x240, so I'm not sure the resolution thing is going to matter. That said, I'm wondering how the game runs on the Wii in widescreen. Since the Wii doesn't add pixels to do widescreen I'm assuming that it's just stretched, but I'm not sure.
You know what's strange? Smash Bros has a bunch of demos of classic games included. You'd think these would use the same emulator as the Wii itself, but it doesn't. The Smash Bros emulator puts the black boarders on the sides if you're playing on a widescreen TV. Technically this seems like it should cut pixels out of the image (640x480 minus 80-100 pixels on the horizontal side for the boarder), but I didn't notice anything in the bit of time I spent with it. This makes me wonder why Nintendo hasn't upgraded the emulator in the Wii to offer the same option.
But yeah, Mega Man 9! Should be pretty great! I'll find out next week!
-Wes
helicopterp
Just started MM9 this morning. I haven't played a mega man game since the early nineties when I was in elementary school, so that makes me that kind of nostalgic audience they're aiming for.
I beat: Gravity Man! But I haven't figured out how to use his weapon yet. Prize to the first person who gets past the elephants in Concrete Man or the Dragon in Magma Man.
Like you thought you'd seen copter perverts before. They were nothing compared to this one.
jjsimpso
I'll be getting the PSN version. I assume that even though the graphics are NES-like, that they are still rendered at an HD res so that it will look good on HDTVs.
dessgeega
loves your favorite videogame
Location: bohan
staying with daphaknee and cossix, so i bought the game for them. daphaknee and i took turns playing through it. i managed to beat galaxy man and almost beat splash woman.
there's nothing progressive about this game. the director was arguing at some point that returning the series to the nes format is somehow progressive. no it's not. you made four unnecessary megaman sequels for the nes; here's another one. it doesn't solve a single one of the problems that plague those games, nor does it aspire to anything more than fanboy pandering. it's just another megaman sequel.
that said, it is definitely a megaman sequel. all of the elements of megaman are here: levels designed around a handful of clever hooks, which are explored in a variety of combinations, the little moments of design sadism. every megaman game since the second (or arguably the first) has been nothing more than a level pack; this pack contains good levels.
the one, pedantic thing that really annoys me is the screen transitions. they spent all this effort making a game the adheres to the nes palette - they even provide a sprite flicker option. and yet the screens all make neat hi-color fades in and out, rather than cycling through shades of the nes palette. it's lazy, and i find it jarring. everything else is spot-on nes: i love the color schemes of individual stages.
JasonMoses
dessgeega wrote:
I'm glad you noticed this, too. Bugs the hell outta me.
Also, shaper: this game looks fucking gross on my roommate's HD TV. The video is incredibly shimmery. This is especially noticeable after playing the Fantasy Zone II Remake (which is, uh, way better at the old-game-that's-actually-a-new-game thing than MM9 is, I think).
okay, i beat splash woman. and jewel man.
so how is the new tears of opa-opa? i'm thinking of picking up the collection.
Winged Assassins (1984)
Location: Super Magic Drive
JasonMoses wrote:
This is especially noticeable after playing the Fantasy Zone II Remake (which is, uh, way better at the old-game-that's-actually-a-new-game thing than MM9 is, I think).
I'm not surprised, the Fantasy Zone remake was pretty boss so I'd be pretty stunned if the sequel was a total mess. Fly left, fly right, walk on the ground, shoot bases then shoot at a cutesy boss, repeat for another seven-or-so stages, they'd have to really try if they wanted to fuck that up.
I think I want 2D remakes of old SEGA games on wiiware now.
Mega Man 9 should be out Friday in PAL land, I'll have to decide then if I'm going to buy it. On one hand it's another Mega Man, that's always a fun way to kill time on a rainy day and the music should be really good but then again it's another Mega Man and I think that a game that intentionally goes nine years into the past yet has micro-transactions attached to it is a fucking stupid idea.
I'm surprised at the negative reaction to the game—wait a minute, this is TGQ; no I'm not. So far I think the game is excellent. Here are some thoughts I posted at IC:
I got the WiiWare version yesterday as well, to much excitement. I bought Mega Man 2 on the weekend and have been loving it immensely. This was actually a relief for me, since the last MM game I played was on the anniversary collection (MM3, I think) and I didn't enjoy myself.
Anyway, I agree about the intro. There are some hilariously true-to-form fades and animations, like the repeated explosions, and the yellow-to-brown-to-black clunky fade of background graphics. But there are some feels-like-a-Flash-movie transitions that most people won't notice, but nerds like us will.
As for the game proper, though: wow. I only played two stages (and beat one of them), but holy fuck, am I feelin' it. The music on Galaxy Man's stage is bang-on classic. The challenge so far seems great; it's tough, but I enjoy the pain. By the end of each bite-sized level, I feel like I've learned something—about myself.
Not to sound silly, but playing Mega Man 9 has reminded me why action games on the NES often feel like the "best" games ever made. When it all clicks, it's amazing.
It's the best Fantasy Zone ever. It comes on a disc with just about every other game that had Opa-Opa in it for $30. I'd say it's worth picking up.
(the youtube link in my earlier post has a link to the windows trial of the game, so you might as well check it out if you're still on the fence)
Well, the PS3 version looks like smeary vaseline bs (no sharp pixels). The game is regressive and full of bullshit level design. Color me exceptionally disappointed in this. The only reason I got it was because I'm sick and had to stay at home in front of the TV. I can think of hundreds of better games to play, including pretty much any other Mega Man game. Color me pissed off. I hope this blows up in Capcom's face. This is like Contra 4 all over again.
Bobby_C
Actually I like the regressive aspect. If I wanna play a new Mega Man without having the focus on various bio-metal platforming powers or card collecting that's pretty much my only option.
Plus I'm pretty glad they took the slide out, I never quite managed to get used to that, somehow it required a kind of coordination I don't seem to have (even though I can otherwise go through MM-style platforming fine). It sticks to simple ideas and tries interesting variations on them, especially through the wily levels. I'm fine with that.
So do the PS3 visuals appear to be scaled? I'm shocked if that is the case. Of course, I guess it could still be kind of difficult to create nice looking 8 bit graphics on a large digital display. I was going to pay for the full version straight away, but I guess it may be wise to try the demo first. What with all the negative comments and all.
daphaknee
just enemies now
Location: YAY AREA
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:43 am Post subject:
yeah i was reading about how the ps3 and 360 versions are weird looking
im glad i didnt go that route
i mean why would i care if a nintendo game is in high definition anyway, i can barely tell the difference with modern games, but im old fashioned like that
i dunno if i really carea bout this game much, i mean thanks for the fan service and all but im pretty sure im goign to forget about it in a couple of weeks
ALTHOUGH I REALLY APPRECIATE THE LITTLE TOUCHES
the ink turning you black
the balloon deflating
the steam that comes off of you when you stand next to fire
and a lot of the levels are really bright and garish and god they look pretty good
but eh
Mr Mustache
Location: Queens
I like this game, it's definitely harder than 2 or 3, but there's some clever stuff going on. Aesthetically it seems to be a mixed bag. Definitely not nearly as coherent as 2, but it has it's moments...I wish every enemy didn't have a face.
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject:
Bobby_C wrote:
Actually I like the regressive aspect.
That's cool.
You wouldn't if you'd played Contra 4 though.
seryogin
JRPG Kommissar
Location: Occupied Stalingrad
I don't understand the hate.
As a man who's played through both Contra: the Hard Corps and Mega Man 3 dozens of times, I can't see the comparisons between Contra 4 and Mega Man 9.
Contra 4 was degenerate, a game whose sole redeeming characteristic was its ocassionally fine music mix. Comparing it to something as sublime as Hard Corps would be silly.
Maybe the bar for Mega Man isn't as high... that may be it, but I don't see anything disappointing about this game. It's another Mega Man game, more or less, with the most fascinating thing about the game being the elements that wouldn't have been there had this thing been made in the NES-era.
1) The storyline. The writing level seems artificially high; the story too, seems way too complex for a Mega Man game.
2) The music. It's a treat. It feels like PS1 Mega Man X music composed for an NES chip. SInce I loved the music in Mega Man X4-X5, this makes me feel all kinds of fine.
These are small things, sure, but what were people expecting from this release anyway? I've played more Mega Man games than I care to admit, and have hated them as much as I've been fond of them, and this one feels like one of the better ones. It's an interesting experiment and a fine little game.
Malloc
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject:
I enjoyed this game quite a lot.
I was playing it on my HD CRT on the PS3 and wondering what all the fuss was about in terms of anything but the Wii version looking weird, but then I saw it on my friend's PS3 LCD and oh holy jesus ew. If you have a CRT, play it on that if it's at all feasible, and get the Wii version if you can. Wii on an SD is your best bet for graphical fidelity by a mile.
The only Mega Man games I've ever finished are 2, 5, and now 9, and while the game isn't blowing my mind or anything, I'm not jaded enough that just the idea of it doesn't fill me with a weird sense of glee. It's close enough to the NES that I don't mind shoving my suspension of disbelief over the line and letting myself totally get into the vibe of it, back when I used to sit there and feverishly clear Mega Man 5 in one sitting, and I'm pretty thrilled that a game from 2008 can near-perfectly bring back that mindset.
I like how the levels are controller-snappingly hard the first time (except Magma Man, what's up with his stage? cakewalk) but once you know how to move through them it quickly becomes second nature. I can basically breeze through the robot master stages now, and that's after a whopping 3 hours of play (which admittedly contain like 50 game overs). The weapon weaknesses for the bosses make a weird bit of sense once you let them sink in, and Wiley's Castle maintains that neat you-almost-feel-like-you're-cheating thing where you virtually have to exploit game mechanics to pass through rooms unharmed, like the plasma jet room where if you screw up, there's a ladder there that lets you conveniently reset the room by scrolling it offscreen temporarily.
Worth the $10.
aderack
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:33 am Post subject:
Are there no checkpoints in the Cement Man level? Jeez...
kirkjerk
So if my choices are 360 vs Wii I should go for Wii?
Guess it would be a crisper controller if nothing else...
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I played the PS3 demo on my LCD and it looked fine. I'm not sure how much better it could have looked. I don't believe there is a Wii demo available - or for any game on the service, if memory serves - so it's tough to compare. What is wrong with the PS3 version's graphics, exactly? All of the videos on youtube are fuzzy, so none of them look great.
Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart.
aderack wrote:
It's riiiight after the elephants. There's one checkpoint for stage, which, yeah, is kinda stingy. Sometimes they're in questionable places, too.
Go for Wii for sure. The Wiimote-as-NES-gamepad just can't be beat.
I find Mega Man 9 to be damn hard, but in a good way. I think it's an honest growth of the Mega Man formula that proves there are still a few tricks to be had in old-fashioned hoppin' and poppin' gameplay.*
*sorry if this sounded like a GamePro article
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:28 am Post subject:
ryan wrote:
I played the PS3 demo on my LCD and it looked fine. I'm not sure how much better it could have looked.
How new is your LCD? I've heard that the game is similar to trying to run old-school stuff on LCDs of Christmas Past. Screens from a few years back render SD, Scanline-having stuff like absolute shit whereas that problem has been essentially solved with the recent crop.
S'actually one of the reasons I went for a Tube HD (I like old stuff) and then next thing I hear is "Oh recent LCDs look fine" and now I'm looking at my TV all like
Ah yeah, it's not even 2 years old. I was wondering if I was going nuts. Do not lie to me, eyes!
And my eyes have earned yet another reprieve...for now!
JamesE
Location: Straight Up, Straight Down
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject:
Actually, what struck me when playing it was just how progressive the design was. The series has gone from a run n' gun with the odd jumping feat to eight or more honed, challenging obstacle courses. Remember playing Mega Man 2 as a kid and the Quickman stage was a fuck because of the laser grids? They finally realised that each stage should be centered around a setpiece like that. It makes me happy and excited - every level is utterly unique just like the old Genesis Sonic games. Mega Man was never like that and games today aren't quite like that. 9 is a unique snowflake of a game today. The bosses aren't jokes, their lairs aren't bores.
Totally fair, too - every little thing that can utterly fuck you up gets a non-fatal airing before the event. Just like Gears on insane, when I mess up at this game I know it's because I fucked up. Then I continue and work out some insane shit, like using the black hole bomb to fuck over the fire dragons.
JamesE wrote:
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. fucked fucking fuck. fuck. fuck fuck.
Mac daddy
fuck?
I've been yelling FUCK at the teevee a lot when mega man 9 is on.
(I also screamed "BAG OF WANK" at it once)
Mr. Mechanical
So this is on Xbox Live Arcade now! The trial game only lets you play Concrete Man's stage, though. That third elephant is pretty tough! I like the feel of the game, the way it feels when you move around and jump and such. Really like the retro styling as well. The 360 d-pad surprisingly does not suck with this game. Probably because you can only move in four directions, I'm betting.
It looks awesome in HD, by the way. No shimmers or anything except the intentional sprite flicker and such. It doesn't fill the screen entirely though, there are two slim black bars on either side of the screen boxing things in. Other than that everything is wonderfully clear and sharp. You could scrape your knees on these pixels!
This one's on the list now of Live Arcade games I'm getting when I have the money. That list has been steadily growing these past few months, actually.
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject:
My roommate, while working through Wiley's devious fortress: "Wiley, you card!"
I'm still stuck with one special power. My roommate has the will power of an animal with a lot of will power.
WarpZone
Remember playing Mega Man 2 as a kid and the Quickman stage was a fuck because of the laser grids? They finally realised that each stage should be centered around a setpiece like that.
It varies. Concrete Man has birds 'n pits, then elephants, then a half-realized fall-through-blocks section, then two screens of elevator platforms before the boss. Not especially coherent design.
Tornado and Plug Man's stages cleverly reuse ideas and are my favorites right now, but there's a number of post-MM2 stages in a similar vein. Maybe MM9 has collected more of these than usual, but that doesn't strike me as progressive.
Other things, like pausing to equip Rush Coil and unpausing and jumping on him and collecting the screw and then pausing again to switch back also don't strike me as progressive. When I was doing this it suddenly hit me: what if you had a 'Rush' button to call him instantly? What if a game was based around smoothly working with Rush, where you instantly summoned him in and out of danger, as a decoy, or platform, or, hilariously, launched a boss into the air? Why hasn't even one Mega Man tried something like that? That would be progressive.
purplechair
Location: in my pants
Probably because they didn't have enough buttons.
Concrete Man isn't a great example of the game as a whole, nor a fair one.
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject:
I'm quite enjoying this. The whole 'obstacle course' thing is pretty well done - each stage is really bastard hard in at least one place, but there's techniques to get by. I've been playing it for a couple of days, and there's about three or four stages on which I can get to the boss with most of my health left.
I suck at the bosses, though. I managed to beat Jewel Man and Galaxy Man just by taking a few hits and doggedly shooting through their defences and using an energy tank, but I'm totally lacking any finesse. I found the black hole bomb was pretty good on Magma Man, but I think it's probably pretty good against most bosses. I get the feeling that I'm going to finish the game by collecting loads of screws and tanking up on, er, energy tanks, and then just restocking my health and black hole bombs until each boss is dead. Which sucks.
I might also add that the only Mega Man game I've seriously played before this was Mega Man X, so I can't really comment on how it compares to the original series. But, like, it might not be very progressive compared to Mega Man games of yore, but I have a vague feeling that it's less regressive than a lot of contemporary games. I haven't decided if that's just me being a rose-tinted-spectacled twat, though.
Have I been improperly inattentive? What are the bolts all about?
DOWNLOADBLE CONTENT
First of all: go buy the Endless Level, for 3 dollars it's the best
deal video games have ever seen. There are an unspecified number of
pre-set stages, some of them remakes from Mega Man 1 and 2, some
original. Every 30 screens (about the length of a regular stage) you
fight a boss. It's truly amazing to behold. Every time you play, the
level will be different. There are reports of stages altering their
enemies slightly as well. I've seen remakes of Heat Man's stage, Dr.
Wily Stage 1 (Mega Man 1), Bubble Man's stage, and Stone Man, amoung
others. Eventually a comprehensive list will be compiled, and I
suspect that there will be around 200 unique stages... more
platforming than you'll find in the 12 standard levels of Mega Man 9.
also you can get protoman for two dollars but he takes double damage and gets double knockback
he can charge slide and block bullets while jumping but man
double damage AND knockback?
fuck that im just gonna play randomly generated megaman
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La Grange Regional Park, all 126 acres, has something for every dirt biking enthusiast. The Novice Play area is a fenced off track for those riding 80cc or under. There is an Intermediate area which is also fenced off with a larger track and more difficult terrain. There are two motocross tracks that are groomed and watered on race days. All bikes must have a green sticker and all riders must wear helmets.
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Caswell Memorial State Park
28000 South Austin Road
The Caswell Memorial State Park is open year-round, from 8am to sunset, so whether looking for a day hike or an overnight stay, this park will fit the bill. There are tons of nature trails, so be sure to bring binoculars -- wildlife abounds at this park!
If looking to camp, reservations are recommended. Camper length cannot exceed 24 feet, trailer length cannot exceed 21 feet, and keep in mind that there are NO hook-ups. Group camp...
Don Pedro Lake
31 Bonds Flat Road
La Grange, CA 95329
Since 1923, the Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Departments have operated Don Pedro Lake (known also as Lake Don Pedro and Don Pedro Reservoir). In the 60's, the City and County of San Francisco stepped in to help sponsor the building of a larger reservoir and since 1971, over 14 million visitors have gone to enjoy the hundreds of miles of shoreline as well as the thousands of acre-feet of water surface.
There are three boat launching...
Fireworks on the Water — Don Pedro Lake
Come to Don Pedro Lake for the agency's annual Fireworks Over the Water display. The 30 minute show, launched from a platform near the dam, wows visitors every year! Prime viewing is on the water, but from land, the best viewing can be from Blue Oaks Recreation Area group pavilion and the parking areas near the visitor center.
Come earlier in the day for fishing, swimming, picnicking and more.
Frank Raines OHV Park
Del Puerto Canyon Road
Fraink Raines Off Highway Vehicle Park is 860 acres of trails, hill climbs, washouts, rocky creek beds, and rutted 4 x 4 jeep trails. Located just 18 miles west of Patterson, terrain is steep and may be too challenging for beginners. All vehicles need a green sticker, although red stickers are permitted 10/1-4/30. All riders must wear helmets.
OHV Park allows; motorcycles, mini bikes, ATV's, 4WD trucks and jeeps, Dune buggies.
Lake Camanche Recreation Area
2000 Camanche Road
Ione, CA 95640
Just a short 60 mile drive north gets you to Lake Camanche Recreation Area. Choose from North Shore for boating, fishing, water recreation and tent camping, or head to South Shore for hiking trails, a trout pond, RV camping with full hook-ups, tent camping, boat launch and much more. There are also cottages and motel units available for those not wanting to rough it. Reservations can be made online or by phone.
Both shores inclu...
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ಬುಧವಾರ, ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿ 18, 2009
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ಶನಿವಾರ, ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿ 14, 2009
The History of Valentine's Day!
Every February, across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday? The history of Valentine's Day — and its patron saint — is shrouded in mystery. But we do know that February has long been a month of romance. St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. So, who was Saint Valentine and how did he become associated with this ancient rite? Today, the Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred.
One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men — his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.
Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons where they were often beaten and tortured.
According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl — who may have been his jailor's daughter — who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.
While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial — which probably occurred around 270 A.D — others claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to 'Christianize' celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival. In ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification. Houses were ritually cleansed by sweeping them out and then sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout their interiors. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February, February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.
To begin the festival, members of the Luperci, an order of Roman priests, would gather at the sacred cave where the infants Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were believed to have been cared for by a she-wolf or lupa. The priests would then sacrifice a goat, for fertility, and a dog, for purification.
The boys then sliced the goat's hide into strips, dipped them in the sacrificial blood and took to the streets, gently slapping both women and fields of crops with the goathide strips. Far from being fearful, Roman women welcomed being touched with the hides because it was believed the strips would make them more fertile in the coming year. Later in the day, according to legend, all the young women in the city would place their names in a big urn. The city's bachelors would then each choose a name out of the urn and become paired for the year with his chosen woman. These matches often ended in marriage. Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine's Day around 498 A.D. The Roman 'lottery' system for romantic pairing was deemed un-Christian and outlawed. Later, during the Middle Ages, it was commonly believed in France and England that February 14 was the beginning of birds' mating season, which added to the idea that the middle of February — Valentine's Day — should be a day for romance. The oldest known valentine still in existence today was a poem written by Charles, Duke of Orleans to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt. The greeting, which was written in 1415, is part of the manuscript collection of the British Library in London, England. Several years later, it is believed that King Henry V hired a writer named John Lydgate to compose a valentine note to Catherine of Valois.
In Great Britain, Valentine's Day began to be popularly celebrated around the seventeenth century. By the middle of the eighteenth century, it was common for friends and lovers in all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes. By the end of the century, printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology. Ready-made cards were an easy way for people to express their emotions in a time when direct expression of one's feelings was discouraged. Cheaper postage rates also contributed to an increase in the popularity of sending Valentine's Day greetings. Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began to sell the first mass-produced valentines in America.
According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. (An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas.)
Approximately 85 percent of all valentines are purchased by women. In addition to the United States, Valentine's Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.
Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages (written Valentine's didn't begin to appear until after 1400), and the oldest known Valentine card is on display at the British Museum. The first commercial Valentine's Day greeting cards produced in the U.S. were created in the 1840s by Esther A. Howland. Howland, known as the Mother of the Valentine, made elaborate creations with real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures known as "scrap".
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Be ready when you fall in love
You will be hurt
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Link roads still remain under snow more than a week after snowfall: Tarigami
People in remote areas left to fend for themselves
Srinagar, January 12 (Scoop News)-After the recent heavy snowfall, people across Kashmir valley have been grappling with severe crisis as the administration has miserably failed to not only clear snow from the link roads, but restore water and electricity supply fully.
Snowfall is nothing new in Kashmir given its climatic conditions and topography. But despite that the administration was caught napping as most of the link roads still remain closed more than a week after the snowfall. The snow and the government’s failure to anticipate challenges despite the meteorological department’s warning of heavy to very heavy snow, have thrown life completely out of gear in the Valley and angered people.
In Kandi areas of the valley people have been left to fend for themselves as there is not only acute shortage of essential commodities, but electricity and water supply too has been affected. Roads to these areas remain still closed. The patients, particularly pregnant women, and those with cancer and other severe ailments have been left to fend for themselves.
In South Kashmir districts, where five to six feet snow was recorded in most areas, the administration was caught completely unprepared. From power breakdown to closure of roads in South Kashmir, people are battling with every hardship, but the administration seems to be clueless.
Elsewhere in the Valley, the heavy snowfall has led to power breakdown, road blockades, and water-logging which have caused immense hardships to common people. In the recent job exams conducted by Jammu and Kashmir, aspirants from far-flung areas could not reach the venues due to heavy snowfall. It is imperative that the J&K Bank administration takes the weather situation into consideration and holds a new exam for such candidates, who missed it due to snowfall and closure of the roads.
The 270-kilometers long Srinagar-Jammu national highway has remained closed for the most of the times in the last two weeks with hundreds of trucks carrying essential supplies stranded. This has caused sacristy and skyrocketing of essential commodities. To meet the challenges, the higher-ups in administration need to ensure better coordination between various departments especially those providing essential services. The government must ensure there is no chaos for scarcity of essential commodities including LPG, petrol, diesel, and emergency services should be monitored and damaged power distribution lines immediately repaired.
The administration must also expedite the restoration of damaged power and water supply as people have been braving biting cold.
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Make Imperial Japan Great Again - an exclusive (fake) tell-all interview with Shinzo ABE
(NB - this interview is part of our Agence Fausse Presse series which already featured, among other extremists, KIM Jong-un* and Donald Trump**)
Seoul Village - "Prime Minister ABE, thank you for accepting this interview. To start with, do you prefer Westerners to call you Shinzo ABE, or ABE Shinzo?"
Shinzo ABE: "I don't care, as long as you don't confuse me with Kan ABE: I'm so ashamed by my paternal grandfather, who ruined the reputation of my family. This man was a dangerous peacemonger who dared oppose Hideki TOJO and Imperial Japan militarism. All my life is about clearing my name, the reputation of that side of my family. When you think that his eldest son, my father, had to become a kamikaze to prove to everybody that he was on the (extreme) right side of Japan's history."
SV - 'Your maternal grandfather, on the other hand..."
SA - "Needless to say, Nobusuke KISHI was my hero: a genuine war criminal I could be proud of, and relate to. My visits to Yasukuni, or my congratulations to war criminal memorials pale in comparison to the headstone he dedicated to TOJO and the other fallen war criminals***... what an inspiration for us."
War criminal Kishi would be proud of his Rising GrandSon
SV - "By 'us', you mean Nippon Kaigi."
SA - "Of course. I'm very proud of my brainchild Nippon Kaigi. Nobody thought that a maze of exotic extremist groupuscules could be merged into Japan's dominant political lobby, reuniting hardcore neofascists with Shinto fundamentalists. But in order to achieve that incredible feat, I needed Korea's help."
SV - "Pardon me....?"
SA - "We love it when Korean nationalists hijack history issues. As fellow extremists, we need each other to play a naughty ping pong game and make moderates inaudible. And these guys are very successful at fueling anger from the Korean people, and not anger at us, but anger at Japan in general, which makes it easier for us to say 'look, these people are radicals, they can't see reason, we are the victims in this story. Korean nationalists helped us revive our ailing fascist movements, but at the beginning in 1992, we felt really scared: for the first time, Korean Comfort Women spoke up about what they came through under Imperial Japan rule, for the first time in decades, the less pretty side of our history was exposed to the Western world, and back then, nationalism was kept at bay in Korea so the victims could be heard without any distortion. We really feared that our grip on Japanese society could be loosened. We had to react in order to defend the memory of our beloved war criminals."
SV - "Well you still controlled the political system. The only embryos of apologies were issued by lame duck officials, in personal statements that were not really binding for the nation."
SA - "Yeah. We keep deleting records, and rewriting history in textbooks, but even with our propaganda machine and our control of the local media, it's hard to get rid of the 1993-1994 statements of Yohei Kono and Tomiichi Murayama. At least, we've successfully destroyed press freedom at home, and even made it almost impossible for foreign journalists to expose my ABEIGNomics, or even to mention Nippon Kaigi, but this takes a lot of time and money."
SV - "Money?"
SA - "Do you know how much money we spend every year in advertising and advertorials on CNN and Co? Almost as much as we invest in soft power in South East Asian countries. But these foreign media never cover stories about us, and these countries have yet to seek apologies or reparations for their Comfort Women."
SV - "Well Western audiences certainly know a lot more about judo and Japanese food than about your Moritomo Gakuen scandal, corruption around Tokyo 2020, or the role of yakuzas in the olympics and in the highly controversial Fukushima cleanup..."
SA - "... you can stop here: I get your point, and I don't want foreign or for that matter Japanese audiences to be enlightened about our ABEIGNomics."
SV - "You don't risk much. It's not like in Korea when everybody's on the street as soon as a new scandal pops up."
SA - "Of course, otherwise we would have been kicked out of power decades ago. We're very lucky that Japanese people are not interested in politics, in defending their democracy and their constitution. We're also very lucky that the US didn't purge our political dynasties at the end of WWII, because they needed people like my 'good' granddad Kishi to secure Japan's support during the Cold War."
SV - "Unlike Germany with Nazism, Japan has never been liberated from Imperial Japan".
SA - "Yes, and we want that situation to continue forever. As you well know, Nippon Kaigi's official goal is to restore Imperial Japan as a whole, including militarism and State Shinto, to repel peace treaties and human rights laws, to recenter education around nationalism, to deny war crimes and to reject postwar pacifism by changing the constitution. This can only happen if the Japanese people, who is overwhelmingly pacifist, is kept unaware of the past, and of our agenda for the future."
SV - "Undoing your democracy should be even easier with a man like Donald Trump in the White House."
SA - "Definitely, and not just because Putin is also very pleased if Japan joins his collection of failed democracies. The difference is that we don't need any meddling in our elections."
SV - "Still, Trump is much more powerful than you."
SA - "Don't misread my losing rounds of golf against Donald. If I spend 200% of my time with him flattering his ego, that's way cheaper than spending millions in foreign media. Plus I receive preferred treatments compared to other traditional US allies."
SV - "That's right. Trump asked you only 4 times more money to pay for the US military umbrella, compared to 5 for South Korea."
"#Trump asked #Japan to multiply by 4 its financial contribution to US defense. #ShinzoAbe's (losing) rounds of #golf with #POTUS paid off (#Korea was asked x 5)." (20191116 - twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1195566482677059584)
SA - "Well Donald learned business from his mobster friends, so I expected this kind of racketing from him. Besides, MOON Jae-in is too weak. He's out of sync in the region because has nothing to do with strongmen like Vladimir, Narendra, Rodrigo, Jong-un, Jinping or me. Still, I see some hope: lately, MOON seems to have learned more than a few tricks from Donald, judging by the way he's handling justice****..."
SV - "Anyway, there is at least one strong Korean leader these days. Will you meet KIM Jong-un?"
SA - "Maybe. I really want to thank him, to tell him to keep up the good job, to keep shooting missiles over our heads. I badly need enemies at the gate, a boogeyman to justify our return to militarism and our destruction of Japan's postwar pacifism. To make fascism relevant in Japan, to Make Imperial Japan Great Again."
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* see "Exclusive interview with KIM Jong-un - Season III" (2018), "EXCLUSIVE-Second interview with KIM Jong-un" (2017), "Exclusive interview with KIM Jong-un" (2013)
** see "Trump: The Art of the Dealapidation (Exclusive Interview)" (2018)
*** see "The Elusive Independence Day - When will Japan officially proclaim its Independence from Imperial Japan?"
**** see "Moon Landing - The Cheong Wa Dae Curse"
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Labels: Comfort Women, Hideki Tojo, history, Japan, Kan ABE, Korea, nationalism, Nippon Kaigi, Nobusuke Kishi, politics, Shinzo Abe, Yasukuni
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John Robinson - THE SLAVEMASTER 'Bill Blass' Button Cover and Velvet Ring Box
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Chaim Ritterband (1893-1944)
THE TAILOR-COMPOSER
CHAIM RITTERBAND (1893-1944)*
by Leo Goldberger
One of the most memorable icons of Yiddish culture in Denmark was the celebrated musical talent of the Polish-born tailor Chaim Ritterband whose poetic texts and evocative songs captured not only the Yiddish-speaking emigrant Jews -- among the otherwise fully integrated Danish Jewry of the 1930’s and 40’s-- but also a similar European and American audience.
With some 250 songs to his credit, some of them published with the sheet music in set of small book-form in both Vilna Poland and Copenhagen, his music has been performed-- if not also commercially recorded by several international vocal stars of his day.
Though their names maybe long forgotten, among the best known were Chayela Grober, Victor Chenkin, Sara Gorby, Masha Benya, the local Danish singers Raquel Rastenni and Lisa Haidt, the Danish-Islander Engel Lund as well as the major Danish cabaret artist Lulu Ziegler who – unlike Engel Lund who had mastered Yiddish, sang translated versions in Danish.
There were also events featuring readings of Ritterband’s lyrics by the multi-talented Sam Besekow and none other than young Børge Rosenbaum (famously known in later years as Victor Borge). In my humble view, Ritterband was truly a unique and wonderful talent deserving of continuing recognition.
Else Ritterband, 1920s. Courtesy Lea Hacker
In recent years we have been fortunate to still have access to some Ritterband songs The cd recordings are to be found in the Danish album, entitled Itzik Spitsik by The Klezmerduo (Ann-Maj-Brit Fjord & Henrik Bredholt, featuring his most popular songs: Der schojmer [The sheppard], Aj ai der rebbe geit and Scholos sudes [The third Sabbath meal].
Some other song titles frequently song at concerts in the past were Baym rebn Tisch [At the rabbi's table], Der chosid baim bojen di sune (When the chasid created the sun), Ojf a jidisher simche [At a Yiddish celebration], Der fishfanger [The fish-catcher].
Ritterband’s music was clearly in the folk-song tradition, with its emphasis on daily life experiences of poor people, but it also reflected a special blend of the joyful religious fervor of the prevailing Chasidic folk idiom in the sthetel parts of Eastern Europe and most tellingly also an emphasis on the love-songs genre.
His love songs had a special appeal for Jewish women singers who, back on those days had been excluded from performing the Hebraic, cantorial repertoire. They were deemed insufficiently versed in Torah. (I might add that women cantors are still found unacceptable in orthodox circles to this day.)
Born in a small Polish town near the Prussian border in 1893 into an orthodox family, he was deeply steeped in the religious and cultural traditions that prevailed in his time –though he was not orthodox himself. As a 19-year old young Chaim left home for a better life elsewhere, America being his avowed destination.
As fate would have it he decided, while in transit in Copenhagen, Denmark, to settle there instead. It seems he met a fellow-Polish émigré, by the name of Enke with whom he fell in love; they married had three children, 2 daughters, Lea and Eva and son Dan. By all accounts, their home was to become a major social hub of the rich Yiddish cultural world in Europe.
There were regular visiting theater productions and guest performers at special concerts organized by the “Russian” Jews of Copenhagen. (Parenthetically, I might note that perhaps the most exciting visit was that of Sholom Alechem (of Fiddler on the Roof fame) in the summer of 1914. when because of war-connected circumstances he and his family were stranded for some six month in Copenhagen until their papers for the USA came through.
One can well imagine the euphoria having a man of Sholom Aleichem’s stature and reputation in their midst must have occasioned among Copenhagen’s yiddishists—and how inspirational it must have been for young Ritterband.).
A tailor by profession, young Ritterband had little difficulty in finding work and by all accounts was a fine and industrious craftsman. He was soon to own his own establishment in an upscale neighborhood with several underlings as helpers and in relatively quick order, he prospered sufficiently to allow for improved living conditions and to be joined by his parents from Poland.
Years later his daughter Lea was to recall how she would always make a beeline to her father’s shop on her way from school and how she loved the general atmosphere there, the exotic smells, her smiling father who, accompanied by his workers, would be found joyfully singing their hearts out –while cutting cloth, sitting cross legged on tables sewing or standing at the loud, sputtering steam press.
Though there have been varying accounts of exactly how it was that Ritterband’s unique knack for hearing music that came to him in spontaneous bursts and which most remarkably fit so perfectly the Yiddish verses he was reading by such poets as F. Raskin, G. Herwegh, H. Leivik, Avrom Reyzen, the Danish Yiddishists, Chaim Ratz and Samuel Beilin among others—and on occasion also by Ritterband himself. One likely, if only partial account was provided by Beilin at Ritterband’s memorial ceremony in 1946.
Beilin suggests that his hearing the Yiddish recitation of Morris Rosenfeld’s “Chanukah Lights” on the Danish Radio in 1931 featuring the story of the Jewish Festival most directly inspired Ritterband. Morris Rosenfeld (1862-1923), a transplant from Polish Russia to New York, where he became a prominent writer, publisher and editor, known worldwide as the “poet of the Ghetto”, which captured the life of the Lower East-side at its zenith and whose appearances at the top universities (Harvard, U of Chicago, Wellesley, etc.) were legendary.
The fact that Rosenfeld also had started as a tailor in his earlier life ought of course also to be mentioned. But Ritterband’s early expoasure to the powerful influences of chassidic and “chazones” (cantorial) music certainly played a formative role in his creative development. At the same time it is noteworthy that he was already 39-years old when the musical “bug” first hit him hard; producing some 40 songs in just a 7-month period!
Kletzmerduo - Ann-Maj-Brit Fjord & Henrik Bredholt
Itzik! Shpitsik!
Vos shvaygstu mit dem shmitsik?
Oyf di klezmer tu a geshrey:
Tsi shpiln zey, tsi shlofn zey?
Rayst di strunes ale oyf tsvey! -
Di mizinke oysgegebn!
Be that as it may, it is clear that by 1932 he had turned this significant gift into a side-vocation as composer and lyricist. However, unable to read or write musical notes (though he played the piano and mandolin) it became his habit to telephone his friend, the Synagogue’s choirmaster and superb musician, cantor Max Beresowski, whistling the freshly acquired melody for Beresowski’s immediate transcription of the tune.
Lea remembers especially one late evening when a melody suddenly “came” to her farther and half-dressed rushed off for a taxi to Beresowski’s apartment humming all the while so as not to loose the melody.
In later years his other daughter, Eva, was to be the note transcriber. By the mid-thirties, he was already far along in his career as a recognized composer, his tunes and lyrics a favorite staple at local Jewish festivities—often to be sung by my father, Eugene Goldberger, a chief cantor in the Great Synagogue of Copenhagen (between the years 1934 and 1946.
For example, my father was featured with “ a medley of Ritterband’s songs” at a special festive occasion honoring the great Yiddish scholar and a founder of YIVO [Institute for Jewish Research] Max Weinreich (1894-1969) who left his 6-month refuge in Denmark for the larger and safer Jewish world of America.
Like most of the Jews of Denmark Ritterband fled to Sweden in 1943, enduring a most stressful escape experience while also suffering from injuries sustained in car accident some few years earlier. Tragically, he was not to survive his injuries and died in 1944, only 52 years of age while still in Sweden. As was his wish, his grave was transferred to Copenhagen after the war next to his parents.
Unfulfilled were his grand plans for composing the music to the legendary folktale, the Dybbuk—the story that years later was to inspire the ballet by Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins.
It seems rather remarkable that a contribution to the rich cultural heritage of Yiddish culture should have come from someone who had spent most of his adult life on Danish soil, within a context of the landed gentry of old-line Danish Jews (the so-called “Viking Jews”) who were not especially hospitable to the influx of their Eastern European brethren with their cultural traditions of the insular sthetel life style.
They wanted everyone to quickly integrate into Danish society in terms of language and cultural ways so as to avoid any upsurge of anti-Semitism. To the great credit and courage of the so-called Russian emigrants of that period, they paid no heed to this pressure—and instead produced an enviable record of Yiddish-inspired cultural achievements that in the next generation eventually found an outlet and recognition within Danish society at large.
On a personal note, I can still recall my father getting a phone call from Chaim Ritterband announcing a new melody that had very recently come into Ritterband’s consciousness and which he wished my father to hear. They, along with a mutual friend, Yiddish author Pinches Welner, (another worthy icon of Yiddish culture of Denmark) met for coffee a few hours later at a café on the second floor on the corner of Strøget (the well-known walking streets) facing Copenhagen’s Town Hall Square.
This was just a few months into the German occupation in 1940 and German soldiers were everywhere to be seen. In the café Ritterband, in a low voice, hummed his latest song, the refrain of which went: “Ej diridom, diridom, ej diridon, ej dej diri diri dom…” which my father quickly transcribed at the table.
As they departed and went for their bikes at the sidewalk they were in for a most frightening experience: a German officer stopped them, blew his whistle to summon a nearby Danish policeman.
Instructed to arrest the three Jews, the police were taken to jail where they spent a fitful night in separate cells. They were presented in court and accused of plotting an anti-German bomb attack. It seems a Danish informer sitting at a nearby table in the café had overheard parts of their conversation -- especially the repeated word “dom” that sounded like the German “bomb”.
It was not until the Gestapo ransacked the homes of the three suspects in search of incriminating materials, were they finally released. This incident, detailed in Pinchas Welner’s Memoirs [Fra Polsk Jøde til Dansk, Hasselbach, 1965, pp. 197-203) was perhaps the first anxiety-provoking wake-up call in the Jewish community of the persecution to come in 1943.
*Adapted in part from Morten Thing’s comprehensive book on the history of the so-called Russian Jews of Copenhagen, published in Danish, entitled De Russiske Jøder I København 1882-1943, Gyldendal, 2008.
My thanks also to an article (“He was called the “tailorcomposer” ) that appeared in the Danish Jewish community paper (JO) of Oct. 1986 by Lea Hacker, Ritterband’s daughter and to his granddaughter Susan for alerting me to the Klezmerduo recordings.
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The Game 2009
Myfanwy MacDonald, Artist
I am not exactly sure what I was expecting last July when my daughter and I drove to visit Shirley Prosser and her 31 year-old Thoroughbred Beau Fasa. Having met Shirley on a few occasions I already knew that she defied stereotypes and was not your typical 82 year old senior. However I had visualized Beau Fasa to be typical of what older horses generally look like. I was certain that he would possess a sway back and would walk with a careful, measured stride. Was I ever wrong.
Set loose in a paddock at Shirley’s Box Arrow Farm, the Multiple Graded Stakes winning retiree looked race ready as he ran towards me, no doubt curious to know my intent of capturing him in his senior glory. Strutting along the fence-line I was given a glimpse of the fabulous runner he once was on the racetrack completely shattering my earlier vision of him.
Upon hearing the news that Beau Fasa peacefully passed away in late February I am thankful that we had the pleasure of meeting him last summer.
Beau Fasa and Shirley Prosser at her Box Arrow Farm last July 2017
Not your stereotypical senior horse, Beau Fasa, is pictured here running the fence-line of the paddock last July. Beau Fasa remained in good health up until this winter and sadly passed away at the end of February this year due to the infirmities of his age.
A Pennsylvania-bred, Beau Fasa was a $12,000 graduate of the Fasig-Tipton Midatlantic Selected Sale. The 1986 chestnut gelding began his career racing at Garden State, Philadelphia Park and Finger Lakes where he recorded a couple of wins in a dozen starts on the dirt.
Beau Fasa came to race at Fort Erie Race Track and caught the eye of trainer Gord Colbourne who noticed that the claimer’s turf pedigree had yet to be tried.
In his first start at The Fort Gord claimed Beau Fasa in 1989 and promptly switched him to the turf where he won going 7 furlongs. Unfortunately he was immediately claimed by Trainer Ralph Biamonte for Gemini Farms. Then in 1991 Gord Colbourne claimed Beau Fasa back for owner G.R. Ryan. A few starts later while he remained under the tutelage of Gord, he was running for new owner Shirley (Thomas) and her family’s Box Arrow Farm.
As mentioned in this Ottawa Life article, Shirley was a “teenage jumping ace” and the first female equestrian to ride internationally under the Canadian flag. While at school in North Carolina, Shirley had ridden a couple of racehorses and frequently attended the races. Also competing in horse shows hosted in the infield at Greenwood Racetrack, Shirley was familiar with racing and had dabbled with claiming horses previously. Although it would be Beau Fasa that would become her biggest thrill at the track.
Shirley was a fearless and very accomplished rider. She was the first female in Canada to be on the Canadian National Jump Team riding alongside Jim Elder and others. Her trophy cases are filled with awards of her accomplishments throughout the years.
In 2008 Shirley was inducted into the Jump Canada Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Shirley continued riding for pleasure up until a few years ago.
Box Arrow Farm was named for one of the cattle brands of the Thomas family, which also included cattle brand FD9 and SarsZ for the horses. Shirley’s grandfather, Robert Cadogan Thomas, immigrated to Calgary, Alberta in 1881 from Glamorganshire, South Wales. At the age of 19 he began the Thomas Ice and Fuel Co. (later called Alberta Ice Co.) among other successful businesses. Also investing in Real Estate he erected the Wales Hotel across from his Royal hotel on what was known as the Thomas block in Calgary.
Married to Agnes Egerie Louise Shaw, the couple had four children including Shirley’s father, Christopher Thomas who would move East to Ottawa, Ontario after marrying cosmetic entrepreneur Laura Alice Boreham, a young widow with two children at the time. Shirley was born to Christopher and Laura in the mid-thirties and it didn’t take her long to discover her passion for horses.
Shirley Thomas was riding at age 4 and competed in her first horse show at age five. While away competing in Europe with her mum, on a whim, her father purchased a beautiful property in Portland, Ontario along the Rideau Lakes. Named Box Arrow Farm it became the family’s summer home.
Box Arrow Farm would eventually become the homestead of Shirley and her family and today remains the picturesque farm from where she lives and runs her business of breeding, selling and racing Thoroughbreds. It is also here that Beau Fasa retired at the age of ten as a multiple Graded Stakes winner.
As Gord had expected, Beau Fasa flourished on the turf and immediately won a back to back pair of starter handicap races going long in July 1991 for Box Arrow Farm.
His six-year-old season would become the start of a chapter of thrills for Gord and Shirley as Beau Fasa finished in the top three in eight of his 11 starts that year which included a third in the Puss n Boots Stakes at Fort Erie before winning the 1992 running of the G3 Niagara Handicap at Woodbine.
The succeeding year, Beau Fasa won the G3 King Edward Gold Cup Handicap at Woodbine Racetrack and was second in the Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap at Hawthorne Race Course in Chicago in 1993.
Artist Roy Miller’s portrait of Beau Fasa’s walk to the stakes winner
enclosure at Woodbine after winning the G3 King Edward Gold Cup Handicap on June 19, 1993. Captured here (from left to right) are Shirley Prosser, Beau Fasa with Jockey Stanley Bethley aboard, Trainer Gordon C. Colbourne and Shirley’s Mum Laura Thomas
Waiting for the turf at Fort Erie Race Track, Beau Fasa’s first start of 1994 came in June when he was nosed out of a win in the Connaught Cup Stakes and followed that up with a third in G3 King Edward Gold Cup where he set the pressured pace for most of the race.
Then a road trip to his birth State proved successful when Beau Fasa went wire to wire in the Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup Handicap at Penn National. He recorded one additional win the following year at Penn National in the Captain My Captain Stakes which would prove to be his last career win before his earned retirement in late 1996.
The trophy for Beau Fasa’s win in the G3 King Edward Gold Cup (above) is one of the many trophies in the impressive trophy cases at Box Arrow Farm. Beau Fasa’s trophy for winning the Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup Handicap was presented to them after the race filled to the brim with Hershey Chocolate Kisses.
During our visit last July, Shirley recalled how Beau Fasa loved the racetrack life, especially being pampered and cared for, which continued at the hands of Shirley and her crew during his retirement years at Box Arrow Farm.
Early on in his retirement Beau Fasa was kept active as a riding horse however his temperamental behaviour would often thwart a rider’s plans by either dumping them or simply refusing to get on the van. In the later years he was loaned out as a companion horse at times however Shirley always ensured that Beau Fasa would always come back to her.
Despite the eventual loss of his teeth and a few age related aches and pains, Beau Fasa was resilient and full of life in his latter years.
I could easily see how this horse with such spirit brought such joy to Shirley and all who had the pleasure to know him.
Next to the trophy case hangs a beautiful portrait of Shirley’s mum Laura Thomas, a successful business woman who created her own line of cosmetics, Laura Thomas Cosmetics Limited. Shirley’s parents were later instrumental in bringing the Revlon cosmetics brand to Canada with exclusive distribution rights. Laura Thomas passed away in 2008 at the age of 107.
Woodbine based trainer Gord Colbourne and Shirley Prosser remain great friends today with Gord training all of the Box Arrow Farm horses at the track.
Last year a 2YO Ontario homebred gelding, Sable Island (Stormy Atlantic) ignited the barn with 2 wins and a second in his four career starts in 2017.
Box Arrow Farm also purchases and claims horses to race and has had recent success last year with then 4 year-old Kentucky-bred filly, Daddy’s Great Bay (Scat Daddy) who won a $61,000 Allowance last September, one year after claiming her for $40,000 in 2016.
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New Disability Access Service Card
As most of you may or may not know, Disney caught a lot of heat for their previous guest assistance policy and have begun implementing new policies in both Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort. Part of the issue was people receiving cards who did not need them. We are certain most who really need the new DAC card would gladly explain to anyone who would listen why there is a need and because Disney did not require documentation (proof) of a disability the old system was abused. Those who were abusing, will claim privacy and HIPA- and hence, the new Disney Parks policies. It just grew so out of control and Disney saw that and is changing, which is a great thing. The most reprehensible was that some were taking advantage of the policy and even making money off of it and hopefully these new policies will eliminate that.
One of Castle Dream’s Travel’s owners is testing the new policy this week in Walt Disney World. Tricia has said before experiencing this new system with her family that there will always be those who abuse the system, but if it is made harder on them, it benefits those who NEED it. She has also reported that typically when she has gone to get her daughter’s GAC – they would wave their hand as if to say “I can’t hear it”. The last time they visited this past August, the woman actually let them explain what we needed and why.
“What is a Disability Access Service Card and how does it work?
The Disability Access Service Card is designed to accommodate Guests who aren’t able to wait in a conventional queue environment due to a disability (including non-apparent disabilities). A Disability Access Service Card will be issued at Guest Relations main entrance locations and will offer Guests a return time for attractions based on the current wait time. As soon as the Guest finishes one attraction, they can receive a return time for another. This service can be used in addition to Disney’s FASTPASS Service and Disney FastPass+ service.
What will Disney Parks do if a Guest is concerned the Disability Access Service Card doesn’t meet their needs?
Disney Parks have long recognized and accommodated Guests with varying needs and will continue to work individually with Guests with disabilities to provide assistance that is responsive to their unique circumstances. Guests should visit Guest Relations to discuss their individual needs.
Who will be eligible for a Disability Access Service Card?
Disney Parks’ goal is to accommodate Guests who aren’t able to wait in a conventional queue environment due to a disability (including non-apparent disabilities). Guests should visit Guest Relations to discuss their assistance needs.
How will Guests get a Disability Access Service Card?
A Disability Access Service Card will be issued at Guest Relations main entrance locations. Guests will participate in a registration process, which also includes having their photo taken.
Why is Disney Parks doing this?
Disney Parks is modifying the current Guest Assistance Card program so it can continue to serve the Guests who truly need it. The new program is designed to provide the special experience Guests have come to expect from Disney. Disney Parks also hopes it will help control abuse that was, unfortunately, widespread and growing at an alarming rate.
Does the Disability Access Service Cardholder have to be present to obtain a return time at an attraction?
No. Another member of the Disability Access Service Cardholder’s travel party may obtain a return time but the Disability Access Service Cardholder must board the attraction with his or her party.
Where do Disability Access Service Cardholders go to receive return times?
At Walt Disney World® Resort, Guests will go to the attraction to receive a return time.
Does a Disability Access Service Cardholder have to ride the attraction at the exact return time listed?
No. Return times are valid until redeemed by the Disability Access Service Cardholder.
How long is a Disability Access Service Card valid?
A Disability Access Service Card is valid for up to 14 days depending on a Guest’s ticket entitlement.
Is a Disability Access Service Card issued at one Disney theme park valid at other Disney theme parks?
Yes, the card will be valid throughout the resort at which it was issued.
Why doesn’t Disney Parks ask for proof of disability, such as a doctor’s note?
Disney Parks takes Guests at their word and there are legal restrictions around asking for proof.
Is this the only service available to Guests with disabilities?
Disney Parks offer a variety of services to Guests with disabilities, such as Disney’s Handheld Device that offers assistive listening, captioning and audio description. Additionally, Disney Parks has developed a “Guide for Guests with Cognitive Disabilities.” This serves as a tool on how best to experience its theme parks and is expected to be available online by mid-October.
Disney Parks will continue to provide excellent guest service and accessible experiences. Guests should visit Guest Relations at any park should they feel they need assistance due to a disability.
Does a Guest whose disability is based on the necessity to use a wheelchair or scooter need a Disability Access Service Card?
No, a Guest whose disability is based on the necessity to use a wheelchair or scooter does not need a Disability Access Service Card. Depending on the attraction, the Guest will either wait in the standard queue or receive a return time at the attraction based on the current wait time. Guests with additional needs should discuss them with Guest Relations.
Will Disney Parks continue to provide a service to wish-granting organizations?
The change will not affect those who are visiting on trips organized by wish granting organizations. There is a separate program for children with life-threatening illnesses.”
Here is the official Disney statement published on the Disney Parks Blog:
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh got postponed after Bangladesh decided to defer public events being organised to celebrate the centenary celebrations of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in view of the threat of coronavirus outbreak.
In a statement by Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, “We have received formal notification from the Government of Bangladesh that a decision has been taken by them to defer the public events being organized to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the Father of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on account of the detection of cases of coronavirus in Bangladesh, and the larger global public health situation in this regard.”
“The impact of this deferment applies also to the large gathering planned for March 17, at which the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was invited,” Kumar said.
Bangladesh will convey the fresh dates for these commemorative events later, Kumar added.
“In this context, Prime Minister’s visit to Bangladesh next week at the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being deferred. While expressing understanding of the circumstances that necessitates this deferment, India is ready to work with Bangladesh, as partners, to combat the spread of this disease in our shared neighbourhood,” he added
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Co–Star is an American astrological social networking service founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City. Users enter the date, time and place they were born to receive an astrological chart and daily horoscopes that they can compare to those of their friends.[1]
Founder and CEO Banu Guler came up with the idea for the app after she gifted a friend's child an astrological chart that became a surprise hit at the baby shower.[2] In 2019, Co–Star raised a $5.2 million seed round from Maveron, Aspect, and 14W, following a $750,000 pre-seed from Female Founders Fund in early 2018.[3][4][5] In January 2020, Co–Star for Android was launched to a 120,000 person waitlist – two years after their iOS app was launched.[5] As of February 2020, Co–Star has been downloaded by 15% of American women aged 20 to 24, and counted 7.5 million registered users as of January.[6]
Co–Star employs artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze publicly accessible NASA JPL data and find patterns in a user’s transits.[7] Co–Star’s algorithm maps human-written snippets of text to planetary movements to display personalized content for each user.[4] That content has been called “slightly robotic,”[8] “wildly beautiful,”[4] “truly insane,"[9] “brutally honest,”[7] and compared to “a free therapy session.”[10]
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^ Noble, Audrey. "What's Co-Star? Meet the Astrology App That's Intriguing Millennials Everywhere". Vogue. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ "Co-Star raises $5 million to bring its astrology app to Android". TechCrunch. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ a b c Bryant, Kenzie. "How Astrology App Co–Star Conquered the Millennial Lock Screen". Vanity Fair. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ a b Meisenzahl, Mary. "One of the internet's favorite horoscope and astrology apps is now on Android after over 120,000 fans begged for it". Business Insider. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ Velasco, Haley (February 20, 2020). "Why Astrology Apps Are Rising". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ a b EDT, Janice Williams On 8/3/19 at 10:17 AM (August 3, 2019). "Co-Star is more than just an astrology app, it's a community". Newsweek. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ Jones, Allie (October 4, 2019). "Inside Co—Star, the smartest (and meanest) astrology app out there". The Verge. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ "How To Destroy Your Friends Emotionally With Astrology Memes". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ "Android Users Can Finally Get in on Co-Star's Brutally Honest Horoscopes". Gizmodo. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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Samsung made a strange move to release an TV ad for the Galaxy S8 three weeks ahead of its official launch. This obviously is much earlier, as advertisements like these are normally released closer to launch, but it is coming. The official announcement is scheduled for March 29, but Samsung is kicking off the Galaxy S8 ad campaign with this 15-second teaser video for its upcoming flagship Galaxy S8.
The video doesn’t really reveal anything about the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S8. It only confirms the Samsung’s next flagship name. Samsung Galaxy S8 is scheduled to be unveiled on March 29 in the US and UK, and on March 30 in Korea, with the release date expected to be on April 21.
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We also reported about a 5 second long leaked video showing the Galaxy S8 design from all side. We have also seen the live images and press images of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8. Also a new set of high-resolution images of Galaxy S8 smartphone surfaced few days back.
Also Read: A new set of leaked images shows Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ side-by-side
Also the support page for the Galaxy S8 went live in some countries which suggest the dual-SIM configuration in the upcoming handset. At some time earlier, a 3D render video also went viral that giving the best look yet of the device.
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Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus expected specifications
Display: 5.7-inch/5.8-inch (Galaxy S8), 6.2-inch (Galaxy S8 Plus), dual curved Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display, 2560 x 1440 pixels, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
Processor: Samsung Exynos 8895/Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Memory & Storage: 4GB/6GB RAM, 64GB UFS 2.1 internal storage, microSD card slot (up to 256GB)
Operating System: Android 7.0 Nougat
SIM: Single SIM, dual-SIM
Rear Camera: 12-megapixel dual pixel rear camera
Connectivity: 4G LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi ac/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, Samsung Pay, USB 3.0 Type-C port, and 3.5mm headphone jack
Sensors: Fingerprint Sensor, Iris scanner, Accelerometer, Ambient Light, Gyro, Hall Sensor, Proximity, Samsung KNOX, and Samsung Pass
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AACO Aeropolitical Watch Group (AWG) gathers aeropolitical experts from AACO member airlines. The mission of this group is to follow up on the various regulatory affairs affecting the Arab airlines, advocate in favor of the joint interests of AACO members, provide awareness through AACO to the members on Aeropolitical affairs, and suggest solutions wherever applicable.
All AACO member airlines.
Project coordinator: Mrs. Manal Fares
AACO AVSEC Advisory Group gathers the heads of aviation security of AACO member airlines. The mission of the group is to contribute to enhancing members' operational safety through formulating a mechanism to share information related to risk assessments of air routes that members conduct. In addition, the group is a platform to exchange expertise and best practices among members.
Membership in AACO AVSEC Advisory Group is open to all member airlines.
Air Algerie, Air Arabia, Air Cairo, Egyptair, Emirates, Etihad Airways, flydubai, flynas, Gulf Air, Jordan Aviation, Kuwait Airways, Middle East Airlines, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, Saudia and Yemen Airways.
Project coordinator: Mr. Walid El Hoss
AACO, as part of its mission and objectives, has succeeded since the 1990s in providing the platform for member airlines to cooperate individually with global distribution systems in order to distribute their content and expand their sales presence worldwide.
In 2013, AACO Future Distribution Strategies Task Force (FDSTF) was established with the purpose of achieving the following two objectives:
1. To study and research the latest technological developments related to distribution techniques that meet the consumer needs at all touch points, and provide optimal exposure and reach of member airlines products.
2. To define a comprehensive vision to deal with the distribution landscape beyond the year 2018.
The FDSTF completed its tasks successfully by achieving the above two objectives. Hence, and after concluding the framework between Amadeus and 16 airlines, the FDSTF was closed and transformed into a Steering Board called AACO Amadeus Steering Board (AASB). The AASB includes representatives from the 16 airlines, Amadeus and AACO, and has started following up on the deal as of January 1, 2019. The Board will hold periodic meetings to review the performance of this agreement in order to insure its effectiveness for the member airlines.
The previous framework that managed the 10-year relationship between Amadeus and 13-member airlines has expired by end of 2018. That framework allowed those airlines to benefit from the intensive presence of Amadeus in their home markets and in return, the National Marketing Company (NMC) in each home market of the member airlines caters for the market needs while bringing customer-oriented distribution technology to the travel agents.
The new framework, in addition to the above benefits, supports the participant airlines’ vision for distribution and reconfirms commitments to the travel agency and will drive economies of scale and technological efficiencies, including enhanced merchandising and retailing capabilities. Moreover, this framework remains open for additional member airlines that wish to join in the future.
High market share, strong market presence, rationalized distribution cost, innovative functionalities, wider network coverage, and better customer service
Afriqiyah Airways, Air Algerie, Air Cairo, Badr Airlines, EgyptAir, Etihad Airways, Jordan Aviation, Kuwait Airways, Libyan Airlines, Mauritania Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Nile Air, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Saudia and TunisAir.
Project coordinator: Ms. Manal Diab
AACO MRO Collaboration project gathers ten member airlines. The feasibility of the project was assessed using the services of a consultancy firm which concluded that such collaboration would result in significant benefits in cost saving and resource optimization through nine initiatives: Line maintenance, procurement, inventory sharing/pooling, spare engines and APUs, work exchange/shared shops, GE90 engine shipping, loans and exchanges, training and vendor audits.
Quantitative benefits: reducing cost through leveraging economies of scale and negotiating better contractual terms.
Qualitative benefits: optimizing resources such as budgets (training, vendor audits) and staff productivity, harmonization of standards.
Air Algerie, EgyptAir, Emirates, flynas, Kuwait Airways, Middle East Airlines, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, Saudia and Tassili Airlines.
AACO ERP project gathers twelve member airlines. Its objectives are to:
Develop, maintain and be the custodian of “AACO Emergency Response Mutual Assistance Agreement”; a multilateral agreement for emergency response support amongst the project carriers.
Assess, plan, develop and implement a roadmap aiming at enhancing crisis management preparedness in the region.
Be a platform to exchange information, developments, experience and best practices among members.
Afriqiyah Airways, Air Arabia, EgyptAir, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways, Middle East Airlines, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian and Saudia.
The Environmental Policy Group was established in 2008, and gathers Environmental Directors from 27 member airlines.
To follow up on all regulatory, political, and technical developments related to aviation and the environment on both global and regional levels and to advocate the interests of Arab airlines across all regional and international stake-holders.
To follow up on environmental developments affecting the Arab airlines, advocate their interests, exchange environmental information, provide environmental awareness, and provide cost effective solutions that would help AACO members in facing the environmental challenges.
ICAO and its member States agreed in 2013 on a road-map to finalize work on the Global Market Based Measure and put in place the structure and design element of the global scheme for the assembly of 2016 to review, discuss and possibly adopt the global deal. And upon the recommendation of AACO Executive Committee, the Environmental Policy Group followed up on the environmental developments related to defining the structure and design element of the global scheme, in addition to following up on ICAO’s work and the outcome of the High Level Meetings which were held in order to come up with an agreeable scheme that galvanized the support of all states.
And after 6 years of intensive work from ICAO and its working groups, member States, stakeholders, and international and regional associations, including the Arab Air Carriers’ Organization (AACO), and during its Assembly which was held in Montreal from 27 September to 7 October 2016, ICAO and its member States finalized an agreement for a Global Offsetting Scheme for International Aviation known as CORSIA.
Modus Operandi:
On the Regional level:
To cooperate with Arab Civil Aviation Organization (ACAO) and Civil Aviation Authorities in the Arab world to have a coordinated Arab position which reflects the interests of Arab Airlines and the agreement of Arab States with regards to aviation and the environment.
On the International level:
To follow up on ICAO’s work on establishing the necessary mechanisms for implementation of the CORSIA 2020.
To work with the concerned Arab authorities and to coordinate with IATA and other regional and international entities, and the Arab Civil Aviation Organization (ACAO) to ensure that the mechanisms will not add further burdens on the Arab airlines.
To work with all stakeholders to try to develop a methodology that would recognize efficiencies achieved by airlines prior to 2020 known as the Early Movers.
To follow up on the developments related to the EU-ETS and advocate with the European Commission that the issue of aviation and the environment must be dealt with through the provisions and principles of the ICAO resolution which identified the guiding principles for design and implementation of the global MBM to tackle the environmental impact of air transport.
Afriqiyah Airways, Air Cairo, Air Algerie, Air Arabia, Badr Airlines, EgyptAir, Emirates, Etihad Aviation Group, flynas, Gulf Air, Iraqi Airways, Jordan Aviation, Kuwait Airways, Libyan Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Nile Air, Nouvelair, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, Saudia, Syrian Airlines, Sudan Airways, Tassili Airlines, TunisAir and Yemen Airways.
AACO has established the Fuel Project which comprises the Fuel Steering Board (FSB) and the Aviation Fuel Advisory Group (AFAG). The FSB gathers 26 member airlines. Moreover, a large number of fuel companies work within AFAG to spread awareness and ensure a safe and sustainable aviation fuel industry in the world in general and in the Arab world in particular.
The Fuel Project consists of AACO member airlines in the Fuel Steering Board; and AACO member airlines and fuel companies in the Aviation Fuel Advisory Group.
Project coordinator: Mr. Hamza Mazloum
In line with its objective of promoting and increasing the level of cooperation between member airlines at Outstations, the Ground Handling Steering Board provides the framework that allows member airlines to enhance the services they provide to the customers. Throughout the years, member airlines were able to enhance the level of services at many airports including: Istanbul and 20 other Turkish airports, Rome, Amsterdam, London Heathrow Terminal 4, Kuala Lumpur, Vienna and Addis Ababa.
Moreover, The Ground Handling Steering Board aims at spreading awareness related to new technologies, services and regulations to ensure the sustainability of member airlines’ operations with the highest quality of services given to the consumer.
In addition to that, AACO, through the Ground Handling Steering Board, has concluded a framework agreement with RDC Aviation Limited for an airport charges platform which gives AACO members access to airport charges of 3000+ airports around the world, in addition to a wide number of features.
Afriqiyah Airways, Air Algerie, Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Etihad Airways, Fly Egypt, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways, Libyan Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Nile Air, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, Saudia, Sudan Airways, Syrian Airlines, Tunisair and Yemen Airways.
Project coordinator: Mr. Ahmad Karazi
AACO established its regional training center in Amman in 1996 to provide management training for AACO members, the mission statement is "to offer cost effective quality training", and this today still stands true.
AACO Regional Training Center has its branch in Cairo inside EGYPTAIR Training Center hosted by EGYPTAIR.
In 2005 our scope was broadened to include other types of training from the basic training and soft skills, and in 2007 further broadened to include academic educational programs to provide quality training of higher value to educate airline staff on aviation related post graduate programs.
To provide the training needed by AACO member Airlines by focusing on management training, and offering some basic training courses especially those related to international auditing programs as IOSA and ISAGO. Providing the soft skills needed to raise the capability of the airlines employees, and to offer academic programs related to aviation.
One of AACO RTC main focus is to contribute in developing human resources for member Airlines by organizing training programs for preparing and developing trainers in different aviation topics.
Project coordinator: Mr. Mohamed Osman
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ArmA 3 News
SITREP #00189 Official
On March 21, 2017, Vojtěch Kovařič has reported a SITREP #00189 on the official Arma3 site.
FROM: High Command
TO: Arma 3 Users
INFO: Update 1.68, 64-bit Executables Feedback, Tools Update
PRECEDENCE: Flash
We're now collecting feedback from Update 1.68, which was released last week. To quickly address some of the most reported issues, we're considering to release a small hotfix. Meanwhile, we're about to reveal more details on the upcoming DLC and their content. But before that, let's take a closer look at what's happening/happened in Arma 3 land.
Later this week, we plan to publish a brand new Scanning The Horizon: Arma 3 in 2017 video blog. In this video, Arma 3's Creative Director Jay Crowe will discuss the upcoming DLCs and platform updates: "Last autumn, we shared our roadmap for 2016-17 and beyond. In it, we mapped out a high-level plan to support Arma 3 with splendid new content additions and platform updates. Since then - aside from a brief winter hibernation - we've been hard at work turning those plans into reality." He adds: "It's also become something of a tradition for us to celebrate the New Year with a quick retrospective of our progress, and a look ahead at the development in front of us. 2017’s no exception, and it's our pleasure to present our plans, with a particular focus upon Jets DLC." We cannot wait to present the new Intel to you, our community, so stand by for our broadcast later this week!
While the Armachinima Awards have now concluded, we still love to come back to these splendid community creations - either for an inspiration or just for a good laugh. Our [b]second and third place winners satisfy both of these needs. 'Miller the Killer' shows an extraordinary supply of targets in front of a merciless soldier, while 'The Choice' sends a thought-proving message instead. Both are [b]outstanding in their own unique way and we'd like to congratulate the creators on their victory!
This Saturday, 8 elite teams will fight in the community-organized 'ArmAWorld Coopetition #006' tournament. In this event, teams challenge other teams in a story-based scenarios. You can watch the live stream, with commentary by the tournament's German hosts, via the video embedded below. Good luck to all competitors!
Last week, Arma 3 has received a much-anticipated update. With version 1.68, we introduced the 64-bit game executables to Main-Branch users. While 64-bit is certainly the highlight of this update, it features plenty of other adjustments as well. Be sure to check the SPOTREP (fun fact: the changelog is so huge that our IT specialists had to fiddle with some limits of our web database before we could publish it). We're thrilled to see that more than 80% of Arma 3's player base are now using the 64-bit exes!
So, what to expect from 64-bit? First of all, you will see better usage of your PC's memory. Arma 3 should now be able to utilize most of it, making the framerate more consistent and gameplay much smoother. Despite of a prolonged RC testing period, there are some issues that need ironing out. Administratively, we forgot to deliver documentation for 64-bit server admins. A Dedicated Server requires its own server.cfg. Fortunately, thanks to the King Of The Hill team, we managed to correct this mistake quickly. Check this reddit post for more details. Players can also experience issues with their graphics drivers not switching correctly between GPUs (on-board vs dedicated), resulting in degraded performance of the game. We are in talk with third-party driver developers to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Meanwhile, there is a work-around to force the 64-executable to use your dedicated (normally more powerful) graphics card. Those who don't want to change the default settings of the GPU drivers, please consider using the 32-bit executable until an update of the drivers is released.
Based on the feedback, we are now preparing a hotfix to address some outstanding issues and bring more comfort to our players. If things go well, we'd like to release it at the end of this or during next week.
Last two weeks were also busy on Dev-Branch. Senior Designer Karel Mořický has overhauled the DLC Content Browser, making more room for all future DLCs - and improving the way premium assets are presented. We've also added (work-in-progress!) preview videos on hover.
With the release of Jets DLC approaching, we're applying the final touches to some of the new features. New MFD sources ("ImpactDistance", "Throttle", "PilotCamera", "LaserOn") and parameter ("refreshRate" - with range from 0 to 1) are yet another addition to HUD and HMD technology (brought to you by Senior Programmer Jakub Horyna and Technical Artist Maciej Pham). These recent improvements aim to increase the usability and informational value of the diegetic elements together with more variety and authenticity. Read about the progress on the forums. A new isDamageAllowed script command (requested the community) should help community modders to better find out whether damage is disabled on a given entity.
Arma 3 Tools received an update as well. The most significant part of is new detection of 64-bit DLLs and support for 64-bit executables in the Work Drive. Inspect the TECHREP to get a full overview of the changes.
The Bohemia Forums front page was updated to present a more clear overview of Bohemia games (including Incubator titles). This streamlined presentation allows for a more organized and cleaner organization of Bohemia Interactive's growing portfolio.
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Andrea Vargas (CRC) during the Panamerican Games Lima 2019 – Photo AFP
The impact of the coronavirus has been immense around the world and athletes in the North America and the Caribbean have not been immune to that. However, their motivation remains high as many continue to train despite the challenges with their Olympic dreams in mind.
Costa Rica’s Andrea Carolina Vargas, who finished fifth in the 100m hurdles at last year’s World Championships in a national record of 12.64, has been training in Portland, Oregon, since October. The Pan American Games champion moved with her husband, who is working for Intel, and their five-year-old daughter.
“I have not stepped on the track since late March,” said the 24-year-old. “Where I live, there is a quiet road nearby with a slight hill and that’s where I train. I have also placed hurdles and done some drills to keep my skills. I have purchased a set of weights and do the strength portion at home.”
Vargas keeps daily contact with her mother and coach Dixiana Mena, who also coaches her younger sister and race walking national record-holder Noelia Vargas.
“This new reality makes it more important to have a family and support each other. I have also used my spare time to teach my daughter before she joins school in September. I also spend time cooking, baking and learning English.
“Moving to a new place and then being hit by this pandemic can be challenging as I do not have my family nearby, but we find support in the Costa Rican community in Portland,” she added. “It makes me appreciate the new environment but also appreciate what we have at home, especially coffee.”
Pablo Ibañez (ESA) – Photo La Prensa Grafica
El Salvador’s Pablo Ibañez, the national record-holder in the 400m hurdles, has also had support from family members.
“I have not stepped on a track since the pandemic started in March,” he said. “I am training at home and have plenty of motivation as my three other (younger) siblings do athletics as well.” Younger brother Esteban is the Pan-American U20 decathlon bronze medallist, while sister Gabriela and brother Samuel also compete in combined events.
The Ibañez family acquired a set of weights to work and he hopes to compete again this year, perhaps at the National Championships in December. In the meantime, he has completed his third year of law studies online at the National University.
“I miss seeing my fellow athletes and coach from the Club Atletico Sanjatts,” he said. “I have only seen her twice in person, but we remain in touch via Zoom.”
Paola Moran (MEX) – Photo MexSport
World University Games 400m champion Paola Moran has been able to train on the track three times a week in Guadalajara since March, despite the pandemic. The facility is now open every day to elite athletes.
“I haven’t seen my coach in person since then,” says the Pan-American Games silver medallist. “As an older person, he has not been granted access to the track to protect his health.
“When the (Olympic) Games were postponed, I lost a sense of not having a goal in mind. But then I internalised the benefits of having an extra year to prepare. Last year was a big one for me. I am highly motivated to run at the Olympic Games and I have been working with a sports psychologist to help me achieve my goals.
“This new Covid reality has taught me to appreciate what’s really important in life and prioritise that: health and family.”
SOURCE: World Athletics
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Anderson Cooper 360 Live from Chicago Friday, February 15, 2013
AC360 was Live from Chicago and Chris Cuomo was once again filling in for Anderson Cooper.
BREAKING NEWS, DORNER DIED FROM SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD, Sheriff's Department, Information seems to indicate it was self-inflicted: Chris and Randi Kay reporting
CHICAGO TORN BY DEADLY GUN VIOLENCE, President visits hometown to directly address the situation: Report by Ted Rowlands
CHICAGO HOPE, Searching for solutions to gun violence in the Windy City: Chris follows up with Tio Hardiman, Director, CeaseFire Illinois
METEOR STREAKS ACROSS RUSSIAN SKY, Explodes with flash and sonic boom, causing injuries: Report by Jim Bolton and Chris follows up with Lawrence Kraus, Professor, Arizona State University
'BLADE RUNNER' IN COURT IN SOUTH AFRICA, Oscar Pistorius charged with murdering his model girlfriend: Chris discusses with Robyn Curnow, Johannesburg, South Africa
KIDS OFF THE BLOCK, Diane Latiker offers Chicago kids a place to escape violence: Chris Cuomo reporting (it was taped earlier in the day, despite the LIVE bug being up)
THE CASE AGAINST NEW GUN LAWS, NRA calls on members to "stand and fight": Anderson Cooper's interview with David Keene, NRA President (obviously taped earlier in the week, despite the LIVE bug being up)
PEACEMAKERS BASKETBALL LEAGUE, Rival gangs face off on the hardwood: Report by Gary Tuchman (taped a few days ago despite the Live bug being up) and follow up with Chris
360 NEWS & BUSINESS BULLETIN: Randi Kaye
BLOGGER'S COMMENTARY: While I thought Chris Cuomo did a fine job subbing for Anderson, I was really disappointed with tonight's AC360. Why bother to send Chris to Chicago and then lead with a story on how Dorner died? We knew he was dead and AC360 devoted the whole hour on Wednesday night recapping the events that they had reported on for endless hours as it played out, not to mention an AC360 Special "Killer Cop: Inside the Hunt for Christopher Dorner" airing at 10pm ET tonight. Given Chris was in Chicago, this should have been a bulletin mention. Maybe it's just me, but the court appearance of Oscar Pistorius in South Africa today, should also have been a bulletin mention. And the meteor streaking across the Russian Sky - the second half hour at best, but again a bulletin mention. I feel that the violence in Chicago warranted an hour; especially when there were no deaths associated with the cruise ship story which was given endless hours of coverage last night and there were over 500 gun related deaths in Chicago last year. (As stated in the program, Chicago has a "Sandy Hook" every month.) Gangs were mentioned/addressed in a couple of the reports, but there was no in-depth discussion of the gang problem, and until the discussion starts there, the rest is pretty pointless. While Chicago gets a lot of negative press time for gun violence, it ranks #79 in the list of the top #100 most dangerous cities. The President hit the nail on the head in identifying the problem and offered ways to address during his speech in Chicago today, if only AC360 had followed his lead and dug deep into the problem vs. airing Anderson's interview with the NRA President that didn't make the cut the last two nights, along with other non-related segments that were bulletin mentions at best. While Chris had a good report and a good interview, and Gary's report was good, the rest of the content was lacking; there was no report on Chicago's gun laws and the gun laws advancing in the IL state legislature, etc. Again, Chris did a good job in my opinion. The problem was with much of the program content and that's an AC360 staff/CNN problem. I was hoping things would get better under Zucker, and maybe they will given time, but from what I've seen the changes have been more to the tabloid, exploitative type reporting vs. hard news and addressing real problems. This saddens me. Wonz.
AC360 posted the following video to their Website today. The interview appears to have taken place on Thursday, February 7th. Apparently the breaking news of the next few days kept this interview from airing. We're glad they at least posted it to the Website as it's an interesting interview.
Cooper on veterans and mental illness
Actor Bradley Cooper tells Anderson Cooper why his recent movie role inspired him to raise awareness about mental health.
Posted by The ATA Team at 9:58 PM
Labels: Bradley Cooper, Chris Cuomo, David Keene, Diane Latiker, Gary Tuchman, Jim Bolton, Lawrence Kraus, Randi Kaye, Robyn Curnow, Ted Rowlands, Tio Hardiman
It does seem senseless to send Chris to Chicago and then not delve into Chicago gun laws and the gun laws before the state legislature in Il.
David Keene seems far more reasonable than his CEO of the NRA,
Wayne LaPierre, who IMHO, should resign.
Bradley Cooper made the rounds of talkshows this week to promote his movie and the topic of Veterans
and mental health is an important one considering the number of suicides that are occurring, when vets arrive home.
However, I hope it is not 360's intention to interject celebrities into the topical discussions every week, whether they are news worthy or not.
I appreciated 360 having some other news on Friday and not being entirely about gun violence in Chicago. While the report on Dorner's death was new, I would have put the Russian meteor story first. The news about Dorner wasn't surprising. How often do you get video of a meteor crashing?
And the meteor, like the Pistorius news, was international. I have heard indirectly that CNN has cut back on international reporters stationed around the world. That's understandable but how about connecting with local reporters like 360 did with Robyn Cornow in South Africa?
Still need some time to get used to Cuomo.
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NYC Chinese Cultural Events and Art Exhibitions: June 1 – 7, 2018
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This week: A film series featuring works by Taiwanese director who “tells stories about the Chinese & Burmese diaspora in Southeast Asia”; a talk about spirituality in China; new shows featuring local artists Heidi Lau, Lu Zhang, Lulu Meng and James Chan; and more…
June 12 – An interactive sound performance conceived by Residency Unlimited artist Lin Jingjing that takes excerpts from speeches by Donald Trump
June 29 – July 15 – New York Asian Film Festival
Our weekly listing includes open calls and other opportunities for artists, filmmakers, and others involved with Chinese culture in this intro section.
1) Lotus Lee Foundation Travel Fellowship – Through the Travel Fellowship, Lotus Lee Foundation hopes to stimulate an in-depth discussion on the future development of the theater and performing arts industry. The fellowship aim to encourage students and young professionals to exam this topic from different perspectives including business model, the market expands, art & technology integration, investment, cross-cultural communication, etc.
The fellowship will provide its recipients an opportunity to explore the theater industry in Shanghai, China; to broaden their experience and knowledge on the cultural exchange; to deepen their insights on the future of international performing arts field.
Submission deadline: August 28, 2018
We post frequently on our Facebook page. So check the page for links we share and get a heads up on events before we include them in these weekly posts. For art, images, and other instances of Chineseness we see, follow us on Instagram.
We’re looking for contributors! If you’re interested in writing an article, contributing photos or artwork to be featured with our weekly events and exhibitions listing, letting us know about an event, send a pitch at beyondchinatown@gmail.com.
1) MOCA Music + Mic Night – The first of a summer series featuring musical performances and comedy curated to spotlight 23 artists in the local Asian Pacific American community. The event will feature a MOCA bar and admission to MOCA’s exhibitions after hours.
Tony Award winner Baayork Lee’s National Asian Artists Project (NAAP): Ya Han Chang, Alex Chester, Stephanie Mieko Cohen, Karin Kawamoto, Brian Kim, Alex Lawrence, Sandra W. Lee, Christian Luu, Chrissy Pardo, Viet Vo, Dan Pardo
Stand-Up Comedy/Spoken Word by Judy Lei, Priscilla Ho, Master Lee, Christie Clements, Esther Chen
Original Songs and Covers by Vivi Hu Duo (Xuewei Hu and Yoonmi Choi), Paulina Yeung and Charles Pang, and The Mandarin Trio
Friday, June 1, 6 PM
Museum of Chinese in America
2) Return to Burma 《歸來的人》– When Myanmar finally holds its first presidential election, Xing-hong, a Burmese construction worker in Taiwan, returns home with hopes that change will come to his country. Return to Burma was the first feature film shot in Myanmar. During the time of filming, Myanmar’s presidential election had just taken place. But democracy was far from thriving, and the government only allowed limited foreign press into the country. As a result, Midi Z had to shoot this semi-autobiographical homecoming story without official permission, and only minimal equipment and crew.
Dir. Midi Z
In Mandarin and Yunnan dialect with English subtitles
Screens as part of Return to Myanmar: The Films of Midi Z
Saturday, June 2, 1:30 PM
3) 14 Apples 《十四顆蘋果》– In Myanmar, a man named Wang Shin-hong is suffering from insomnia. A fortune-teller advises that he should become a monk, living in a temple and eating an apple a day for fourteen days. In this moving and personal documentary, Midi Z films the process, an experience that allows him to return to the poverty he experienced in his childhood and the religion that deeply influenced his life.
Dir. Midi Z.
U.S. premiere with Midi Z. in person
4) Ice Poison 《冰毒》– With crop prices weak, a Burmese farmer pawns his cow for an old motorcycle so that his son can take passengers to town for extra income. The new business is fruitless until the son meets a young woman who is involved with the risky but lucrative business of transporting crystal meth. This meticulously executed and mesmerizing story captures the changes occurring in Myanmar under capitalism. The film was Taiwan’s official entry to the 2015 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
2014, Taiwan, 95 min
In Southwestern Mandarin, Burmese
Sunday, June 3, 1:30 PM
5) City of Jade 《翡翠之城》– Director Midi Z was only five years old when his sixteen-year-old brother abandoned the family. There were rumors that he had found riches in the mythical City of Jade. The family only saw him again at the father’s funeral in 1997—poor and addicted to opium. Years later, by which time Midi Z had moved to Taiwan and become a film director, the brother was released from the Mandalay prison. Weak, but still hopeful of finding a big jade gemstone to become rich overnight, he set off once again for the mines, just like countless others in Myanmar’s war-torn Kachin state on the border with China. Midi Z accompanied him with his camera, following him on his motorbike through the jungle, pushing ever further into the dangerous inner core of an inaccessible man’s world. City of Jade powerfully documents a moving cinematic attempt to bring two very different brothers closer together. (Berlin International Film Festival).
6) The Road to Mandalay 《再見瓦城》– Described in Variety as “a low-key, high-impact love story about two illegal immigrants with very different ideas about making money and starting a new life in Bangkok,” The Road to Mandalay follows two strangers who are thrown together as they flee conflict and poverty and try to find work. With its assured visual style and compelling and eerie soundtrack, The Road to Mandalay is Midi Z.’s most accomplished fiction film to date.
With Midi Z. in person
2016, Taiwan, Myanmar, 108 min.
In Minnan, Burmese, and Thai with English subtitles
Sunday, June 3, 6 PM
7) Conversation with Rebirth – Rebirth, a sculpture series comprising seven pieces made of retired elevator steel cables by Taiwanese artist Kang Muxiang (康木祥), is the Garment District Alliance’s latest public art installation currently on view at Garment District Plazas (located on Broadway, btw 36th and 39th). Conversation with Rebirth is an impromptu dance experiment PeiJu Chien-Pott (簡珮如), a principal dancer at the Martha Graham Dance Company, initiated following her unique experience of dancing spontaneously in response to seeing the monumental, embryonic sculptures. At the very beginning, the Conversation was a private experiment and spontaneous performance meant to gratify Chien-Pott’s own artistic craving. But her improvised performances have drawn other dancers to join her, as happened last Friday. Now, for the grand finale, the Conversation will become larger and more dynamic, with artists of various disciplines coming together to improvise on the spot!
Tuesday, June 5, 7 PM
Garment District Plaza, Brodway between 36th and 39th
8) Stilt 《候鳥來的季節》– A bird expert, who watches migratory birds year after year, cannot simply be an observer to his own life. On the surface, Min is a man who lives a dream life. He has great looks, a job he is passionate about at the Taipei wild bird conservatory and a loving wife. However, the expert of the Black-winged Stilt harbours dark storms within. There is daily growing tension between him and his wife over family planning. He and his brother, who were once in good terms, have been cold-shouldering each other for years. Last is the past he left behind to soar to where he is. All tension is released and mayhem unleashed when a crisis brings him back to his old home Yun-Ling, the town he came from. Meanwhile, oblivious to the life of the man who studies them, the migratory Stilts continue their annual ritual. Hidden with their feathery actions is a message of love waiting for Min and his family to uncover.]
Dir. Yin-chuan Tsai
108 min, Taiwan, 2012
Mandarin, Taiwanese & Vietnamese with English subtitles
Thursday, June 7, 6:30 PM
Taiwan Academy, 1 E. 42nd Street
9) Ethical Dilemmas: Religion and the Rebuilding of China’s Moral Foundations – Religion and traditional Chinese values did not do well in China during the years before Deng Xiaoping began to relax controls over society in 1978. Confucian philosophy was outlawed, and spiritual faith was harshly punished during the violent years of the Cultural Revolution. Over decades of political campaigns, the country’s traditional moral foundations were decimated. Today, religion is flourishing again, and the Communist Party is embracing Confucian thought. What impact is the spiritual revival having on ethics and politics in China today? Come hear Ian Johnson, author of the highly acclaimed book, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion after Mao, in conversation with Tao Jiang, a scholar of Chinese thought at Rutgers University.
Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer focusing on society, religion, and history. He works out of Beijing and Berlin, where he also teaches and advises academic journals and think tanks. He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and The New York Times, and his work has also appeared in The New Yorker and National Geographic. Johnson has published three books and contributed chapters to three others. His newest book, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao, describes China’s religious revival and its implications for politics and society.
Tao Jiang is the director of Center for Chinese Studies (http://rccs.rutgers.edu) and associate professor in the Religion Department at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. His primary research interest is classical Chinese thought, Mahāyāna Buddhist thought, and a comparative approach to ideas. He is the author of Contexts and Dialogue: Yogācāra Buddhism and Modern Psychology on the Subliminal Mind and the co-editor of The Reception and Rendition of Freud in China: China’s Freudian Slip. He is finishing a book manuscript on classical Chinese philosophy. Jiang co-directs the Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy and co-chairs the Neo-Confucian Studies Seminar at Columbia University.
ONGOING FILMS, SHOWS, AND EVENTS
1) How Long Will I Love You 《超時空同居》－ In this rollicking romantic comedy, a man and a woman living in the same apartment nearly twenty years apart wake one day to find their timelines have merged. Now they’re stuck with one another, unless they can work together long enough to find a way back to their normal lives… if destiny will allow it.
Group Shows, Local Artists, and Other Art Events:
Lulu Meng is part of Tailbone at 47 Canal, opening on June 2 (reception: 7 – 9 PM) and on view through June 29. Details forthcoming
Opening and Newly Listed:
SPF by Special Special 1) SPF (Special Special, 5/30 – 8/26) – In celebration of summer, Special Special presents SPF,” its first group show transforming the living room storefront into a swimming pool. “SPF” evokes the pool that is its blue oval, inviting creative dialogues amongst a fluid arrangement of various artist projects in the spirit of a poolside retreat, offering New Yorkers a refuge from the sweltering heat. “We invite you to hang out and converge for a Special Special experience, with Pool Party openings for each project, workshop, and event interspersed throughout the Summer months of May till August. In addition to hosting a rotation of site-specific artist installations, we also present new Special Special editions and other curated designs.”
SPF currently features the summer and cocktail drinkware inspired ceramics of Lu Zhang and her Boat Date social experiment from It Takes Ten Years Practice to Be on the Same Boat project which was recently at NARS Foundation
Summery ceramics. Photo by Hansi Liao
2) The Sentinels (The Geary, 5/31 – 7/14) – Geary presents The Sentinels, an exhibition of sculpture and video by Rachel Frank and Heidi Lau. The Sentinels centers around Frank and Lau’s unique perspectives and placement in the shifting landscapes, literally and metaphorically, of time and history. Together, Frank and Lau suggest the stark reality of an uncertain future informed by the materiality of the past. While examining abject evidence of human kind’s trajectory, the two artists also offer a respite in The Sentinels: disaster and chaos, in the form of rapid expansion and collapse, are countered by guardians who watch over our real and mythological worlds as soothsayers: reforming the future by interpreting the past.
Heidi Lau – ‘The Blue Peacock’, 2018. glazed ceramics, gold luster. Courtesy the artist.
3) James Chan – Where Are You Really From? (384 Broadway, 6/6 – 6/23) – An ongoing research/art project where artist James Chan attempts to learn more about his family history, starting with his dad’s side.
The discoveries, family stories, musings, and difficulties encountered during the project are presented in the form of illustrations and paintings.
Opening: June 6, 6 – 9 PM
James Chan – ‘Untitled’, digitally painted, laser color printed, mounted on recycled cardboard
4) Fu Xiaotong – Proliferation (Chambers Fine Art, 6/7 – 8/18) – While studying under Wu Jian’an, well-known for his exploration of the paper cut technique, Fu Xiaotong developed a strong affinity for handmade Xuan paper that has been used within China since the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and is still the preferred support for traditional brush and ink painters and calligraphers. “In the end,” she has written, “I chose handmade Xuan paper to be my primary medium and decided to use needles to pierce holes in the paper to form images.” Elsewhere, she has written that “in the course of study on the language of materials, I learned to focus on the material itself. In general, in Chinese painting, ink covers the beauty of the paper but it is my aim to reveal it without any interference. I do not paint or write on it, but rather create images through the accumulation of thousands of holes that I create with my needle.”
In spite of her wish to disassociate herself from the cultural associations of Xuan paper, she used it to create visual equivalents of the lofty mountains and rushing streams that had characterized the long history of traditional Chinese landscape painting (Shan Shui). As she gained in confidence she evolved a “language of the needle” consisting of five different ways of approaching the surface of the paper. Early on in the development of this technique, she only perforated the surface of the paper from directly above, but eventually she also approached it from the reverse and at an angle from the left and from the right. By now she has such control over the use of the needle that she is able to visualize how different combinations of directional strokes result in convincing representations of rocks and water. Seen from close-up, the texture of her paper works resembles textiles or tapestries in the intricate interlocking of the multiple units of directional needle holes.
Her paper works of 2017 and 2018 are characterized by an evolution in her technique and a transition in her imagery from the landscape motifs with which she is most closely associated to a more abstract language of forms. No longer using a limited repertoire of directional pinpricks according to predetermined plans, she now starts from the center and works in a circular rhythm, softening the sturdy paper until it results in a pronounced three-dimensional surface. These undulating surfaces evoke a multitude of associations, organic, cellular, human or animal skin, breaking waves or breast-like forms that recall an important aspect of the work of Louise Bourgeois.
Fu Xiaotong – ‘1,400,940 Pinpricks’, 2018. Handmade paper, 191 x 63 in. (486 x 160 cm)
Dik Liu: Still Lifes (Gallery 456, 5/4 – 6/1)
Yan Shanchun: West Lake II (Chambers Fine Art, 4/19 – 6/2)
Yun-Fei Ji – Rumor Ridicules and Retributions(James Cohan Gallery (Grand Street), 4/28 – 6/17)
Current shows:
Visit the exhibition calendar for details on the current shows listed below. Check the museum’s or gallery’s website for hours of operation.
Yun-Fei Ji – Rumor Ridicules and Retributions (James Cohan Gallery (Grand Street), 4/28 – 6/17)
Hao Liang – Portraits and Wonders (Gagosian, 5/8 – 6/23)
James Chan – Where Are You Really From? (384 Broadway, 6/6 – 6/23)
Chen Dongfan: Nevermore (昨夜星辰昨夜风) (Fou Gallery, 4/14 – 6/24)
The Fuck Off Generation Chinese Avant Garde in the Post-Mao Era, Part 2 (Ethan Cohen, 5/10 – ??)
Liu Wei –180 Faces (Sean Kelly Gallery, 5/5 – 6/16)
[和hé] (Taiwan Academy in New York (TECO), 5/18 – 6/22)
Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong: <Constellation (Seward Park, June 2017 – June 2018)
The Mississippi Delta Chinese (Pearl River Mart Gallery, 5/18 – 7/7)
The Sentinels (The Geary, 5/31 – 7/14)
Spirited Creatures: Animal Representations in Chinese Silk and Lacquer (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10/21/17 – 7/22/18)
Mel Chin: All Over the Place (Queens Museum, 4/8 – 8/12)
SPF (Special Special, 5/30 – 8/26) – Current exhibition: Lu Zhang and her Boat Date social experiment from It Takes Ten Years Practice to Be on the Same Boat
Fu Xiaotong – Proliferation (Chambers Fine Art, 6/7 – 8/18)
Land: Zhang Huan and Li Binyuan (MoMA PS1, 4/15 – 9/3)
Chinese Medicine in America: Converging Ideas, People, and Practices (Museum of Chinese in America, 4/26 – 9/9)
On the Shelves of Kam Wah Chung & Co.: General Store and Apothecary in John Day, Oregon(Museum of Chinese in America, 4/26 – 9/9)
Kang Muxiang – Rebirth (5/17 – 9/15, Garment District Plazas, Broadway btwn 41st and 36th Streets)
Cecile Chong – El Dorado / The New 49ers (Lewis H. Latimer House Museum, 5/12 – 10/14)
One Hand Clapping (Guggenheim Museum, 5/4 – 10/21)
Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Traditions of China (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 8/26/17 – 1/9/19)
Lead image: In the parking lot of the Journey to the West theme park near Wuhan, Hubei Province. Photo by Andrew Shiue
NYC Chinese Cultural Events and Art Exhibitions: May 18 - 24, 2018
NYC Chinese Cultural Events and Art Exhibitions: June 8 - 14, 2018
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Or at least almost. This site lives on for another year or so.
http://brandperfect.com/itunes.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/it-looks-like-ultima-thule-may-be-more-of-a-pancake-than-snowman/
Sony President talks 8K TVs and the premium features coming to 4K models — MashTalk
Mike Fasulo, President of Sony Electronics, at CES 2019. While Sony wowed at the tech conference with their new 85″ and 98″ 8K TVs, Fasulo said the trend to watch for 2019 is the further adoption of 4K by a widespread consumer base and the integration of smart home features within those popular TVs.
How to Know When Your Gut Instinct Is Reliable
regularity to learn from—chess playing and a marriage:
“Intuitions of master chess players when they look at the board [and make a move], they’re accurate,” he said. “Everybody who’s been married could guess their wife’s or their husband’s mood by one word on the telephone. That’s an intuition and it’s generally very good, and very accurate.”
Openings – The Sicilian Defense: Read-Understand-Play
This question was the starting point for the authors before they began to compile their material. The result is a book that gives explanations to help the reader understand the Sicilian Defense – and instructions to show him how to use it.
Code, Miscellaneous
Google paid out $1,337 bug bounties in a programming joke – INSIDER
Google told Business Insider that it awarded multiple bounties to Lukyanenka this year, most of which totalled $1,337 — a stylized way of writing “leet,” as in “elite,”
Hilary Hahn on recording Bach | gramophone.co.uk
Hilary Hahn has become very associated with the music of Bach, and so for the latest Gramophone Podcast, Editor Martin Cullingford talked to her about the clearly very personal relationship she has with the composer’s music, and about making this new recording.
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/podcast/hilary-hahn-on-recording-bach
Star Trek: Why Discovery’s Technology Is So Advanced
Some of this can be explained away by arguing that Discovery is a science vessel, and more likely to have experimental tech – like the Spore Drive itself – that may prove problematic and be discontinued. But in truth, it reflects that Star Trek has always been a futuristic series. Back in 1966, massive viewscreens and hand-held communicators were the stuff of science-fiction. Nowadays, they’re commonplace, meaning Star Trek has to embrace new technologies in order for its science to still look advanced.
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-discovery-technology-advanced-holograms/
Magnus Carlsen On The Ancient Appeal Of Chess And The Opportunities Of A More Modern Game
I believe that chess can combat many challenges we face today: fractured attention, indecisiveness and a shortage of grit and discipline brought on by too much screen time. Technology has forever changed the way we live, learn and play. Our children have insatiable appetites for fast-paced, action-packed entertainment, and it often feels as though we are watching powerlessly as their patience and critical-thinking skills suffer.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2019/01/31/magnus-carlsen-chess/#4dc7138558a4
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Bebb-Jones loses extradition bid; Fanelli fit to stand trial
Poker players have been in the news for all the wrong reasons this week with new developments in murder trials involving Marcus Bebb-Jones and Ron Fanelli.
Bebb-Jones, a regular on the UK tournament circuit, has lost an extradition appeal and will now stand trial in America accused of murdering his wife, Sabrina, in 1997. If found guilty, Bebb-Jones could face a mandatory life sentence. The former Grosvenor Grand Prix winner was arrested in 2009 and has been appealing against his extradition ever since. The High Court in London has now rejected his final appeal.
In Thailand, psychiatrists have declared that Ron Fanelli is sane and fit to stand trial for the murder of Wanpen Pianchai. Fanelli admitted killing the Thai bar hostess but underwent five months of psychiatric assessment after displays of increasingly erratic behaviour. The doctors at Surat Thani have completed their tests and declared that Fanelli can stand trial but no date has been set for his next court appearance.
Tags: Poker News, Bebb-Jones, loses, extradition, bid;, Fanelli, fit, to, stand, trial
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The beauty of the ugly win
There are gutsy wins, epic wins, brilliant wins, emotional wins, and just-get-the-job-done wins.
But the true connoisseur of footy has learnt to savour, if not quite revel in, the guilty pleasure of the Ugly Win.
The Ugly Win is distinguished by a unique mix of boredom and dread. Hallmarks are a contest that is uninspiring, pitiful skills and errors that should be comical (but fail to raise a chuckle). There is typically a blanket of inertia over the entire spectacle that makes you forget (the players certainly seem to have) that the aim of the contest is actually scoring a goal.
At times whole squads of supporters have been known to simultaneously lose their will to live. It's the kind of match that you never, ever, EVER want to go home and endure again on the replay.
And yet - and this somehow makes it worse - you still desperately want to win. It's hard-wired into your DNA as a fan: this numbingly awful display can make you bored to screaming point, and simultaneously give you a knot in your stomach. The devotee of the Ugly Win simply can't look away, even though for long stretches of what can seem an interminable match, you wish you were anywhere else, even, perhaps, locked in a room with only Sophie Mirabella, Eric Abetz and Christopher Pyne for company.
The tone was set early when our banner contained a typo. It's going to be hard (but I'll manage) to keep childishly sneering about the infamous Essendon 'Bombres' banner when our own promised an 'assult' on the Saints.
The Saints' run-through was also lacklustre. Farren Ray was congratulated, in tepid fashion, for 200 'solid' games. Wow. They certainly dialled down the hyperbole on that one.
From these not so auspicious beginnings, the game spluttered into action.
In a scintillating first quarter, two whole goals were scored. The Libber Sisters even mistimed their feeble high fives when our solitary goal materialised.
The Saints were determined to stop our running game; our guys constantly looked up,confronted by a wall of red white and black, but still bombed it aimlessly into a static forward line.
Last week potential scoring opportunities opened up everywhere in Jake The Lair's Paddock; this time our forward half was as crowded as a Highpoint Shopping Centre car park three days before Christmas. (I apologise. This might not be my most sparkling analogy.The game didn't leave me much to work with).
Battling to escape the tedium, I drifted down memory lane, remembering other contests between the Dogs and Saints, the Cinderella teams that hardly ever get to go to the ball.
But harking back to the past was, like so much unfolding out on the field, a mistake.
In our last red-hot go at a flag - the years of 2008-2010 - the Saints consistently had our measure. Running into Ross Lyon's notoriously defensive walls and the stultifying pressure he drilled into his team, we buckled time and again.
Twice, the Dogs and Saints met in preliminary finals, and twice the Dogs failed. 2009 was our best shot; there was barely a goal in it all night. The Dogs squandered crucial shots at goal in the first quarter when we came out at a furious, frenzied pace; the Saints slowly crawled back at us, the masters at bottling up a match and dragging it back to their ultra-defensive terms. There was, of course, the never-to-be-forgotten (at least while I'm writing this blog) contentious free kick by Shane The Perm McInerney to Riewoldt. And an unbearably tense last quarter: the Dogs snatching back the lead. Then losing it again.
There was a moment that I'll always remember, minutes from the end. The Dogs were a kick down: the match, and that precious, never seen, Grand Final berth, in the balance. Gia launched a tough, running shot at goal on his left foot. There was a fraction of a second where it looked like it was going through. And then it, and our premiership dream, faded slowly away.
There was at least something Shakespeare-ian about that loss. A nobility in our failure.
There was much less grandeur in a stinker of a game when next the Dogs and Saints faced off, in April 2010. It sparked a fierce debate about Ross Lyon and where his tactics of ugly footy were taking the game; but while that raged, the Dogs were absorbing a humiliating message, an ignominious demonstration of our inability to deal with his stifling but cruelly effective tactics.
We were seventeen points up at three quarter time, and had controlled the match: the Saints had only managed four goals all night. You might have thought we were safe. But if you made this foolhardy assumption, you clearly fail to grasp the unique horror of barracking for the Bulldogs. A pall of silence fell over the crowd when the siren sounded that evening (oh, did I mention we lost by three points? And that Gia could have sealed that game too, but for some unknown reason, despite being 20 metres out, tried to pass it onto a team-mate in a worse position.) Almost in an instant I recalibrated my confidence that 2010 would be our year. I, my fellow fans, and, it seemed, the demoralised team out on the ground, had suffered a wound to our psyche. I've heard Terry Wallace talk about the moment or event where a team admits to itself it can't win a flag: I wonder if that was it for our team.
There's been a world of pain for both our clubs since then as we've slid well away from premiership contention. The Dogs, I firmly believe, though younger and less experienced, are further advanced in our rebuild at this point than the Saints. But as we sat through the monotony of Saturday night, it felt like nothing much had changed. Could it be, after all this time, that the Saints were still our bogey team, and that, even without Ross 'The Process' Lyon in the box, they could still grind us down with their intense, exhausting style of play?
In the third quarter we finally began to put our stamp on the game. While not thrilling by any means, there were at least some coherent passages of play. We were ten points up at three quarter of time, and when Lukas Webb showed terrific composure midway through the last term to nail a set shot, our lead was 21 points.
No self-respecting Dogs' fan could, however, have regarded the game as over. Just as my mind began to formulate the thought: "Wouldn't it be dreadful if Riewoldt somehow bobs up and wins the game for them", the big number 12 began to exert his influence. Fletcher Roberts had done well on him, but suddenly our long-time nemesis was off the chain. Riewoldt has been our tormentor so often: the difference in 2009, the catalyst for the Saints' extraordinary comeback against us only seven short weeks ago when we blew a mere 55 point lead.
With him leading the way, the Saints launched an all out 'assult' on the goals. The Dogs seemed to freeze in the moment. Someone moaned: 'Don't do this to us Dogs.' It may have been me.
Because, of course, there's something much worse than an Ugly Win. Its twisted stepsister, the Ugly Loss, the debacle that scarred us in 2010, is possibly the most miserable, soul-destroying experience of them all.
The tension grew.
(Though more in the fashion of a low budget horror movie than a Hitchcock classic).
One player, however, had all evening seemed to stand apart from the dire spectacle. Fortunately for us, that one player was in our colours and in career-best form. There's something rather Celtic about the way Easton Wood plays the game, spring-heeled, free spirited. With his confidence high, he was quite literally flying above all others in this dour struggle; his football was almost joyous, as he floated around, launching himself at the ball, carefree and unafraid.
In the last few minutes, just as in our memorable Sydney victory, Easton Wood rescued us time and time again and again while the shell-shocked Dogs hung on for our lives.
I didn't sing the song, wave my scarf, or do anything extravagant when the siren sounded and we were somehow still in front.
But I was channelling one of our legends, the great man Ted Whitten. Oh what a bloody relief.
The Ugly Win tends to inspire cliches. Things like We got the four points and that's what matters and Good sides find a way.
It's true, of course: for our young team, any win is a good win, and learning to win in adversity is a lesson that will ultimately reap more dividends than the 72 point margin in our frolic against the Lions.
This year we've taken the competition by surprise, but now we will be scrutinised more closely. The claustrophobic tactics of Saturday night will undoubtedly be studied and replicated against us many more times throughout the year.
They're the claustrophobic tactics of finals footy - tactics our club needs to learn to overcome when September action comes our way again.
Of course it was more fun watching Jake The Lair put on a showstopping turn the week before. In Saturday's war of attrition he scored no goals, and in a word rarely associated with Jake his output was 'modest.' But even lairs sometimes have to win ugly: his most important contribution was the tackle he laid on Sam Gilbert. It led directly to what turned out to be the matchwinning goal by Lukas Webb.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to rush off and watch those last five minutes on the replay again. Winning's never really ugly, especially against those Saints, after all.
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Cairns Mayor welcomes further False Cape suspension
The Mayor of the Cairns Regional Council has welcomed the decision by the Federal Environment Minister to suspend the False Cape development for a further 12 months.
"Yes, it is great news," Mayor Schier told CairnsBlog soon after hearing the news this afternoon.
"We're very pleased it's been put on hold, again because it's quite clear that they [Reef Cove Ltd] have not fulfilled their obligations to look after the site and put in the sediment control measures."
Over the last year, Cairns Regional ratepayers forked out $150,000 for temporary remediation work on the now-vacant site, after Minister Garrett first suspended development one year ago.
Council plans to send staff over to the beleaguered site next week for an evaluation.
"They will see what additional work will need to be done, and then we'll have to decide who does it and if we do the same work we did last year. It will be a Council decision," Mayor Val Schier said.
Councillor Paul Gregory, whose Division encompasses the False Cape site, says some responsibility should rest with the Federal Government, in helping for ongoing remediation work.
"This [decision] means that it puts the onus back onto Council," Paul Gregory says. "Those works last year were only ever meant for one wet season. It was to put in slit traps were they were desperately needed, along with some grass and vegetation to try and hold things together. It needs more work now."
"My thoughts are with the Minister's declaration, perhaps they could give us a hand and give us a help financially," Councillor Paul Gregory says. "It's in limbo, nobody can do anything. Ratepayers of Cairns are going to have to carry the can again until someone owns that property so that we can charge and claim back. I think it will be something in the $150,000 order again if we are going to have to go back and do those temporary works again."
When asked if the development would ever proceed again, Councillor Gregory said that something has to be done.
"The site can't be left like it is. It's either going to have to be remediated or finished, or the owners of those properties take care of it. This would be much like Bayview Heights, which was a red soil farm when I was a young fella. When it was developed with residential houses on it, those rivers ran red for the first wet season, but now it's vegetated, those issues are gone. When you go into private ownership, those issues will be taken care of," Paul Gregory said.
Councillor Gregory didn't want to look back if the False Cape site should have ever been approved in the first place.
"It goes back a long, long way," Paul Gregory said. "In 2000 the Council had a chance to kill it off but that would have cost the ratepayers a lot of money in compensation, however we made the decision to continue and it was accessed under the CairnsPlan and there was changes in the design and all that sort of thing. I wished it have never happened in the first place, however the history is there, it's been going on for 25 years."
"I think the Federal Government have some responsibility [regarding the cost of remediation works], not because that we [Council] gave the approvals, as we only gave some approvals as directed by certain court cases, but nothing will now happen for two years therefore they should give some money," Gregory said.
"You'd want to have the remediation nailed down before our first wet in two months," Paul Gregory said.
Local environmentalist and landscape photographer, Steven Nowakowski says that it was the former Byrne-led Council, that Paul Gregory was a member of, supported in 2003 /04 sub-dividing the property from 58 lots to 155.
"They also approved to put in a dual road on the site. So it was actually the Byrne-Council that has left this legacy. We have got to stop blaming Joh Bjelke-Petersen and what happened in the mid-80's," Steve Nowakowski says.
"Yes, the land was re-zoned as special facilities in the mid-80's, but it was the Cairns City Council under Kevin Byrne that reconfigured that site to how it is today," Nowakowski says. "That decision went against the advice of his own Council planners at the time."
The tripling of the lots, with the addition of four unit complexes and a Resort, was a Byrne-Council decision.
"I think today's decision is great step forward, it's the right decision, however I'd like to see a complete revocation of the Federal Government's approval. Ultimately what we'd like to see is the government buying back that site, because at the moment it's worth nothing," Steven Nowakowski said.
"For anyone to take on this site, they would have to spend millions and millions of dollars in remediation before they even start. Firstly, it is Council's responsibility because the Kevin Byrne Council never got the $650,000 bond, they never got that bank guarantee from the developer, so yes, it is Council's responsibility, but it's also the Federal Government's responsibility, because it impacts on the Great Barrier Reef, " Steven Nowakowski says.
When asked who should pay, Nowakowski is defiant. "Kevin Byrne should pay out of his back pocket. He's the one that voted for it."
The Save False Cape campaigners have been seeking a government buy back of the land from the receivers, and then involve the Yarabarrah community to revegetate the site, hand the land back to their community," Steve says.
It's understood that Yarrabah Mayor Percy Neal, would like the site returned back to them. Although Community Development Employment Projects funding has ceased in July, discussions with cairns Senator Jan McLucas has indicated that there could be some Federal funding for employment available for locals revegetating the False Cape site.
The land was purchased by the current developer, John Ewens in 2001 for just over $2 million, then sort substantial changes for his Reef Cove resort. The land is now a liability with so much work needed to be done to fix the site up.
With 155 house blocks on the site, Steve Nowakowski estimates that the sale would conservatively generate around $60 million. The developer has probably spent between 20 to $25 million, and Ewens has indicated that he's spent $2 million a month.
It would cost $5 million to get water pumped in from Gordonvale, and the same again to get sewage pumped back to the treatment centre at Gordonvale, and many more millions to get the roads ready for sub-division, ready for houses, units and the resort.
"We estimate that the developer would have to have spent up to $60 million to get it ready for sale, and then only recoup that from sales. There was never ever going to be any money made.
We hear all about these shelf companies that raise a lot of money, spend a portion of the money, and the rest goes missing into the developer’s pocket, then he declares bankrupt or goes into receivership.
Maybe the False Cape fiasco was always designed to fall over from day one?
"Everyone has lost. The community have lost. The environment has lost. Dougie, the excavator driver lost his life. The developer has supposedly lost. Our visual amenity has been lost. The ratepayers have lost $150,000. No one has won out of this," Steve Nowakowski says.
The Save False Cape group will now consider pushing for an enquiry, led by the State or Federal Government about why this has happened.
We should have an enquiry about why the Byrne Council didn't require that $650,000 bank guarantee, why the Mayor ignored his own planners.
According to Yarrabah Councillors, the former Mayor was flown down to the Gold Coast on a number of occasions, put up in a hotel, reputedly paid for by the developer.
"In this day in age, why have we got this far? We may be up for a perpetual $150,000 every year," Nowakowski says.
Cairns Regional Council Mayor Val Schier says it's her belief that the development won't ever proceed.
"They do have approval for 134 lots, however this Council will not give them approval to treat their sewage on site, nor will we give them approval for a second stage of development."
"The $150,000 that Council have spent rehabilitating the site, would have to be repaid, even if the land is sold, so Council will get its money back," Val Schier said.
False Cape’s approval was first suspended in September last year over concerns that the developer’s failure to maintain the site posed a threat to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
The site was left un-managed after the developer closed it down due to financial difficulties.
“Under the national environment law, I can suspend approval for another 12 months if I am not satisfied that appropriate measures have been put in place to protect the nearby world heritage area,” Peter Garrett said.
“The company has failed to fix up the erosion and sediment problems at the site, so a suspension will remain on the development’s approval. This means that building cannot resume at the site until I am satisfied that proper measures will be taken to protect the world heritage area. If the site is sold to a new developer, the suspension will still apply and any new developer will need to satisfy me that the world heritage area can be protected," Garrett said today.
If a new development is proposed for that site, it will need to be considered as a fresh proposal under national environment law and undergo a public assessment.
According to the Minister's statement, the Reef Cove development is the only project to have its approval suspended under the national environment law—the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
"Suspension is not as good as a revocation, but it is at least better than having the approval re-instated," Adam Millar, solicitor at the Environmental Defenders Office, said today.
"It would be a good idea to explore the buy-back options," Millar said.
Many questions remain however.
Local environmentalist, Terry Spackman says that any new developer will have to satisfy that the world heritage area can be protected.
"Will a new owner have to put effective erosion and sediment controls in place as part of the sale conditions?" he asked. "It appears the present owner failed to do this and escaped prosecution."
"Will the law be enforced more rigorously in the future? A recent inspection of the Reef Cove site showed the temporary remediation work ordered by Cairns Council was just that. Large areas of unprotected soil, evidence of recent erosion, slippage on batters and full or near full sediment traps," Spackman said.
"Most of the conditions that led to the suspension remain. Reef Cove remains a threat to the World Heritage Area. Will work be carried out to remove the threat, and who will pay for it?"
at Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Posted by Michael P Moore Labels: Cairns Regional Council, False Cape, Kevin Byrne, Steve Nowakowski
Jude Johnston said...
The previous Council are at fault with regard to the $650k Bank guarantee. No one bothered to follow up that when the land was on sold that a new bank guarantee had been put in place. When the matter reared its ugly head over the remediation works needed, it was revealed that the "guarantee" was in fact a previous overseas owner's one, which would've ceased the moment the land was sold. With the "development at all costs and who cares about the consequences" attitude that prevailed under the ex Mayor Byrnes reign, details like this were overlooked.
Thu Sept 03, 06:55:00 am
So Kevin Byrne (yes, we know you regularly log on to this site) another damning indictment of you and your pro-development (at any cost) administration. Do yourself a big favour, don't ever consider standing for mayoral office again, we will remember.
Thu Sept 03, 05:56:00 pm
Lillian at Yorkeys said...
Apart from the usual Fat Kev aspect to this sad story, this is yet another indictment of the Evil Planning Department at Council, which was headed by no other than our current Acting CEO, Peter Tabulo. Apart from the Planning crew, who at Council were responsible for seeing that the $650,000 guarantee (not paid) was held by Council? The whole thing is a huge cock-up.
Who is ultimately responsible? Why on earth do we have these recurring themes of such ineptitude with those government bodies 'administering' our land, society & culture?
I believe today we have an epidemic of Death by Bureaucracy - there are thousands of them out there, all making ridiculous decisions, & then when these prove untenable, NO-ONE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE. No-one (or very few) are dismissed, or fined, or put on leave without pay, or even sent to the Naughty Corner. Yet, ordinary citizens as myself are held accountable for every mistake or wrong move we make.
What has happened to us all? And worse, there seems no end to it.
Or, has this always been the way humankind tends to run all this stuff. Maybe we should all go back to studying Machiavelli, & just make the best of it?
Sun Sept 06, 09:25:00 am
Wendy Richardson said...
I agree with Lillian about the Death by Bureaucracy. Seems its been going on for a long time though.
Lewis Carroll no doubt had a model in mind when he wrote about Wonderland; crazy responses and out-of-control characters.
People wonder why I bother to stand for Parliament. Well I can either sit back and cop it or try to change it. I chose/choose the latter.
Sun Sept 06, 06:19:00 pm
Maximinus the 3rd said...
Wendy your a nice person, but I am unsure whether the electorate treats you with respect. You have run twice in different electorate. Sadly you were rejected twice by different electorates.
Do you consider it wise to run again?
Perhaps the electorate does not warm to you.
Would like to hear/read your views.
Glad you think I'm a nice person, Max. I like to think I have vision and tenacity too. Some people would call it 'guts'. And I think lots of people did warm to me, and the number is still rising. If anyone was rejected, surely it was the two other candidates who polled less of the primary votes than I did?
Having run twice for State (and actually once for Tablelands Council, where I missed out by only 18 votes)and having tried to save the old Yacht Club building, one might certainly think 'time to give it a miss' and I did consider that.
However, that does not seem to be the opinion of many voters in the Barron River electorate.
I have had a number of emails and phone calls, as well as comments when I'm out and about, asking me to 'please hang in there', and I will.
To be honest, I only have to get out amongst people and see what is happening, to be willing to fight for them.
Also, when I stood for Cairns in 2006, I polled as well as many of the better Liberal candidates across the state - 32% of people had given me their primary vote.
Then, after I moved to my farm on the Tablelands, with no political plan at all, a few locals who wanted a person with integrity and drive to represent them, asked me to stand for Council. I reckon 20 people in that Division knew me before I nominated, yet by the final count nearly 800 had voted for me. I even got 50% of the total vote in Millaa Millaa where two of the five candiates lived. Not too shabby a result, even if I do say so myself, given I was an independent and ran the whole campaign on my own.
A few months later I was approached again by a group of people I had worked with in 2006 to try to save the old Cairns Yacht Club building. Many people still don't understand the extensive history of that place, the conspiracies that had dogged it or the potential it held for heritage tourism. To me it had the spirit of early Cairns embedded in it and I was willing to lead others who felt the same way in a last ditched effort to have common sense prevail.
Despite a petition of 11,000 signatures in 8 weeks, the Cairns Port Authority and the Bligh government refused to explain their actions or halt the destruction, so eventually they had it dismantled and remnants sent to JCU.
At that time I became increasingly concerned with the dogmatic attitude of Bligh and her government.
Apart from a 'bloody minded' attitude to the heritage of Cairns, there was enforced fluoridation, forced amalgamations, lack of REAL consultation on the 2031 Regional Plan, inaction on breaches of the Integrated Planning Act by rogue developers, workers at the coal face leaving in droves due to mismanagement, bullying, stress and bureaucracy .... the list goes on, all evidence of a government that has forgotten they are our representatives, not our masters.
They were also well out of control re debt before any sign of the Global Finacial crisis and they had made it legal to lie to Parliament. Did you know that Max? Bligh passed legislation to be allowed to lie!
So, like I said previously, I could shut up and put up, or stand up and speak up! I chose to stand up again when asked to vie for Barron River.
And it seems 44% of people at the last election wanted me to represent them. Out of the three candidates, I got the highest number of the primary votes. Only a last minute deal between Labor and the Greens in Brisbane caused me to lose the election.
(In return for Labor giving Ronan Lee their 2nd preferences in just one seat, the Greens promised Labor their 2nd preferences in the 14 most-marginal seats across Queensland i.e. the ones Labor was most likely to lose. Barron River was one of them. It had nothing to do with policy and everything to do with power.)
Since the election, I have been encouraged by many people and have continued to work hard every day for the electorate.
At the next State election Max, voters won't be able to say to me 'Where were you for the last three years?" They will know I've been here listening, learning more and advocating for them.
PS Maximinus 3rd (Max),
I imagine your interest in my views extends far beyond my rationale above for continuing to seek to represent the people of Cairns and Queensland in their quest for better government.
Stay tuned. I shall endeavour to give feedback on issues raised here and in other media.
Mon Sept 07, 08:15:00 am
Maximinus the 3rd. said...
Thank you Wendy for your extensive reply and your follow up.
I have no doubt that you could be a 'successful' politician once elected.
The electorate is quite cynical and sees right through phoney and glib politician/candidates.
Incumbency has its advantages, one of which is the recognition factor.
Furthermore, there is prospect that the electorate of Barron River will be represented by a Minister come election time.
As an aspiring politician, the election campaign for the next election starts the day you are elected/defeated.
To acquire the respect of electors you have to be out there, listening, presenting alternative views and solutions. Stall in shopping centres, public meetings, door knocking, attending Ratepayers meetings and many other community gatherings.
The issues in Barron River are numerous through years of neglect and inertia. To mention a couple that need intervention by yourself are the Smithfield Town Centre, the overall developmental threat to the Freshwater/Barron River Delta, a light rail network for the Marlin Coast, extension of the four lane Cpt. Cook Highway to Buchan Point, Smithfield Bypass and the expansion of the University precinct to include a Medical Faculty and the Cairns Regional Hospital.
The political courting of the Greens and Indigenous people is essential due to the optional preferential voting system.
I look forward to your contribution to the debate on the above mentioned and other issues.
Mon Sept 07, 01:32:00 pm
Max (hope you don't mind the familiarity of me using an abbreviation)
I am VERY happy to discuss all these issues, but it seems we are getting way off topic here.
I think I should get my own site going again. What say you Michael?
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Maryland Hillel held a Yom HaZikaron ceremony Monday night at the Riggs Alumni Center to remember fallen soldiers and civilian victims of political violence.
Israel’s Memorial Day is a time of mourning and reflection of the past year’s terror victims and their families with ceremonies throughout Israel and an official state ceremony in Jerusalem at the Western Wall.
“Things like Yom HaZikaron are very important events. We treat it very differently than the United States’ Memorial day, where they have barbecues,” said sophomore Michal Antonov, a government and politics and communications major.
“Here its very serious,” said Antonov. “There’s an actual cause that we are fighting for. It’s not just for the survival of the state of Israel, it’s the survival of the Jewish people, so they have a home to go back to… it’s important to recognize all the people, all the soldiers who are fighting for that.”
The holiday begins the evening of April 30 and ends at sundown May 1. The day consists of visits to cemeteries to honor loved ones and a ceremony in the evening at Israel’s national cemetery, Mount Herzl, which signals the end of the holiday and the start of Independence Day.
Rabbi Aderet Drucker leads attendees in prayer for Yom HaZikaron. Nicole Reisinger/Mitzpeh.
The Heise Room was packed with students gathered to commemorate those who were lost.
Aliza Silverman, a sophomore Jewish studies major, said, “It’s important to come together so everyone can recognize that those who don’t have someone to remember them are going to be remembered by other people.”
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A cappella group Kol Sasson performs at Hillel’s Yom HaZikaron ceremony May 1. Nicole Reisinger/Mitzpeh.
“I’m Israeli, so I have a lot of friends in Israel who are soldiers right now who are serving. My dad was in the army, both of my aunts were in the army,” said Antonov. “I know of people who have (lost someone) and it’s not easy. I don’t like to think about how it might happen to someone that I know who is right now serving.”
The ceremony was filled with moving readings and performances to offer remembrance. Shira Gabay, a Jewish Agency for Israel fellow, read “Life Does Not Go On,” an emotional poem by Yair Lapid about the loss of a brother to war, and a capella group Kol Sasson performed “Bidyuk Mo Hayareach.”
The evening ended with Rabbi Aderet Drucker saying El Malei Rachamim, a prayer for those who are departed, and Kaddish.
“It seemed like a very Israel-type ceremony where it wasn’t too formal … but at the same time it was serious, no one was laughing or clapping,” said Antonov. “It was very beautifully executed.”
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This has been a crazy and exciting General Assembly session! VAPLAN has been tracking bills all session, and recording votes. For the last two years since we began, we have put together a cross-issue legislative scorecard, ranking legislators based on how progressively they voted. Although special interest groups often create scorecards for particular issues like guns, the environment, or business, ours is the only one we’ve seen that covers multiple legislative areas to measure overall progressiveness. We’re happy to announce the third annual VAPLAN legislative scorecard! Before we get to the scores, a few important caveats are in order:
Our list of included bills is not necessarily a comprehensive list of all progressive bills—our strategy is typically to focus on bills that are not straight party-line votes (either in committees or on the floor), to enable us to tease out differences among Democrats and differences among Republicans.
We discovered this year in particular that a number of bills were “continued” — which we consider similar to killing — by unrecorded voice vote in House (sub)committees as well as in the Senate Rules Committee. Often this included patrons voting to continue their own bills. Additionally, some House (sub)committees left a number of bills behind without docketing them or bringing them up for vote—many closely-watched bills died in this manner this year, such as banning the death penalty for those with severe mental illness, right to work repeal, the ban on campaign donations from public utilities, etc.
A simple scorecard is also unable to capture lousy amendments that water down a bill and votes on these amendments, unspoken or backroom deals to water down bills, as well as heroic attempts to save bills from dying, all of which were especially important this year. In other words, the scorecard mainly reflects votes on final versions of bills, which do not necessarily match what votes might have been cast on more or less progressive versions of these bills.
Because legislators vary in the number of opportunities to vote on bills depending on their committee assignments, the scorecard is sometimes unduly affected by one unprogressive vote. A legislator on many committees can make up for that vote more easily, while one on few committees or less contentious committees (i.e. Cities, Counties and Towns) has a more difficult time overcoming that vote. Thus, while the rankings approximately measure how progressive legislators are, it’s probably better to think of them as ballpark ranges of progressiveness—the difference between #8 and #9 isn’t likely significant, but the difference between #8 and #20 probably is.
Lastly, and most importantly, a scorecard does not measure anything other than votes on a set of bills—it does not measure extremely important legislative skills, like ability to build a coalition to get bills through, writing good bills, presenting your bills well in committee, ability to find compromises to reduce opposition, mentoring younger members, helping save or block bills in committee, being a good committee chair, etc. This is a fun and useful tool, but not a complete measure of the quality of legislators.
Without further ado, here are the highlights. Full scores are available here.
Top Scores in the House:
1. Patrick Hope (HD-47)
2. Ibraheem Samirah (HD-86)
3. (tie) Marcus Simon (HD-53) and Don Scott (HD-80)
5. Mark Levine (HD-45)
6. Josh Cole (HD-28)
7. Jay Jones (HD-89)
8. Lashrecse Aird (HD-63)
9. Cia Price (HD-95)
10. Elizabeth Guzman (HD-31)
Top Senate Scores:
Ghazala Hashmi (SD-10)
Jennifer Boysko (SD-33)
Joe Morrissey (SD-16)
Barbara Favola (SD-31)
Jeremy McPike (SD-29)
Scott Surovell (SD-36)
Least Progressive Delegates:
91. Mark Cole (HD-88)
92. Rob Bell (HD-58)
93. Charles Poindexter (HD-9)
94. Emily Brewer (HD-64)
95. (tie) Kathy Byron (HD-22) and Margaret Ransone (HD-99)
97. Todd Gilbert (HD-15)
98. (tie) Ronnie Campbell (HD-24), Matt Fariss (HD-59), Kirk Cox (HD-66)
Least Progressive Senators:
35. Mark Peake (SD-22)
36. Bill DeSteph (SD-8)
37. (tie) Frank Ruff (SD-15) and Steve Newman (SD-28)
39. Amanda Chase (SD-11)
40. Mark Obenshain (SD-26)
Centrists:
The Delegates voting closest to the center are Democrats David Bulova (HD37), Mike Mullin (HD-93), and Steve Heretick (HD-79); and Republicans Glenn Davis (HD-84), Carrie Coyner (HD-62), and Terry Kilgore (HD1). In the Senate, the centrists were Democrat Chap Petersen (D-34), and Republicans Dunnavant (R-12), Hanger (R-24), and Vogel (R-27)—the exact same squad as in last year’s scorecard.
The scorecard is calculated from the votes on 89 bills that came up this year, on topics from the environment, campaign finance reform, criminal justice, gun violence prevention, LGBTQ discrimination, and more. For every progressive vote a legislator cast on a bill (either in subcommittee, committee, or on the floor, depending on where the last vote was taken), they scored one point; for every non-progressive vote, -1. Additionally, we assigned plus or minus points for signaling intent to vote by co-sponsoring a bill. Any bill that the legislator had no vote on (either from abstaining, absence without recording intended vote, or from not being on the committee where the bill was voted on) is scored a zero.
The legislator’s total score is the sum of all the bill scores, divided by the number of bills that he or she could have cast a vote on, so that the final score measures the percent of votes cast on these bills that were progressive. The measure ranges from 1 (all votes cast were progressive) to -1 (no progressive votes were cast).
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Reports from two District Collectors in India revealed the inhuman conditions Sri Lankan refugees lived in.
Reports submitted by the Wayanad district (Kerala) collector and the Mananthavady sub collector to Justice S H Panchapakesan based on a visit to the Kambamala colony near Mananthavady revealed the shocking inadequacies.
Times Of India (TOI) carried a report on the wretched living conditions of the colony residents, who are Tamil refugee families from Sri Lanka who had been rehabilitated in the tea plantation.
The Mananthavady Sub Collector Sreeram Sambasiva Rao in his report said that the families in the colony were living in very miserable conditions. "94 houses have crumbling toilets. Even basic facilities like water and other essential requirements are inadequate. Many estate workers are suffering from serious diseases like cancer," the report said adding that the residents could not avail the benefits of the welfare programmes as they don't have caste certificate and Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards.
The sub collector said that he had issued directions to the concerned authorities for the development of basic infrastructure in the colony and setting up toilets apart from issuing BPL ration cards to the families. Also, directions have been issued to provide assistance to the needy under the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF), he said.
The enquiry report by the district social justice officer said that two women who have been diagnosed with cancer have not started treatment and are still working in the estate. Also there are two bed ridden patients in the colony. "Even the education of the children is affected as they cannot go to the Anganwadi during monsoon as there is no bridge over a nearby river. It is also learnt that some families have sent their children away to Gudallur in Tamil Nadu as they have to trek 2 km through dense forests to reach the nearest primary school and 5 km to reach the high school," the report by the officer said.
Prof. Varughese Mathew, director of the NGO, Movement for Tribal Heritage and Environmental Research, said that it is unfortunate that the country's promise to rehabilitate the Tamil refugee families are yet to be implemented even after three decades.(TOI)
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By On Oct 13, 2008
Sacrifi ce is a word that goes hand-in-hand with being a champion, and nowhere is that maxim truer than in the world of mixed martial arts. When fans see an MMA match, they know the fi ghters have shed blood, sweat, and tears to prepare for combat, but what many don’t realize is that few fi ghters have the luxury of working out and training exclusively. Most mixed martial artists, even successful ones, have to hold down nine-to-fi ve jobs to support themselves and their families, while struggling to fi nd time to train for the next match. Three examples are World Extreme Cagefi ghting (WEC) star Charlie Valencia, King of the Cage (KOTC) Lightweight Champion Joe Camacho, and King of the Cage veteran Dave Rivas. While their names are well recognized in the sport, what many people don’t know is that these three mixed martial artists have held down day jobs for years, balancing the demands of fi ghting at a professional level while supporting and providing for their loved ones.
Charlie Valencia is probably best known for his impressive performance on the TapouT television show where he scored a KO, and a recent win at WEC 31, where he punched, kicked, and suplexed his way to victory. However, although fans are awed by his displays in the ring, it’s Valencia’s dedication to supporting his family that deserves the most commendation. “I drive for Anheuser-Busch,” Valencia explains. “I get in at seven and get done around fi ve.”
It’s not the life that most fans picture for an MMA star. The average day for Valencia consists of a routine that encompasses work, family responsibilities, and training. “I wake up early,” he explains, “I have an 11-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son, so I get them up for school. I get my son dressed, and then my wife takes over.” Knowing the constraints of his day, Valencia makes every effort to share as much quality time with his family as he can. After work, there’s fi nally time to train at Classic Kickboxing in Pasadena, California, but it’s not always easy to fi nd the motivation, especially after a grueling day. “It’s tough because I drive all day and then I have to drive to practice,” Valencia relates. “I start training at seven-thirty, and try to get done by ten.” The short training period isn’t by choice, but due to the fact that Valencia must integrate all aspects of his life, a job made particularly diffi cult in knowing that he has to do it all again the next day.“ I try to wind down but it’s hard,” he says. His strong mental outlook keeps him going. “You have to battle through it,” Valencia attests, “because without great sacrifi ce there are no great rewards.”
The people that best know of Valencia’s sacrifi ces are his family, and the MMA fi ghter is grateful for a strong support system that helps him overcome the hurdles of balancing fi ghting and a day job. “My wife understands the sacrifi ces,” Valencia explains. When he has to travel for a fi ght, other members of his household chip in. “My father and mother come to the house to make sure everything is okay, and other family members too. They all come and do their part which makes it easier for me,” he adds gratefully. Even with the support, Valencia acknowledges that it might be the point in his career when he needs to solely focus on training. “It’s tough because I’ve always had a job since I was sixteen,” he explains, noting how diffi cult it is for fi ghters to gain the kind of sponsorship necessary to be able to dedicate themselves to training. “People don’t understand how signifi cant sponsorship is,” Valencia explains, thankful for the help of his own sponsors. “Fighters don’t get paid that much, so it makes a big difference if you win,” the MMA pro says. “And I want to win to provide for my family.” Another fi ghter who is no stranger to the diffi culties of juggling work and training is Joe Camacho. The MMA star scored a decisive TKO victory over Thomas “The Wildman” Denny to capture the 160-pound KOTC Lightweight belt on January 23, but what’s even more amazing is that for years Camacho has been working as an art director of graphic design, coaching other fi ghters, and still fi nding time to train. “I get up every day for work at seven, and all day I’m on the computer,” Camacho explains. “It’s funny because people think it’s easy, but the computer drains you. It’s the kind of work that wears you down so by the end of the day all you want to do is rest.”
But for Camacho, it’s not time to rest, it’s time to train. That task is made even more diffi cult by the fact that the MMA fi ghter also teaches classes at California Kickboxing. “ I have to balance training, teaching, and private classes,” Camacho explains. This in addition to his regular job. The grueling routine makes it diffi cult to balance another aspect of a fi ghter’s career; nutrition. “I have to eat late at night since I train from fi ve-thirty to ten, so all that’s open is fast food.”
In light of the championship win, Camacho has decided to make the transition to training exclusively. “It’s been really tough to balance it all out,” Camacho says. In a sport where reactions are everything, it is very diffi cult to not have the kind of training opportunities that your opponents have. “A lot of the fi ghters that I’ve fought train exclusively,” Camacho explains. “They’re always on the mat.” Camacho, who has faced Joe Stevenson and Rob Emerson, explains the diffi cultly of not being able to solely train. “ They focus on what they have to do. I have to focus on work and meeting deadlines, then I have to get back into fi ght mode.”
Still, Camacho has handled the task well, having maintained the balance for over a decade, even as he separated his day job from his MMA career. “ I never really advertise what I do,” the fi ghter explains, “so it’s kind of been like Fight Club, showing up to work with a black eye, that kind of thing.” But now, with the championship belt around his waist, Camacho is ready to make the transition to training exclusively to defend his crown as King of the Cage.
Another King of the Cage veteran who handles the daunting task of balancing a strenuous job, family responsibilities, and training for MMA is rising star Dave Rivas. Coming off a unanimous decision win in early January, Rivas is no stranger to the pressure of preparing for fi ghts while juggling professional obligations. Rivas, who works for Countrywide in the loan business, knows the kind of mental strength it takes to be a champion. “I put in nine to ten hours, then right after that it’s training,” Rivas says. “It’s very hard. Your body is tired and you’re mentally tired, too.” Even though his work day starts at eight on an average day, Rivas is up well before that.“ I get up at fi ve and run for thirty minutes to an hour,” Rivas explains. “I have a son and drive him to a different district for school. Then I drive back and get to work doing loans.” Rivas breaks up the daily monotony with some quick exercise midday. “ At lunch I try to get an hour workout,” Rivas says. “Then it’s back to work, and after that I pick up my son and get to training.” The MMA fi ghter has a long day, with his training lasting several hours. “ I get back at around ten to eleven and try to go to bed around eleven-thirty.” Like other fi ghters who balance full time jobs and their training, Rivas recognizes the diffi culty and sacrifi ce it takes. “ I’m still almost a newlywed, and it’s very stressful for the family when you’re away for
so long,” Rivas explains, grateful for the support his family gives him.
After a while though, the balancing act becomes increasingly diffi cult. “Sometimes you start questioning if you want to do this,” Rivas describes. “It puts a block in your mind and when you question your drive, you don’t want it as much.” Rivas’ determination keeps him going, and for him, it’s not about the money, it’s about the love of MMA. “ When I started fi ghting I got $250 a match, but I loved doing it. That’s the thing with fi ghting, is we go back in for the challenge.”
The juggling act of maintaining a day job, making time for family, and training can take it’s toll, but Rivas sums it up well: “When you go out there and you get your hand raised, it’s all worth it.”
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Essentials of Medicine
Trifluoperazine Hydrochloride – TRIFLUOPERAZINE®
TRIFLUOPERAZINE®
Antianxiety
Antipsychotic
Trifluoperazine Hydrochloride Tablets BP 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 mg
Control of excessive anxiety, tension and agitation.
Treatment or prevention of nausea and vomiting of various causes.
Management of psychotic disorders (e.g. acute or chronic catatonic, hebephrenic and paranoid schizophrenia; psychosis due to organic brain damage, toxic psychosis, and the manic phase of manic-depressive illness.)
Phenothiazines act on the subcortical areas of the CNS which influence the affective functions.
Antagonist for the postsynaptic mesolimbic dopaminergic D2 receptors in the brain and decreases the release of hypothalamic and hypophyseal hormones.
Half Life: 24 hours
Onset of action:
5 to 1 hour (following oral administration)
10 to 15 minutes (following intramuscular administration)
5 to 15 minutes (following intravascular administration)
Peak of action: 2 hours
Metabolism: Liver
Mild to moderate symptoms:
Usual dosage: 1 or 2 mg twice daily
Moderate to severe symptoms:
Starting dose: 5 mg orally 2 or 3 times daily
Usual dose: 15 to 20 mg/day
Max dose: 80 mg/day
Children: (6 to 12 years of age):
Behavior Disorders in Children:
Usual dose is: 1 mg once or twice a day (depends on the child’s bodyweight)
Psychotic Children: (either hospitalized or under adequate supervision)
Starting dose: 1 mg once or twice daily (depends on the child’s bodyweight)
Oral anticoagulants
Anticonvulsants (e.g., phenytoin)
Tranquilizers
Organophosphate insecticides
Drugs that prolong Qt interval and torsade de pointes:
Class ia antiarrhythmic (e.g., quinidine, procainamide, disopyramide)
Class iii antiarrhythmic (e.g., amiodarone, sotalol, ibutilide)
Antipsychotics (e.g., chlorpromazine, pimozide, droperidol)
Antidepressants (e.g., fluoxetine, venlafaxine, tricyclic/tetracyclic antidepressants)
Opioids (e.g., methadone)
Macrolide antibiotics and analogues (e.g., erythromycin, clarithromycin)
Quinolone antibiotics (e.g., moxifloxacin)
Pentamidine
Antimalarial
Azole antifungals (e.g., fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole)
5-ht3 antagonists (e.g., dolasetron, ondansetron)
Beta-2 adrenoceptor agonists (e.g., salmeterol, formoterol)
Drugs causing electrolyte alteration
SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressants
Motor Restlessness
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Pseudo-parkinsonism
nonspecific ECG changes, reversible Q and T wave distortions, QT Prolongation, hypotension, cardiac arrhythmias including atrioventricular block, paroxysmal tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest, Ventricular arrhythmias, and Torsade’s de pointes.
Haematological
Blood dyscrasias including pancytopenia, agranulocytosis, thrombocytopenic purpura, leucopoenia, eosinophilia, haemolytic anaemia, aplastic anaemia.
Other Adverse Reactions
Skin Reactions, Stimulation, Insomnia, Anorexia, Amenorrhea, Lactation, drowsiness, dizziness, fatigue, blurred vision, seizures, altered CSF proteins, cerebral oedema, prolongation of the action of CNS depressants (opiates, alcohol, barbiturates), autonomic reactions (mouth dryness nasal congestion, headache, nausea, constipation, ileus, impotence, urinary retention, priapism, miosis, and mydriasis), muscular weakness, reactivation of psychotic processes (catatonic-like states), increased aggressiveness, and toxic confusional states
Comatose or greatly depressed
Blood dyscrasias and bone marrow depression
Congenital long QT syndrome or with a family history of this syndrome
Cardiac arrhythmias or Torsade de Pointes.
Combination with serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as citalopram.
Pregnancy: category C
Lactation: Not recommended in nursing mothers
Increased Mortality in Elderly Patients with Dementia:
the causes of death appeared to be cardiovascular (e.g., heart failure, sudden death) or infectious (e.g., pneumonia)
Body Temperature Regulation:
Hyperpyrexia might happen with antipsychotic drugs >>> Appropriate care is advised when prescribing Trifluoperazine to patients who will be experiencing conditions which increase core body temperature (e.g., exercising strenuously, exposure to extreme heat, receiving concomitant medication with anticholinergic activity or being subject to dehydration.)
Potential for Hypotension:
High risk group: elderly or debilitated patients
Avoid hypotension by:
Large doses should be avoided in patients with impaired cardiovascular systems.
After initial administration, keep patient lying down and observe for at least 0.5 hour.
If hypotension occurs:
Place patient in head-low position with legs raised.
norepinephrine or phenylephrine can be used as vasoconstrictor
Increase in mental and physical activity:
In angina patients this effect is not desirable >>> patients with angina pectoris experience increasing their pain while taking trifluoperazine >>> patients should be observed carefully
Prolongation of QT Interval:
Caution in patients with cardiovascular disease or family history of QT prolongation.
Avoid concomitant QT prolonging drugs.
Caution when administering in patients with risk factors for Torsade de Pointes:
Age 65 years or older
Baseline prolongation of the qt/qtc interval
Congenital long qt syndromes
Family history of qt prolongation, or sudden cardiac death at <50 years
History of arrhythmias
Electrolyte disturbances
Acute neurological events
Hepatic dysfunction, renal dysfunction, and phenotypic/genotypic poor metabolizers of drug
Nutritional deficit
Caution patient about endocrine and Metabolism side effects of trifluoperazine:
Hyperprolactinaemia: which may cause galactorrhoea, gynecomastia, oligo-menorrhea or amenorrhoea, and erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism which may lead to decreased bone mineral density in both female and male subjects.
Hyperglycemia: Patients should have baseline and periodic monitoring of blood glucose and body weight.
Caution patients about Gastrointestinal side effects:
The antiemetic action of trifluoperazine may mask signs and symptoms of toxicity or over dosage of other drugs
Might obscure the diagnosis of conditions such as intestinal obstruction, brain tumor and Reye’s syndrome.
Caution patient about possibility of priapism.
Caution patient about hematologic problems:
Blood dyscrasias (agranulocytosis, anemia, leukopenia, neutropenia, pancytopenia, and thrombocytopenia) and jaundice of the cholestatic type might happen >>> hematological monitoring is recommended.
Venous thromboembolism (VTE):
All potential risk factors for VTE should be identified and preventative measures undertaken.
Caution patients about Hepatic/Biliary/Pancreatic:
Jaundice of the cholestatic type of hepatitis or liver damage might happen in patients receiving trifluoperazine >>> Hepatic and renal function should be checked
Caution patients about Neurologic side effects:
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
Caution in concomitant use with Anticonvulsants:
Trifluoperazine lower the convulsive threshold >>> it should be used with caution in patients with epilepsy, EEG abnormalities or subcortical brain damage.
Caution patients about effects on Driving Ability and Use of Machinery:
Trifluoperazine impair mental and/or physical abilities >>> patients should be cautioned about activities requiring alertness (e.g., operating vehicles or machinery).
Caution patients about Dependence/Tolerance:
Sudden discontinuance in long-term psychiatric patients cause temporary symptoms (e.g., nausea and vomiting, dizziness, tremulousness.)
Caution patients about Ophthalmologic problem:
Glaucoma: trifluoperazine should be used with caution in patients with glaucoma.
Retinopathy: Phenothiazines might produce retinopathy, especially with long-term treatment at high dosage.
Caution patients about reversible skin pigmentation
Pediatrics (under 6 years of age):
Not recommended in children under the age of 6.
Geriatrics (≥65 years of age):
Not recommended in patients 65 years of age or older
Caution should be exercised with the use of Trifluoperazine in the elderly patient.
Use in Geriatric Patients with Dementia
Care should be exercised in treating elderly or debilitated patients.
Monitoring and Laboratory Tests:
Phenothiazines result in falsely positive or negative pregnancy test results >>> Caution patients about reliability of pregnancy test during usage of trifluoperazine.
This document is prepared by the “Mental Health for All” team. This document is provided for information purposes only and does not necessarily represent endorsement by or an official position of the Essentials of Medicine. Advice on the treatment or care of an individual patient should be obtained through consultation with a physician who has examined that patient or is familiar with that patient’s medical history.
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Joseph, St
Joseph, St. The husband of the Virgin Mary. In Matthew 1–2 and Luke 1–2 Mary is said to have been ‘betrothed’ to him when Jesus was born. According to Matthew 13. 55 he was a carpenter. From 1479, his feast day in the W. was on 19 Mar. Between 1914 and 1955 his feast day was on the third Wednesday after Easter. In 1955 it was transferred (as St Joseph the Worker) to 1 May, to align it with the secular holiday. It ceased to be obligatory in 1969. In the E. it is the first Sunday after Christmas.
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Joseph, Saint In the New Testament, husband of Mary and the legal father of Jesus Christ. He was a carpenter from Nazareth, n Palestine. His feast day is March 19 or May 1.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘We Could Only See Each Other’s Eyes’
A Mint Lifesaver
After the funeral, I tidied the guest room for my mother, who was moving in temporarily while adjusting to life without my father. I was restless, believing I should have convinced him to see a doctor sooner. When I pulled a cloth along the closet shelf, a shower of mint Lifesavers rained down, left behind from my father’s last visit. An ex-smoker, he always kept his mouth busy. I unwrapped one, placing it, Communion-like, on my tongue. I wasn’t able to save my father’s life; the lung cancer was a wildfire. But as the Lifesaver dissolved, it cleansed me. — Julia Bruce
With my father circa 1977 on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant, N.J.
Within His Radius
Visiting my parents in Seattle, I expected my Tinder match with Jason to go like all the rest: warm hello, flirty banter, gradual trailing off. Back then, I traveled constantly for work, swiping everywhere, jaded but still looking despite myself. I returned home to Boston before Jason and I could meet. We communicated constantly. Discovering that neither of us had plans for Thanksgiving, we decided to meet somewhere between us (Nashville) and celebrate. We ate turkey and potatoes on our first date. One year married, Jason admits that he wasn’t looking for anyone outside of a five-mile radius. — Ian McKinley
At our wedding last year in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Jason is on the right.
She’s Back in Our Bed
In 1998, I decided to get rid of my very 1980s-looking bachelor furniture. After posting on Craigslist, a gentleman came over with a tape measure. Everything would fit, including my king-size platform bed. He just needed run it by his girlfriend. The next day, the doorbell rang. When I opened the door, I saw the man and my ex-girlfriend from 20 years earlier. We shared our surprise, then moved on to the bedroom set. They said it was perfect. I said to my ex, “That was ours — are you sure you want it?” “Absolutely.” And off they went. — Paul Weinberg
The view from my front door.
Two travel nurses, we arrived in New Mexico to help with the pandemic. We met in the hospital’s Covid-19 tent, glimmers of desert sun streaming in. Pushing through 12-and-a-half-hour shifts, we interacted as we treated patients and tested the sick. A quiet connection grew. With our faces covered, we could only see each other’s eyes. I didn’t see his hidden smile for weeks. When I did, it felt like seeing weeks of masked smiles in an instant. His face, once unknown, soon became home. His heart, a remedy for uncertainty. — Jacqueline McMahon
Our smiling eyes.
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Lyndsey's story
Her first thought was: “Not me.”
It was 2013, and Lyndsey Fennelly was in the middle of a two-week hospital stay following a mental breakdown. Her doctor diagnosed her with a mental illness, but she didn’t believe it. She didn’t want to believe it.
After her hospital stay, Fennelly walked out of the doctor’s office and didn’t return. She went back to life as normal.
“I just wanted to pretend like everything was fine, and I just needed to sleep and re-alter my schedule,” Fennelly said. “There was pride and ego. Those walls needed to be broken before I ever accepted that.”
A Los Angeles native, Fennelly came to Iowa by way of basketball. She played for the Iowa State University women’s basketball team in the mid-2000s. She married Billy Fennelly, son of longtime Iowa State women’s head coach Bill Fennelly, and stayed in Ames after graduation. In the years after her 2013 breakdown, Fennelly, now 34, opened a business, Campus Cycle, and had two children.
But in April 2018, due in part to an unforgiving schedule, her mental illness returned. Fennelly had another breakdown and this time stayed in the hospital for 21 days. It was then Fennelly decided to take her mental health seriously.
“I don’t know if I was more accepting of my condition because I had kids this time. I don’t know if I was more accepting because mental health is becoming more acceptable. But I didn’t look at it with the same type of scorn I did before,” Fennelly said.
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While in the hospital, Fennelly’s husband brought a magazine for her to read. Fennelly read an article about Mariah Carey’s struggles with mental illness. Here was a larger-than-life celebrity helping others with her story. Fennelly wanted to be that role model.
“I decided this was going to be my mountain to climb, and I was going to stand on the tallest one possible and help others through it,” Fennelly said.
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In the years since 2018, Fennelly has learned to manage her mental illness. She keeps a consistent schedule and carves out time for sufficient sleep. She’s on medication and sees a therapist. Fennelly said she understands her triggers, which plays an important role in backing away when she needs to.
“I’m in tune with everything that’s going on,” Fennelly said. “I have a strong support team that I can connect with if anything in my world starts to unravel. I kind of have safeguards in place.”
“I decided this was going to be my mountain to climb, and I was going to stand on the tallest one possible and help others through it."
Fennelly has used her experience for good. She’s become an outspoken advocate for the importance of mental health. On social media, Fennelly posts almost daily about mental illness and her story. She hopes it has an impact on her many followers.
“I think we’re all on a continuum as it relates to mental health,” Fennelly said. “We could all be a little healthier, and we can all sleep more. We can all manage our triggers. Mental illness touches one in five Iowans, but mental health touches every single human being. We all have the capacity to improve our mental health.”
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Matches for "Ontario Sire Stakes Grassroots"
$75,000 Grassroots Finals at Mohawk
MILTON, OCT. 10, 2020 - Woodbine Mohawk Park showcased Ontario's top harness racing Grassroots competitors on Saturday night and the division stars were shining bright as six of the eight $75,000 championships were captured by favourites, including defending champions Lovedbythemasses and Mayhem Hanover. In the three-year-old trotting colt showdown, Lovedbythemasses and driver Mike Saftic took control heading for the half and never needed to look back, sailing home to a one and one-half length victory in 1:53.4. Semi-Final winner Ripped And Ready was second and division point leader Mikey Mass trotted into third. "He was real good last week and he was good today, good and strong. He's probably at the top of his game right now," said Campbellville, ON resident Saftic. "All night long they were coming off the pace, the front end wasn't holding very good, but I kind of landed about the four-hole and coming up the backside I didn't want to let them get too cheap of a half and be first over so I brushed to the front. He was good." Saftic steers Lovedbythemasses for trainer Ed Peconi of Peterborough and his co-owners Nicholas Peconi of Lakefield, ON and Wade Peconi of Stanchel, PEI. The win was the Muscle Mass gelding's fourth in Grassroots action this season and the ninth of his career. One race later three-year-old pacing colt Mayhem Hanover defended his Grassroots title, sprinting home off a first-over trip to deliver a commanding two and one-half length win in a personal best 1:50. Bettorbuckleup, who caught Mayhem Hanover in the Semi-Final, finished second and Poseidon Seelster was third. "He raced great tonight. He couldn't have raced any better," said driver Doug McNair. "Last week, it's kind of my own fault, I started him up real early and he just got picked off late. He should have never got beat last week I didn't think. The drive didn't look much better tonight, but he just kind of idled his way up to the lead. I didn't make him pace as fast as he can until the top of the stretch and he paced right to the wire." Gregg McNair of Guelph trains Mayhem Hanover for Scott and Clay Horner of Toronto, ON, who also watched the Sportswriter son try his hand against the Gold and Grand Circuit horses this summer before returning to the Grassroots program. Three-year-old pacing colt Mayhem Hanover and driver Doug McNair Division point leaders Four Wheelin and Profound Paragon also capped off their impressive Grassroots seasons with a championship title. Two-year-old trotting colt Four Wheelin kicked off the evening with a two length score in a personal best 1:56.4. In rein to Louis-Philippe Roy the Wheeling N Dealin son got away fourth as Lifelong Wish sprinted out to a :27.2 quarter and then swept to the lead heading for the :57.3 half. The fan favourite did not face a challenge through the 1:26.2 three-quarters and pulled away to a two length victory over Warrawee Windsor and Tymal Chrome. "I expected it to be a two-horse race pretty much," said Roy, who was concerned about the other Semi-Final winner Highland Mowgli and driver Bob McClure. "At first I wasn't really happy because the horse I had to beat was sitting on my back, but when (Mike) Saftic (with Lifelong Wish) slowed, I was able to re-move and get mine in a better position and get Bob's horse in a bad position. The last three starts I never used him. He did it all by himself and was never tired so I knew he had a little more left in the tank." Saturday's win was Four Wheelin's fifth in five Grassroots starts. Trainer Marcel Barrieau of Cambridge, ON and Gestion Mastel Inc. of Longueil, QC share ownership of the talented youngster, who boosted his career earnings to $101,002. Like many of her peers, three-year-old trotting filly Profound Paragon used a come-from-behind trip to score her fifth Grassroots win, and her twelfth of the season, in 1:55.4. Sonadora Deo finished one length behind the fan favourite and Chelseas Magic was third. "She's been amazing," said trainer Julie Walker. "There's not too many horses that win that many races, when you consider the overnights and Grassroots, and at every race track in Ontario, so it's been fun." Carlisle, ON resident Walker shares ownership of Profound Paragon with breeder Steven Titus of Manalapan, NJ and Jean Bernard "Bert" Renaud has driven the Muscle Mass daughter through her successful sophomore season. Second Bruiser capped off a perfect Grassroots season with a championship title in the two-year-old pacing colt showdown. The Believeinbruiser son and driver James MacDonald took command heading for the half and never faced a serious challenge, cruising home one and one-quarter length winners in 1:51.4. Proline finished second and Semi-Final winner Take Control was third. "It was awesome," said trainer Vernon Cochrane. "I was a little bit worried about the front end. He'd never got to the front that early before and he's always trained better off a helmet, he likes to chase them home, but a good horse can do it any way, right." Fergus resident Cochrane shares ownership of Second Bruiser with breeder Stefan Piekos of Palgrave, ON. The gelding made four appearances in the Grassroots program, two regular season legs, the Semi-Final and final, and won all three in identical clockings of 1:51.4. Fan favourite HP Mama B also rewarded her backers in the two-year-old trotting filly championship. In rein to Sylvain Filion HP Mama B powered from sixth to first in the final quarter, trotting under the wire one length ahead of Doing It All and division point leader Top Of The Bar in 1:57.3. "That mare raced good. I am a happy man. When they win it's always nice," said trainer Ben Baillargeon who also bred the filly. "I got rid of the broodmare, and I even sold half of that one when she was a year old and I gave the rest of it to my wife, so she's happy. I haven't seen a dime of what that mare made so far. I don't think I'll see a penny out of that, but that's okay, my wife will put it to good use probably." Baillargeon's wife Guylaine Picard of Guelph shares ownership of HP Mama B with Celine Paquin of Ayers Cliff, QC. The win boosted the Royalty For Life daughter's career earnings to $76,087. Louis-Philippe Roy was back in the winner's circle after the three-year-old pacing filly showdown, guiding Mia Culpa to victory from Post 10. The Shadow Play daughter sprinted home to a three-quarter length victory in a personal best 1:51.4. Semi-Final winner Lyons Tilt Hanover and Free Flyin Ticket also closed hard to be second and third. "Jean Tourigny did a good job making her peak at the right time. She's as good now as she was two months ago. She's not tired and I was really happy with the trip I got with her," said Guelph, ON resident Roy. "I raced her a few times on the front, but she's not really that type of horse." Jean Tourigny trains Mia Culpa for Roland Trudel of Becancour, Michel Damphousse of Louiseville and Guy Lavoie of Terrebonne, QC. The win was the filly's fifth of the season and just her second in Ontario Sires Stakes action. Jonathan Drury and two-year-old pacing filly Cyclone Sister opted to follow in the footsteps of the fillies that preceded them, getting away sixth from Post 1 and advancing toward pacesetter Ourlittlemiracle through fractions of :28.2, :57.1 and 1:24.4. Rolling out three-wide at the three-quarters, Cyclone Sister kicked home to a one and one-half length win in a personal best 1:53.2. Fan favourite Chiefs Dream Girl was second and Semi-Final winner Amini was third. "She raced great. Jonathan gave her a perfect trip. The first four or five starts she always kicked home really well and I was kind of hoping she could have that kick one more start and she did," said owner/breeder George Millar of Stouffville, ON. "I'm thrilled. I was just saying to my wife (Sondra), we were so close to selling the mare in foal with Cyclone Sister, I'm kind of glad there was no buyers and I ended up keeping her." Nick Gallucci trains Cyclone Sister, who started her career with two wins at the Grassroots level and then took two runs at the Gold Series fillies before returning to the Grassroots program. Saturday's boosted the Shadow Play daughter's earnings to $99,682. Complete results from Saturday's program are available at Woodbine Mohawk Park Results. Videos: Race 2 - Four Wheelin; Race 3 - HP Mama B; Race 4 - Mia Culpa; Race 5 - Cyclone Sister; Race 6 - Lovedbythemasses; Race 7 -Mayhem Hanover; Race 8 - Profound Paragon; Race 9 - Second Bruiser OSS Program Information For rules, notices, Program changes, up-to-date point standings, race replays, and more, visit: www.ontariosiresstakes.com Ontario Racing
Second Bruiser is horse of a lifetime for breeder
MILTON, ON - OCT. 8, 2020 - When two-year-old pacing gelding Second Bruiser steps in behind the starting gate in Saturday's $75,000 Ontario Sire Stakes Grassroots Championship at Woodbine Mohawk Park, he will be looking to make good on a prediction harness racing owner/trainer Vernon Cochrane made eight months ago. "I said from the very start, like the first month I had him, I was like this is the best horse you've ever had in your life," said Cochrane of that late winter conversation with the gelding's owner/breeder Stefan Piekos of Palgrave, ON. "Until they actually prove it on the racetrack then you kind of wonder, like 'I've heard this before', but he's shown natural ability from the start. There was never anything that could train with him or even come close to him. He's always been like a three or four year old against babies. His last start, James (MacDonald) came in and said to me, 'He's a man against boys' and that's pretty much what it comes down to." In their Oct. 1 Grassroots Semi-Final driver James MacDonald and Second Bruiser romped to a five and one-quarter length victory in 1:51.4. It was the gelding's third straight win in Grassroots competition and his third time halting the Woodbine Mohawk Park clock at 1:51.4. MacDonald will steer the Believeinbruiser son from Post 8 in Saturday's ninth race and his connections are hoping the gelding can wrap up his brief season on a successful note. "He's just had so many health issues through the year that it was a struggle to get him there and we're just happy to salvage what we've salvaged out of the year. He's going to be shut down after Saturday and that will be it," said Fergus, ON resident Cochrane. "We're going to stake him up to a lot more next year. He was never paid into anything as a yearling. I mean he was a homebred and obviously the breeder wasn't expecting that kind of animal from him." Win, lose or draw on Saturday, Second Bruiser has already proven that Cochrane's early season prediction was correct and given the partners something to look forward to in 2021. Trainer Thierry Vandenplas started looking forward to Saturday night's three-year-old trotting colt championship when Ripped And Ready sailed home a four and one-quarter length winner in his Oct. 2 Semi-Final, touring the Woodbine Mohawk Park oval in a personal best 1:55.1. "He kind of impressed me a little bit last Friday. I think now Jody (Jamieson) starts to know him pretty well and we had a little bit more luck this time," said Vandenplas. "It's going to be tough, because you've got a lot of good horses that maybe didn't have a nice trip last week and everybody is going to fight hard Saturday." The Semi-Final win was Ripped And Ready's third in Grassroots action this season. In 10 sophomore starts the Muscle Mass son has only missed the top three on one occasion, finishing fourth from Post 9 in the Sept. 10 Grassroots leg at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Jody Jamieson will make his sixth appearance in Ripped And Ready's race bike on Saturday, lining up at Post 5, alongside reigning division champion Lovedbythemasses, who gets Post 4 in the sixth race. Vandenplas trains Ripped And Ready for owner/breeder Dr. Ruth Irving of Russell, ON and said neither the trip to the racetrack nor the post are cause for concern with the colt. "I think when it's a nice and big track like Mohawk, the track is so nice and you've got so much time to make your move, I'm not worried about the position," said Brinston, ON resident Vandenplas. "He travels well, that's not a big problem for him. He's a nice horse to work with, calm and everything. As soon as he hits the trailer he knows he's going to go for business so he gets a little bit more anxious, but as soon as he's back from the races he just comes back to his normal life and he's pretty nice to work around." Owner/breeder George Millar said three-year-old pacing colt Bettorbuckleup is also a nice horse to work around. The Bettors Delight colt is one of the horses the 70 year old Millar regularly jogs and trains over the track at his Stouffville, ON farm. "I've trained Buckle probably more than anybody has trained him, I like him," said Millar, who entrusts the majority of the colt's care to trainer Nick Gallucci. "There's nothing you can't help but like about him, he's just a nice little colt." Bettorbuckleup may be easy going to work around, but he displayed killer instincts in the Oct. 2 Semi-Final, getting up in the final strides to catch favourite Mayhem Hanover by a nose in 1:50.4. The thrill of watching the colt make a final-stride surge to win had Millar replaying the race until the wee hours. "That was probably one of my most exciting races in the past year," said Millar. "I was still all excited and watching the replay for another hour and a half. I think I got to bed about one o'clock." Bettorbuckleup and driver James MacDonald will make their bid for a second straight win from Post 3 on Saturday. Rivals Mayhem Hanover, the reigning division champion, National Sport, the other Semi-Final winner, and The Wild Card, the division point leader, will be lined up to his right at Posts 6, 7, and 8 in the seventh race. In addition to Bettorbuckleup, Millar will also be watching homebreds Cyclone Sister and Cantstoplying compete in the two-year-old pacing filly and pacing colt championships. Shadow Play daughter Cyclone Sister gets Post 1 in the fifth race while Sunshine Beach gelding Cantstoplying will start from the trailing Post 10 in the ninth. "You never know how things are going to work out," said Millar. "To me it's exciting just to have a bunch of homebreds like that - Buckle's not a homebred - but having them competing at that level and making it to the Sires Stakes Final is great." The Grassroots Championships go postward in Races 2 through 9 on Saturday's program. The evening's first race rolls in behind the starting gate at 7 pm. Fans can download a program and watch the live stream on Woodbine Mohawk Park's website. From the Ontatrio Sire Stakes
Freshmen sharp in Grassroots Semi-Finals
MILTON, ON - OCT. 1, 2020 - Ontario Sire Stakes Grassroots postseason action got underway at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday, Oct. 1 with eight $20,000 Semi-Finals for the two-year-old trotters and pacers, and five of the eight contests saw the harness racing favourites cruise to victory. Two-year-old Trotting Filly Semi-Finals The freshman trotting fillies kicked things off in the first race and favourite Tipsy In Dixie sailed home to a 1:58.1 personal best. The Muscle Mass daughter sat in the pocket behind pacesetter Ban Ban Deo through fractions of :28, :58.3 and 1:29.1 and then powered down the stretch to a two and one-half length victory over Lifeintheslammer, Ban Ban Deo, Movin To The Top and Kadillac Girl. "She got out of the gate well and then I got to give her a nice trip. I knew Bob's (McClure) horse (Ban Ban Deo) was pretty good and I thought if I could follow along and give her a good trip she'd give me a good run down the lane, and she did," said driver James MacDonald. "It's only I think the second time she's raced at Mohawk this year, it's been a lot of B tracks for them, so it's good to have some confidence on this turf and hopefully she carries it into next week." Guelph resident MacDonald piloted Tipsy In Dixie to her third win for trainer Harry Poulton of Milton and fractional ownership group TheStable.ca Tipsy In Dixie of Guelph, ON. HP Mama B took the second trotting filly Semi-Final with a strong move to the front at the halfway marker. Once she had command, the fan favourite cruised home to a one and one-quarter length victory in 1:57.3. Mag N Lady finished second, Doing It All was third, division point leader Top Of The Bar was fourth and A Blue Blood earned the final spot in the Oct. 10 Grassroots Championship. Milton resident Sylvain Filion piloted HP Mama B to her second straight victory for trainer/breeder Ben Baillargeon of Guelph and owners Guylaine Picard of Guelph, ON and Celine Paquin of Ayers Cliff, QC. Two-year-old Trotting Colt Semi-Finals Division point leader and fan favourite Four Wheelin was a confident 1:58.2 winner in the first trotting colt showdown, stretching his win streak over the Woodbine Mohawk Park oval to three. Driver Louis-Philippe Roy piloted the Wheeling N Dealin son to the front-end victory, besting Lifelong Wish, Tymal Chrome, Kilauea and Rosies War Bonds. "It's easy to win a Semi-Final when you have the best one in the race," said Guelph, ON resident Roy. "Winning the Final is different, that said I really like his chances going into the finals. He did it easy again tonight." Marcel Barrieau of Cambridge, ON trains and co-owns Four Wheelin with Gestion Mastel Inc. of Longueil, QC. Fan favourite Highland Mowgli cruised along on the front to a 1:57.2 personal best in the second trotting colt Semi-Final, two and one-half lengths ahead of Warrawee Windsor. Arch Hall was third, Insanity fourth and Greg fifth. "That's my first time driving him, so obviously the first impression is good," said Rockwood, ON resident Bob McClure. "And I've got to say, what a nice little horse. He's kind of fine gaited, not an athletic build to him, but just puts his head in front of him and wants to be a racehorse, and I love that in horses. They've done a really good job and he's had a great year. No doubt it's not going to change anything even if he doesn't win the final, but I'd say he'd be hard to beat next week." Guelph resident Amanda Fine trains Highland Mowgli for her co-owner, and the Archangel colt's breeder, Highland Thoroughbred Farm of Inglewood, ON. Thursday's win was Highland Mowgli's second straight. Two-year-old Pacing Filly Semi-Finals Amini delivered the first upset of the night in the first pacing filly Semi-Final. The Sportswriter daughter and driver Sylvain Filion left smartly from Post 4 and reached the quarter in :28, then yielded to Shiatzu Seelster, who led the field to a :57.3 half and 1:27.2 three-quarters. Finding room late in the stretch, Amini kicked into high gear and paced under the wire a one-half length winner in a personal best 1:55.1. Fan favourite Chiefs Dream Girl was second, Cyclone Sister third, Come On Sun fourth and Shiatzu Seelster fifth. Filion engineered the filly's third Grassroots win for trainer Richard Moreau of Puslinch and owners Tess Waxman of Ridgeville and David Morgan of Hamilton, ON. Nightlife Seelster captured the second pacing filly Semi-Final with a 1:54.1 effort that saw her leave well from Post 6 and reach the front soon after the :27 quarter put up by Sportsfire. Soon after the :56.1 half Nightlife Seelster was overtaken, first by Sweet Pink and then Celia Bayama, who led the field to a 1:24.3 three-quarters. In the stretch Nightlife Seelster was able to sneak up the inside and sprint home to a one and one-quarter length win over division point leader CL Sportsextreme, Ourlittlemiracle, Siri Blue Chip and favourite Celia Bayama. "She's finally getting back to where she's supposed to be. I thought when I first won the Grassroots (Aug. 14) with her that she'd never see a Grassroots again. I thought she'd go to the Golds and carry on from there," said driver Bob McClure. "I tried to cover her up tonight, that didn't work, but when she got room late she did exactly what she was supposed to and went on through. She's definitely going the right direction at the right time." Shawn Steacy of Brantford, ON trains the Sunshine Beach daughter for Hudson Standardbred Stable Inc. of Hudson, Conrad Leber of Montreal, QC and Bertrand Gilhespy Stable of Edmonton, AB. Two-year-old Pacing Colt Semi-Finals: Second Bruiser extended his win streak to three with a commanding five and one-quarter length score in the first pacing colt battle. The fan favourite and driver James MacDonald stopped the teletimer at 1:51.4. Big Bang Bang finished second, Saratoga Blue Chip was third, Mustang Beach fourth and Adrenaline Rush was fifth. "He's just a big powerhouse. He's just a big, brown, winning machine right now. Just try not to fall off; easier said than done for me," said MacDonald, who was nursing some stiffness after being ejected from the race bike during Tuesday's eighth race. "It makes my job pretty easy." The Believeinbruiser son is trained by Vernon Cochrane of Fergus for his co-owner, and the gelding's breeder, Stefan Piekos of Palgrave, ON. Second Bruiser is a perfect three-for-three in Grassroots action, with all three miles clocked in 1:51.4. Take Control won the sprint to the wire in the second pacing colt Semi-Final. After stalking division point leader Stonebridge Rex through fractions of :27.3, :56.2 and 1:24.1, driver Louis-Philippe Roy hit the accelerator in the stretch and Take Control powered home for a one-half length victory in a personal best 1:51.4. Stonebridge Rex finished second and favourite Proline was third. No Plan Intended and Cantstoplying completed the top five. "He's a real nice two-year-old," said Roy. "He had some bad luck during the summer with bad posts, but every time I asked him, he responded well." The win was the second straight and the third of the season for Control The Moment son Take Control, who is owned by trainer Dan Lagace of Cambridge and Ben Mudry of Toronto, ON. Complete results from Thursday's program are available at Woodbine Mohawk Park Results. On Friday, Oct. 2 the top three-year-olds will wage their Grassroots Semi-Final battles at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Fans can download a program and watch the live stream on the Woodbine Mohawk Park website. From the Ontario Sire Stakes
Walker hoping for another shot at Grassroots
MILTON, ON - SEPT. 30, 2020 - Two years after earning her first Grassroots Championship, trainer Julie Walker returns to the Ontario Sires Stakes postseason at Woodbine Mohawk Park this Friday, Oct. 2 with a pair of three-year-old trotting fillies. Yen will start from the outside Post 9 in the first $20,000 sophomore trotting filly Semi-Final and Walker said she is glad Sylvain Filion will be responsible for decision making once the wings fold for the second race of the program. "I always say I'm glad I'm not the driver, because I don't know what I would do, but I think in my mindset as a trainer, I just want to make it to the Final," said the Carlisle, ON resident. "They take the top five, that's all I'm looking for is top five and hope for a better draw." Yen heads into Friday's Semi-Final on a two-race win streak at Woodbine Mohawk Park, the first coming in a Sept. 14 overnight event and the second in the Sept. 21 Grassroots leg. Two other winners from the regular season finale will also line up in the first Semi-Final, with No Angel Here getting Post 4 and Sonadora Deo getting Post 6. Both Yen and Sonadora Deo were late arrivals to the Grassroots program after starting their sophomore campaigns at the Gold Series level. Yen recorded one third, one fifth and one ninth-place result before Walker and owner/breeder Overseas Farms Ltd. of Cambridge, ON decided a change of scenery was in order for the E L Titan daughter. "I think that she was not the best Gold horse, but I still believe that she was a Gold horse, it's just every time we went somewhere she had a bad post, got away last, just such bad luck we thought we'd change our luck," said Walker. "And you can see that she still hasn't drawn good even in the Grassroots but, because I think she's a little better than the competition, even if she draws bad we can still compete." Unlike her stablemate, Profound Paragon spent the summer competing on the Grassroots circuit and was riding a perfect record of four Grassroots and eight straight wins until the Sept. 21 event when she made an uncharacteristic break in the stretch that saw her placed back to ninth. "I feel confident that it was just a little bump in the road just because nothing can be too easy," said Walker ruefully. "Obviously I'm happy it happened then and not in the Semi-Final, and I really don't think it was anything. I think it was just a little reminder that nothing's easy. They both trained Tuesday and they both trained really well, so that's all we can do going in." Walker shares ownership of Profound Paragon with breeder Steven Titus of Manalapan, NJ and Jean Bernard "Bert" Renaud drives the Muscle Mass daughter, who boasts a record of 10 wins in 14 starts this season. "Bert's done a great job with Shelby (Profound Paragon). That's been a big part of it," said Walker. "I think it's funny that everyone was kind of shocked at the break she made. Yeah I was shocked and disappointed, but at the same time I think that Bert's made her look better than what she's been the whole time, because he knows the ins and out of her so well that he can kind of hide those little parts that maybe she's not perfect at. I think that's kind of cool, that she's come as far as she's come." Profound Paragon heads into the second sophomore trotting filly Semi-Final, scheduled as Race 7, at the top of the division standings with 200 points and will be looking to advance to the Oct. 10 Championship from Post 8. While preparing Yen and Profound Paragon for the Grassroots postseason, Walker has also started searching through yearling catalogues and videos in hopes of finding a future Ontario Sires Stakes star who could take her to another Grassroots Championship or a Super Final. "Obviously you work towards having a barn full of Gold fillies not just Grassroots, but the fact that I have two now instead of one, it's a little progress," said the trainer, who earned her 2018 Grassroots title with two-year-old trotting filly At Will. "I'd like to have a little better calibre in my barn, but I think I'm heading in the right direction, just very baby steps." Friday's three-year-old Semi-Finals get underway at 7 pm with the three-year-old pacing fillies kicking things off in Race 1 and wrapping them up in Race 11. The three-year-old trotting fillies compete in Races 2 and 7, the three-year-old trotting colts square off in Races 3 and 9 and the three-year-old pacing colts will battle in Races 5 and 10. Fans can download a program and watch the live stream on the Woodbine Mohawk Park website. From the Ontario Sire Stakes
Grassroots Semi-Finals start Thursday
MILTON, ON - SEPT. 29, 2020 - The Ontario Sires Stakes postseason action gets under way this Thursday, Oct. 1 at Woodbine Mohawk Park with eight $20,000 Grassroots Semi-Finals for the two-year-old competitors. Trainer Marcel Barrieau will harness one starter in each of the trotting colt Semi-Finals, sending division point leader Four Wheelin out from Post 2 in the second race and Stoked Blue Chip from Post 7 in Race 10. Four Wheelin heads into Thursday's test with a perfect record of three wins in three Grassroots starts, the most recent a personal best 1:57.1 in the Sept. 14 leg at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Barrieau piloted the Wheeling N Dealin son to his first win, in the July 11 season opener at Georgian Downs, but Louis-Philippe Roy was in the bike for wins two and three and will be at the lines on Thursday. "Lately, he just hit his own and he's been real good for me," said Cambridge, ON resident Barrieau, who shares ownership of Four Wheelin with Gestion Mastel Inc. of Longueil, QC. "The other fella (Stoked Blue Chip), he's not as strong as I wish he was. He was strong all spring, but now he seems like he goes the same speed all around. He's kind of a nice trotter, a nice horse, but he's got no zip at the end of the mile. That's Four Wheelin's strong point." Milton resident Sylvain Filion will steer Stoked Blue Chip in the second trotting colt Semi-Final, hoping to guide the Muscle Mass son to his fourth top-five finish for owners Wayne MacRae of Fall River, NS and Howmac Farms Ltd. of North Wiltshire, PEI. Trotting filly point leader Top Of The Bar heads into the Semi-Finals off three straight Grassroots wins over half-mile ovals. Just one of the Muscle Mass daughter's four career starts came at Woodbine Mohawk Park, a third-place result in the July 13 Grassroots season opener. "She's coming in I guess as good as you can expect one to come in with the record she has. She's feeling good and hopefully she steps up and goes forward," said trainer Mark Etsell. "She's pretty versatile. You can leave with her, you can sit with her, you can come first up. We never had the second-over trip yet, but I don't see it being a problem, she's trained every which way." Rockwood resident Etsell shares ownership of Top Of The Bar with Robert Newton of Walkerton, Graham Hopkins of Chesley and Peter Porter of Port Dover, ON. Regular reinsman Bob McClure will be in the race bike on Thursday, lining up at Post 7 in the second trotting filly Semi-Final. "It's a horse race, anything can happen, we're up to the racing gods now, and trips and all that stuff. She seems to be coming in sharp so that's the big thing," said Etsell. "She's definitely one of the freshest ones anyways, because she hasn't had many starts, so she's definitely not over-raced." Take Control also heads into his Semi-Final battle off a win in the last Grassroots leg. The freshman pacing gelding posted a 1:52.3 personal best at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Sept. 17, impressing both driver Louis-Philippe Roy and trainer Dan Lagace. "Every time he's had a shot to put his best foot forward, he really has. Roy said he was real good last week so we're hoping, you know there's some nice horses in that race, but I think if he shows his best they'll know he's there," said Lagace, who shares ownership of the Control The Moment son with Ben Mudry of Toronto. "He's a nice colt, he's not a great colt or anything like that, but he's seems to be getting better and I think he'll mature into a nice three-year-old next year." Roy will steer Take Control from Post 4 in the second pacing colt Semi-Final, which features three of the four winners from the Sept. 17 leg. In addition to Take Control, Proline will start from Post 2 and No Plan Intended gets Post 5. Division point leader Stonebridge Rex starts from Post 3. Take Control's stablemate Sportsfire will be looking for a rebound effort from Post 7 in the second pacing filly Semi-Final. The Sportswriter daughter won her division in the first two Grassroots legs, finished second in the next two, but faded to fourth in the Sept. 15 contest at Woodbine Mohawk Park. "She didn't finish very strong her last start. She got a good trip, good drive, and didn't finish overly strong the last 100 feet. We took her blood afterwards and she showed a little bit of ulcers bugging her so we treated her that way," said Cambridge resident Lagace. "She trained good, seems good, she's healthy, so we're hoping for a little stronger finish so that we can make the final." Lagace trains Sportsfire for owner/breeder Fred Brayford of Alliston, ON and Jody Jamieson will steer the filly on Thursday. The trotting fillies will open Thursday's program in Race 1 at 7 pm, with their second Semi-Final going postward in Race 8. The trotting colt Semi-Finals are slated as Raced 2 and 10, the pacing fillies will battle in Races 3 and 7, and the pacing colts will compete in Races 4 and 9. Fans can download a program and watch the live stream on the Woodbine Mohawk Park website. From the Ontario Sire Stakes
Fire suspends racing; stakes rescheduled
DUNDAS, ON - SEPT. 17, 2020 - Due to an electrical fire Flamboro Downs was forced to suspend the Thursday, Sept. 17 harness racing card following the third race. Only one of three Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old trotting fillies had been completed prior to the suspension of the program so the remaining divisions, along with two Prospect Series divisions for three-year-old trotting fillies, have been rescheduled to Saturday, Sept. 19 at 3 pm. The Grassroots and Prospect Series divisions will be contested as drawn, with no wagering, prior to the start of Flamboro Downs' Saturday program. The Grassroots division scheduled as Race 5 on Thursday evening will be the first race, going postward at 3 pm on Saturday, the Grassroots division programmed as Race 6 will be Race 2. The Prospect Series division carded as Race 8 on Thursday will go postward as Race 3 and the Prospect Series division slated as Race 10 will be the fourth and last race of the non-wagering event. From the Ontario Sire Stakes
Grassroots kicks off Flamboro Downs season
DUNDAS, ON - Flamboro Downs opens its 2020 Ontario Sires Stakes season this Thursday, Sept. 17 with three Grassroots divisions of two-year-old trotting fillies competing for a total of $67,000. Trainer John Bax will start a pair of fillies in the Grassroots regular season finale, Doing It All from Post 5 in the second $22,450 split and Lifeintheslammer from Post 7 in the third. Doing It All heads into the Flamboro event off a Grassroots win at Hanover Raceway on Aug. 29 and Bax is hoping the filly can continue her forward momentum. "She's getting a little more racy every start, and she's handy on a half-mile, so we're hoping she keeps improving. We're kind of looking for next year, but we'd like to end this year on an upbeat note," said the Campbellville, ON resident, who trains Doing It All for Menhammar Stuteri AB of Paris, KY. "We're progressing in the right direction." The Kadabra filly's results have improved with every Grassroots outing, starting with a seventh in the season opener and followed up by a fifth, a fourth and then the Aug. 29 win. With a total of 65 points, Doing It All currently sits tied for fifth in the division point standings and will advance to the Oct. 1 Grassroots Semi-Finals at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Lifeintheslammer started her Ontario Sires Stakes career with two starts at the Gold Series level before joining Doing It All in the third Grassroots leg. The Royalty For Life daughter was victorious in that Aug. 17 event at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but then made a break and finished sixth in the fourth leg at Hanover Raceway. "With her there's something every time. Fortunately she went that one good race and showed us that the potential is there," said Bax. "She's got a mind of her own, but talent, definitely, definitely talent enough to be a player, and next year I'm hoping that she's a little easier to live with and grows up mentally, and a little bit physically." With 53 points, Lifeintheslammer is tied for eleventh in the standings, so owners Bax Stable of Campbellville, Glengate Farms of Erin, Brad Grant of Milton and Gaelic Stable of Sharon, ON are hoping she can pad that total on Thursday. Among the fillies hoping to prevent Lifeintheslammer from adding another win to her resume is division point leader Tipsy In Dixie, who will be looking for her third straight Grassroots victory from Post 6 in the third $22,450 division. "She's just fun, it's great," said Katherine Hedley of Canfield, ON, who owns one per cent of Tipsy In Dixie through fractional ownership group TheStable.ca. "We have watched all of her races that have been open. We've been to Grand River twice to watch her and two weeks ago when she was in Hanover." With spectators unable to attend the races in person on Thursday, Hedley and her fellow owners will be tuning in to watch the Flamboro Downs live stream and hoping Muscle Mass daughter Tipsy In Dixie can extend her Grassroots win streak. In addition to the Grassroots divisions, which go postward in Races 1, 5 and 6, Flamboro Downs is also hosting two $7,000 Prospect Series divisions for the three-year-old trotting fillies, which are programmed as Races 8 and 10. All of the action gets under way at 6:35 pm and fans can download a program and watch the live stream on the Flamboro Downs website. From the Ontario Sire Stakes Flamboro Downs Race Date Post Time Age/Sex/Gait Race Type Thursday, Sept. 17 6:35 pm 2-year-old Filly Trot Grassroots Series Thursday, Sept. 17 6:35 pm 3-year-old Filly Trot Prospect Series Sunday, Sept. 20 6:55 pm 3-year-old Colt Pace Grassroots Series Sunday, Sept. 27 6:55 pm 3-year-old Filly Trot Gold Leg Sunday, Oct. 4 6:55 pm 2-year-old Colt Pace Gold Leg Thursday, Oct. 8 6:35 pm 2-year-old Colt Trot Gold Leg
Fillies wrap up regular season at Hanover
HANOVER, ON - SEPT. 5, 2020 - Hanover Raceway wrapped up its 2020 Ontario Sires Stakes season on Saturday, Sept. 5, hosting a quartet of $22,000 Grassroots divisions for the three-year-old pacing fillies. Queso Relleno and driver Jody Jamieson kicked off the stakes action in the second race, controlling the tempo from Post 1 on their way to a five length victory in 1:56.1. Coqui Coqui finished second and Docs Harmony was third. "I was very happy with her. She's started to come back to being what we thought we had at the beginning of the year," said trainer Blake MacIntosh. "She had a rough start to the year and then she got a rock in the eye and we were really scared that she was going to have to lose the eye. It's a little cloudy, but it's pretty good now. We're really happy with the way she's bounced back the last couple weeks." St. George resident MacIntosh shares ownership of Queso Relleno with Sue Vernon Smith of Oakville, The Flanagan Sisters of Brantford, ON and Hutt Racing Stable of Malvern, PA. Saturday's win was the Betterthancheddar daughter's first of the season in the Grassroots program and her second overall. With a second and a fourth in her other two Grassroots starts, the 2019 division champion will wrap up the regular season with 83 points, putting her in a tie for seventh in the standings and securing a berth in the Oct. 2 Semi-Final at Woodbine Mohawk Park. "She won it last year as a two-year-old, so we're hoping that she can repeat as a three-year-old," said MacIntosh of the upcoming post season. "There's a couple really nice horses that skipped today that will be tough in there, but we're hopeful that she just keeps getting better." The other three divisions saw Landry Seelster, Free Flyin Ticket and Mach My Kiss deliver front-end efforts to score their third Grassroots wins and cement their position at the top of the standings. Robert Shepherd piloted Landry Seelster to a one and one-half length victory over Need Ur Opinion and favourite Keystone Kalimba in the second division, stopping the Hanover Raceway teletimer at 1:56.1. "She was really good. She was strong," said Shepherd. "She got it her own way kind of on the front, but she's really good on the half, she can pace the turns so good." Shepherd crafted the win for trainer Michael Ellis and owner Kim Lezanchuk of Brantford, ON. With three wins and two thirds in her five Grassroots starts, Mach Three daughter Landry Seelster heads into the Semi-Final sitting second in the standings with 174 points. Free Flyin Ticket hit the wire three-quarters of a length in front of fan favourite Mary Kay to record her 1:56.3 victory in the third $22,100 division. Saulsbrook Raven was another length back in third. "She's been racing poor her last couple of starts so we decided we'd try to wake her up a little bit and change her bridle, and we threw a set of blinkers on her today," said trainer Anthony Beaton, who handed the newly-equipped filly over to driver Sylvain Filion to steer from Post 6. "It looked like Sylvain had a bit of a handful with her there at the quarter pole when they got there, and he made the move, and it was a big move that he made there in the turn to clear the front, and then she ended up being good enough to get there." Waterdown resident Beaton shares ownership of the Betterthancheddar daughter with Gary Volpe of St. Thomas, George Quartarone of Claremont, ON and David Mercer of Sydney, NS. With three wins and one eighth in Grassroots action, Free Flyin Ticket heads into the post season ranked fourth with 151 points. Doug McNair and Mach My Kiss captured the last Grassroots division, holding off Trafalgar for a one-half length win in 1:57.2. Tuggingoncredit rounded out the top three. "She got the job done, but she's better on the bigger track," said McNair, who piloted the Mach Three daughter to the win for trainer Rob Fellows and owners Yolanda Fellows of Rockwood, ON and Erna Corbeil of Beaumont, AB. With three wins and one second for a total of 175 Grassroots points, Mach My Kiss will lead the sophomore pacing fillies into the post season, where her connections are hoping she can reprise her Semi-Final winning effort from the two-year-old campaign. "There are a bunch of nice fillies in it, but she ranks up there with them," said McNair, who engineered Mach My Kiss's 2019 Semi-Final victory. The top 20 point earners will compete in the Oct. 2 Semi-Finals, with the top five finishers from each Semi-Final advancing to the $75,000 Grassroots Championship at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Oct. 10. Complete results from Saturday's program are available at Hanover Raceway Results. Grassroots point standings can be found on the Ontario Sires Stakes Leaderboard. From the Ontario Sire Stakes
OSS News: Local filly triumphs in Grassroots
HANOVER, ON - AUG. 29, 2020 - Locally owned freshman trotting filly Top Of The Bar delivered an impressive performance at Hanover Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 29 to earn her second Ontario Sire Stakes Grassroots victory of the season. Starting from Post 2 with driver Bob McClure in the race bike, Top Of The Bar settled in third as A Blue Blood led the field to a :31 opening quarter over a rain-soaked and wind-battered oval rated three seconds slower than normal. As A Blue Blood carried on to a 1:04 half, McClure sent Top Of The Bar up the outside and the filly continued to stalk the pacesetter through a 1:35.2 three-quarters. In the stretch Top Of The Bar finally reeled in A Blue Blood, getting up for a one-half length victory in 2:06. A Blue Blood settled for second and fan favourite Flanagan Destiny was third. "She's such a solid filly," said McClure. "One thing about Mark Etsell, his horses can trot, so when you go to a track like Hanover you can stand on them pretty good and know they can take it." McClure engineered the win for Rockwood resident Etsell and his co-owners Robert Newton of Walkerton, Graham Hopkins of Chesley and Peter Porter of Port Dover, ON. The Muscle Mass daughter was also victorious in Grassroots action at Grand River Raceway on July 29 and finished third in the July 13 season opener at Woodbine Mohawk Park. "She raced good. When she raced it was pretty muddy, windy and muddy, and she did it, I guess the hard way, first up, and Bob said she was good," said Hanover native Etsell. "He was confident. He knows that she's kind of a rugged little girl." Top Of The Bar will make her fourth lifetime start in the last regular season Grassroots leg at Flamboro Downs on Sept. 17 before heading to the Grassroots Semi-Finals at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Oct. 1. With a total of 112 Grassroots points, the filly currently sits second in the division point standings. The top 20 point earners advance to the Semi-Finals. Doing It All made a leap into the top 10 with her first Grassroots victory in the second $22,100 division. From Post 1 the Kadabra daughter and driver Stephen Byron got away second behind early pacesetter Snowfalla, who rang up a :31.3 quarter and a 1:04.3 half. Tribeca Seelster tallied the 1:35 third fraction and duelled Doing It All down the stretch, but Doing It All got a head in front at the wire for the 2:07.2 score. Kadillac Girl recovered from an early break to be third. "They weren't going much today, but it rained pretty good up there. It rained until just about post time," said trainer John Bax. "She's a big, big, good gaited filly who just doesn't know how to race yet and hasn't filled out. I think she's going to be more of a three-year-old." Campbellville resident Bax conditions Doing It All for owner Menhammar Stuteri AB of Paris, KY, who offered up $100,000 for the filly at last fall's Lexington Selected Yearling Sale. In her three previous Grassroots starts Doing It All had finished seventh, fifth and fourth, giving her a total of 65 points. The final $22,100 division saw Tipsy In Dixie claim her second Grassroots victory with a gate-to-wire effort from Post 3 that saw her trot under the wire in 2:07.2, four and three-quarter lengths ahead of Movin To The Top and Fortune Tellers K. James MacDonald piloted the fan favourite to the win for trainer Harry Poulton and fractional ownership group TheStable Tipsy In Dixie of Guelph, ON, and the reinsman said he was confident in the filly from the start. "She just buzzes around the farm track, and she got around Grand River like a hoop on a barrel. I would have been thoroughly, thoroughly shocked if she didn't handle Hanover well. I was pretty confident going in," said MacDonald. "She's just a little beauty. She's just a good gaited, nice little filly, she doesn't do anything wrong. She's a little sweetheart." With two wins and a second in three Grassroots starts, Muscle Mass daughter Tipsy In Dixie leads the two-year-old pacing fillies into the final leg with 125 points. Click the links to see complete results and replays of the afternoon's program. Ontario Sires Stakes action continues at Hanover Raceway next weekend, Saturday, Sept. 5, with the final Grassroots leg for the three-year-old pacing fillies. From the Ontario Sire Stakes
Fillies look to bounce back in Grassroots
HANOVER, AUG. 27, 2020 - Hanover Raceway kicks off two straight weeks of Ontario Sires Stakes harness racing action this Saturday, Aug. 29 with three divisions of two-year-old trotting fillies battling for a total of $66,650. The first $22,450 division goes postward in Race 2 and trainer Mark Etsell is hoping Top Of The Bar can bounce back from sickness to add a few more points to the 62 she accumulated in her first two Grassroots starts. The daughter of Muscle Mass finished third in the July 13 season opener at Woodbine Mohawk Park and won her division in the July 29 leg at Grand River Raceway before missing the Aug. 17 event. "We just went through a bout of the sickness, that's why we missed the last Grassroots, so I qualified her there Tuesday (Aug. 25) just to tighten her up a bit, so hopefully we're coming in good," said Hanover native Etsell. "We had 15 out of 17 sick there, so it was pretty rough." Etsell, who currently calls Rockwood home, shares ownership of Top Of The Bar with Robert Newton of Walkerton, Graham Hopkins of Chesley and Peter Porter of Port Dover, ON. The partners offered up $25,000 for the filly at last fall's Lexington Selected Yearling Sale. Top Of The Bar and driver Bob McClure will line up at Post 2 on Saturday, alongside local filly Charmbo Princess, who starts from Post 3 for driver Mike Saftic and owner/breeders Randy Rier of Hanover and John "Jack" Rier of Kitchener, ON. In her Grassroots appearances, Charmbo Princess has tallied one win and one fourth for a total of 58 points and also missed one leg due sickness. "We're hoping she's a little sharper. She was sick, she was off five weeks before she raced two weeks ago there (Aug. 17) and I'm hoping she's a little sharper, we were able to get her trained a little better and stuff like that," said Randy Rier of the homebred daughter of Royalty For Life and Hetties Charm. "So we'll keep our fingers crossed." The other two $22,100 Grassroots divisions will go postward as Races 5 and 7 on the Saturday afternoon program, which gets under way at 2 pm. Next Saturday, Sept. 5 the Hanover half-mile will host the last regular season Grassroots event for the three-year-old pacing fillies. Competition will be fierce as the fillies vie for one of 20 spots in the Oct. 2 Grassroots Semi-Finals at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Although in-person attendance is limited to 100 people for both Grassroots events, fans can download a program and find links to the live stream on the Hanover Raceway website. For the full program click here OSS Program Information For rules, notices, Program changes, up-to-date point standings, race replays, and more, visit: www.ontariosiresstakes.com Ontario Racing
McClure pilots pair of Grassroots winners
SARNIA, AUG. 22, 2020 - Hiawatha Horse Park welcomed the two-year-old pacing colts on Saturday, Aug. 22 for four $23,000 Grassroots divisions and driver Bob McClure kicked off the harness racing program with wins in the first two splits. Starting from Post 1 in the first division, McClure and Next Big Thing got away second behind Lil Red Sportsstar, who led the field of eight to a :28 quarter. The driver sent Next Big Thing to the front before the :56.4 half and the gelding fought off a sustained challenge from fan favourites No Plan Intended and driver Jody Jamieson through the 1:26 three-quarters before pulling away to a one and three-quarter length victory in 1:54.4. No Plan Intended settled for second and Beef N Cheddar was third. "I watched the Gold that he was in when Desperate Man won (July 3) and he was locked and loaded and he went a very big mile that night and I thought he was going to be very legit," said McClure, who had not driven the gelding before Saturday's contest. "After that, I guess he doesn't really like the front and he ended up on the front a couple times, and they said he had some sickness issues, so it looks like they've got everything ironed out now because he was lethal today." McClure engineered the win for trainer Bob McIntosh of Windsor and his co-owner/breeders Dave Boyle of Bowmanville, ON and C S X Stables of Liberty Center, OH. The Shadow Play gelding started his Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) career at the Gold Series level, finishing third in both the July 3 season opener and the July 18 leg, both at Woodbine Mohawk Park. "He was going against the Gold colts and just coming up a little short so, confidence is a big thing, and I decided to drop him down and see if we couldn't braven him up. I did make a big change, he had a blind bridle on and once he made the front he would get lost and just let a couple by him, but I put an open bridle on him and I trained him in the open bridle and he was much better," said McIntosh. "Today, I just watched it on the Hiawatha website there, but if he had the blind bridle on he probably would have let Jamieson go by, but with an open bridle he fought him off. "I think with the open bridle on he might go back to the Gold. He'll be proud of himself now." McClure was back in the winner's circle after the second Grassroots division with fan favourite Adrenaline Rush, who took command just after the midway point and opened up to a three and one-half length victory in 1:57. All Cheddar was second and Hez My Buddy finished third. "He's been off a month, I didn't know what to expect," said Rockwood, ON resident McClure. "When I moved him out first-up he was coming, and then he cleared the front, and you know what, he took care of the rest from there, but that was a surprise because I thought he'd be a bit short." The win was the second straight in Grassroots action for McClure and the Royal Mattjesty gelding. The pair was also victorious in the July 20 event at Woodbine Mohawk Park on behalf of trainer Kevin McMaster and fractional ownership group TheStable Adrenaline Rush of Guelph, ON. Saturday's win moved Adrenaline Rush to the top of the division standings with the win with a total of 102 points. Cantstoplying claimed the third Grassroots title, outsprinting Next Big Thing's stablemate Last Bet for a neck victory in 1:55.1. Finkle Is Einhorn was one length behind the battling leaders in third. Louis-Philippe Roy piloted Sunshine Beach gelding Cantstoplying to his first lifetime win for trainer Nick Gallucci and owner/breeder Millar Farms of Stouffville, ON. "I was really happy with how he beat the horse down the stretch. It looked like he might have been second there, but he fought back and won the race, so I was really impressed with that," said Gallucci. "He's still learning; every race he seems to get a little bit better. He's very fast, it's just a matter of getting his mind more into being a racehorse and I think that will come with time." Take Control claimed the final Grassroots division, overtaking pacesetting favourite Proline on the final turn and romping home to a 15 length victory in 1:54.3. Mustang Beach, who led the main pack as a distant Proline rang up fractions of :26.4, :53.1 and 1:23.4, finished second and Marlboro Seelster was third. Anthony Haughan engineered Take Control's first lifetime win for trainer Dan Lagace of Cambridge and his co-owner Ben Mudry of Toronto, ON. The partners were delighted with the result and with the progress the Control The Moment son has shown through his five lifetime starts. "He's a nice little colt. Ben was kind of looking for a Control The Moment colt because he owned Control The Moment and so he had approached me in the fall about looking at some babies," recalled Lagace. "So this colt was in London (Selected Yearling Sale) and I said I'd go to $15,000 on him and Ben's like, 'Well you know when you say $15,000 they always go for $20,000'. And I said, 'Well I'm only buying a quarter, you're buying three-quarters so if we go to $20,000 I don't care'. So I went in and made one bid and bid $8,000. "You know that commercial where the girl is leaving Walmart and she's leaving the building and she's like, 'Start the car!' I said that's the way I felt," said Lagace with a laugh. "He's not a great horse or anything, but you know he's maturing into a nice horse. And for $8,000 you can't go wrong; $8,000 is my wheelhouse." The two-year-old pacing colts will make their last two Grassroots starts at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Sept. 8 and 17. The top 20 point earners through the five regular season events will then move on to the Oct. 1 Semi-Finals at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Complete results for Saturday's program are available at Hiawatha Horse Park Results. OSS Program Information For rules, notices, Program changes, up-to-date point standings, race replays, and more, visit: www.ontariosiresstakes.com Ontario Racing
Grassroots wins a relief to connections
MILTON, AUG. 17, 2020 - Ontario's two-year-old trotting filly division continues to be a wide open affair as three first-time harness racing winners triumphed in Grassroots action at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday, Aug. 17. The freshman fillies opened the program in the first race and Mag N Lady rolled out to a :28.3 opening quarter, followed closely by HP Mama B from Post 1, who did not stay tucked in the pocket for long. At the three-eighths marker driver Sylvain Filion sent HP Mama B to the front and the filly cruised to a :59.4 half and a 1:28.4 three-quarters before drawing away from the field in the stretch to a 1:57.1 victory. Mag N Lady was five lengths back in second with three more lengths back to Ban Ban Deo in third. "It was just a matter of time before she goes straight. She used to come out of the last turn and kind of throw herself into the middle of the racetrack," said trainer Ben Baillargeon, who also bred and raised the daughter of Royalty For Life and Winters Jewel. "She showed speed a few times, like a last quarter in :27.4, and even in Grand River (July 29) she run, but we knew exactly why she run, and I kind of worked on it the last couple weeks and it paid off tonight, 1:57.1, last quarter :28.2. And she did it pretty easy, but she always had the speed, all winter she showed speed." Guylaine Picard of Guelph, ON and Celine Paquin of Ayers Cliff, QC share ownership of HP Mama B, who finished ninth in the Grassroots season opener at Woodbine Mohawk Park on July 13 and second in the July 29 leg at Grand River Raceway. Rain fell in sheets before the second $23,500 Grassroots division, changing the racetrack's rating from 'fast' to 'sloppy', but that did not seem to hamper Stonebridge Strong, who powered down the stretch to a five and one-half length score in 2:00.4. Starting from the trailing Post 10, Stonebridge Strong was able to follow Kadillac Girl up the outer lane before powering off the final turn to her first victory. All R Wishes also closed well for second and pocket-sitter Snowfalla was third. "I've liked her every time I've drove her. I know she was 10 to 1 and everything tonight, but it really wasn't a surprise to me that she raced like that," said driver Ryan Holliday, noting that the filly missed the July 29 leg due to sickness. "We qualified her six days ago (Aug. 11) and he said she was good and fit for this one and I kind of did expect her to race good." Holliday steers Stonebridge Strong for trainer Paul Megens and owners Saltwater Stables of Moffat, ON. The Muscle Mass daughter's only other start came in the July 13 season opener, where she finished sixth, but still managed to impress Holliday. "I know Paul and everybody was kind of disappointed with her first start, but I kind of chalked it up just to being not that fit, because she was quite a while in between her first start and her qualifier (June 19) and it's just not the same training them as racing," said Holliday. "So I expected her to be better tonight and she was, so that's good." By the last Grassroots division the surface had dried up enough to improve the racetrack's rating to 'good' and Edgewater powered away from Post 8 to a :29 quarter. Starting from Post 7, driver Stephen Byron had eased Lifeintheslammer away from the gate and was 12 lengths back in eighth. As Edgewater rang up a 1:00.1 half and 1:30.2 three-quarters Lifeintheslammer was steadily making her way up the outer lane, and rolling out wide off the final turn she kicked into gear and collared the leaders on her way to a one and one-half length victory in 2:00.3. All Muscle N Sass closed hard to claim second and pocket-sitter Warrawee Welcome finished five lengths back in third. "We're pleased, relieved," said trainer John Bax. "She's still mad at the world and we just have to get her mad at the other horses in the race. She was, we can get her loaded now, but she was one of those ones where she missed the first couple training sessions because we couldn't get her on the trailer." The fractious daughter of Royalty For Life and Tequila Slammer made her debut in the July 12 Gold Series opener at Georgian Downs, where she finished fifth, but a ninth place result in the July 31 Gold leg convinced Bax and his co-owners Bax Stable of Campbellville, Glengate Farms of Erin, Brad Grant of Milton and Gaelic Stable of Sharon, ON that the filly might be better suited to the Grassroots program. "She doesn't know anything about racing yet and she wasn't learning anything in the Gold, she really wasn't in the race," explained Campbellville resident Bax. "I trained her mother and her mother was a pretty nice filly and she's got a brother that was pretty good down in the States so, yeah we're pretty high on her. It's just one of those deals where I think the head has to come along, and I think once she matures enough and maybe grows up physically she won't be so mad and she'll learn to race." Lifeintheslammer, Stonebridge Strong and HP Mama B will have an opportunity to continue their positive progress in the fourth Grassroots Leg, on Aug. 29 at Hanover Raceway. Complete results from Monday's program are available at Woodbine Mohawk Park Results. Ontario Sires Stakes action continues at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday, Aug. 18 with two $106,400 Gold Series divisions for the two-year-old pacing fillies. The fillies will compete in Races 2 and 8, with the program getting under way at 7 pm. Video: Race 1 - HP Mama B; Race 4 - Stonebridge Strong; Race 6 -- Lifeintheslammer OSS Program Information For rules, notices, Program changes, up-to-date point standings, race replays, and more, visit: www.ontariosiresstakes.com Ontario Racing
Two $104,800 Gold Series divisions
OTTAWA, AUG. 16, 2020 - Thirty-eight of the finest harness racing three-year-old pacing colts in Canada descended on Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday, Aug. 16 to compete in two $104,800 Gold Series divisions, three $22,00 Grassroots splits and a single $7,100 Prospect Series division and, in spite of a drenching, the colts put on an impressive show. Sunday's Gold divisions served as a final North America Cup tune-up for top ranked Tattoo Artist and Beaumond Hanover and both colts looked ready to take on the continent's best in the Aug. 22 eliminations. In the first Gold split Tattoo Artist and driver Bob McClure cruised through fractions of :27.2, :55 and 1:23.1 on their way to a 1:50.4 victory, two lengths ahead of Beach Blanket Book. Bettorbuckleup was three more lengths back in third. One race later Beaumond Hanover and driver Jody Jamieson laid down a :27.4 quarter, :55.2 half and 1:23.2 three-quarters on their way to a 1:50.2 clocking, matching the Rideau Carleton Raceway track record for sophomore pacing colts and geldings. Aneto finished two and three-quarter lengths back in second and Tattoo Artist's stablemate Denali Seelster was four more lengths back in third. "It's making for quite a story. I don't know how those two draw apart from each other all the time," said Dr. Ian Moore, who trains Tattoo Artist. "But anyway, they are two nice colts. Those are wicked miles both of those two went tonight." Yet to face each other in Gold Series competition, Tattoo Artist and Beaumond Hanover are both three-for-three in the provincial program this season. While Beaumond Hanover was the quicker over Rideau Carleton Raceway's five-eighths mile, which was rated one second slower than normal due to the rain, Tattoo Artist has the edge on the Woodbine Mohawk Park seven-eighths, winning the July 4 Gold Series opener in 1:48.2. Cambridge, ON resident Moore conditions Tattoo Artist for Frank Cannon of Sanford, FL and Let It Ride Stables of Boca Raton, FL. In addition to his trio of Gold Series victories, the Hes Watching son also has a pair of wins in overnight action on his resume this season and has not been bested since his June 6 sophomore debut. At two, Tattoo Artist won a Grassroots division, two Gold legs and the season ending Super Final in an eight race campaign. Jack Darling owns and trains Beaumond Hanover, who missed out on his freshman Ontario Sires Stakes season due to an injury. Since making his debut last fall, the son of Sportswriter has posted nine wins in 12 starts. Like Tattoo Artist, he has a pair of overnight wins to his credit this season and has not been collared since late June. Unlike Tattoo Artist, he had never ventured away from Woodbine Mohawk Park and that fact caused Darling a few moments of concern on Sunday. "I was a little nervous because he was pretty worked up tonight, just being in a different environment and all the new surroundings. He was a handful to get calmed down and get him warmed up, but it didn't seem to hurt him in the race," said the Cambridge, ON resident. "He's just kind of a superior animal." Both colts will have a few days rest before beginning preparations for the North America Cup eliminations at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Aug. 22. In addition to Tattoo Artist's victory, Dr. Moore also captured the $7,100 Prospect Series division with Usurper and the first $22,100 Grassroots division with The Wild Card. Usurper and driver Trevor Henry controlled the tempo for most of the mile and were comfortable winners in 1:55.2. P H Impulse finished two lengths behind the fan favourite and Journalistic completed the top three. Next Generation Stable of Stratford, PEI owns the Sportswriter son, who had been winless in eight starts this season. In rein to Doug McNair, fan favourite The Wild Card also controlled the tempo and held off Sunshine List in the stretch to record a one-half length win in 1:54.1. Truffle Dog finished three lengths behind the leaders in third. Moore shares ownership of The Wild Card with R G McGroup Ltd. of Bathurst, NB and Serge Savard of St-Bruno, QC and said the partners are thoroughly enjoying the Bettors Delight son's sophomore success. Sunday's win was The Wild Card's third in the Grassroots program and gives him sole ownership of top spot in the division standings. "He's been a great little horse this year. It's been a very enjoyable experience with him this summer so far," said Moore. "I won't be putting him up in the Gold that's for sure, but he's a very nice Grassroots horse to have around, no doubt about that. "Very pleased with all four of them, actually, it will make the drive home a little bit nicer." Drivers Jody Jamieson and Trevor Henry also notched two stakes wins on Sunday's program. Jamieson piloted fan favourite Sports Obsession to a win in the second $22,450 Grassroots division for his wife, trainer Stephanie Jamieson, father, co-owner Carl Jamieson of Puslinch, ON, and George Harrison of Wanes Walton, England. The Sportswriter son powered along on the front end to a 1:54.1 victory, hitting the wire one length ahead of Beach Demon and Delightful Terror. Henry settled Sundown Kid in the pocket behind favourite Twin B Frenchtoast and then tipped the Sunshine Beach son out coming off the final turn in the last $22,450 Grassroots split. Sundown Kid powered home to a 1:52.1 victory, one and one-half lengths ahead of Twin B Frenchtoast. Rhett Seelster finished third. Henry engineered the win, the gelding's first in Grassroots action, for trainer Bob McIntosh of Windsor and his co-owners Dave Boyle of Bowmanville, ON and C S X Stables of Liberty Center, OH. The three-year-old pacing colts make their next Grassroots start on Sept. 7 and their next Gold Series appearance on Sept. 18, both at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The fourth Prospect Series division goes postward Sept. 6 at Leamington Raceway. Complete results for Sunday's program are available at Rideau Carleton Raceway Results. OSS Program Information For rules, notices, Program changes, up-to-date point standings, race replays, and more, visit: www.ontariosiresstakes.com Ontario Racing
Trotters shine in Grassroots at Georgian Downs
INNISFIL, ON - AUG. 16, 2020 - Trotters were the stars at Georgian Downs on Sunday, Aug. 16 as the Innisfil oval hosted six $23,000 Ontario Sire Stakes Grassroots divisions for the three-year-old harness racing trotting fillies and the $75,000 Earl Rowe Invitational Trot for older horses. Profound Paragon delivered the quickest mile of the Grassroots divisions, powering around the Georgian Downs oval to a four and three-quarter length in a personal best 1:56. Fan favourite Moana finished second and early pacesetter Eternal Jewel finished third. "With Moana in there we were definitely concerned with the seven-hole," said trainer Julie Walker of the filly's Post 7 starting position. "There's always good horses, so you kind of always have to just hope you don't get any road trouble and it works out, so it did, it worked out." The win was the third in Grassroots action and the sixth straight for Profound Paragon, who sits atop the division standings with a perfect 150 points. Jean Bernard "Bert" Renaud drives the daughter of Muscle Mass for Carlisle, ON resident Walker and her co-owner Steven Titus of Manalapan, NJ. Off Sunday's impressive performance, Profound Paragon may have earned a promotion to the Gold Series for the September event. "The next Gold is on a half. The Gold is tough competition, everyone knows that, but maybe being on a half we might give it a shot. We'll have to discuss," said Walker with a laugh. "We've kind of stayed away from Mohawk, because we've stayed away from the speed train to let her learn speed on her own and not push her. I think tonight was the first night that, you know, the speed keeps coming." Trainer Susanne Kerwood captured two $23,150 Grassroots divisions with fan favourites Brinys A Flight and Susies Lady. In the fourth division Brinys A Flirt and driver Robert Shepherd took command before the half and made it look easy from there, cruising along to a one and one-quarter length win in 1:58.3. Oh Lina finished second and Golden Gavel was third. The win was the Holiday Road filly's first in 12 lifetime starts. She started her sophomore Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) campaign at the Gold Series level, finishing sixth in the July 2 event at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and then delivered a runner-up result in the second Grassroots leg at Rideau Carleton Raceway on July 26. "She's not easy, I'm telling you, she's a tough cookie. Rene (Dion), he's worked with her pretty much all winter and just tried to get her to settle down, so every time she behaves it's like, 'Phew'," said Kerwood. "She is getting better and better and better, she's learning how to go faster and she's learning how to behave, so it's all good. I mean she's out of a great mare, so if she just is a quarter as good as her we'll be all right." Brinys A Flirt is owned by breeder Terry Devos and Clarence Devos of Langton and Peter Porter of Port Dover, ON. The filly is out of the Devos' great race mare Snazzy Millie, who earned $1.1 million in her nine-year career. One race later Susies Lady started from Post 7 and spent most of the mile leading the charge up the outer lane. The Muscle Mass daughter had a head in front of pacesetter Highland Foxytrotr at the top of the stretch and managed to fend off Pier Ho Kado in the stretch to secure a neck victory in 1:57.4. Scott Coulter engineered the win for Acton, ON resident Kerwood and her co-owner M And L Of Delaware LLC of Wilmington, DE. The win was the filly's first in OSS action this season. Susies Lady battled the Gold fillies in the first two legs, finishing fifth in the track, OSS and Canadian record mile by P L Notsonice at Rideau Carleton Raceway on July 26. "She's a nice filly, that's for sure, and she's got a great name," said Kerwood with a chuckle. "In Rideau there she had a super tough trip. And I raced her in Georgian here last week and she come up super flat and I drew blood on her and sure enough she had a high white (count). I said to the owner, 'I can't get her good in four days, it's impossible, but I may be able to get her good for Sunday and that's a Grassroots so why don't we just try her in there and we'll go from there'. I took another blood on her yesterday and she was good to go. I think the next Gold is in Flamboro, so we may try her there again. I'll talk to the owners and we'll go from there, but she was very good tonight." The three-year-old trotting fillies make their fourth Grassroots start at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Sept. 1 and their fourth Gold Series start at Flamboro Downs on Sept. 27. The other three Grassroots divisions went to Rockadero, Protostar and Letstaketothesky. Muscle Mass daughter Rockadero toured the Innisfil oval in 1:58.1 for driver Jonathan Drury, trainer Carmen Auciello and owner Bedrock Stables of Stouffville, ON. Favourite No Angel Here was second and Ride To Justice finished third. Protostar delivered a 1:59.2 effort for driver Ryan Desroche, trainer Dustin Jones and owner-breeder Andrea Lea Racing Stables Inc. of Lakefield Gore, QC. She Must Be Magic and Chelseas Magic finished second and third behind the fan favourite, making it a Kadabra-sired sweep. Letstaketothesky and driver Anthony Haughan stopped the teletimer at 1:59.2, besting favourite Alexa Blue Chip and Peppas Angel. Trainer David Holliday and Ben Holliday of Mount Forest, ON bred and own the Wheeling N Dealin daughter. In the $75,000 Earl Rowe Invitational Trot, reigning champion P L Jill defended her title with a front-end effort from Post 9. The Kadabra mare held off a charging Free Willy Hanover in the stretch, keeping a head in front for the 1:53.2 victory. Majestic Son gelding Perfetto completed the top three. Mike Saftic guided P L Jill to her second Earl Rowe Invitational title for trainer Ben Baillargeon and owners Prince Lee Acres of Uxbridge, ON, Jill Coleman of New York, NY and Alan Christensen of Calgary, AB. From the Ontario Sire Stakes
Grassroots action from Kawartha Downs
FRASERVILLE, ON - AUG. 15, 2020 - Reigning harness racing champion Lovedbythemasses returned to the Grassroots Series at Kawartha Downs on Saturday, Aug. 15 and trotted right back into the Ontario Sires Stakes winner's circle. Starting from Post 3 in the fourth $23,150 Grassroots division for three-year-old trotting colts, Mike Saftic settled the fan favourite in fourth as Remember Titans took the field of nine to a :28.2 opening quarter. As Remember Titans trotted by the :57.4 half, Saftic tipped Lovedbythemasses into the outer lane and began a measured advance on the leader. At the 1:25.4 three-quarters the reigning Grassroots champion was one length behind the pacesetter, but when Saftic asked for another gear Lovedbythemasses drew away effortlessly to a 1:55.1 victory. Awesomedabra, owned and trained by Gary Lance of Port Perry, ON, closed for second and Remember Titans settled for third. "That was a tough division, they ended up going a pretty good mile, but he was good and strong, and that's what we were hoping for," said Saftic. "He got sick and he missed a couple of events, so he's just kind of getting himself back on track right now, but that was a good mile he trotted today and he trotted a good mile at Mohawk on Monday (Aug. 10). I think maybe if we get down to that 1:51, 1:52 mark we could make some money with the big boys. "I'm not 100 per cent sure, but I think he's eligible for the Goodtimes (Aug. 28), so that would probably be next on his ballot," added the Campbellville, ON resident. "So that will be a good stop and then I guess he'll play it from there." Saftic engineered the win for trainer Ed Peconi of Peterborough, Nicholas Peconi of Lakefield, ON and breeder Wade Peconi of Stanchel, PEI. The win was the Muscle Mass gelding's second of the season and his first in Ontario Sires Stakes action. The trotter finished seventh in the season opening Gold leg, on June 28 at Georgian Downs, but missed the second leg due to sickness. At two Lovedbythemasses was undefeated in five Grassroots starts, including the season ending championship. Later in the program the two-year-old trotting fillies competed in a $7,200 Prospect Series division and Doug Hie piloted Lovedbythemasses' Angus Hall half-sister Incredible Two to a 2:00.4 victory. Somewhat Sacy and Got The Touch were second and third. "He was a real pet and she's a pistol. They're night and day," said owner-breeder Wade Peconi. "But it looks like she'll be all right if the boys can get her to settle down a little bit." Drive Mario Baillargeon piloted two colts to Grassroots wins, capturing the first and last divisions with Freedom Express and Ongoing Royalty. Baillargeon and Freedom Express got away fifth from Post 7 and were soon advancing up the outer lane behind You Go. When You Go ran out of gas at the five-eighths marker, Freedom Express circled out three-wide and continued to advance on the pacesetting favourite Archies Star. Second turning for home, Freedom Express dug in down the stretch to secure a one-length victory in 1:57.1. Archies Star settled for second and Aussie Lover was third. "I didn't like the post today, but he got fast fractions and he raced real good really," said Baillargeon, who was making his first appearance in the gelding's race bike. "He hasn't got too many starts so he's just getting better, that's what I think. And a 1:57.1 mile, that's a pretty good mile over here." Baillargeon drove Freedom Express to the win for owner-trainer Charalambos Christoforou of Campbellville. It was the Wheeling N Dealin son's second Grassroots win and puts him in fifth spot in the division point standings. Five races later Baillargeon opted to send Ongoing Royalty to the front from Post 3 and the duo rang up fractions of :28.2, :58 and 1:26.2 on their way to a 1:56.2 personal best. Favourite Crossfit Mouse finished one-half length back in second and True Brew was third. "It was a good mile, a real good mile," said Acton, ON resident Baillargeon. "He's just a green horse too, he didn't race last year, and he's just that type of horse that he's just starting to get better right now. I think he'll be a real nice four-year-old too." Guelph, ON resident Ben Baillargeon trains and Andre Desrochers of St-Hughes and Sylvio Ravary of Les Cedres, QC share ownership of Ongoing Royalty. Saturday's win was the Royalty For Life son's second in Grassroots action and, along with a third-place finish, puts him in a three-way tie for second in the division standings. The other two divisions saw Field Gunner and Mikey Mass earn their first Grassroots victories, both starting from the outside Post 8. Field Gunner advanced up the outer lane for driver Scott Young and then opened up a three length margin on his peers, trotting under the wire in a 1:56.4 personal best. Pacesetter Chocolate Pie was second and Dart Guy completed the top three. "He raced very well today," said Young, who engineered the win for trainer Luc Blais and owner Determination of Montreal, QC. "The eight-hole isn't the easiest of starting points out here, so I was very happy with his performance." Mikey Mass and driver Jason Ryan were able to follow the cover of No Time To Play up the outer lane before stepping out in the stretch and sprinting home to a three-quarter length victory in 1:57.2. No Time To Play was second and favourite Ripped And Ready was third. "He's a very fast horse, he just tends to be a little bit erratic, so we've been very careful with how we drive him and everything worked out really well today," said trainer Nick Gallucci. "He seems like every time he goes to the track he quiets down a little bit, so hopefully moving forward he gets to a be a little bit more professional, but I was very happy with how he was behaving in the paddock there today and in the race Jason said he drove perfect, so very happy with him." Stouffville resident Gallucci shares ownership of the Muscle Mass gelding with Vince Gallucci of Brantford, Frank Cirillo of Kleinburg and Bruno Didiomede of Hamilton, ON. The next opportunity for the three-year-old trotting colts to pad their Grassroots point totals comes Sept. 10 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Complete results for Saturday's program are available at Kawartha Downs Results. From the Ontario Sire Stakes
Triple for McClure in Grassroots
MILTON, AUG. 14, 2020 - Harness racing driver Bob McClure won a trio of Grassroots divisions at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday, Aug. 14, guiding two-year-old pacing fillies Nightlife Seelster, Joliette Hanover and Come On Sun to their first provincial victories. McClure and Nightlife Seelster kicked things off in the first $23,150 division, going gate-to-wire from Post 1 in a sharp 1:52.4, the quickest mile of the five Grassroots splits. Amini finished second, three and one-half lengths behind the fan favourite, and Spittin Chicklets was three more lengths back in third. "I'd say that she'll probably go out and try the Gold now. She's a pretty serious filly," said McClure. "I was pretty impressed by her. She's got all the weapons to be something really nice - a real nice gait, real nice attitude and drives like a sports car." Shawn Steacy trains Nightlife Seelster for Hudson Standardbred Stable Inc. of Hudson, QC, Conrad Leber of Montreal, QC and Bertrand Gilhespy Stable of Edmonton, AB. The partners purchased the Sunshine Beach daughter at last fall's London Selected Yearling Sale, offering up $72,000 for the half-sister to $1.2 million winner Nirvana Seelster. Friday was Nightlife Seelster's first appearance in the Grassroots program and her second lifetime start. She finished second to Joliette Hanover in her Aug. 7 debut over the Woodbine Mohawk Park oval. In the third $23,150 division McClure allowed Joliette Hanover to ease away from Post 7 and settle in fifth as Annies Legacy battled to a :28 quarter. Chiefs Dream Girl led the field of nine to the :57.3 half, and McClure had already angled the fan favourite into the outer lane. Joliette Hanover had a head in front at the 1:26.3 three-quarters and opened up a three and one-quarter length margin on her peers by the finish, clocked in 1:54.1. Shes A Sassy Beach and Jackieofalltrades finished second and third. "She's just a really nice filly, you know. She's not very big, she hasn't got a lot of tools going for her, but she just always goes forward and loves her work, and she's really nice to drive, a nice mouth and everything," said Rockwood, ON resident McClure. "She's about as nice a little filly as you can drive and it's remarkable how mature she is for just her second lifetime start." McClure engineered Joliette Hanover's second straight win and her first Grassroots victory for trainer Casie Coleman Herlihy of Cambridge and her co-owners West Wins Stable of Cambridge, Mac Nichol of Burlington, ON, James Clarke Sr. of York, PA and Robert Darrow of Dublin, OH. The Sportswriter daughter was a $50,000 purchase out of the Harrisburg Yearling Sale. Two races later, after leaving strongly from Post 8 and landing in fourth, McClure had Come On Sun on the lead by the :57.2 half and the filly battled down the stretch to a one-half length victory in 1:54.4. Better Kissthe Men finished second and favourite Sports Drink recovered from a mid-race miscue to be third. "She's a very, very fast filly, but they've clearly been trying to manage her a little bit, because she feels like she'd have a tendency to get hot," noted McClure. "I just kind of let the dust settle and then let her work her way to the front, and she kicked home really good. I was really happy with her too, maybe not quite as strong as her stablemate, but right up there." The win gave trainer Shawn Steacy of Brantford, ON his second of the program and was the second lifetime and first Grassroots victory for Come On Sun. The trainer's parents, Katherine and Mark Steacy of Lansdowne, share ownership of the Sunshine Beach filly with Stephen Klunowski of North York, ON. The partners offered up $13,000 for Come On Sun at last fall's Harrisburg Yearling Sale. Friday was Come On Sun's second start in the Grassroots program. She finished sixth in the July 17 event at Grand River Raceway after suffering interference at the midway point. McClure almost added a fourth win to his collection in the final division, finishing second with favourite Sportsfire behind Control The Thong. Control The Moment daughter Control The Thong reeled in Sportsfire coming off the last turn and powered down the stretch to a two and one-half length win in 1:53.3 for driver Jody Jamieson, trainer Dominic Gladu and owners Roger Bourgeois of Rawdon, QC and Francois Dupuis of St-Alponese Roderiguez, QC. Sports Duchess rounded out the top three. "The other filly, that Jody was driving, I drove last week and she's a very nice filly with a really nice attitude, but I'd already won a couple races with Sportsfire, so I felt like I owed it to her to stick with her," said McClure, who piloted Control The Thong to a runner-up result in an Aug. 7 overnight event at Woodbine Mohawk Park. "And given the fact Sportsfire had a month off and left hard and had to move to the front, I thought she put in a really great effort. I mean a mile in 1:53 off a half in :57.1, she certainly didn't do anything wrong, and maybe it will even her playing field if they're both race tight." With two wins and a second in the first three Grassroots events, Sportswriter daughter Sportsfire currently sits atop the division standings with 125 points. Shiatzu Seelster captured the other Grassroots division with a 1:54 effort for driver Louis-Philippe Roy of Guelph, who engineered the win for his co-owner 1876472 Ontario Inc. of Guelph and trainer Richard Moreau of Puslinch, ON. Patina Seelster finished a head behind the State Treasurer daughter and fan favourite Voelz Delight was three-quarters of a length back in third. The two-year-old pacing fillies will make their fourth Grassroots start at Clinton Raceway on Sept. 6. Complete results from Friday's program are available at Woodbine Mohawk Park Results. Video: Race 1 - Nightlife Seelster; Race 4 - Shiatzu Seelster; Race 6 - Joliette Hanover; Race 8 - Come On Sun; Race 9 - Control The Thong OSS Program Information For rules, notices, Program changes, up-to-date point standings, race replays, and more, visit: www.ontariosiresstakes.com Ontario Racing
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December 28, 2017 , 0
OK, I know, I know! That second helping of roast potatoes, those too-tempting chocolates, that one party too far … they’ve all left their legacy. The break from gym/exercise class/running regime, late nights, extra caffeine, missed beauty routines … they’ve played havoc with your muscle tone, your skin, your hair, your energy levels, too. The mirror is definitely not on your friend. But rest assured, you’re not alone; plenty of folk have issues with their body image at this time of year – witness much bemoaning and bewailing on social media!
It’s cold outside, you’re on holiday, it’s the perfect time to snuggle down for some wall to wall viewing. Toes toasty warm in Great Aunt Marjorie’s hand-knitted socks, refreshment at the ready, lights dimmed … and we’re off. You get the picture.
Body image issues + DVD watching = cue for today’s blog post. A good moment to talk about a film I bought ages ago, all about real body image and identity crises: The Danish Girl.
Based on the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener, at the beginning of the 20th century, who became transgender pioneer, Lili Elbe, it’s a beautiful portrayal of unconditional love and one person’s fight to become the woman she believed herself to be.
A stellar cast were involved in the creation of this masterpiece.
Tom Hooper – director of The King’s Speech and Les Miserables – saw the potential and had the vision and understanding in the first place.
Gerda Wegener is played by Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander with great sympathy, integrity and poignancy, and we understand much of the complexity of the subject through her eyes.
And small wonder that Hooper immediately thought of Eddie Redmayne for Einar’s role; he wonderfully captures the inner conflict and outward battles faced by a transgender person, at a time long before society recognised the whole concept of ambivalent identities. Redmayne is utterly convincing as both Lili and Einar, but then we’re rather used to him inhabiting the characters he takes on to an incredible degree (think Stephen Hawkins in The Theory of Everything).
Both principal actors are completely believable in their roles bringing a quite breathtaking authenticity and emotional intelligence to their performances.
Couple that with Copenhagen as the perfect location, capturing the rather austere ultra-conservative, repressed society of the time and place, and you have a winning combination.
But what of the real story behind the film? The original and real Einar Wegener was a landscape artist married to another painter, Gerda Gottlieb, who specialised in portraits. They lived a bohemian lifestyle in Denmark at the turn of the twentieth century. When Gerda asked her husband to stand in as a model dressed in women’s attire, Einar’s love of all things feminine became apparent. Gerda’s portraits of this striking new model were noticed and professional success followed, but their marriage came under increasing strain. Lili began going out in public as a woman, sometimes with Gerda, sometimes alone. She meticulously studied the nuances of female behaviour until she was gesture perfect, and socially totally convincing. But her dream was to be perfect anatomically as well, so she eventually underwent a series of pioneering gender-reassignment surgeries, culminating in the transplant of a uterus into her body in 1931. But this last one proved to be a step too far, and she died from a lethal postoperative infection, commonplace in that era.
Knowing what we know today, it grates to hear doctors in the film talking of ‘insanity’ and ‘aberrant behaviour’, and it’s rather terrifying to watch the draconian efforts made to correct this ‘madness’ – zapping both brain and genitalia. But the brutal beating Lili gets when she minces along in a questionable outfit is alas not unknown even today. Gentler terms such as ‘confused’ or ‘different’ perhaps sit more easily with us nowadays in this context, but this film underlines the reality: Lili herself is not confused; she knows only too well that ‘This is not my body.’ And her whispered plea: ‘I don’t know what to do‘, is heart-breakingly poignant. It’s a salutary reminder that for those who find themselves in the wrong body the struggles are both huge and complicated.
I’ve had to face a fair few of my own demons this year, what with undignified hospital procedures, mutilating operations, uncertain prognoses. And of course, I’ve read about and listened to many, many people for whom this whole area is fraught with angst whilst researching the subject of body image and identity crises for my book, Inside of Me, a couple of years ago. And I’d say, The Danish Girl captures the reality as well as any novel, any story, I’ve encountered to date. Hats off to David Ebershoff (writer), Hooper, Redmayne and Vikander – all brilliant. Their descriptions of how and why they made this film were as impressive as the end product, and they’ve more than achieved their aim: to bring this difficult subject and courageous story to the attention of the public, sensitively and respectfully.
Alicia Vikander, body dysphoria, body image, David Ebershoff, Eddie Redmayne, Einar Wegener, Gerda Gottlieb, Les Miserables, Lili Elbe, Stephen Hawkins, The Danish Girl, The King's Speech, The Theory of Everything, Tom Hooper, transgender pioneer
June 23, 2016 , 0
What a week. The brutal murder of MP Jo Cox; Tim Peake‘s return to earth after six months in space; an historic referendum on the UK’s position in Europe; … I’ve counted down to my own author-event at Blackwell’s Bookshop this evening, not just in days-to-the-referendum, but in significant news flashes. And I want to pay my own small tribute to Jo Cox and her family who have epitomised dignity, humanity, unity and compassion. If only her legacy could continue to overrule the vitriol and power-struggling and falsehoods which have characterised this campaign.
So, tonight we launch my latest novel, Inside of Me, into the bigger world, courtesy of Blackwell’s Bookshop in Edinburgh.
I always knew it would be hard to do justice to this one without giving away a surprise but significant element which is only revealed at the end. So I had to explore various angles which might ‘sell’ the book to a live audience without containing spoilers. On this occasion I decided to concentrate on two points: body image and disappearance.
I suspect that only a tiny minority of people go through life perfectly content with their own body image; I’m certainly not among their number. All manner of hang-ups, me. All my life. And sobering statistics for suicide, mental health, eating disorders, self-harm, obsessions and addictions, cosmetic procedures, gender changes, all bear testament to a wider societal dissatisfaction. Small wonder, fueled as we are by the messages, overt and subliminal, from magazines and the internet; from social media; peer pressures; completely unrealistic expectations and cultural ideals. My book fits into this context, exploring what it means to live with unhappiness and troubled thoughts and unachievable goals.
One example will suffice: 15-year-old India Grayson looks in the mirror and perceives a size 3 body as grossly overweight. She aspires to have the courage to binge eat and deliberately vomit. Her mother can only stand on the sidelines, powerless to prevent her beloved daughter, on the very cusp of adulthood, starving herself to the point of collapse, forced to wait for medical intervention until the teenager is at death’s door or at imminent risk of significant deterioration. But India’s not seeking death; she’s seeking control. So how far should she be allowed to go along the path to self-destruction? What right has her mother to intervene?
Disappearance is the second recurring theme I chose to speak about. Three teenage girls vanish one after another. So does India’s beloved dad, leaving a neatly folded pile of clothes on a windy beach. Are these events connected? India’s mother has her niggling suspicions, doubts and fears but she’s suppressed them and certainly hasn’t shared them with a single soul. But now, eight years after his supposed suicide, India is convinced she heard her father’s voice on a crowded London station. She has to find him. The truth when it emerges is not what anyone expected; it challenges their notions of family and relationships, of image and identity. It makes us wonder, to what extent is it right to pursue our own goals and ambitions, when they conflict with the interests of others?
As part of my thinking about body image, I’ve been reading A Lot like Eve by Joanna Jepson. A newly ordained curate, Jepson came to fame in the early 2000s when she challenged the courts over cases of abortion for nothing more disabling than a hare lip and cleft palate. I remember her well – and her arguments. She was uniquely qualified to adopt this cause having herself been the victim of bullying and humiliation because of a facial disfigurement, and having also witnessed reaction to her brother who has Down’s Syndrome. What I didn’t know is how she has struggled with her faith and calling. This book is a moving exploration of her own battle to find acceptance and peace in her personal as well as her religious life. And who else would see their calling to be chaplain to the fashion industry?
A Lot Like Eve, addiction, anorexia, body image, bulemia, cosmetic procedures, disappearance, Downs Syndrome, EU referendum, gender changes, identity, Inside of Me, Jo Cox, Joanna Jepson, mental health, moral rights and interests, murder, obsession, peer pressure, religious calling, self harm, social media, space travel, suici9de, Tim Peake
Ethical issues for everyone
June 9, 2016 , 0
I’ve been taking stock of where I am in my writing career of late and I thought I’d share with you a couple of noteworthy things from this appraisal.
The first relates to the prevalence of my subject matter.
To one side of my desk I have three large boxes full of folders. Each file contains material related to topics I’m interested in; each one a potential novel. (Yep, you’ve got the picture. I’m obsessive. Nothing newsworthy there.) But some of these files are very thick; one topic even runs to two volumes. And reviewing the contents, I’m reminded of how often I cut things out of the daily papers to slip into the said folders. Deduction? My kind of subjects must help sell newspapers; ordinary people must be interested in them.
Alert to this, I did a mini survey. Result? Just on one day this week there was something on
– mental illness (OCD and depression and self harming all dealt with)
– organ transplantation (growing human organs inside other mammals)
– assisted suicide (the BMA’s position: should doctors to be free to follow their consciences?)
– body image and identity (eating disorders, celebrities’ experiences)
– balance of risks and benefits (related to heart disease)
– care of the elderly and those with dementia
All on just one day in one newspaper.
The second point relates to the currency of my subject matter.
When I start planning a new book, I do try to imagine life a bit ahead of present understanding so that when it comes out it’s still relevant and topical, but I’ve been surprised at how much these issues remain current. Take assisted dying, for instance. My novel, Right to Die, was published in 2008. In the eight years since then parliament has revisited the issue repeatedly; professional bodies have regularly debated the pros and cons; a considerable number of high profile cases have come to public attention; campaigns have been fought. It’s still a hot potato and it doesn’t show any sign of cooling any time soon.
Then there’s dementia. Remember Remember came out in 2010, but the ethical dilemmas it explores are as thorny today as they were then. What’s more, the number of families grappling with them is growing as the human lifespan increases; more and more individuals are exercised by the questions.
I’ve been working on an outline for the tenth and eleventh books recently and I’m staggered by the thickness of the folders on those two topics. I’m having to write notes of notes, and lists of lists, to sort out the wealth of facts and the evolution of thinking and knowledge, in order to establish what arguments and counter-arguments obtain today, and to start developing a coherent plot-line. When I first set out on my pathway to becoming a novelist, a very highly regarded agent advised me to leave my academic background behind me. I knew what he meant: the meticulous research mustn’t show through in the finished product. However, from my point of view, those decades as an university researcher stand me in good stead when it comes to delving deep, sifting and sorting facts, and understanding science.
Of course, I’m well aware that at some point I shall have to put away my writing pen, my days as an author done. But it certainly won’t be because I’ve run out of subject matter! Medical ethics is very much alive and thriving.
assisted dying, body image, Dementia, eating disorders, identity, medical ethics, mental illness, organ transplantation, Remember Remember, Right to Die
Inside of Me: a sneak preview
It occurred to me during the week that many of you are people who’ve read some or all of my novels to date. I should therefore do you the courtesy of giving you a priority glimpse into the latest offering, Inside of Me, currently being critiqued by my first raft of advisors.
For your exclusive scrutiny (!) then, an outline of the theme and the plot – never before seen!
The theme: Body image. Several of the characters in Inside of Me struggle to find their own ways of dealing with or escaping from problems related to their perceptions of themselves, sometimes with devastating consequences for their families and friends. Now, I might as well come clean and tell you that I personally have long-standing issues with this topic, so it’s been quite a troubling experience immersing myself in its various manifestations. What’s more, my recent illness (which incapacitated me for six months) added yet another dimension when I realised how much of my own perceived identity is wrapped up in what I do and what I achieve – for part of this time NOTHING!
The plot: Two teenage girls vanish. One is found dead, the other is still missing without trace. Then a Scottish nurse, Victor Grayson, 36, vanishes leaving behind a neat pile of his clothes on the beach, a wife and an 8 year old daughter. The police presume he took his own life; his wife, Tonya, secretly fears he may have been involved in the disappearance of the teenagers; his daughter, India, hangs on ferociously to her picture of her dad as her best friend through the haze of faulty memories and half truths.
Roll forward seven years, and India, now 15, thinks she hears his voice 500 miles away, on King’s Cross station. At the same time a third teenager vanishes. Events – both in the Grayson family and the police department – develop new momentum. India has anorexia and her mother believes she’s hallucinating from hunger. But India’s best friend takes up the case, and when the third missing teenager is seen at the cinema with an unknown person the race is on to find her before anything bad happens to her.
Exactly what is the connection between the missing schoolgirls, a Scottish nurse, a London florist, and two youngsters with eating disorders?
Concentration chez moi is on the next stages of the publishing process but this lovely weather is tempting me out and about as well. How fabulous Scotland is – hard to believe crimes can be committed amidst such beauty; and individuals be swallowed up by their own distorted perceptions.
anorexia, beautiful Scotland, body image, identity, Inside of Me, missing persons
The end of a year is traditionally when one takes stock before resolving to do better in the future, so in this spirit, on the very last day of 2014, I shall share one of my (many) failings with you.
I’m one of those countless people who feel dissatisfied with what they see in the mirror … in spite of being told donkeys years ago by a lovely man (himself a skilled potter) in our church that it’s a sin to do so on the grounds that the insignificant clay pot has no business criticising its all-powerful Maker. Sorry Derrick, but I genuinely do sympathise with folk who don’t like the casing they come in for whatever reason, and my personal problems are compounded at this precise moment by the ongoing necessity to define myself as ‘ill’. Me? I’m the strong energetic type who can rise above all weakness and still live life at a hundred miles an hour … Not any more it seems – at least not until the cardiologists ‘fix’ me! Since October when these shenanigans with my recalcitrant heart began, I’ve been aware of the need to consciously work at keeping my mood buoyant in the face of physical frailty. I don’t like what I see or feel.
So I suspect it wouldn’t take the genius of Freud to deduce that that abiding angst has quite a bit to do with my present conflict with my writing about body image. I’m struggling with the effort of trying to stay inside the skin of some of my characters who are even more tortured than I am. Body image, huh? Big subject. Cue size zero models, toddlers dressed provocatively, the obesity epidemic, self harming, cyber bullying, celebrity culture, cosmetic enhancement … you know the kinds of things our society is obsessed by nowadays. So where am I with it at the end of this chequered year?
Remember this row of books I bought by way of research a while back? Well, I’ve now read them all. Phew. Good job I’m stubborn! You’ll have noted that I haven’t reviewed any of them in this blog. Why? Because I don’t think you’d be interested. But for my own records I kept a tally of my assessment of them as I went – just a brief resume and my score out of 5. Hmm. Only three stood out as an enjoyable read, but, in fairness, a large percentage are teen fiction which isn’t my bag. Having read them all, though, I’m confirmed in my resolve a) not to write for young adults; b) not to focus on anorexia but to embrace a wider context; c) to strengthen the hooks to keep readers reading.
Question now is: can this new, more-fragile me personally cope with taking on a story which presents a much more challenging set of issues? Only time will tell.
However, thus far, I haven’t been dragged below the plimsoll line of my own tolerances, but total absorption with this topic would definitely not be good for my mental health – goodness, I’m borderline neurotic as it is! I’m also conscious of another phenomenon: the more I grapple with my characters’ uncomfortable emotions, the less they disturb me. So it will be important to remember my own initial reactions in order to be sensitive to the potential shock or outrage or revulsion or whatever of my potential readers coming to this subject without preparation.
Work to do then. But there’s a silver lining. At least when I’m absorbed in the lives of my protagonists l’m not sighing at the mirror! And I did get a stack of Christmas knitting done as I ploughed through this set of books. So it’s an ill wind …
So, here we are at the end of 2014. Thank you so much for visiting my scribblings. Special appreciation to those who’ve taken the trouble to contact me; it’s so heartening to hear about your thoughts and reactions and simply to know you really are out there. And I wish you all – whatever your hang-ups and issues – peace, health and happiness in 2015.
anorexia, body image, cyber bullying, obesity, research, size zero, teen fiction
Please do not disturb
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Today’s blog is for all you folk out there who asked for an insight into the everyday life of a jobbing writer. Yep, you know who you are. So relax; no challenging issues or troubling conundrums this week.
It has been absolutely roasting hot up here at night as well as by day, so sleep has been rather elusive. But hey, that’s had positive consequences. The old brain has had extra time to whir along, sorting, sifting, coming up with new ideas for the current book. Because yes, after the enforced break from serious writing to fulfill other responsibilities, I’m once more back in harness. And better still, the story has now picked up a momentum of its own.
OK, I created the characters originally, but they have now acquired birth certificates – passports even – of their own, and I’m simply taking dictation from them at a cracking pace. Watching and listening, wondering and exclaiming, as they go about their business and make decisions and interact. Smoke is leaking under the door of my study. Inside, the old word count is growing in a most gratifying way. I am not to be disturbed!
As you know I don’t do formulaic – against my principles. But aside from that, this book is completely different from all the others in several ways which is keeping me on my toes: Have I got the balance right? Will this be easily promoted? Is it clear what I’m trying to do? Are my characters distinctive enough? Its working title has already changed three times, which says something about the take-over bid Tonya, India and Chris have waged against me (it’s a three narrator story). They’ve hauled me into colourful and troubling situations already that require me to really think about my own values and prejudices and preconceptions. (Very good for the soul, a spot of heart-searching!) And enough to keep me awake irrespective of the temperature.
I never divulge details of a story whilst it’s in the development stage but I don’t think I’d be jinxing anything if I let you know that I’ve steered away from a concentration on anorexia to a much broader look at body image issues. And boy, has that opened up a can of worms – several actually! Whereas I was a bit ambivalent, now I’m getting excited about where this is taking me. I want to know what happens!
I really must get back to watching teenage India grappling with her deep-seated angst …
body image, story telling
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May, chez nous, is a month of concerted efforts to raise money for several charities close to my heart. I’m hoping to keep the new novel simmering gently, but plans are in hand for assorted foodie events and sales and door-to-door collecting and creating goods to sell, as well. The knitting needles are already clacking ten to the dozen, at the same time as I reduce the size of my tbr pile of books. Happy days!
I won’t bore you with the domestic saga but all you bookworms and thinkers might well be interested in the reading. First up was an autobiography which proved fascinating.
Hilary Mantell has become a household name: the only woman to win the Man Booker prize twice, a prolific writer, reputedly one of the greatest living literary authors. But she’s arrived at this reputation, this successful place, through much tribulation. Giving up the Ghost: a Memoir is her own story, written back in 2003, not ‘to solicit any special sympathy’, she says, after all, many other people have survived far worse and never committed anything to paper. Rather it was an attempt ‘to take charge of the story of my childhood and my childlessness’; to lay a few ghosts to rest – the ghosts of past relations, past mistakes, the ghosts of her own unborn children. It was never intended to tell her whole story, and it doesn’t.
As a youngster ‘Ilary’ was weighed down by the burdens of her Catholic indoctrination: ‘You grow up believing that you’re wrong and bad. And for me, because I took what I was told really seriously, it bred a very intense habit of introspection and self-examination and a terrible severity with myself. So that nothing was ever good enough. It’s like installing a policeman, and one moreover who keeps changing the law.’ Her whole world was distorted through the lens of a perpetual guilt that started within five minutes of each confession. However, she lost her belief in God at the age of 12, a circumstance which had it’s own repercussions, although to the dispassionate observer some of her adult hauntings seem uncannily like the metamorphoses of her childhood superstitions, simply in a different guise.
There was little money and few luxuries when she was growing up but her situation resonated for me: it wasn’t unusual in the post-war years. I too remember looking on with wonder and not a little fear at the early vacuum cleaner – a Hoover Constellation which I was led to believe would gobble me whole if I allowed the nozzle anywhere near my long hair. I too vividly recall the flexes and tubing on appliances more sticky tape than original casing, coaxing each appliance to survive way beyond its sell-by date.
Secondary education for Hilary at a ‘rather posh‘ convent school was perceived through a more cynical eye, nevertheless, tales of humiliating punishments for unknown crimes, physical and psychological abuse inflicted by teachers, make sobering reading in these days where teachers are chary of even comforting a distressed child lest their contact be misinterpreted and reported.
For a long time ‘Protestantism’ carried much baggage in her mind, but it’s clear she harboured a great number of other misapprehensions and misunderstandings too, not all related to religious indoctrination and mystery, and perhaps more a consequence of the prevalent practice of simply not explaining things to children, coupled with her vivid imagination. Once again I identify with all of this. For her as well as for me ‘council housing’ carried sinister undertones. Aged three, Hilary was ‘waiting to change into a boy. When I am four this will occur‘, and she was nine before life disabused her of this notion, at which time she plummeted from ‘hero to zero‘. Neither, she discovered, was she actually destined to form a band of knights errant, nor become a parish priest, nor be gassed if she didn’t attend school. She listened and overheard the adults but was forced to put her own construction on the meagre facts she gleaned.
Life was further complicated by the irregular arrangements within their household with her mother’s paramour, Jack, living under the same roof with the family. Hilary’s ‘childhood ended‘ (aged 11) in the autumn of 1963 when they moved to a semi-detached house in a different county, leaving her father behind, Jack now posing as her stepfather (although the relationship was not regularised through marriage), ‘the past and the future equally obscured by the smoke from my mother’s burning boats’. They now had a lawn, a rockery, an apple tree, new carpets … but another name. Nevertheless, their relocation didn’t stop new neighbours and school children taking a prurient interest in their private living arrangements, which Hilary resented greatly.
Even though her autobiography reveals a curious child with her fair share of scepticism, in many ways she remained a young woman of her time, and looking back she is amazed that she wasn’t more challenging; perhaps nowhere more so than in respect of her health. Even as a pre-teen she was never robust, but as time passed she was plagued with chronic and severe pain in many parts of her anatomy: ‘Miss Neverwell’ as she puts it. For years she was treated as psychiatrically ill, with devastating consequences. By the time she eventually diagnosed her own illness as endometriosis it was already so widespread and invasive that she was robbed of any chance of having children or ever recovering fully. Now she wonders why she didn’t insist doctors paid more attention to her complaints; back then ‘The proper attitude to doctors was humble gratitude; you cleaned the house before they arrived’. But the humiliation and shame of not being believed had a profound effect on her.
In spite of her frequent absences from school, she was clearly a very bright and able student, becoming head girl and entering law school. Once there, though, constant ill-health and an all-consuming passion for a young man changed the course of her life. They married while both still students, living in a hovel and close to the breadline. The marriage fell apart at one stage but some years later they re-married, and today she declares her worst fear is ‘losing my husband’, although curiously in the book she never gives him a name. His work as a geologist took them abroad for years – to Africa and Saudi Arabia – all rich fuel for Hilary’s active imagination and growing portfolio of writings.
Her body image was another ongoing issue for her. Following her diagnosis, a combination of medication and an underactive thyroid made her weight balloon. She went from being frail and skinny to being so large she had to move into ‘loose covers rather than frocks’. This affected not only her own behaviour – ‘When you get fat, you get a new personality’ – but also that of others – ‘When I was thin and quick on my feet, a girl with a head of blonde hair, I went for weeks without a kind word. But why would I need one? When I grew fat, I was assumed to be placid. I was the same strung-out fired-up person I’d always been, but to the outward eye I had acquired serenity. A whole range of maternal virtues were ascribed to me.’
Like many before her, Mantell was not always the hugely successful writer she is today. Publishers rejected her manuscripts – how sick they must be in hindsight! But perhaps the most surprising thing for me, reading her autobiographical account, is that she is addicted to colons and semi-colons, using them with an extravagance and abandon I have never seen elsewhere; I counted ten within two paragraphs early on in the book! A tutor on a creative writing course would make short shrift of that kind of obsession, but when you’re a writer of Mantell’s stature it seems it can become part of your signature.
On with the next ball of mohair! And the next book.
Africa, body image, Catholicism, charities, colons, confession, convent education, endometriosis, fundraising, Giving up the Ghost, guilt, Hilary Mantell, Infertility, Man Booker prize, Protestantism, psychiatric illness, Saudi Arabia, semi-colons
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Home | Lawyers | Joanne Nouseir
Joanne Nouseir
BA, LLB (UTS) LLM
Practice areas: Local Government and environmental planning law, Family Law
Joanne joined Houston Dearn O’Connor after working in the legal department of a large Sydney metropolitan Council. Prior to this she worked as a paralegal in a private law firm where she attended to criminal law and Family Law matters.
Joanne’s practice takes in Local Government, planning and environmental law and Family Law. She holds a Masters of Applied Law with a double major in Family Law and Dispute Resolution.
Joanne brings to HDO hands on experience in Local Government. She also brings to HDO a special interest in Family Law. Joanne acts in legally aided and private Family Law matters.
Email: joanne@hdo.com.au
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don't leave lyrics
Song: don't leave
Album: Reverence
Packing your bags like people in the movies do
All severe, and not saying a word
And I'm sitting down here just watching you
And I'm thinking, where is all the love gone?
Where's the love gone to?
Don't leave, you got me hurting, don't leave
You know it's never been easy to love someone like me
Oh, don't leave
Hanging with friends like we used to do
I didn't know anything was wrong
And last night while I was thinking it through
Trying to find who am I and what you need me to do?
There's a record you used to play
There's Judy singing 'Best to be without you'
And I know just what she's singing 'In the arm' for
Where did all the love go?
We'll fly around the world
Give you what you're giving me
I should've dressed you up in pearl
Finest silk to touch your skin
Don't know how to write a love song
But don't leave, you got me hurting, don't leave
Don't leave, don't leave, don't leave, don't leave
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by judy garland lyrics
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Issues in physical examination, diagnostics, reliability and validity
Clinical assessment, Low back pain, Manual therapy
Sacroiliac joint fusion and the implications for manual therapy diagnosis and treatment
Assessment and treatment for sacroiliac dysfunction is common in manual therapy management for spinal pain and is based on the assumption that small movements occur at the sacroiliac joints (SIJ). SIJ dysfunction is often addressed using manipulation techniques, usually involving the application of manual forces to the joint complex. Considering the fact many of these treatments rely on the hypothesis that SIJ motion is directly alterable by such forces it is important for practitioners to be aware that producing movement at the SIJ may not be possible in many individuals due to the presence of joint fusion.
Dar et al.1 have recently conducted a study with aim of determining the prevalence of SIJ fusion using 3-D CT imaging. The study examined 287 consecutive patients (159 male, 128 female) referred to a hospital radiology department for a variety of abdominal complaints. The patients ranged from 22-93 years. Patients with spinal diseases, such as spondyloarthropathy and diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH), were excluded. Unfortunately, information on low back pain status was not reported. 3-D images of pelvises were obtained using a 64-slice CT scanner, and volume rendering sections of 1-2mm thickness. Multiplanar reformation was used to detect whether the fusion was intra- or extra-articular. The SIJs of each image were divided into six equal areas and the presence, side and location of fusions were recorded. Assessment was made by two radiologists who were blind to each others results and the interexaminer agreement was substantial.
SIJ fusion was found in 16.7% of subjects and was far more prevalent in males (27.7%) than females (2.3%). All fusions were extra-articular. Fusion in males was strongly correlated with age: 5.6% in the 20-39y.a. cohort, 15.85% in the 40-59y.a. cohort, 31.1% in the 60-79y.a. cohort, 46.7% in individuals aged over 80. Fusion among females was not significantly correlated with age. Fusion was present bilaterally in 11.9% of males. Diffuse fusion was present in 7.5% of males, four cases were bilateral. The superior region was involved in all male individuals manifesting the phenomenon. No fusions were isolated to the inferior part of the joint. Fusion of the females was at just above and under the arcuate line at the most anterior point of the joint.
The results of this study accord with previous skeletal and cadaver studies and demonstrate that SIJ fusion is common. Further, it is clearly an age and gender biased phenomenon. The authors suggest that osteopaths and other manual therapists who frequently utilise manipulation techniques aimed at addressing sacroiliac articular mobility or that result in forces across the sacroiliac joint should be aware of the limited potential for compliance at this joint in older males. The risk of injury may be far greater than the potential benefits of manually applied forces during the treatment of SIJ dysfunction in this population.
1. Dar G, Khamis S, Peleg S, Masharawi Y, Steinburg N, Peled N, Latimer B, Hershkovitz I. Sacroiliac joint fusion and the implications for manual therapy diagnosis and treatment. Manual Therapy. 2008;13:155-58.
9 August 2009 /0 Comments/by LRO_osteo-Main
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Clinical assessment, Low back pain
Mechanical or inflammatory low back pain. What are the potential signs and symptoms?
Non-specific low back pain (NS-LBP) is commonly conceptualised, categorised and treated as inflammatory and/or mechanical in nature. There is no universally accepted definition for mechanical or inflammatory LBP, however, there is evidence to support the involvement of both mechanical and inflammatory factors in its generation. Following from this nosological separation, there are two distinct approaches to treatment for LBP: treatment involving “mechanical” intervention, such as mobilisation, manipulation, traction and exercise are contrasted with ‘‘anti-inflammatory’’ treatments like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications and corticosteroid injections.
In an effort to identify common symptoms or signs that may allow discrimination between inflammatory low back pain (ILBP) and mechanical low back pain (MLBP), Walker and Williamson recently surveyed experienced health professionals from five professions using a questionnaire listing 27 signs/symptoms. Of 129 surveyed, 105 responded (81%). According to their results, constant pain, pain that wakes, and stiffness after resting were generally considered as moderate indicators of inflammatory LBP. Intermittent pain during the day, pain that develops later in the day, pain on standing for a while, pain bending forward a little, pain on trunk flexion or extension, pain doing a sit up, pain when driving long distances, pain getting out of a chair, and pain on repetitive bending, running, coughing or sneezing were all generally considered as moderate indicators of MLBP. There was, however, no consistency of agreement either between or within professional groups.
While the general absence of agreement regarding signs and symptoms of ILBP and MLBP does not invalidate the pathophysiological paradigms of mechanical and inflammatory pains, it does, however, signal the need for further research. This research should be aimed at testing the indicators identified in this study for their ability to predict the outcome of mechanical and anti-inflammatory treatments of LBP.
Walker BF, Williamson OD. Mechanical or inflammatory low back pain. What are the potential signs and symptoms? Man Ther. 2009 Jun;14(3):314-20. Epub 2008 Jun 13.
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Clinical assessment, Myofascial trigger points
Diagnosing myofascial trigger points: A critical review of the evidence and clinical implications.
Myofascial trigger points (MTPs) are routinely diagnosed and treated by clinicians in many musculoskeletal health disciplines. MTPs have been associated with numerous clinical conditions and prevalence studies claim that they may account for 30-85% of patients complaining of regional muscular pain.1 Despite the widespread acceptance of MTPs as an important clinical entity the diagnosis of MTPs is a source of continuing controversy. There are no accepted biochemical, electromyographic or diagnostic imaging criteria recognised as a definitive diagnostic gold standard.2 Furthermore, there is currently no reliable list of physical diagnostic criteria for MTPs.1 The detection of MTPs is solely dependent on manual palpation and patient feedback. These circumstances have raised concerns regarding the non-substantive manner in which MTPs are identified.
In the absence of an accepted gold standard, physical diagnostic tests should demonstrate inter-rater reliability in order to be considered clinically useful. Myburgh et al.3 have recently published the first systematic review of reliability studies examining evidence for the use of manual palpation for identifying MTPs. The reviewers used a comprehensive search strategy across relevant medical databases and the reference lists of related articles. The search revealed eleven relevant studies, however five studies were subsequently excluded because they did not use appropriate statistical measures of agreement. The remaining six studies were then assessed for internal validity and reproducibility according to predetermined quality criteria.
The included studies examined the use of manual diagnosis for MTPs in a variety of settings, populations, conditions and clinicians. This heterogeneity limited pooled analysis of the results. In addition, none of the studies used completely overlapping diagnostic criteria, and no single muscle was observed in more than two studies. The results of the quality analysis indicated two studies to be of high quality, one of moderate quality, and three of low quality. None of the MTP criteria were found to have a high level of evidence. At best, the current literature suggests moderate evidence for the reliability of local tenderness in the trapezius, and pain referral at gluteus medius and quadratus lumborum; however a single reliable criteria is insufficient to diagnose a MTP according to commonly cited diagnostic criteria. The authors concluded that the current evidence supporting the reliability of diagnostic palpation for MTPs is weak and further high quality studies are required.
The clinical uncertainties surrounding MTP diagnosis present challenges to the interpretation of all research on MTPs. In the absence of an accurate diagnosis, the results of any epidemiological, pathophysiologic or clinical investigation will be misleading.1 A potent example of this is seen in the subsequent issue of the same journal, where Ettlin et al.4 report on the prevalence of cervical MTPs in four different clinical populations and a group of healthy controls. Having assumed that identification of each of the MTP characteristics is reliable, the researchers state that a clinically relevant MTP was present if three out four listed criteria were met. However, using this methodology it is possible that the diagnostic process would identify presentations other than MTPs, such as non-specific muscle pain, pain of peripheral nerve trunk origin, underlying joint sensitivity, secondary hyperalgesia, or even normal intramuscular physiology. It also explains their report of active MTPs in up to one third of the pain-free controls, which should be considered impossible considering that active MTPs are symptomatic by definition.
Until both consensus and reliability of diagnostic criteria for identifying MTPs are achieved and implemented in research studies, data on the validity, prevalence, aetiology and treatment of MTPs should be interpreted with prudence.
1. Tough EA, White AR, Richards S, Campbell J. Variability of criteria used to diagnose myofascial trigger point pain syndrome: Evidence from a review of the literature. Clinical Journal of Pain 2007;23:278-286.
2. Rickards LD. The effectiveness of non-invasive treatments for active myofascial trigger point pain: a systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 2006;9:120-136.
3. Myburgh C, Larsen AH, Hartvigsen J. A systematic, critical review of manual palpation for identifying myofascial trigger points: Evidence and clinical significance. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008;89:1169-1176.
4. Ettlin T, Schuster C, Stoffel R, Brüderlin A, Kischka U. A distinct pattern of myofascial findings in patients after whiplash injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008;89:1290-93.
26 July 2009 /0 Comments/by LRO_osteo-Main
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What is the significance of marine tattoos
For years, marine tattoos have become a fashion phenomenon that everyone is proud to exhibit. Today, many people are still tattooed with these marine symbols. But do they know their meaning? Indeed, before wearing a tattoo, it is good to know what a given symbol means. Is it to assert an identity or an admiration or belonging to a group like the sailors? So before jumping off, it is important to know what is the meaning of marine tattoos.
Marine tattoos meaning
The sea anchor
When they arrive safely, sailors are used to anchoring in the sea to maintain the stability of the boat. Although the sea is disturbed, the boat remains stable thanks to the anchor. Here, the boat anchor tattoo represents stability. Thus, a person wearing a tattoo representing the marine anchor adheres to stability, a sense of calm and a stable mindset towards the problem of life.
See also: Anchor tattoos on the arm smart ideas
The wind rose
A person wearing a tattoo of the rose des Vents wants to know his destination in life. Indeed, the rose of the winds is often found on a map or in a compass in order to know the 4 cardinal points. The sailors used it to orientate and to know the direction of the wind. The tattoo showing a rose of the wind represents the bo
The boat 3 mats
The boat 3 mats evokes freedom. Often, it is the people who have a spirit of adventure who get tattooed this symbol of boat to 3 mats. Unlike the marine tattoos anchor, the boat 3 mats is not afraid of anything. A person tattooed with a drawing of a boat likes to face the unknown. He wants to discover a new horizon and is ready to leave everything behind him.
The Swallow
For sailors, the presence of the swallow around the boat shows that the land is near, the time to go home after a long journey. The number of swallows increases according to the distance traveled. The tattoo representing the swallow is described as the return to its roots, and attachment to its family. Even if the destination is still very far away, the individual wearing this kind of tattoo thinks he can be back to his family. We tell you more about the meaning of the swallow tattoo.
The steering wheel is used to change course and steer the boat during navigation. It determines the position of the rudders. Only the commander can hold the bar. Thus, a wheel tattoo symbolizes command, leadership. You have to hold on, no matter what happens in life.
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Seashell tattoo and their meaning
Scorpio tattoo – astrological and symbolic sign of the scorpion
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Security Forces Scuffle with Sabaa Party Activists in Parliament
by Naharnet Newsdesk 11 October 2019, 12:24
A scuffle erupted on Friday between the security forces and activists from the Sabaa party who stormed into the Parliament building in Nejmeh Square reportedly by force.
The protesters staged a sit-in inside the parliament hall demanding early parliament elections and the return of “looted” public funds.
Secretary-General of the Sabaa Party Ghada Eid said the group had permission in writing to enter the premises and that the parliament police arrested them after that, inside the parliament hall.
Eid is a Lebanese TV presenter famous for tackling governmental corruption in her TV shows.
Another group of Sabaa activists staged a sit-in outside the building of the Ministry of Telecommunications in Downtown Beirut demanding bill payments be made in Lebanese pounds instead of dollars.
The party later made a statement announcing the launch of a national "civil resistance" campaign against "corruption and looting" of public funds, vowing escalatory popular moves.
Hundreds of Lebanese civil society activists and others protested last week over the economic crisis, blaming their leaders for decades of mismanagement and corruption that led to an economic crisis in Lebanon.
Source: Naharnet
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H&E's NaruSaku Debate Thread!
Started by Sakura Blossoms, Apr 07 2012 02:44 PM
19981 replies to this topic
#1 Sakura Blossoms
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The 'old' debate thread can be found in the NaruSaku Museum for any past references needed here ----> http://www.narusaku....hp?showforum=21
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You get the gist. If you want to disagree with an argument/theory/opinion, you can do it without bashing (see below).
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#2 CloudMountainJuror
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#3 Rocket
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Short-lived topic revival.
So most of you who just read 581 would have seen the new Weekly Jump cover. It's really pretty I have to say, but I'm bringing this up because I noticed that Sakura's looking at Naruto in a certain way. I don't know how to describe it, but could this be a bit of an NS hint or something? Or is this just purely a New Team 7 moment, considering Kakashi and Sai are there as well, not just Naruto and Sakura.
Here's the image for those who haven't had a chance to see it or read the latest chapter:
Discuss away my lovelies.
...well. Bite away.
Edited by Rocket, 07 April 2012 - 03:23 PM.
#4 FoolishYoungling
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#5 Anguyen92
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Again, like the last cover, its not meant to be a NS hint, though its always nice to see Naruto and Sakura on the cover, and we get the added benefit of Kakashi and Sai. And its covers, like these, that makes me wish that Kishi would explore some of these dynamics much further than it is now.
Edited by Anguyen92, 07 April 2012 - 03:32 PM.
QUOTE (Anguyen92 @ Apr 7 2012, 03:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Again, like the last cover, its not meant to be a NS hint, though its always nice to see Naruto and Sakura on the cover, and we get the added benefit of Kakashi and Sai. And its covers, like these, that makes me wish that Kishi would exploit some of these dynamics much further than it is now.
Why isn't Yamato in the cover though? Sai is just as new as him, and they are both in team 7 (not like Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi, but they are still there), so if targeting the group, and trying to leave only Sasuke out sense he is not friendly yet, then what kept them from adding Yamato? Is it because Yamato is still yet to be found? Or maybe forgotten.
Other than that, I love the rest of it. Great picture of the team 7 there. Naruto laughing while Sakura finds another reason to turn tsundere on Naruto (which we all love), and Sai and Kakashi just enjoying the memories being created.
Edited by FoolishYoungling , 07 April 2012 - 03:34 PM.
QUOTE (Anguyen92 @ Apr 8 2012, 01:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well from a straightforward point of view, yes, there isn't really a hint between them, and it's just a regular Team 7 cover. But when I look at Sakura closely, she's giving Naruto this certain look. You know, like at the beginning of Part II where she comments about how grown-up and mature he's become. That's the kind of look she's giving him.
That's just me though. Really, it's left up to one's interpretation of how they see it. Most people see it as just Team 7 there, but again, it's how they view it.
QUOTE (Rocket @ Apr 7 2012, 08:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
All right, that's fair, I always see these kind of things as straightforward, since that's what I think that's they, the people who created the cover, wants me to think. I don't know if they are trying to send another message or not, and they might have done that here. I guess the only way to really confirm the suspicions and speculations is by the drawers themselves, whether or not, Sakura gave Naruto a look that looks more than platonic.
#9 Don-kun
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QUOTE (o @ Apr 6 2012, 01:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I need to rant about these sorry excuse of a romantic pairing. Wait when did romance even exist in thise pairing to begin with?
I never saw anything like romance with NS to begin with. It was way too one sided where Naruto showed feelings and Sakura, well, probably shouldn't say it. Let's just say you hardly call even friendly sometimes. Somehow this gets translated into Sakura is obviously in love with Naruto she just doesn't know it yet. I never really understood that argument, "she just doesn't know it yet". I'm no romantic but how could you not know if you have feelings for that person or not. Maybe due to certain events you could start having feelings for that person, but I don't think anyone is going to be that arrogant where they don't know if they are in love with someone or not. It seems that NS likes to use "She is just confused with her feelings." This I have heard before but I absolutely hate it. Though I have seen canon pairings use this kind of logic before. To me, I think this argument is saying that the person is so full that they have been chasing the wrong person this whole time and just realize how silly they were to chase after that guy when they should be chasing after this guy. Pretty much it feels like the argument is saying to switch targets. The logic and methods when being with that other person is the same, just with a different target. I feel that argument is saying that Sakura should just switch her targets towards Naruto instead of Sasuke. Switching roles where Sakura treats Sasuke poorly who can't do anything and start worshiping everything that Naruto does. With this argument I don't see anything changing except for the roles.
With the events of the failfession, NS sure has fallen and about any past arguments that were made were destroyed at that event. I really did feel that Kishimoto was making sure it was as good as dead but not even he could destroy it. I'm not sure how some of the arguments like, the POAL, and Doing for Sakura's sake came to be. I probably would have never even thought those were even considered arguments if I didn't end up reading into it. I thought when Naruto made that promise, it was to ensure that he will bring back Sasuke, his first friend, not so he could use that promise in order to get closer to Sakura. Not even sure how that was even put into logic. NS tried to use that he was doing this for Sakura's sake. Rather it was bringing back Sasuke or it was fighting a villain. He is always doing things just to impress her. I was surprised that was even being used and that really makes Naruto look very shallow and it also makes it look like Sakura needs to have people with high standards of a god. If Naruto was doing all of that crazy things just to impress a girl then I doubt this series would have last over 12 years. If Sakura's standards is really that high then there is no such person alive for her and she will forever be alone. It's sad how NS belittle the characters it ships. With arguments like that, I feel that NS creates its own Anti-NS arguments.
I honestly don't know when SS was even thought possible. First we look at Sasuke's side. Here he shows little to know feelings for Sakura, let alone for anyone else and somehow he is going to fall in love with Sakura and for what reasons? I guess arguments want to believe that Sasuke will do a Vegeta and start to settle down with the main female character(Bulma). Next we look at Sakura's side. Here she shows him praise and acknowledgement but Sasuke shows little no care for it. Yet she still does it and obsesses over him. Arguments will say that Sakura's feelings for Sasuke has matured but I don't know if that is really true. I felt that SS makes it look that Sasuke can do no wrong and that he can't possibly do anything wrongdoing no matter what. In some cases, SS is called an abusive relationship because Sasuke has hit her before and gets the name "wife beater." Well I don't know if Sasuke is "that" abusive with Sakura but I will probably won't deny that SS is pretty abusive. It's hard to believe that this is considered one of the most possible pairing considering the amount of violence that seems to be at the same level as the people at the Talk Shows. It's just not possible for me to believe a pairing with this much abuse can even be considered even a possible crack pairing.
I have to wonder what does SS have in the first place? Sakura hugs him, and cries whenever something Sasuke-related is happening. It seems that SS wants to bet on the events of Love Letter Guy. Because the ones she "still" loves is Sasuke. Because Sakura still loves him after all the bad things that he has done shows that she cares about him more than ever. Funny that it wasn't that long when she was trying to kill him because she just couldn't bare to see Sasuke as he is now. So how in the world did that happen? I guess Sakura is once again betting that Naruto will bring back Sasuke back so she can be with him. Somehow I don't see that as being a healthy pairing. I just don't see that as a good reason for Sakura to be with Sasuke. Arguments like "She Smiles In Front of Sasuke" and "Her Feelings Matured" don't seem logical to me. The "She Smile In Front of Sasuke" is a good point that she likes him but that just proves one side. Does Sasuke smile in front of Sakura? I sure haven't seen it at least. I feel that this has to work both ways in order for it to work. I feel I could give a LAP about the "Her Feelings Matured" argument. I don't know if her feelings has matured. Just like with Hinata, I doubt that Sakura knows anything else about Sasuke or at least understand him a little bit. I do wonder does Sakura even know anything else about Sasuke?
My feelings for NH is neutral right now but lately it's been getting very annoying for my case. It seems that NH is really betting that Naruto, the nice guy, won't go and hurt the poor, sweet, and innocent Hinata's feelings. I look at Naruto's side and he doesn't seem to see her as someone he is willing to date. Naruto shows that he cares for her as a friend and doesn't want her to die, but other than that he shows little to no reaction with her. Some arguments might say that Naruto is such a full to not see how much a cute girl like Hinata likes him but I do wonder what if that isn't the type of girl Naruto is looking for. Somehow the "One Way" Argument is being used her again. It's as clear as day that Hinata likes Naruto. Due to recent events, Hinata wants to go and hold his hand and be by his side. I normally wouldn't care about this kind of selfishness, but I'm not sure if that really is okay. Shouldn't Hinata, I don't know, get to know him first before making those kind of declaration, or better yet, try to be a better friend so you can understand how he feels. It seems that NH got a kick out of that but no matter how I look at it, NH just isn't possible and I seriously doubt that this pairing would even last long even if they did get together. They would all be doing their own things and nothing about them would change.
Ever since the event with Pain, NH has been getting a bit annoying to me. NH probably is the least possible pairings of the Big 3 because for some reason, I'm supposed to believe that Naruto is supposed to all of a sudden realize that he is in love with Hinata. I just don't see Naruto doing that. It seems because Hinata "confessed" her feelings and still hold strong for them, that means that NH is going to happen. For the longest of time, it seems that event has been in question. Hinata confessed but Naruto has never talked to her about it. Does he care, does he not care, will he ever tell us how he really feels about Hinata? In truth, I think Kishimoto is leaving it out just so he can keep us guessing for entertainment purposes. Looking past that, I see NH too one sided. The girl likes the guy so the guy should like the girl back. I cannot agree with that logic. If Naruto showed any signs of liking Hinata back then I could understand this pairing being possible. Everything is on Hinata's side and never on Naruto's side. Does Naruto have a say in it? Most likely he doesn't. He has to be the mature guy and date the girl that has feelings for him first. I do feel that if Kishimoto ever decides to target NH again, it will only get trolled. NS believed that pairing was going to happen only to be trolled by the failfession. I doubt highly we will see Naruto showing feelings for Hinata even after all this time.
This is a Anti big 3 commente that really got my attention, what to you guys think about the bolded statement for NS, this person is a big Sakura hater and Anti NS but know he is an anti big three and he rant about the 3 pairing...
what's your opinion on this.
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#10 Anguyen92
QUOTE (donjoseph19 @ Apr 7 2012, 09:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I don't think there is much to speak on this, just let the person hate, and that's it. If that guy ever comes here to tries to spew the hatred, then he's going to get stopped dead in his tracks. Quite frankly, I rather prefer if you don't post those kinds of quotes, knowing that we need to make a fresh start in this thread, and we need to start off in that light-hearted fun-like direction. I mean Rocket's post, about the recent Team 7 cover, was a good starter.
#11 Fyuria'sLeo
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Its just a guy who doesnt see pairings in the end, and to be honest id be fine with no pairing in the end.
#12 FoolishYoungling
QUOTE (Fyuria'sLeo @ Apr 7 2012, 04:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Or you could be fine with NS/SH.
#13 Greed-Sama
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Quite frankly, I rather prefer if you don't post those kinds of quotes, knowing that we need to make a fresh start in this thread, and we need to start off in that light-hearted fun-like direction.
Eh? Debate is for debate. The guy said nothing in his quote that was bashing correlated or anything overly negative. The guy is Anti Big 3, which in all reality is about the only other position I'd be willing to take instead of NS.
Or you could be fine with NS/SH
Never. SasuHina is just unfair for Hinata. Sasuke has a date with a metallic object called a kunai. That's about the only saving grace I really want to allow him.
Edited by Greed-Sama, 07 April 2012 - 05:04 PM.
#14 Darth Krypt
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That guys not hating exactly. What he said does make sense in a way. Its because the way Kishi write the romance is so ambiguous that no pairing in the end is even a high possibility unless he adds more development from here on now. If you compare with some other mangas, you know that those pairings are much more obvious than NS.
QUOTE (Greed-Sama @ Apr 7 2012, 10:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well, after looking at the quote itself and not just the part where the person is described as a Sakura hater and anti-NS, I retract my previous statement, and quite frankly, I too rather prefer no pairings as well if this pairings war ends which has long been overbearing.
QUOTE (Greed-Sama @ Apr 7 2012, 05:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Sasuke will be redeemed in the end and fall in love with Hinata. Hinata will be all like "hi", and it will happen. Problem?
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Yeah, RIP the 'old' debate thread. I'm gonna miss it so much i usually took some quote (nice opinion) about narusaku from all member here for my narusaku fanbase on twitter and most of people like it
It was way too one sided where Naruto showed feelings and Sakura, well, probably shouldn't say it.
as long as i remember, sakura >> naruto : there's some feedback, some interaction that implying her feelings to naruto (more than platonic friendship)
It's naruto - hinata and sasuke - sakura that always be onesided love. Naruto always seeing Hinata as a friend. Nice friend. And Sasuke never saw Sakura in romantic way. His 'love' is revenge. His character purpose isn't for romance.
Err, i thought, most of the time, sasuke always thinks about naruto, not sakura.
btw, sorry for my bad english
#18 The Tax-Man
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QUOTE (FoolishYoungling @ Apr 7 2012, 11:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I refuse to believe that's a genuine argument. ಠ_ಠ
1. "This is worthless NONSENSE."
2. "This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view..."
3. "True, but quite unimportant."
4. "I ALWAYS SAID SO!"
#19 redragon88
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I posted this in another thread but I'll put it here as well because I want your opinion on this:
Do any of you think that the reason Sakura is still shown thinking about Sasuke is because Kishimoto doesn't want people calling NaruSaku canon yet? Maybe he wants to purposely have people doubt it will happen because when he makes it canon he wants people to have a reaction like "OH WHAT A PLOT TWIST, AWESOME!"
So even if it all points to Naruto getting together with Sakura, this way Kishimoto can add more impact to when it happens.
QUOTE (The Tax-Man @ Apr 7 2012, 06:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If Sasuke is going to find love in his life, then he has to choose a girl. In my opinion, Sakura is not going to be a choice, and I'm sure Ino won't either, so who's left? Karin is too much a fan girl, and that only leaves Hinata... SasuHina or Sasuke forever alone.. deal with it.
QUOTE (redragon88 @ Apr 7 2012, 06:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Very high possibility. <----- cocky me
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VAIL ADDS THREE QUADS TO WILMOT MOUNTAIN Vail Resorts are reported to have spent $13 million on a complete overhaul of their recently acquired Wilmot Mountain in Wisconsin. The historic ski area is one of several smaller Eastern US ski areas (the others are in Minnesota and Michigan) Vail Resorts has acquired as a means of encouraging skiers and boarders to visit Vail’s better known international. Skiers at Wilmot Mountain can now purchase Vail’s ‘Epic Local Pass’ for a similar price to what Wilmotonly passes were in the past, but the ticket also now gives them access to world-class skiing at Vail Resorts’ nine western resorts, plus Australia’s largest resort, Perisher. The three quad chairlifts from Colorado are replacing existing lifts at Wilmot and there are now also two new carpet lifts and a new rope tow as part of a redesigned learning area and a new terrain park – altogether increasing the area’s uplift by almost a half.
NEW SKI TRIP TO KYRGYZSTAN IS FOR YOUR TRULY TOUGH AND ADVENTUROUS SKIERS Snoworks, a British ski tour operator, has added skiing the mountains of Kyrgyzstan for the coming winter. The ski adventure to Kyrgyzstan next February, with accommodation based in traditional yurts, is open to competent skiers who are comfortable on black runs and can ski off-piste. The skiing is exclusively ski touring based and located in the Tian Shan Mountain range, part of the old Silk Road route between the Mediterranean and Asia. The skiing will all be accessed via snowmobiles from the yurt camp and the tour operator says that there’s opportunities to explore some of the country and take in some of the culture too. The trip begins on February 11, 2017 and costs just under $3,000 per person -- which includes 6.5 days ski touring with local guides and a Snoworks Instructor, 10 nights accommodation, most lunches and evening meals, return transfers from the Bishkek Airport and transfers to all ski areas. However, the price does not include flights to Kyrgyzstan. See snoworks.com for more information.
END OF THE ROAD FOR IDAHO’S TAMARACK SKI AREA? Patrick Thorne, The Snow Hunter, reports Tamarack, launched with a $1.5 billion price tag in 2004 in Idaho, the ski area looks to be going out of business permanently with the news that its remaining chairlifts are set to be auctioned off October 17 for unpaid property taxes. The area was dealt a near terminal blow in 2008 with the global property crash but has managed to remain partially open for most of the past decade thanks to the support of private property owners at the ski area. However local authorities said that land taxes for the ski area have not been paid for three years and now amount to more than a quarter of a million dollars, hence the sale of remaining buildings and lifts valued at over $5 million. If the taxes are paid in time the auction will be called off, but apparently that’s unlikely.
ZELL AM SEE RE-OPENS OLD TERRAIN TO BE PART OF AUSTRIA’S NEXT BIGGEST SKI AREA Aistroa’s Zell am See has a new lift that will allow it to re-open terrain not used for more than three decades. The zellamseeXpress 10 seater lift, the first stage in a two year plan to (re)connect Zell am See to the Saalbach- Hinterglemm-Fieberbrunn again, will make Zell am See part of one of Austria’s next largest ski areas. The new lift runs to the top station of the Salersbachköpfl at 1,920 meters, reopening access to once popular downhill runs to the Glemm Valley that resort managers say were used for 50 years between 1930 and 1980. More upgrades are planned in the area for the 2018/19 season as part of the 25 million euro project creating further slopes and an additional cable car connection from and into Glemmtal.
AUSTRIA’S KAPRUN ADDS NEW LIFT Austria’s Kaprun, has the new Schmiedingerbahn lift that replaces the Schmiedinger glacier lifts on the Kitzsteinhorn glacier, becoming SalzburgerLand's highest chairlift. Operating between 2,530 meters and 2,775 meters, the modern 8-seater will include heated seats and pull-down weather-protection hoods.
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Tom Brislin & Friends [July 12,2014]
June 18, 2014 by NJProghouse
Friend of the Proghouse, Dunellen native Tom Brislin returns home from a musical excursion to India for a special full-band performance. Tom’s keyboards and vocals will be joined by ace guitarist Randy McStine (Sound of Contact, Lo-Fi Resistance), bassist John Galgano and vocalist Laura Meade (both of IZZ), and more. This special one-time lineup will perform music from Tom’s solo debut Hurry Up and Smell the Roses, as well as some new surprises.
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Keyboardist/vocalist/songwriter Tom Brislin is an internationally-recognized performing and recording artist known for his versatility and musical passion. Throughout his career, Brislin has performed as a sideman, on tours and recordings with some of the iconic names in rock including YES, Meat Loaf, Debbie Harry, Camel, and Renaissance. As an artist, he has produced and written several albums with the synth-rock group Spiraling, and released his first solo album Hurry Up and Smell the Roses in 2012. The album has been given a limited edition vinyl release by the UK label Plane Groovy in 2013.
Brislin was selected to be the guest piano/keyboard faculty at Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music, a professional music college outside Chennai, India, in 2014. Other credits include collaborations with Glen Burtnik (Styx, The Orchestra), Francis Dunnery, The Syn, Josh Kelley, and OK Go. He is the author of 30-Day Keyboard Workout (Alfred Music Publishing), and is a long-time correspondent for Keyboard Magazine.
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IZZ bassist/songwriter/vocalist, John Galgano, to release debut solo album on September 11, 2012
August 28, 2012 by NJProghouse
John Galgano: Real Life is Meeting
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8/28/12 – New York, NY – Doone Records is pleased to announce the release of Real Life is Meeting, the debut solo album by John Galgano on September 11, 2012.
John Galgano is a founding member of art-rock group, IZZ, and has been one of the band’s primary songwriters throughout its career. Real Life is Meeting presents eight tracks varying in styles and instrumentation, from the catchy, art-pop flavor of “Bigger on the Inside,” to the experimental, synth-based “The Only Thing,” to the 19-minute piece “1000,” all the while taking the listener in unexpected directions.
Real Life is Meeting showcases Galgano’s humor, his introspective and confessional lyrics, and his surprising song structures. In turns breathtakingly adventurous and heartrendingly beautiful, this music represents a musician and songwriter unencumbered by any preconceived ideas. The result is a fluid, naked, and daring collection of universal musings set to music – meditations on what it means to be human in the 21st century.
Galgano also recently played bass on Renaissance keyboardist Jason Hart’s new release, I and Thou’s Speak. Galgano has performed with IZZ at many art-rock festivals in the United States and Canada and has played bass for Hart while serving as the opening act during two Marillion Weekends (2007, 2011).
The line-up for Real Life is Meeting is:
John Galgano: Bass guitar, vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards
Laura Meade: Vocals
Paul Bremner: Electric guitar solos on “The Only Thing” and “Look Around”
Brian Coralian: Drums on “Lucky for Me” and “1000”
Greg DiMiceli: Drums on “This is How it Happens”
Shawn Bishop: Backing vocals, keyboards, percussion
John Raimondo: Drums on “Bigger on the Inside,” “The Only Thing” and “Look Around”
Chris Baldini: Lead vocals on “Look Around”
Greg Meade: Electric guitar solo on “Lucky for Me”
Mixed and Produced by Shawn Bishop
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THE “TAMBAY’S” IN THE EYES OF VINCENT DE PAUL
Just in the month of June 2018, President Duterte of the Philippines instructed that idle people loitering on the streets (tambay) and street children who sleep by the roadside (kariton families) be rounded up and incarcerated. As a “father of the nation” (parens patriae principle), he said he has the police power to drive people home or be arrested. His intention was seemingly good: to keep the streets safe for all citizens. But what if people have no houses to go home to, or the shanties they own are so congested that the only spaces to breathe are the streets?
This government program is not new. The patron saint of charity, Vincent de Paul, was confronted with the same project in Paris of 1656. We might get some inspiration from him on how to respond to this phenomenon in our times.The Great ConfinementThis was the project of the General Hospital that the great philosopher of our times, Michel Foucault also writes about in Madness and Civilization. The royal edict of April 27, 1656 seeks to prohibit begging and idleness which pose as social ills of the city. Around ten buildings all over Paris were allotted for this: La Salpêtrière, La Pitié, Le Refuge, La Scipion, La Savonnerie, Bicêtre, etc. The ‘archers of the hospital’ — some sort of ‘policemen of the poor’ — were also organized to round up beggars and bring them to any of these institutions. Edicts of the subsequent years prohibited begging all throughout the city “under the pain of being whipped for the first offense, and for the second, condemned to the galleys if men and boys, and banished if women and girls.” This is what Foucault calls the “Great Confinement”.
The General Hospital was not a medical but a ‘police’ institution. It is a semi-judicial structure with “quasi-absolute sovereignty, jurisdiction without appeal, a writ of execution against which nothing can prevail — the Hôpital Général is a strange power that the King establishes between the police and the courts, at the limits of the law: a third order of repression.” The directors for life possess administrative, police, corrective and penal powers over all of the poor in Paris — both inside and outside the General Hospital. They have access to “stakes, irons, prisons, and dungeons” inside the hospital in order to execute their mission. It was noted that within a few years after the edict was issued, the General Hospital already housed 6000 persons, a good 1% of the total population.
What is St. Vincent’s involvement in this project? Years before the royal edict, in 1653, the Ladies of Charity, all aristocratic influential women, already presented to Vincent de Paul the idea of organizing all the beggars of the city. They wanted Vincent to undertake the work since he was well known for institutions of this type. They assured him of sufficient money allotted for the project.
Divine Providence?But Vincent tempered their haste. He wanted them to discern more. “The works of God,” he counsels, “come into being little by little, by degrees, and progressively.” He is always heard as saying: “Do not go ahead of divine providence.”
The Ladies of Charity were quite annoyed by his slowness. But this may be his way of circumventing something he did not like in the whole idea: the use of coercion and force. The Ladies wanted it on a big scale; thus, the need to forcefully compel the beggars. Vincent wanted to accept only those who came voluntarily. Force should not be used to bring them in.
"If we use force,” he says, “we could be going against God’s will."
As the Ladies were waiting in discernment, the Royal Edict came out and was promulgated. The work went to the men assigned by the Parlement following the conditions that Foucault described above. It was to Vincent’s great relief that the work was not given to him and his community. In a way, his discerning slowness prevented him from undertaking a work that he thinks is repressive. It is this discerning slowness that also served as a skillful dilatory tactic.
Within the Vincentian spiritual tradition, Vincent’s slowness has always been interpreted as a sign of his sensitivity to the voice of Providence. In this specific context, it also proves to be an ingenious and cunning tactic of oblique resistance to overarching dominant power.Direct Confrontation and Oblique ResistanceVincent de Paul, despite his friendship with the King and his Ministers, can confront them and tell them straight on their face that they are the real causes of the poor’s suffering, that they resign to save the country. In front of Mazarin, for instance, the Queen’s Prime Minister, he said:
“Your Eminence, sacrifice yourself. Withdraw from the country to save France. Throw yourself into the sea to appease the storm.”
After having said that, he lost his seat in the Council to the King’s administration the week after.
Beyond direct confrontation, Vincent also tried other ways. Despite institutional warnings not to feed the beggars so that they may finally agree to be locked up, Vincent de Paul continued his soup kitchen, feeding them, helping the poor in various ways, protecting them from the violent impact of the government’s wars and politico-economic policies on their lives.
St. Vincent and the Beggar
While official propaganda praised the Great Confinement as the “greatest charitable enterprise of the century,” Vincent consciously distanced from it through what I call ‘oblique resistance’ - a tactic available to the weak in the face of so great a power. As the King and his minions wanted to eliminate the social eyesores through superficial window-dressing in confining the poor, St. Vincent did all he could to respond to the deeper causes of people’s misery as he also tried to mitigate its impact in their lives.
Foucault faulted Vincent’s care of the poor at St. Lazare as part of the royal project of the Great Confinement. His structural analysis of history might be helpful to see the greater dynamics at work in hegemonic politics, but as we see above, it is unable to perceive the oblique resistances present in the everyday life and decisions of actual persons on the ground like that of a simple country priest called Vincent de Paul.
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The Allure of Al-Huda: Reconciling Liberalism and Literalist Islam
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“Qur’an for all. In every heart, in every hand” – Al-Huda International slogan
As I was smoothing out the white sheets on the floor at my mother’s house in preparation for a Qur’an khaani, my aunt came up to me and whispered in my ear, “You know this is biddat” and handed me a little gift bag with a prayer book and a CD with a sermon by Dr. Farhat Hashmi inside. This is how I was introduced to Al-Huda, an Islamic piety group led by women for women. Following that incidence, I began to notice many transformations in the practices of piety in my family in Pakistan and in Mississauga, marking a conservative, or what some might call, an ‘orthodox’ turn. We moved away from how we had formerly self-identified as “moderate” (and therefore modern) Muslims. Practices such as the Qur’an khaani – the collective reading of the whole Qur’an in one sitting – were vanishing and in their wake, words such as biddat and shirk became commonplace. To a large extent, these transformations were set in motion by women in my family who had started participating in Al-Huda, both formally and informally, and it raised questions for me about the organization.
What sets Al-Huda apart from other approaches to gender progressive Islam – such as those by Amina Wadud, Riffat Hassan, Asma Barlas, or Fatima Mernissi – is Al-Huda’s commitment to upholding a literalist Islamic tradition, a tradition not typically associated with improving the interests of women. Yet, Al-Huda has gained a lot of popularity amongst urban, “modern,” educated women, ostensibly exactly the group one would expect to repudiate such literalist interpretations. This is because, contrary to what one might think, Al-Huda’s literalist interpretation extends a brand of liberalism — not despite it.
Liberal pieties
By the term “liberalism” I mean something particular. I am referring to the political philosophy that structures society based on individual autonomy and demarcates inclusion, democratic franchise, and freedoms based on the individual possession of rationality — a quality that has very specific, exclusionary underpinnings within liberal philosophical thought. Indeed, a call to rationality is a deeply political move and
To put it bluntly: a good Muslim is a literate Muslim is a relatively well-off Muslim. The conflation of class and piety writes marginalized populations and poorer Muslims as a threat to both Islam and the globe.
steeped in power relations. Such a call has the potential to prioritize distinctly European forms of thought as the universal gold standard for rationality. Attempts to reconcile Islam with liberal modernity have often been predicated on re-reading Islam as compatible with this form of rationality. Many Muslim scholars have turned to ijtihad — the systematic, progressive, and contextualized (re)interpretation of holy texts — to identify how modernity and Islam may be commensurate, producing what some have termed “liberal Islam.” This move is akin to the Islamic modernism of early 20th century Islamic thinkers such as Mohammad Iqbal, Sayyid Ahmad Khan and the Aligarh movement. Many juxtapose this form of “modern” Islam with “traditionalist Islam”, which is defined as committed to upholding a historic “Islamic tradition” and engaged in a more literal interpretation of scripture, as exemplified by Maulana Maududi and the Jamaat-e-Islami. This is where Al-Huda would be located as well if we work within this dichotomy, but something is amiss in this schema: Foreclosing the possibility that the literalist tradition and liberalism may actually be commensurable is, in fact, premature and detrimental to an understanding of how liberalism operates in Pakistan.
Scholars and commentators have discounted the idea that literalist approaches to Islam could be rational because they argue that the rejection of custom and tradition is fundamental to the development of rationality. Liberalism imagines rational people as autonomous, thinking and autonomously-acting agents in the world. Liberal philosophers hold tradition and custom as forms of habit that stymie autonomy and the ability to think for oneself. The influential liberal philosopher (and employee of the East India Company), John Stuart Mill wrote that customs and traditions are antithetical to progress because they “render reason unnecessary.” Conformity or “imitation” — which is how Mill understood tradition — does not require the exercise of mental faculties, he argued. In fact, it actually weakens those faculties. Customs, Mill concluded, ought to be rejected as a regressive force, and societies where the “despotism of custom is complete” are “barbaric societies,” equivalent to children who cannot exercise individual liberty until they are appropriately civilized. This opened the door for imperialism as a civilizing mission at the same moment that liberalism, commonly (incorrectly) regarded as an egalitarian philosophy, was being elaborated. So, modern liberalism considers tradition and custom as “imitation” and the binary opposite of progress and civilization. Therefore, liberal arguments consider literalist Islam, which imagines itself as working within a long Islamic “tradition,” as antithetical to liberalism. Yet, the aforementioned separation between liberal and traditionalist Islam is not quite so neat. Drawing on interviews and participatory observations with women affiliated (both officially and unofficially) with Al-Huda, I found that their participation in the literalist discourses of Al-Huda led them to reassert specifically liberal forms of hierarchies and ways of structuring exclusion and inclusion in society. More specifically, by engaging in liberal discourses of rationality and progress and by focusing on text-centered and developmentalist discourses, their notion of piety privileged literacy as a central Islamic ethic. That, in turn, has ramifications for how the Islamic practices of the non-literate classes are understood — and denounced.
“Imitation ummat”
“It’s better to be a student than an imitation.” – Aaliya, former student of Al-Huda. (All interviewees will be referred to using pseudonyms in order to ensure anonymity.)
In the above quotation, the opposition of “imitation” and “student” is indicative of the way women of AHI set their own practices apart from other practices of piety around them. Emerging in the 1990s in Pakistan as an Islamic piety group pioneered by and for women, Al-Huda International foregrounds issues of access to the Qur’an. Women in Al-Huda have worked tirelessly to challenge male-dominance in the production and dissemination of religious knowledge, seeking to address the gaping deficiency in understandings of women’s piety in order to improve their own practice of Islam. Al-Huda International (AHI) was founded in Islamabad by Dr. Farhat Hashmi, a Pakistani Islamic scholar with a doctorate in Hadith Sciences from the University of Glasgow. It has since expanded to other urban centers in Pakistan and the diaspora, including Australia, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. The organization started with home-based Qur’an classes for women in the affluent neighborhoods of Islamabad. While these home-based classes continue to be a central form of instruction, Al-Huda now also has its own formal instructional spaces that range from a fully developed campus in Islamabad and Mississauga (Canada) to small classrooms scattered across the globe. AHI also produces its own print, web, audio, and video material.
In an echo of liberal thought, Al-Huda women say they aspire towards a more conscientious and rational engagement with Islam that is unlike so many other irrational, mindless, imitative practices of Islam that are contaminated by “cultural baggage.” So, the opposition of “imitation” and “student” also illustrates another opposition: that between culture and religion where the proper practice of religion requires an ‘objective’ stance free of the weight culture. In other words, the allure of imitating prevalent practices is an example of the damaging effects of culture to the progress of Islam. In an impassioned conversation about the state of Islam in Pakistan, Aaliya further targeted her frustrations towards “poor” people:
If you go to any poor person…they don’t know [Islam] but they are the ones who are brought out on the streets to do this or that in the name of Islam. They are sheep and goats. They don’t know anything. They are ignorant. They are illiterate. They don’t know what they are saying, what they are eating, what they are doing. They don’t know the meaning of anything let alone Islam.
While Aaliya’s comments are particularly scathing in their characterization of the “poor” and do not reflect the way most women in Al-Huda articulated their concerns, several other women did echo Aaliya’s sentiments in their use of various descriptors such as “mindless”, “mob mentality”, “ritualistic”, and “ignorant”, when referring to the religious practices of this vaguely defined class of others, a class that, interestingly, for these women also often overlapped with being economically poor. The Islamic customs and traditions of the “poor people” were reduced to an animalistic and undiscerning “imitation” of arbitrary practices that did not follow any legitimized form of rationality — and certainly not an Islamic one — hence the currency of the term “imitation ummat” (ummat refers to a community of Muslims, often in terms of a global scale).
Many of the women reduced and dismissed the practices of the majority of the Pakistani population by referring to textual sources. They categorized prevalent religious practices using the Islamic concepts of biddat and shirk. Biddat refers to practices that are ‘innovations’ and are not true to the Qur’an and sunnah, and shirk refers to equating someone or something with Allah (and therefore challenging the oneness of god). Innovation, in their lexicon does not refer to reformations that contribute to the progress of Islam; rather it refers to prevalent customs and traditions that are clothed in the guise of Islam and hold back the progress of Islam. Consequently, categorizing something as biddat is part of a project to expel certain practices that they say are mired by “cultural baggage”. They view these practices as detrimental to the movement toward an “authentic” Islam that the AHI women argue, emerges out of their text-centric — and therefore rational —discourse of piety.
The diasporic dimension of Al-Huda has been instrumental in further sharpening this notion of cultural baggage. For example, Razia, a woman I interviewed in Mississauga responded to my upcoming fieldwork trip to Pakistan by saying,“If you want to know about Islam you should speak to women here [in Mississauga].” Her explanation for this was that, “In Pakistan, we are living in the past because we are too close to the past. It is right there next to us in India so it is not easy to let it go and move on to Islam.” Razia collapses both time and space—India (read Hindu) is both a geographic neighbor and a specter reflecting the past of what Pakistan once was—to develop a narrative in which the Pakistani nation is being held back from realizing its true, essential identity: Islam. This temporal imaginary then simultaneously thinks of Islam as the foundation and the future of Pakistan. Consequently, it sets in motion a sense of national duty that, as Pakistani Muslims, there is a need to actively progress toward Islam and, more significantly, away from India. Therefore, Razia asserts that it is in the diaspora where one can find an opportunity to practice and develop piety properly, a chance that is not possible within Pakistan because of its proximity to India and the related presence of biddat and shirk. In many ways, this transnational dimension is instrumental to how women in Al-Huda legitimate their practices of piety. Note, for instance, the deliberate choice to add the suffix “international” in naming the organization “Al-Huda International” in order to signal their cosmopolitan and global outlook and the legitimacy of neutrality this affords.
Good (literate) Muslims
For members of Al-Huda, the distinction between text-centric and non-text-centric approaches to Islam, is central to the identification and rejection of biddat and shirk. That is, the AHI women denounce practices not authorized by holy texts as being without “rhyme or reason”, as one woman stated. The valorization of the written text, and mastering it, is key. It affirms their existing identities as educated women. Rabia told me, “I thought to myself, I am an educated woman, and I have been blessed — my brain and memory power is a lot — so why not read the Qur’an and understand it?”
Many women also pointed out that the common practice of treating the Qur’an as a revered holy object, rather than as an accessible manual to structure one’s everyday life, is flawed and unproductive. Describing a practice common at a Sufi shrine, a graduate of AHI, Romana said:
“In Pir Pagaro’s castle, there are many rooms and in one of the rooms there is a swing, and people put the Qur’an on the swing. Whoever rocks the swing, his heart’s wishes will be granted—this is the absurd concept that people have. You could put any book on there and rock it. Rocking the Qur’an doesn’t do anything. Reading the Qur’an is what does it. So instead of rocking it there, take it home, open it and read it.”
Similarly, several women critiqued what they called the culture of Qur’an-on-the-shelf. As one woman, Zainab said:
In my family, Islam was on a shelf. It was like this – in Ramzan we would go and take the book off the shelf and read it speedily and then on the 27th of Ramzan we would finish it and then after that we would forget that we are Muslims and put [the Qur’an] back on the shelf.
Another observed:
People just wrap up the Qur’an and make really pretty covers for it and put it on a shelf and on someone’s death or a wedding they bring it out and put it on their heads or recite prayers but they don’t realize that your entire life and how you are supposed to live it is in there.
These characterizations of common Islamic practices as absurd and irrational pivot on the conviction that a rational approach to the Qur’an requires one to read it. The slippage between rationality and reading is one that marginalizes the illiterate from the category of a good Muslim. The significance of this disenfranchisement, both literal and figurative, is clear when considering it within the context of Pakistan and its ideology of a Muslim nation. Thus, while in many ways Al-Huda represents an egalitarian moment in Islamic discourse in Pakistan in that the organization advocates access to piety for all and aims to dismantle the monopoly over religious knowledge by the male ulema, its discourses still construct a hierarchy that marginalizes and demonizes many popular Islamic practices where direct access to Qur’anic text is immaterial. The conflation of literacy and piety is also particularly acute in the context of global discourses about the “war on terror.” To put it bluntly: a good Muslim is a literate Muslim is a relatively well-off Muslim. The conflation of class and piety writes marginalized populations and poorer Muslims as a threat to both Islam and the globe.
Developmentalist da’wah
“Give me a good woman and I will give you a good nation” -Beenish
“Give me good mothers and I’ll give you good societies”-Ghazala
“Good nations are born in a mothers lap”-Romana
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The recurring construction of the good woman and good nation in the quotations above is emblematic of how women in AHI perceive their role in their communities. This is what I call “developmentalist da’wah”. Da’wah is the Islamic duty to call, invite or summon others to Islam or to improve their practice of Islam. In Al-Huda it takes on the form of a gendered duty couched in the language of benevolence and rationality and tied to the progress of piety and nation. For example, take the class held at one of the smaller centers in Karachi’s affluent Defense Housing Authority area for domestic workers colloquially called the “maasi class.” It is a special class designed for domestic workers employed at the homes of some of the students and teachers. Imagining a woman-to-woman “trickle down effect” from the educated upper classes, women affiliated with the center drop off their domestic workers for 3 hours a week to learn literacy skills, Islamic knowledge, and more importantly to unlearn their existing practices of Islam. Some of the domestic workers I spoke with at the class described their existing practices of Islam as reciting verses received through the oral traditions of their families and communities and going to the shrines of Sufi saints on special occasions – practices that would be categorized as biddat and shirk in AHI. In many ways, these domestic workers represented the “imitation ummat” – the irrational, undiscerning, ignorant masses – and their existing Islamic practices were undermined and delegitimized with impunity. For instance, as part of their lesson, these workers were told in no uncertain terms that the prayers they traditionally recited were tantamount to a sin, and that their prayers were not “heartfelt” because they did not know the meaning of the Arabic verses they recited. AHI women assumed that the affective or emotional possibilities of the workers’ practices of piety were truncated because of their lack of literacy. In other words, even affect is mediated through rationality. These gendered development activities—what AHI women call “charity work”—thus act as a disciplining mechanism to shift the working class women from “custom” (read: Indian/Hindu) to text-centric forms of piety.
While this liberal divide between the upper/literate and lower/illiterate classes is not exclusive to AHI’s charity work, it is germane to how they imagine their role in the formation of a pious society. The premise that in order to reject (Hindu) customs and become a pious (rational) Muslim, one must read and understand holy texts situates the literate classes as the harbingers of Islam. The developmentalist project of reproducing others in the image of themselves in turn enhances and sustains hierarchical social relations that continuously re-center the upper literate classes as the rational and therefore ideal type of Muslim. Liberalism thus lies at the heart of Al-Huda’s literalist praxis.
Nadia Z. Hasan is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Political Science at York University and an associate of the South Asia Research Group at the York Centre for Asian Research. Her dissertation explores the imbrications of nationalism, liberalism and Islam through an analysis of women’s piety groups in Pakistan and Canada.
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30 Responses to The Allure of Al-Huda: Reconciling Liberalism and Literalist Islam
Issue 7: Beyond Tremors & Terror | Tanqeed on Sep 2014 at 12:34 AM
[…] Hazara sit-ins, and Katja Mielke presents her long study of katchi abadi protests. Nadia Hasan researches another kind of movement: the turn towards forms of piety organizations like Al-Huda, by bourgeois […]
TanqeedOrg on Oct 2014 at 4:44 PM
JUST PUBLISHED: Liberalism lies at the heart of the practices of Islamic piety by the Al-Huda organization…. http://t.co/5OpdquTn55
ChapatiMystery on Oct 2014 at 7:11 PM
The Allure of Al-Huda: Reconciling Liberalism and Literalist Islam http://t.co/AQR9oXgJRL
Madi_Hatter on Oct 2014 at 7:17 PM
al-Huda, Islam and liberalism. An excellent article by @nadpodia http://t.co/mrz8t8sQQc
weems on Oct 2014 at 8:18 PM
RT @TanqeedOrg: In an echo of liberal thought, Al-Huda women say they aspire towards a more… rational engagement with Islam http://t.co/v…
cenevizliler on Oct 2014 at 8:53 PM
Cok iyi bir yazi pakistan’da kadinlar ve takva ve yeni okuryazar bilinc @zfeyza http://t.co/aDdrRuoUDX
luckyfatima on Oct 2014 at 3:28 AM
The Allure of Al-Huda: Reconciling Liberalism and Literalist Islam http://t.co/mhDnNbnwzT #Pakistan A deeper look at al Huda. #salafi-lite
nadpodia on Oct 2014 at 4:58 AM
RT @Madi_Hatter: al-Huda, Islam and liberalism. An excellent article by @nadpodia http://t.co/mrz8t8sQQc
RT @TanqeedOrg: Al-Huda has gained a lot of popularity amongst urban, “modern,” educated women | by @nadpodia http://t.co/vvuBGNtsEh
amirkensebben on Oct 2014 at 6:18 AM
sabizak on Oct 2014 at 9:42 AM
Typically infuriating writing by people safely and comfortably living away from the cultures they romanticize: http://t.co/QZrCHxCou4
abdulmajeedabid on Oct 2014 at 9:46 AM
RT @sabizak: Typically infuriating writing by people safely and comfortably living away from the cultures they romanticize: http://t.co/QZr…
QasimNauman on Oct 2014 at 10:37 AM
“Liberalism thus lies at the heart of Al-Huda’s literalist praxis.”
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shahidsaeed on Oct 2014 at 10:39 AM
RT @QasimNauman: “Liberalism thus lies at the heart of Al-Huda’s literalist praxis.”
AwaisMasood on Oct 2014 at 10:42 AM
sumaiyya_ on Oct 2014 at 10:42 AM
TQ Chāt | # 21 | Tanqeed on Oct 2014 at 5:50 PM
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IfyOk on Oct 2014 at 9:44 AM
The Allure of Al-Huda: Reconciling Liberalism and Literalist Islam – a compelling critique of this movement http://t.co/4B02yChd3n
_NaeemKhan_ on Oct 2014 at 10:03 AM
DrSailajaK on Oct 2014 at 4:21 PM
Hanif_Kiriakos on Oct 2014 at 5:27 AM
Good read on the Islamic reform movement Al-Huda and the relationship btwn liberalism/literalism and marginalization. http://t.co/GeDxDKotrW
waqasahmi on Oct 2014 at 4:16 PM
The Allure of Al-Huda: Reconciling Liberalism and Literalist Islam http://t.co/ySk9tjTKcH via @TanqeedOrg
RT @waqasahmi: The Allure of Al-Huda: Reconciling Liberalism and Literalist Islam http://t.co/ySk9tjTKcH via @TanqeedOrg
RehmahSufi on Oct 2014 at 10:03 PM
Razan on Oct 2014 at 9:31 PM
I don’t quite understand your undertone of dislike for al-Huda’s dislike of ‘clinging to custom’. Some customs are often very harmful towards women, or even antithetical to what the Quran says about itself – are we meant to put up with them in the name of tradition? Sufi practices have their beauties and advantages, but quite often their harms and superstitions. I have seen many of these conservative women get other girls education, respect, and their marital rights through letting them access the Quran – instead of their societies’ insistence on keeping them at home, pregnant, uneducated, and very vulnerable to abuse. Are we meant to venerate tradition merely for the fact that it is tradition??
Tehmina on Feb 2015 at 9:25 PM
Sorry. This is the sorriest bunch of absolute and utter cr-p that I have read about al huda. I have seen Al Huda turn usually sensible, mild women into aggressive control freaks, proselytizing aggressively (a big problem in Pakistan) about what is haram or not, what is biddat etc etc…. They are the most bigoted bunch of women. Perhaps the author could usefully explore how women who don’t have much agency and voice, all of a sudden, find this agency by asserting to others ” Islam says xyz and u can’t challenge me because I am only doing what my religion says, and btw, now I am going to tell YOU what to do as well”. moreover they have an acute focus on women’s modesty, on women as good mothers and wives, and ignore that economic and educational emancipation for women is a crucial determinant worldwide in determining health, income of their children…
Ali Renton on Jul 2015 at 4:31 PM
Tehmina, the author’s just practicing writing an anthropology article, that’s how I see it. She’s repeating the kinds of arguments used in some of the sources she lists. Ignoring obvious facts like the ones you bring up in your comment, and doing a roundabout, circuitous argument via European philosophy to valorize their subjects — that’s pretty much a standard method for stuff like this, including the above article. Of course, such authors don’t actually live the lifestyles of the women they discuss, they tend to live like anyone else on the educated left. But they do use those women’s lives as a template to make arguments that further their careers in academia. So what I’m saying, Tehmina, is that it’s not actually about being accurate (or even honest), unfortunately.
sara on Jul 2016 at 12:24 PM
this is good
Mohammad Aamer on Aug 2016 at 5:31 AM
Religion is not man made rather it is inherited, and same true in Islam. If some thing is good then it must shows its inheritance, and its connection to the only source of Islam “The Muhammad SAW and Shahbah RA”. If we drop the said source we have no proof of the truthfulness of Islam. Beware of the new and non_linking sources of this age of Fitna.
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Xanadu Weyr - Stables
The Stables of Xanadu Weyr are composed of one long building, lined with box and standing stalls that are kept thoroughly clean by the resident grooms and stablehands. Runners nicker and neigh at everyone who enters, save for the obstinate ones that just flicker their ears in indignant curiousity that they dare not make visible. The foremost stalls near the door to the Barn Yard are the grand box stalls which are home to the prized runners of Xanadu, as well as the most pregnant, those which are so far along that they require constant observation by the Herders, so as to ensure easy foaling.
However, the primary design of stall which lines the broad pathway that is covered in saw dust which is the main avenue of the Stables, is that of the Standing Stall. Many runners are in the standing stalls, with ropes strung across the front so as to keep the runners from leaving their designated containers. A few hay bales sit here and there along the avenue, some of which act as seats for the stablehands and grooms on their breaks, others as snacks for those runners who can reach out their necks far enough. Buckets and baskets of grooming supplies, brushes and combs, and the like also sit here and there, occassionally knocked over by a wayward hoof or inquiring muzzle.
It has been a fairly hot today, Idrissa can be found outside near one of the paddocks hosing down a runner that needed a bath it seems. She has on a simple sleeveless tshirt, jeans are rolled up to about her knees and her boots are fairly wet. The hose is set down and she pulls a brush out from a bucket and goes about scrubbing across the shoulder of the runner. The runner whickers out from its place seeming for the moment not minding the bath.
It's been a while since ka-el has visited the stables. He's been busy and such, and party planning had taken much of his free time. But! With that done and his exam over, he finally has a free day that really is a /free/ day. And so he decides to check up on the runners, and he enters the stables with a carrot in his hand. He glances around, though the person he's really here to visit is nowhere to be seen. "Hey there, boy," he says, making a stop at Two Steps' stall, giving his neck a rub and feeding him the carrot. "Where's Idrissa, eh? She run off with a runner?" He grins a little before moving on, hearing water out in the paddock. He peeks out and lightly grins to himself. He eyes the hose and sneakily moves, trying to stay mostly out of sight, then steps down on it, cutting off the water til it's just a dribble.
Idrissa continues on her work, humming softly to herself while she scrubs about the runner's shoulder and then back across the large animal's side. She doesn't hear anyone talking so isn't aware that someone is looking for her. The brush is dropped back into the bucket and she picks up the hose and goes wash off the side and pauses as there is no water. Pausing she peers at the hose and blinks, a faint ah escaping her while she gives the hose a shake and then peers at it.
Kale covers his mouth a little to keep himself form laughing, then straightens up and clears his throat. "Ahem. Uh … looks like you've got a clog somewhere, eh Idrissa?" he says, grinning a little wider now. He lifts his foot away, allowing the water to flow freely .. and hopefully not right into her face!
Idrissa hums and peers up at the voice. "Kale?.." About this time she does get a bunch of water, yet not in her face at least. It hits onto her neck and shoulders and she grumbles while turning the hose away from her. "Oh so funny…" This said while she grins and turns the hose and tries to spray him with the hose now.
Kale snickers and squints in a wince as she's indeed sprayed with water. Apparently, his vow to cut down on the teasing and playing about hasn't lasted very long! But at least she doesn't look angry, and as the water is turned on him, he heys! and lifts up his hands to try to protect himself. It doesn't work. Laughing, he hops away. "Hey, cut it out. What'd I ever do to you, huh?" he laughs, trying to get out of range of the hose spray.
Idrissa laughs out and grins while she pulls the water off of him and goes about spraying down the runner once more. "Gee, I wonder what you could have done." She seems amused, not angry at all. "Where've you been hiding?"
"Yeah I wonder, cuz I /never/ pull pranks on you or anything," says Kale, shaking off his arms, but in truth the water spray sure did feel nice on this summer day! He heads towards her now that she's aiming at the runner and not him. "I've been hidin' in my dorm, as it's the only place I could find any peace to study." He grins, pausing nearby. "Speakin' of studying, guess who got the highest marks on his ores exam?" he says, puffing out his chest juuust a tad.
Idrissa chuckles softly and grins, shaking her head while washing off the runner and then sets the hose down once more and starts scrubbing again. "Oh!… Let's see…" She peers over at Kale. "Was it Linc or Sam this time?" This questioned while watching him looking utterly amused before grinning. "So you got the highest marks then huh? Good for you."
Hrmph! Kale gives her /a look./ "Linc? Ha! He's lucky if he can even spell titanium, much less know any've its properties," he retorts, a grin beginning to curve his lips. "Yes, I did! And y'know the best thing about that is I got a reward. I get to work on a special project for a week with another journeyman of a different craft." A pause. "Well .. not a /different/ craft, but a different field in smithin'. Like clockwork, jewelry, explosives, chemistry.. Since I don' have a specialty, I kinda get to play around with it. Not sure which one I'll choose yet though."
Idrissa continues to grin while she works on scrubbing down the runner's other side. "Ya I know that about Linc." This said with a faint snicker escaping her. "Well good for you." She peers over at him at the talk of doing some specific craft. "Well, pick something that you like to deal with?" She questions before looking back to the runner and works on scrubbing across side a few more times.
"Yeah, but I already'm doin' that with Journeyman Orik," notes Kale. "His specialty is weaponry. He's teachin' me the basic smithing stuff, and /some/ weapons things too. But he wants me to uh … 'broaden my talents'." He smirks. "I think he already figured I was gonna do well on that exam." He moves closer to her, approaching from behind, and lightly touches at her waist, just briefly. "Hey. D'you wanna do somethin' with me sometime? Like…er, I dunno. Maybe food?" Awkward. "Someplace other than the caverns. Like maybe that place on the beach.. Just you an' me?" As opposed to with their usual entourage of other teenfolk, which he never really minds and actually enjoys. But this is a little different!
Idrissa chuckles and nods. "He sorta has a point there. Should do other things so you can fall back on it, or well do other things for fun and what not you know?" There is a pause as she feels the touch and she glances to him, a warm smile is seen. "Well of course I would." She pauses a moment. "Not that I don't like doing stuff like that an all too… But ya, something like off on the beach or something would be nice."
"Great!" replies Kale, a bright grin lighting up his face. Eh, that wasn't so hard after all. "Alright then. Next time we're both free then? Maybe tomorrow after duties.." He takes a step backward. Mission, accomplished! Now it's time to flee and get some advice from the only other person he knows that is really .. girl savvy. Now that he's secured a date, what is he supposed to do while on one? "So…I'll see ya then. Maybe before then. But definitely then." Another grin and he nods his head to her. "G'bye!" And he's off!
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Scientology library: “Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran”
author services, inc. (asi) (dba, galaxy press) (subsidiary of church of spiritual technology) • church of scientology international (csi) • david miscavige • earle c. cooley • fair game • false imprisonment • gerald "gerry" armstrong • gold base (also, "int base") @ gilman hot springs • heber c. jentzsch • jesse prince • lawsuit • marc yager • mark c. "marty" rathbun • norman f. starkey • office of special affairs (osa) (formerly, guardian's office) • patrick d. "pat" broeker (aka mike mitchell) • private investigator(s) • raymond "ray" mithoff • rehabilitation project force (rpf) • religious technology center (rtc) • richard n. aznaran • salary • sea organization (sea org, so) • suppressive person (sp) • vicki j. (mcrae) aznaran
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Scientology Workgroup of the Ministry of the Interior in Hamburg: Educational Symposium [Jesse Prince] [Part 1]
More: Part 2, Part 3, Transcript by Anonymous
Type: Account
[Transcript by Anonymous @ http://forums.whyweprotest.net/1207504-post1/] Hello, everyone. I guess I'll start off with borrowing a lyric from The Grateful Dead: "What a long, strange trip it's been." My journey into Scientology started in 1976. I was in San Francisco and I was a young guy; I was twenty-one years old and full of piss and vinegar, trying to figure out what to do with my life. And I was walking down the street and this very attractive woman came up ...
Tag(s): Anonymous (group) • Arnaldo P. "Arnie" Lerma • Body thetans (BTs) • Church of Scientology International (CSI) • David Miscavige • Diana Hubbard Horwich • False imprisonment • Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs • Golden Era Productions • Gregory "Greg" Wilhere • Hamburg Symposium 2010 • Harassment • Inurement • Jesse Prince • Jonathan "Jon" Horwich • L. Ron Hubbard's death • Lawsuit • Lisa McPherson Trust • Main Building (old Cedars-Sinai Hospital) @ 4833 Fountain Avenue Los Angeles CA United States • Marc Yager • Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun • Michelle "Shelly" Miscavige (né Barnett) • Norman F. Starkey • Patricia Greenway • Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) • Private investigator(s) • Protest, picket • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Roanne Horwich • Robert S. "Bob" Minton • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Silencing criticism, censorship • Stacy Brooks Young • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • Wayne Marple • Weapons
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 14 Espionage, once again — CNM Publishing
Author(s): Nancy Many
Source: CNM Publishing
Tag(s): Alex Castillo • CNM Publishing • Copyright, trademark, patent • David Mayo • David Miscavige • Immigration • Infiltration • Lawsuit • Maude Castillo • My Billion Year Contract: Memoir of a Former Scientologist (book) • Nancy Many • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Perjury • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Robert "Bob" Mithoff • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Squirrels • Suppressive person (SP) • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran
Vallone's Letter To Scientology — New York Press
Author(s): John DeSio
Source: New York Press
Here's a little source material for you all regarding my piece on the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project. In it, I mention a particularly strongly worded letter sent by Queens City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. to Rev. John Carmichael, president of the New York branch of the Church of Scientology. The letter was sent to Carmichael in response to Vallone's strong words about Scientology, which can be found here and here. Carmichael requested a meeting with Vallone, but that ain't ...
Tag(s): Cynthia Kisser • Detox • HealthMed • John Carmichael • John DeSio • Lloyd Eshbach • New York Press • Peter Vallone • Richard Behar • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
Sign of the Cult-Buster — SF Weekly
Author(s): Ron Russell
Source: SF Weekly
Maybe it was "Defy Evil Bushism" or "Christmas Is No Fun in Fallujah." Or it may have been one of the other not-so-subtle references to President George W. Bush posted on the sign next to his law office; perhaps "Vote the Thug Out." Or was it the sight of the American flag suspended upside down from that same sign, in protest of the outcome of last November's election? Ford Greene isn't quite sure what sent his opponents over the edge with ...
Tag(s): Eugene M. Ingram • Fair game • Ford Greene • Jeffrey G. "Jeff" Quiros • Moonies • Ron Russell • SF Weekly • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • Village Voice Media
The mysterious death of L. Ron Hubbard
Type: Opinion
Strange Death in a Strange Land The Old Man in the Desert He had achieved success beyond his wildest dreams; wealth, fame and the adulation of thousands of devoted adherents. Yet for the last five years of his life, L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, dwelt, a virtual prisoner of his own paranoia, a recluse in self-imposed exile, on a ranch in the desert of Creston, California. Surrounded by a handful of trusted aides, he handed over the running of his ...
Tag(s): Annie M. Tidman (aka Annie Broeker aka Annie Logan aka Lisa Mitchell) • Author's Family Trust B • Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library) • Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO) • David Miscavige • Eugene "Gene" Denk • FACTNet • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • Jesse Prince • L. Ron Hubbard's death • Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim • Lyman D. Spurlock • Mission Holders Conference • Norman F. Starkey • Norton S. Karno • Operation Snow White • Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) • Robert Vaughn Young • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Terri Gillham (aka Terri Gamboa) • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran
Declaration of Jesse Prince in support of Mr. Erlich's motion for reconsideration of September 30, 1998 summary judgment order
More: lisatrust.bogie.nl
Type: Declaration
Harold J. McElhinny (Bar No. 66781) Rachel Krevans (Bar No. 116421) Stephen P. Freccero (Bar No. 131093) Ronald P. Flynn (Bar No. 184 186) Jason A. Crotty (Bar No. 196036) MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, California 94105-2482 Telephone: (415) 268-7000 Facsimile: (415) 268-7522 Jana G. Gold (Bar No. 154246) MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 755 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304-1018 Telephone: (650) 8 13-5600 Facsimile: (650) 494-0792 Attorneys for Defendant DENNIS ERLICH UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...
Tag(s): Arthur Hubbard • Assets • Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) • Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) • Church of Scientology Religious Trust (CSRT) • Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library) • Copyright, trademark, patent • David Miscavige • Dennis Erlich • Diana Hubbard Horwich • Earle C. Cooley • Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs • Golden Era Productions • Jesse Prince • L. Ron Hubbard's death • Leslie Potter • Lyman D. Spurlock • Marc Yager • Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun • Mark Ingber • Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard • Neville Potter • Norman F. Starkey • Raymond "Ray" Mithoff • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Security check ("sec check") • Suzette Hubbard • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • Warren L. McShane
Missing in Happy Valley (video)
More: transcript
Author(s): Ina Brockman, Peter Reichelt
Tag(s): Burglary • Cause Resurgence Rundown aka "Running Program" • Clearwater • David Miscavige • Frank Oliver • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • Germany • Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs • Ina Brockmann • Jesse Prince • Michael J. "Mike" Rinder • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) • Peter Reichelt • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Salary • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Stacy Brooks Young • Susanne Schernekau • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • Weapons • Wiebke Hansen
Scientology: A church and its foes / Bitter partings — Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
Author(s): Susan Thurston
Source: Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
Tag(s): Alina Freer • Andre Tabayoyon • Aron Mason • Casavius Tabayoyon (aka David Przybylski) • Castile Canyon School (Happy Valley ranch) @ 45750 Castile Canyon Road Hemet CA United States • Cause Resurgence Rundown aka "Running Program" • Church of Scientology International (CSI) • David Miscavige • FACTNet • False imprisonment • Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs • Golden Era Productions • Ina Brockmann • Jesse Prince • Ken Hoden • Lawsuit • Lonnie D. Kliever • Mary Tabayoyon • Membership • Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) • Peter Reichelt • Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California) • Randy Tagami • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Richard N. Aznaran • Riverside County (California) • Robert S. "Bob" Minton • Salary • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Settlement • Slave labor • Stephen A. Kent • Susan Thurston • The Family (formerly, Children of God) • Tom Cruise • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • Weapons • Wiebke Hansen
Jesse Prince interviews – Tape 3 — FACTnet
Source: FACTnet
Tag(s): Abortion • Annie M. Tidman (aka Annie Broeker aka Annie Logan aka Lisa Mitchell) • Arthur Hubbard • Arthur Runningbear • Auditing • Battlefield Earth • Cancer • Cat Morrow Clinger • Catherine "Cathy" Bernardini (aka Cathy Rinder) • Children, youth • Cindy Schaffner • Committee of Evidence ("Comm Ev") • Confidential preclear (PC) folder • David Miscavige: physical violence • Dennis Erlich • Destroying/hiding/falsifying evidences • Diana Hubbard Horwich • Diane Colletto • Diane Morrison • Divorce • E-Meter • Earle C. Cooley • End of cycle ("EOC") • Eugene "Gene" Denk • Eugene M. Ingram • FACTNet • False imprisonment • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • G. Megan Shields • Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs • Golden Era Productions • Homosexuality • Introspection Rundown (also, "Baby watch") • Inurement • Jesse Prince • John Colletto • John G. Peterson • John Ryan • John Travolta • John Ward • Jonathan "Jon" Horwich • Kevin True • L. Ron Hubbard's death • Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim • Lawrence E. "Larry" Heller • Lisa McPherson • Lyman D. Spurlock • Marc Yager • Margery Wakefield • Marian Bender • Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun • Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard • Medical claims • Michael "Mike" Eldridge • Norman F. Starkey • Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) • Perjury • Pregnancy • Priscilla Presley • Private investigator(s) • Raymond "Ray" Mithoff • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Richard G. "Rick" Cruzen • Richard N. Aznaran • Rick Clinger • Robert "Bob" Schaffner • Ron Miscavige • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Security check ("sec check") • Seth Thomas • Shawn Morrison • Sherman D. Lenske • Spanky Taylor • Stacy Brooks Young • Sue Price • Suicide • Susie Watson Taylor • Suzette Hubbard • Terri Gillham (aka Terri Gamboa) • Tom Cruise • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • William "Bill" Price • Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
Type: Interview
Tag(s): Advanced Ability Center • American Saint Hill Organization (ASHO) • Auditing • Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) • Battlefield Earth • Ben Shaw • Bent Corydon • Celebrity Centre • Charles B. O'Reilly • Chick Corea • Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Cindy Schaffner • David Mayo • David Miscavige • Death • Diane Colletto • Disconnection • Divorce • Earle C. Cooley • Eugene M. Ingram • FACTNet • False imprisonment • Gary Clinger • Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs • Golden Era Productions • Harry Paneer • Inurement • Jesse Prince • Jim Mooney • John Colletto • John G. Peterson • John Travolta • Joseph A. Yanny • Judge Paul G. Breckenridge Jr. • Judge Ronald E. Swearinger • Kelly Preston • Kirstie Alley • L. Ron Hubbard's death • Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim • Lisa Marie Presley • Lyman D. Spurlock • Lynn Farney • Marc Yager • Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun • Mary Florence (Flo) Barnett • Michael Jackson (singer) • Michelle "Shelly" Miscavige (né Barnett) • Mimi Rogers • Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) • New Era Dianetics for Operating Thetans (NOTs) • Nicole Kidman • Norman F. Starkey • Phoebe Maurer • Pregnancy • Priscilla Presley • Private investigator(s) • Raymond "Ray" Mithoff • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Robert "Bob" Mithoff • Robert "Bob" Schaffner • Salary • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Slave labor • Stanley Clark • Suicide • Suppressive person (SP) • Tom Cruise • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • Warren L. McShane • Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
Tag(s): Advanced Ability Center • Ben Shaw • Bill Finell • Charles B. O'Reilly • Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Copyright, trademark, patent • Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • David Mayo • David Miscavige • Earle C. Cooley • Edith Buchele • Eugene M. Ingram • FACTNet • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) • Gary Clinger • Holly Fennell • Jesse Prince • John G. Peterson • Joseph A. Yanny • Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer • Judge Paul G. Breckenridge Jr. • Judge Ronald E. Swearinger • Kendrick L. Moxon • Lawrence E. "Larry" Heller • Lawsuit • Lynn Farney • Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun • Morag Bellmaine • New Era Dianetics for Operating Thetans (NOTs) • Norman F. Starkey • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Operating Thetan (OT) • Private investigator(s) • Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) • Raymond "Ray" Mithoff • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Richard N. Aznaran • Robert "Bob" Mithoff • Robert Vaughn Young • Robin Scott • Sherman D. Lenske • Stephen A. Lenske • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran
Church of Scientology of California v. Lawrence Wollersheim — Daily Appellate Report
Source: Daily Appellate Report
Tag(s): Barry Van Sickle • Charles B. O'Reilly • Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Daily Appellate Report • Disconnection • Earle C. Cooley • Eric M. Lieberman • Fair game • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • Jonathan W. Lubell • Judge Ronald E. Swearinger • Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim • Lawsuit • Michael Lee Hertzberg • Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Steven Fishman • Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) • The American Lawyer • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • William T. Drescher • [needtotag]
Litigation noir // Ford Greene thought he knew all about hardball litigation. Then he sued the Church of Scientology. — California Lawyer
Author(s): Steven Pressman
Source: California Lawyer
It was a strange way to describe an aspect of a theology. But L. Ron Hubbard, the highly successful science-fiction writer who founded the Church of Scientology in the 1950s, had little tolerance for those who challenged his beliefs. And so it was, at one time, that Scientology scripture came to include an unusual litigation clause: "The only way to defend anything is to attack, and if you ever forget that, then you will lose every battle you are ever engaged ...
Tag(s): Andrew Wilson • Barry Van Sickle • Bowles & Moxon • California Lawyer • Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • Dead agenting (Black PR, smear campaign) • Eugene M. Ingram • Fair game • False imprisonment • Ford Greene • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Garry Scarff • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • Infiltration • Jerold Fagelbaum • John Elstead • Judge Charles R. Richey • Judge James M. Ideman • Judge Paul G. Breckenridge Jr. • Kendrick L. Moxon • Kurt Weiland • Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim • Lawsuit • Moonies • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Private investigator(s) • Recruitment • Richard N. Aznaran • Settlement • Silencing criticism, censorship • Steven Pressman • Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) • The American Lawyer • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran
Declaration of Vicki Aznaran [post-settlement]
Tag(s): Barry Van Sickle • Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Cummins & White • Ford Greene • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • Graham E. Berry • John Elstead • Joseph A. Yanny • Lawsuit • Margaret Thaler Singer • Michael J. "Mike" Rinder • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Richard N. Aznaran • Settlement • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran
Declaration of Vicki Aznaran [pre-settlement]
GRAHAM E. BERRY, State Bar No. 128503 GORDON J. CALHOUN, State Bar No. 84509 LEWIS, D'AMATO, BRISBOIS & BISGAARD 221 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 1200 Los Angeles, California 90012 Telephone: (213) 250-1800 Attorneys for Defendants UWE GEERTZ, PH.D. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA No. CV 91-6426 HLH (Tx) DECLARATION OF VICKI AZNARAN RE: MOTION FOR COSTS Date: APRIL 4, 1994 Time: 10:00 a.m. Courtroom: 7 CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, Plaintiff, VS. STEVEN FISHMAN and UWE GEERTZ, Defendants. —– ...
Tag(s): Advanced Ability Center • Ala Fadili Al Tamimi • Annie M. Tidman (aka Annie Broeker aka Annie Logan aka Lisa Mitchell) • Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) • Bent Corydon • Catherine "Cathy" Bernardini (aka Cathy Rinder) • Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO) • Confidential preclear (PC) folder • David Mayo • David Miscavige • David Miscavige: physical violence • Destroying/hiding/falsifying evidences • Earle C. Cooley • End of cycle ("EOC") • Eugene M. Ingram • Fair game • Fernando Gamboa • Gabriel "Gabe" Cazares • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs • Graham E. Berry • Gregory "Greg" Wilhere • Guillaume Lesevre • Heber C. Jentzsch • Inspector General Network (formely, Hubbard Dianetics Foundation) • Joan Shriver • John Axel • Kendrick L. Moxon • L. Ron Hubbard's death • Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim • Lawsuit • Marc Yager • Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun • Martin L. Samuels • Mary Florence (Flo) Barnett • Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard • Merrit Vanniere • Michael J. Flynn • Michelle "Shelly" Miscavige (né Barnett) • Mission Corporate Category Sort out (MCCS) • New Era Dianetics for Operating Thetans (NOTs) • Norman F. Starkey • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Omar V. Garrison • Operation Snow White • Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) • Paulette Cooper • Private investigator(s) • Raymond "Ray" Mithoff • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Richard N. Aznaran • Robert Vaughn Young • Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (article) • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Squirrels • Stacy Brooks Young • Statistics (Stats) • Steven Fishman • Suicide • Suppressive person (SP) • Uwe Geertz • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • Watchdog Committee (WDC) • Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch
Scientology in the schools — Newsweek
Author(s): Kenneth L. Woodward, Charles Fleming
Is L. Ron Hubbard's morals text harmless? When Carol Burgeson received a copy of "The Way to Happiness" in the mail 18 months ago, she read it through and decided it was the perfect non-religious vehicle for teaching moral values to her senior students at Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Ill. So Burgeson ordered more free copies of the book by L. Ron Hubbard and used them to stimulate discussions in her classes. "It seemed so harmless," she says. "Brush ...
Tag(s): Applied Scholastics • Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) • Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) • Charles Fleming • Criminon • Front groups • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • Heber C. Jentzsch • Infiltration • Kenneth L. Woodward • Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) • Newsweek • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Schools • The Way to Happiness (TWTH) • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • [needtotag]
Scientology in the schools // Is L. Ron Hubbard's morals text harmless? — Newsweek
When Carol Burgeson received a copy of "The Way to Happiness" in the mail 18 months ago, she read it through and decided it was the perfect non-religious vehicle for teaching moral values to her senior students at Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Ill. So Burgeson ordered more free copies of the book by L. Ron Hubbard and used them to stimulate discussions in her classes. "It seemed so harmless," she says. "Brush your teeth, do your work, don't be ...
Tag(s): Applied Scholastics • Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) • Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) • Charles Fleming • Children, youth • Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Criminon • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Front groups • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • Heber C. Jentzsch • Kenneth L. Woodward • Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) • Newsweek • Recruitment • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Schools • Study technology (Study tech) • The Way to Happiness (TWTH) • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran
Scientology leader gave ABC first-ever interview [transcript] — ABC News
Author(s): Ted Koppel
Source: ABC News
Tag(s): ABC News • Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • David Miscavige • Disconnection • Fair game • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) • Heber C. Jentzsch • Ken Rose • Membership • Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) • Richard Behar • Roxanne Friend • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Sterling Management Systems (SMS) • Ted Koppel • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran
Scientologists ran campaign to discredit Erhard, detective says — Los Angeles Times (California)
Author(s): Robert W. Welkos
In October of 1989, a private detective was called into the Church of Scientology's offices in Los Angeles and asked to conduct an investigation in Northern California. Ted Heisig, a non-Scientologist based in Orange County, said he was led into a room and shown five file cabinets filled with documents Scientology had been collecting for years. The subject: Werner Erhard, founder of the worldwide self-awareness movement known as est. "They had contacts (in the file cabinets) dating back to his childhood ...
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Scientology's children: 'I still have nightmares' — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Author(s): Curtis Krueger
[Picture / Caption: Kristi, left, and Beth Erlich grew up in the Church of Scientology, but eventually left. In the top photo, taken by their mother when Kristi and Beth were children, the two girls perform TR-Zero, Scientology drill that calls for two people to stare at each other "without any compulsions todo anything." The routine is designed to improve communication skills.] When Beth Erlich was 11, she signed her first contract. A billion-year contract. Beth didn't understand it too well. ...
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Scientology's children: Saving the world — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Scientologists believe they are saving the world from insanity, war and crime. "Saving the world is an understatement," said former member Kenneth Wasserman. "Saving the universe" is more like it, he said. This intense sense of purpose explains why some Scientologists are willing to work 12-hour days for $30 a week. Others pay up to $800 for an hour of counseling, and one couple brought a $35,000 counseling package. Critics say this sense of mission has another consequence: Next to saving ...
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The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power — TIME Magazine
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Source: TIME Magazine
By all appearances, Noah Lottick of Kingston, Pa., had been a normal, happy 24-year-old who was looking for his place in the world. On the day last June when his parents drove to New York City to claim his body, they were nearly catatonic with grief. The young Russian-studies scholar had jumped from a 10th-floor window of the Milford Plaza Hotel and bounced off the hood of a stretch limousine. When the police arrived, his fingers were still clutching $171 in ...
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The Scientology Story: Inside the Church // Defectors Recount Lives of Hard Work, Punishment — Los Angeles Times (California)
Author(s): Robert W. Welkos, Joel Sappell
Doris Braine says the transformation of her Patty Jo was heartbreaking. "It was," she said, "like my darling daughter had died." Before Patty Jo went to work for the Church of Scientology at the age of 20, she had been "fun and pretty and a joy to be with," recalled her 72-year-old mother. "Suddenly, she became a totally different person, shooting fire from her eyes." There were those hateful looks, and the dozens of letters that Patty Jo returned unopened. For ...
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The Scientology Story: The Making of L. Ron Hubbard // The Man in Control — Los Angeles Times (California)
Author(s): Joel Sappell, Robert W. Welkos
The Church of Scientology today is run by a high-school dropout who grew up at the knee of the late L. Ron Hubbard and wields power with the iron-fisted approach of his mentor. At 30, David Miscavige is chairman of the board of an organization that sits atop the bureaucratic labyrinth known as the Church of Scientology. This organization, the Religious Technology Center, owns the trademarks that Scientology churches need to operate, including the words Scientology and Dianetics. The Religious Technology ...
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Hubbard hot-author status called illusion — San Diego Union-Tribune
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Author(s): Mike McIntyre
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
In 1981, St. Martin's Press was offered a sure thing. L. Ron Hubbard, the pulp writer turned religious leader, had written his first science-fiction novel in more than 30 years. If St. Martin's published it, Hubbard aides promised the firm, subsidiary organizations of Hubbard's Church of Scientology would buy at least 15,000 copies. "Battlefield Earth," priced at $24.95, was released the next year in hardcover, rare for a science-fiction title. Despite mixed reviews, the book quickly sold 120,000 copies — enough ...
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Scientology faces new charges of harassment — Newkirk Herald Journal (Oklahoma)
Author(s): Stephen Koff
Source: Newkirk Herald Journal (Oklahoma)
[This is a reprint of an article published on Dec. 22, 1988 in the St. Petersburg Times.]
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Scientology church faces new claims of harassment — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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The year was 1976, one year after the Church of Scientology had secretly moved its spiritual headquarters to Clearwater, and Mayor Gabe Cazares was complaining too loudly for the church's comfort. So, as documents seized by the FBI would later show, the church's Clearwater office devised a scheme to "ruin Mayor Gabriel Cazares' political career by spreading scandal about his sex life." Church officials came up with ways to get Cazares' school records, birth records, anything — from checking with the ...
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Certificate of amendment of articles of incorporation of Religious Technology Center (RTC) (Filed May 13, 1986)
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By Kathie Huddleston
Saturday 6 September 2003, by Webmaster
ANGEL (The WB) "Angel and the gang are now running Wolfram & Hart," said co-executive producer Jeff Bell. "It’s a whole new set of challenges. We have to grow up a little bit here. We are really fish out of water. We have a lot to figure out, and everyone around us seems to have a different agenda than we do. So we’re only coming in about three weeks or so after the end of last season. We really want to have the fun of our guys learning the place."
Executive producer Joss Whedon wrote and directed the season premiere, which will introduce some big changes on Angel, said Bell. "The hotel is gone. We’re building a whole brand-new spanking suite of offices that we can move freely through. As in episode 22 last year, all the glass is necrotempered, which means Angel inside the building can be in sunlight. He steps outside and he’ll still fry, but that will give a bit of a different look to the show. And they’re grownups now. You see Gunn wearing suits."
Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia and Vincent Kartheiser as Connor have left the series, but look for both to return as guest stars. Joining the cast is former Buffy the Vampire Slayer alumnus James Marsters as Spike. Exactly how he’ll treturn, considering that he died in the big Buffy series finale, is anyone’s guess. Other Buffy regulars may also show up now and then, including Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar.
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DJ Risen Presents Sound Barrier Vol.5 With Guest DJ Serjo
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Risen presents Sound Barrier Vol.5 showcases another top DJ talent from Armenia, DJ Serjo. A perfect blend of techno, progressive and tech house beats.
Serjo began his career as a DJ/producer in 2005. The first album was released in 2006, called ”Tjvjik”.
This album was the first who represented the Armenian House music.Then in 2007 he released his second album – ”Reverse”.
This album also has remixes and work with members of the Armenian show business (Misho, Arto Tunjboyajyan, Hayko, Emmy, Sirusho, Arminka).
The 3rd album was released in 2008. This album is a step-through between the past and future sounds of Serjo. The album also has a joint work with A.Chilla, Tigran Hovhannisyan, Misho, Narek Baveyan, Avet Barseghyan.
In 2009, Serjo has created ”HayTok” Lable, under which created the project ”HayTok (vol.1)” This project was the first in Armenia, which were Armenian DJs and producers with their remixes and tracks.
Despite the fact that the producer of this project was Serjo, his track was also in the CD. In 2008 was released a new single called ”P.O.N.T”. Single also has the remix of A.Chilla. In January 2010, was released Serjo’s 4th album ”The 4th Reich”. This album was different from Serjo’s previous works. This CD has a deeper club sounds, and is different from the others: its deeper and harder. CD has a joint work with Shprot ”Hitmaker Godess” wich has a video clip. In December 2011, was released Serjo’s 5th album called ”Insomnia”. Album includes tracks with Emmy, Iveta Mukuchyan, Ararat 94 (France). Also in 2012, Serjo released single, with the member of the group ”Erevanski’,’ Miko. Track called ”Streets of Yerevan”, and it was released with the music video.
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While much work remains to level the playing field in STEM in the national arena, a wave of momentum is growing. National organizations are working diligently to target female students in middle grades (where we see a systemic decline of female self-efficacy in STEM) through a wide-range of strategic initiatives aimed at giving students role models, access to safe learning environments, and opportunities to marry interests with aptitude in order to experience early success in STEM. Fighting traditional gender roles is no small task, but a glimpse into local communities sheds light on pockets of success that could hold the key to rewriting this narrative that has plagued our country for generations.
In Elizabeth Forward, PA, school leaders have created girls only digital fabrication classes that have given female students an opportunity to thrive in an advanced manufacturing digital fabrication lab (FabLab). These students are consistently demonstrating a propensity to thrive as problem solvers when given access to advanced technology and the time and space to engage in authentic problem solving. The district also has a partnership with Real World Scholars through which teams of female students thrive as entrepreneurs. In Chattanooga, TN we are seeing similar momentum building. In this year's Teacherpreneur cohort, teachers from three diverse schools (an urban elementary school, a suburban middle high school, and a high performing magnet platform school) are working together to expand a girls coding club that could break the world record for number of female students coding this spring!
However, the strategies cannot be limited to providing isolated activities that segregate by gender. After all, post-secondary success for female students will not happen in a vacuum. They will have to compete with their male counterparts--often being forced to overcome gender biases throughout their career. This is where I'm most excited with the early success we are seeing through the Volkswagen eLabs. Once deemed the playground of the privileged, an innovative partnership between Volkswagen Group of America, the State of Tennessee, Hamilton County Schools, and the Public Education Foundation has resulted in nearly 12,000 students from grades 6-12 having extensive experiences in digital fabrication labs. While the program is still in its infancy, anecdotal evidence suggests that female students are not only engaging in the labs, they are thriving. In a historically underperforming urban middle school, a team of female 6th graders realized what was possible and developed a custom apparel business that generated more than $5,000 in revenue in the first six months on the market. The business is developed and run entirely by this team of female entrepreneurs--design, web management, business management, marketing, product development...these young ladies do it all. In other labs across the district, female students are emerging as master 3D designers, burgeoning coders, CNC experts, and mechanical engineers!
The theory is simple, give students--all students--opportunities to engage in innovative learning environments that seamlessly blend access to digital fabrication technologies, expert teachers, and authentic problems, and the results take care of themselves. At STEM School Chattanooga, this is accomplished by empowering students to thrive as autonomous problem identifiers and problem solvers--or as most people put it...entrepreneurs. Because of the model of the school, students enter their senior year with a unique skill set that empowers them to tackle practically any problem and share their results in a Shark Tank style pitch event. At a recent event, two young ladies pitched a riding pad they created for competitive horse riding. Neither student considered themselves "stemy," but by their senior year, they realized STEM was more of a mindset than an acronym. As equestrian competitors, they were familiar with the field and knew that one particular riding pad was the gold standard. After engaging in some market research, they began prototyping and developing an alternative pad in their school's FabLab. Their final product and pitch were amazing, but the most important part was their increased confidence to succeed in STEM.
When students are given opportunities to solve personally relevant problems by leveraging access to real tools and teacher experts, they inevitably develop confidence and self-efficacy that empowers them to succeed in the post-secondary path of their choosing.
While it is always easy to highlight individual stories of success, systemic improvements are much more difficult to attain (and prove). As the ROX report points out, we still have work to do to eliminate the gender gap in STEM, but the convergence of national initiatives and local proponents pushing for more opportunities to effectively engage females in STEM may create such a groundswell of momentum that success becomes inevitable!
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Osteopetrosis
Osteopetrosis. In: Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al.eds. Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e. McGraw-Hill; Accessed January 17, 2021. https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674§ionid=220540490
Osteopetrosis. Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al. (2019). Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e. McGraw-Hill. https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674§ionid=220540490
"Osteopetrosis." Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al. McGraw-Hill, 2019, https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674§ionid=220540490.
Heterogenous genetic disorder of bone metabolism characterized by deficient osteoclast function with defective bone resorption and increased bone mass. Depending on the mode of inheritance, its course can be either uniformly fatal with pancytopenia, recurrent pathologic fractures, blindness, and other neurologic symptoms, or it can exist in a much milder form with later manifestation and favorable prognosis.
Albers-Schönberg Disease; Autosomal Dominant Marble Bones; Osteosclerosis Fragilis Generalisata; Osteopetrosis Renal Tubular Acidosis; Osteopetrosis Resulting from Carbonic Anhydrase II Deficiency; Malignant Osteopetrosis; Autosomal Recessive Marble Bones; Autosomal Recessive Albers-Schönberg Disease.
First described by German radiologist and gynecologist Heinrich E Albers-Schönberg in 1903.
1:100,000 to 500,000 live births for the autosomal dominant form and 1:200,000 live births for the autosomal recessive form.
Exists in both autosomal recessive form (infantile or malignant osteopetrosis) and autosomal dominant form (benign osteopetrosis). The frequency of the two forms is about equal. The intermediate autosomal recessive and the X-linked are extremely rare.
The autosomal recessive form has two different subsets based on bone morphology: Osteoclast-rich and osteoclast poor. The responsible mutations have been identified for the osteoclast-rich as TCIRG1, CLCN7, OSTM1, SNX10, and PLEKHM1. These genes encode proteins that are critically involved in the acidification of resorption lacunae. Mutations in TNFSF11 and TNFRSF11A prevented osteoclastogenesis and lead to the osteoclast-poor subset. For the autosomal dominant form, the gene has been mapped to 16p13.3 (chloride channel 7 gene). The increased skeletal mass is the result of defective bone resorption, which is caused by failure of the (morphologically and numerically normal) osteoclasts to resorb the calcified cartilage during bone development. In addition, bone formation and enchondral ossification continue. This combination results in the typical dense radiologic appearance of the sclerotic bones. The microscopic finding of persistent primary spongiosa, which consists of calcified cartilage bars within the sclerotic bone, is considered pathognomonic. This process can occupy the majority of the medullary cavity and thereby affect bone marrow function and lead to extramedullary hematopoiesis with hepatosplenomegaly. The increased fragility of the bones is caused by a deficient remodeling of the architecture of the bone. Therefore, an inability to replace the woven bone by lamellar and mechanically more competent bone results.
Based on radiographic findings and laboratory investigations revealing low serum calcium with secondary hyperparathyroidism and elevated serum phosphate and alkaline phosphatase concentrations.
Different forms of osteopetrosis have been described.
Autosomal Recessive or Malignant or Infantile Osteopetrosis: Symptoms may be present in fetal life (with risk of stillbirth and spontaneous abortion) or manifest in early infancy. Initial presenting symptoms are failure to thrive with growth retardation and a chronically stuffed nose. Later ...
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Renal-Coloboma Syndrome
Renal-Coloboma Syndrome. In: Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al.eds. Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e. McGraw-Hill; Accessed January 17, 2021. https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674§ionid=220543163
Renal-coloboma syndrome. Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al. (2019). Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e. McGraw-Hill. https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674§ionid=220543163
"Renal-Coloboma Syndrome." Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al. McGraw-Hill, 2019, https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674§ionid=220543163.
A rare familial syndrome combining optic nerve colobomas, vesicoureteral reflux, and renal dysplasia.
Papillorenal Syndrome; Optic Nerve Coloboma with Renal Disease; Optic Coloboma, Vesicoureteral Reflux, Renal Anomalies Syndrome; Coloboma-Ureteral-Renal Syndrome.
First described by American ophthalmologist R. G. Weaver in 1988.
Autosomal dominant. Less than 200 patients in 90 different families have been reported.
Mutations in the PAX2 gene (a transcription factor known to play a critical role in embryogenesis and to be expressed in the developing eye, ear, kidney, ureteric bud, and midbrain/hindbrain) located on 10q24.3-q25.1 lead to colobomatous eye defects.
Ophthalmic and renal anomalies of this syndrome are most often bilateral, but highly variable. Developmental abnormalities of the optic fissure result in a group of defects including orbital cysts, microphthalmia, optic disc dysplasia, and colobomas of the optic nerve (sometimes referred to as “Morning Glory Disc Anomaly”) and retina at the posterior pole of the globe. (Iris colobomas have not been observed in patients with mutations in PAX2). Optic nerve colobomas involve the optic nerve head or optic papilla, and also result in thinning of the surrounding retinal epithelium, causing congenital blindness or loss of visual acuity, although not all patients with optic nerve colobomas have visual defects. Progressive deterioration of visual acuity over several decades has been described. The kidneys often appear small. The degree of renal disease is very variable, but the disease is usually progressive and often requires dialysis and/or renal transplant (although the age at end-stage renal disease is very variable). Patients with basically normal renal function have also been described. Renal biopsies may demonstrate mesangial fibrosis, glomerulosclerosis, glomerular hyalinization, hyperplastic glomeruli, tubular atrophy, and an overall rarefaction of glomeruli. Pathological examination of kidneys may find cortical thinning, hypoplastic papillae, a decreased number of glomeruli in the cortex and collecting ducts in the papilla, consistent with renal hypoplasia. Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is common in these children; however, it is not known to which extent VUR is responsible for the kidney changes described above. Some of these patients may also suffer from high-frequency hearing loss, central nervous system anomalies (seizure disorder, ☞Arnold Chiari Syndrome Type I), joint laxity, and genital anomalies (cryptorchidism).
Preoperative laboratory investigations should include a full blood count (FBC) (renal anemia), serum electrolytes, serum albumin (proteinuria), creatinine, and blood urea nitrogen. In case of end-stage renal disease, ask about the date of the last hemodialysis, residual urine production, and the daily maximal allowable amount to drink. Avoid potassium-containing intravenous solutions in these patients. Chronic antiepileptic treatment may interfere with the metabolism and elimination of anesthetic drugs.
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By Airlaw April 11, 2011 Commentaries
Air France decided to wait and see and now we have seen over 200 dead
Air France 447 was the arch typical confluence of a number of factors that figure in any aircraft accident.
The conditions were night out over the South Atlantic. The Tropical Convergence Zone, that area of our earth’s atmosphere where the Northern Hemispheric direction of winds collides with the Southern Hemisphere’s opposite direction resulting in violent giant sized thunderstorms.
Other aircraft that night diverted more than 200 miles to avoid the worst of the storms that AF 447’s crew decided to penetrate.
The crew was more than amply experienced in the A-330 with a collective experience of some five thousand hours in that model.
What the crew could not have known is that Air France decided not to urgently replace even one of the pitot tubes with models less likely to ice over.
In short Air France made a choice to expose the crew and passengers to a serious risk of death or injury due to its decision to wait and see.
Air France did the same thing with its Concorde fleet by not installing safety measures to avoid penetrations of fuel tanks from exploding tires. That decision was responsible for the only fatal accident of that aircraft taking 100 people with it.
As the Airbus made its way towards a line of level five and six thunderstorms, the aircraft was manned by an experienced first officer and a less experienced junior FO. The Captain was in the back.
Shortly after entering the weather, airspeed was lost and the autopilot disconnected. This should not have caused loss of the attitude indications but no doubt generated many warnings and messages.
The pitot tubes iced over and then deiced and then iced over wreaking havoc with the aircraft computers and messages.
The aircraft was in cruise at the time so nothing should have changed to result in the loss of the aircraft.
Soon however the aircraft began gyrations that were the stuff that horror films are made of. Sudden pitch ups and downs, engines to idle to takeoff power, altitude changes culminating in as much as a ten thousand foot per minute descent to the ocean below.
Nearly two years after the crash, the flight data and cockpit voice recorders were discovered and recovered.
The vertical stabilizer was found six miles from the main wreckage.
The data which everyone agrees is false because of the pitot tube icing has been pieced together to conclude that the cause of the crash was the flight crew putting the aircraft into a deep stall that resulted in a rapid descent in roughly level aircraft attitude nose up precariously with takeoff power while they watched themselves crash speaking a translated French gibberish that no flight crew would ever speak like under the circumstances.
Let’s see now, an experienced flight crew in cruise with the aircraft all trimmed up for level flight pitched the aircraft nose so high that the aircraft not only stalled but went further into the never never land regime of deep stall.
Then with a working set of attitude instruments the three of them (the Captain returned to the cockpit during the descent) didn’t realize what was going on, couldn’t regain control of what the French say was a perfectly intact aircraft and then died along with their passengers no doubt while humming the Marseillaise.
I would like to suggest that what has been written by French authorities is totally and absolutely wrong and I can think of a few French epithets the crew would be hurtling their way if they had lived.
First, no mention of whether Air France dispatch told the crew to avoid the area of increasingly serious weather or if they had put on enough fuel to divert the necessary hundreds of miles.
Second, no mention of the limitations of the on board radar to provide adequate penetration information or whether the flight should just have been cancelled due to an impenetrable line of weather that no aircraft should enter.
Third, no mention of how fully stalled an A-330 can possible develop a ten thousand foot per minute descent rate which is the rate one sees with an aircraft that has already lost critical parts in flight.
Fourth, no mention of a “G” tracing to see how beat up the aircraft got when it entered that line of thunderstorms.
Fifth, why did the computers not have a remedy for the crew when deeps stall is a flight tested regime?
Sixth, why is this the second A-330 with a composite vertical stabilizer that has crashed with it separated from the main wreckage?
Seventh, when was the vertical stabilizer lost and did the aircraft Split S or knife edge down because it was gone and that maneuver cause the high descent rate?
Eighth, why don’t any French investigators know how to translate French into English expressions that explain what the crew was doing during the descent.
Ninth, why didn’t Air France replace at least one of the pitot tubes with the non-icing type before losing an aircraft and its crew and passengers instead of waiting to see what would happen if they did nothing?
Now at the end of the day this crew will be blamed by the French Government because it would be a sacrilege for the French to blame their home grown aircraft industry or their national airline for anything but unless they get serious the world aircraft industry will become increasingly wary of the legitimacy of the investigators’ conclusions.
The crew should never have tried to penetrate that line of weather.
The airline should never have dispatched the aircraft in that weather.
The radar was no doubt attenuating such that the crew could not see just how bad the weather was.
The pitot tubes should have replaced at once since the aircraft could not fly as certified and thus was not airworthy.
The concept of deep stall should have been annunciated by the computers and a suggested resolution made as it is an easy flight regime to recover from but engine power must be reduced to idle and the nose dropped well below the horizon which is contrary to what is trained for.
The vertical stabilizer must remain on the aircraft for the duration of the flight, period!
This investigation relying on admittedly invalid data is a sick portrayal of why Government aircraft accident investigation aided by manufacturers and airlines worldwide doesn’t work and why “Dead men tell no tales” is still the standard that conclusions of probable cause are improperly measured by.
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Interesting Times 8 March, 2009
Filed under: politics — johnraff @ 2:30 am
Tags: Japan, news, politics
That was supposed to be an ancient Chinese curse – “may you live in interesting times” – and you could probably have said for a long time after I got here that Japanese politics were not all that interesting. The Liberal Democratic Party returned election after election, one anonymous prime minister after another, the Diet just a talking shop while the real decisions about the course of Japan Inc. were taken elsewhere… There were a couple of distractions here and there: the Lockheed and Recruit scandals, a brief Socialist government soon given the kiss of death from the LDP, who offered “eyebrows” Murayama a coalition and completely destroyed his party’s electoral appeal, the Japan New Party of Hosokawa, but on the whole as long as the economy went on improving people didn’t really care all that much if the LDP had a boring monopoly on power.
Things started to get more interesting when Koizumi became prime minister. Along with that nasty “cuddles” Takenaka he started trashing “old Japan” and bringing in a sort of Thatcherization. The pernicious results – ever widening gulf between rich and poor, loss of job security, erosion of social solidarity – are only now coming out, but at the time Koizumi looked like some kind of modernizing hero and at the next general election the LDP got a landslide majority. Dozens of new “Koizumi children” filled the Diet benches. The torch passed to his protege Abe and things started to fall apart. Scandals, a minister’s suicide, general ineptness and an upper house election catastrophe in which the opposition parties got a majority – Abe resigned, followed as PM by Fukuda, who seemed OK but soon resigned too, fed up with trying to get legislation through the hostile upper house.
Now we’ve got the appropriately named Aso, who seems the worst of the lot and has approval ratings of around 15%! There’s been no general election since Koizumi’s landslide; Abe, Fukuda and Aso were chosen by internal processes of the LDP, who know that if they held an election now all those Koizumi children would be out on the street again. Still, by law they’ve got to call an election by Autumn this year so they’re sort of stuck…
At just this moment, miraculously (for the LDP), the public prosecutor finds something fishy with the political donations received by Ozawa, the leader of the biggest opposition Democratic Party. Ah.. just a minute, according to today’s news it seems to be spreading to the LDP too…
(Last week the Far Eastern Economic Review had this to say about the situation here in Japan.)
Quite interesting I’m sorry to say.
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There are some questions I seem to get over and over again, so I’m going to put them, and the answers, here.
Q: How do you pronounce [character name]?
So, with some exceptions, I actually tried very hard to keep the spelling of names consistent so that it would be fairly easy to figure out how to pronounce them. This turns out not to have been terribly effective. Sorry.
Basically, vowels are all more or less Latin-ish. Ah, eh, ih, oh, oo. C is, I’m pretty sure, always hard. G can go either way. (Geck is hard g, Giarod is soft) Ch is like “cheese” or “chess.”
Where two vowels occur together, just say one after the other. So ei would be like eh-ih, or basically like a long a in English. Ai is ah-ih, so like a long I. That double a is just a slightly longer ah.
Stress is nearly always on the second to last syllable–this was by accident and I didn’t notice it until I was pronouncing names for the folks who did the US audiobook of Justice. (That US audiobook of Ancillary Justice has the pronunciations straight from me, btw.) There are a few exceptions–Mianaai and Vendaai are among them. Stress is on that “aai” for those names, but “Radchaai” has its stress on the first syllable.
I pronounce a final “e” like “eh” so I say that e on the end of Dlique.
Raughd–I treat the gh like an f. Omaugh–I don’t say the gh at all. I have no idea why I did this. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Rrrrrr is hands-down my least pronounceable name (I try hard to make them all pronounceable, this was a deliberate exception). I just say “rrrrrrrr” like, the sound of the letter R.
All that said, Radch space is huge and contains any number of languages that have been assimilated to varying degrees. There are all sorts of regional accents and dialects. So however you’re pronouncing things is probably right somewhere.
Q: Why is Ancillary Sword not called Mercy? There wasn’t much sword in it!
When I originally conceived of the trilogy, the three titles were ship names. So when I finished Justice and started querying agents, the ms title was Justice of Toren. Book two was going to be Sword of Atagaris, and book three Mercy of Kalr. My agent felt that Justice of Toren wasn’t a particularly good title, and suggested Ancillary Justice instead. I agreed, pleased that my original justice/sword/mercy scheme could remain in place.
By the time I finished Sword, Sword of Atagaris wasn’t as prominent a character as I had intended it to be. But I felt–and still feel–that Sword was not an appropriate title for the third book, and so resisted suggestions to switch them around.
Q: I don’t get the thing about the gender. Why are the Radchaai all “she”? Is it because they’re all women? I don’t understand why some characters are called “she” in some places and “he” in others.
The use of “she” was intended as a translation convention–the Radchaai language not only doesn’t use gendered pronouns for people (quite a lot of existing languages don’t, as it happens), but gender is not relevant to them. So if, say, here on Earth we were translating something from Finnish, which doesn’t use gendered pronouns, we’d have to figure out what gender to use when transferring those pronouns to English, which do require gender. In the case of Finnish, which isn’t (so far as I know) spoken in a culture where gender is irrelevant, there are several other cues to give us that information: names, particular articles of clothing, etc.
If I’m translating something out of Radchaai, however, there are no such cues. So for convenience, I “translate” them all as “she.” This does not imply anything about the gender of any particular person. It’s just that whenever Breq (or another character) is speaking Radchaai, that’s the way the pronoun they’re using is translated.
When Breq–or another character–is speaking another language, however, some people might be referred to with masculine pronouns.
Q: Okay, but then why did you use words like “Lord” and “Sir” which are masculine?
For a general explanation of why I choose any particular word, please see this blog post.
Q: So, then, what gender is [Character]?
I probably don’t know. Because it didn’t matter to the story and because of the pronoun choice I’d made, I didn’t have to figure it out.
Q: Why did you block me on Twitter?
I’ve written about this here and followed it up here.
Q: Are you related to the author Robert Leckie?
Yes. Though it would take some work on my part to figure out how. Which I’m not particularly interested in doing. But anyone with the surname “Leckie” is related to me in some way. As always in such cases, this has its positive features and its less-positive ones.
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I am currently appointed to ADEM by Congressman Harder and would like to take on the role of an elected member of ADEM.
I am a member of several State Caucuses as well as local Democratic clubs in my area. I have held board seats on two of those clubs. I will also be an elected member of my Central Committee in January 2021 after serving as a Central Committee alternate while an associate member in 2020.
I will work to ensure our district is heard and contributes to the success of the CDP through collaboration with others. I want to see resources from CDP spent in our region and that means making the case on how our region is a worthwhile investment. Resources that could be used to develop training for potential candidates running for office, increasing democratic memberships in local clubs and Central Committees, and ultimately registering more voters for our local communities to elect Democratic candidates.
Advocating for our district is important to me and I will work to advance the needs of our community through resolutions and input within the ADEM structure.
I am a very active member of our county Democratic community and feel that is important to have a greater impact within ADEM. Thank you for considering me to represent you with the CDP. I look forward to serving the needs of our district as your ADEM representative.
Renee Zumstein Gaskill
My name is Juan Pablo Vazquez and I am running for ADEM for my second time. When I ran in 2019 I promised that I would fight for people who are usually ignored by the establishment. I have kept my promise and will continue to fight for our rights.
I have spent the last two years working to elect Democrats. From supervising 80+ canvassers who walked to over 45k doors for the Stanislaus County Democratic Central Committee. Marching in support of Black Lives Matter in response to the murder of George Floyd. To Chairing the communications committe for Stanislaus Democrats Central Committee and reaching over 60k people with over 500k impressions. I will continue to work to elect Dems into office.
The next two years I want to continue to work to grow the Democratic Party. I will continue to fight to make our party the most Progressive in our country. I want to work to give all undocumented immigrants the right to participate and run to be elected into all positions within the California Democratic Party, Central Committees, and clubs. I firmly believe that if you pay taxes you should have the right to vote. Our nation was founded on a “no taxation without representation” motto.
I humbly request your vote for Assembly District Delegate for District 21
Juan Pablo Vazquez
In order to combat the crises that we will face in the near future, the Democratic party must play a key role in getting people the resources and support that they will need. My name is Ryan Segoviano and for the past few years, I have worked to do just that. I currently reside in Patterson, CA, and work for the Stanislaus County office of education as a Behavior support assistant. I have served on the Patterson Progressive Alliance (PPA) small council for 3 years and have also worked with many other democratic groups in the area including the Latino Democrats of Stanislaus County, where I serve as treasurer, and the Young Democrats of Stanislaus county where I serve as Vice President.
I love to work with local activists in the community to help support those who are most vulnerable. Currently, I serve as the President of the Patterson Joint Unified school district and have been on the board for nearly 3 years. I decided to run due to the fact that I work with students who have special needs and I believed I could be a voice for students and parents who sometimes got overlooked. During my tenure on the board, I’ve passed resolutions that focused on equity, including expanding internet access to every student in the district during the COVID-19 pandemic regardless of income. I also led my colleagues in calling for schools to remain closed until we’ve reached a safe tier to reopen. I have supported teachers and staff and have remained easily accessible. My experience on the board has also allowed me to gain insight on how to successfully plan and negotiate budgets, as well as how to lead in a time of crisis.
I have always been transparent about the issues I support. I believe that here in CA everyone should be able to earn a living wage. I believe that there is no excuse for the fact that the United States does not provide healthcare as a right, and I support Medicare for All. I believe that the climate crisis is the great threat multiplier of our lifetime and needs to be tackled head-on. I believe in education reform and Immigration reform and that there is no such thing as an “illegal” human being. As a 28-year-old Latino man, who happens to be gay, I believe that our diversity makes us stronger. My diversity has given me a powerful voice, and I would love to use that in support of you all.
Ryan Segoviano
As a current delegate and E-board Rep for AD21 & Labor Caucus Treasurer, it has been my honor to represent our communities and be a voice for all.
A little back ground on me, I am a mother of 5 and grandmother to 10. My youngest child, Manny is Autistic, Intellectually Disabled and Epileptic and is the reason I got involved nearly 14 years ago in Politics. Because of his disabilities I learned quickly that every service he receives is directly impacted by policies others were making and I couldn’t sit back and let people make decisions that would have a direct impact on our lives without some sort of say so.
I have also been very involved in the Labor Movement, I currently am and have served since 2013, as the Exec. S/T of the Stanislaus & Tuolumne CLC, and I currently serve my Union members as the Exec. VP of United Domestic Workers/AFSCME 3930. It was through my Union that I found my voice and the strength to be my sons voice.
Over the years I have been involved in many different fights and fought alongside my siblings in there’s as well. However, the things that I am most proud of are the bills in which I have helped to write and champion over the years that address safer interactions between law enforcement and people w/disabilities. Some of which are SB29 & SB11(Beall) which addressed more training for law enforcement, SB1330(Galgiani) which amended the Silver Alert to include adults with cognitive disabilities, Senate Reso64(2017, Galgiani) adopting September as Silver Alert Awareness Month (which we still need to educate people on) and most recently AB911 “The Manny Alert Act”(Rodriguez) which will allow all Californians the ability to provide vital health information in advance of an emergency. It became a feasibility study of the who, what’s and how’s of implementing a Statewide system of this type, which is due to the legislature Jan. 2021. As of recent the study was published and presented to Cal OES and their Advisory Board who voted in support of a plan to implement the The Manny Alert Act system. Which I am currently working w/ Assemblyman Gray to meet w/ the Governor’s office and have this finalized this next year.
Again it has been a honor to serve as a delegate and representative of AD21 and I humbly ask for your continued support and vote. So that I can continue to be one of those voices advocating on behalf of our communities.
Astrid Zuniga
“Listen first, take action second” is a perspective and tool I’ve grown to incorporate into everything I do.
As a social worker and community leader, listening is half the battle when enacting real change and even more important as a representative. As a social worker for Stanislaus County, I’m always listening to others, whether it’s from the federal and state level regarding the HIV programs I supervise or from staff who need a caring and compassionate ear, especially during these challenging and trying times.
As the President of MoPride, it’s my job and duty to listen to the needs of the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Valley and to make certain that the work we’re doing as an organization is equitable, fair and just.
And as an AD-21 delegate, I’ll continue to do all the above & more.
The Central Valley is changing. We need progressive leadership that listens then takes action. That’s why I’m asking you to vote for me as a delegate for the California Democratic Party, District 21
Jonathan Grammatico
I would appreciate your support for Delegate to state party. I have been active in the a Democratic Party for over 30 years.
I have been active in many roles from precinct person, local community activist,City Council and now Mayor of Patterson.
I have worked to elect many Democrats to office in all the States I have lived in. Montana, Nevada and now California. When I lived in Montana, I helped turn Montana Blue electing Bill Clinton president of the United States. I worked on campaigns for Governors, Senators and the House as well as the local state races.
Over the last 20+ years in California, I have worked to turn out local Democrats to vote and raise money for local Democrats.
My wife and I work to bring Democrats together to vote and encourage Democratic involvement. We have been the boots on the ground for decades and I appreciate your support in continuing they work.
Dennis McCord
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Walt Disney World Resort’s ‘Incredible Summer’ Will Bring New Experiences to All Four Parks
Repost from Disney Blog
This summer, beloved stories from several Disney films will come to life at Walt Disney World in the form of new attractions, entertainment, experiences and more at all four parks, setting up summer 2018 to truly be an “Incredible Summer.”
Here’s what to expect at each Walt Disney World Resort location.
The Incredibles Take Over Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom Park – Guests can party with Mr. Incredible, Mrs. Incredible, and Frozone from Disney•Pixar’s “The Incredibles” and the soon-to-be blockbuster “Incredibles 2.” Edna Mode, the greatest superhero costume designer, will also make her debut appearance. Each evening, guests can enjoy a “SUPER” dance party on the Rocket Tower Stage. [NOTE: Disney•Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” opens in theaters June 15, 2018.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Take the Stage at Epcot – Star-Lord and Gamora from “Guardians of the Galaxy” will join an alien band, taking guests on a journey through the cosmos. The party will feature hits from Awesome Mixtapes 1 and 2 – fun and favorite tunes from the two movies’ soundtracks – building the anticipation for a new Epcot Guardians of the Galaxy attraction.
“UP!-Inspired Show & A “Dino-Tastic” Celebration for Donald Duck Will Debut At Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Two new can’t-miss offerings will debut at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in time for the park’s 20th anniversary. First, guests can discover new bird species from around the world at the new show inspired by “UP!” which will star Senior Wilderness Explorer Russell and his furry friend Dug. The park will also launch a “dino-tastic” celebration, in which Donald Duck takes over Dinoland, U.S.A., in a new character celebration.
See “The Incredibles 2” at AMC Disney Springs – Everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back in “Incredibles 2” – but this time Helen is in the spotlight, while Bob navigates the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life at home with Violet, Dash and baby Jack-Jack, whose superpowers are emerging. When a new villain hatches a brilliant and dangerous plot, the family and Frozone must find a way to work together again—which is easier said than done, even when they’re all Incredible. “Incredibles 2” busts into theaters on June 15, 2018.
Toy Story Land Opens at Disney’s Hollywood Studios – One major highlight of “Incredible Summer” will be the grand opening of Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This new 11-acre land will shrink guests to the size of a toy and allow them to explore the fun and adventure of Andy’s backyard. There, guests can experience two new attractions: the family coaster Slinky Dog Dash and Alien Swirling Saucers. Toy Story Land also will feature an existing guest-favorite attraction, Toy Story Mania!, which will expand to add a third track into the rotation. The land’s Woody’s Lunch Box will be a new quick-service restaurant that will offer up tasty meals and old-fashioned soda floats to Toy Story Land guests.
Be sure to stay tuned to the Disney Parks Blog for opening date information on Toy Story Land.
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Pig farm’s wastewater treatment plant protecting Zasavica special nature reserve
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An algae-based biological wastewater treatment plant has been commissioned at the Milovan Ivanković pig farm in Zasavica near Sremska Mitrovica. The facility has been built to help protect the Zasavica special nature reserve, among other reasons.
The wastewater treatment facility at the Milovan Ivanković farm near the Zasavica special nature reserve has been built using the technology of Serbia’s Ozonway, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said in a press release.
The owner, Milovan Ivanković, whose farm has 3,600 pigs, invested EUR 280,000 in the environmental protection project in view of the fact that the Zasavica special nature reserve is located a mere two kilometers away, Večernje novosti reported.
According to Ivanković, investment in the wastewater treatment plant helps protect the environment, especially groundwater, contributing to the conservation of the Zasavica special nature reserve, the ministry said.
Energy efficient solution, dry residue can be utilized as biofuel
Photo: Ministry of Environmental Protection
Discussing the benefits of the solution applied for the treatment of mainly organic wastewater, Željko Pantić, managing director at Ozonway, said that the facility is energy efficient and produces a dry residue that can be used as high-quality fertilizer or biofuel.
The locally developed technology based on algae is an example of applying domestic innovation to wastewater treatment, said Minister Goran Trivan at a ceremony to mark the launch of the facility’s operation, thanking Ivanković for investing in environmental protection through such a “pioneering endeavor.”
Serbia’s key environmental protection priority is to build 359 wastewater treatment plant, which will require investments of around EUR 5 billion, he said, noting that apart from the state’s investments, private investments will be needed in around 1,000 smaller wastewater treatment systems.
Zasavica – a habitat for endangered, rare species
Zasavica, which is on the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance, is a habitat for endangered and protected aquatic and wetland plant species such as water soldiers (Statiotes aloides) and rare plant and animal species such as greater spearwort (Ranunculus lingua) and otter (Lutra lutra).
The area, significant for biodiversity conservation, was also used for a successfully implemented project to reintroduce beavers (Castor fiber) to Serbia. Under a program for the conservation of indigenous breeds, the Mangalica pigs and Podolian cattle are raised free-range in the area.
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Padres unveil new uniforms, logos
By Kevin Reichard on November 10, 2011 in Major-League Baseball, News
The San Diego Padres unveiled new logos and uniforms yesterday, slightly altering the historic SD cap logo while updating the Swinging Friar and introducing a new alternative logo.
“We spent a lot of time listening to our fans about the uniforms over the past two years,” said Padres President/Chief Operating Officer Tom Garfinkel. “What we learned is that, while the current design isn’t loved, there is also a strong feeling that this club has had so many radical changes over the years that we didn’t need another one. With that in mind, our staff worked diligently, reviewing every detail to create a more traditional baseball design that San Diegans can be proud of. The new uniforms and logos focus on the unique elements of Padres history.”
The new look for the Padres is certainly blue. Included in the uniform changes are updated home whites and road grays, along with a new blue alternate uniform featuring the Padres’ “SD” on the chest. San Diego’s military jerseys will still feature the digital camouflage pattern modeled after the U.S. Marines, but will have updated numbers and lettering on the back to remain consistent with the Padres’ other uniforms.
In addition to the uniforms, the Padres also unveiled three new logos. The “SD” logo has been updated to a circular mark featuring the text “San Diego Padres Baseball Club” and will be used as the team’s primary mark.
The Padres’ new secondary logo features the Padres script under skyline imagery of Petco Park. The new secondary mark also includes the classic “SD” along with “Est. 1969” and will be featured in a patch on the sleeve of the club’s blue and gray jerseys.
In addition, the Padres have modified the Swinging Friar logo by using the original classic Swinging Friar from the early days of Padres history, with updated colors to match the blue and white currently worn by the club. It will be featured in a patch on the sleeve of the Padres’ white jerseys.
Here’s a rundown of all the new looks:
The updated Swinging Friar, originally in gold and brown.
New San Diego Padres home uniforms.
New San Diego Padres road uniforms.
New San Diego Padres alternate uniforms.
New San Diego Padres alternate home uniforms.
New San Diego Padres alternate logo.
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The correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, clippings, and printed material in the Will Inman Papers span from 1939-1999, and serve to document the life and literary career of the poet, essayist, editor, educator, and publisher.
Inman was a prolific corespondent and maintained regular correspondent relationships with his friends and family, as well as with his readers and other editors and authors. He also regularly wrote to political and social figures during the 1960s. These letters to public and political figures express admiration and voice concerns about political events and social conditions. Inman protested in favor of civil rights, ending the war in Vietnam, and various environmental causes, and his letters reflect his thoughts and opinions on these subjects. Inman was also in regular contact with the editors and publishers of various literary magazines and the letters to these individuals document his efforts to publish his work. The collection holds many of Inman's out going correspondence as he regularly kept copies of his own letters.
Inman's copious diaries provide almost daily detail of his life from 1950-1994. In his diaries Inman recorded daily events, poetic inspirations, and his responses to world events. The diaries also include information about the poetry he is working on and several include typescripts of completed poems.
Inman also kept detailed records concerning his completed writings. He kept typescript copies of his poems and other writings, ordering them chronologically into notebooks, and recording publication information onto the typescripts. In organizing this collection, Inman's notebooks were discarded, but the typescripts maintain the order they held while bound in the notebooks, and serve to provide a chronological overview of Inman's published and unpublished writings.
This collection also contains copies of several of the anthologies and literary magazines where Inman published his work and several of the poetic monographs that Inman authored.
Inman regularly published his early work in newspapers in North Carolina. The collection contains clippings of these early published works as well as clippings of Inman's mid 1960's newspaper column "Conchsounds in the Hills."
There are also photographs of the McGirt family from ca. 1910, chiefly mounted in albums, as well as Inman's baby book from 1923. (16 accessions from 1998 and 1999) (35,475 items, 59 linear feet; dated 1910-1999)
The addition (accession #2001-0195) (1676 items, 2.7 linear feet; dated 1940-2001, bulk 1976-2001) comprises mainly personal correspondence to and from Inman and Jimmy Santiago Baca, 1971-1995, including typescript poetry. It also includes typescript poetry by Inman as Bill McGirt, 1940-1956; other poetry by Inman; professional correspondence; and a journal kept by Inman, 2000-2001.
The addition (accession #2002-0143) (2250 items, 3.60 linear feet; dated 1982-2001) consists primarily of incoming and outgoing personal correspondence. Topics include Inman's poems, publication work, and his political activites. There is also poetry and prose by Inman and others, and 20 black-and-white and 148 color photographs.
The addition (accession# 2003-0124 and 2003-0181)(2775 items, 3.6 linear feet; dated 1957-2003, bulk 1970-1989) contains published and unpublished typescript poetry written by Will Inman. Also includes literary newsletters, periodicals and brochures; a notebook containing poetry, biographical information and professional correspondence; and a paperweight.
Addition (2009-0263) (500 items, 0.6 lin. ft.; dated 1976-2009) includes correspondence, poetry by Inman and others, press releases and reviews, official documents (such as his birth certificate, insurance information, and medical documents), and materials from Inman's death and funeral.
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The Korean Chicken Sambo was a warm chicken sandwich in an Asian sauce, with lettuce, pickles, scallions, and sesame seeds. Jack Coraggio
Joel Viehland, the owner and one of the chefs at The Pine Leaf Cafe on Route 202, serves up dishes made almost entirely from locally sourced ingredients. As such, the menu is permanently temporary. Jack Coraggio
Be it the Crow Nation matriarch or the newfound New Milford café, the name “Pine Leaf” is exemplar.
For the former, reminiscent of a forest pixie, Pine Leaf was the graceful moniker of the renowned “Woman Chief” in the Crow Nation. But fierce warrior and tribal trailblazer that she was, a typical Native American squaw she most certainly was not.
In the 2001 anthology “Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary,” Pine Leaf was described as a kidnapping victim turned tactically-minded rebel who commanded respect from the Crow and dread from the Blackfoot. Even white military scouts noted how “she seemed an exotic and revolutionary figure.”
For the latter, the newborn Pine Leaf Café is likewise exotic and revolutionary. This fresh eatery in the Northville section of New Milford aims for the organic, and celebrated owner chef Joel Viehland is so determined to keep a locally-sourced plate that the menu essentially changes with the weather.
“This place is very much a different kind of place,” said Viehland, who previously opened the Community Table in Washington. “This is more of an experimental cafe.”
It is a temporary eatery, maybe, and it shares retail space with the organically-minded Green Spot. The Green Spot is a retail garden shop offering unique outdoor accents, plants and both landscape design and building services. The two businesses are freestanding but share a driveway, yet the Green Spot keeps some of its retail merchandise in the same building as the Pine Leaf Café.
It sounds encroaching, but the plants and garden accessories actually complement the locally sourced offerings at the cafe.
“This is a seasonal, pop-up lunch place that happens to go from May to November, but if it’s good and the weather favorable, then we’ll stay open to December,” said Viehland. “And seeing how it goes, if business is good and all things are great, I’d like to come back next year.”
Since the offerings at Pine Leaf Café are locally sourced, they are in a state of biweekly flux. So what was on the menu at the end of July may not be there now. But a review will give people a good idea of what to expect.
The breakfast is usually pretty standard. Egg and cheese on a roll is $4.50, but add meat and it bumps to $6. An open-face breakfast sandwich is served on homemade bread with avocado, tomato, two fried eggs and sprouts for $7. Cheese increases the price 50 cents, and meat increases it $1.50.
Three salads each came to $12. The quinoa salad came with amaranth, faro, radishes, almonds, avocado, seeds and herbs. The kale salad came with bacon, fruit, pecans, blue cheese and maple vinaigrette. And the cafe’s titular salad came with lettuce, vegetables, tahini, yogurt, turmeric, sunflower seeds and sprouts.
Seven sandwiches and Paninis covered a spread worth $11, from the PLC BLT ($8) to the lobster roll ($19.)
The veggie wrap was also $8, and came with grilled vegetables, sprouts, tomato, avocado, and fresh salsa. The other four, however, were each $12.
Those were the Cubano, which was made of slow-cooked pork shoulder, country ham, pickles, creole mustard, and Swiss cheese. The roast turkey sandwich was pine-roasted turkey breast, avocado, sprouts, tomato and basil aioli. The Korean chicken sambo was Korean-style chicken, lettuce, pickles, scallions and sesame seeds. And the meatball Parmesan was served on house-made bread with provolone marinara and basil pesto.
Pine Leaf Café is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day except Sunday and Tuesday. Sunday its hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday it’s closed.
n Maybe later this year, Viehland plans to open a restaurant in Kent.
From Interstate 84, take Exit 7 and follow Route 7 North. Turn right onto Bridge Street, then left onto Route 202.
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The Necessity of Postmodernism in the Post-Truth Age
Kenneth Houston
Although we have published several articles highly critical of postmodernism as a mode of thought, we remain committed to publishing well-written counterviews and found this submission to be thoughtful and interesting — Helen Pluckrose and Malhar Mali.
The west has succumbed to fake news, cultural and value relativism, and alternative facts, and it’s all Foucault’s fault, or Derrida’s, or some other pretentious French philosophe who has had the label “postmodern” embossed on their now dubious legacy for quite a few of those in the sphere of contemporary public intellectualism.
The attacks on postmodern thinking have increased notably as the more ludicrous fringe of the Social Justice Warrior set continue to make fools of themselves on university campuses and debate halls (if debates are even permitted to occur by the self-appointed gatekeepers of “correct” thinking) across the Occident. Jordan Peterson is but the latest lightning rod through whom anything approximating Frankish obscurantism must travel. And Peterson is not wrong in a lot of what he says about twenty-first century normative ideology, especially regarding the nonsensical law he explicitly opposed compelling compliance on the use of gender neutral pronouns. But the attack on postmodernism is misguided. Perhaps, as with the term “liberalism,” it means something different in North America than it does in Europe. Regardless, the assault on postmodernism misses the mark and actually hampers the fight against nonsense.
To be sure, there is an overdue backlash against the excesses of identity politics and the continued efforts to censor “controversial” speakers and intellectuals who transgress the dogmas of the radical left. For example, nothing gets the SJWs in a lather more readily than the anodyne and intellectually obvious assertion that Islam as a belief system might have compatibility problems with the norms of the twenty-first century. To say this, hint it, or post it, is to invite slurs from so called liberals that would not look out of place in McCarthyist America. Any stand against this kind of pseudo liberal thought policing is to be welcomed, and here I’m with Peterson. But postmodernism has been condemned by Peterson and others without much of a due process and, one suspects, without much of an understanding of its core ideas.
It is argued that postmodernism is anti-science, anti-fact, anti-reality, culturally relativist, value relativist, etc. There are two problems with these accusations. First, the charges are based on superficial and studiously unfair interpretations of postmodern scholarship and select quotes from particular writers most directly associated with this intellectual trend of the late 1960s. Peterson himself asserts that postmodernists contend that there are “an infinite number of interpretations” and none of these can be canonical. He’s just wrong. That is not a core contention of postmodern thought. The thinkers loosely categorized as “postmodern” undertook critical attacks on dominant interpretations of social reality and the perceived inevitability and naturalness of the hierarchies that emerge from these. Second, these criticisms are applied across the board, without any nuance or discriminating caveats with respect to particular thinkers and little attempt to delineate where these thinkers disagree with one another, which they frequently did. “Postmodernism” as a concept is a bit like “The Enlightenment.” It’s a term applied retrospectively (and simplistically) to an unconsciously evolving trend, as opposed to a conscious project. It’s not like Foucault et al sat around a French café and plotted the destruction of Western Civilization through philosophical contortions. Most of the thinkers lumped together into this category would probably not be comfortable with the term. This is to say nothing of the significant differences between them.
There are, of course, elements of postmodernist thought that run aground. Their writings are difficult, and they are not innocent of deliberate opacity. But it’s useful to invoke a fairness test. Name a single prominent intellectual, or socio-political theory, whose oeuvre contains nothing that scholars or public intellectuals would disagree on. The linchpins of Enlightenment: Descartes, Kant, Rousseau, Locke? Everything they said was beyond challenge? Their thought and writing embodied no problematic elements? We didn’t ignore any of their statements or positions on the basis that this or that scholar had overstated or overreached at some point in the exposition of their thoughts? Would we dismiss Descartes’ contribution, or Kant’s, on the basis that they constructed arguments or assertions that did not stand the test of time? Rousseau’s contribution to republican thought should be dismissed on the basis that his idea of the “general will” was quasi tyrannical? Those scholars and intellectuals that some public commentators have problematically roped together into the category (or perhaps “identity”) of “postmodern” have undoubtedly overreached in some aspects of their thought. On that basis, their insights are to be dismissed?
The frequent contrast with postmodern thinking is that of scientific thinking. Let us park, for the moment, the flaw in this dichotomous thinking. Scientific thinking is seen as rational and correct, inherited from the Enlightenment rejection of superstition. Postmodern thinking is seen as muddled, contradictory and obscurantist. Talk about a binary relationship. Science is unquestionably the only route to knowledge of the natural world, but in the social world of autonomous and emotional humans it is not alone. The human sciences also undertake analysis through interpretive methodology, which is influenced by the strand of thinking found in what we call continental philosophy and specifically the linguistic (sometimes “language”) turn in social theory. It is interesting to look at the practical side of this. Yes, the Sokal paper was retracted. But retracted academic papers are not the preserve of the human sciences. The peer review process is the best system we have at the moment, but it is also problematic, and some deeply flawed papers do get through. This is to say nothing of the replication crisis evident in scientific research in several disciplines, including Professor Peterson’s own discipline of psychology.
Does scientific thinking always lead to the betterment of human society? It might be the best route to knowledge of the natural world, but is it the only route to knowledge of the human world, our social existence? Let’s set aside (but still mention) the development of nuclear weapons, the development of chemical and biological weapons, the orchestration of the final solution. Read the accounts of the Eichmann trial, read the Wansee Protocol and remain convinced that scientific and “rational” thinking inevitably lead to a better world. Look at the composition of ISIS fighters during the brief but brutal existence of the self-styled Caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Over a third of these people were educated in STEM subjects, including qualified doctors (the current head of Al Qaida is a qualified doctor). The pesky moral relativists of the social sciences and humanities? They account for a minuscule point percentage of ISIS fighters.
ISIS fighters.
STEM education does not turn scientifically minded young adults into throat cutting psychopaths. But education in STEM subjects does not seem to guarantee the immunization of the mind against extremism and violence. Let’s drop the pretense that postmodernism is a reason for our current topsy turvy political landscape. Postmodern philosophy is not the reason for the inexplicable migration of seemingly normal members of society to join a death cult in the Middle East with a penchant for brutal violence. Let’s park the bewildering upsets of Trump, Farage, Brexit and the Italian Five Star movement. And beyond the west there is Duterte. Or Modi. Beyond the mere convenient appropriation of tropes and fragments of postmodernist writing by arguably the most privileged demographic on the planet, western college educated twenty-somethings, there is no clear evidence of a causal link between postmodern thought and the current configuration of socio-political polarities or the anti-intellectualism at their roots. Peterson has made the assertion that the writings of obscure European social theorists bear primary responsibility for authoritarian identity politics and cultural or value relativism. He’s wrong. Identity politics is not the logical outcome of postmodern thinking, because postmodern thinking precludes the very certainty exhibited by the cultural chauvinists of identity politics (whether of the radical left or the nativist right). Remember, the recent emergence of European and American nativist politics exemplifies a form of identity politics too. A good postmodern thinker would have a field day deconstructing the certainties and preconceptions of UKIP, Marine le Pen, Orban or Trump’s America First followers.
This conflation of postmodern thought and identity politics is a strange charge, but perhaps a little understandable given the appropriation of some postmodern insights into normative social and political theory. If we want to explore the philosophical roots of identity politics, however, it’s not postmodernism we should focus on, but rather communitarian thinkers like Tully, McIntyre, Walzer and others who emerged in response to Rawls’s 1971 opus A Theory of Justice. This is the intellectual root of identity politics, the politics of recognition and multiculturalism. It’s not postmodernism, as Peterson contends. We need to make a distinction also between the insights themselves and how they’ve been applied. This is not hair-splitting. It’s actually quite important if we’re to get the critique right. The identification of particular categories of people who are victims of direct or structural discrimination in advanced societies has been useful — to a point. But when these categories are reified into “communities” and when these pseudo primordial narratives are indulged and entrenched through identity politics the seeds of division in plural societies have been sown. Peterson is right there. But if we stand any chance of undermining the cultural chauvinism of “groupism” our best hope lies not in marginalizing postmodern thinking, but in promoting it properly as a critical strategy.
Another conflation, one made by Peterson himself quite frequently, is that of postmodern thought and what’s rather sweepingly referred to as neo-Marxism. Again, this is a curious combination. Foucault’s location is ambiguous at best. Habermas referred to him as a “young conservative.” The US Central Intelligence Agency, mindful of intellectual currents in Western Europe during the Cold War, saw Foucault and other thinkers as part of the intellectual counterweight to the influence of Soviet ideology (Foucault left the Communist Party after a brief membership). In spite of these differences, distinctions and oppositions, postmodernism, identity politics and neo-Marxist thinking have been lumped together erroneously.
Yet there is an even deeper reason to push back against this lack of intellectual nuance. Our postmodern philosophes were a remarkably Eurocentric bunch: they did not apply their critical gaze to anything other than their own societies. The postmodernists embodied cultural humility to a fault. Foucault, in his famous debate with Chomsky, was very clear to pull back from advocating solutions to the problems of other societies that are made to conform to a Eurocentric mindset. He worried — quite correctly — about making mistakes when trying to improve the world around us because we brought our cultural baggage where it was least helpful. Postmodern research focused on challenging and undermining the orthodoxies of modernity as it evolved in the European context. If modernity was a challenge to superstition, medievalism and the ancien regime, post-modernity was positioned to challenge the inevitable dogmas born of the age of Enlightenment and scientific rationalism as applied to our understanding of human social problems. As the Enlightenment was a western phenomenon so the target of postmodern thinkers was the neo-dogmas of the rational Occident.
But consider, for a moment, if this high powered perceptual instrument turned its attention to other societies and civilizations. How resilient would Islamic theocratic government, or Sharia law, or pan Arabism, or Hindu nationalism, or Sino-Chauvinism or re-emergent European nativism be under the searing glare of the postmodern mindset? How long would their regimes of truth remain masked and concealed by the normalization of “common sense?” How long would these seemingly natural binary oppositions and hierarchies of meaning last in the face of deconstruction or genealogy? For the detractors and critics who accuse postmodern thought of undermining western certainties, a fair rejoinder would be: why stop there? Why not apply postmodern thought to the certainties and hubris of other cultural constructions. To be sure, they certainly are overdue some serious critical engagement by the people who live in non-western contexts. The western episteme might have been the first to squirm under postmodernism’s critical gaze, but none of the conceptual or methodological insights we’ve gleaned from these thinkers is beyond transferability to other cultural contexts. Doing so would be anathema to the SJW set bent on the destruction of the neo-imperialist west, but that would be conceding too much to them. Why leave these critical strategies only in their hands? Why not slay other sacred cows with them? It would be allowing the insights of postmodern thinking to be hijacked by a self-serving subset of ideologues. There is no intellectual justification for such a narrow application of postmodern thought. The core of the postmodernist movement (if we can call it that) is not an ideology, it’s an analytical strategy. Foucault himself referred to his methods as a toolbox.
What Peterson is right to criticize is a strand of leftism that Steven Pinker referred to as the “left pole.” This is a brand of radical leftism that will happily celebrate the demise of what they see as the patriarchal, irredeemably xenophobic and imperialist Occident from which no good ever came. They will frequently contrast that caricature with another; that of the pristine, authentic and sacred orient. But I submit, quite apart from being patently and factually incorrect about the romantic “authenticity” of non-western societies, these activists are simply not postmodernists. If they were, such flawed essentialism and pseudo-intellectualism could never take root. They are anti-western anarchists who have latched onto a trend in postmodernism’s initial foray into western culture and have not seen beyond the Eurocentric horizon of the sages of avante garde Frankish thought. No one said it had to remain confined to that enterprise. The postmodernist’s chipping away (or tearing down, depending on your level of moral panic) of western certainties is no bad thing. The dramatic expansion of rights throughout the later twentieth century is testimony to the critical engagement and consciousness raising of many leftist activists. But the west is not the only cultural or civilizational entity with misplaced certainty.
What makes postmodernism profoundly useful — and dangerous — is its treatment of the idea of “common sense.” Common sense serves to provide us with a functionally useful mutual understanding about how the world works and how social roles and goods are assigned. It relieves the average individual of much intellectual work in navigating the complexities of modern human society. Yet, common sense is also a strait jacket. When it embodies ideas and practices that are sustained by dint of tradition or authority, rather than functionality, it needs to be questioned. How that shift takes place is never through reason and deliberation alone. It is through ruptures and transformative pressures born of social mobilization and sporadic activism, which emanate from inequality and lack of autonomy. Humans can be reasonable. But, contra Rousseau, we are not essentially reasonable. We are also emotional and intuitive. We constantly make consequential judgements on the basis of partial or incomplete information and act as though we have the whole truth. Invariably we get things wrong. PoMo’s task is to point out that risk. For if the scientists have taught us anything in the intervening generations since the postulation of natural selection, it is that we are still essentially welded to very animal bodies and minds. Human history in the interim has confirmed this tragic truth.
Common sense is useful until it is not, or until it is manifestly not true. Geo-centrism was common sense, until it wasn’t. The genesis myth was common sense, until it wasn’t. A creator god was common sense, until it wasn’t. The static universe was common sense, until it wasn’t. Segregation made sense to many, until it didn’t. Mixed race marriages were anathema, until they weren’t. A women’s “proper” place in society seemed natural, until it wasn’t. Classifying homosexuality as a disorder seemed like common sense, until it’s not. How many social and even scientific and medical practices were commonly accepted, even in the recent past (phrenology, lobotomies, heroine laced cough syrups, mercury cures, female hysteria cures), that are now considered not only obsolete, but illegal. As with watching a 1950s movie from the vantage point of the twenty-first century, we can see the foibles, stumbles and cringe-worthy groping of our antecedents. State-of-the-art is a relative term. So is common sense; and it is contingent on the temporal, as much as the logical.
If we accept this aspect of human flourishing, then we must accept the converse and ask an equivalent question about our own time. What are we doing now, which most of us agree is normal and acceptable, but will in time come to be seen as ridiculous or dangerous? Postmodernism as a mindset does not wait for history to give us an answer. It provides us with a strategy to interrogate the invisible cage of our present. The task of questioning the present should begin in the present. Is the carving up of Britain’s school going children into faith-based segments really wise? Is the perpetuation of a two-party cartel in US politics helping or hindering the citizens of that nation to be truly represented? Are the nominationes dei of the US Pledge of Allegiance and on US currency a primordial expression of American identity? Or are they a Cold War amendment to America’s cultural symbols? When you trace it back and discover the actual origins of things, their contingency, their contextual logic, you’re doing genealogy; you’re “doing Foucault.” Is neo-liberal consumer capitalism and mass culture the only game in town, the end of history? One doesn’t need to be a committed Marxist-Leninist to wonder at the excesses of the one percent and the poverty of the billions in the global south to ask that question. Postmodernism, as a mindset, as an attitude, as a strategy, is about holding our common-sense notions up to the light and checking for cracks, prising those fissures open and upsetting our certainties and our perceived inevitabilities. The PoMo mindset will not always get it right, it may not even get it right very much. But it is important to let it try. Where detractors fall awry is in assuming that challenging common sense means rejecting everything. Foucault gave an unequivocal answer to that: it’s not that everything is bad, but everything is dangerous.
It is the postmodern mindset, the radical criticism of the uber skeptic, which will shake the comfortable sense out of our inherited common sense, our customs and traditions. Hierarchy is inevitable in human societies, even modern ones. The utopian idealism of horizontal citizenship or the crypto-solution of a Chomsky-esque anarcho-syndicalism will not hold. Yet the configuration of hierarchies in any specific form need not be inevitable, especially if it marginalizes or oppresses particular categories of people. No more than the divine right of kings, the tyranny of neo-liberalism need not be conceded. Neither should the inevitability of “globalization,” at least when it leads to profound economic inequality, Bangladeshi death factories, the American rust belt or Chinese worker despair. Postmodernism is the oil to the water of common sense. It is difficult and infuriating precisely because it is counter-intuitive, unnatural and radical. Postmodernism, in its broader generality, is about “de-naturalizing” what seems natural and testing it against the light of evolving normative standards. Now more than ever we need some people at least to undertake that task.
When deployed, postmodern insights will assail an accepted social norm, institution, convention or tradition and push the envelope, crow-barring certainty from precedent. It will explore the strategic deployment of language, it’s use of discourse and the structures of articulated ideas in textual or symbolic form. Social institutions are sustained by the words people use, whether in the media, in politics, or in academia. Language is not merely descriptive of social reality, it can shape it too. People can be manipulated to think in particular ways through the use of language. You’d think this postmodern insight would win it some friends. It seems not. But Foucault was right about this: language is for cutting. Postmodernism will not always prevail. Social facts are, as Peterson points out, often still useful and will remain resilient. There has to be something, some system in which we live. And thinkers like Foucault would agree. There is, as Foucault well knew, no escape from power. However, that is not a defeat for postmodernism; it is a victory for those institutions and norms that have built up over time and proved both resilient and useful — for now. But their resilience should not be assumed automatically or accepted uncritically. Peterson likes certainty and hierarchy. And that’s fine when you’re in a privileged place in society. However, for others change cannot come soon enough. Claims of universality and timeless human essences should be viewed with suspicion because they entrench the status quo. Over time, or perhaps with the help of some postmodern critical engagement, some previously accepted conventions and traditions no longer hold the persuasive power that they once did. An illustrative example of this is the dramatic sea change in attitudes towards same sex marriage across the west. Another, more local example, is the slow burning debate over the discrepancy between the electoral college vote and the popular vote in US elections. For generations, this quirk of US democratic praxis went unnoticed and was tacitly accepted by US voters. It first came to recent prominence as problematic after the Bush-Gore run off in 2000. But in 2016, in Trump v Clinton, the electoral college system came in for harsh scrutiny. Why did the US system have this feature where others did not? Clinton wins the popular vote but loses the election. Why? What are its origins? Are the reasons for its creation still relevant and justifiable now? Can it be reformed? Can it be different, or better? Again, to ask these questions about a specific feature of the US electoral process is to embody the postmodern mindset. Or what about the “common sense” of the Hutu-Tutsi distinction in Rwanda? A natural division among races in a corner of sub-Saharan Africa? Or an over-emphasized and reified division of indigenous people based on unsustainable pseudo-science promoted by European colonial administrators? The results of the former are no doubt infuriating for voters in the US, but the results of the latter example of “common sense” were tragic and terrifying in the extreme.
These questions examine the genealogy of a particular institution or accepted ways of doing things. If the origins of the electoral college are a contingency of its time, then we are not bound by it. If the binary of Hutu and Tutsi is not based on anything beyond a fragile cultural construction of insensitive external influence, then it is meaningless. That is the value of postmodern thinking. It opens the door to new possibilities and it offers us a chance to undermine the premises of unfounded and consequential logic. It splits open the inevitability of “the way things have always been done” and the “way things are.” When postmodern insights are applied to non-western contexts it can be profoundly unsettling. Witness the plight of the young atheist in Egypt when he shares a TV platform with a prominent imam and an obviously incredulous TV moderator. The young atheist is perhaps not conscientiously a postmodernist, but his very existence, his implicit challenge to the common sense of religion’s hegemonic position in Egyptian society results in him being labeled as someone psychiatrically disturbed in the “common sense” of Egypt’s prevailing popular mood. In some ways this Egyptian example represents the future reality of non-western contexts in microcosm. It shows the plight of traditional societies that will, sooner or later, have to wrestle with the insights of postmodern thinking. The consequences for these societies could be marked. Long accepted norms, institutions, hierarchies and — yes, Jordan — power relationships could come crashing down. Glasnost and Perestroika succeeded in part in this regard only a few short decades ago.
The ultimate reason for the rapid depletion of trust in political institutions in the west is not the obscure scholarship of leftish continental scholars like Foucault, Lyotard and Derrida. It is the failure of those institutions and our political culture generally to deliver for ordinary people over a protracted period of time. It is also the result of fragmenting trust in an academy that is now beholden to corporate interests, whether in how universities are run or indeed how scientific research is published and disseminated. At a time when there is not only wealth inequality and parallel systems of justice, but also a visibly parallel and unequal system, then is it any wonder that people turned to the charlatan outsider that is Trump? Is it any wonder that the people voted against their own interests in the UK and left the one institution that is holding the line on the best quality of life for ordinary people in any world region by voting for Brexit? Is it any wonder that people have “had enough of experts?” It is the classic case of the boy who cried wolf too many times.
The road to this near dystopia of public apathy and cynicism is not littered with the specialized scholarship and writing of late twentieth century continental thinkers. It is littered with the debris of cynical political manipulation and deception, obscene concentrations of wealth, tax evasion by the wealthy, fictional WMDs, unpunished bankers, intrusive tech companies and a docile or even complicit media class and the steady stagnation of life quality for increasing numbers of citizens. Why should anyone believe the mainstream now, whether political, media or corporate? The deliberate fracturing of society into “cultures,” the culture wars of identity politics has pitted all against all. It’s not failed neo-liberal ideology. It’s migrants. It’s not domestic political cowardice and lack of conviction on tough policy choices. It’s Brussels. It’s not capture by lobby groups. It’s because the system is “rigged.” The polarization of western society into Alt Right and Antifa left is a consequence of these facets of our age, not the ruminations of Foucault, Derrida et al. To go down the Jordan Peterson route of ill-informed confirmation bias with regard to the caricatured bogeyman of “postmodernism” is to perpetuate the distraction that continues to serve the interests of what C Wright Mills called the “power elite.” Postmodernism is the problem? Not so fast. A little more nuance, Professor.
Helen Pluckrose’s rebuttal to the points and positions espoused in this article is now available here.
Dr Kenneth Houston teaches International Relations at Webster University's Thailand campus. He specializes in the analysis of social conflict, regional integration processes and the role of religion in international affairs.
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Non Tribal aligned. says:
Count me as among the disgusted. The Post-post modernists.
Tomasz Gil says:
I am heartened and delighted – even with a year’s delay – to see that Areo magazine publishes your defense of postmodernism – even with immediate “rebuttal” by its editor. I like thinking of the Areo, Quillette, so-called IDW crew as “Fortress Enlightenment” – dedicated to the epistemology of objective truth and scientific method while dismissive of other ways of knowing.
I commend you for pointing out that 20th century thought – incl. postmodernism – has precisely opened us to seeing other ways of knowledge and to the fact that they can either reinforce or combat received “common sense” knowledge in the way scientific method began at the time of Descartes, Galileo and later Hume, Voltaire and Kant, etc. You are very correct asserting the continuity from these giants of Enlightenment and the (post)modern critical philosophy of Foucault, Derrida and others. The common element joining them being that there are no ideas that are beyond critical examination by reason.
What I find missing in your argumentation is the acknowledgment of the unconscious knowledge and the subjective. These matters are of the utmost importance when we deal with actual individual people as attested to by Freud and the lineage of psychoanalysis. I have made this argument in my defense of PoMo in 2017: http://venedi.blogspot.com/2017/07/misguided-attacks-on-postmodernism.html
The unconscious and the subjective are responsible for creating a lot of enforced social norms – you can start pulling the thread from Freudian toilet behavior norms, to rules of eye contact and physical contact, to socialization of sexual life, etc. A substantial part of the 20th century thought is devoted to the understanding of the structure of the subjective and the unconscious component of mental life. Currently, this important and mostly philosophical contribution is disregarded in favor of scientific approaches of evolutionary psychology and neuroscience. This is a mistake.
You direct too much ire against Jordan Peterson and I think you are missing something important. Peterson is actually a crypto-postmodernist. He keeps referring a lot to Jungian archetypes. Jung’s psychoanalytic is, in my view, a psychoanalysis forced into the form of objective science, into a chemistry of the mind – an alchemy. I think Peterson is a bit humbled by PoMo and afraid to reach more deeply into psychoanalysis because that would subvert his own “school”. With the benefit of current date I’d say he was very deferential to Slavoj Zizek, a prominent postmodern philosopher and psychoanalyst, in their recent debate.
Of course, I agree with “Fortress Enlightenment” that current academia is dominated by power-hungry careerists who consume 20th century thought in the form processed by the likes of Kimberle Crenshaw, bell hooks and Judith Butler. This is a deformation of postmodernism into “intersectionality” and “grievance” studies but it is hardly “applied postmodernism.” Fortress Enlightenment does not want to see this fact and does not see how the core postmodern ideas can join forces with them and expand the horizons of knowledge.
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calderra says:
Left-leaning people are having a hard time right now regarding intellectual purity. If I point to you someone who is a devout postmodern neomarxist then, as the article exlicitly states, I’m told they must have gotten a bad education because there’s no link between the two.
To draw this out. Some religious fanatics claim there are passages in their holy book which authorize murder when done for the faith. Other religious people say that’s an invalid reading, the book doesn’t really lead to that. But there are still dead bodies in the streets, no matter how “invalid” the fundamentalist reading is. Just because it’s a bad reading, doesn’t mean the people holding it cease to exist. And when those people hold power- as they certainly do on all levels of this comparison- we have to confront them.
What good does it really do to have a wave of people claim that religious murder is an “invalid” reading? Maybe practically, whatever gets them to stop murdering is great. But it has little bearing on truth. Really the rejection of bad religious ideas is just another influence of the long march of rational progress- progress PoMo seems destined to oppose. See also Pinker. See also comments that you tried to have it both ways quoting progress which was entirely the result of modernity. We know religious murder is wrong now. The religious texts aren’t actually informing us either way, we already figured it out.
It’s time to admit that- at best- a large and powerful segment of academia has perverted your field of study. That’s giving you all the credit I can.
It’s very interesting to note, for instance, that the authors opine about corporate control over universities. If I may ask, what is the demographic split of the professors being swayed by this corporate ideology at your universities? Are the vast majority of them politically left, with an overrepresentation of adherents of postmodernism, and even a good number of various levels of Marxists? Odd that this correlation would persist, according to your views. If science doesn’t innoculate against religious fanaticism, postmodernism doesn’t innoculate against the corruption you stand charged of.
It could. But it don’t. And honestly, since even you admit how sluggish the movement is to move past Foucault’s limits, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to start anytime soon either.
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Andrew Mcguiness says:
A good article, as much for its example of a considered and argued position which incorporates aspects of opposing viewpoints as for the thoughts on postmodernism.
jason kennedy says:
There is no justification for how long this article is. It becomes, seemingly, an exercise in throwing everything in.
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KD33 says:
I tried. I still can’t grock exactly what is PoMo and what it’s really good for. But as usual this article reiterates common strawman criticisms of science and its stand-in concept, “common sense.” An example: that those who are skeptical of PoMo’s utlitiy “remain convinced that scientific and “rational” thinking inevitably lead to a better world.” This is very telling. Anyone who ranks highly reason and a scientiific approach, broadly construed, knows that it is hard work to get right, and not at all “inevitable” that it will lead to a better world on its own. And yes, there are bad people who have been trained in STEM. But these are hardly strong arguments for why PoMo is a necessary addition to make real progress.
QPootle2 says:
The gist of this paper appears to be the claim that rational, critical scepticism is PoMo’s distinguishing and most valuable feature. Last I looked that actually first belonged, and still belongs, to the boring old narrow-minded, reductionist, scientistic, oppressive Western philosophical tradition, and to the extent that PoMo actually offers a coherent and, not least, intelligible, critique of contemporary politics or society it seldom does so using any particularly novel or interesting methodology. What does tend to be novel and more likely to distinguish the PoMo writer is the contorted, clotted, neologism-ridden, barely intelligible prose used to shroud generally simple ideas in faux profundity. Oh – that, and the frequent use of the word ‘deconstruction’, which not even Derrida, who invented it, could define.
Vanes says:
Thank you for this essay, although I think you are to friendly for Mr. Peterson. His whole argument against postmodernism can easily be explained by a lack of knowledge of philosophy resulting in a straw man attack.
For me Thomas Kuhn was the first post modernist since he made clear scientist are restricted by their paradigms. (Note: I have problems with notion of incommensurability since this has proven to be wrong). A brilliant new scientist with an idea that does not fit in the paradigm will find it hard to make a career or money for research. A historical example: The motion of Mercury could not be predicted exactly by Newton’s laws, therefore scientist postulated Vulcan an invisible planet closer to the Sun. Of course Vulcan was never found and it was Einstein theory that accounted for the motion of Mercury. Scientists don’t throw away their old shoes before the have a new pair. But Enlightenment fans often overlook this restriction of science and postmodern philosophers like Bruno Latour have shown how science really works. The scientific truth of today are the old shoes of tomorrow, partly kept in place by the lack of a new theory but also by the paradigm surrounding it. The power of science is, that the same culture that so carefully nourishes the paradigms also allows for these paradigms to be broken.
TJR says:
An interesting article, but would be even better with a definition of what “postmodernism” is being taken to mean. I suspect there is a fair bit of talking past each other because we are all defining it in different ways, and whether we are pro- or anti- is largely driven by how we define it.
(Of course, a clear and universally accepted definition of “postmodernism” would be almost infinitely ironic).
Chibi Nikola Tesla (@CapsicumLaude) says:
“lightening rod” was this a pun or simply a misspelling?
James R Slabonik says:
Before you tear down a fence you should know why it was built.
Coel says:
“Read the accounts of the Eichmann trial, read the Wansee Protocol and remain convinced that scientific and “rational” thinking inevitably lead to a better world.”
These had nothing to do with “scientific” thinking and everything to do with the anti-scientific ideology of Nazism.
“Postmodern philosophy is not the reason for the inexplicable migration of seemingly normal members of society to join a death cult in the Middle East with a penchant for brutal violence.”
Agreed, and nor is it scientific thinking. This one owes to religious ideology. Adherence to ideological thinking is the rough opposite of the scientific approach.
Robert Darby says:
The confusion of thought in this essay is best exemplified by its contention that the great value of or even the necessity for post-modernist modes of thought arises from their capacity to criticise and demystify common sense assumptions about reality. The author then goes on to enumerate a number of such demystifications from the past: geocentrism; the existence of gods; the Genesis myth of creation; racism; subordination of women; harmful or futile medical theories and treatments, such as phrenology, lobotomies, mercury etc.
Now I am sure it will strike other readers, as it struck me, that the odd thing about this list is that none of these common sense beliefs and practices were criticised or demystified by post-modernism or any post-modernist thinker. Quite the contrary: they were the target of the thinkers of the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment. Need I point out that it was Copernicus who challenged geocentrism; Hobbes, Spinoza and the philosophes who denied the gods; that the first, searing, critique of European colonialism, L’Histoire des Deux Indes, was written by a collective of Enlightenment radicals led by Diderot; and that the modern movement for women’s equality begins with Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Women. But these people and the complex of attitudes associated with them are the very things that post-modernism, according to Dr Houston, is supposed to be criticising and demystifying. As he writes: “Postmodern research focused on challenging and undermining the orthodoxies of modernity as it evolved in the European context. … As the Enlightenment was a western phenomenon so the target of postmodern thinkers was the neo-dogmas of the rational Occident.”
The reference to obsolete medical beliefs and practices is particularly poignant because it is precisely the people who reject Western scientific rationality (those whom I would regard as post-modernist in attitude) who embrace “alternative therapies”, such as homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, faith healing and other bogus treatments in preference to the discoveries of modern medicine, based on scientifically-derived evidence. The pervasiveness of these attitudes among young academics was brought home to me recently when I was invited by a sexuality blog to contribute an essay about my research on the rise and fall of circumcision in Britain. The draft I submitted was returned with numerous editorial changes and demands for rewriting, including the deletion of a critical reference to cultural relativism and revision of a sentence where I referred to the erroneous theories of disease held by nineteenth century doctors. No, I was firmly told by the young graduate editor, we do not refer to erroneous theories; they were different theories, just as valid in their own day as our own theories today. I declined to alter the offending passages, and the blog refused to publish the essay.
In its small way, this minor episode epitomises the problem with the post-modernist mindset, as least as it manifests itself in the scholarly arena. It is not that it fails to be critical, but that it is critical of techniques of investigation that have proved to be capable of generating reliable knowledge about the world. In attempting a critique of “the neo-dogmas of the rational Occident” post-modernism embraces an epistemological relativism that denies the possibility of objective truth. Theories of disease causation and modes of treatment are not right or wrong, effective or ineffective, the post-modernists contend, but merely different ways of approaching the problem, each one as valid as any other. The sad (or perhaps happy) truth is that outside the humanities and sociology, in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering etc there is such a thing as objective truth, and it has nothing to do with whether it is Western or Eastern (or, for that matter, Northern or Southern). As Scott Alexander points out:
“western medicine is just medicine that works. It happens to be western because the West had a technological head start, and so discovered most of the medicine that works first. But there’s nothing culturally western about it; there’s nothing Christian or Greco-Roman about using penicillin to deal with a bacterial infection.”
http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/07/25/how-the-west-was-won/
There are many different ways of organising and managing a society, but if you want to cure or prevent tuberculosis, steer a ship accurately or fly a plane, there are certain rules you must follow no matter where you are, or what culture you happen to inhabit.
Dr Houston offers a scenario in which post-modernism (“this high powered perceptual instrument”) turns its gaze on non-Western societies: “How resilient would Islamic theocratic government, or Sharia law, or pan Arabism, or Hindu nationalism, or Sino-Chauvinism or re-emergent European nativism be under the searing glare of the postmodern mindset? How long would their regimes of truth remain masked and concealed by the normalization of “common sense?”
I shall watch with interest to see whether any of these critiques emerge. But considering that Foucault ended his days as a flag-waving enthusiast for the “Iranian Revolution” (i.e. theocratic fascism) I am not all that hopeful.
Helen Pluckrose says:
“Now I am sure it will strike other readers, as it struck me, that the odd thing about this list is that none of these common sense beliefs and practices were criticised or demystified by post-modernism or any post-modernist thinker. Quite the contrary: they were the target of the thinkers of the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment.”
Quite. I was intending to make this point. Also, on an ideological/ethical realm that we managed to critique and overcome feudalism, theocracy & patriarchy before the arrival of postmodernism and, in fact, made the most rapid advances in racial/gender/LGBT equality in the two decades before postmodernism due to what Rauch calls ‘Liberal Science’ – the free exchange of ideas which can be critiqued by all. I am not at all convinced we need to ditch the universal liberalism which was working so well for postmodernism.
houstonkb says:
Thank you for your points. If I may respond…
On the issue around the paragraph on common sense, etc; I think it important (and fair) for me to point out that at no point in the paragraph did I make the assertion that postmodernism was responsible for these advances. I am well aware of the chronological positioning of postmodern scholarship relative to aggregate improvements in human societies throughout modernity (I would argue with PM scholars that such ‘progress’ has been profoundly uneven, problematic and potentially or demonstrably reversible). My point here was to illustrate that strongly held values and accepted practices do change over time anyway, these examples of major shifts in knowledge and understanding being particularly noteworthy. That is the only claim in that paragraph – I did not claim that PM was responsible for them. I’m well aware of the lineage of thought that contributed to these advances. Perhaps I should have been explicit about that, but I thought the point obvious enough. I would submit though that the tendency of PM critics to assert that PM is something wholly alien to the Enlightenment tradition is inaccurate. I would agree that it is critical, deeply so, of that tradition, but not completely divorced from it. Foucault himself made that point in his essay on Kant’s What is Enlightenment. What PM does is deliberately leave the door open to such changes in largely unexamined aspects of social organization. It also examines them through close interrogation of assumptions latent in the various practices of social control. I don’t see that as an invalid area of scholarship, and I can’t accept that PM’s approaches and strategies are without some merit in that endeavour.
With regard to your point on the medical issues: I have to say I find the posited link between postmodern/post structuralist thought and homeopathy and alternative medicine, etc, unconvincing. I think you’re being a bit unfair there. You have problematically described science deniers as ‘those whom I would regard as having a postmodern attitude’. This is a bit of a logical leap. I am aware of no demonstrable causal link between the rise of quackery on the one hand and the late twentieth centiry critical trends in Continental philosophy on the other. I find this assertion without foundation. This kind of conflation between nonsense and PM deflects from PM’s primary concern, which is the process of allocating social power to technical experts that evolves into an unassailable status quo.
As to your experience with the gender article contribution, I submit that this is anecdotal, and certainly not (again) convincingly linked to postmodern thought and scholarship. If the graduate editors were postmodern in inclination then they were not properly schooled in it’s principles as evinced by their indefensible attempt to discipline your contribution. My own suspicion is that they are more ideological than thoughtful. I’ve encountered this myself in academia with respect to criticism of Islam. I’ve had articles rejected by UK outlets for saying the unsayable. I’ve been called an Islamophobe by a US scholar of Human Rights. I find the ease with which core principles in the Human Rights tradition – such as freedom of expression – are hypocritically jettisoned when it suits the ideologues a little ironic. I can’t say for certain what it is that influences these scholars, but (as I allude to in the piece) it may have more to do with communitarian thinking than PM.
In both of these latter points I see no reason to dismiss an entire trend in critical scholarship on the basis of what I see as tenuous (at best) links between PM and our current travails.
I do value the comments though. This is my first time contributing to Areo. I find the outlet largely within my intellectual persuasion (although it does risk locating oneself in an echo chamber). As a humanist, atheist, critic of both identity politics and what we might refer to as the nonsense of ‘new ageism’ I am fully supportive of defending freedom of expression (and within that, academic freedom) and opposing the advance of religious fundamentalism. But I part company with others here on the issue of PM’s contribution. I think it has something valuable to say. The fact that the far left has not applied these critical strategies outside the west is not sufficient reason to dismiss it.
Miklos Legrady says:
Postmodernism in the arts; you could not hire someone to dance in your name then claim the credit, just as in literature you cannot escape charges of plagiarism. But as an artist you can hire others to produce the ideas described in your thesis; at that point art is degraded, a reduction that Susan Sontag described in her seminal “Against Interpretation” as the revenge of the intellectual on the artist. Academia, oh academia! Postmodernism in art is the counter-aesthetic, or making a strategical incomprehensible work of art to confuse your audience, or the shock value of rejecting art.
Roger Scrutton noted in his BBC article “How modern art became trapped by its urge to shock”, that “it is now an effective requirement of finalists for the Turner Prize in Britain to produce something that nobody would think was art unless they were told it was”, as with Canada’s Sobey Prize. That’s problematic and so is this: the National Gallery of Canada proudly notes that their acquisition Trailer, by Geoffrey Farmer, is not a real trailer but a fake. It cost them a fortune and that is how we know a fake trailer is real art. They would not spend a fortune on a fake trailer that was fake art, would they? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase found in the work of the Roman poet Juvenal from his Satires (Satire VI, lines 347, 8). It is literally translated as “Who will guard the guards themselves?”
Jevioso says:
I simply see the battles between the postmodernists and the scientists, as just an extension of the philosophical battles between the rationalists and the empiricists. That said, the errors in both approaches are still the same: the modern day empiricists avoid or dismiss ethical questions to their suggestions, in the name of defending objectivity; whereas the modern day rationalists, promote their ethics and values, without any obligation of coherence or practicability, in the name of criticism and unity. Ultimately, it’s the same shit different toilet.
Michael Hood says:
Thanks for this article! Previously, I had uncritically (and I should add, somewhat ironically) dismissed Postmodernism out of hand as being an obvious intellectual dead end. It seems that a closer inspection is warranted to see what useful insights and ideas can be found.
Speaker To Animals says:
It is the failure of those institutions and our political culture generally to deliver for ordinary people over a protracted period of time.
What exactly are they failing to deliver which has being delivered elsewhere?
What has it failed to deliver specifically to those in elite universities where postmodernism is endemic?
The EU is the ‘one institution that is holding the line on the best quality of life for ordinary people in any world region?’ Seriously? And Pomo theorists call those who champion Enlightenment values bigoted ethnocentrics.
Also why should we worry about such things as fictional WMDs when postmodernism told us that the Gulf War wouldn’t happen, that it wasn’t happening when it happened, and that it hadn’t happened anyway when it was over?
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Conf/CfP - 1917 – Revolution in War, Society in Revolution, 19 - 21 September 2017, Czech Republic
Diplomacy, Economics, Governance, International Relations, Peace Studies, Sociology
1917 – Revolution in War, Society in Revolution. 4th conference from the series Hobnailed Years in the Battlefields 1914–1918
The drawn-out conflict, which without making any difference among the belligerent parties gradually dominated all the participating states and their inhabitants, succeeded in the meantime in disrupting and re-structuring of the social structures and institutions. In 1917, the degree of war exhaustion not only reached the limits of bearability, but in many cases went well beyond them. In desperate effort to defeat the war, people in hinterland as well as soldiers in the front line stepped en masse outside of the conventions for the first time, into the unpredictable and unknown realm of the revolution. That is what happened in Russia, where on one hand the double revolt took the country out of the world war, but at the cost of collaps and the following agony of a civil war. Not everywhere did the revolt against the war question the war itself and its goals; instead, it turned against the ways of its conduct, like in France, where the military mutinies almost destroyed the military readiness of her armies.
The revolutionary year 1917 brought the USA into the battle, and took Russia out of it. Italy nearly left the camp of the Entente in autumn, shattered by the debacle at Caporetto. The military-technical innovations hand in hand with new combat methods were supposed to cause turnaround in the front lines and the struggle for “hearts and minds” of the population of belligerent countries acquired new dimensions as well. This struggle hit the most vulnerable spot attacking the will, determination, loyalty.
The fourth conference in the cycle will again aspire to create a broad thematic spectre and multifarious composition of contributions in order to attempt a sketch of another year of war.
Composing the programme of the conference, we will prioritise contributions dedicated to the following subject matters:
- diplomacy
- coalition warfare
- peace initiatives
- strategy
- war aims
- conduct of war
- combat tactics
- military operations
- organization and replacement of troops
- prisoners of war
- war losses
- war crimes
- military health services
- internal politics
- life behind the lines
- civil associations and organizations
- public opinion
- resistance movements
- state administration and self-government
- economy
- social care
- science and technology
This conference will also provide the opportunity to introduce research and documentation projects concerning the First World War (e.g. digitisation of sources and literature, creation of databases and other applica- tions).
Please send all synopses of papers together with a short CV of the author to the following email address: konference@vhu.cz by 10 July 2017.
The Military History Institute Prague reserves the right to modify the programme of the conference depending on the number and structure of entered papers. The presented contributions will be published in a separate publication.
The languages used during the conference are Czech, English and German.
Military History Institute Prague
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konference@vhu.cz
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Harvard University Joan Shorenstein Fellowship Program in Media, Politics and Public Policy 2021, USA
Eni Scholarships 2021-2022, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK
GDAI - PhD Scholarships 2020 - 2021, SOAS University of London, UK
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Two men -- including one who tried to drive around barricade at parade -- charged with impaired driving in P.E.I.
Julian Abraham CTVNewsAtlantic.ca writer
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Published Monday, November 30, 2020 1:02PM AST Last Updated Monday, November 30, 2020 3:44PM AST
The Summerside Police Services crest is shown in this file photo. (Photo: Summerside Police)
HALIFAX -- Police in Summerside, P.E.I. say they charged two men with impaired driving over the weekend.
In one incident, police allege a drunk driver was trying to get around barricades at the Santa Claus parade in Summerside.
Police say just after 7 p.m. Friday, a group of firefighters were manning a barricade on Water St. for the parade. They noticed a vehicle trying to drive around the barricade.
After talking with the driver, firefighters called police because they thought he was impaired. The vehicle drove away, and then police found it nearby, in the St. Eleanor’s neighborhood.
Police say the driver, a 35-year-old man, failed a roadside test for impairment, and then gave a breath sample over two and a half times the legal limit.
In a separate incident, police say at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, a patrol officer found a vehicle driving “erratically” through a roundabout in the Slemon Park business district.
Police say the officer pulled over the vehicle and gave a roadside screening test. The department alleges the driver, a 35-year-old man from Prince County, P.E.I., failed the test, and blew over the legal limit on a breathalyzer.
Police say both men are scheduled to appear in court at a later date to face impaired driving charges.
P.E.I. man faces charges after ramming into police cruiser, fleeing scene: RCMP
Prince Edward Island man arrested for impaired driving
COVID-19 checkpoint staff report impaired, suspended drivers to P.E.I. RCMP
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The Guardian of Gobeklitepe: The World's Oldest Temple
by Yonca Eldener (Author)
Fiction Comics & graphic novels Non-Fiction Arts Architecture History Romanticism Manga Romance
Gobeklitepe, the oldest temple in the world, awakened from its 12,000 years of sleep to tell hacker Kamil a secret. A secret, locked behind the sealed tongue of its guardian, that can only be heard by to the wise and capable…
Kamil is forced to unravel Gobeklitepe’s mysteries when a stranger from the southeastern Turkish town of Urfa arrives on his doorstep, asking to buy his house. Kamil, the only Jew left in ancient Carian city of Milas, just buried his linguist mother, but he has no time to mourn when the stranger is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.
With police bearing down on him and the daughter of the murdered man on his trail, Kamil locks himself in his room. He opens his computer as if entering a temple, and codes and information fly around him. His journey will take him far into the past, into his own history, his mother’s life, and to Gobeklitepe, where humanity was transformed, the world’s oldest beliefs rediscovered, and space and time were surpassed.
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E3 2017: Ubisoft's 'South Park: Phone Destroyer' will bring free-to-play PvP to Apple's iOS
By Neil Hughes | 3 years ago
The wacky world of South Park is coming to the iPhone later this year with "Phone Destroyer," a free-to-play title where characters from the hit long running TV show square off against each other in a neighborhood showdown.
Players will be able to choose to play from a variety of team options: cowboys, native Americans, buccaneers, knights, princesses, bards, choirboys, clerics, angels, cops, wizards, aliens, pigeons, and "cock magic."
The upcoming title is being developed in a collaboration between South Park Digital Studios and Ubisoft studio RedLynx. It will feature show creators Trey Park and Matt Stone, as well as other voice talent from the South Park series.
"South Park: Phone Destroyer" is a mobile card collection real-time battle game, where players will assemble a cast of characters and do battle against an opposing player's team in real time. Everything available can be earned in the game, without the need to spend any real-life money.
"The game is designed so that nothing is ever locked behind a paywall," the official site reads. "Everything in the game is available to all players as they progress, whether they choose to spend real-world money or not. Remember, you can always disable in-app purchases in your iOS device settings."
No specific launch date for "South Park: Phone Destroyer" has been set, but Ubisoft says the game will arrive later this year.
22july2013 Said:
Is there an in-game option to remove all the offensive material?
Mike Wuerthele Said:
Other than choosing to not play it?
williamlondon Said:
You'd be left with a blank screen, no? ;-)
razormaid Said:
I was wondering if we will be able to add offensive material if it’s not offensive enough??? You know in case a bunch of “adult coloring book “- “safe space” individuals try to call for a boycott and all were left with is “golle gee Kenny is no longer with us!” Instead of “you bastarrds you killed Kenny!”
jSnively Said:
Do people still get outraged at South Park? I feel like even the outrage groups go "yeah, it's South Park."
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Heroes of Kalevala review
This is a phenomenally good match-3 game. I don’t really like match-3 games, so consider this a fairly profound statement. Imagine if Puzzle Quest, instead of taking inspiration from classic RPGs, decided they preferred playing Civilization instead. That’s kind of what you get with Heroes of Kalevala. It’s much more basic than Civilization, of course, but you still get a simple world-building game with some astonishingly good match-3 puzzles.
Developed by MythPeople and distributed by 10tons LTD, these are the same folks that brought you Azkend, so they definitely know their way around a puzzle game. They’re also remarkably adept at weaving in elements of mythology into their games, so even though Heroes of Kalevala only has a story in the loosest possible sense, it has Finnish myths and legends pouring out of its ears.
Even if you don’t know the first thing about Finnish mythology, you’ll still be pleased by this gorgeous game and its robust set of puzzles. Like many match-3 games, you have to turn all the tiles blue by matching symbols. Of course, it’s never that easy, and there are a wide variety of hazards to hinder your progress. Blocks of ice, chains, and, my personal nemesis, the bubbling tar which spreads over time if you’re not careful.
There is also an evil witch who constantly sets her pet crow on you. The crow acts as a timer of sorts, steadily burning away the border around the puzzle grid. If it burns away the entire border, it’s game over, but it can be knocked out by making a match beside it to buy you some more time.
Gods, goddesses, and heroes also play a major role, as you unlock them over time. Once you’ve selected a hero at the beginning of the level, you can call upon them during gameplay by making a match with their tokens. They each have a special ability which can mean the difference between success and failure, and the relative difficulty of the levels ramps up very quickly and remains challenging throughout.
As you successfully complete levels, you earn coins, which you can use to develop a series of villages. Each village is unique, with its own distinct look and set of unlockables. You are responsible for building houses for your villagers and keeping them happy, and they reward you with increased bonuses after every level. It’s not Civ V or even Build-A-Lot, but it’s a cute and interesting addition to the match-3 genre. My only disappointment with the villages was that they weren’t really connected in any way, which took away from the world building enjoyment.
That said, I really enjoyed this game. In addition to a fun and fresh take on a classically dull gameplay, the visuals are utterly fantastic, and it even comes with a rich and beautiful soundtrack to enjoy. It’s one of the few games I can think of where I was more than happy to leave the sound on. As I said in the beginning, this is a phenomenally good match-3 game, and if you’re at all drawn to puzzle games, Heroes of Kalevala is well worth checking out.
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Ottawa and the provinces grapple with the question of selling a precious resource
John Geddes May 17 1999
Hot Water John Geddes May 17 1999
Jerry White has admired crystalline Gisborne Lake since the first time he flew over it 28 years ago. The water was so clear, he recalls, that he imagined he could count the pebbles on the bottom from the air. The shallow lake, about seven kilometres inland from the village of Grand Le Pierre on Newfoundland’s south coast, fills a depression scooped out of light pink granite by a glacier 10,000 years ago. There are no big rivers to flush muddy sediment into it, only clean rivulets fed by rain and melting snow. For White, who now runs a thriving construction business in Gander, that first aerial view grew into what has became an entrepreneurial vision: he wants to sell Gisborne Lake water to a parched world, both by the bottle and in oceangoing tankers. “There’s no other lake in Newfoundland like it,” he says. “That’s why I’m so interested.”
White’s grand plan is attracting worried scrutiny these days from politicians and top-level bureaucrats in Ottawa and St. John’s. The reason: his project poses the first real challenge to a federal government policy, announced with some fanfare on Feb. 10, that aims to outlaw all bulk water exports—if the provinces agree. It is the Liberal government’s bid to put to rest long-standing fears that Canadas most precious resource could be drained away to slake the thirst of foreign markets. But Newfoundland’s stand on White’s proposal is far from clear. And the Council of Canadians, the left-leaning lobby group, contends that allowing one bulk water scheme like White’s will make it all but impossible to stop future export projects. “Once you turn on the tap, you
can’t turn it off again,” warns COC chairwoman and anti-free-trade firebrand Maude Barlow.
Barlow’s argument is that, under the North American Free Trade Agreement, as soon as any bulk water export is allowed, all water will have to be treated as a trade good—subject to strict NAFTA rules. Her view, which is shared by the Canadian Environmental Law Association, among others, is that if Gisborne Lake water is allowed to be exported in tankers, any U.S. or Mexican company that was denied the right to set up a similar exporting scheme anywhere else in Canada would be entitled to demand compensation from Ottawa. But the federal government insists that interpretation of NAFTA is simply wrong. “If indeed we choose to trade some water as a good, that doesn’t create an obligation to trade any other water,” said a senior official in the department of foreign affairs and international trade.
Still, Ottawa admits this is a contentious area of trade law. So the federal government would much rather Newfoundland, along with all the other provinces, accept a ban that would prevent the NAFTA question from ever being put to the test. But for Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin, agreeing to that is not so easy: jobs are at stake. White’s plan calls for capturing about one-quarter of the lake’s annual outflow of 100 million cubic metres. His McCurdy Group of Companies would bottle some of it and pump the rest into tankers bound for far-away markets, perhaps in the Middle East. He estimates 150 jobs would be created in Grand Le Pierre—an outport community of about 400 people that was decimated by the collapse of the cod fishery. Its mayor, George Fizzard, blames Ottawa for pressuring Tobin to delay approval. “They say they’re interested in people finding work,” Fizzard complains. “Well, it doesn’t look much like it.”
Nobody objects to White setting up his bottled-
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water plant. It is the proposed tanker operation that has opponents up in arms, and leaves Newfoundland with its hard choice. The province’s environmental assessment panel is now looking at a second draft of White’s environmental impact study, after sending the first version back with a request for more information. White says he is confident the consultants he has hired to complete the mandatory environmental analysis have left no room for a legitimate rejection of the plan on grounds of damaging the local ecology. “All we’re going to do is catch this water before it gets into the ocean,” he says.
Variations on this drama—a smalltime entrepreneur pushing a reluctant provincial government to confront the emotional water-exporting issue—have been played out before. British Columbia banned bulk exports in 1995, before any of several firms then planning to ship bulk water to California could get their ventures up and running. (One of those companies, Sun Belt Water Inc. of Santa Barbara, Calif., served notice early this year of its intent to claim compensation, over the B.C. ban, from Ottawa under NAFTA, an action federal officials insist has little merit.) Last year, the Ontario government gave a permit to Nova Group of Sault Ste. Marie to ship Lake Superior water to Asia. An outcry from environmental groups ended when the province withdrew the permit and promised a new regulation to outlaw future bulk water exports.
The patchwork of provincial reactions prompted Ottawa to try to establish a national policy. On Feb. 10, Environment Minister Christine Stewart and Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy unveiled a strategy aimed at settling the issue once and for all. They promised to amend the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act to prohibit bulk removals from border waters, primarily the Great Lakes—putting an end to the old spectre of Canadian rivers being diverted to irrigate the arid U.S. southwest. At the same time, Ottawa and Washington together asked the International Joint Commission, the agency that oversees management of waters along the border, to study a wider range of issues surrounding diversions and large-scale removal of water from all boundary lakes and rivers. Finally, Ottawa launched the talks with the provinces aimed at an accord banning large-scale transfers of water out of Canadian watersheds, whether within the country or for export.
Work towards the accord is off to a halting start. Along with doubts about Newfoundland’s final position, Quebec is, predictably, following its own course, conducting a sweeping review to come up with a provincial water policy— while leaving open the possibility of bulk exports. Some observers now doubt whether Ottawa will be able to
cobble together a nationwide accord. That leaves critics, including Barlow’s COC, urging the federal Liberals to unilaterally impose a national export ban. But Stewart told Macleans she sees no need for Ottawa to go it alone. She said no province—including Newfoundland—is likely to risk the public backlash that would follow a decision to allow large-scale exports. “This is such an important issue for Canadians,” Stewart said, “that my sense is the .« provinces are well aware of that reality.” I Many technical experts question the ? underlying assumption that big water exports are really a lucrative business proposition. “Despite all the kerfuffle, the export market for Canadian water is minimal,” says Don Tate, a former Environment Canada official now working as an independent water management consultant in Ottawa. A report released by Quebec as part of its water policy review, for example, says desalination plants can turn salt water into fresh water at a cost of $ 1.50 to $2 per cubic metre—two to three times cheaper than the cost of transporting water long distances by tanker. As for the U.S. southwest—often portrayed as a potential sponge for Canadian water —Southern Illinois University water management expert Ben Dziegielewski says conservation methods, from ultralow-flush toilets to efficient drip irrigation systems, make far better economic sense than massive water imports.
Would-be water entrepreneurs agree that selling drinking water to well-off consumers—not solving large-scale shortages—is where the money will be. “What we’re talking about is high-end drinking water,” says Fred Paley, chief executive officer of Vancouver-based Global Water Corp., which has hopes of shipping water in bottles and by tanker from Alaska to China, California and perhaps the Middle East. “You could put together a heck of a water-marketing program,” he adds, “based on the imagery and mystique of Alaska.” Or, presumably, around the image of a pristine Newfoundland lake. But whether Jerry White gets his chance to mount that campaign is now a question not of business but of politics. Eû]
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Pandemic boosts Grand Canyon Railway personal charters
Above: Grand Canyon Railway photo by Cory Bergquist. Experience AZ | 12 Jul, 2020 | Experience AZ
Something remarkable is happening in the post-quarantine world out at the Grand Canyon Railway – everyday people are calling and chartering their own luxury private railroad cars, once the exclusive domain of presidents, tycoons and the legendary stars of Hollywood. As a matter of fact, people are asking if they can charter and run their own entire train.
“People want to control their environment,” says Samuel Langner at Xanterra Travel Collection who oversees and operates as the concierge for chartering these private railcars on the Grand Canyon Railway. “They are asking to charter cars and trains for mostly family celebrations and reunions.” It’s also Christmas in July, with requests already coming in from families and groups wanting to charter an entire Polar Express train that runs to the “North Pole” from mid-November through January 3, 2021.
These private railroad cars put the First Class sections of a plane or a suite in a resort to shame. Depending on the car selected, features can include outdoor rear observation decks, skylight domes, kitchens, living rooms and lounges and even bedrooms. And, yes, private bathrooms. The trains come with private chefs, bartenders, entertainers, and staff. The cars feature fine fabrics, handcrafted teak and fine wood interiors, china and real silverware, TVs and satellite radio.
Built in the luxurious era in the late 1940s and 1950s the cars have names such as the rear open-aired observation car (The Kansas); a parlor/café and lounge car (The Utah); and a coveted vista dome/sleeper car (The California). There is The Santa Fe a luxury parlor/lounge/café car that can be added to the daily train to the Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon Railway is one of the rather rare privately operated railroads in the US and therefore it’s possible to charter railroad cars, or an entire train. It’s even possible to have one of the railroads historic steam engines fired up to pull the train.
The Grand Canyon Railway runs 65 miles from Williams, Ariz., on historic Route 66 to within steps of the South Rim of Grand Canyon and El Tovar, the Bright Angel Trailhead and Hopi House. It runs everyday except on Christmas.
Call 928-635-5700 or visit www.thetrain.com/charters for information.
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Chinese smartphone company Meizu has today revealed that it’s also working with Google to produce an Android Go smartphone. It plans to release the budget phone later this year itself, joining the ranks of Nokia, ZTE, and others who’ve already introduced their Android Go devices.
Meizu’s head of global marketing Ard Boudeling confirm this development on Twitter, adding that the company is closely working with Google to bring its Android Go plans to fruition. This is great news for the company, as well as Meizu fans across Asia and Europe, where the brand has a significant presence.
Those of you who've been following me for a while know how passionate I am about Android Go.
I'm proud to share we're working together with Google to launch Meizu's first #AndroidGoEdition smartphone! pic.twitter.com/r9vaZQaaeH
— Ard Boudeling (@ArdCB) April 24, 2018
And that’s everything we know about Meizu’s Android Go plans. While there is not much info available about the device, we can be sure it will not run the company’s own proprietary Flyme OS. In response to a Twitter query, Boudeling also revealed that Meizu has no plans to make an Android One device this year.
Not this year, at least.
If you’re unfamiliar with Android Go, it is a lightweight variant of Android that has been designed to run on phones with up to 1GB of RAM. Google has not only optimized its OS but also reconstructed several of its core apps from the ground up to reduce its size.
We are excited to see what Meizu’s Android Go device will look like and how it’s going to perform. The company has, however, told Android Headlines that it has no plans to enter the US market, but the phone could be launched in China, India, and rest of Asia.
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National Health Plan Consultation Paper
This morning [June 10] Minister of Health Zane Desilva delivered a Ministerial Statement about the National Health Plan Consultation Paper, saying “The initial consultation period is now over and the written feedback has finally ceased to trickle in. I am very happy to report that we received over 100 written submissions. Written feedback was received from the public, employers and the health insurers. In addition, some charities and health professionals also wrote in.”
Minister DeSilva’s full statement is below:
Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members, on 8th February 2011 I unveiled the National Health Plan Consultation Paper, and initiated a first phase of public discussion on the important topic of health reform in our country.
The consultation period officially ended on 30th April, but all feedback received after that date – and there was plenty – was accepted.
This allowed a three-month consultation period. Three months packed with 44 meetings and presentations to over 500 stakeholders, including public meetings, meetings with health insurers, meetings with physicians, presentations to charities, and meetings with employers and international business.
Mr. Speaker, the local papers ran 24 news articles during this period; and add to that the large radio and television audiences who listened to news reports and the numerous talk shows we attended, and you get an appreciation of how much was done to spread information about the National Health Plan. In addition, the community utilised social media such as ‘Facebook’ to communicate about the Plan.
Short of knocking on doors, Mr Speaker, there was little else that could be done to get the word out to the community. But that little extra will be done as we continue with the consultation process in future phases of the Plan. In the next round we intend to set up a dedicated web site and an official ‘Facebook’ page to ensure that as many people as possible are talking about the National Health Plan.
Mr Speaker, the initial consultation period is now over and the written feedback has finally ceased to trickle in. I am very happy to report, Mr Speaker, that we received over 100 written submissions.
Written feedback was received from the public, employers and the health insurers. In addition, some charities and health professionals also wrote in.
Mr Speaker, we are now in the process of collating this very large response and a report will be published summarizing the feedback received and outlining the next steps in our health reform plans.
But let me be clear, Mr Speaker, we have always maintained – in every meeting, in every presentation, in every public event – that the work is only just beginning.
This is only the start of a process that will include much more involvement and hard work from all stakeholders, including physicians and other health professionals; local and international employers; insurers; and many more.
The National Health Plan is intended to provide the strategic direction to reform our health care system.
The consultation exercise is helping us to identify what changes need to be made to the proposals before we get too far ahead in the process. With this feedback, we can commence the really hard work of designing and delivering on implementation.
Mr Speaker, the Consultation Paper included 11 goals which were intended to make our health system equitable and sustainable.
Once the Plan is finalized the number of goals may differ from that originally proposed and we will establish the exact number in the coming months.
However, Mr Speaker, it has been clear for 15 years – and it is crystal clear now – that work on some of the goals is essential for Bermuda now – not in three or seven years time. NOW. Therefore, we are beginning the process of identifying relevant individuals to assign to ‘Task Groups’ to work on these priority areas.
These individuals will be drawn from a broad cross-section of the community. They will include everyone from physicians to chiropractors, from charities to private businesses, both local and international employers, private and public health insurers, and – most importantly – patient advocates.
Mr Speaker, there will not be a stakeholder missing from the ‘Task Groups’.
The ‘Task Groups’ will be asked to develop multiple options for achieving each of the goals, and we will ensure we have the best minds around the table to make sure we produce the best results for Bermuda.
But, Mr Speaker, now that I’ve given this brief update please allow me to address some of the comments made about the National Health Plan by newly appointed Senator, Dr Michelmore, as reported in the Bermuda Sun on Wednesday 1st June 2011.
For the record, I want to clarify the issue that has arisen which suggests that physicians have not been involved in the process.
Mr Speaker, these comments are wholly misleading and inaccurate and I can state for the record that physicians were intimately involved in developing the Plan. Any statement to the contrary is absolutely and categorically untrue.
Three of the country’s key physicians were at the table throughout the development of the Plan and their medical knowledge and frontline experience played a significant part in the formulation of the proposals which were eventually put forward.
Mr Speaker, to claim that physicians were not involved is at best disingenuous; and at worst is an insult to the three physicians who contributed their time, effort and indeed, their passion for the ultimate benefit of Bermuda.
However, I understand that some physicians are concerned that we didn’t consult with them first. But they have been advised at every opportunity that physicians, as well as other health professionals like nurses and dentists, will be involved in the design and implementation phases of the National Health Plan.
Mr Speaker, I would reiterate again that the necessity for the involvement of physicians has been stated at every opportunity.
We will certainly be counting on contributions from our physicians during the upcoming phases and I sincerely hope that this genuine intention to include and involve physicians is embraced.
Secondly, Mr Speaker, claims have been made that we are: “reluctant to admit where we are going with the National Health Plan”.
Mr Speaker, I find this to be a truly astonishing assertion!
We could not have been more clear about where we intend to go: equity and sustainability!
Both of these objectives are defined in the Plan as our ‘reform strategy’ and we have made it abundantly clear that financial modelling will be utilised as an important element to define exactly how this can be achieved.
Mr Speaker, the Plan is clear in its intent to introduce universal coverage, equal access to basic healthcare, and proportional financial burden.
Mr Speaker, it would appear that certain elements of our community prefer to use the nonsensical and inaccurate term “socialised medicine”.
But, Mr Speaker, let me remind my honourable colleagues why this term is both inaccurate and misleading.
“Socialised Medicine” is not a technical term. It has no conceptual depth, no technical definition, and doesn’t exist in the technical literature on health systems or health financing.
It is at best a ‘lay term’ generally used by opponents of universal healthcare to discredit such efforts by associating them with socialism.
As seen in debates in the US, it can be a powerful political weapon, even if it has no formal definition.
The term “Socialized Medicine” was popularized in 1947 by a public relations firm working for the American Medical Association to discredit President Truman’s proposal for a national healthcare system. It was a label used to associate this proposal with communism, and to a certain extent it worked.
So please, Mr Speaker, let us not permit this debate to degenerate by the adoption of crude propagandist terms.
We have been absolutely frank in what we would like to see: universal coverage, equal access to basic healthcare, and proportional contributions.
The Plan makes it clear that there is no intention for Government to displace or replace private providers.
Mr Speaker, I do not think that we could have been more open and displayed any greater transparency in regard to the intention of the proposals for health care reforms.
However Mr Speaker, it is too soon to say what the outcome of the initial consultation process has been. There certainly has been a great deal of public discussion and we are developing the work on the financial analysis to provide the public with more information on the “how” when it comes to the cost implications.
Mr Speaker, I ask everyone to work with us as the process evolves and as I stated before, stakeholders from across our community will be at the table working with us throughout the process.
I look forward to coming back to this honourable House with the outcome of the initial consultation phase and to expand with further details on the next steps.
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Black Soil says:
Zane is doing his best. But is a construction boss the best person to be asking the tough questions when it comes to the future of our health care? Zane would be better in Works & Engineering.
Hudson says:
What i don’t understand is why we are trying to Nationalise our Health Care, when it is clear that although the current system needs a little tweeking, it has worked very well for the last 40+ years. Why give it to the Government to run when they’ve proven they can’t run what they have already? Education – privatise it and move on. Environment – a joke – every two seconds there is an SDO going through. Transport – again, privatise it and move on. Sustainability? This government wouldn’t understand the word sustainability if they were hit over the head with the Oxford Dictionary. No, please, please please don’t now ruin our Health system. It’s like the education system of the 70s and 80s – not without flaws, but working non the less. Watch this space, and i look forward to the discussions about how things were in about 15 years from now.
Fool me once says:
I agree with @ Hudson. The Govt is already having a hard time running Education, Tourism and Transport. They haven’t even sorted out the sustainability of Future Care yet. Please don’t nationalize our health care! And BTW, we are not a nation – we are the size of a small town. Oh please!
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Don’t expect to see that classic Fox logo up there for too much longer.
Variety reports that Disney is rebranding the studios it bought from Fox last year. 20th Century Fox will become “20th Century Studios” while “Fox Searchlight Pictures” is now simply “Searchlight Pictures.”
There are still more changes to make:
On the TV side, however, no final decisions have been made about adjusting the monikers of production units 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 21 Television Studios. Discussions about a possible name change are underway, but no consensus has emerged, according to a source close to the situation. Disney has already started the process to phase out the Fox name: Email addresses have changed for Searchlight staffers, with the fox.com address replaced with a searchlightpictures.com address.
These moves are not entirely shocking: Rupert Murdoch’s company is still called Fox Corporation. (It was previously 21st Century Fox until Disney’s purchase.) Continuing to call these movie-producing entitles variations of “Fox” could create brand confusion — before you factor in that for a lot of people “Fox” means “Fox News,” a channel that has nothing to do with Disney.
It’s sort of weird to rename something “20th Century Pictures” in the 21st century, even if those two words were a big part of the original company’s identity and famous logo for decades. (The simple “Searchlight Pictures” makes a lot more sense.) Then again, what else are you going to call it? You can’t keep the Fox part. If you want to maintain that connection to the studio’s past — which includes the making of classics like The Sound of Music, Alien, Star Wars, Die Hard, and many others — there aren’t many other options.
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Salt Rock SP (Baltic) and Lazizah Bakery (Yantic) CT
Cherry and I continue on the Sky’s the Limit Challenge by finishing our ninth (of fourteen) hike
SALT ROCK STATE PARK (BALTIC)
Lazizah Bakery, yummy Mediterranean food in a charming location
Tags: Baltic, Connecticut, Rock Salt SP, Yantic
Categories : Beth Lapin Blog, DEEP Sky's the Limit
Dennis Hill SP (Norfolk) & Harriet Beecher Stowe Garden (Hartford)
Another winning combination
Dennis Hill State Park, Norfolk
Lunch at the Cafe in Norfolk, with a view of Infinity Hall
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Historical gardens, Hartford
Largest magnolia tree in CT
Tags: Connecticut, Dennis Hill, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hartford, Norfolk, State Park
Categories : Beth Lapin Blog, CT Historic Gardens, DEEP Sky's the Limit
Kettletown SP (Southbury) and Glebe House/Jekyll Garden (Woodbury) CT
Our next DEEP Sky’s the Challenge site: Kettletown State Park in Southbury.
We also stopped at the Glebe House/Gertrude Jekyll Garden:
Lunch at Leo’s “Fit for a King”
Raspberry bread
Tags: Connecticut, Glebe House, Jekyll Garden, Kettletown State park, Leo's Restaurant, Southbury, Woodbury
Harkness, Rocky Neck, and Flo Griswold
Gorgeous day to hit a few DEEP Sky’s the Limit and CT Historical Garden sites
HARKNESS STATE PARK (a DEEP Sky’s the Limit and CT Historical Garden site)
Beautiful natural features on our walk
The Gardens were in great form
ROCKY NECK STATE PARK (DEEP Sky’s the Limit site)
Niantic, CT
Sweet walk along marshes and vistas
(Lunch at the newly reopened HALLMARKS in Old Lyme; excellent ice cream)
FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM (CT Historical Garden site)
Gardens were lovely
Fascinating exhibit (text below from Flo Griwold website)
June 1–September 8, 2019
Fragile Earth: The Naturalist Impulse in Contemporary Art
Four leading contemporary artists, Mark Dion, James Prosek, Jennifer Angus, and Courtney Mattison will create installations that reflect the vulnerability of our natural world in conversation with the landscape and historic structures of the Florence Griswold Museum. By bringing to the site artists who make natural history their medium, Fragile Earth will illustrate the continued relevance of ecology and nature conservation to contemporary artistic practice and showcase the persuasive and powerful role artists play in advocating for the preservation of our earth by bringing their perspective to natural science.
Tags: Connecticut, Florence Griswold Museum, Hallmarks, Harkness SP, Niantic, Old Lyme, Rocky Neck SP, Waterford
Pierrepont SP, Ridgefield; Heibeck’s Stand and Weir Farm NHS, Wilton
Cherry and I head to our penultimate DEEP Sky’s the Challenge hike: Seth Low Pierrepoint State Park!
(text from DEEP website): Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve was a gift to the Connecticut State Park and Forest Commission from Seth Low Pierrepont upon his death in 1956. Mr. Pierrepont was a millionaire and ex-diplomat who served as a United States official in Lisbon, Rome, Paris, Santiago and Chile. He also worked as chief of the American Division of the State Department. Mr. Pierrepont purchased the estate from the Scott family in the early 1930’s.
Then lunch of hotdogs and homemade ice cream at Cherry’s good find: Heibeck’s Stand (along with their adjacent owned garage bathrooms!) (text from their website): The History of Heibeck’s began when George and Katherine Dlhy (pronounced Delhee) Heibeck moved to Georgetown in 1931. Katherine (known as Dodo by many) cooked in her own kitchen and served home cooked lunches in the two front rooms of the main building. She made her own pastries, pies, and cakes. The office employees at the Gilbert and Bennett Wire Mill were regular customers. As soon as they moved to Georgetown, they started improvements to the property, adding redwood log siding and a porch to the main building, and started building Heibeck’s Stand, which was originally located about forty feet from the main building and then later moved and attached to the main building where it is today.
And finally a quick visit to the Weir Farm National Historic Site gardens where I received my note card gift. (text from their website): A National Park for the Arts: Visit the home and studio of America’s most beloved Impressionist, J. Alden Weir, and walk in the footsteps of generations of world-class artists. Set amidst more than 60 acres of painterly woods, fields, and waterways, you’ll soon see why Weir described his home as the “Great Good Place.” Weir’s farm is a national legacy to American Impressionism, the creative spirit, and historic preservation.
Posters of CT Historic Gardens by various artists made into note cards
Hard to believe but we have only one more hike! It’s a tough one, too. We will wait until it cools down in September to finish up.
Tags: Connecticut, Heibeck's Stand, Pierrepont SP, Ridgefield, Sky's the Challenge, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton
Categories : CT Historic Gardens, DEEP Sky's the Limit, Hiking
DEEP #12: Sunny Brook State Park/Vientiane Thai Restaurant, Torrington CT
We just finished DEEP site #12, and it’s our twelfth hike of the 14–only two more to go!!!
Interesting cairns along the creek
Lunch at Vientiane Thai Restaurant — yummy
Tags: Connecticut, Sunny Brook SP, Thai food, Torrington
Categories : DEEP Sky's the Limit, Hiking
River Highlands State Park, Cromwell CT
(Text from DEEP website) Where once there were farm fields and pastures, today there is a totally wooded, wonderfully situated, twenty-first century state park. Dedicated in 2001, this recent addition to the park system preserves 177 acres of ecologically important Connecticut River frontage. Tucked into a growing suburban landscape, River Highlands has escaped development to provide a quiet refuge with a wonderful view.
Lush with mixed woodlands dominated by oak, beech, and white pine, the hilly topography ranges in elevation from about 15 feet above sea level by the river to over 150 feet at the northern and southern high spots on the bluffs.
The most level area, or at least the most gently sloping, is at the park entrance on Field Road. It was here, and to the north, that pasture and field once flourished. Today the woodlands have taken over and the wetland systems have rebuilt themselves offering the visitor a true glimpse of the tranquility of the Eastern Forests.
But the real asset of the park is the view from the bluffs it protects. The Connecticut River, beautiful from so many locations, is at its best here. The bluffs are highest at the northern end of the park rising 130 feet above the water, and the view is ample reward for the hike to get there.
The are many trails in the park to lead the hiker across wooden bridges, over streams, along the 150 foot high bluff, or down to the water’s edge past a unique geologic feature known as the blowhole. Here one can hear the wind as it whistles past the bluffs. The Native Americans came to listen to the “wind being caught by the spirit of the earth.” When the colonists arrived they called it Devil’s Blowhole, believing it was an act of Satan. Sailors knew it as an area of quick winds as the park is just upstream of one of the tightest bends on the lower river.
Lunch at Ambrosia, Cromwell
Tags: Connecticut, DEEP, River Highlands State Park
Moosup Valley State Park, Plainville and Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, CT
(Text from DEEP website): The Moosup Valley State Park Trail (MVSPT) is a 5.8 mile rail trail in eastern Connecticut. It passes through the towns of Sterling and Plainfield on the rail bed of the former New Haven Railroad. It is a link in the ongoing assemblage of the East Coast Greenway. The former New Haven Railroad operated along this rail bed from 1898 to 1968.
In Plainfield, the trail is about 2.2 miles long with its western terminus at the River Street parking area. Heading east, the trail skirts the edge of the Moosup River Valley and offers occasional scenic vistas.
We had a fun lunch at Deary Brothers Mike’s Stand
(Text from Deary Brothers website): As we celebrate our 81st anniversary, we are honored to highlight the fine heritage of the Deary family and that of the outstanding employees who are the foundation of our success.
(Old) Tom and (Old) Jim Deary (of Dudley, MA.) founded Deary Bros. Inc. in 1913. They processed milk and other dairy products and distributed their goods from house to house. They expanded their business into other areas and eventually opened this ice cream stand in 1937. They found a perfect location, however the house that stood at the desired location had to be moved around the corner to make room for the new business. The original house would eventually become the home of (Young) Tom and Teddy Deary and their thirteen children. Each of the thirteen children worked countless hours at The Stand.
Mr. Jones and Bill Moyer initially ran the family owned business. The Stand featured the best ice cream in the area. Five and ten cent cones were served for hours at a time from each of the ten windows at The Stand.
Next was the Roseland Cottage!
(Text from the Roseland Cottage website): Built in 1846 in the newly fashionable Gothic Revival style, Roseland Cottage was the summer home of Henry and Lucy Bowen and their young family. While the house is instantly recognizable for its pink exterior, Roseland Cottage has an equally colorful interior, featuring elaborate wall coverings, heavily patterned carpets, and stained glass, much of which survives unchanged from the Victorian era. The house is a National Historic Landmark.
Woodstock native Henry Bowen returned to his hometown after establishing a successful business in New York City. He used Roseland Cottage as a place to entertain friends and political connections, including four U.S. presidents. The picturesque landscape includes original boxwood-edged parterre gardens planted in the 1850s. The estate includes an icehouse, aviary, carriage barn, and the nation’s oldest surviving indoor bowling alley. It reflects the principles of Andrew Jackson Downing, a leading nineteenth-century tastemaker.
Tags: Connecticut, Moosup Valley, Roseland COttage, Woodstock
George D Seymour State Park
From the DEEP site: George Dudley Seymour was a man of vision. In 1883, at the age of 24, he began his law career in New Haven. His great success as a patent attorney provided him with the wealth necessary to fulfill his desire of land preservation in many areas of the state. In addition to the acquisition of this 334 acre park which bears his name, Seymour and his foundation acquired all or part of seven other state parks: Beaver Brook, Becket Hill, Bigelow Hollow, Hurd, Millers Pond, Platt Hill, and Stoddard Hill state parks and the Nathan Hale State Forest.
This park location in Seymour’s name was once the estate of George, Henry and Thomas Clark. Their Clark Cutaway Harrow Company in Higganum successfully produced cider presses, disk harrows, hay spreaders, plows, carriage jacks and other necessities of the day in the late 1800s and into the early 1900s. Their wealth enabled them to purchase the land and build their family estate at this location along the Connecticut River. The estate was called Clarkhurst for their own surname, and -hurst, meaning a wooded piece of rising ground. Here along the floodplain their comfortable lives played out and their agricultural tools were tested.
Over the years Henry purchased the property from his brothers, but with his passing in 1914 the mansion and many buildings began their decline. Deeded to his daughter in 1921, she attempted the maintenance of the property through the development of a golf course and other recreational facilities. But by the depression years of the 1930s, overgrowth and structural collapse had sealed its fate. In 1942 the land was acquired by Mrs. Marion Guthrie who, though she attempted its quick sale ultimately held it until 1960. Gladly the George Dudley Seymour Foundation provided the $60,000 necessary and the Connecticut Forest and Park Association was able to purchase the land for the state.
It is interesting to note that native grasses across the state have been altered or replaced over time as a result of various land uses. But here on these floodplain soils, grass species that date from the 1600s or earlier can be found. These grasses predate European colonization and represent a time only the Native peoples were witness to. These and other grasslands within the park provide an excellent location for bird watching. In the spring of some years the DEEP manages this habitat with mowing and through controlled burns.
We lunched at Two Wrasslin’ Cats, East Haddam. Good food, great ethics, home to Saturday vigils and various marches.
Tags: Connecticut, Dudley S Seymour SP, East Haddam, Haddam, Two Wrasslin' Cats
Middletown Hero: Major General Maurice Rose
A year or so ago, a sign went up on Route 9 as it passed north through my town, Middletown, CT. A section of the road was dedicated to the memory of Major General Maurice Rose. I decided to find out more.
Maurice Rose was born in Middletown in 1899; a plaque marks the location on Main Street. When he was four, his family moved to Denver. Rose was determined to join the military and served in both World War I and II.
It was in 1944 in Germany, after multiple medals and heroic accomplishments, that Rose was shot by the Germans. His initial grave was later moved to the Netherlands.
In his memory, the following are named after him: a school in the Netherlands, a hospital in Denver, a Jewish War Veterans Post 51 in Middletown, and the Middletown Armed Forces Reserve Center.
The most remarkable occurrence at a recent presentation about Rose by Post 51’s Karen Uberti was the arrival of a WWII colleague. Almost ninety-eight year old Bob Swarsky arrived by wheelchair, maneuvered by his friend Glenn, to tell of his personal recollections of the day that Rose was killed. With hearing and mental agility that surpassed most of us in the room, Swarsky spoke about many efforts of the 3rd Armored Division, First Army.
As those who served during that time get fewer and fewer, it becomes even more important and poignant to hear their stories and honor their memories.
Tags: 3rd Armored Division, Bob Swarsky, Connecticut, First Army, Maurice Rose, Middletown, WWII
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Find the right Selling a Business attorney in Farmington Hills, MI
It can be quite profitable to sell a business after years of work. The hopes of one day being acquired by a larger firm are shared by many businesses. However, selling a business is rarely a simple affair. Parties to the purchase of a business must comply with Federal and Michigan laws that govern mergers, acquisitions, negotiations and securities exchanges.
How Do I Sell a Business?
To sell a business there must be an offer, whether it is solicited or not. Purchase agents in Farmington Hills not only help to acquire an offer, but also lends advice about which offers are worthwhile to consider. Deciding the correct value for the rights you are selling is critical in this process. To do this, financial statements must be updated and prepared to comply with Michigan and Federal law. Usually a formal contract will be written as the agreement nears its conclusion. The provisions contained in the contract should present all matters discussed in a fair light, and this requires careful review by both parties.
What Will I Give Up in the Business?
The sale of a business is simply the transfer of a right known as "control". The party with control of a business directs its operations and may use the business property as it sees fit. A party seeking to purchase a Farmington Hills business may not be concerned with all aspects of the company. In fact, purchasers are usually interested in acquiring control as cheaply as possible, and this may allow other rights, including the right to future earnings, to be apportioned or even retained by the seller. Because of the wide variety of different concerns buyers may have, negotiations are essential. Each party should voice their intents and concerns during this process.
Parties who want to sell businesses must meet the requirements of Michigan law. Ensuring that the sale is proper is much simpler with the advice of a local lawyer practicing in Farmington Hills.
Life in Farmington Hills
Farmington Hills is located in southeastern Michigan. It is hte largest city in Michigan's Oakland County. Per the 2010 census, the population is around 79.740 people. Farmington Hills is known as an upscale area, and is also located very near the affluent area of Ann Arbor.
The top employers include Botsford Hospital, the school district, Bosch, Quicken Loans, Gale, TD Auto Finance, Aditya Birla Minacs, TRW Automotive Electronics, ACO Hardware, and Nissan Technical Center North America.
Farmington Hills is also home to some attorneys who residents often turn to for thier legal needs. Ann Arbor is also home to many law firms that practice in almost all areas of law, that train their attorneys to always litigate and act in the best interest of their clients.
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Welcome to Bute Park and Arboretum
Behind Cardiff Castle just a short walk from the city’s main high streets and civic centre, Bute Park is the green heart of the city.
Explore a superb tree collection, natural play features, an education centre, three cafes, and a wealth of horticulture and wildlife.
Bute Park is a Green Flag site and a CADW Grade 1 listed park. Read about the history of the park.
Discover Bute Park
Donated Seat Scheme
Would you like to donate a tree?
Provide a living legacy and a lifetime of enjoyment for you, your family and our other park visitors. New trees in Bute Park are carefully selected as part of an ongoing maintenance and development of the arboretum.
Your donation will help protect and restore “Pumba” to his former glory.
Take a walk through our beautiful arboretum which has over 3,000 individually catalogued trees.
Bute Park hosts a variety of events. Find out what events are happening.
From bird feeders and bird tables to our very own bee hives, there’s plenty of wildlife to see!
Park attractions
trees and plants
Handlebar Barista serve takeaway barista coffee, drinks and snacks between three sites in the north of the park. Their vintage trikes and eco-friendly tuk-tuk move between Blackweir Changing Rooms, Blackweir Footbridge, and a spot on the Taff Trail (next to Talybont student residences). There’s something for everyone, with breakfast and lunch menus, summer ice creams,... View Handlebar Barista Learn more.
Nature Activity Trail
Aimed at our younger visitors – this trail is ideal for those aged 4 to 10. Learn more.
Dock Feeder Canal
The Dock Feeder Canal runs along the eastern boundary of Bute Park from Blackweir at the north end, south to the Castle, where it turns east, and runs along the north side of the Castle to leave the park. Learn more.
Blackweir Woods
This beautiful woodland is designated as a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation (SINC) because of its importance to wildlife in Cardiff. It includes plants such as wood anemones, toothwort, moschatel (town hall clock), and ramsons (wild garlic), which are characteristic of native ancient woodland. Learn more.
Cardiff Salad Garden
A range of salad leaves are grown all year round for continuous harvesting. Learn more.
Meteorological Station
The present-day station is part of the Met Office network of more than 270 automatic weather stations which report a mixture of snapshot hourly observations of the weather (synoptic observations) as well as daily summaries of the weather (climate observations). Learn more.
Tree Charter Pole
The Charter for Trees, Woods and People sets out the principles for a society in which people and trees can stand stronger together. Learn more.
Wildlife Explorer Trail
Bute Park Wildlife Explorer Trails are available to collect at the Education Centre. Learn more.
You can hire a bike from Pedal Power in Pontcanna and enjoy the beauty of Bute Park or cycle along the Taff Trail. Learn more.
The water taxi service is a unique and fun way to travel to the park. Learn more.
The Bute Park Plant Shop stock a range of plants and bulbs to purchase. Our knowledgeable staff are happy to offer expert advice on purchasing and maintaining our beautiful plants. Learn more.
Gorsedd Stone Circle
This circular collection of stones was installed in 1978 to commemorate the Welsh National Eisteddfod in Cardiff. Learn more.
The Bute Park Visitor Centre is a hub for learning and training and acts as a visitor centre for the park. Learn more.
Bute Park honey is now back on the menu and available to buy directly from Bute Park Education Centre and Pettigrew Tea Rooms Learn more.
Our renowned ‘Herbaceous Border’ is a striking display of perennial and herbaceous plants that runs parallel to the river Taff. Learn more.
Bat Meadow
The wildflower meadow was created in 2017 to provide a diverse and attractive habitat for insects, pollinators and a food source to encourage an increase in bat population. Learn more.
Woodland Play Trail
Hidden in the woods behind the Summerhouse Café, 11 outdoor play items create an exciting and fun woodland balance trail for youngsters or the young-at-heart. Learn more.
There are twenty one sculptures to discover throughout the park. Learn more.
Seasonal Discovery Trails
Our Seasonal Discovery Trails are packed with fun ideas for children to do in the park throughout the year. Learn more.
History Points (QR code) Trail
Use your QR scanner to access a wealth of information, old photographs, drawings and maps of Bute Park. Learn more.
Champion tree trail
This trail takes you around the park and highlights our Champion Tree selection. Champion Trees are acknowledged as the tallest or broadest of their type in the British Isles, and currently Bute Park has 41 champion trees. Find out about our collection by picking up a Champion Tree Trail map from the Education Centre. Learn more.
Family tree trail
A trail for families with children - giving you a fun and friendly insight into our collection. Learn more.
Blackfriar’s Friary
Blackfriars Friary is an ancient scheduled monument and a grade II listed building dating back to the 13th Century. Learn more.
Mill Leat
The body of water along the western edge of Cardiff Castle is known as the Mill Leat. Learn more.
The Summerhouse cafe offers a wide selection of locally sourced drinks and snacks. Learn more.
Producing thousands of bedding plants and supplying plants and trees throughout Cardiff’s parks and in the city centre. Learn more.
Animals peer over the wall from the park onto Castle Street delighting generations of residents and visitors. Learn more.
The River Taff is 64 km long and is formed at Cefn-coed-y-cymmer in Merthyr Tydfil at the confluence of the rivers Taf Fechan and Taf Fawr. Learn more.
The Secret Garden Cafe is an independent business who describe themselves as “An honest cafe in the heart of Cardiff, promoting local produce, the environment and community.” Learn more.
Along the path around Blackweir playing fields you will find our fitness trail which features 8 fitness stations. Learn more.
This vintage-style tea room is located at the southern end of the park in the handsome West Lodge building on Castle Street. Learn more.
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Safety plan created: US cruise lines want no-sail order to be lifted
By Latoya
There’s currently a no-sail order in place, but major cruise lines in the US have put together a safety plan in case they are allowed to go to sea in the near future.
Should sailing resume, the Cruise Lines International Association says its members will require all passengers and crew to be tested for COVID-19 before being allowed to board. Everyone on board would be required to wear a mask, and they would try to ensure there is physical distancing where possible. The plan also requires ships to increase fresh air onboard and use advanced filtration methods where feasible.
The association intends to bring this plan to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which currently has a no-sail order for US waters through September 30. They hope that the CDC will use the safety plan to help decide whether to lift the no-sail order that has been extended twice since March.
While they hope the no-sail order will be lifted, Arnold Donald, the president and CEO of Carnival Corp., said that it would take cruise ships at least a month to prepare for sea once the CDC lifts the order.
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Governor JB Pritzker removes his face mask Monday, June 15, inside Crosswalk Community Action Agency in West Frankfort. (Isabel Miller)
Governor JB Pritzker removes his face mask Monday, June 15, inside Crosswalk Community Action Agency in West Frankfort.
Isabel Miller
Pritzker visits West Fankfort to discuss grants
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker visited Crosswalk Community Action Agency in West Frankfort Monday to speak about grants administered by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
“Since mid-April, Crosswalk has received more community assistance requests than anywhere else in the state of Illinois other than Cook county,” Pritzker said.
He said COVID-19 has had devastating financial implications for Illinois’ most vulnerable.
Shalynn Malone of Carterville argues with Reopen Illinois protesters Monday, June 15, outside Crosswalk Community Action Agency in West Frankfort. "I was hoping to hear JB Priztker speak. I admire him and all that he does for the people I work for, I'm a licensed clinical social worker. And these programs benefit the people that I try to help every day," Malone said.
“We have dedicated an additional $90 million this year to our Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and our Community Services Block Grant program through the federal CARES Act,” Pritzker said.
A total of $275 million has been allotted to these programs, which help to provide food, rent, temporary shelter, and bill-pay assistance for low-income families.
The income threshold for the programs has been increased by 150% to 200% of the federal poverty level. That means one million more Illinoisans are now eligible for community assistance.
“This increase in income guidelines will allow thousands more who might possibly have never received assistance from any type of community action agency before to receive assistance now,” Executive Director of Crosswalk Debra Jackanicz said.
According to Jackanicz, Crosswalk staff have already seen a record number of customers applying for assistance through the agency’s new website http://helpillinoisfamilies.com.
“Not only does this website eliminate the need for in-person contact, but it also addresses the transportation barriers that many of our customers face,” Jackanicz said.
For a family of four, this increase will now support a monthly income of up to $4,300.
Residents seeking emerging relief can visit helpillinoisfamilies.com to determine their eligibility.
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Sangje had to drop out of school three years ago because of financial difficulties. After her mother got divorced, they had to leave home, taking nothing with them – no cattle or sheep, and no grassland. All their mother had was her and her two other siblings.
Her mother supported them as much as she could, even borrowing money when they did not have enough. Her two sisters was able to continue their schooling, however Sangje had to drop out and take on several jobs to help with the family’s finances. She worked here and there as a waitress, concierge, and kitchen assistant. Even though her wages were small, it helped her mother and sisters.
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A Thousand-Mile Trip
62 girls in our second cohort of Vocational School Scholarship Program graduates, completed their courses in July 2020. Most of these girls were only able to go to school up to grade 9, with many dropping out even earlier. The key reasons being financial difficulty, prejudice on the part of their parents not valuing education for girls, and varying family circumstances. Their dreams of a career and independence were gone. But thanks to the Vocational School Scholarship program, dreams are coming true again. Luma is one of our graduating girls and she shares her story.
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Prosecuted for what you say in your own home?
James Mildred
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Written on 28 October 2020 Religious Liberty
Committee Raise Serious Concerns Over Hate Crime Bill
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The Scottish Government wants to prosecute you for what you say in the privacy of your own home. That's the logical conclusion after the Cabinet Secretary for Justice appeared before the Justice Committee on Tuesday 27 October. Humza Yousaf was giving evidence on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill.
Largely based on the Public Order Act of 1986, one crucial difference between the two pieces of legislation is that the 1986 Act contained a dwelling defence which protected you from prosecution for remarks made in your own home. However, Mr Yousaf said he did not think a dwelling defence should be included in the Hate Crime Bill.
What it does is if you’re stirring up religious hatred against Jews, with the intent of stirring up hatred in your private dwelling with your children in the room, with friends you’ve invited over for a dinner party if they then act upon that hatred and commit offences that would be prosecuted by the law, should the person who with the intent of stirring up hatred if their behaviour was threatening or abusive, should that person not be culpable? Should they not receive criminal sanction
Humza Yousaf Cabinet Secretary for Justice
This raises the alarming prospect that you could be prosecuted for comments made at home, simply because a guest finds them to be offensive, which is itself a highly subjective concept.
The Cabinet Secretary is also going against the advice of Lord Bracadale, whose review into hate crime laws led to the new legislation being brought forward. Speaking to MSPs on the Committee, Lord Bracadale said he did not recommend removing the dwelling defence and fears about its absence were well founded.
No suggestion had been made to me that the existence of the dwelling exception had inhibited the Public Order Act.
Lord Bracadale
Hate Crime laws often start with some kind of noble intention. But it's where they then lead that's the problem. Many people reading these stories will understandably feel that the state is massively overreaching itself.
Yes of course it's possible for hate speech and prejudice to happen in someone's home. But does that really justify the State making judgements about what's been said by someone in their own living room? Privacy matters and it's no wonder MSPs on the Committee expressed strong concerns.
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There's still time for the legislation to be amended and, hopefully, it will continue to receive very careful scrutiny. There's a fine line between protecting people from abuse and silencing legitimate free speech. At the moment, the Scottish Government is on the wrong side on that line.
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The aim of art according to Deleuze and Guattari
Follow-up to The artwork as monument, active memory, time of the artist from Art
Why artistic creativity? A new perspective on the world? A recording of events. Or a new world? The creation of events.
Painters and sculptors go to extraordinary lengths in order to create the "monuments" to their struggles, their works. In creating, capturing and preserving the "time of the artist" they carve out a slice of their chaosmos, cut from their plane of immanance, relative to a virtuality. This may all cease to exist at any time, and may even be destroyed by the artistic act itself – a painful surgery or self-mutilation (Van Gogh). The surgical method is this: reduce the world and its vast circuits to a small repetitive loop. In the case of Cezanne, the loop circulates and re-circulates between Mont Saint Victoire, the palette and its oils (themselves reduced to a few greens and blues), the hand, the brush or knife, and the canvas. In this way the artwork is built up over time through a kind of mangrove effect not disimilar to that described by Andy Clark.
Everything is invested – "the artist is already in the canvas" (Deleuze, Logic of Sensation). Then make each run of the circuit entirely dependent upon the last, each time applying a filter modulated by the results of the previous passage (Cezanne, Van Gogh, Bacon and others replace an optical filter with a haptic filter). The circuit carves out an escape route within the imprisonment of actuality. The loops are repetitions, movements between points, but across different virtualities or the infinite and irreducible but necessary slices of reality. This opening up of new degrees of movement is the experiment of the diagram. It is a high risk operation. With so much vested in a small and critical set of functions, catastrophe is always near at hand. In his treatment of Francis Bacon, Deleuze quite rightly argues that painting is the artform that takes this risk to its most extreme. This is true. The consequences of architecture, for example, are too great. Few architects are prepared to go there (Libeskind?). Perhaps only in improvisational jazz does music reduce everything to catastrophe or the sublime. Otherwise there are too many chances of a second take. Bacon happily destroyed botched canvases, but it was almost too much for him both artistically and financially.
What then drives artists to the edge of disaster or beyond?
1) There is the attraction of the unknown and unknowable, the promise of a critical passage across some absolute threshold. Beyond this pure event, the world would be transformed. Something impossible would come to pass (surrealism). Behind this drive is the knowledge that this passage must have already happened at least once: the artist and the world as it is having come alive. But also the belief that it can happen again. The creation of substance, the irreducibly different, sharing no attributes. The impossible as possible. The artist thus seeks to create something new and substantial for themselves and the world. Joan Miro, for example, explored a rarifying seriality in order to create art as new substance: As Andre Breton commented on Miro's Constellations:
"They belong together and differ from one another like the aromatic or cyclic series of elements in chemistry. If one considers them both in their development and as a whole, each of them assumes necessity and value like a constituent in a mathematical series. And finally, they give the word 'series' that special meaning by their uninterupted and exemplary sequence." Miro by Janis Mink, Taschen 2000.
Felix Guattari described this creation of artistic discovery, and the mutant subjectivities that it makes possible, as akin to the rarifying seriality of chemistry, creating something substantial and necessary:
"In this conception of analysis, time is not something to be endured; it is activated, oriented, the object of qualitative change… A singualrity, a rupture of sense, a cut, a fragmentation, the detachment of a semiotic content – in a dadaist or surrealist manner – can originate mutant nuclei of subjectivation. Just as chemistry has to purify complex mixtures to extract atomic and homogeneous molecular matter, thus creating an infinite scale of chemical entities that have no prior existence, the same is true in the 'extraction' and 'seperation' of aesthetic subjectivities or partial objects…that make an immense complexification of subjectivity possibile – harmonies, polyphonies, counterpoints, rhythms and existential orchestrations, until know unheard and unknown." Chaosmosis (page 19)
Seriality and rarefaction is similarly employed by other painters, inlcuding Cezanne and Bacon. Also common to these artists is the prevailing terror of plunging into one of these cycles only to find no way out, that the filter or diagram no longer applies to the product of the cycle: the catastrophe.
2) And more commonly, there is an incremental investigation of objects partially apprehended at the limit. An often shy and nervous peering into things. But sometimes a full-on and clinical dissection of orders and lineages (abstraction). This investigation is often undertaken with a degree of altruism. Whether the aim is to reveal more clearly some necessary aspect of Being, or simply to help us to see objects with greater clarity, the artist may act in the interests of our perceptual powers and faculty of judgement.
Kant gives us these two modes of art in the Critique of Judgement. The artistic event as trans-liminal, as a virtuality (the sublime) eventualizing actuality (the time of the transcendental subject or artist). And the event as a series of dispatches, taken from a view of the edge, passing freely over infinite modulations of intensity, but always staying firmly this side of reason – communication, a sense in comunis, a beautiful passage.
Questions for Deleuze and Guattari's aesthetics:
is it underpinned by this distinction?
do they consider the creation of new substance to be the role of art? – if so, what does this mean, is it feasible, how does it work?
Also, see the essay by Isobelle Stengers for Deleuze's discussion of the difference between the limit and the threshold.
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The artwork as monument, active memory, time of the artist
In their What is Philosophy?, Deleuze and Guattari claim that the artwork is a "monument". What does this mean? What is "monumental"? Why do all artworks have to be monumental? How can a painting be a monument? For this aesthetic theory to be meaningful, these questions must be addressed. But as will be demonstrated, an effective answer requires that we reconsider the relationship between artist, artwork and "viewer", adopting a position that sees them as much more intimately connected across space and time. This result in an approach to aesthetics that, unlike many, is concerned with the process of creation rather than consumption. The "viewer" is not excluded, but rather enters into that ongoing process which itself exists permanently in the artwork.
Firstly, put aside preconceptions about the nature of monumental art and monuments. We are not saying that the artwork has to be a massive stone edifice. It can be small or large, occupying any form shaped from any substance. Or more precisely, the monument is insubstantial in that its monumentalism acts as an open deterritorializing force, capable of forming a plane of consistency with all-comers. This is what Francis Bacon called the "matter of factness" of the painting, its materiality. Substances are materials locked into a determination that rejects connections and deterritorializations. The monument overflows substance in a hyper-connectivity with matter. The distinction is made more clearly in A Thousand Plateaus. I suggest that we read "abstract machine" as synonymous with "monument" (or perhaps the monument is a genus of abstract machine):
An abstract machine in itself is not physical or corporeal ( Guattari - it is an incorporeal complexity enabling possibility or freedom of movement ), any more than it is semiotic; it is diagramatic (it knows nothing of the distinction between the artificial and natural either). It operates by matter, not by substance; by function, not by form. The abstract machine is pure Matter-Function – a diagram independent of the forms and substances, expressions and contents it will distribute. A Thousand Plateaus, On Several Regimes of Signs p.141
What does it mean for the abstract machine or monument to "function"? A function is an operation of conversion or transformation. As they say in the opening of Anti-Oedipus: "the machine only functions when it breaks down" – that is, the machine functions by breaking down matter locked into substances, de-substantializing, deterritorializing. The monument or abstract machine is therefore a deterritorializing agent.
Returning to the common understanding of "what is a monument?" – it's not size or form that matters, but rather it is the active memory contained in the monument. Monuments are intended to remind, to recall an event, or more usually a life. Monument-momento. An effective monument goes further, re-awakening some distant aspect of that which is remembered. It may well be some actual detail of the commemorated life that the monument is intended to stir, but in order for that actuality to have sense, we must accept and share in the virtuality (the real but inactual extension to potential infinity of the plane of immanence, "a slice of chaos that acts like a sieve") of the commemorated life that is a condition for the possibility of that life.
The monument is threfore a portal, allowing us to move into a different world, and for that world to move into ours. To view an artwork then is an active process of being deterritorialized. Deleuze (in Logic of Sensation, and with Guattari in A Thousand Plateaus) seeks to show how the abstract machine may be inscribed with a diagram illustrating or coding the route through the portal, the lines of deterritorialization, of matter cossing transversally out of substance. They say that the diagram makes a suggestion pulling us out of a determination towards something otherwise impossible. So it is more than just a edifice, a block of percepts and affects. It is crafted so as to deterritorialize, to attract matter into it and carry it away to another plane. One enters an artwork through the path suggested by the diagram. The monument calls upon us to add to the active memory present in the artwork, we step into the artwork, rather than percieving it analytically from afar.
Could the momument then be some kind of time machine? This is a serious claim, or at least a claim made by serious philosophers. Perhaps its re-presentation of the past offers a logic of resolution to make sense of the present? Recall Hegel's monument, which forms the centrepoint to his Aesthetics – the Tower of Babel, universal translator of forms. The architect Daniel Libeskind is familiar with the consequences of this monumentalism. In his Chamberworks, Architectural Meditations on the Themes from Heraclitus, he talks of his work to overcome this error:
When time itself is rendered meaningless by reversing its irreversible presence, then the practice of architecture becomes the case of the false pleading the cause of reconcilliation. The Space of Encounter, p.49
This leads to the Jewish Museum in Berlin, which is certainly not a false reconcilliation. It is deliberately not a monument in which a single sense is made of a re-presented history. Rather, it draws in and abstracts further a vast collection of histories (matters of facts, names etc), it acts as a convertor between the planes, and becomes immanent to them, that is to say, is of the same material plane, adding further to the complexity of those virtualities. It remains a monument in the sense described above, a portal between disconnected planes.
What emerges in differentiated experience is architecture as an index of the relationship between what was and what will be. p50
…index :- diagram, graph, portal?
The Museum is a success in that it reaches out beyond its site, connecting two vast virtualities (Jewish Berlin, modern Germany and Europe).
Architecture as a practice of control has projected over itself an immanent frame sufficient to reveal something without. p.49
We have then discounted the notion of the monument as some kind of dialectical tardis. Lets not be sentimental about it. But we still need to understand its diagram, how it works to deterritorialize and connect differentiated substances, pulling us out of one virtuality and into another. Again Libeskind has a suggestion drawn from his practice:
If one thinks of music, what could be more immaterial, what could leave less of a trace in actual experience than music? On the other hand, of course, architecture has always been associated with weight, with matter, with public activity. p.51
The suggestion is that the monument encapsulates a rhythm of deterritorialization and reterritorialization, of pleats of matter rising and falling relative to each other, forming tonalities, a whole music of matter that penetrates substance and carries it away into the plane. The monument is then not a static edifice, it is a continual circulation of matter, captured at some point in history, relative to a virtuality which otherwise disappears. It captures a slice of reality, holds it, and then releases it again in the future, in our aesthetic encounter. Libeskind seeks the musical within architecture, within his monuments. This seems to be a paradox, but is merely the task of a great artist.
(Note, a building is an abstract machine for living – a monument rich with music and incorporeal complexity.)
Deleuze and Guattari go further: artworks are monuments. All artworks? What does, for example, Cezanne's painting of Mont Saint Victoire commemorate? In paint it captures a circulation of matter ever connected with the mountain. The rhythm of brush strokes is, as Cezanne claimed, the rhythm of the mountain, of nature as he lived it. His method always struggled to capture the tension, the pattern of connections of those rhythms, to make them permanent in a monument ( more on Cezanne ):
This is what one must achieve. If I reach too high or too low, everything is a mess. There must not be a single loose strand, a single gap through which the tension, the light, the truth can escape. I have all the parts of my canvas under control simultaneously. If things are tending to diverge, I use my instincts and beliefs to bring them back together again. Everything that we see disperses, fades away. Nature is always the same, even though its visible manifestations eventually cease to exist. Our art must shock nature into permanence, together with all the components and manifestations of change. Art must make nature eternal in our imagination. What lies behind nature? Nothing perhaps. Perhaps everything. Everything, you understand. So I close the errant hand. I take the tones of colour I see to my right and my left, here, there, everywhere, and I fix these gradations, I bring them together. They form lines, and become objects, rocks, trees, without my thinking about it. They acquire volume, they have an effect. When these masses and weights on my canvas correspond to the planes and spots which I see in my mind and which we see with our eyes, then my canvas closes its fingers. It does not waver. It does not reach too high or too low. It is true, it is full. cited in Cezanne by Ulrike Becks-Malorny, Taschen 2001
The painting captures what the artist David Burrows has called "the time of the artist". It is a monument to that time. It draws us into that time and the rhythms and tones that constitute it's plane.
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